greenville wrote:
...... but I will tell you that if nothing is done to fix the train wreck that people call government in NJ it will be worse than anything you can imagine.

borisp wrote:

What I am going to ask now, is - in this spirit of logical rationality, - would you care to provide some convincing factual examples to support your accusations about the Tea Party?

That is, - I understand you are against their politics, which is fine. But you also accused them of being "just as crazy" as people who threaten physical violence.

Do you have anything to support THAT accusation?

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Ms_Taggart wrote:

But since that is like 45 million light years away from happening, I have to look at outcome versus theory - until marriage comes off the books all together I 100% support gay marriage.

This is what puzzles me immensely. If you already decided to fight for a change in the current laws, - why not fight for the RIGHT change?

And, as someone who immigrated here from Soviet Russia, - boy, am I puzzled by the attitude "oh, it is light years away from happening". Look, if all people thought this way, - what would we be celebrating tomorrow?

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asdfdf23 wrote:

Teacher & borisp,
What good is it going to a US congressmen (Sires) for local tax rate issues?

Never did I propose such a nonsense.

What I proposed is to fire the people who can't do the job of the City governance properly and vote for someone else.

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teacher wrote:
complain to your congressman,
2% cap?
http://sires.house.gov/

Don't you think it is really weird that we need to complain about OUR OWN EMPLOYEE?

Why not just fire him?

borisp wrote:
You can't argue TWO sides at the same time.

Either you acknowledge that any person has a right to decide who makes medical decision for him, who visits him in a hospital or prison, and so on. In this case all the first part of your comment loses any meaning.

Or you deny that, and pronounce that only The Government has the power to decide who to allow in each case.


If this is the former than stop explaining the difference between "living will" and notarized piece of paper, - since THERE IS NONE. If it is the right of a person to make this decision, than it matters not how that person calls the piece of paper they are written on.



As I said, - if you hear something like "only the baptized can buy houses", the right thing to do is to demolish that law. And not to demand that everyone was government-baptized.

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asdfdf23 wrote:

Look into how the stadiums, arenas and ballparks are built with taxpayer funds. The individuals, who get this done, are known as bankers, work for investment funds

Nope, wrong. No banker can possibly forcibly extract one dollar from a taxpayer.

The people who do that are called "elected officials". And they work for a so-called "government"

Do you know WHY bankers and investment fund managers and others are coming to those politicians and exchanging favors with them?

No? Let me tell you. It is YOU.

Not you personally, of course, - but everyone who wants the Government to get involved in the economy. You want it, and you vote for it, - and the government is always very willing to expand its powers.

And then you have a situation where consumer no longer decides which company thrives, which survives, and which goes belly-up. No more it is you and your dollars. Nope.

Now, the Government makes the decision, - more than you.


Why are you surprised that business caters to the government more than it caters to you?

If for a business an investment of $1 in lobbying gives more profit than an investment in R&D, or making the products cheaper, or better, or improving service and so on, - a business will invest in lobbying. Plain and simple.

Remember, when the GM was about to fail? Why was that? I can tell you - it was because YOU were not buying their cars. So, the Government intervened and said, - "if you refuse to buy their cars voluntarily, we will force you to give them money without getting car in exchange - for nothing!"

And they took your money and gave to GM. And you thought "oh, that is a good decision! I will vote for them again!"

Good luck with that.

rbnyfan wrote:
What always tickles me is that the common man is enraged at Wall Street and the bankers 6 figure salary. Where\'s the outrage at MLB players who make 10 times that? or the NFL player? The NBA is in a lockout because they can\'t agree over how many millions of dollars to pay their players. But yeah, let\'s tax the greedy bankers.

borisp wrote:

"The right to make decisions on a partner's behalf in a medical emergency"? You can take a piece of paper, write "I trust so-and-so to make a decision on my behalf in a medical emergency", notarize your signature for $3 and DONE.