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Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2010 4:16 pm
by GORDON
GORDON wrote:Federal gas tax hike.
http://www.foxnews.com/politic....uel-tax
Little confession, here.... I really was hoping he meant it when he said that 90% of America would not be seeing their taxes go up. But I was never stupid enough to believe it like soooo many other people were.
Possibly dropping the mortgage interest deduction.
http://www.foxnews.com/politic....duction
Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2010 4:52 pm
by DoctorChaos
They might as well burn down our houses. Resale values will drop further as more homes are foreclosed and there is no one interested in buying.
Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2010 5:10 pm
by TheCatt
Honestly, I'm all for this. There is no compelling reason to discriminate against renters.
Yeah, I might get screwed, but seriously - let's simplify the tax code, and remove as many deductions as possible.
Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2010 9:27 pm
by GORDON
I think the democrats are going for a republican clean sweep next week
Posted: Tue Nov 02, 2010 10:19 am
by TheCatt
Posted: Tue Nov 02, 2010 11:56 am
by GORDON
I voted today.
Posted: Tue Nov 02, 2010 12:06 pm
by TheCatt
I haven't yet.
Posted: Tue Nov 02, 2010 12:57 pm
by Malcolm
GORDON wrote:I think the democrats are going for a republican clean sweep next week
A Republican congress w\ a Democratic White House has historically been the best economic combo.
Posted: Tue Nov 02, 2010 1:05 pm
by GORDON
I'd really like to see Obamacare get repealed.
Posted: Tue Nov 02, 2010 2:17 pm
by TheCatt
TheCatt wrote:I haven't yet.
Update... I'm not voting this year.
Posted: Tue Nov 02, 2010 2:18 pm
by TheCatt
Having read that before I was even old enough to vote, I never appreciated that story the way I can now.
Posted: Tue Nov 02, 2010 3:05 pm
by DoctorChaos
GORDON wrote:I'd really like to see Obamacare get repealed.
Yeah, and I'd like to have my youth back. I think we'll both be disappointed. These types don't seem big on repeal. It's like admitting they made a mistake.
Posted: Tue Nov 02, 2010 6:25 pm
by thibodeaux
TheCatt wrote:
Having read that before I was even old enough to vote, I never appreciated that story the way I can now.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIraCchPDhk
Posted: Wed Nov 03, 2010 12:22 pm
by GORDON
Ohio went very red.
New Republican governor, lots of new republican congressmen. I think mine was one of the few districts that stayed democrat... and for that I blame myself. The universe must confound me at every turn, and in this respect it helped Marcy Kaptur, a big fan of Obamacare, to win. I believe she was on board with it even before the vote buying started.
But I know MD really likes her.
Posted: Wed Nov 03, 2010 1:36 pm
by TheCatt
In our state, one congressional district changed from D to R. My district stayed D... again.
I've lived in 5 different cities in the past 18 years... aside from the '94 Republican Revolution, this guy's been my rep the entire time.
Posted: Wed Nov 03, 2010 2:50 pm
by thibodeaux
TheCatt wrote:I've lived in 5 different cities in the past 18 years... aside from the '94 Republican Revolution, this guy's been my rep the entire time.
Two words:
Durham and Chapel Hill.
And Cary, too, I guess.
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Posted: Wed Nov 03, 2010 2:52 pm
by GORDON
Having surfed around the internet a bit, the leftie response to last night seems that they have all agreed to act like they are happy about the results for two reasons: All those darned blue dog democrats got voted out, and how Sarah Palin made the republicans not win as big as they would have without her.
I kept seeing those same two points made over and over on various forums.
The left is very happy today, apparently.
Also, and I found this funny, depending on the thread I was reading the republicans suck because either all they say is NO to whatever Obama wants, or Obama sucks because he is always working and compromising with the republicans. Everyone would agree with both of those points, sometimes at the same time.
Posted: Wed Nov 03, 2010 2:53 pm
by thibodeaux
This has to be the best example of Gerrymandering extant today:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki....istrict
Posted: Wed Nov 03, 2010 2:57 pm
by GORDON
Ohio has a better one than that I learned yesterday, let me see if I can find a pic:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio%27s_18th_congressional_district
The two ends of that district are like night and day.
Posted: Wed Nov 03, 2010 5:49 pm
by TheCatt
I knew it was the 12th without even clicking.
I think the large amount of gerrymandering is why NC doesn't switch a lot congressionally.
