Republicans Please Answer

iVillage Member
Registered: 09-21-2008
Republicans Please Answer
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Sun, 09-21-2008 - 10:44am
Why do you think McCain is better and why do you think Obama wants a socialist nation?

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iVillage Member
Registered: 05-14-2008
Fri, 09-26-2008 - 6:39pm

>> If it's okay with you, let's not refer again to a presidential candidate by initials that denote "body odor".<<

Right. We wouldn't actually want to be accused of doing anything that's actually true. Might have to shut the board down what with hell freezing over and everything.

iVillage Member
Registered: 05-14-2008
Fri, 09-26-2008 - 6:46pm

>>I think you hit the nail on the head! Not everyone is in their profession for the money. For example, I went to school to become a teacher as did my husband. We knew going in that we weren't going to get rich. However, we fully expected to at least live comfortably. That doesn't appear to be the case, however. Costs for everything continue to grow while pay remains stagnant. The men and the women in the armed forces certainly don't get paid enough, yet they are contributing and sacrificing for our country. They should at least be able to live comfortably.<<

It was your choice to make that job decision. Yet somehow because it's not all you thought it was cracked up to be you weren't treated fairly? I might have chosen a profession requiring less sacrifice or schooling or risk or reward but it would be my choice and the consequences mine to work with.

Have you looked at the total compensation package for even the most entry level military position? In many cases it pays more than someone with a college degree. And it too is a "choice". I know many many military retirees who knowingly and willingly sacrificed making as much as they have been able to make in their middle management years in the private sector because of the reward they would reap in the end; the ability retire with a bonefide pension at age 38 or 40 with full medical benefits for life. And then they picked up lucrative second careers using the invaluable skills learned while in the service. Again, a choice.

Life is filled with them. Some work out as planned, some not. If you don't like the path you took, take another one.

iVillage Member
Registered: 08-30-2004
Fri, 09-26-2008 - 6:49pm

"What you fail to understand because of your resentment of the wealthy is their enormous contribution to your quality of life. "


I could flip that right back on you - What you fail to understand because of your

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iVillage Member
Registered: 05-14-2008
Fri, 09-26-2008 - 6:50pm

>>.i truly believe that people should be rewarded for thier risks / sacrifices.<<

Ah...but it doesn't really work that way here. Instead they're resented and penalized for their risk taking, sacrifices and success. At least by those with a chip on their shoulders. Frankly, I've always tried to learn from those who've been successful. Most can offer not only what they did right but what they did wrong as well. I guess throwing stones is easier than listening.

iVillage Member
Registered: 05-14-2008
Fri, 09-26-2008 - 7:07pm

>> dissagree with the fact that there is a cap for SS tax....i feel it should be flat, and universal...would either candidate change that?<<

There is a reason the social security tax is capped. The idea was for in NOT TO BE a WELFARE program. As it stands now if you put the maximum in you get the maximum benefit out. The more you put in the more you take out.

However, it is skewed in that the lower the amount you put in the greater the benefit. Those who put in the least get back proportionately the most and those who consistently put in the most never get back what they've had had if they'd been allowed to opt out. So in essence it's kind of like a welfare program but if you lifted the cap without lifting the benefits it would be no different than any other kind of welfare program.

Not to mention it would be an immediate tax hike on both employee and employer. Not good when considering they already pay most of the bills.

iVillage Member
Registered: 07-05-2006
Fri, 09-26-2008 - 7:11pm

As it stands now if you put the maximum in you get the maximum benefit out. The more you put in the more you take out.


Unless, of course, you have a state pension on top of the second job you had, in which case you don't get ANY Social Security back, even though you have paid into the system for 26 years and continue to pay into the system.


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iVillage Member
Registered: 05-14-2008
Fri, 09-26-2008 - 7:12pm

>>Rich people don't know what it's like to have to work that hard, in their comfy offices and 9-5 jobs.<<

Let me guess? You've never been rich?

And you think that all rich people were just born that way. You know kind of like redheads.

iVillage Member
Registered: 04-09-2007
Fri, 09-26-2008 - 7:13pm
Silly thing... don't you know that is YOUR CHOICE?
iVillage Member
Registered: 03-19-2003
Fri, 09-26-2008 - 7:15pm
You know Kristen perhaps we both learned important lessons from our parents.
iVillage Member
Registered: 05-14-2008
Fri, 09-26-2008 - 7:17pm
Approximately 38% of tax filers had ZERO tax liability in 2007. That's predicated to grow to 40% in 2008. And yet, more federal revenue was collected in 2007 than any other time in history.

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