"88.5 Billion" for the war in Afghanistan.
Maybe one of you rabid Obama lovers can explain that?
Bring those guys home and put them on the U.S./Mexican border.
I meant popularity rating.
Tell me how much defense spending should they cut?
I was joking. Congress likes to redefine things when their definition looks bad. As in the misery index.
We used to use bunker oil (used to be used in ships as well) to generate electricity, about 20% IIRC, back in the Carter days, but he started a movement to reduce that. Now probably around 1% of our electricity comes from burning oil...
So making more electricity using wind and solar really does very little toward saving oil....
It worked for well for centuries until we fell hopelessly in love with fossil fuels. Fossil fuels, however, were but a fleeting affair. We know, one day, they will walk out and leave us high and dry. Maybe its time to go back to our sure and steady love, if it will have us back.
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No only that, the ole' lady is a thing of timeless beauty.
....and we left her for this fat porpoise?
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Despite a bit of partisan back-biting, this is as close to everyone agreeing as I've ever seen on DP. I bet there is some fascinating pork and tax exemptions in there and one thing both sides are united on is screwing the rest of us.
Tell me how much defense spending should they cut?
The extended tax cuts would have cost just 250bil.
So why not extend those instead of giving 600+ bil dollars to a part of government that doesn't ask for it.
Congressmen are the dumbest animals on the planet.
Taxes are already cut, and are not spending. Outlays will not change whether the tax rates go up or stay down. This defense bill is additional outlays.
Congressmen are the dumbest animals on the planet.
Except perhaps the people who elect them.
If you have to elect between 2 turds, then you have no choice but to elect the shiniest of them.
The other option is to run yourself and that requires balls of steel, which sadly, not many men have today. Most just have regular balls. And that doesn't help when trying to change things.
That is your call to get involved, no?
What law says the President can assassinate American citizens?
Tax exemptions? No, but there is a shiney new online sales tax buried in it. Now we know why the Dems jumped all over it; they never saw a tax they didn't like.
Online sales tax to be added to defense authorization bill | The Daily Caller
That is your call to get involved, no?
Ha ha. Yes, taxes are much loved. This is state sales tax and probably will be helpful to the states. After many tax free years from Amazon, I suppose I'll finally have to pony up my 8.2% sales tax. This will be near fatal to some online sellers since often the local price is the same but the sales tax savings spurs me to buy online. Poor Amazon is going to take quite a hit methinks.
The 98-0 vote is just more proof that we really have a one party system. Anything to increase power and pork. But they'll fight to the death over any increase on the highest earners...pathetic, really, 100 Senators and not one pair of balls in the lot.
Poor Amazon is going to take quite a hit methinks.
State sales taxes attached to a Federal spending bill? How does that work exactly?? :rofl
Um, no, Amazon's customers will be picking up that tab. Screw the private sector, though...huh?
Yes, that is correct. The states have been Federally precluded from collecting sales by a congressional order/decision/legislation that forbid the states from collecting for a salke in another state. Even today, if you go to CA and buy a robot for $500 and have it shipped to NV, you will not have to pay CA sales tax but you are obligated to pay NV their sales tax but of course, nobody does.
So, yes, this is Federal legislation that allows the states to collect their tax. I'm 99% sure I'm right for once.
Yes, I will pick up the tab but what I was trying to communicate is that I might stop buying from Amazon since I won;t have the savings anymore. That will be good for my local businesses and bad for Amazon. Example are Greenies Pill Pockets for Cats. They re $5.95 on Amazon and $5.95 at Petsmart local. So, I saved almost 50¢ by buying them from Amazon. No shipping because I'm a Prime member for $80 a year. Now, I won't buy te Prime membership anymore and I'll buy the stuff from the local mega-corp. So, yes, Amazon will lose out big-time.
The money will still be in the private sector. Just that online guys ill lose business and brick and mortar will get a boost.
Except that oil can be made synthetically
How does one "get involved"? Your thoughts appreciated.
What % of the electricity used in the US comes from oil-fired plants?Using solar to power a home frees up oil....
What % of the electricity used in the US comes from oil-fired plants?
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