I'm sending you this note to inform you of a face-to-face Diplomacy Tournament coming up this March. It is called the Missouri Compromise and it will be held...
Mike French
md_french@...
Feb 2, 2001 12:57 pm
4538
Hi, I was cruising through a site that has photographs of the Great War and I happened upon a picture of German Field Marshall August von Mackensen. This guy...
Charles Schmidt
chaschmidt@...
Feb 2, 2001 10:04 pm
4539
Hi, I was cruising through a site that has photographs of the Great War and I happened upon a picture of German Field Marshall August von Mackensen. This guy...
Charles Schmidt
chaschmidt@...
Feb 2, 2001 10:04 pm
4540
Well, first off I wish that Orlando-Chicago was the broadcast game; the Hitmen just plain suck. But beyond that... Positives: + Much faster pace. I don't feel...
DipKnight@...
Feb 4, 2001 3:35 am
4541
Well, I was at the Orlando Rage game tonight, and I have a few comments ... The game was fast paced from about the 5 minute mark on ... it started with the ...
William Highfield
magicfan@...
Feb 4, 2001 4:59 am
4542
The XFL strikes me as football, kind of like it would be if you lined up a bunch of guys in a field, and threw a football in amongst them, except maybe better...
Darryl Atkinson
habsrule@...
Feb 4, 2001 6:51 am
4543
... Of course you had these problems. The league has stated over and over that they want the 18-25 year old male. An 18-25 year old male is drunk and rowdy....
Ray Setzer
mczet@...
Feb 5, 2001 2:36 pm
4544
What is the average crowd for a game of NFL?? GrAnT ... From: "Ray Setzer" <mczet@...> To: <CAT23-Achat@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Tuesday, 6 February 2001...
moag
moag@...
Feb 5, 2001 9:28 pm
4545
Need something to argue about. Thought this tax cut idea would be as good as any. My position is that the Bush tax cut, in its current format, is designed to...
Ray Setzer
mczet@...
Feb 6, 2001 4:46 pm
4546
The whole idea of the tax cut is ridiculous in the first place. The only reason Bush supports this idea was because his financial backers wanted it. Plus ...
Mike French
md_french@...
Feb 6, 2001 5:25 pm
4547
I was in the middle of writing the same thing, but Mike beat me to the punch. The surplus should definitely be used on the debt, not on a tax cut. --Ben...
Ben Hiles
bph7@...
Feb 6, 2001 5:27 pm
4548
As one who pays no US taxes, but earns his crust from the construction industry, I vote that the new government should keep up the good work of its ...
Peter J Richardson
pjrich@...
Feb 6, 2001 6:27 pm
4549
... You do have a point. Large amounts of money should also be used to increase the funding for the National Science Foundation, National Institute of Health,...
Ben Hiles
bph7@...
Feb 6, 2001 6:49 pm
4550
Ray, First of all, let's get something straight. The Federal government isn't giving ANYTHING "back". The idea is to not take it in the first place, and...
William Highfield
magicfan@...
Feb 6, 2001 8:11 pm
4551
Not American, but a tax level no matter the income is really a tax on the poor. What's 10% of $100 someone might earn, and 10% %1000 another might earn. each...
m.l.collins
m.l.collins@...
Feb 6, 2001 8:11 pm
4552
Uh, I hate to tell you guys, but they have not been paying one DIME on the National debt for the past few years of budget surpluses, it continues to increase,...
William Highfield
magicfan@...
Feb 6, 2001 8:14 pm
4553
Proof that they're not paying down the debt, and haven't for the past several years of budget surpluses you ask? Here it is ... ...
William Highfield
magicfan@...
Feb 6, 2001 8:19 pm
4554
... Bill, that logic is as follows. I have a lot of credit card debt. I haven't paid any of it off the last couple years. Since I haven't paid it off in the...
Ben Hiles
bph7@...
Feb 6, 2001 8:34 pm
4555
Ben, The government has had surpluses for the past three years ... they haven't paid one DIME towards the debt. Now, what they've done in the past DOES...
William Highfield
magicfan@...
Feb 6, 2001 9:05 pm
4556
Well, those are Dubya's words, not mine. His statements make consistant reference to 'giving it back.' A FICA reduction is quite fair because it gives...
Ray Setzer
mczet@...
Feb 6, 2001 9:13 pm
4557
... Perhaps somebody could explain what this "flat tax" actually entails. In England, you the first £X you earn is not subject to any tax at all. The X is...
Peter J Richardson
pjrich@...
Feb 6, 2001 9:44 pm
4558
Ray, Because someday I hope to BE one of those making $300,000 a year, and when the time comes, I'll want to keep as much of it as I can, not have the...
William Highfield
magicfan@...
Feb 6, 2001 9:45 pm
4559
Peter, Proposed flat tax systems have a threshhold of $35,000, meaning you'd pay zero tax on the first $35,000 and a "flat percentage" on any amount over that....
William Highfield
magicfan@...
Feb 6, 2001 9:50 pm
4560
I really do think some politicians are praying for an economic slowdown, forcing people to turn to government for help, and thus creating a whole new ...
m.l.collins
m.l.collins@...
Feb 6, 2001 10:07 pm
4561
Yikes, anyone who qualifies for the Earned Income Tax credit is in pretty bad shape. You pretty much gotta me living in an appliance box under the freeway to...
Ray Setzer
mczet@...
Feb 6, 2001 10:13 pm
4562
Ray, Don't these arguments apply to ANY income tax system? I just this last week had to submit a 24 page form about my income for tax year 1999-2000, but we ...
Peter J Richardson
pjrich@...
Feb 6, 2001 10:43 pm
4563
Even bigger than the "flat tax" debate..... Is Ariel Sharon the man to bring peace to the Middle East, or will his name be linked forever with the 1980s...
Peter J Richardson
pjrich@...
Feb 6, 2001 10:50 pm
4564
Actually the debt increase has slowed dramatically in the past 8 years. From 1980-1992, the debt increased from about 1 trillion dollars to 4.5 trillion....
Mike French
md_french@...
Feb 6, 2001 10:56 pm
4565
Bill is right on the issue of who pays taxes. I had this debate with some friends a year ago or so. I downloaded data from the IRS website and it showed ...
Mike French
md_french@...
Feb 6, 2001 10:59 pm
4566
Mike, Revenues for the Federal government doubled in the Reagan years BECAUSE of his tax cut stimulating the economy. What we didn't have was a Congress...
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