My way...or the highway. Nobody puts baby in a corner.
Then it went off sale and the price was 19.99.
Greedy companies that know we will still buy it.:lol:
:toofunny:how bout you guys 1 weekend out of the month dont blow 14 bucks at taco cabana at 3 in the morning, and then tada!, dont have to worry about the price increase
Who told you what I did last night...how bout you guys 1 weekend out of the month dont blow 14 bucks at taco cabana at 3 in the morning, and then tada!, dont have to worry about the price increase
Government interference in the free market != corporate america
Cool. Have any info/comments on the subsidy thing I mentioned above. I'll admit I'm pretty ignorant in this area (not a farmer and don't keep up on their business).
Subsidies, tax breaks, lobbying, Corporate welfare at its finest! Providing financial/political assistence for those who already are rich and powerful, what a novel concept!
Man I wish the rich and powerful had it easy, nowadays they can't do **** compared to what they used to. Now it's harder for poor people like us to get jobs from them.
Most Rich people got that way by getting off their arses and doing something instead of waiting for the government to redistribute wealth.
Hey sometimes democrats' stupidity works in our favor. Like not drilling in ANWR until the middle east is dry. Then we'll have our own nice little reserve while the rest of the world suffers without energy. I'm just afraid the hippies will still care more about caribou, then, when gas is 12$/gallon. But we do have to start working on Venezuela or whatever now that we're basically holding it down in Iraq.
Amen. But I don't even care if it's some spoiled ******* who never lifted a finger for his fortune, I still want my employer happy.
The diesel/motor gasoline price structure inverted for the first time that anyone could remember in my refinery (near 100 years old) right after Katrina in '05.
I agree with your assertion of farmers not being rich, it is true that most are not rich but those I am refering to are large corporate agribusinesses, i.e Monsato. I really do not agree with your assertion support of corporate tax breaks (Reaganomics). In a nutshell, yes corporations do benefit but the "trickle down" effect does not always go as planned. Also in order to afford such tax breaks Government often cuts down on other services, such as the cuts that occured during the Reagan Administration. Corporate America prospered during that era, but the same cannot be said for the working/lower classes. It ultimately comes down to the premise that I dont agree with which is; providing extraordinary tax breaks for corporations on the backs of working/middle class Americans.
Might have been the case a generation or two ago, but sadly today it is not the case that one can bust ones ass and become rich. Study after study has confirmed that birth is becoming a determinant factor of wealth or lack their of in America. I am not arguing in favor of sitting around doing nothing but I think that the idea of meritocracy in America is becoming a bit overstated or is past its time.
The model of low corporate income taxes to encourage production is solid, but it is, what it is. It’s a model and should not be applied in every economic situation. During the 1980’s, the prevailing interest rates were too high to encourage business investment from tax cuts. The result was corporate deconstruction through venture capitalism. However, interest rates are much lower now, and in my opinion, this is the biggest factor in business investment in the US, more than gas prices. These types of federal (and potentially state) corporate tax exemptions and rebates will give you the biggest bang for your buck when it comes to jump starting an economy. It’s kind of like cheap dbol from China. :toofunny:
The tax breaks comment begs the question....If u increase the cost of operating a business does said business merely roll over and accept that they have to pay it or do they pass the cost on to the end consumer, like for example working/middle class americans to use your term, and then when tax burdens become onerous to the point in which they become anticompetitive and you have 50,000 shareholders to answer to as well as the millions pension funds, ira's, 401s etc hold in your company mandate you move operations in search of a more "free' market to operate, Who in the end is harmed the big corporation or the corporations american employees and again your words the working/middle class?
The middle working class is first affected, and then the poorest workers are affected eventually the most harshly. Then once the unemployment rate skyrockets, the government will enforce regulations on the market in hopes of employing people. As soon as the government gets into the middle of things in the economy, the entrepreneurial initiative is severely discouraged. Who wants to make a new business if it's just gonna give you a headache and make you basically work for/with the government? Once entrepreneurship fails, the government will get more involved and then we're not far from communism. I guess the liberals will be happiest then? If that doesn't make them happy, I don't know what will.
Thats essentially what i was getting at but i think an effective argument can be made that the lowest SES's get hit first and hardest be regulatory/confiscatory taxation on business becuase it takes the federal government quite a long time to turn those revenues into free Gov Cheese and bridge replacement government works projects.
