Well...Ok they expire. Now what?
Let's take a look at the "kink" in the situation.
The kink is letting the tax break stay for the wealthiest of the wealthly. I mean come on. $200,000. for a single filer or Quarter Million for a family is the minimum amount earned in a year for qualification to be a part of wealthiest of wealthly tax bracket. It is a secure place to be. Excuse me, I was just daydreaming what it would be like to be in that bracket and it is nice. Ok.
There is $60,000,000,000.00 at stake here. For the 2% bracket.
Now who would win by the inaction? I mean the law is the law and this will happen. Treasury would collect.
You know trying to defend a tax that effects just the smallest and best prepared to absorb such a tax is a exercise in crap.
Sunday, October 31, 2010
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
It's On
The month of April 2010 came in quietly, but now is storming from really big public concerns.
1. Goldman Sachs has been confronted with some ethical failures. Which apparently, are not illegal or even something to be ashamed of.
"I heard nothing today that makes me think anything went wrong," said Goldman Chief Executive Lloyd Blankfein when asked about transactions that raised hackles among senators.
Then he states later
"What we and other banks, rating agencies and regulators failed to do was sound the alarm that there was too much lending and too much leverage in the system—that credit had become too cheap," Mr. Blankfein testified.
Sound the alarm? Good use of word. Admitting that knowing what was happening is bad, but just disregarding damage being done and act childish and deny any involvement.
Senators Seek, Fail to Get an 'I'm Sorry' wsj 04/27/10
Oh boy, ummm... well I think someone might have slighted the wrong public.
"Too big to fail, but not too big to go to jail," the protesters chanted before the opening gavel.
It is on.
Update 4/29/10
Well, it was announced that the financial reform bill will be allowed on the senate floor for debate.
Told you it was on. Only some politicians got money from Goldman not all of them.
Update
U.S. Is Set to Sue a Dozen Big Banks Over Mortgages
By NELSON D. SCHWARTZ
Published: September 1, 2011
Well, it took a while to put the case together, but expect to recieve billions back for the misrepresenting the quality of the mortgage security.
1. Goldman Sachs has been confronted with some ethical failures. Which apparently, are not illegal or even something to be ashamed of.
"I heard nothing today that makes me think anything went wrong," said Goldman Chief Executive Lloyd Blankfein when asked about transactions that raised hackles among senators.
Then he states later
"What we and other banks, rating agencies and regulators failed to do was sound the alarm that there was too much lending and too much leverage in the system—that credit had become too cheap," Mr. Blankfein testified.
Sound the alarm? Good use of word. Admitting that knowing what was happening is bad, but just disregarding damage being done and act childish and deny any involvement.
Senators Seek, Fail to Get an 'I'm Sorry' wsj 04/27/10
Oh boy, ummm... well I think someone might have slighted the wrong public.
"Too big to fail, but not too big to go to jail," the protesters chanted before the opening gavel.
It is on.
Update 4/29/10
Well, it was announced that the financial reform bill will be allowed on the senate floor for debate.
Told you it was on. Only some politicians got money from Goldman not all of them.
Update
U.S. Is Set to Sue a Dozen Big Banks Over Mortgages
By NELSON D. SCHWARTZ
Published: September 1, 2011
Well, it took a while to put the case together, but expect to recieve billions back for the misrepresenting the quality of the mortgage security.
Saturday, April 10, 2010
Financial Industry Reform
Seattle Times
"Era of low interest rates may be coming to an end"
Originally published April 10, 2010 at 8:35 PM
This is a first article I have seen that starts out like this since the start of the "Great Recession of 2007"
"As prospects for the U.S. economy brighten,...
Now, granted it is the Seattle Times.
I am not going to talk about anythng in the article. It was pretty dry. Interest rates are going up.
What I wanted to point out is that the economy is getting better.
Now, will it go back to the way it was?
No. the US economy has some new rules and regulations been put in place, but the economy will still be a dynamic as it always was. Just not, so hyper dynamic.
Is this a bad thing...Regulation?
No. The unregulated crap that was out there is what caused this recession. The information as to the cause is irrefutable.
We know what went wrong.
1. No real oversight on rogue financial insistutions and/or thier employees.
2. The corruption transcended different sectors of the Financial Industry:
Credit Rating, Auditing and Securities.
The very ones that preformed the critical background checks and certifications as to financial health and outlook.
3. The credit card companies could change the rates at will. No safe guards against these financial companies abusing the consumer by changing rates and how it is paid and penalitized.
4. The stock markets themselves where artifically inflated due to market manipulation in individual sectors.
Oh the list can go on, but what made it the "perfect storm"
All this and more was going on at the same time. It was wild. Financial instruments became so wreaklessly creative. The Stated Income loan was nicknamed the "Liar's Loan".
Think of regulation like our road system. It just gives the vehicles using the system a way to make thier way across safely by providing lights to better see where you are going, speed limits to ensure safe journey and established roadways to get you where you want to go and everyone else.
"Era of low interest rates may be coming to an end"
Originally published April 10, 2010 at 8:35 PM
This is a first article I have seen that starts out like this since the start of the "Great Recession of 2007"
"As prospects for the U.S. economy brighten,...
Now, granted it is the Seattle Times.
I am not going to talk about anythng in the article. It was pretty dry. Interest rates are going up.
What I wanted to point out is that the economy is getting better.
Now, will it go back to the way it was?
No. the US economy has some new rules and regulations been put in place, but the economy will still be a dynamic as it always was. Just not, so hyper dynamic.
Is this a bad thing...Regulation?
No. The unregulated crap that was out there is what caused this recession. The information as to the cause is irrefutable.
We know what went wrong.
1. No real oversight on rogue financial insistutions and/or thier employees.
2. The corruption transcended different sectors of the Financial Industry:
Credit Rating, Auditing and Securities.
The very ones that preformed the critical background checks and certifications as to financial health and outlook.
3. The credit card companies could change the rates at will. No safe guards against these financial companies abusing the consumer by changing rates and how it is paid and penalitized.
4. The stock markets themselves where artifically inflated due to market manipulation in individual sectors.
Oh the list can go on, but what made it the "perfect storm"
All this and more was going on at the same time. It was wild. Financial instruments became so wreaklessly creative. The Stated Income loan was nicknamed the "Liar's Loan".
Think of regulation like our road system. It just gives the vehicles using the system a way to make thier way across safely by providing lights to better see where you are going, speed limits to ensure safe journey and established roadways to get you where you want to go and everyone else.
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Health Care
Well, it is here. Universal Health Care.
Glad we got it. You know, I never really thought much about health care. Pre-Existing conditions, exclusions and premiums where never a concern for someone healthy. I guess I took it for granted. I had coverage through work. Me and mine was taken care of...then layoffs begin. I was slated for job elimination. When you are facing not having a job and loss of benefits: life is not so carefree anymore.
Cost associated with health care are high enough with employer contribution, but are prohibitively high on COBRA.
My bi-monthly contribution is $180 or almost $5k a year. that is too much and it has went up every year. $35 in 24 months.
Well, I am hoping in the next 4 years that my costs start going down, but I do realize that I am 43 soon and will be 47 which is almost fiddy and my cost should be going up, but damn it I am frugal. "I needs my money"
I would like to go on some rant just bombing those that oppose this new mandate. Even thou I was not cognitive of the goings on in the Civil Rights Movement. I am noticing some of the same hateful behavior and senseless rhetoric strategies employed to distort and belabour the issue.
There are reports of threats against lawmakers after the health care vote. There is reports of almost a dozen Democratic lawmakers recieving obscene phone calls, some threating.
The mere threat of hindering a lawmaker from doing the duty is a year in prison.
Everyone deserves health care. No dying in the streets.
Glad we got it. You know, I never really thought much about health care. Pre-Existing conditions, exclusions and premiums where never a concern for someone healthy. I guess I took it for granted. I had coverage through work. Me and mine was taken care of...then layoffs begin. I was slated for job elimination. When you are facing not having a job and loss of benefits: life is not so carefree anymore.
Cost associated with health care are high enough with employer contribution, but are prohibitively high on COBRA.
My bi-monthly contribution is $180 or almost $5k a year. that is too much and it has went up every year. $35 in 24 months.
Well, I am hoping in the next 4 years that my costs start going down, but I do realize that I am 43 soon and will be 47 which is almost fiddy and my cost should be going up, but damn it I am frugal. "I needs my money"
I would like to go on some rant just bombing those that oppose this new mandate. Even thou I was not cognitive of the goings on in the Civil Rights Movement. I am noticing some of the same hateful behavior and senseless rhetoric strategies employed to distort and belabour the issue.
There are reports of threats against lawmakers after the health care vote. There is reports of almost a dozen Democratic lawmakers recieving obscene phone calls, some threating.
The mere threat of hindering a lawmaker from doing the duty is a year in prison.
Everyone deserves health care. No dying in the streets.
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Bum Rushed
Apparently, the group that wants to buy the St. Louis Rams had to regroup in order to be considered a more viable candidate.
Limbaugh Dropped From Rams Bid
By MATTHEW FUTTERMAN WSJ
"Rush was to be a limited partner--as such, he would have had no say in the direction of the club or in any decisions regarding personnel or operations," Mr. Checketts, owner of the NHL's St. Louis Blues, said in a statement released Wednesday. "This was a role he enthusiastically embraced. However, it has become clear that his involvement in our group has become a complication and a distraction to our intentions; endangering our bid to keep the team in St. Louis. As such, we have decided to move forward without him and hope it will eventually lead us to a successful conclusion."
Well, having a media outlet of his own to sound off on this development.
WSJ "On his radio show Wednesday, Mr. Limbaugh said the controversy surrounding his participation in the bid "is not about the NFL, it's not about the St. Louis Rams, it's not about me. This is about the ongoing effort by the left in this country, wherever you find them, in the media, the Democrat Party, or wherever, to destroy conservatism, to prevent the mainstreaming of anyone who is prominent as a conservative.""
What Rush Limbaugh just does not get is that he is perceived to be a racist. Now, this is not a scientific poll, this is me making a blanket statement about someone I do not know personally, just what I get from his radio show and other media appearances. Now, the people that call themselves "dittoheads" may not believe that he is a racist, but yes he is.
Now, let's review the transgression.
First some ground rules.
The National Football League is professional and full of talented athletes that possess the expert skills needed to make a spot on a team.
To be a starter on any team player is considered 1st Team caliber.
Quarterback position is considered a key position on the team and thus pressure to perform is high.
Now, the comment that the media wants a black quarterback to secede is mean spirited and racist. To be critical of the encouragement bestowed on someone is mean spirited, but when verb used to described the player is a color it becomes racial.
This type of speech/behavior in any workplace is grounds for immediate termination in the United States.
Rush Limbaugh does not acknowledge his racist comment on ESPN as the root to his ban from the NFL, but NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell does:
"I think divisive comments are not what the NFL is all about," Mr. Goodell said. "I would not want to see those kind of comments from people who are in a responsible position within the NFL."
Now, that the NFL has banned Rush Limbaugh from any kind of ownership role based his racist comments a few years earlier on national television. I believe the NFL did the proper thing in refusing to consider ownership transfer to a group with Rush Limbaugh involved.
Limbaugh Dropped From Rams Bid
By MATTHEW FUTTERMAN WSJ
"Rush was to be a limited partner--as such, he would have had no say in the direction of the club or in any decisions regarding personnel or operations," Mr. Checketts, owner of the NHL's St. Louis Blues, said in a statement released Wednesday. "This was a role he enthusiastically embraced. However, it has become clear that his involvement in our group has become a complication and a distraction to our intentions; endangering our bid to keep the team in St. Louis. As such, we have decided to move forward without him and hope it will eventually lead us to a successful conclusion."
Well, having a media outlet of his own to sound off on this development.
WSJ "On his radio show Wednesday, Mr. Limbaugh said the controversy surrounding his participation in the bid "is not about the NFL, it's not about the St. Louis Rams, it's not about me. This is about the ongoing effort by the left in this country, wherever you find them, in the media, the Democrat Party, or wherever, to destroy conservatism, to prevent the mainstreaming of anyone who is prominent as a conservative.""
What Rush Limbaugh just does not get is that he is perceived to be a racist. Now, this is not a scientific poll, this is me making a blanket statement about someone I do not know personally, just what I get from his radio show and other media appearances. Now, the people that call themselves "dittoheads" may not believe that he is a racist, but yes he is.
Now, let's review the transgression.
First some ground rules.
The National Football League is professional and full of talented athletes that possess the expert skills needed to make a spot on a team.
To be a starter on any team player is considered 1st Team caliber.
Quarterback position is considered a key position on the team and thus pressure to perform is high.
Now, the comment that the media wants a black quarterback to secede is mean spirited and racist. To be critical of the encouragement bestowed on someone is mean spirited, but when verb used to described the player is a color it becomes racial.
This type of speech/behavior in any workplace is grounds for immediate termination in the United States.
Rush Limbaugh does not acknowledge his racist comment on ESPN as the root to his ban from the NFL, but NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell does:
"I think divisive comments are not what the NFL is all about," Mr. Goodell said. "I would not want to see those kind of comments from people who are in a responsible position within the NFL."
Now, that the NFL has banned Rush Limbaugh from any kind of ownership role based his racist comments a few years earlier on national television. I believe the NFL did the proper thing in refusing to consider ownership transfer to a group with Rush Limbaugh involved.
Monday, April 13, 2009
Ahoy Matie!
Well, Well, Well,
I can't believe that those pirates did not know that United States is #1 when it comes to violence. It is a sad fact, but still a fact. Did these pirate think " They don't know me... I am from a village so small it don't even have a name. I am hard. I, Joe Pirate am not afraid of the US punk bitches!"
then,
Pop, pop, pop
just like that .... seconds elapse ... now I was not there, but because I watch TV and know how we train our defenders; I am betting head shots.
Now, I do expect, unfortunately, there would be those who think this action is wrong to kill because the taking of life... whatever... you are wrong.
OK I addressed it.
Now, of course there is hard talk of retaliation from the pirates. Going to go after the American ships more aggressively. Now, if I remember correctly, this is how US negotiates with terrorists and criminal elements, so the threat of privacy or Terror on the High Seas is something we are committed to fighting.
As I look at the words terrorists and criminal elements the more the words begin to equate to each other but in a inverted way. The terrorist action is a crime, so they are criminals. Since they are criminals they tend to terrorize the community at large with the heinous possibilities that could happen.
I can't believe that those pirates did not know that United States is #1 when it comes to violence. It is a sad fact, but still a fact. Did these pirate think " They don't know me... I am from a village so small it don't even have a name. I am hard. I, Joe Pirate am not afraid of the US punk bitches!"
then,
Pop, pop, pop
just like that .... seconds elapse ... now I was not there, but because I watch TV and know how we train our defenders; I am betting head shots.
Now, I do expect, unfortunately, there would be those who think this action is wrong to kill because the taking of life... whatever... you are wrong.
OK I addressed it.
Now, of course there is hard talk of retaliation from the pirates. Going to go after the American ships more aggressively. Now, if I remember correctly, this is how US negotiates with terrorists and criminal elements, so the threat of privacy or Terror on the High Seas is something we are committed to fighting.
As I look at the words terrorists and criminal elements the more the words begin to equate to each other but in a inverted way. The terrorist action is a crime, so they are criminals. Since they are criminals they tend to terrorize the community at large with the heinous possibilities that could happen.
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek of the Czech Republic
Not too many Americans will know this guy, but right now he is President of the European Union. Which sounds a lot more important than it is. It is a rotating presidency of every 6 months, but anyway...
This is what he said about the US solution.
"The president of the European Union yesterday ripped the Obama administration's economic policies, calling its massive deficit spending and bank bailouts "a road to hell.""
Washington Post / March 26, 2009 EU head blasts US economic policies
Now this may be coincidence, but
"The collapse of the Czech government threatened a new setback for the European Union’s stalled governing treaty, distracting the bloc’s leadership"
Topolanek, 52, was demoted to a caretaker role by this week’s no-confidence vote, exposing his political weakness as he pleads with the Czech Senate to ratify the treaty.
I don't know what this means and interests me even less, but I just wanted to share this little news...
the moral of the story is ... bad mouth America and see how far that gets you.
Been a year Now.. March 25 2010 what an moron.
This is what he said about the US solution.
"The president of the European Union yesterday ripped the Obama administration's economic policies, calling its massive deficit spending and bank bailouts "a road to hell.""
Washington Post / March 26, 2009 EU head blasts US economic policies
Now this may be coincidence, but
"The collapse of the Czech government threatened a new setback for the European Union’s stalled governing treaty, distracting the bloc’s leadership"
Topolanek, 52, was demoted to a caretaker role by this week’s no-confidence vote, exposing his political weakness as he pleads with the Czech Senate to ratify the treaty.
I don't know what this means and interests me even less, but I just wanted to share this little news...
the moral of the story is ... bad mouth America and see how far that gets you.
Been a year Now.. March 25 2010 what an moron.
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