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classicman 09-22-2010 10:34 PM

Pledge to America
 
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CBS News has obtained a final draft of House Republicans' legislative agenda for the next Congress, a 21-page "Pledge to America" that they will formally unveil Thursday morning at a Virginia hardware store.
Bold mine...

Anyone buying this?

Cloud 09-22-2010 10:36 PM

(singing) if I had a hammer . . .

classicman 09-22-2010 10:41 PM

how many times . . .

Cloud 09-22-2010 10:44 PM

in the morning and in the evening

monster 09-23-2010 12:22 AM

where?

xoxoxoBruce 09-23-2010 12:28 AM

On a circus tent stake.

Shawnee123 09-23-2010 07:35 AM

Pledge makes my table shiny and clean. When will they be delivering it?

Cloud 09-23-2010 08:32 AM

all over this laaaaaaand!

tw 09-23-2010 06:08 PM

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- Stop job-killing tax hikes

- Allow small businesses to take a tax deduction equal to 20 percent of their income

- Require congressional approval for any new federal regulation that would add to the deficit
When did they take "contradiction" out of Webster's Dictionary?

HungLikeJesus 09-23-2010 09:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Cloud (Post 684408)
all over this laaaaaaand!

You've got a nice voice.

TheMercenary 09-24-2010 07:36 AM

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Originally Posted by classicman (Post 684298)

Anyone buying this[/url]?

NO. It is another load of crap with empty promises. Just like the "Contract with America", where they achieved nothing. Same BS from Washington, different dance.

classicman 09-24-2010 08:32 AM

Same dance different tune?

Shawnee123 09-24-2010 08:43 AM

Same post different goon.

Spexxvet 09-24-2010 08:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Shawnee123 (Post 684384)
Pledge makes my table shiny and clean. When will they be delivering it?

Pledge makes it easy for republicans to wax their carrots.:D

Shawnee123 09-24-2010 08:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Spexxvet (Post 684668)
Pledge makes it easy for republicans to wax their carrots.:D

That's why I use Orange Glo!

ZenGum 09-24-2010 09:15 PM

Remember in Back to the Future, in 1985 there is an election on in the background, Mayor X is claiming his "progress platform will deliver more jobs, better education, bigger civic improvements and lower taxes".

Jump to 1955 and there is an election on in the background where Mayor Y is claiming their "progress platform will deliver more jobs, better education, bigger civic improvements and lower taxes"...

xoxoxoBruce 09-25-2010 12:23 AM

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Originally Posted by ZenGum (Post 684836)
Remember in Back to the Future, in 1985 there is an election on in the background, Mayor X is claiming his "progress platform will deliver more jobs, better education, bigger civic improvements and lower taxes".

Jump to 1955 and there is an election on in the background where Mayor Y is claiming their "progress platform will deliver more jobs, better education, bigger civic improvements and lower taxes"...

You're confusing movies with real life... where every politician promises more jobs, better education, bigger civic improvements and lower taxes.

TheMercenary 09-25-2010 02:06 AM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce (Post 684865)
You're confusing movies with real life... where every politician promises more jobs, better education, bigger civic improvements and lower taxes.

You forgot... at a lower price. :D

spudcon 09-25-2010 09:35 PM

If those Republicans are incumbents, they're going anyway. It's irrelevant.

classicman 10-01-2010 10:09 PM

http://media.npr.org/assets/img/2010...1285882840&s=2

HungLikeJesus 10-01-2010 10:14 PM

So which of those would you eliminate?

morethanpretty 10-01-2010 10:18 PM

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Originally Posted by HungLikeJesus (Post 686128)
So which of those would you eliminate?

Drug Enforcement Agency

:joint:

xoxoxoBruce 10-02-2010 02:46 AM

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Originally Posted by HungLikeJesus (Post 686128)
So which of those would you eliminate?

Bureau of Alcohol, tobacco, and Firearms. The government shouldn't be using my hard earned money to give such a dangerous combination to any group. They're gonna shoot their eyes out. :yesnod:




why does spell check want to change HungLikeJesus to Negligences?

Spexxvet 10-02-2010 08:27 AM

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Originally Posted by classicman (Post 686125)

Linky-dink, por favor?

HungLikeJesus 10-02-2010 11:02 AM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce (Post 686137)
...why does spell check want to change HungLikeJesus to Negligences?

Maybe it was a accident.

gvidas 10-02-2010 12:42 PM

It's from A Taxpayer Receipt (page 3).

Pico and ME 10-02-2010 01:06 PM

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Originally Posted by HungLikeJesus (Post 686165)
Maybe it was a accident.

Mine wants to change it to Hungriness. :3eye:

classicman 10-02-2010 02:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Spexxvet (Post 686157)
Linky-dink, por favor?

http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2010/...s-your-receipt

Sundae 10-03-2010 11:11 AM

Promises, promises, promises.
Can't say much about your Govt, but I know the Post Office here started calling itself "The People's Post Office" a couple of years ago. What? Why? What was it before then? What it really meant was an increase in branch closure, and transferring some of the main Post Offices into small departments of stationery shops. Average number of people serving in our main PO now? 3. Down from 7. Average queue time? 20 minutes. Which is about the same amount of time I used to queue in the City Centre branch in Leicester. At least that was a beautiful place, not a rinky-dink corral in WHSmith.

Oh and the National Westminster Bank (NatWest) are selling themselves as the Helpful Bank. Not all that helpful for me, as it turns out. They are no longer prepared to add a reference to a cash payment made over the counter. So when I pay my rent arrears, they pretty much have to guess which is my payment given the bank sort code. I don't expect a solicitors in Leicester have an awful lot of people paying via the branch in Aylesbury, but given that inputting a reference takes >1 minute I really can't see this helps anyone.

xoxoxoBruce 10-03-2010 11:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Sundae Girl (Post 686277)
...the Post Office here started calling itself "The People's Post Office" a couple of years ago. What? Why? What was it before then?

The Royal Post? :blush:

Sundae 10-03-2010 11:20 AM

Royal Mail is the postal service run from the Post Office.
I have issues with the Royal Mail too, but at least they don't call themselves the People's Mail.

Lamplighter 10-03-2010 05:53 PM

Maybe it's like "corn sugar".
The only mail we get now is bills and junk mail.

So, since it is now the "people's postal service" you won't mind opening your mail as much.

Spexxvet 10-04-2010 10:27 AM

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Originally Posted by gvidas (Post 686174)
It's from A Taxpayer Receipt (page 3).

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Originally Posted by classicman (Post 686187)

Thanks

TheMercenary 10-05-2010 08:43 AM

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Originally Posted by HungLikeJesus (Post 686128)
So which of those would you eliminate?

Foreign Aid, IRS, DEA, Amtrack, cut salaries for Congress in half, they only work half a year anyway.

classicman 10-05-2010 08:45 AM

bah - Their salaries aren't the problem. Its the lifelong benefits.

Happy Monkey 10-05-2010 01:03 PM

Not for the ones who never retire. ;)

classicman 10-05-2010 01:10 PM

Yes - they are getting many of the the benefits while employed.


ETA - In the grand scheme of things ... Its not as big an issue as some other things.

TheMercenary 10-05-2010 01:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Happy Monkey (Post 686692)
Not for the ones who never retire. ;)

I don't think that is the drag on most large companies and states that pay.

Happy Monkey 10-05-2010 01:29 PM

At $0.19 per $5400, it's not a drag on the Federal government, either.

TheMercenary 10-05-2010 01:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Happy Monkey (Post 686703)
At $0.19 per $5400, it's not a drag on the Federal government, either.

Depends on how many millions you multiply that .19 by.

Happy Monkey 10-05-2010 01:45 PM

I suppose if you even multiplied it by one million, $190,000 per $5,400 would be quite a drag on the government's finances. I propose not multiplying congressional salaries and benefits by millions.

TheMercenary 10-05-2010 01:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Happy Monkey (Post 686710)
I suppose if you even multiplied it by one million, $190,000 per $5,400 would be quite a drag on the government's finances. I propose not multiplying congressional salaries and benefits by millions.

Agreed. I still say there may be some value in making the the jobs minimum wage with some really good benefits to keep them motivated. :rolleyes:

classicman 10-05-2010 01:53 PM

Can't do that - We need to attract the best and brightest. Just think of who we would have representing us if there was so little pay (Christine O'Donnell)

xoxoxoBruce 10-05-2010 11:50 PM

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Originally Posted by TheMercenary (Post 686711)
Agreed. I still say there may be some value in making the the jobs minimum wage with some really good benefits to keep them motivated. :rolleyes:

They get ten times as much from the lobbyists anyway.


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