As much as I support John Linder and the Fairtax act, it is time for him (among many others) to get out.
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I don’t think that this has ever happened before. All five of us are sick, and I called in to work today. I have had to move my days off occasionally due to a sick child, and I am sure I missed a few days during the three years that I worked at the corporate office, as well as when I was an hourly, but in the 19 years that I have been in management, I have NEVER called in sick. You just don’t do that and keep your job long. Fuck it. I feel like shit.
It started out with Anna puking her guts out Saturday night and Sunday. I kept her home yesterday, then everyone else started getting it. Everyone else besides me has had the wonderful oppurtunity to blow chunks over the last couple of days, and for the most oart we are sticking to bed. Unfortunately, I have had the shits, and have been seriously nauseous for the last 24 hours. I want to throw up, but can’t. Right about now, a good puke would probably feel pretty damn good.
Porch steps
Once my neighbor Pat came over it took about 30 minutes.
No such thing as a fair tax?
Came across this article earlier.
There is No Such Thing as a Fair Tax – Mises Institute
Below is a snippet from the article:
Former attorney Boortz is the well-known Atlanta-based “libertarian” talk show host who, like Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity, spends an inordinate amount of time on the evils of liberalism, the Left, and the Democratic Party while turning a blind eye to big government Republicans and supporting Bush’s “War on Terror.” Boortz has drawn fire from Christians for his support of abortion and gay rights. He has also offended Southerners (he himself was born in Pennsylvania but was raised throughout the country as a “Marine brat”) because of his negative comments about the Confederate flag.
Actually, Boortz slams big government all the time for its spending habits, one of the reasons for the Fairtax in the first place.
Mr. Vance writes that it is basically a bad thing that Boortz and Linder propose different or new finding for Social Security and Medicare, rather than calling for their elimination. Yes, I personally think that they should be eliminated, but one step at a time. They are too big, and too many people are dependent on them to get rid of right now.
He also makes a point about the Fairtax NOT repealing the sixteenth amendment. This is true, and very worrisome. Congress could, in effect, pass the progressive Fairtax, then turn around and tax your income as well. The two should go hand in hand.
Mr. Vance also correctly mentions that the Fairtax basically makes us ALL collect welfare by sending us the tax prebate. I agree and think that this should be done away with and the sales tax rate dropped.
A carpenter i am not
But my neighbor is. he is going to help me fix it tommorow.
Project
Stephanie has gone to Home Depot for me while running errands this morning. At some point today I am going to put a new set of steps on the side porch so that my Grandmother can join us for Christmas. The only problem is that I suck at building stuff, so this should be interesting.
Looks vile tastes great
How NOT to dance
Scott Adams has a fairly humorous post about dancing. I commented, but still felt the need to post a bit about it. Dances (as well as other various gatherings) were a very big deal with the crowd that I hung with in my late teens and early twenties. Rather than being left out of things, I generally would attend, normally just skulking around the edges of the dance floor. Smoking. Talking with my closest friends, who also skulked around the edges of the dance floor. Occasionally I would get out and dance, until a girl friend told me that I dance like an ape in heat. Consider this. Dressed in leather, tatoos, long hair. Very heavy metal. Dancing to Wang Ching and whatnot. Looking like an ape in heat. Very fucking funny. It wasn’t until now, writing this down, that I realize just how fucking stupid I must have looked. Damn.
Smokescreens and the status quo
Although there may be a few people in both major parties that want tax reform, most of them are so fucking afraid to lose an election (and have to get a real job proucing something) that they will be more than happy to maintain the status quo. We are going to have to force them to do something. Checkout www.fairtax.org for one of the alternatives. Yeah, it is a plug, but I am pretty passionate about it.
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TV on iTunes
Looks like iTunes now has a bunch of TV shows available, both new, and vintage. Pretty cool. If only I was able to play them on my HTPC.