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Posted on November 17 at 1:42 p.m.
Crack, you are funny. Let it go man, not everything has to be about CAE. However, you do make it very apparent that you NEVER visit the bars when Clint is home. Obviously this issue is not one that really impacts you and you step down from the soapbox!
Posted on October 1 at 1:05 p.m.
Obviously the math was not checked. This was just in an email I received and thought the IDEA was interesting. As always, you can't necessarily believe everything you hear, read or see online - including email. Take it for what it was - just an idea. No credit can be taken by me, just an anonymous email :)
Posted on October 1 at 8:45 a.m.
from a circulating email:
"I'm against the $85,000,000,000.00 bailout of AIG. Instead, I'm in favor of giving $85,000,000,000 to America in a 'We Deserve it Dividend'.
To make the math simple, let's assume there are 200,000,000 bona fide U.S. Citizens 18+. Our population is about 301,000,000 +/- counting every man, woman and child. So 200,000,000 might be a fair stab at adults 18
and up. So divide 200 million adults 18+ into $85 billon that equals $425,000.00.
My plan is to give $425,000 to every person 18+ as a We Deserve It Dividend. Of course, it would NOT be tax free. So let's assume a tax rate of 30%.
Every individual 18+ has to pay $127,500.00 in taxes. That sends $25,500,000,000 right back to Uncle Sam. But it means that every adult 18+ has $297,500.00 in their pocket. A husband and wife have $595,000.00. What would you do with $297,500.00 to $595,000.00 in your family?
-Pay off your mortgage - housing crisis solved.
-Repay college loans - what a great boost to new grads
-Put away money for college - it'll be there
-Save in a bank - create money to loan to entrepreneurs.
-Buy a new car - create jobs
-Invest in the market - capital drives growth
-Pay for your parent's medical insurance - health care improves
-Enable Deadbeat Dads to come clean - or else
If we're going to re-distribute wealth let's really do it...instead of trickling out a puny $1000.00 ( 'vote buy' ) economic incentive. If we're going to do an $85 billion bailout, let's bail out every adult U S Citizen 18+!
As for AIG. Liquidated it. Sell off its parts. Let American General go back to being American General. Sell off the real estate. Let the private sector bargain hunters cut it up and clean it up.
Here's my rationale. We deserve it and AIG doesn't. Sure it's a crazy idea that can 'never work.' But can you imagine the Coast-To-Coast Block Party!
How do you spell Economic Boom? I trust my fellow adult Americans to know how to use the $85 Billion We Deserve It Dividend more than I do the geniuses at AIG or in Washington DC .And remember, The plan only really costs $59.5 Billion because $25.5 Billion is returned instantly in taxes to Uncle Sam."
Posted on September 22 at 3:56 p.m.
Wall-E 1hr 37min - Rated G - Animation/Action/Adventure
Posted on September 18 at 1:46 p.m.
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Posted on August 15 at 4:45 p.m.
mom- I can definitely agree with you there.
I love how everyone in this town always brings up the West vs South side of town. Its a quick 15 minute drive from one side to the other. We have choices as consumers, if you don't like the price at one place go to another. Stop the segregation... white v black, rich v poor, ugly v pretty.
The real reason why some West side shops might be higher probably has more to do with corporate decisions over location. Although snagging up interstate travelers who don't want to try to get lost searching for the best price I'm sure also plays a major role.
Posted on August 15 at 4:38 p.m.
Brian - For the final time Emporia KS is not SF. SF has a much larger population base with greater diversity. The local ethnic groups build their own communities within the city (China town, little Italy…) and specialty shops flourish. Here in the Emporia everyone shops at Wal-Mart. Price is the major predictor if a product will be purchased not necessarily quality. Larger store have more buying power, this equates to cheaper prices. Its simple math. If the stores that you mentioned before are currently not meeting the needs of Emporia, Lowe's would never even of looked our direction. Analysts study demographic buying power (which is why they always as for your zip at the checkout). Obviously they have observed a lot of money being spent in Topeka/KC/Wichita that could be spent here. Money spent here is more tax revenue. This is a good thing, especially in light of the new sales tax increase. And honestly is that area really all that pretty. That’s about as dumb of a reason as it was for blocking the wind farm in the flint hills.
Posted on August 15 at 4:24 p.m.
you guys are crazy! middle of a residential area? uh, I don't know about you, but being able to see Wal-Mart out my window is not my idea of residential. I guess maybe 15 years ago it was. Probably 20 years ago the Peaks lived in the country. Its called progress!
And for the people gripping about how things should be built in the North, East, South parts of town - whatever your smoking is probably illegal! The other parts of town are not conveniently located next to the interstate, and are more residential BLOCKS than the West. Anyways if you put it out anywhere but the West side then people would complain about having to drive 15 minutes to get to it just like they do about the aquatic center! Business follows the masses. The masses move from the heart of the ORIGINAL city..the business follows suit. Thats why if you look at original downtown district in any major (or minor, of that matter) city its typically empty or near empty. Bigger better, newer. Thats the American way!
Posted on August 15 at 4:13 p.m.
The cost difference from town to town was explained to me like this:
Since gas per barrel fluctuates daily, the price at the pump is going to be dependent on how quickly the station refuels. In Topeka, where there is obviously more people, the barrels are used more quickly and the price is subject to increase or decrease more in line with daily barrel price. Although we use a lot of gas in Emporia, all stations combined probably do not use as much as any one station in Topeka does. It made sense to me when I got the information so I'm running with it. :)
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Posted on December 1 at 1:59 p.m.
The auction never took place. KVOE has some new info about an IRS tax lien, however rumor is that this business was purchased 2 weeks ago. Much of the information in this article is incorrect.
On Natasha’s:Debt greater than appraisal