[quote=citydweller][quote=flu][quote=spdrun]Meh. It’s basically a return to 1990s tax policies. You know, when this country was actually doing decently and had a balanced budget. Pity we won’t be doing anything about the Pigs in the Pentagon. Eisenhower (a General I may add) was right in his farewell speech.[/quote]
….with 2012 inflated dollars and generally weakened purchasing power…
I guess someone starting out really doesn’t need to invest anymore, because wow… just wow… for younger people starting out now, they aren’t gonna be able to accumulate wealth anywhere close to what some of us older folks have been able to…. Pity….[/quote]
flu, it seems like you’ve been able to accumulate wealth, but I get the sense that you are not happy. You seem to have a lot of complaints about the world we live in.
I personally have not accumulated a lot of wealth, but I have learned to be happy with what I have. I do not begrudge any of the money I pay in taxes. I appreciate that the taxes I have paid during my working years have provided me with this incredibly amazing country we live in.
Every day I can flip a switch and my lights come on, I turn a faucet and clean water comes out, I eat at restaurants and have never gotten food poisoning, I make money and put it in the bank and none of it has ever disappeared, I make monthly payments on my condo and I have never had to defend my right to be here. I could go on and on. It frustrates me that some people can live in this incredible abundance and security that we have in the U.S. and still complain because they think we should have MORE![/quote]
Wow, you’re really self-righteous.
IMO it’s largely because of people like flu that we in fact enjoy abundance.
