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[quote=CA renter][quote=zk][quote=CA renter][quote=Blogstar]I’d like to see everyone have to log in by computer or telephone anytime their gun is out of the house. Use plans and return time should be reported.Theywould log in to report when it was back at home. Anyone out with a gun, registered or not who hasn’t done this would be committing a crime.[/quote]

How many times have mass murderers not been caught? Seems to me that knowing, after the fact, who was out of the house with a gun doesn’t really fix anything.[/quote]

You’re missing the point. And you’re (again) focusing on mass murders when they’re a very small part of the problem. Your average criminal is less likely to carry around a gun if it’s going to land him in jail for a long time.[/quote]

Certain drugs will land people in jail for a long time. Doesn’t look like it’s stopped anyone from possessing or using drugs (thought it’s made for a hell of a black market and very rich drug lords)…or do you think there are people out there who want to use drugs, but refrain from doing so because “it’s illegal”?[/quote]

I for one would not use drugs even if they were legal, so I see no sense in having drug laws. Everyone sees things differently. I think if people want to eat a grilled cheese sandwich it should be their right to, as long as they are not stealing my cheese sandwich.

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Or perhaps the government could make surprise visits to gun owners “to check their serial numbers” just to be sure they are actually in possession of the guns and were not straw buyers. Next step would be Nazi land.

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Just heard on 10 news that a background check is only required by commercial gun dealers, doesn’t sound right to me because I wouldn’t think selling among individuals could be done without going through someone with an FFL.

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I think before any action is taken we as a people need to ask ourselves,”would it have prevented the Newtown killings?” if the answer is no then why because of this incident are we willing to take such a stance.

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My wife got returns like that with the BAC stock I recommended to her.

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[quote=SK in CV][quote=UCGal]We hear,often that people do not take personal responsibility for their retirement…
I read a while back that the average 50 year old only had $50k saved for retirement.
Now you’re proposing a scheme that would let irresponsible people gut their inadequateretirement savings.

Even if your idea were approved you need to account for taxes. Since 401k money is pretax you need to take out extra to pay taxes on it… and depending on what bracket you’re in, it could kick you into a higher tax bracket. It will be taxed at your highest rate.
P.S. To UCGAl we use a graduated tax system now so there is no more bracketing, besides I would rather pay taxes now than the insane taxes we will be paying in 20 years.

It just seems like a fiscally irresponsible idea. Just my opinion.[/quote]

I agree, and beyond that, other than the vague credit for investing in solar, it does nothing meaningful to help the economy. Paying off debt is not stimulative, whether its home mortgage debt, credit card debt, or student loan debt. At least mildly to the contrary, it would potentially cause a pretty drastic fall in the stock market. The macro-economic benefits escape me.[/quote]

The macro economic benefit would be that I would be producing electricity. More production is what we need to boost our economy. Anything that is economically smart is a good thing to do. I hope if I put in the solar I would still be benefiting from it when I retire in 20 years, so I could think of it as a retirement investment. By the time I retire I think the government will be in such bad shape that they will be means testing whether one deserves to get social security. With my mortgage paid off and my electricty subsidized by my solar I hope to qualify.

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We just got a letter from recon trust about a release on the deed from a house we bought 3 3/4 years ago. Seems to me they should have sent that like 3 1/2 years ago. Weird, maybe that’s part of the robo signing thing.

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Me personally I would love to do the solar thing. Leasing and/or going into debt just don’t make sense to me right now.

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[quote=SK in CV][quote=no_such_reality]Just keep it simple.

Make the banks market to market on the delinquent loans.

Force them to foreclose or forgive the loan when it’s 180 days past due.

Problem solved as we liquidate all the pretenders, including several big bank.[/quote]

What does that mean? “Market to market”?[/quote]

I think it should have been “mark to market”, my probelm with that is you are telling them what to do, with my plan people have choices. Ultimately people’s lives are affected by their choices.

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[quote=no_such_reality]Just keep it simple.

Make the banks market to market on the delinquent loans.

Force them to foreclose or forgive the loan when it’s 180 days past due.

Problem solved as we liquidate all the pretenders, including several big bank.[/quote]

Believe it or not, even though banks are reporting profits I suspect they are not all that well off. Most all of them are rated BBB on their preferred stock offerings. That should tell you something.

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I don’t believe the first one was though. 16 years ago I don’t think it was required. I could literally see right through the old one.

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It does.

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I had a similar experience trying to smog my ’88 jeep. Online the catalytic converter (cheapest I could find) was like $279,add to that the installation and you’re around $400. So i called the local parts places, found it at NAPA for like $179, went in and the manager knocked off another $30 bucks. Had my neighbor weld it in and passed the test better than it ever had since I’ve had the car (16 years). So now I can sell the car, but I love it so much that probably won’t happen anytime soon.

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If you divide $2 trillion by say 65 million and then take out 20% for overhead you’ll end up with $24 thousand. Not much to support a family on. Remember landlords get a significant portion of this money, so ultimately the rich are affected by spending cuts. I think the Mormon’s have a good concept with having extra food stored up in the pantry. That’s going to be my next investment, just need a good app to track it so that I don’t end up throwing it out.
Actually I think the overhead might be even higher than 20%.

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I’ve seen them camping out at my local Home Depot for the last couple of months.Can’t lay my hands on the brochure right now. Seem to recall SDGE lowering what they will buy electricity back at earlier this year.

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