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February 23, 2012 at 7:16 AM in reply to: OT-Contest to guess the occupant of beautiful new building in RSF #738539February 21, 2012 at 2:59 PM in reply to: State tax deductibility of all Mello-Roos charges threatened beginning tax year 2012 #738435
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Participant[quote=flu]
Well, most folks are going to start to report their taxes correctly because the risk versus reward of not doing so is not there… So you gonna start paying your internet taxes now?[/quote]
They, FTB, also have a suggested use tax level by income level.
I can seem them, ftb, trying to bully people into paying by making the payer disprove havIng bought. Onus is on FTB but most payers wI’ll opt easy path.
No problems though the state board of equalization has a 50 page document outlining the exemptions to use and sales tax
And an 88 page document for the rules on taxes for paying the nanny or baby sitter.
So paying nothing invites an audit,an audit invites a pissuing match and paying something invites a rectal exam
I love our FTB
February 21, 2012 at 12:46 PM in reply to: State tax deductibility of all Mello-Roos charges threatened beginning tax year 2012 #738408ParticipantOCR. Simple scan, compare, flag deviation for free money and penalties.
ParticipantI like SDR’s idea. It wreck your credit but you likely need to play hardball. The suggestion to read on harp is also good.
One point of clarification, Are the loans purchase money loans or refi?
If purchase money, if you can qualify another option is to buy the new place an then walk. Verify your tax consequences.
That’s provided you can sell and cover the loss.
But I wouldn’t wreck myself paying a DOA loan
February 21, 2012 at 12:19 PM in reply to: State tax deductibility of all Mello-Roos charges threatened beginning tax year 2012 #738392ParticipantThey’re not threatened. They have never been permItted but people claim
Them anyway. Kind of like the vehicle fees.Participant[quote=CA renter]Not sure how or where your post shows that unions/labor outspent capital/corporations.
[/quote]Commercial Banks and not the entire FIRE industry segment which represents 20%+ of the national GDP.
However, when you get it to, please review the following two links which further breakdown the contributions.
As you can see, the Labor bucket is 80% PAC money, 20% soft money and 0.1% individual money. It’s also 90% given to Democrats.
http://www.opensecrets.org/industries/totals.php?cycle=2012&ind=PThe FIRE sector is by contrast, 75% Individuals, 20% PAC money and 5% soft money. http://www.opensecrets.org/industries/contrib.php?cycle=2012&ind=F
PAC to PAC, union PACs outspend FIRE sector PACs in 2008, slightly got beat by FIRE in 2010 and so far are being outspent but that’ll change come the real 2012 election race.
Of greater note, Union money in 2008, 2010 went 92% and 94% to Democrats. FIRE money was split 51%/49% and 47%/53% respectively.
Or are you saying the individuals that happen to work in the FIRE sector shouldn’t have a voice? My company has a program, employees donate and dictate what candidates their money goes to but it comes as part of match from the company.
If you’re worried about influence peddling, and you should be, I’d be worried about large lopsided expenditures.
Now look at the last link. Other.
Remember, it was dominated by Universities and Governments. The contributors tells the story that most at individual contributions. IOW, the employee donations that correspond the to LABOR PAC donations in the labor group. It’s #2 $412M in 2008.
http://www.opensecrets.org/industries/contrib.php?ind=W&cycle=2012
For a final snicker, here’s the link to look at the infamous Goldman Sachs donors. It’s the top 17. Democrat donations lead 2:1 over republicans in the long term donors. That evil FIRE money…
http://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/topindivs.php?cycle=2012&id=D000000085
ParticipantCAR, It just requires a bunch of political sacred cow gorings.
As I’ve stated before, under President Bill Clinton, we’d didn’t suffer from lack of Government services. Start will Bill’s last budget and increase it 3.1% a year on spending.
That means some draconian cuts to things like DOD. The growth in DOD is insane.
At 3.1% funding growth, we end up $80 Billion short on social security.
At 3.6% (the rate of tax revenue growth), we end up $50 Billion short. So we’re going to need to find $50 billion in cuts or taxes. SS needs a goring though, the road is DOA. Future benefits for people currently not retired will need drastic cuts.
Medicaid faces the same challenge as SS.
Homeland security, will have a 60% cut in their budget. A 300% growth since 2001 is nuts. I’ll also say, increase passenger fees to pay for it.
Tax increases, no brainer, the Bush cuts expire.
Every other department will similarly have rollbacks to Clintonian levels which means many will face 20-30% cuts.
Get over it, we can’t grow spending at 6% when the economy grows at 3%.
ParticipantFinally, one moe from your site, Top contributotrs 1989 to now
Rank Organization Total ’89-’12 Dem % Repub % Tilt
1 ActBlue $57,470,970 99% 0%
2 AT&T Inc $48,025,567 44% 55%
3 American Fedn of State, County & Municipal Employees $46,382,548 94% 1%
4 National Assn of Realtors $41,403,426 47% 49%
5 Service Employees International Union $37,829,428 76% 2%
6 National Education Assn $37,197,739 82% 5%
7 Goldman Sachs $36,344,887 60% 39%
8 American Assn for Justice $35,200,054 88% 8%
9 Intl Brotherhood of Electrical Workers $34,637,147 97% 2%
10 Laborers Union $32,213,700 88% 7%Five of the top ten are unions.
two are corporations.
two are quazi-unions /industry- NAR and the trial lawyers
#1 is a democrat PAC11-20 is more interesting
7 are unions
1 is a corp
1 is a PAC, american medical association
1 is auto dealers is an industry PACUnions are the big spenders.
Participant[quote=CA renter][quote=no_such_reality]
Lots…[/quote]More:
1 Finance/Insur/RealEst $142,252,611 37.4% 56.8%
2 Other $93,335,016 53.9% 43.5%
3 Misc Business $89,680,342 44.7% 50.5%
4 Lawyers & Lobbyists $65,644,767 67.0% 32.5%
5 Health $48,228,756 44.0% 55.2%
6 Ideology/Single-Issue $45,391,147 51.7% 46.9%
7 Communic/Electronics $44,925,020 54.0% 31.0%
8 Energy/Nat Resource $31,161,475 22.4% 77.2%
9 Construction $26,004,561 27.7% 59.5%
10 Labor $21,469,557 75.5% 11.5%
11 Agribusiness $20,235,260 29.3% 69.3%
12 Transportation $19,320,906 24.9% 73.2%
13 Defense $8,503,149 38.8% 60.9%http://www.opensecrets.org/industries/index.php
Unions are nowhere near the big spenders you seem to think they are. It might help explain why the “anti-union” propaganda spewed by the corporatists/capitalists has been gaining so much strength.
Know where you stand.[/quote]
Devil is in the details, I suggest you drill in.
Look at Labor:
Service Employees International Union $1,426,215
Intl Brotherhood of Electrical Workers $1,337,561
Carpenters & Joiners Union $1,039,000
American Fedn of St/Cnty/Munic Employees $1,019,680
Sheet Metal Workers Union $989,500
Communications Workers of America $919,239
Teamsters Union $869,110
National Air Traffic Controllers Assn $856,830
Machinists/Aerospace Workers Union $832,250
Plumbers/Pipefitters UnionNow look at banks…
American Bankers Assn $1,128,500
Bank of America $859,442
JPMorgan Chase & Co $809,746
Wells Fargo $663,973
Independent Community Bankers of America $639,200
Citigroup Inc $628,847tsk tsk tsk, those poor union are outspending the major banks…
What is other?
Contributor Amount
Harvard University $578,584
Stanford University $369,533
US Government $347,389
John Templeton Foundation $336,000
University of California $330,495
National Community Action Foundation $265,050
US Dept of State $224,357
Dodge Jones Foundation $218,700
Columbia University $200,484
US Senate $193,372
Apollo Group $180,541
Bridgepoint Education $178,712
University of Pennsylvania $155,957
Full Sail $137,300
University of Texas $121,603
State of Texas $115,730
City University of New York $114,526
US Army $113,595
Keiser University $112,810
Yale UniversityAnd the univeristies almost are too.
Participant[quote=CA renter][quote=no_such_reality]BS. Show is how the debt spending is actually increasing employment, it’s not. A balanced budget would do more to instill confidence and stimulate hiring than an faux job from debt spending.
As for Greece, well burning and destroying seems to be the response to not enough government spending. Truely pathetic.[/quote]
It’s the response to broken promises and the feeling that citizens are being shafted in order to benefit the financiers.[/quote]
It’s shame they’re too stupid to realize they aren’t going to have their cake and eat it too.
But, we’re doing the exact same thing in the US.
Since 2001
Annual US population growth 0.8%
Annual US Inflation 2.0%
Annual US GDP growth 3.1%
Annual US Federal Tax Revenue growth 3.6%
Annual US Federal Spending Growth 5.95%Participant[quote=CA renter]
How much money/how many promises were made (bribes) to make this happen?How much of our tax money is diverted to things like this? This is what we should be targeting WRT governmental reforms. Bribery is alive and well, and I think we’re at a point where people don’t even try to hide it anymore.[/quote]
[Quote=WSJ http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124243785248026055.html%5D
Officials say the fast-growing union spent $85 million during the campaign season last year, and that it was well worth it: The Obama administration has appointed union officials to top posts and is backing legislation to make it easier for workers to organize.“SEIU is on the field, it’s in the White House, it’s in the administration,” SEIU President Andy Stern said in a video to members to mark the Obama administration’s first 100 days.[/Quote]
Lots…
ParticipantBS. Show is how the debt spending is actually increasing employment, it’s not. A balanced budget would do more to instill confidence and stimulate hiring than an faux job from debt spending.
As for Greece, well burning and destroying seems to be the response to not enough government spending. Truely pathetic.
Participant[quote=sdrealtor]Can we at least say things arent getting worse?[/quote]
No.
And no I’m not being cynical or anti Obama. His budget proposal just came out, another $900 billion of debt.
Insanity as at current revenues, president Bill Clinton’s last budget when increased by inflation and population WOULD BE BALANCED!
Actually it would have somewhere in the $50 to $100k billion surplus.
So no it’s not getting better. Our spending is speeding is toward Greek status.
Participant[quote=Allan from Fallbrook]
Dave: Brian has visions of himself spending a quiet Sunday afternoon in a cafe on the Left Bank of Paris, sipping a Pernod, smoking a Gauloise and idly leafing through either Camus or Sartre. Far, far away from the Great Unwashed of America, with nary a Walmart in sight.[/quote]Oui, Carrefour is much better. Conviction for false advertising, sweatshop practices and €220k fine for 2500 violations not
withstanding.February 11, 2012 at 7:03 AM in reply to: OT – Who will run for President on the Republican side? #737731ParticipantBrian and SK, you’re missing the point.
Don’t look at what you think Obama would do, look at what he’s really done.
Same for the republicans. I’d expect more *ss clownery from them.
It’s truely sad if after three years your answer he’s not as bad as a republican. It’s even sadder that you trot out his getting elected as a social liberty he’s gone to change. That is the result of prior social liberties fought for and gained by the likes of MLK.
But take a good hard look at what he’s actually done. Not a whole lot. More than a republican most likely which isn’t saying much.
I expected more.
As for saving face with the Church, frankly, I really wish Obama would grow a pair and actually stand on something. Anything instead of rippling in the wind worrying about how it’ll play in the reelection campaign.
I’m an evil 1%er synchophant though, I think the only viable Republican is Romney. The rest are all too beholden to the religious right to turn loose.
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