sadly, i think that if we were **required** to educate ourselves prior to the caucuses/primaries, most people would find themselves drawn to a "lesser" candidate, but the big Dem/Repub machines really dedicate themselves to pushing through those that tout the party lines. Who really sees themselves as a straight-up red/blue member?
Kucinich/Paul comes to mind... On Jan 25, 2008 3:17 PM, morgan l <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In fairness, their calculator does show an increase in income. And nowhere > near enough to put me in favor of it. More like it's a wash. My own > quick-and-dirty math had it at somewhat less spendable income. The cynic > in > me keeps saying that of course their calculator is going to show it's > better > for me. I think the results posted on-list prove that it really benefits > people that already have disposable income, and would barely affect those > of > lower income levels, like myself, who have little to no disposable income. > > And really, unless I make 100K a year, a 1% increase in annual spending > money is negligible. I'd be insulted if my job offered me something like > that. > Damn, I just realised I managed to get on another hijack of one of Erika's > threads. -d'oh! > > To the topic: I haven't a clue who'll win! I'm not sure I like any of > their > platforms enough to even pull for one over the other. All those "political > match" quizzes put me at barely over 50% matching to any candidate, and > none > of them agree which is a higher match, lol...I guess my political ideal > simply doesn't exist. > On Jan 25, 2008 2:21 PM, Cameron Childress <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Morgan- > > > > So it's really good for you, though not spectacular in the way it was > > for some others on the list. Granted this is all theoretical, but it > > does pretty much destroy your arguments when you said: "for me, living > > paycheck to paycheck barely getting by, unable to save any of my monthly > > income, I'd actually pay significantly more in taxes that way that the > > current system. Doesn't quite seem "fair" to me." > > > > So using their numbers, while it's not great for you, it's not actually > > bad. > > > > -Cameron > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:252025 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
