Aye, we seem to have found another topic to stir up strong opinions. I second your motion, will try to get back to our regular programming... -- Max Dillon Charleston SC '95 E300, '87 300TD, '73 Balboa 20
Jaime Kopchinski <jaime...@gmail.com> wrote: >Its a nice thing to read, but clearly not relevant today. I'm not >happy >with a lot going on in Government today, but I do like having highways, >schools, police, a fire department, and the national guard when the >shit >hits the fan. (Like when a hurricane blows through, for example). I >pay >taxes so I can benefit from these things when I need them. Seems fair >to >me. > >Can we go back to talking about Mercedes now? Today I found a radiator >shop who is going to clean up and test the radiator from my W109 for >$85, >and have it done tomorrow. This great deal offsets the $80 I had to >spend >on a meter of giant cooling hose for the same car, although I only need >about 15cm of it. > >Jaime > > > >On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 7:17 PM, Max Dillon ><meadedil...@bellsouth.net>wrote: > >> No, this is not how our government is supposed to work. For the >first >> hundred years, our government did not steal money for the purpose of >> redistribution. >> >> You should read Davy Crockett's speech to Congress: >> >> http://www.fee.org/library/detail/not-your-to-give-2 >> >> -- >> Max Dillon >> Charleston SC >> '95 E300, '87 300TD, '73 Balboa 20 >> >> Jaime Kopchinski <jaime...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >But isn't this how government must work at a fundamental level? >Take >> >taxes >> >from all, distribute it where its needed? >> > >> >- I don't have kids in school, which should my taxes go to pay for >it? >> >If >> >you have kids, thats your problem to pay for it. >> >- Nobody is attacking me or my family, I shouldn't have to pay for a >> >war. >> >- I don't care if the interstate highway you take to work in your >state >> >needs repair, I don't use it so I'm not paying for it. >> > >> >Seems pretty absurd, no? >> > >> >Closed minded extreem ideas don't go very far. (Except maybe with >the >> >crowd on this list!) >> > >> >If you really feel your being stolen from, I kindly ask you do >either >> >do >> >something about it, or leave and go try to find somewhere that suits >> >you. >> > Perhaps you can find a place with no taxes and where nobody will do >> >anything for you at all, seeing as you're all so self sufficient >> >Maybe >> >you can gather some ideas from these folks: >> > >> >http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/For-40-Years-This-Russian-Family-Was-Cut-Off-From-Human-Contact-Unaware-of-World-War-II-188843001.html#ixzz2JKca7yGi >> > >> >Jaime >> > >> > >> >On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 1:49 PM, Max Dillon >> ><meadedil...@bellsouth.net>wrote: >> > >> >> Exactly. I view all entitlements and hand outs from federal >> >government as >> >> a Perversion of the law. Government is taking money by force from >> >one >> >> group of people and giving it to another. That is why we have >> >gridlock in >> >> WDC, the fight is about who gets to steal money from who now. >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Max Dillon >> >> Charleston SC >> >> '95 E300, '87 300TD, '73 Balboa 20 >> >> >> >> Dieselhead <126die...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> >> >>I'm surprised you seem to have so much hate and disgust for the >> >Jersey >> >> >>shore. You've been there? How about the rest of our state? >What >> >> >makes >> >> >>you think we should not be supported by our government during a >> >time >> >> >of >> >> >>catastrophe like any other part of the country? >> >> >> >> >> >>Jaime >> >> > >> >> >Ah! There is el problemo.... "you think we should not be >supported >> >> >by our government " Nothing against neu Joisey, or anywhere >else, >> >> >but where in the United States constitution, does it say >> >> >"Congresscritters have the right to extort money from the >populace >> >to >> >> >reimburse [rich] folks who build too close to water?" The real >> >> >question is how to bring the crongreescritters and the rest of >> >> >goobermint back within the enumerated powers of the constitution. >> >> > >> >> >I grew up near a very large body of water. When winds and floods >> >> >came, people generally washed out their house, threw out >inexpensive >> >> >furniture, washed furniture made of real wood, bought some used >> >> >furniture and went back to work. Or else they moved out and left >> >the >> >> >remains to rot or be sold. People who wished some protection >> >bought >> >> >insecurance. Nobody even thought of asking for goobermint >money. >> >> > >> >> >When lava flowed over Kalapana and destroyed most of the village >and >> >> >most of Kalapana gardens, some people's insecurance paid, and >some >> >> >insecurance companies took the weasel route, hanging their >customers >> >> >out to dry. There was no goobermint money, not even from the >> >pipples >> >> >republik of hawaii. >> >> > >> >> >When Iniki wiped out Kauai, the largest insurer was owned by >> >Hawaiian >> >> >Electric, (helco) who as a utility has almost unlimited funds >> >> >available to borrow at low interest. Instead of sucking it up >and >> >> >paying their insured, HELCO went to the pipples Republik of >Hawaii >> >> >and begged them to rob the populace to honor the company's >> >> >obligations to their insured, because HELCO wanted to pay >dividends >> >> >to its shareholders" That was such blatant irresponsibility it >was >> >> >staggering at the time. >> >> > >> >> >Only when a region whose inhabitants overwhelmingly vote for the >> >> >Party, does the goobermint think of getting outside their >> >> >constitutional powers to seize funds from citizens (or print >more, >> >> >thereby obligating future taxpayers to the debt) to play Santa to >> >the >> >> >Party constituency. Katrina is case in point. nawlins whined >and >> >> >goobermint was forced to extort even more funds to hand out to >the >> >> >Party constituency. Next door, Mizzippi got clobbered worse, but >> >> >most people went about the business of taking care of themselve, >so >> >> >did not get the vast candy stores from the goobermint. Yes, >> >> >goobermint entities got goobermint handouts, but by and large the >> >> >citizenry got little compared on a per capita basis to nawlins. >> >> > >> >> >Reference: read The Law >> >> > >> >> >_______________________________________ >> >> >http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> >For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com >> >> >To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> > >> >> >To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> >> >http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________ >> >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
