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War On the Middle Class?

Budget and Taxes Do you feel that raising taxes will help solve the debt of the United States? Are you a fan of Reaganomics?

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Old 02-07-2008, 03:24 PM   #21 (permalink)
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Discover is a waste of a credit card.
True, but I just thought it was ironic that they said 'hey, you have more debt, so we are going to make it harder for you to pay us back'. They would have been better off keeping the rate the way it was. We paid it off immediately and closed it. They lost all that revenue.

The funniest part is we got a letter in the mail a couple weeks ago from Discover, saying, hey, we see we lost you as a customer, what can we do to have you re-open your account.

ROFLMAO!!! As if.
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Old 02-07-2008, 03:25 PM   #22 (permalink)
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Maybe, but I grew up in the house I live in. Every now and then I get letters from real estate agents saying they sold a house down the street for X amount of dollars.
I figgered as much.
Old 02-07-2008, 03:25 PM   #23 (permalink)
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Over 80% of Californians cannot afford to buy the house they live in.
How true.
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Old 02-07-2008, 04:21 PM   #24 (permalink)
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Personal responsibility...It should be mandatory...


I have yet to see anyone explain how that works.

Mandatory personal responsibility sounds like an oxymoron to me.

Either that or just another way of saying "survival of the fittest."

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Old 02-07-2008, 07:02 PM   #25 (permalink)
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I have yet to see anyone explain how that works.

Mandatory personal responsibility sounds like an oxymoron to me.

Either that or just another way of saying "survival of the fittest."
The only alternative to that is you have the public responsible for the stupid mistakes and actions of others. "Survival of the fittest" or "watch your own ass". You choose your phrase, they all mean the same.
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The only alternative to that is you have the public responsible for the stupid mistakes and actions of others. "Survival of the fittest" or "watch your own ass". You choose your phrase, they all mean the same.

I'm with you on the need for everyone to assume personal responsibility, but if this mortgage crisis is left to sort itself out via market forces then everyone will suffer.

It's a question of which pain you prefer to suffer!
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Tell that to the little old lady on a fixed income that had been paying her rent diligently, but is still out on the streets...
She should of planned better for her retirement.
Old 02-08-2008, 08:40 AM   #29 (permalink)
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I used to do collections. And that was something that puzzled me as well. You charge people with bad credit higher interest rates AND late fees. WTF.
What's so hard to figure out here? American society rewards those with money and punishes those without.
Old 02-08-2008, 08:48 AM   #30 (permalink)
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Over 80% of Californians cannot afford to buy the house they live in.
Well, don't live in California! duhhhhhhhhhhhhh.........don't move to Pensacola either, I like the population the way it is.
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