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vantexan

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Once upon a time your way of thinking was in the majority not now. Again 94% of the Bush tax cut went to the wealthiest 3% of the population. And look what happened . seven years later the American taxpayer had to go in and bail the banks out of the worst banking crises since the Great Depression thanks to the unbridled greed unleashed by the repeal of Glass Steagall.
Watch "The Big Short" to see what really happened.
 

fatboy33

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No, collectively the top 10% are paying over 50% of income taxes collected. And your 90% is inaccurate too. The top tax rate was 90%, but that kicked in at a very high level of income. They didn't pay 90% on all of their income.
94% as WW2 was winding down.
 

Sniper

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Being "laid" back until 19 July. Haven't read all the posts in depth. I did participate in the Blount Vegas parade and had an AR,,, Armalite (Colt SP1 riding shotgun) not assault rifle.

I have accepted ZERO donations for my "rage against the machine". I saw today Hillary walked. That doesn't surprise me one bit. During operation fast and furious 2 Americans died and hundreds of others that lived in Mexico..... US Dept of "Justice" lol

NO ONE got fired... much less went to jail.

We truly deserve what the media elects.... and 50% of people vote. Too bad Congress was hung up on Obama care when the language was in the bill to get a say..so. ;) (call me a liar)

I hear that FedEx truck calling in two weeks or two years...

Once oil is not priced in US dollars ...... we are DONE. Nite all... Be safe.

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bacha29

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Watch "The Big Short" to see what really happened.[/QUOTE) While somewhat accurate 'The Big Short" was still a work of fiction with the usual creative license taken. However it still comes down to the repeal of Glass Steagall which ended the decades old separation of merchant banks and investment banks allowing them all to invest in so called "mortgage backed securities" that were required to be insured by instead supposedly backed by "credit default swaps" which were backed with nothing.
 

vantexan

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The character played by Steve Carell was an actual person who did what the film said. It all started when the Clinton administration, as well as Barney Frank and Christopher Dodd, put pressure on banks to make mortgage loans to those who weren't credit worthy. The banks and Wall Street developed derivative investments out of all that paper and for awhile made a killing. But it was a house of cards. And we are still suffering for it. When Hillary makes closed door speeches for $225k to Goldman Sachs, who do you think she'll be beholden to as President? And yes I know Trump is no prize either.
 

Sniper

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I will ALWAYS give credit where it is due. Mr FedEx was absolutely, positively correct. The gentleman from Michigan has received at least 3 donations from the FedEx PAC.

He also has the Corporate Image PR firm and since he has been a Tennessee state representative for the last ten years. He has billed his firm $81,002.00 from political donations during his time in office.

We have wine in Food City....

I LOVE my job most days. One more week of stay cation and then it's back to the truck John Boy.

I never quit anything. Adapt, improvise and overcome.... enjoy pool time. Have a great weekend. Thank you for your support....and smart ass comments. We all bleed purple, like it or not.
 

bacha29

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I will ALWAYS give credit where it is due. Mr FedEx was absolutely, positively correct. The gentleman from Michigan has received at least 3 donations from the FedEx PAC.

He also has the Corporate Image PR firm and since he has been a Tennessee state representative for the last ten years. He has billed his firm $81,002.00 from political donations during his time in office.

We have wine in Food City....

I LOVE my job most days. One more week of stay cation and then it's back to the truck John Boy.

I never quit anything. Adapt, improvise and overcome.... enjoy pool time. Have a great weekend. Thank you for your support....and smart ass comments. We all bleed purple, like it or not.
" We all bleed purple ".. We now know where you've been spending your vacation time. At the Fedex Mind Control and Reeducation Center. I watched your video clip and would like to know something. You keep talking about a piece of legislation you claim to be unconstitutional Has it or has it not been RULED unconstitutional? That's the trouble down there. Any piece of legislation that Charlie Nedneck and Billy Joe Sixpack doesn't like they start running around crying that it's unconstitutional but they never launch a formal constitutional challenge. By claiming that a piece of legislation is unconstitutional the voting public has right to expect you to either launch a constitutional challenge to the legislation or forget about it and move on. Look Snipe with all due respect now that you have placed yourself in front of the voters in your county, it's put up or shut up time. Time show show the voters the strength of your convictions through actions not the same tired right wing B.S. that your voters have long since written off. They want something new, creative and insightful not just another right wing demagogue toeing the party line.
 

vantexan

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" We all bleed purple ".. We now know where you've been spending your vacation time. At the Fedex Mind Control and Reeducation Center. I watched your video clip and would like to know something. You keep talking about a piece of legislation you claim to be unconstitutional Has it or has it not been RULED unconstitutional? That's the trouble down there. Any piece of legislation that Charlie Nedneck and Billy Joe Sixpack doesn't like they start running around crying that it's unconstitutional but they never launch a formal constitutional challenge. By claiming that a piece of legislation is unconstitutional the voting public has right to expect you to either launch a constitutional challenge to the legislation or forget about it and move on. Look Snipe with all due respect now that you have placed yourself in front of the voters in your county, it's put up or shut up time. Time show show the voters the strength of your convictions through actions not the same tired right wing B.S. that your voters have long since written off. They want something new, creative and insightful not just another right wing demagogue toeing the party line.
"Time show show?" And we'uns in the South haven't written off right wing B.S., we cut our baby teeth on it. Only left wing Yankee demagogues don't get it. Same same.
 

MrFedEx

Engorged Member
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I will ALWAYS give credit where it is due. Mr FedEx was absolutely, positively correct. The gentleman from Michigan has received at least 3 donations from the FedEx PAC.

He also has the Corporate Image PR firm and since he has been a Tennessee state representative for the last ten years. He has billed his firm $81,002.00 from political donations during his time in office.

We have wine in Food City....

I LOVE my job most days. One more week of stay cation and then it's back to the truck John Boy.

I never quit anything. Adapt, improvise and overcome.... enjoy pool time. Have a great weekend. Thank you for your support....and smart ass comments. We all bleed purple, like it or not.


Semper Fi, Sniper, but I think you'll find that most people just bleed plain old red these days.
 

bacha29

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"Time show show?" And we'uns in the South haven't written off right wing B.S., we cut our baby teeth on it. Only left wing Yankee demagogues don't get it. Same same.
Of course you conservatives cut your teeth on right wing ideology because it was liberal socialist Medicaid that paid for the cleaning and cavity filling of a lot of them. Why is it that so many self proclaim conservatives are the first people to get in line to take advantage of the social entitlement programs us evil socialist liberal battled so hard to become law? How come the rebel states so devoted to conservative ideals have some of the highest participation rates when it comes to enrollment in Obamacare? That's a valid question because they DO NOT have to accept those benefits if they are opposed to them. And don't try to tell me that they are just lazy good for nothings who have lived off the government all their lives.
 

vantexan

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Of course you conservatives cut your teeth on right wing ideology because it was liberal socialist Medicaid that paid for the cleaning and cavity filling of a lot of them. Why is it that so many self proclaim conservatives are the first people to get in line to take advantage of the social entitlement programs us evil socialist liberal battled so hard to become law? How come the rebel states so devoted to conservative ideals have some of the highest participation rates when it comes to enrollment in Obamacare? That's a valid question because they DO NOT have to accept those benefits if they are opposed to them. And don't try to tell me that they are just lazy good for nothings who have lived off the government all their lives.
Nope, we pay our own way. You assume everyone in the South is right wing. And nationwide Obamacare doesn't really have all that many participating. Same same.
 

bacha29

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Nope, we pay our own way. You assume everyone in the South is right wing. And nationwide Obamacare doesn't really have all that many participating. Same same.
We pay our own way. HaHaHa. They why is 27% of the population of Texas on medical assistance?
 

dezguy

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We all bleed purple, like it or not.
I respectfully disagree with you on this. I couldn't care less, whether we service our customers or not.

Up here, we are currently going though a possible postal lockout (we'll know at 12:01am Monday). Lots of freight being sent our way from places that use the post office, to the point where we can't handle anymore but they keep pushing for us to get every thing out. They can force my forced one hour of OT but I give the bare minimum. Been plenty of Dex 01 coming from my route, the past week and a half and I don't feel one bit bad about it.
 

Cactus

Just telling it like it is
I respectfully disagree with you on this. I couldn't care less, whether we service our customers or not.

Up here, we are currently going though a possible postal lockout (we'll know at 12:01am Monday). Lots of freight being sent our way from places that use the post office, to the point where we can't handle anymore but they keep pushing for us to get every thing out. They can force my forced one hour of OT but I give the bare minimum. Been plenty of Dex 01 coming from my route, the past week and a half and I don't feel one bit bad about it.
Once again FedEx is UNPREPARED for disasters as such and Memphis expects couriers (and CSA's) to bail 'em out of the mess.

:censored2: 'em, bring back all the dex 01's you want. Just be safe out there.
 

UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)

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Once again FedEx is UNPREPARED for disasters as such and Memphis expects couriers (and CSA's) to bail 'em out of the mess.

:censored2: 'em, bring back all the dex 01's you want. Just be safe out there.

What if they had prepared and the dispute was resolved with no work stoppage. You would be bitching that they spent all that money for nothing.
 
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