Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Are Ferraris Losing Their Good Looks?

[Stephen Sherman (sherman]

I figured Obama's tax paln plan would raise my taxes (voted my wallet for 
years), but if saves just 1 life from this mess in Iraq it is/was worth it.
911 was failure of the 1st job of  Federal Govt (thought it was failure of 
Clinton policies).
Both parties have missed the boat.
Watching Bloomberg channel the other day, the guest was saying GM's problem 
goes back to Roger giving the unions what they wanted. Seems no body takes 
responsibilty for not making car
people want. Yes, even today Toyota's sales are down, but I GM had Toyota's 
maket share, in a couple of years when the unions pick up the health 
benefits, Roger's deal would be viewed in a different light.
Not a union man, but a deal is a deal.

Stephen

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <jashburne [at] aol.com>
To: "Stephen" <sherman [at] wildblue.net>
Cc: "The FerrariList" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2008 9:35 AM
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Are Ferraris Losing Their Good Looks?


> This is the problem with a "soak the rich" philosophy.  Already we have 
> accepted a very progressive tax structure in which the top 5 percent of 
> earners pay half or more of total tax revenues and the bottom 45 pct pay 
> no income taxes at all.
>
> When the president elect says that increasing the top tax rate from 36 pct 
> to 39.6 pct is only "chump change" to a million dollar earner when it is 
> really a tax increase of $36,000 a year, this country is in big trouble.
>
> This is dangerous because politicians don't care about losing 5 pct of the 
> vote when they can promise tax cuts or checks to the other 95 pct.
>
> There is a limit to how far the government can force fewer and fewer 
> people to carry more and more of the tax burden and we may be approaching 
> it.  If we are careful the most productive sectors will leave and this 
> economy will spiral downward.
>
> Rant off
>
> John
> ------Original Message------
> From: Matt Boyd
> Sender:
> To: jashburne [at] aol.com
> Cc: The FerrariList
> Sent: Nov 12, 2008 8:47 AM
> Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Are Ferraris Losing Their Good Looks?
>
> Right!  They're rich enough, so we should just extract the $$ from
> them.  If they can afford a gold stripe, they certainly should pay
> some money to the government!
>
> :-?
>
> -matt
> '85 euro 308....with no gas guzzler fine...
>
> On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 4:23 PM, Michael James
> <cavallino_rapante [at] yahoo.com> wrote:
> > LOL, you're funny Larry.
> >
> > NEVER have I heard someone wanting to buy a new Ferrari walk into a 
> > dealership and go:  "Damn, I could 'just' afford a new 430, but I can't 
> > afford the car with that Gas Guzzler tax added on!  My dreams are over, 
> > I'm going to have to go buy a Buick now.....Damn those Washington 
> > Socialists, boo-hoo.....sniff..."
> >
> > Please - buyers are spending several thousand$$$ extra to have those gold 
> > stripes painted on their Scuderia's hood to match the color of the rims 
> > and have the seat-stitching threads contrast the seat leather.  Do you 
> > think any of these 'extras' make the car go faster?  These folks don't 
> > care about the money, good for them.  Care to guess that the California 
> > won't sell well, even in this economy?
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