Ferrari Mailing List: Re: NFC: Here comes BO's 10 % US National Sales tax

[Rick Morris (rick.morris]

I hate to say it, but thinking that BO was going to take it I had already 
started working out moving our operation off shore.  So, his tax increase will 
likely see my taxes drop by 10's of K per year.  Yeah- that increase will pan 
our really well for him.
 
And it is not a matter of being selfish, as most of the have-nots seem to 
think.  Most of them are the will-nots, which is why they are have-nots.  I 
have no problem helping those that are can-nots- they absolutely need the help. 
 I also have no problem in helping to supply a safety net for those that 
unexpectedly, and through no fault of their own, fall on hard times.  But that 
latter group will also be in need short-term, and not decide to live off of the 
social system.  Unfortunately, the Democrats are generally socialist minded 
individuals, and our current Pres I would have to say has at least one foot 
into communism.  Just how much private business is our government taking over 
now?
 
Incidentally, I too have lived in two systems.  Socialism simply does not work, 
and for the reasons previously stated.  It is great in theory, but falls apart 
when you bring the human element into it.  I say open the border to the north, 
give people the choice of socialism or capitalism (heck, the capitalist side 
can even pay to move the socialists north), and then lock the border up tight.  
Lets see who makes it through the year.
 
(getting down off the soap box and waiting to see who is up next)
 
Big R

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From: Rick Lindsay [mailto:rolindsay [at] yahoo.com]
Sent: Thu 5/28/2009 3:43 PM
To: Rick Morris
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] NFC: Here comes BO's 10 % US National Sales tax




No sir.  You are the rick with the BIG R!

--- On Thu, 5/28/09, Rick Morris <rick.morris [at] brewhaus.com> wrote:

> From: Rick Morris <rick.morris [at] brewhaus.com>
> Subject: Re: [Ferrari] NFC: Here comes BO's 10 % US National Sales tax
> To: "rolindsay" <rolindsay [at] yahoo.com>
> Cc: "The FerrariList" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
> Date: Thursday, May 28, 2009, 3:37 PM
> Have I been demoted to just 'the
> other Rick' now?  ;-)
>
> ________________________________
>
> From: Rick Lindsay [mailto:rolindsay [at] yahoo.com]
> Sent: Thu 5/28/2009 3:11 PM
> To: Rick Morris
> Cc: The FerrariList
> Subject: Re: [Ferrari] NFC: Here comes BO's 10 % US
> National Sales tax
>
>
>
>
> Hello Friends,
>    We are obviously of mixed minds
> here.  Discussions like this are often contested
> between the "haves" and the "have-nots".  I'm not sure
> that's the case here in FList land.  Most of us 'have'
> to some degree.  Hummm...
>
>    I think it just comes down to the fact
> that those of us who went to school for a zillion years,
> have worked hard all of our lives at good jobs, paid our
> bills, paid our taxes, have a little coin tucked away and
> have no debt - are being told that we don't deserve anything
> that we have and that we need to redistribute it to the
> people who did NOT study, work, pay bills, pay taxes and
> save - just so that we can all be equals at some low,
> marginally acceptable level.  That just does not work
> for me.  One doesn't get from life what one
> deserves.  One gets what one works for.  (Please
> pardon the preposition at the end of the sentence.)
>
>    I know I'm a hard-ass when it comes to
> this but I've seen both sides.  I grew up poor,
> descended from an even poorer Scottish family.  I have
> relatives who do NOTHING but whine - at least when their
> Oxycontin starts to wear off - and they get more government
> money than any of us - for doing absolutely NOTHING. 
> They're ignorant and proud of it, living a lifestyle of "Why
> work if I can get government money for free?"  That
> attitude is why communism and socialism does not work. 
> I've lived in Russia and have seen it first hand.  I
> don't care if Tim Geitner says, "Soon we won't care how much
> money we earn.  We'll care about how we live." 
> That's just naive (and/or more likely, intended for ears
> other than ours).   Hummm...
>
>    Socialism feels very "moral high-ground"
> in concept but it fails because it is counter to basic
> evolutionary forces.  Life wants to survive and
> replicate, even if at the expense of others.  We want
> to win the race/game/contest even though someone else has to
> loose.  Its how life works.  Just look at what
> people watch on network TV!  We have to compete and we
> like to win!  Winning upsets the balance that socialism
> tries to establish.
>
>    The system being forced upon us now is
> counter to all of that.  Its like saying that all the
> F1 teams can compete but no one is allowed to win. 
> They must all be equals.  Someone should take all of
> Toyota, Ferrari and McLaren's money and give it to Force
> India so that all of the teams will be equals.  This
> concept violates the Great Truth of the Universe Rule #14:
> "No two anythings were ever created equal."  That
> includes us, brothers.
>
> rick (That's rick with a small "r", not the other Rick with
> the big "R")
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