jblosser

20% of Fed spending in 2011 (~$750 billion of ~$3.6 trillion) was welfare and Medicaid. Add another ~$250 billion from the states, and we're over $1 billion in assistance to the poor. 2009 personal (not corporate) income tax revenue just under $1 trillion, at $953 billion.

No, it's the IRS. Really. Try it.

click the link in post 13.

nvm.

Despite the electoral college numbers from this last election, it wasn't the runaway it appeared to be. I did the maths, and all that was needed to change the outcome was about 260,000 votes in 4 states. I'd like to see a one year term of 3 years for any member of Congress, and you'd have to sit out a 3 year period before you could run for any congressional seat again. One 4 year term for the POTUS. edit: elections every year for congress, 145 new congressmen, 33 new senators each year.

Dear Leader is deliberately trying to divide the country - you've got it right, TP. The sequestration was hoped for by Dear Leader so that he'll have something else upon which to lay blame for continuing non-improvement in unemployment - blaming everything on Bush isn't working any longer - even the Dems/Libs aren't buying it; people are seeing him for what he is - a community organizer with no polictical skills whatsoever.

any shop can (should be able to) install springs. Even places like Monro Muffler. make sure you get it aligned after.

very nice thing for that young man to do.

i'm not sure, but I think you're supposed to pay attention in the rider's meeting... edit: as an old-timer at work likes to say: "God gave you two ears and one mouth for a reason..."

http://www.ohioriders.net/showthread.php?t=60904

Here's the thread: www.ohioriders.net/showthread.php?t=60904 Fun starts around post 58...

- you can borrow up to $50,000 or 1/2 of the amount in your plan, whichever is LESS. - term is usually 5 years, unless the reason is to purchase a house. - inerest rate? who cares, you're paying yourself. - realize that you will have less money earning/growing in your account. - realize that you will be repaying the loan with after-tax dollars, and then when you reach retirement age and start your withdrawls, you'll get to pay tax on that money again... - if you quit or get fired, your loan is usually required to be paid back, in full, within 60 days. I would only borrow from a retirement savings plan in the most dire of situations, after every other option had been exhausted. just my ever-so-humble opinion and $0.022 worth.

might wanna...

any idea who the father is? *** edit: Congratulations! Life will most definitely change, but in a good way, I promise.

.nvm

(...shhh - don't tell Tonik, but the kid looks like the mailman...)

Website posted above says "11a - 10p, 8p on Sunday" Clicking, reading ftw...

^^^ you've been a lovely, lovely witness...

possession of criminal tools - illegal? IANAL, justa guess.

they always have those at Vance's - at least they used to always have 'em. HKS #36.

it ain't after one...

Good thing we (The U.S. of A.) don't do that...

my general thought was if you make annually what your age is, you can probably live on that as a single person, e.g. a 30 year old could live on $30k/year. Wouldn't have brand new car, or a large house, but could have a couple year old car, a modest house, and a toy or two. If you're 30 and making $60k/year, you're doing pretty well - a house, car, motorcycle (if wanted) should be easily doable.

Derp jr., should he decide to go to school (and isn't accepted into West Point, which is his current plan), will have his school paid for. I saw to that when he was born. If he chooses not to go on to higher ed., the trust is his, but with strict rules attached. he's welcome to live with me as long as he wants, assuming he's not a total delta-bravo. If he is, see ya. I was out a hair before I turned 18 (august birthday) 'cause i wanted to. Worked 40/week, went to school, paid for it with money earned, money previously saved/invested, etc. Don't technically need it for my field, but it doesn't hurt. I didn't "luck into" a job, I've worked to get where I am these days. Arrive early, stay late, don't call in sick when you have a hangover (don't get lit during the week), volunteer to come in weekends, etc. (as a single person or one w/o children, there's no reason not to, imho). Make yourself valuable to your boss, and his/her boss - you'll be rewarded. as Dave Ramsey says, "...live like no one else now, so later you can live like no one else...", or something along those lines. nutshell: work your @ss off, save as much as you can, don't waste money/buy crap you don't need when you're young, so that when you get to "that age", you can do whatever the heck it is you want to. "good" pay? your age. "pretty darn good" pay? double it. "really good/great" pay? triple+ it. again, just my $0.022 worth.

Good job, Ben. Did anyone even notice an outage?