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End of the Shuttle Program – an Allegory of America’s Decline

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The end of the shuttle program is a sure sign of America’s decline.  The politicians can no longer sugar coat the truth.  We have sold out our youth for the short term gain of the few.  Instead of investing in good education, science and technology, and a solid infrastructure, we instead invested in military spending, cooperate tax breaks, and overseas spending.  I am not saying that the shuttle program shouldn’t be canceled, but I just don’t see a great future for NASA or America right now either.  We have become a nation of fat mouth breathers that have lost the ability of original thought and ingenuity. All we care about is the short term bottom line.  Our leaders have failed to invest in America and have left us vastly under-prepared.  The cancellation of the shuttle program with no replacement in sight is just another indicator of our nation’s shortsightedness.  Perhaps we can outsource our space program to the Chinese, to help with the the bottom line, after-all that is what we care about right?

Overall we have no one to blame but ourselves.  We live in a open democracy and have had numerous elections to force change, but we just went with the status quo again and again.

Fix Our Tax Code, Keep it Simple, Stupid!

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Can we fix our tax code by making a very very simplified version of it? The current system only benefits large corporations that have a large and intelligent force of dedicated tax experts and lobbyist. Years ago I read from one of my accounting books that GE’s tax return is something like over 20,000 pages long, and it requires a huge IRS team completely dedicated to only them. Granted they are the biggest company in the world, but we have some serious problems with our tax code. I don’t blame GE. Sure there are some ethical shortfalls, but it is not GE’s job to be nice and pay more taxes. We need stop voting for idiots that think the current tax system is fine.

This year GE paid no federal taxes.  Look GE pays top dollar for their talent.  There is no way that the IRS can compete against GE.  So what do you do?  You Nerf the tax system.  You get rid of all of the loopholes and special interest tax breaks.  If you keep the system so simple it does not matter how smart GE is because their is nothing to take advantage of.  This will benefit small business and hard working Americans by leveling the playing field.  You make X amount then you pay Y amount in taxes.  Easy Enough?

Case in point. I am going to earn a nice little amount from my side job this year. Because of this I will have to redo my estimated tax worksheet to avoid a tax underpayment penalty. Now do I need to file a schedule SE? I have nothing against paying a fair share of my taxes, but it should just be automated and simple. Lawyers and accountants add nothing of real wealth to this country but we, I mean they, have built a system that requires way too many of them. If you think I am wrong.  Answer this one question.  Would you pay a lawyer or an accountant if you didn’t need them?  No you would not, because in business we call them administrative overhead and you try reduce your overhead as much as possible because you would rather pay someone to create a good or value added service.

Adopting the flat rate on a progressive scale, the government then should eliminate all tax credits, write-offs and other deductions, an action that would enable the IRS to drastically reduce paperwork for taxpayers and for the agency. In one page, a tax filer should be able to provide his total income and the amount of tax owed. Done.
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U.S. Employers Shed 85,000 Jobs In December

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The mortgage market may have speed up the job loss but this crisis has been brewing for a long time. The bottom line is that we don’t need as many people to do the same job as 50 or even 20 years ago. Add in the fact that we don’t make nearly as much stuff as we used to and the global economy is moving jobs away from the US it is a no no-brainer that unemployment is around (20%) not the fake number of around 10% that our government tells us. There is nothing you can do about it besides try to be one the lucky ones that has the skill set to compete in this workplace, or just be fucking hot and marry rich because that will always work. The global economy is great if you are poor but if you are one of the richer countries it sucks because your wealth will get sucked away. True on a overall sum it is better for everyone, but try telling that to someone who has no job.

U.S. Employers Shed 85,000 Jobs In December

Sarah Palin is a Bad Joke

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More people would rather fuck Palin than vote for her

More people would rather fuck Palin than vote for her

You got to love Sarah Palin.  She has absolutely no hope of becoming president let alone becoming local dog catcher, but the media loves for her for the lone fact that she is nothing more than a great train-wreak.  Any half way serious reporter knows she has no chance of even winning one state in the GOP presidential nomination race, but yet they keep on giving her media time.  Sarah Palin is nothing more than comic relief, If you poll most Americans on what they think about Sarah Palin here is what they would say.  Stupid, quitter, crazy, and MILF.  That is 3 negatives and 1 positive if you want to become a middle age porn star.  Like I said you got to love Sarah Palin.  You know the GOP deep down hates her, but unfortunately the GOP has courted these very similar women as the backbone of the Republican party so they don’t dare publicly dis her.  Not that anyone can stop her now that she has gone rogue.  Is it just me but when I think of Sarah Palin going rogue I think of her of not wearing any underwear.  Perhaps this is her MILF factor coming into play again.  Keep on going Sarah Palin, because America is laughing at you and not with you.