Marvel <manager@nospam.com> wrote:

> <mtfester@netMAPSONscape.net> wrote in message 
> news:gf2rbc$drl$6@news.stanford.edu...
> > John W. <worthj1970@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> On Nov 7, 10:16?am, Declan Murphy <declan_mur...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >> > If you think raising capital gains tax to *27%* will pay for "change",
> >> > whatever that actually means, then you are dreaming.
> >
> >> The fundamental issue is still, in my opinion, square on the shoulders
> >> of the citizenry. Debt used to be something people were ashamed of;
> >> now it's something of a badge of honor. My coworkers express surprise
> >> when I tell them the only debt I have is my house and car payments; I
> >> carry 0 credit card debt. I believe change begins at home; people are
> >> eager to scream that they don't want socialist policies, but in order
> >> to avoid that people have to act responsibly, and that includes voting
> >> responsibly and actually reading a diverse set of news sources and
> >> forming a non-biased opinion.
> >
> > What are you? Some sort of faggy liberal?

> I also have only the debt of my home mortgage -  no car loans or credit 
> cards.

Hard to get by without a credit card; reserving hotel rooms, airline 
tickets, etc., or shopping online is almost impossible without them. Plus,
the ANA card has good mileage benefits.

> I don't like the idea of being taxed into oblivion to carry the slackards 
> that refuse to row the boat.

I actually wouldn't mind as much, if some of these clowns (lenders)
were to go to jail for misleading practices, and some of the idiot 
borrowers were put on some sort of mandated payment system, instead of
"forgiven".

Mike