Political & Elections

busdriver11 · Guru

RE: Geep20-Screwedthepooch

longprime · Guru

not goldenpooch??

The who issue of ACA, I think is silly. Editorial otherday, viewed radically changing existing social law is just not done in the history of Congress. Imagine if on every change in control of the Congress, it decides to revoke the laws the previous Congress passed. The Senate is meant to be hold tradition and to moderate the House radical ideas.

geeps20 · Senior Member

I'm not the pooch....but I'm sure he will be gone soon..last post was political, sure he must have gotten an infraction..

Longprime..I don't understand how those quotes relate to me being GP.

longprime · Guru

I scavenge a lot. I made something like 50 apple pies last year, only maybe 6 pies had apples from our own trees. Most of the pies went to my enemies. evileye

We have a garden and a bunch of fruit trees. Doesn't really take a lot of space to have a garden. We are not very efficient gardeners. DS lives Seattle in a house of urban gardeners. They took the extreme end of scavenging and efficiency-they farm other people's gardens, take the excess for sale at local farmers market and in their front yard.

Razorsharp · Guru

How do you grow much of your own food? Live on or near a farm?

longprime · Guru

They can't.

Even with a 25% cut in tax rates is going to do much. A cut in federal spending is just going to put MC more in jeopardy since they need that safeguard. Hence the dilemma of the Stupid Party.

longprime · Guru

CC: http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/16448691-post834.html

Yes, the best plan for a full-payer is the Bronze with an HSA, which is going to cost me over $13,000 a year. However, the subsidized subscriber is going to pay a fraction of that for the silver plan. The middle class is getting screwed. Hopefully, I am allowed to use that word.

CC. http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/16449309-post836.html

I am self-employed so it varies considerably. In the last few years the amount is considerably less than it use to be. I am not sure why you need to know my marginal tax rate, but I can tell you it will be higher if you include the additional premiums.

Your definition of whining is different from mine. Regardless of my income, the 60 year old couple who earns around $65,000 a year will pay premiums equal to 24% of their income. Is that whining if they're unhappy?

My marginal tax rate is 15% or less. I manage my taxes, always have and always will since taxes are the easiest and least risky of all money management strategies. Based on recordable income, our HI, Medicare and my assigned HI amounts to 30%. If I include LTC premiums, Dental bills, and deductibles, our health expenses will easily approach 40% of income. If it wasn't for small stipends from parents to take care of them, foresight to keep a large amount in cash, no debt, and grow much of our own food, your example of seniors paying 24% of income is pathetic.

Insurance premiums and other expenses without context are meaningless. evileye

SamuraiLandshark · Guru

I am not sure how the typical middle class parent should pay 20% taxes, 20% for their EFC for kid's college, 30-40% for housing, and 20% for the rest of their expenses, and still save for retirement.

I don't think Goldenpooch is geeps, but I could be wrong.

-- Edited by SamuraiLandshark on Tuesday 8th of October 2013 10:56:44 PM