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where have you posted on this thread? how is anybody telling you anything here?

-That's what you get when you try to say gas cars aren't subsidized.

He did? Missed that, I guess.

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so do I.

Afterall, since it's only 1 book...how many times would I read it?

You, OTOH, might not realize it's the same book and keep on to each copy......LOL

-And they need to lift the cap on income subject to FICA taxes.

nope. they need to increase the rate on the current cap. of course, inflationary increases to the cap are appropriate.

It's not that the press agrees with the 1%.

It's that the media competes with the wealthy to influence everyone else.

The media believes it's their job to influence policy and elections. Not the people who employ them.

-Peter was on the right side of history.

Maybe. But not a good actor.

"Hal Rounds, president of Tennessee's West Fayette Republican Club and former candidate for the state House,"

He's not a lawmaker. He ran for state office and lost. He's just a loon.

Over the years with kids, we have seen some kids claim to have a food allergy and it's --------.

But These inlaws are --------....some food allergies are real. very real.

The stats on household debt are so sobering.

Yikes......it's amazing what folks can get used to.

Lamp,

Abortionbreath is wasted.

-Show me a city that can defy overwhelming national policies.

Okay but you can STFU about red states.

You're going to excuse Chicago for their lack of leadership and voting preferences but Alabamans are morons who deserve their problems?

Yav and JPW,

Thanks To both of you for thoughtful responses.

Yav, your last post is sort of an example of what I'm talking about. You had to type an entire paragraph of words and put them in mackris's mouth.

" toxic and bitter"

I would agree with bitter but not toxic

-Where was I wrong?

nowhere.

and yes, this is subjective to a huge degree which is why I posted on this.

our disgust towards other posters comes for many reasons.

and some of it's justified, IMO.

but ask yourself....has Mackris attacked you like some posters here have?

JPW, just in a couple sentences, I took some passages of them....

"You seem to deny"
"Maybe your posts are intended"
"I simply don't see it."

no direct accusations...everything is all based on your interpretation. Nothing concrete.

don't get me wrong...you're entitled to your opinion of Mackris and that's fine.

but is it possible it's driven by your interpretation and assumptions more than actual fact?

"The so called "libs", or anyone with a conscience should abandon this site and let rcad and his cohorts wallow in their ugly filth"

what you're unaware of, filthyinjun, is that you're the filth.

if the bossman truly wants to dump trolls...you're at the top of the list.

all you do is troll and insult. never a meaningful comment.

but most folks just ignore your filthness.

apply the same advice for Goatman and everyone is fine.

-Eb, read the last few paragraphs again. If you actually want to know why there's distain, the answer's right there.

I'm going to ask you to draw the line for me.

why is there disdain?

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you should understand that nobody has a problem with your wealth.

political ideology trumps everything. If you started agreeing with those posters who attack you constantly, then all is well. They'd even change their opinion that your travels, knowledge, profession, etc all make your opinion worth MORE...not less....because they agree with the opinion.

the rest of it is nothing but 3rd rate insults.

-Stop being a condescending liberal and stop calling everyone stupid.

Pinch a bedpan fancies himself an expert on this.

-Now...you wouldn't want to do that, since you'd be destroying a tax shelter, but in an emergency, it's still your money, and still accessible.

I made an emotional decision recently.

My wife and I had paid off our mortgage years ago. Then, 4 years ago we bought a larger home because of the unique opportunity. Great buy but we had to borrow some.

Then my mom passed away a year and a half ago and I inherited a little money but not enough to pay off mortgage......so I withdrew $16K from our 2 Roth's to fully pay it off.

We had invested probably $50K+ in those over the past 20 years and they are worth $130K.

It's the first time ever we withdrew something from an investment account.

I should have left it i there and just kept the mortgage considering the low rate.....but I hate debt.

Now, I have no debt and that's a great position to be in while staring at college for 3 kids over the next 11 years.

I have about $90K in 529 plans as well.

Not sure if he can win an election.

He has better chances being nominated to something.

-I'm not a fascist trump supporter like you, marching hand in hand with nazis and klansmen in your maga hats and kneeling before the king of racists believing every lie he tells you about your supposed enemies.

So, is this an example of you not calling someone a racist?

Because you don't do that?

-Annoying indeed.

It's what I was going for.

-Must be terrible for them.

Them? You mean me?

Kobach barely won a primary and then lost to a Democrat for governor ....in Kansas.

Deal with it, boy.