tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8251755.post111470303126046359..comments2023-08-10T02:35:48.311-07:00Comments on My Sandmen: Morning Optimism...Mr.Atoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11531644043944267693noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8251755.post-1114747524603166032005-04-28T21:05:00.000-07:002005-04-28T21:05:00.000-07:00Two years ago, the Ultra-Lefties of Portland found...Two years ago, the Ultra-Lefties of Portland found a way to get their grubby hands on the Bush Tax cuts. They instituted a County Income Tax which they call a 'surcharge.' Now, to be fair, it was put up for a vote. The people of one of only a handful of Red Counties in Oregon saw a small number like 1.25% and said, 'Sure! Its for the children'... Education being the rhetorical whore of Leftist sympathy pimps. A year later we all got the check for 1.25% of adjusted annual incomes. You can imagine. Suddenly, the money we had set aside monthly for our boys' education fund evaporated into the abyss of Democrats expenditures (aka. Graft). That year we launched a successful recall campaign of the initiative. But, guess what. By a small majority, the suckers voted to retain it. Now, the ITAX is supposed to be a temporary surcharge... lasting only 3 years. That would be about the time, one might have expected Kerry would have been President, if one were delusional moonbat. But, guess what? He's not. And as one might imagine, there is talk of making the 'temporary tax' permanent. Then watch it creep to 1.5%, 2.0%, 4.0%. Why not? Its for the children, right?<BR/><BR/>Never let it be said, that there are not those stupid enough to be encouraged to slit their own throat for their own well being.<BR/><BR/>The Mrs. handled the taxes this year. She was not happy to see another 1.25% of our hard-earned income get written away along with the money we already pay to the State, and a sizeable increase in property taxes two years in a row. It makes one consider moving back to Texas.Mr.Atoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11531644043944267693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8251755.post-1114745283867717442005-04-28T20:28:00.000-07:002005-04-28T20:28:00.000-07:00I wouldn't dream of it. What is the ITAX?I wouldn't dream of it. What is the ITAX?Ralphhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14541896886390334095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8251755.post-1114739753288558102005-04-28T18:55:00.000-07:002005-04-28T18:55:00.000-07:00She was polite, silenced me with a sideways glance...She was polite, silenced me with a sideways glance, and listened for a bit. Then she said, "We fully support the President's reform plan." Mrs. Atos is one of the seemingly rare, admirable liberals who actually practice what they preach... tolerance, open-mindedness, rational compassion, a passionate effection for liberty and self-reliance, with a healthy degree of obstinance. Perhaps that's why she became a Republican two years ago.<BR/><BR/>Don't get her started on the ITAX.Mr.Atoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11531644043944267693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8251755.post-1114729126950078002005-04-28T15:58:00.000-07:002005-04-28T15:58:00.000-07:00Admirable and what does the fetching Mrs. Atos thi...Admirable and what does the fetching Mrs. Atos think about the older gentleman with the lies and misrepresentations about social security reform?Ralphhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14541896886390334095noreply@blogger.com