"We're sure you understand." Anyone else feeling the squeeze?

[john70t]

Originally posted by SlowToady
$14,000 per pupil. Another $14M on the budget would make it $14311.11 per pupil.

Better check that number again.
$630,000 divided by $45,000 would be $14K/student.
He posted 630 million.

There's another example of government gone bad: specific federal funding goes into the local general fund, and then dissapears into pork.
You can't by a house on a student loan, but apparently you can build a bridge to nowhere.

[edit-missuse of federal tax dollars is the calling card of the righties on this board, but they seem strangely absent]

[on-ramp]

Originally posted by john70t
Better check that number again.
$630,000 divided by $45,000 would be $14K/student.
He posted 630 million.

There's another example of government gone bad: specific federal funding goes into the local general fund, and then dissapears into pork.
You can't by a house on a student loan, but apparently you can build a bridge to nowhere.

[edit-missuse of federal tax dollars is the calling card of the righties on this board, but they seem strangely absent]

it is 14,000 per student.

divide 630,000,000 by 45,000

[speeder]

Originally posted by john70t
Better check that number again.
$630,000 divided by $45,000 would be $14K/student.

I'm no math scholar, but how could this slip from your keyboard?

[pwd72s]

Originally posted by 69 TEEE
Forget corporations being faced with higher taxes, I am talking about corporate greed....golden parachutes, million dollar bonuses when health benifites are being taken away from employees. Feed the monster on Wall St. GM complaining about unions destroying them while they continue to produce gas guzzeling pieces of crap. The guy on the assembly line is doing his job the same way, day in and day out. The poor decissions that are loosing the company money ( what to manufacture ) are made at the top.

Both political parties promote this "class hatred"....while raking in the loot from ALL classes. Like I said, a pool hall hustle. Sadly, it works. Most of the people can indeed be fooled most of the time.

[Racerbvd]

Originally posted by Beethoven
You're such dung-beetle, racer. Seven years of republican government, and you still pin it on the dems.

Thats right, under the Republican Tax cuts, the economy was growing, business was growing, unemployment was at record lows, yet liberals kept talking how bad everything was, even with record spending.But as soon as the dems got into control, they hurt small business & large with the raising of the minimum wage, raised taxes and that is going to cause, as I stated a while back, "if" the dems got back into power, would put the growing economy in the tank, looks like I was correct

And talk about taking away our freedoms, the dems are already trying to take away our Right to Bear Arms , yet you have no problem with that.

[mschuep]

Back to the original topic...yeah, I'm feeling the MFin' squeeze. My billing rate over the past 2 years has gone up about 16%, yet my salary was only bumped 3% last year, and none this year. COLA alone is worth about 7% over that time period.

Poor management decisions (IMO) put the company in a tight spot towards the end of last year, and the cash flow still hasn't rebounded. "I'll make it up to you" says the bossman.

[techweenie]

Originally posted by Racerbvd
Thats right, under the Republican Tax cuts, the economy was growing, business was growing, unemployment was at record lows, yet liberals kept talking how bad everything was, even with record spending.But as soon as the dems got into control, they hurt small business & large with the raising of the minimum wage, raised taxes and that is going to cause, as I stated a while back, "if" the dems got back into power, would put the growing economy in the tank, looks like I was correct

Since the Minimum Wage bill hasn't passed, and the supposed 'tax raises' don't exist, it takes a lot of imagination to blame the current economic troubles on the Democrats. Or maybe that's just lack of information.

[HardDrive]

Originally posted by Porsche-O-Phile
Guess it's time to stock up on ammo.

Is there every a bad time?

[john70t]

Originally posted by speeder
I'm no math scholar, but how could this slip from your keyboard?

Thank you, big egg on the face. Calculator was the best friend in HS.

Not to offtrack the thread, but read somewhere that the average incarceration cost is $50k/year/inmate with 1 of 136 Americans currently in prison. Education seems kind of cheap in comparison.

[on-ramp]

Originally posted by john70t

Not to offtrack the thread, but read somewhere that the average incarceration cost is $50k/year/inmate with 1 of 136 Americans currently in prison. Education seems kind of cheap in comparison.

I have a good idea. Just let them all out. think of all the money we'll save.

[john70t]

Or go the other way, and make personal drug use and possesion retroactive for life.
I'll vote El Presidente in for the first bone marrow DNA scan.

[tonypeoni]

Im not political !!! If democrats really look out for the "working man" then why is it in city's like Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York, Chicago, Boston that are democratically controlled is the cost of living through the roof!

[speeder]

Explain "democratically controlled".

[tonypeoni]

Originally posted by speeder
Explain "democratically controlled".

Well how else would you describe a city like San Francisco?
I dont think theres many ultra conservatives in local government there.

[techweenie]

Originally posted by tonypeoni
Im not political !!! If democrats really look out for the "working man" then why is it in city's like Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York, Chicago, Boston that are democratically controlled is the cost of living through the roof!

Huh? Howzabout you come up with an example of a big city that has a low cost of living?

[pwd72s]

Originally posted by techweenie
Huh? Howzabout you come up with an example of a big city that has a low cost of living?

How 'bout the biggest cities in North Or South Dakota? Maybe Sioux City, Iowa?

[tonypeoni]

I believe most of the larger cities in TX are fairly cheap. That is before Katrina I haven't been back since the disaster.

[MichiganMat]

Yeah, if only these dammed shoeless, hippie, vagrant LIBERALS would get out of the SF Bay Area everything would be fine! Gimmie a break dood. SF is the creative heart of the entire United States, what do you think its going to cost to live here?

You want cheap living? Move someplace that sucks, usually plenty of Republicans hanging around there to keep you company too.

[tonypeoni]

Originally posted by MichiganMat
Yeah, if only these dammed shoeless, hippie, vagrant LIBERALS would get out of the SF Bay Area everything would be fine! Gimmie a break dood. SF is the creative heart of the entire United States, what do you think its going to cost to live here?

You want cheap living? Move someplace that sucks, usually plenty of Republicans hanging around there to keep you company too.

Damn dont get all politcal on me!!! My job takes me all over the U.S. Ive been to all the major cities barring maybe a few. I go to San Fransico 3/4 times a year I always stay a the Hilton San Francisco. Ive been to Chinatown many times the girls are so horny there LOL . Florida is a republican state and its on the top of most everyones list.