A_Wanderer
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That post is worth it for the responses alone, just waiting for "race realism" to be added to the debate.
Mr Buffett, who is worth an estimated $52 billion (£26 billion), said: “The 400 of us [here] pay a lower part of our income in taxes than our receptionists do, or our cleaning ladies, for that matter. If you’re in the luckiest 1 per cent of humanity, you owe it to the rest of humanity to think about the other 99 per cent.”
Mr Buffett said that he was taxed at 17.7 per cent on the $46 million he made last year, without trying to avoid paying higher taxes, while his secretary, who earned $60,000, was taxed at 30 per cent. Mr Buffett told his audience, which included John Mack, the chairman of Morgan Stanley, and Alan Patricof, the founder of the US branch of Apax Partners, that US government policy had accentuated a disparity of wealth that hurt the economy by stifling opportunity and motivation.
A_Wanderer said:That post is worth it for the responses alone, just waiting for "race realism" to be added to the debate.
BonoVoxSupastar said:
Once again you bring nothing but classy, educated, and informed opinions to FYM.
financeguy said:
It was a joke.
Poll: GOP goes for 'none of the above'
Clinton continues to hold a strong lead for Democrats
The Associated Press
Updated: 6:10 a.m. PT July 17, 2007
WASHINGTON - A new poll reveals a clear leader in the Republican presidential race: nobody.
The AP-Ipsos survey shows nearly a quarter of Republicans are unwilling to back any of the top candidates -- Rudy Giuliani, Fred Thompson, John McCain or Mitt Romney. And no one has emerged as the front-runner among evangelicals.
On the other hand, the Democratic race remains static. Hillary Rodham Clinton still holds a sizable lead over Barack Obama, even among black and Hispanic voters.
Giuliani's popularity continues to drop. His support is down to 21 percent, off six points from June and 14 points since March.
The former New York mayor is running virtually even with Thompson, who -- at a steady 19 percent -- has become a threat without even officially entering the race. McCain is off a bit at 15 percent, and Romney remains at eleven.
Clinton keeps her strong 36-to-20 percent lead over Obama among Democrats. She boasts a 13-point advantage among blacks and is up an even stronger 28 points among Hispanics.
The AP-Ipsos poll of more than a thousand adults was conducted by telephone last week. The margin of error is plus or minus three percent.
deep said:
McCain is on the ropes.
Even at Bush's current low point in popularity, the leading GOP presidential candidates are competitive in the polls with Democratic Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama. Furthermore, one great advantage of the current partisan squabbling in Washington is that while it hurts Bush, it also damages the popularity of the Democratic Congress-- where both Clinton and Obama serve. A little mutual assured destruction between the Bush administration and Congress could leave the Republican nominee, who will most likely have no affiliation with either, in decent shape.
And what happens when voters realize in November 2008 that, if they choose a Democrat for president, they'll also get a Democratic Congress and therefore liberal Supreme Court justices? Many Americans will recoil from the prospect of being governed by an unchecked triumvirate of Hillary Clinton, Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid. So the chances of a Republican winning the presidency in 2008 aren't bad.
What it comes down to is this: If Petraeus succeeds in Iraq, a Republican can win in 2008.
Irvine511 said:i love the assumption that the word "win" has any sort of meaning for Iraq. there's nothing to be won.
this isn't "Saving Private Ryan."
Haha. o, it is already started. i did see the live coverage of the discussion about cutting money on the public broadcasting. the democrates came up with very good reasons to not do that, like it is the only free source of information and it is the only emergency information channel on the inlands of america. the reps came up with,....this money can be used for iraq veterans.LemonMacPhisto said:I love the '08 Campaign:
Rono said:remember, the democrate party is against more money for veterans.
Irvine511 said:
what!?!?!!
i had no idea.
well, i guess i'll just have to vote Republican then.
unico said:I used to Nader until he drank a coke. To be so anti-corporation, why in the world would he drink coke...of all corporations!
Laura - there's always Dennis