Joe the Plumber

[hydralique]

Please correct me if I'm wrong . . .

But I've seen nothing to suggest that either candidate has proposed to change the federal tax system to tax revenue instead of profit. I own my small business, and every year I fill out the IRS forms for business profit or loss. My taxable income is based on my profit, not gross revenue, for both the IRS and California Tax Franchise Board.

The only government entities I know of which base their taxes on gross revenue are some municipalities, including the City of Los Angeles and City of Santa Monica. I think there would be quite an outcry if the IRS and state taxation boards were to adopt such systems.

 

[panthera]

Hydralique,

You phrased it better than I did. I'm staying strictly out of the political discussions until after the election. This is, however, a simple point of economics.
Something we all need to be thinking about. Regardless of who wins the executive, regardless of who keeps, expands or re-takes the legislative, we are all going to have to work together after the election. The last time I saw so much 'scorched earth' in a political election was between Johnson and Goldwater on the question of racial integration. Many decades later, the anger and divisions are still clear for all to see. (Just for the record, I was in favor of human rights for all).
Can we afford this level of distrust and 'my way or the highway' in these times? One of the reasons I stopped posting politically here was the very well thought out comment by one of the most conservative members, I had lost the ability to discern between those attacking and threatening me and those who 'merely' held different beliefs than I. If this level of hatred, spitefulness, threats and absolutism holds post-election, America may well find herself in an untenable position. Is it worth it? Must all liberals leave the country for 'democratic' Canada and Europe? Would all conservatives truly have to retreat to Appalachia and secede from the Union of United Socialist States?
I'm not asking here for a political discussion, I won't and can't do that (not till after the election, anyway.) But I am curious just how we shall go forward from this contentious mess.

 

[rp2813]

Re: the mountains in Alaska issue, the state of Alaska is home to Mt. McKinley, the highest point in the U.S., if not all of North America. I think that should settle the level of hillbilly potential for Mrs. Paling.

On the other hand, the ratio of males to females in Alaska is staggeringly high. Makes one wonder what all those single mountain men (NOT to be confused with hillbillies) are doing to satisfy their urges and with whom. Inquiring minds want to know!

 

[travis]

I'm with Ralph...

What do all the hot Alaskan men do?

Has anyone dug up some racy pics of Joe the Plumber. If so, email them!

 

[rp2813]

Travis,

If Joe is the McCain capitalist he seems to be, then there's a good chance he's posing for those pictures right about now. I wonder if he's aware they wouldn't likely be landing in any magazines women read.