I really don't care what people make or do. I do not worry about what their benefits are. I find it funny some people do, maybe with a bit more education you could have become a teacher and got those benefits. I did not want to spend the extra 25,000 it would have cost me to get certified and make way less money. I am not sure about the guys here, but I know my step dad sick days could be accumulated and he was a federal worker. Nobody in the private sector is that sickly, lol. Another classic blanket statement with zero data to back it up. I have worked and work with a few that miss a lot of work and still keep their jobs, *** kissing works better than hard work sometimes. Their are great people at DOD, their are great teachers, great folks in the private sector. In those there are also good and bad people who will try and get every advantage they can. It's been this way for a very long time. So save your tired "private sectors rocks" bit, because private sector has it's issues also. I am very lucky my owner is a terrific man, and I told him so when he handed me my profit sharing check on Friday, which I gave to my daughters catholic school for tuition next year. Before some say, germ how can you send your child to a private school, while your wife teaches at a public school. Well I pay for it for one, not a dime of her money is used, second I refuse to send my kids to schools that are underfunded. At one of my wives schools they cannot have gym when it rains because the roof leaks. They also can't fix it, no money. So who suffers? Like some said we waste more money on variety of things, but hey someone in PA is all bent out of shape because someone can accumulate sick days, lol We need good/smart people at the DOD, our schools and running/owning companies for this all to work. .
You got the whining all wrong, go back and reread it, I was the one that said come to PA we treat teachers great, then you went off on some pantie twisted tangent about roofs leaking and some thing about a new pope for your kids school and money flowing like wine. Our education system is a disaster yet you refuse to listen to logic or changes to fix it, of course we can always borrow more money to throw at it, because money fixes every thing!
And really its you and those who think like you that are the problem, the monetary issues this country faces comes down to every level, every contract if these stupid mistakes- over-sites, what ever you want to call were remedied the savings would be incredible. But not in my back yard right! Thats why this has gotten so far, because so many have their hands in the cookie jar, no one wants cuts that effect them, but guess what it needs to happen, and it needs to happen now. We as Americans are taxed to death, but our government just keeps piling it on, and it seems as with the election results many of you are happy to keep piling it on. Well I'm not, and there are many more like me that would like to see some common sense put back into the way government spends money. I will not sit back and watch elected idiots continue to spend money that my daughters kids will be paying back to China.
Actually I am more worried about the largest lender Social Security Trust Fund, which is close to 4 trillion and almost triples what we owe china. That's right we own ourselves 4 trillion. Japan, Britain, Brazil and Taiwan are other big holders I worry about also. Go back and re-read, I said I am fine with the cuts, but the ones in education, fact we refuse to fix it will hurt your daughters kids the most and mine. When kids cannot even go to a gym class because it rains in the richest country in the nation, shame on us. Everyone is at fault, parents,teachers, government, unions, me and you.
You might wanna try searching for the good in your fellow man, not every one out there is after Germ's piece of the pie, some of us get by on our own, more should try it.
Really, lol Again pat a littler harder, you're awesome, you pay taxes, you own a company, you are the real deal.
And just to top that all off, I gotta say, I am one handsome sum***** ! And if Preacher Tony were here, he'd second that!
I've always wondered why SSI witholding is capped just over 113k...and the potential impact if the limit were to be removed.
If the cap was removed, the government would have more funds to "borrow". Nothing good would come of it in my opinion. The wealthy are paying the largest percentage of their income in taxes now than at any time since records were maintained by the IRS. The middle and low income earners are paying the lowest percentage since the '70's. And all our current president can seem to come up with is that the rich need to pay more. The system is broken. Nearly beyond repair. Over 46% of our citizens pay zero federal income tax. Many of those actually get back more than they paid in. Can you imagine, a negative federal income tax balance!! Broken, broken, broken, and getting worse every day.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not a proponent of giving the Gov't more $ to piss away. I just get tired of the rhetoric about Soc Sec. 'Its broke' 'need to raise the age limits'... There are plenty of options to correct it...though nobody is truly interested in fixing it. The fed gov't is on the biggest bender, writing checks as fast as they want and printing the $ too. Everybody is getting screwed, wealthy and poor. And Fletch, I think maximum tax rates have been much higher historically, though Cap gains rates used to smooth that bubble...but investments overall are presently in a shamble. QE-infinity and the low int rates have many scratching their heads...let alone the fact that spend is way in excess of revenue and there is no budget.
