Comments on: Primary Sources http://www.neptunuslex.com/2009/10/06/primary-sources/ The unbearable lightness of Lex. Enjoy! Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:43:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Dust http://www.neptunuslex.com/2009/10/06/primary-sources/comment-page-1/#comment-451628 Dust Wed, 07 Oct 2009 21:14:55 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/?p=11815#comment-451628 Marianne, P.S. Should I get down Houston way, I'd love to take you both to dinner. Marianne,

P.S. Should I get down Houston way, I’d love to take you both to dinner.

]]> By: Dust http://www.neptunuslex.com/2009/10/06/primary-sources/comment-page-1/#comment-451626 Dust Wed, 07 Oct 2009 21:13:16 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/?p=11815#comment-451626 Marianne, The speaker is indeed arrogant. Pelosi and her ilk are the reason Hell exists. It is a difficult thing to separate the act from the person. The sin of Lucifer was pride, the deadliest of all sins. The difference is that she has yet time to change. For Lucifer the consequenses of uttering "non serviam" was eternal, for her there is still a chance.Pardon my preaching. Best to you and your hubs, Dust Marianne,

The speaker is indeed arrogant. Pelosi and her ilk are the reason Hell exists. It is a difficult thing to separate the act from the person. The sin of Lucifer was pride, the deadliest of all sins. The difference is that she has yet time to change. For Lucifer the consequenses of uttering “non serviam” was eternal, for her there is still a chance.Pardon my preaching.

Best to you and your hubs,

Dust

]]> By: thebastidge http://www.neptunuslex.com/2009/10/06/primary-sources/comment-page-1/#comment-451576 thebastidge Wed, 07 Oct 2009 17:37:42 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/?p=11815#comment-451576 <i>"“They get a tax off of that and they use that money to pay the healthcare for their own workers,” Pelosi said, using the example of auto manufacturers. “So their cars coming into our country don’t have a healthcare component cost."</i> Because taxes aren't a component of healthcare cost. Obviously. ““They get a tax off of that and they use that money to pay the healthcare for their own workers,” Pelosi said, using the example of auto manufacturers. “So their cars coming into our country don’t have a healthcare component cost.”

Because taxes aren’t a component of healthcare cost. Obviously.

]]> By: G-man http://www.neptunuslex.com/2009/10/06/primary-sources/comment-page-1/#comment-451490 G-man Wed, 07 Oct 2009 10:18:38 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/?p=11815#comment-451490 VX As Lex pointed out it is the bottom ladder rung that carries all the weight. Everyone else in business will simply pass along the VAT to their next "customer". Kind of like the increase in minimum wage. My last BHO supporter was a fervent supporter of increased min wage to "something a man could raise a family on". Great idea I said, now go to BK and Wendy's and MacLand and Applebee's and get a menu, then 9 months after the wage hike we'll review. Well dude, did the prices go up? Yes, did the businesses absorb that min wage increase? Nope. Will they with a VAT? Nope. It definitely crimps consumerism. My business decision to close my UK manufacturing and R&D facility was based on taxes. Told that to their economic development board in Poole when I closed up shop and let 8 people go. Shocked they were. VX
As Lex pointed out it is the bottom ladder rung that carries all the weight. Everyone else in business will simply pass along the VAT to their next “customer”. Kind of like the increase in minimum wage. My last BHO supporter was a fervent supporter of increased min wage to “something a man could raise a family on”. Great idea I said, now go to BK and Wendy’s and MacLand and Applebee’s and get a menu, then 9 months after the wage hike we’ll review. Well dude, did the prices go up? Yes, did the businesses absorb that min wage increase? Nope. Will they with a VAT? Nope. It definitely crimps consumerism. My business decision to close my UK manufacturing and R&D facility was based on taxes. Told that to their economic development board in Poole when I closed up shop and let 8 people go. Shocked they were.

]]> By: virgil xenophon http://www.neptunuslex.com/2009/10/06/primary-sources/comment-page-1/#comment-451473 virgil xenophon Wed, 07 Oct 2009 05:37:16 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/?p=11815#comment-451473 ZANE, MajHarvey/ The VAT is sold to the public as "simple" in that for the consumer end purchaser everything ends in round numbers--as opposed to sales taxes--one of the reasons it's sold to the public in lieu of the sales tax. They like that. A lot. Trust me. And govts love it because it is largely hidden and acts like a giant vacuum cleaner sucking up revenue unnoticed in huge amounts. If the VAT is allowed we'll have the worst of all worlds--a sales tax, a VAT AND an income tax. Unbelievable. And the drag on the economy will be unbelievable too. ZANE, MajHarvey/

The VAT is sold to the public as “simple” in that for the consumer end purchaser everything ends in round numbers–as opposed to sales taxes–one of the reasons it’s sold to the public in lieu of the sales tax. They like that. A lot. Trust me. And govts love it because it is largely hidden and acts like a giant vacuum cleaner sucking up revenue unnoticed in huge amounts.

If the VAT is allowed we’ll have the worst of all worlds–a sales tax, a VAT AND an income tax. Unbelievable. And the drag on the economy will be unbelievable too.

]]> By: Zane http://www.neptunuslex.com/2009/10/06/primary-sources/comment-page-1/#comment-451470 Zane Wed, 07 Oct 2009 04:51:55 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/?p=11815#comment-451470 MajHarvey, the base I'm moving to in England has a VAT refund office for us non-EU types as well, only large-ticket items. It seems to be a SOFA item, since here in Italy where all economic development is crushed under the weight of the state, there is no VAT refund office on base (although reportedly one at the airport). MajHarvey, the base I’m moving to in England has a VAT refund office for us non-EU types as well, only large-ticket items. It seems to be a SOFA item, since here in Italy where all economic development is crushed under the weight of the state, there is no VAT refund office on base (although reportedly one at the airport).

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