Comments on: GOP might filibuster Big 3 Bailout http://skewred.com/2008/12/09/gop-might-filibuster-big-3-bailout/ Blogging with a Conservative Skew Thu, 15 Jul 2010 22:30:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: AB http://skewred.com/2008/12/09/gop-might-filibuster-big-3-bailout/comment-page-1/#comment-1655 AB Thu, 11 Dec 2008 15:33:23 +0000 http://skewred.com/?p=906#comment-1655 Yes, it is always sad and difficult when someone loses a job. I understand that very well; in fact I am finishing a PhD this year and looking for an academic job; the higher education market is so badly frozen that I might have to work at McDonalds to avoid starving. Even so, I believe that one must stand for truth above all niceties. Yes, it is always sad and difficult when someone loses a job. I understand that very well; in fact I am finishing a PhD this year and looking for an academic job; the higher education market is so badly frozen that I might have to work at McDonalds to avoid starving. Even so, I believe that one must stand for truth above all niceties.

]]> By: AB http://skewred.com/2008/12/09/gop-might-filibuster-big-3-bailout/comment-page-1/#comment-1653 AB Thu, 11 Dec 2008 15:27:48 +0000 http://skewred.com/?p=906#comment-1653 Actually, no ma'am your family's portion was not $0. Do you remember a certain economic stimulus cheque with your tax return this year? Thanks Actually, no ma’am your family’s portion was not $0. Do you remember a certain economic stimulus cheque with your tax return this year? Thanks

]]> By: kel-c http://skewred.com/2008/12/09/gop-might-filibuster-big-3-bailout/comment-page-1/#comment-1644 kel-c Wed, 10 Dec 2008 23:40:22 +0000 http://skewred.com/?p=906#comment-1644 I was making it simple -- very simple. That number IS how much it costs per tax return (it's called an average). I could have done a more extensive analysis that used AGI at different levels, but everyone needs to understand the magnitude of this bailout and not just think about it in terms of how much money he / she / they make. Taking your approach, my family's portion just went to $0 since that will be our new income. Thanks for reading and commenting! I was making it simple — very simple. That number IS how much it costs per tax return (it’s called an average). I could have done a more extensive analysis that used AGI at different levels, but everyone needs to understand the magnitude of this bailout and not just think about it in terms of how much money he / she / they make.

Taking your approach, my family’s portion just went to $0 since that will be our new income.

Thanks for reading and commenting!

]]> By: AB http://skewred.com/2008/12/09/gop-might-filibuster-big-3-bailout/comment-page-1/#comment-1643 AB Wed, 10 Dec 2008 21:32:44 +0000 http://skewred.com/?p=906#comment-1643 Can you even do elementary arithmetic? Does the bailout really cost $54000 per tax return? Doesn't that suppose every tax return paid the same amount of tax? If the two of us build a fund in which you put $10 and I put in $1, would you say I paid 50 cents of every dollar spent from that fund? Seems like you and your husband should have paid a lot more attention in elementary school. Can you even do elementary arithmetic? Does the bailout really cost $54000 per tax return? Doesn’t that suppose every tax return paid the same amount of tax? If the two of us build a fund in which you put $10 and I put in $1, would you say I paid 50 cents of every dollar spent from that fund?

Seems like you and your husband should have paid a lot more attention in elementary school.

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