tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-924013241079711992.post7353407339861476025..comments2024-03-11T05:03:14.020-07:00Comments on Ernie's Place: Where do you fit?Ernie Branscombhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06391160783604462511noreply@blogger.comBlogger46125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-924013241079711992.post-2734098086065481562010-08-03T20:00:52.158-07:002010-08-03T20:00:52.158-07:00Oh yeah, when I stop in Garverville Ernie doesn...Oh yeah, when I stop in Garverville Ernie doesn't let me out into the public.<br /><br />OregonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-924013241079711992.post-86077470683345070722010-08-03T19:21:00.871-07:002010-08-03T19:21:00.871-07:00Maybe Bunny I should put this a different way. I a...Maybe Bunny I should put this a different way. I always had to pay income taxes in Calif. and at times it may not have been a large amount but I think all income taxes are obscene.<br />I think I would like a flat tax or a fair tax better. Just think how much money the U.S. Government would save without all the IRS folks being on the payroll.<br /><br />OregonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-924013241079711992.post-44266107506020400222010-08-03T14:25:36.993-07:002010-08-03T14:25:36.993-07:00I just looked and Cali has an 8.75% sales tax on a...I just looked and Cali has an 8.75% sales tax on adjusted gross earnings. I'm happy to know you are a wealthy man or at least you were when you lived here. Incidentally, it's gorgeous here today. Please come and visit Ernie so we can all meet you.Bunnynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-924013241079711992.post-22396931756304903762010-08-01T09:15:29.883-07:002010-08-01T09:15:29.883-07:00Bunny, I lived in Calif. from Feb. 2003 through Ap...Bunny, I lived in Calif. from Feb. 2003 through April 2006 and I have my tax records for those years and can tell you I paid an obscene amount of state taxes. That does not include the nasty amount of money I had to pay for truck registration. I was paying $650 for my truck in Calif. and $54 in Oregon. I bought a Corvette and the registration for my truck AND Corvette was a whopping $108 a year. However I did not see any difference in the income tax in Oregon at my level.<br />Now I have to admit I was paying income taxes in Calif. but I did live in Plumas County and not in Humboldt, Mendocino or Trinity Counties where paying income tax ( state or federal )seems to be optional.<br />For the folks that do pay taxes you should know Alaska and Washington do not have a state income tax.<br /><br />OregonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-924013241079711992.post-22946576678369504712010-07-31T18:19:28.179-07:002010-07-31T18:19:28.179-07:00Since I wrote that I have heard two times on TV th...Since I wrote that I have heard two times on TV that California has a high income tax. What do I know?Bunnynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-924013241079711992.post-86680637701396982972010-07-29T20:25:28.568-07:002010-07-29T20:25:28.568-07:00I say raise the California state tax. Nobody I kno...I say raise the California state tax. Nobody I know pays more than $100-200 and in fact I just looked and we got all money we put in back, we paid no Ca taxes. That's ridiculous.Bunnynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-924013241079711992.post-85296679420768824522010-07-29T10:14:10.892-07:002010-07-29T10:14:10.892-07:00Better pissed off than pissed on.
At least, that&...Better pissed off than pissed on.<br /><br />At least, that's what I have heard.humboldturtlenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-924013241079711992.post-6681266136941568842010-07-28T20:34:48.575-07:002010-07-28T20:34:48.575-07:00I think it's interesting that 10 billion dolla...I think it's interesting that 10 billion dollars over 10 years was "too expensive" to fund health care reform and yet 2 billion dollars A DAY to fund the military gets rubber stamped without any comment at all.<br /><br />Those that rail against "Big Government" apparently don't count the US military as part of the government.<br /><br />I recently had dinner with some very hardworking friends who badly want to be wealthy. I commented that I didn't want to be wealthy, just be able to educate my kids and retire when I was 65. The wife turned to me and said, with a straight face, that I was "a communist".<br /><br />That's our choice now. If you don't want to be obscenely wealthy you are labeled a communist.<br /><br />Good thing that things aren't polarized nowadays...kenteroohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11420377214992495436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-924013241079711992.post-65080698232827577782010-07-28T20:20:14.715-07:002010-07-28T20:20:14.715-07:00you know.
trickle down economics.
all the way to c...you know.<br />trickle down economics.<br />all the way to china.spyrockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03685726716755909658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-924013241079711992.post-82247676654147350832010-07-28T20:16:37.905-07:002010-07-28T20:16:37.905-07:00i agree with you ernie. we haven't been given...i agree with you ernie. we haven't been given much of a choice. i don't own my own business like yourself and you might be better off with carly and meg because they are both promising to cut taxes on rich people and corporations. that ole piss on the working man economics that reagan invented., i've been working for a lady ceo for the last 6 years so i sort of know what would happen, the working people of california will get pissed on big time. i don't mean to piss anyone off, i'm just tired of being pissed on.spyrockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03685726716755909658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-924013241079711992.post-10483234191425171212010-07-28T17:10:20.238-07:002010-07-28T17:10:20.238-07:00Spyrock
But are you really happy to vote for Boxer...Spyrock<br />But are you really happy to vote for Boxer? Would you like another choice?<br /><br />All we get to choose frome is tweedle-dee or tweedle-dum. Boxer or Fiorina, Jerry Brown or Meg Whitman.<br /><br />I will hold my nose and vote, but I'm not happy at all with politics nowadays.Ernie Branscombhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06391160783604462511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-924013241079711992.post-34778488563445381812010-07-28T16:32:42.591-07:002010-07-28T16:32:42.591-07:00i remember something about a hanoi jane 50 years a...i remember something about a hanoi jane 50 years ago, oh well, i guess some people never forgive or forget. guess who's dad worked for nixon as assistant attorney general during that time. little carly ufigeritout. who is currently a member of the usa china board of trade. why? china is where your computer is made now. listen to this ex employee.<br />diogeneeze "I worked for HP for almost 30 yrs and Carly came in with smiles and promises. What she delivered was to almost destroy HP, completely destroy moral, and yes, she did increase jobs; by BUYING Compaq, then LAYING OFF 18K people. She ruined two companies, now wants to do the same to CA. Carly was fired, but the damage was done because she made HP "hell" to work for and created a bureocratic & political mess like Lucient before, leaving them in shambles and stock at $1. CA needs help, but not hers." <br />diogeneeze 2 weeks ago.<br />she majored in medieval history at stanford dropped out of ucla law school after one year and married an at&t retired executive who engineered her rise up through at&t before she landed the job at hp starting out as a secretary.<br />sounds like from the frying pan into the fire.<br />i'm not no fortunate son like carly and y'all who are retired and still live in the past so i'm going to vote for boxer as the lesser of two evils. in 4 more years i will be retired like you and then i don't care if you and carly ufigureitout how to send my job to china.spyrockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03685726716755909658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-924013241079711992.post-85549807327180871252010-07-28T15:29:08.846-07:002010-07-28T15:29:08.846-07:00Jane Fonda and Barbara boxer… Why not, they are bi...Jane Fonda and Barbara boxer… Why not, they are birds of a feather.<br /><br /> If you don’t mind “call me Senator Barbara”, Hanoi Jane Shouldn’t bother you at all. I don’t expect that Brigadier General Michael Walsh will be offering them a tank to ride to town in though.Ernie Branscombhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06391160783604462511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-924013241079711992.post-6900302743229095992010-07-28T12:07:31.256-07:002010-07-28T12:07:31.256-07:00I see Jane Fonda is campaigning for Barbara Boxer....I see Jane Fonda is campaigning for Barbara Boxer. Interesting.<br /><br />OregonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-924013241079711992.post-49356656706675679302010-07-28T10:02:08.185-07:002010-07-28T10:02:08.185-07:00Wow. Mr. Nice, you are giving up control to corpor...Wow. Mr. Nice, you are giving up control to corporations then.Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14023852057418281003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-924013241079711992.post-1202891773911536672010-07-27T21:40:44.421-07:002010-07-27T21:40:44.421-07:00On the 1099 thing, I'm planning on using credi...On the 1099 thing, I'm planning on using credit cards for every significant business transaction and let the card issuer do all these piddly 1099s. Visa stock will probably surge when this goes into effect as no small business owner will use a check to purchase goods again.Mr. Nicenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-924013241079711992.post-39421864181431760492010-07-26T21:25:44.815-07:002010-07-26T21:25:44.815-07:00...is a provision that all businesses, including s......is a provision that all businesses, including small businesses, have to file 1099's on EVERY single person and entity that they pay out more than $600 to. <br /><br />We do that right now to some degree. I cannot believe that will really happen. It's a waste of time for everybody and I don't see the sense in it. Would that be so the IRS can compare what we claim as income to what everyone says they gave us and visa versa? <br />Hopefully they won't implement that bit.Bunnynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-924013241079711992.post-83476989124927121212010-07-26T20:15:47.855-07:002010-07-26T20:15:47.855-07:00"i can't tell if you are braging or compl...<i>"i can't tell if you are braging or complaining."</i><br /><br />Yes Spyrock, we are. Leave it to Spyrock to find a third perspective.<br /><br />I like the way that people can present ideas on this blog without becoming disrespectful. Rose is right, we agree a lot. It seems like she thinks the politicians are rich. I think that the corporations make them that way because they expect to find politcal favor in the business world, but both Rose and I would agree that there is enought corruption to go around.Ernie Branscombhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06391160783604462511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-924013241079711992.post-50269887226887047432010-07-26T19:57:56.973-07:002010-07-26T19:57:56.973-07:00i'm not sure what y'all are talkin about. ...i'm not sure what y'all are talkin about. i've heard this same rap back in the 60's. i stayed in school and got my degree. i saw all kinds of people drop out of school, quit their day job, and find anyway they could to live off government money including pretend they were crazy. other people who didn't want to live off the government were living off a 50 lb sack of brown rice or peanut butter. people lived in communes all over the city and many of these drop outs headed up your way. the back to the landers. well you can't have your cake and eat it to. why aren't you self sufficient? you are 40years down the road. growing pot makes you a small business owner.<br />pot growers work. just because its illegal doesn't qualify it as counterculture. there are hundreds of self sufficient communities out there and many people are planning more. you just haven't heard about them. because they don't want all you guys on welfare or old children living off their parents social security crashing down their door. the next thing is community and there are still some around since the sixties. you just don't know about them. i'm going to hear a presentation about one at the end of august because my gal wants me to. but that option has always been there for me. instead, i've worked all my life, raised a family, buried my parents and done my own thing, but in my old age, community might come in handy. or not. but this is just a rehash of the same crap the politicos from bezerkly were spouting 40 years ago. today i was thinking the same thing. i should have quit school and played drums in a rock and roll band then people would remember me. but my highschool friends that were doing that looked like death warmed over at the time. the other thing about rich people somehow being better off simply isn't true. the most unhappy people i know are rich people. and i don't think there is anything wrong with money. it just doesn't buy real happiness.<br />so this is all relative bullpucky to me. i can't tell if you are braging or complaining.spyrockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03685726716755909658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-924013241079711992.post-11781941582713524582010-07-26T10:12:33.413-07:002010-07-26T10:12:33.413-07:00No, I don't think Ernie is whining. I don'...No, I don't think Ernie is whining. I don't think he is a whiner at all. In fact, oddly, I think we agree, it's just that how we get there comes from two wildly divergent places.<br /><br />We agree that it is grotesquely wrong to pass a bill that no one has read, and to saddle coming generations with unimaginable debt.<br /><br />All I am saying is, blame those who have done this - your legislators. It's easy to blame Arnold in California for example, he is the figurehead therefore it must be his fault. Why not put the blame where it belongs? On those politicians who have played musical chairs to stay in office, and who have passed bill after bill after bill that has put you in this position? For a decade or more. The same on the federal level.<br /><br />It's not the corporations who are overspending. It's the people we elect. And giving them more of your money or anyone else's money will not solve that fundamental problem.<br /><br />I am also saying you will be surprised to find out who the government considers to be "RICH." Despite the figures Ernie lays out.<br /><br />Anyway, Ernie, sorry, I'm not arguing. Or wasn't intending to.Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14023852057418281003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-924013241079711992.post-5032085083184747652010-07-26T05:09:51.305-07:002010-07-26T05:09:51.305-07:0098 days since the oil spill started and 99 days ti...98 days since the oil spill started and 99 days till the elections. Is that like some kind of equinox? <br /><br />OregonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-924013241079711992.post-80553527468997252652010-07-26T04:51:18.378-07:002010-07-26T04:51:18.378-07:00I don't usually turn my computer on until I ha...I don't usually turn my computer on until I have been up for a couple of hours but today I was all excited to see the two new posts that were said to be here on Monday.<br /><br />OregonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-924013241079711992.post-61982846226049820102010-07-25T23:18:25.433-07:002010-07-25T23:18:25.433-07:00Rose- You are absolutely correct when you point ou...Rose- You are absolutely correct when you point out that we have a lifestyle that is much better than that which most people 100 to 200 years ago had.<br /><br />So what? We all know that. It has nothing to do with the problems that Ernie pointed out. You openly state that he is thinking only that other people have more than he does.<br /><br />Did you and I read the same post? I saw no whining about his place in the socio-economic system. He pointed out some statistics that have historical significance. <br /><br />Yes, he seems concerned. Why shouldn't he be? If the statistics he quotes are true (I, for one, believe them to be), then he is right to be concerned for the future of his progeny. When the conditions he points out have happened in other societies, there were probably people who pointed out that people who lived before them had it worse. That didn't change the fact that the situation was becoming dangerous.<br /><br />You may not be blaming the counterculture, but you have to admit it sounded that way in your first post. On the other hand, you seem to be blaming all the people who don't have the savings for choices they made. That's one huge group we're talking about. I would love to discuss that, but this post is already too long.Unk Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17744349548467009867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-924013241079711992.post-35557347733886552762010-07-25T23:01:31.275-07:002010-07-25T23:01:31.275-07:00Well, Dave, I guess you will get a chance to find ...Well, Dave, I guess you will get a chance to find out. As the tax cuts are about to be revoked, which amounts to the biggest tax increase in history, maybe. And if you think they only benefitted the rich, I guess we'll see. It's going to hit everyone. One commonly overlooked part of the tax cuts was the removal of a large chunk of lower income people from paying any taxes.<br /><br />I guess we can all invest in popcorn futures and sit back and enjoy the show. Business, under attack, will not thrive. The economy is already in trouble. More taxation is only going to cripple the economy further.<br /><br />Do you honestly believe that, even if you gave your representatives 90% of your income that they would stop overspending?<br /><br />Do you honestly believe that the money you earn, or that someone else earns, belongs to the government? Or should be transferred to you because you don't have as much?<br /><br />And when they take $1,000 out of your community in taxes, run it through all their governmental middle men and then dole it back in the form of some grant, how much of that $1,000 really makes it back? A couple hundred bucks? Is that efficient?<br /><br />And, you're going to need silos full of popcorn, because legalizing pot is going to mean everyone who has been cheating the system dealing pot under the table is going to have to pay taxes. Lo and behold, if the six figure incomes hold, guess what, by golly, they are the RICH. Not only will they pay 50% of their incomes in taxes, they will lose the child tuition tax credit and a whole host of other breaks.<br /><br />So, I don't know. I hear the rhetoric. I guess we will just see. If pot is legalized, I expect we will see a tax revolt the likes of which no one has ever seen before. I say "good."Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14023852057418281003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-924013241079711992.post-39384065989655242912010-07-25T21:57:27.852-07:002010-07-25T21:57:27.852-07:00i just watched a video of my mother at 84 giving a...i just watched a video of my mother at 84 giving an interview to a class of 4th graders when they were going to change the name of the school in honor of her 40 years as a teacher. she told them that she never went to the 1st grade because her parents were afraid that a mountain lion or bear might get her on the way to the spyrock school. so she had to wait until her younger brother was old enough to go with her. they rode a white mule every school day to school and on the weekends they would ride the mule to post office to pick up the mail by the railroad except the mule wouldn't go any further than the school so they had to walk the last mile to the river to pick up the mail at the spyrock depot. when she went to college where ernie went, she rode the train to sausalito and rode the ferry to san francisco and a street car to school for $8 a semester. when she got married, she lost her job as a teacher because there was a law that only one person in a family could work because jobs were scarce. somehow, she has a school named after her. the moral of the story is, the mule will get you half way, you have to do the rest yourself.spyrockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03685726716755909658noreply@blogger.com