{"id":263,"date":"2009-03-11T12:09:59","date_gmt":"2009-03-11T12:09:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/wordpress65\/?p=263"},"modified":"2009-03-11T12:09:59","modified_gmt":"2009-03-11T12:09:59","slug":"twitter-taxes-and-reference-dissenting-voice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.grayrinehart.com\/blog\/twitter-taxes-and-reference-dissenting-voice\/","title":{"rendered":"Twitter, Taxes, and Reference to A Dissenting Voice"},"content":{"rendered":"

Speaking of Twitter, you can “follow me”
at http:\/\/twitter.com\/GrayRinehart<\/a>.
\n(“Follow Me” jeep from WW2.* Click to enlarge.)<\/em><\/p>\n

Yesterday on Twitter, I floated the idea of doing a series of blog entries on the various tax proposals I’ve jotted down in the last few months. No one came forward to tell me how terrible that idea was, so I think I will start the series either this week or next. First I have to decide if it will be daily for a week, or spread out more until Tax Day. Hmmm.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile . . . <\/p>\n

I have some terrific friends who support and encourage me and who challenge my thinking on a variety of subjects — as “iron sharpens iron,” say the Scriptures. Today I refer you to James Maxey, author of the wonderful superhero novel Nobody Gets the Girl<\/em> and a trilogy of “dragon age” novels the first two of which — Bitterwood<\/em> and Dragonforge<\/em> — were brilliant and make me wish the third one was finished so I could read it.<\/p>\n

But James also presents very interesting political arguments that are worth considering and debating, on his Jawbone of an Ass<\/a> blog. In his latest entry, he compares the “stimulus” package enacted by our Federal government to irresponsible personal spending:<\/p>\n

If I add up the credit limits on all my credit cards, I can borrow roughly $70,000 dollars. I could run out tomorrow and spend it all, maybe on a hurricane tour of Vegas. I would certainly feel very rich for a short while. A lot of businesses would feel the benefit of me throwing money around like the sy is the limit. My neighbors might look at me with envy as I pull into the driveway with a new car. I’d be high on the hog–until I had to start paying it back.<\/p>\n

I’d probably be okay for a little while. The payments on all this would be pretty high, but I still have my job and some money in savings, so I could meet the payments for a month or two. After I pay down the debt for a couple of months, I could borrow money from the credit I’m opening up in my credit cards and make payments for another month or two. <\/p>\n

Still, anyone with a lick of common sense is going to be able to look at my monthly income and compare to my monthly payments and come to the grim conclusion that I don’t stand a chance in the long run. Bankruptcy looms; my only hope is to sell the car I bought, sell all my assets, work multiple jobs, and live on Raman noodles and tap water.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\nHere’s the direct link<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I don’t agree with all of his proposals, but his underlying premise is sound: we, as a nation, will not long survive if we continue to spend more than we earn. So I commend him to you and encourage you to see what he has to say.<\/p>\n

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