tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post5703338946466045182..comments2024-03-28T13:46:08.524-05:00Comments on Every goddamn day: 03/28/24: Americans should pay more taxesNeil Steinberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-32873306325384543582015-01-21T21:37:24.473-06:002015-01-21T21:37:24.473-06:00Not necessarily. I was trying to goose it up a bit...Not necessarily. I was trying to goose it up a bit.Neil Steinberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-27400896104388175602015-01-21T21:25:51.450-06:002015-01-21T21:25:51.450-06:00Neil, you head this post "Americans should pa...Neil, you head this post "Americans should pay more taxes." The column in today's S-T says "Americans could pay more taxes." Someone there trying not to offend Gov. Brucie?Haroldnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-59836462495930992202015-01-21T15:14:43.922-06:002015-01-21T15:14:43.922-06:00Point taken - I think community colleges are good ...Point taken - I think community colleges are good for a lot of things but, ironically, NOT for kids out of high school. The percentage of kids who start at community colleges who -ever- get a 4 year degree are very low - like the low 20's. I think some of that is because of the nature of the students (some are there for the low tuition, others because they had bad grades), some because the classes aren't at the same level as the 4-year schools so they need remedial help or are behind when they transfer. I've taken some good community college courses, but I know that it wouldn't have taken much effort to just get a passing grade. As for adults, with the exception of nursing I don't think they're that great at retraining workers to wholesale new professions. <br /><br />You mention high tuition costs at 4-year schools and I think *that's* where to focus our energy - tuition should be free at such schools, or at least there should be an offer to repay student loans or give back tuition money to parents when the kid gets the degree in, say, 6 years of starting (how's *that* for some incentive to hunker down?). And free board for those in STEM programs. That would mimic what other nations with industrial policies do. Anon-not-Anonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-88700294758347221082015-01-21T11:47:39.989-06:002015-01-21T11:47:39.989-06:00I don't know about "lately," but I s...I don't know about "lately," but I spent a lot of time in various community colleges, including Truman College, Daley College and Malcolm X college and found them all learning environments par excellence. I much preferred the small class size, the accessibility of the professors, and the cost of classes to the 4-year colleges with their humongous classes, teaching assistants of doubtful ability, and high prices. In my opinion the level of instruction was much better at the community college.<br />Johntatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10088632798195131329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-77135620351691642322015-01-21T11:36:07.924-06:002015-01-21T11:36:07.924-06:00In person too?In person too?tatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10088632798195131329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-47494402779379092392015-01-21T11:34:29.321-06:002015-01-21T11:34:29.321-06:00(Last Anonymous Anon-not-Anon - sorry, I'm dro...(Last Anonymous Anon-not-Anon - sorry, I'm drowning in a sea of anonymity...)Anon-not-Anonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-39868926508860285622015-01-21T11:33:44.995-06:002015-01-21T11:33:44.995-06:00I like how your son thinks - I'm guessing he r...I like how your son thinks - I'm guessing he reads more than 3 magazines too! Adam Smith and Henry Ford recognized the need in a free enterprise system for wages sufficient for money to circulate through the economy. The Clinton administration showed that you could raise taxes and grow the economy. So which President agreed to permanently undo most of those Clinton tax hikes? President Obama. Yes, I know his motives were good and the GOP was reckless in its brinksmanship, but he did it. Now, with a GOP Congress, he thinks he can undue it? Of course not - he's posturing for history. <br /><br />By the way, didn't sequestration have *something* to do with the deficit going down? I wouldn't be surprised if the GOP responded "let's give a tax cut to everyone and make the government tighten its belt instead. Do you remember all the doomsday predictions the Democrats made last time we pushed this?" Which will also be a non-starter. <br /><br />The bigger issue discussed last night was the President's remarks about future jobs and education. Anyone who thinks that community colleges is the answer hasn't spent much time in a community college lately. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-91223018563450240202015-01-21T11:17:34.588-06:002015-01-21T11:17:34.588-06:00What are your thoughts on the state taxing retirem...What are your thoughts on the state taxing retirement income? We had an entire generation or 2 pay less than their fair share of taxes their entire careers - if the state didn't have enough money for pensions in 1980, shouldn't they have raised the rate back then? - then end up collecting retirement that goes un-taxed by the state.<br /><br />Instead, the state raised the rate 67% to 5%, basically forcing future generations to pay for the low taxes the previous generation received. Wouldn't that be a "fair tax"? I find it a bit hypocritical that most of the folks floating increased taxes are the ones at or near retirement age and have already earned their wealth.nixit71noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-76966594501412473852015-01-21T10:29:30.415-06:002015-01-21T10:29:30.415-06:00Tom Roeser was vile. Tom Roeser was vile. Neil Steinberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-25742472227811888672015-01-21T10:27:01.444-06:002015-01-21T10:27:01.444-06:00If we could just monetize all of the shrieking and...If we could just monetize all of the shrieking and caterwauling that conservatives do every time someone suggests giving a single extra dollar to the less fortunate, probably no one would have to pay taxes ever.Bitter Scribenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-38968293137232592702015-01-21T09:18:13.181-06:002015-01-21T09:18:13.181-06:00Neil: I wrote Tom Roeser a few years ago to compl...Neil: I wrote Tom Roeser a few years ago to compliment his writing and ridicule his reasoning and asked him whether he wanted to get rid of all taxes or would accept some level of taxation to keep ravenous mobs from roaming our streets. He probably got a lot of letters like that and didn't respond.<br /><br />Johntatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10088632798195131329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-19625546953408981592015-01-21T09:13:55.129-06:002015-01-21T09:13:55.129-06:00or airlines to change their rules, off topic, but ...or airlines to change their rules, off topic, but interestingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-64547027246709302292015-01-21T09:10:08.634-06:002015-01-21T09:10:08.634-06:00It isn't just Christians who want to impose th...It isn't just Christians who want to impose their way and Muslims do so in a dangerous way. Hasidics want city to change their rules for them. I'd love to see an article on them from you.<br /><br />http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/22/nyregion/hasidic-jews-turn-up-pressure-on-city-to-accommodate-their-traditions.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-13697402683554388712015-01-21T08:45:30.618-06:002015-01-21T08:45:30.618-06:00Is that remark really sexist? I shudder to imagine...Is that remark really sexist? I shudder to imagine your world, then gratefully realize, I don't have to. Neil Steinberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-14020867048392767882015-01-21T08:34:53.043-06:002015-01-21T08:34:53.043-06:00Or maybe many years from now he'll be there wi...Or maybe many years from now he'll be there with his daughter, Neil. Why so sexist?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-38589175858525395142015-01-21T08:26:30.612-06:002015-01-21T08:26:30.612-06:00Bravo to your son. I hope we meet before he's ...Bravo to your son. I hope we meet before he's 119 ( and I'm a bit older than that)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13877137208397390419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-72991848306482902342015-01-21T04:57:19.569-06:002015-01-21T04:57:19.569-06:00"Closer to region...."
That is spot on...."Closer to region...." <br />That is spot on.Paul Fedrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04384556977324071639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-77421395020661820172015-01-21T00:55:10.747-06:002015-01-21T00:55:10.747-06:00The subject of economics has always fascinated me,...The subject of economics has always fascinated me, and the positive vs. negative effects on our economy of lowering and raising taxes can be debated at length. I missed Obama's SOTU address, but what you wrote about his 10-year tax increase proposal sounds like a positive step to me, a middle-class citizen who sometimes struggles to make ends meet. The gap between the wealthy and the rest of us cannot continue to widen if we truly want a fair and democratic society in America.SandyKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-70467718922346542862015-01-21T00:54:29.790-06:002015-01-21T00:54:29.790-06:00Government is the source of money to begin with. I...Government is the source of money to begin with. It prints the stuff. So why taxes. Why does it not print what it needs and eliminate the costly IRS bureaucracy, record keeping, etc. We'd all "pay" through resulting general inflation.<br /><br />Oh, and as for the Singularity, you are wrong. We will soon all be immortal. advocate of the anti-Christnoreply@blogger.com