A disgusting vat of filth that no self-respecting intelligent person would wade into.

[Adder]

Originally posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy
I thought it was just a pure cash for votes scheme in Iowa. Votes to the highest bidder. Game gets played twice during the primaries with the final collection in the general election.

And we are back to why Harkin and Grassley nearly wet themselved last night.

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
2) is the bitch that the oil companies have over the threat of the rescending of subsidies granted by Congress for drilling in the Gulf of Mexico.

That's the problem created by Interior entering into sloppy contracts. The lack of royalty payments arguably makes sense when oil prices are low.

[Penske_Account]

Originally posted by taxwonk
Bullshit. As far as I'm concerned, we would have been better off and done more good going into Darfur than we will ever achieve in Iraq.

Do they have any oil?

[Penske_Account]

Originally posted by taxwonk
This is just one of many reasons I voted against Blagojevich. The man is an idiot. His cronies are idiots. The only bigger idiots are the ones the Republicans keep throwing up for office. God, I wish Jim Edgar would run again.

Too bad midwesterners are too hung up sexual puritanism or you could recruit Jack Ryan.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
2 is implicit. If I trusted the politicians with the money, then I would trust they would keep the nut around to buy out the franchise if necessary, or pay the court-ordered takings damages.

My point is that the politicians are to be trusted less with the nut than they are with the annual flow of payments that you could buy with that nut. The one-time lump sum is especially dangerous.

[sgtclub]

Originally posted by Cletus Miller
This doesn't make any sense. If Nevada derives revenue from taxing the casinos (it does), then there is an income tax.

There IS no personal income tax and real property taxes are low(-ish), but that's different from taxing casino profits.

Anyway, my point was that a large percentage of the lottery players in Illinois will be completely unaware of the change. Most now know that the revenue goes to education and other state government services.

You are right on the tax issue - brain fart here.

Where is the revenue from the sale of the lottery rights going?

[Penske_Account]

Originally posted by Secret_Agent_Man
(a) I would call 911. I would not stick my head into a nearby bar and babble incoherently.

(b) See Account, Penske, Collected Posts 1999-2006 (Regnery Press 2006).

S_A_M

You should revise that to include socks, although its hard to know exactly which ones were mine. Also, 1999 is off. Fall of 2000 was the jumping off point.....unless you count the OBE and Skek4, but they were not political.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally posted by sgtclub
Where is the revenue from the sale of the lottery rights going?

If it's treated as general revenues, it can be used to mask massive deficit spending on a variety of things.

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
If it's treated as general revenues, it can be used to mask massive deficit spending on a variety of things.

And, if it's specifically targetted for schools, it can mask a reduction in spending on schools from general revenues, which will be sent elsewhere.

[Penske_Account]

Originally posted by sgtclub
You are right on the tax issue - brain fart here.

Where is the revenue from the sale of the lottery rights going?

It should be paid out to the citisens as a quasi-faux dividend. They could use it to be arm themselves against future government oppression and intrusion on their rights.

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
My point is that the politicians are to be trusted less with the nut than they are with the annual flow of payments that you could buy with that nut. The one-time lump sum is especially dangerous.

I understand your point. Haven't you been following my posts on why social security sucks?

[Diane_Keaton]

Originally posted by taxwonk
what is the thrust of your jump? That you hate all Muslims? I think you've pretty much made that clear already.

If anything, my post suggests Muslims are the ones who hate us (non-Muslims) and don't care about the murder of non-Muslims. Not that I, DK, hate Muslims. Big difference. Twit.

[sgtclub]

Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
And, if it's specifically targetted for schools, it can mask a reduction in spending on schools from general revenues, which will be sent elsewhere.

Right but this happens all the time with lottery revenues, regardless of who is administering.

[Penske_Account]

Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
And, if it's specifically targetted for schools, .

If you had a burned out car with no engine sitting in your driveway, would invest money to put 20 inch chrome rims on it?

[Penske_Account]

Originally posted by Diane_Keaton
If anything, my post suggests Muslims are the ones who hate us (non-Muslims) and don't care about the murder of non-Muslims. Not that I, DK, hate Muslims. Big difference. Twit.

I hate hate.