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Good to read!

How much in untaxed "gifts" and perks and income did Slick Willie walk away with?

Kerry-Heinz pays under 12½% federal income taxes?

Check what % W and Laura paid!

My lib NYC sister quickly zinged "I'll bet I pay more than Cheney does" on Thanksgiving.

Libs never (or ignore) the John Kerry / algore / Clinton charitable giving history.

Correct me FReepers, but isn't Dick Cheney giving away a massive fortune to charities already chiseled in stone for the future?

Much like Bill Gates says he will?

Many politicians "barter" for perks, cash, income, food, booze, women, cars, condos, - Kerry in all of these bigtime - It is right there in the liberal Boston Globe!

"The NJ Torch" is a prime example and still is at it!

I have always "discarded" sets of good used (take-offs in the biz - I use 'em and prefer them to new) Michelins, furniture, electronics, info, advice, vehicle parts (Holley. etc., wheels), building materials after letting certain people when to pick up my "junk" before the trash trucks.

But only to those who can reciprocate in an honest way for me - Objects, building materials, friendly helping hands, venison, splitting and stacking cordwood, books, painting a PU, cutting lawns, ect.

Having managed large businesses in areas like NYC and others I can tell you "certain groups" hit the owners for "cash wholesale sales" receipts (no name on receipts just CASH SALE) and "discounts" of brand new products that you pay sales taxes on.

That means you are subsidizing a 6-figure NYC attorney's sales tax share and he is ripping you off bigtime.

Yet in NYC he pays half the rent of others in nearby states because "it's his right!"

Income tax by businesses in NYC and elsewhere is something I will not discuss here but you get my drift.

"Poverty level" families on welfare / public assistance / public housing / food stamps /medical / dental with several (say 4 kids) kids receive net/gross income levels exceeding that of hard working couples (0-2 kids) or singles that make $75,000 a year.

That includes illegal aliens.

Bartering is an old New England Yankee, Southern, Western way of life.

I use a vintage used (eBay!) Marantz receiver / tuner / amp on my dinky (Christmas gift 2000) RCA WebTV Plus - use a BIG screen used Zenith TV for my monitor ($25!) along side my Phillips (2 side by side TVs - Football, NASCAR, DirecTV movies & channels) used stereo Hi-Fi speakers, used RCA VCR

It will shred yer eardrums!

I rigged my sisters old tube-type Scott amp (worth over $1600 yesterday) to her Sony VCR and big TV in NYC to her old MONSTER speakers (sorry, I fergits the big brand) and it will peel the paint from the wall or whisper with beautiful music at lowest levels with incredible sound my solid-state Marantz amp cannot duplicate!

I hate new cars.

I love older classic sports cars, PUs, Bimmers, American muscle cars, 4WDs

Having managed and owned my own auto and tire stores you can guess accurately my cars handled better than sports cars, had "zip", rode better than anything you ever took a drive in, had bullet-proof suspensions (NASCAR-MOOG or custom-upgraded by me) and I never bought new tires or used snow tires.

My personal vehicles were "demos" (not written of as business vehicles either!) with only liability insurance.

A quick ride around the block would convince a NYC surgeon that his Mercedes, Jag, Bimmer, Lincoln, Caddy needed my gentle touch.

My older "loaner cars" ran better, faster, rode better, handled better than their brand new cars in for better new tires, shocks, custom work.

Same in construction.

I'd rather use seasoned, dry, vintage salvage 2x4s than green new pine.

And the scrap is your fireplace starter wood or to mix with your dried oak logs you cleared from your property when you built your own house or someone else's home.

I am greener than the Greens - Not obsessive - I just waste not - Go with quality instead of TV ads and marketing baloney.

When I buy clothing I buy quality to last forever and look great but not at a stupid designer price.

If you think burning bucks and paying mega taxes makes you happy and important just stay out of my pocket.

I know what "rich" is and it ain't living like John Kerry (or looking at Teresa!) - I am healthier than Kerry or Clinton and have a better life and outlook and future.

When I saw the John Kerry used Teresa's Gulfstream 5 jet to fly in an LA hairdresser at a cost of over $10,000 I looked at Kerry's haircut afterwards, then Teresa's hair and wondered why I looked like a billion bucks and he looked like Plastic Man and she looked like Bag Lady on Prozac!

Gotta Gogh!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!