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Obama's tax plan will hit Silicon Valley hard
Mercury News ^ | Feb. 28, 2009 | Pete Carey and Mike Swift

Posted on 03/01/2009 12:08:34 AM PST by FocusNexus

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21 posted on 03/01/2009 2:58:23 AM PST by dennisw (Archimedes--- Give me a place to stand, and I will move the Earth)
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Yes I sure love that FUBO guy ..


22 posted on 03/01/2009 3:02:43 AM PST by clamper1797 (FUBO ... The Kenyan Lincoln)
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Seems to be a pattern here.

1) The RATS go after an industry.
2) Obama talks the industry down.
3) Executives are brought before the star chamber
4) Massive layoffs in the industy.
5) The government taxes whoever remains

Wash, rinse and repeat.


23 posted on 03/01/2009 4:09:55 AM PST by EQAndyBuzz (Control the information and you control the people.)
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To: FocusNexus

Rich California liberals have large houses. They should be required to take in at least 20 people who defaulted on their mortgages. These people should have use of the house, make sure the fridge is filled with food, the gas tank is full and give each a small spending allowance - say $100 per day.

It’s for the common good.


24 posted on 03/01/2009 4:53:06 AM PST by sergeantdave (obuma is the anti-Lincoln, trying to re-establish slavery)
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To: Lancey Howard
Bangalore and Shanghai will merely just pick up the slack and take more of those jobs, and Silicon Valley will hollow out even more. Pretty soon there wont even be an American IT industry left. Just low level assembly and mostly burger flipping.

Everything will be overseas....including, (I am starting to predict) increasing numbers of educated, managerial-type Americans with the means who will renounce their citizenship and go work in low tax, free economy countries if America really does go off the cliff into full fledge Socialism and then Communism under Obama where the producers of society will have to prop up the parasites of society. Fascist Obamafuerher will construct an Economic Berlin Wall though, to keep as many producers inside as he can to fund his scheme w/ their incomes: 50, 60, 70% of their annual incomese at least...until the point of breaking like a camel with too much packed on the back.

25 posted on 03/01/2009 5:21:01 AM PST by AmericanInTokyo (2010 Conservative GOP sweep of primaries (knocking off RINO after RINO) and then winning in Nov)
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I have no sympathy for pro-Obama Silicon Valley. Obama told them and all the other HENRYs (High Earners Not Rich Yet) across the country exactly what he was going to do. Did they think he was lying?


26 posted on 03/01/2009 6:54:35 AM PST by Virginia Ridgerunner (Sarah Palin is a smart missile aimed at the heart of the left!)
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Did they think he was lying?

One of my wife's colleagues is a strong Obama supporter. So I ask her why the guy wants to vote for Obama, when Obama flat out says that he wants to destroy industries in the United States, and raise taxes on everyone.

The answer: He won't really do what he says.

So I ask,: Then this guy thinks the person he's voting for is lying to him, and still wants to vote for him. What is he actually voting for?

The only response is that the guy hates McCain. Also, these people she's talking to are from outside the US, and they think republicans hate immigrants.

27 posted on 03/01/2009 7:43:30 AM PST by EvilOverlord (Socialism makes workers into slaves and couch potatoes into kings)
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CA residents will also pay higher income tax, car regisitration and sales tax...enjoy.


28 posted on 03/01/2009 8:12:50 AM PST by Oldexpat
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To: Rodney Dangerfield
When some of these ding dongs get laid off

They'll be out there clogging up the job market and I'll have to listen to management's empty-headed take on the availability of experienced staff, e.g. "look, Yahoo laid off all these great people, we should hire some of them as contracters on the next project!"

29 posted on 03/01/2009 9:53:37 AM PST by no-s
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