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Are Americans Going John Galt?
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| 4-30-10
| Doug Patton
Posted on 04/30/2010 1:21:29 PM PDT by smokingfrog
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To: Repeat Offender
This economy is now a game of musical chairs. But in 0bama’s version, when the music stops, everyone discovers that all of the chairs have been stolen.
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posted on
04/30/2010 1:56:18 PM PDT
by
Noumenon
("Upon what meat doth this our Caesar feed, that he has grown so great?" - Julius Caesar)
To: Neidermeyer
Galt's Gulch is really a state of mind and a plan of action. Tom Baugh says that it's time to
starve the monkeys.
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posted on
04/30/2010 1:58:12 PM PDT
by
Noumenon
("Upon what meat doth this our Caesar feed, that he has grown so great?" - Julius Caesar)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
We are buying whatever we think we want or need. Why? Because we believe that either the feds will take it all or it will become worthless through hyperinflation or economic collapse.
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posted on
04/30/2010 1:58:41 PM PDT
by
Scotsman will be Free
(11C - Indirect fire, infantry - High angle hell - We will bring you, FIRE)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
Nothing wrong with earning money. Just be careful how you spend it.
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posted on
04/30/2010 1:58:52 PM PDT
by
smokingfrog
( - Free Men will always be armed with the Truth. - [ me ] -)
To: Neidermeyer
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posted on
04/30/2010 2:00:28 PM PDT
by
smokingfrog
( - Free Men will always be armed with the Truth. - [ me ] -)
To: smokingfrog
Nothing wrong with earning money. The more you earn, the more you pay in taxes, the more you feed the beast.
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posted on
04/30/2010 2:01:05 PM PDT
by
E. Pluribus Unum
(FYBO: Islam is a religion of peace, and Muslims reserve the right to kill anyone who says otherwise.)
To: Publius
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posted on
04/30/2010 2:02:24 PM PDT
by
Nea Wood
(Silly liberal . . . paychecks are for workers!)
To: smokingfrog
My only purchases for the past few months have been to stockpile needed items for protection and survival.
I have property and a home in a state and location where, if things do fall apart, the entire local and State Government apparatus will fall apart and have no more effect on my life. Local resources will go away and the State will have to concentrate on the major urban areas far away.
I have the ability and resources to plant what I need to survive and can hunt and fish on my property and nearby on my neighbor's/friends property.
I have the ability to store and transport my own gas to get my family there when needed.
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posted on
04/30/2010 2:03:40 PM PDT
by
OldMissileer
(Atlas, Titan, Minuteman, PK. Winners of the Cold War)
To: smokingfrog
Certainly not by choice, having been thrown out of work because of my advanced age; but the result is the same.
I have not worked since last July. Further, no employer hires employees over 60 (much less over 62), unless it is for very menial labor.
Therefore, I am living on SS, unemployment, and any other gummint handout I can find.
If that is "John Gault", then I'm a'doin' it!
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posted on
04/30/2010 2:03:46 PM PDT
by
Logic n' Reason
(Don't piss down my back and tell me it's rainin'!)
To: smokingfrog
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posted on
04/30/2010 2:32:09 PM PDT
by
roofgoat
To: E. Pluribus Unum
Last year, my income really took a hit. So far, am doing much better this year and plan to sock away as much as possible into my retirement account to help minimize any taxes.
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posted on
04/30/2010 2:37:40 PM PDT
by
smokingfrog
( - Free Men will always be armed with the Truth. - [ me ] -)
To: roofgoat
You need a few more bumper stickers.
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posted on
04/30/2010 2:38:57 PM PDT
by
smokingfrog
( - Free Men will always be armed with the Truth. - [ me ] -)
To: NEMDF
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posted on
04/30/2010 2:41:24 PM PDT
by
wally_bert
(It's sheer elegance in its simplicity! - The Middleman)
To: Notary Sojac
To: smokingfrog
I would but I don’t want to be profiled as a potential terrorist.
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posted on
04/30/2010 2:48:08 PM PDT
by
roofgoat
To: smokingfrog
I am still ‘going Galt.’ Other than absolute necessities, I buy nothing. Would love to get some new things but I just won’t do it.
To: smokingfrog
We have lowered our federal tax liability by over 95%. Life is good. We’ll reconsider if and when the Socialists are out of power.
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posted on
04/30/2010 3:07:18 PM PDT
by
SaxxonWoods
(Gone Galt and loving it)
To: CaliforniaCon
We will spend even less this year than last. Since with reduced spending we pay tax on fewer dollars from our 401k..so our income tax went down last year and will go lower this year. Plus..we are selling off some of our stuff..just don’t need a lot of it.
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posted on
04/30/2010 3:09:24 PM PDT
by
Oldexpat
To: manc
Im Galt for sure and will not spend until this idiot has gone.I'm half-Galt. Meaning, I've cut back on spending, but I can do more. I do make sure to do everything I can to avoid hiring someone else to do my work for me.
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posted on
04/30/2010 3:20:45 PM PDT
by
meyer
(It's time...)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
The more you earn, the more you pay in taxes, the more you feed the beast.That creates a bit of a delemna - earning more to save for the future is a positive thing, and putting ones' self in a higher position is potentially a positive move in the event that this communist phase becomes history quickly. But you're right - the downside is that more earnings mean more taxes for dot-gov to steal.
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posted on
04/30/2010 3:41:39 PM PDT
by
meyer
(It's time...)
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