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why don't you go find that out? and then report back to us. The data posted is pretty relevant and demonstrates a hypocrisy on the right and a general misrepresentation of what is really going on in the country. But sadly, you won't see the Democrats doing anything to toot their own horn about their succeses and I have no idea why? We want them to be tough on immigration, yet the current administration has broken all time records on deportations. Romney wants to cut more and more government jobs, yet stands with NY City firefighters, 'understanding' their plight of low wages and needed a second job to make ends meet. Yet these NY City firefighters will probably vote for Romney.....duh? How about you go look it up and report back, the answer may surprise you. James

How many of the cut public jobs you are crediting Obama with were Federal positions? Has the number of federal public employees risen or decreased under the Obama administration? James

One thing I've noticed is that most of the so called bullies have their names or info in their profiles that make it easy to ID them in the real world. Can't really say the same for the majority of the "I've got the skills to handle it" crowd. It's almost like the internet tough guy thing in reverse. James

What the hell you talking' 'bout there, Jimmy? My name . . . as it always has been. Left myself wide open for that one, eh Pablo. Atleast I didn't get a condescending remark over my spelling of condescending. James

Lisa, sounds like a good concept. I have noticed that when some of the posters start using each others names it is done in a condescending manner. James edit spelling

This is a guy I would like to have living next door to me. James

Where did the money come from? Was it electronically created? Did it exist prior to being loaned out? James

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Awesome, you da man, that dos equis guy has nothing on you. And you, Chris, are something pretty cool also. Thanks, James

Very cool!!!!!!!!!!!! Maybe put the video on youtube and link to it here unless there is a privacy issue with that? James

I've got to agree with that. jclalor, change my vote to buy it now.

Glad to hear it's going well. I'm tempted to say wait it out a little bit and maybe get enough more donations to buy him one with more memory. If you collect more than you need I'm all for buying him some cool accesories/games/apps. I have to admit I'm no good at waiting. I bought my son a couple toys on black friday and brought them home and gave them to him instead of stashing them for x-mas. James

https://www.wepay.com/donate/94366 I'm not great at this so someone tell me if it worked ok. The link is an updated donation's page for Jordan's Ipad. I did not know how to make previous donations show up. Prior to this $75 has been collected. James Edit to ad- This was done with Chris's (jclalor) permision to make it easier to donate

Mikey's donation page is here ... NOT posting for donations but posting for a look at the donation page. That's the page I donated to. https://www.wepay.com/xilo5v/donate/96535 Maybe more setup is needed. Good luck!!! I'll happily donate if I can!!!

I poked around a little on wepay and other people collecting donations have a donate button on their page. It is possible that joining the account is not the correct thing for me to do. Maybe there is some more setup left to do on the account? James

You might be able to make gunpowder and shells, it's primers I'd think would be hard to come up with if you run out. James

I just signed up, it was pretty easy. https://www.wepay.com/public/view/137905 I just clicked the link and was not sure what to do so I clicked join this account. It said you need to approve me. If this is not the correct thing to do let me know. James

After a glance at their website it looks like a good fit for this. At 3.5% it would only take a couple extra donations from people who wouldn't follow through with checks to pay for itself. Jclalor, what do you think? They claim only a few minutes to setup. James

Attachment works for picture,PM your info and I'll get a check in the mail. Thanks for all you do for these kids. James

Picture is not working for me. James

I don't have much experience in this kind of thing. I think it would be better if there was a way to do it online. With any luck someone who knows how to handle this kind of thing will chime in. I'm not real good at following up with checks and snail mail. I will make it happen if that is the only way. If we can't get someone who knows how to set this up online PM me your info. If nothing else we can keep discussing this so the thread stays near the top. James

Do you have something set up to receive donations for this? I'm in for a donation. Come on guys n gals lets get this kid online. James

So we have a body on the operating (budget) table, he's out of shape (debt), and the doctor (congress, president) has "accidentally" nicked a major artery (spending). We need blood (revenue) and exercise (long term revenue) The current doctor is asking for a LOT of blood right now so can keep cutting into more arteries. He thinks it's fun and it allows him to charge more for his services. SO FIRST - we need a new doctor, period, he's purposely making things worse, and if the patient gets more blood, he will purposely cut more arteries. Once we get a new doctor - first you stop the bleeding (spending). Then you recover the patient (the bare minimum of increased revenue). get him out of post ops, and recovered - prove to us that we now have a responsible doctor that doesn't damage the body intentionally - then we can talk about proper diet and exercise I don't think massive taxing with a congress and president that are addicted to massive spending of much more of what we take in regardless of how much we take in will do a single thing. They won't cut spending. That culture needs to change or even taking all the money will just make it worse. Borrow more, or tax more, it doesn't matter - for every added dollar we take in, they'll increase spending by more than a dollar. Agreed, I just don't think there are enough places we as a country are willing cut the budget to solve our problem. I would love to be wrong on this. I don't want to pay more taxes. I also don't want to leave my kids screwed financialy. James

What is (according to the IRS) the lowest yearly reported income in the 1% of all earners bracket? 2009 $343,927 is what I'm seeing. James Cool Next question What percentage of federal income taxes are paid by the 1% ? (those who have an income of the number you posted and above) 36.73 it appears. It will need to be more as will the percentage that the rest of us pay. Along with that spending will need to be cut if we are to get out of this mess. It sucks bigtime, but it is the way it is. I guess the other option is to become a conquering nation and take what we want from the rest of the world. James No, it does not need to be more We have a spending problem Not a revenue problem There is no doubt in my mind that we have a spending problem. Maybe you can change my mind about the revenue side of things. How much are you going to cut spending and where to not only balance the budget, but also provide a reasonable pay back period for our debt? James