Oh that reminds me, when I was a kid we went to the drive in with my
Dad in an old Ford Econoline van.  During the movie Dad slid his seat
back to be more comfortable.  On the way out after the movie the
traffic stopped and he went for the brake which was now too far away
for his foot to activate.  When he slammed into the back of the car
in front the engine mount in the old Econoline broke and the engine
fell out. Made shifting and clutching difficult. ;-)

Funny thing.  The girl in the car he hit was named Lapierre.  Not
related.  She's from a different clan that doesn't know how to spell
LaPierre.

Mark LaPierre


A Cuban friend told me that when they got a ¨new¨ Russian car during
 Soviet times, the first place you took it was to your mechanic. The
 reason was to tighten every bolt in the car to make sure the doors
did not fall off or the engine turn upside down.

Dale Davies

The joke in USSR Russia was; "We pretend to work and the commie
government pretends to pay us:)

We are getting a taste of that in the US right now.

Paul Lamar


Gerald Klerman told me about the quality of US made cars: it look
pretty well in the dealers'
  showroom, but after one week, it start to break apart.
About the soviet system, a local joke said:
What's capitalism? -Men exploiting men.
and socialism? -The reverse.
Somebody or something is destroying the minds of US workers, this
may be the reason why some
  US products for which the quality of manpower matters are not that good.
 Best regards. Salut  Jose Gros-Aymerich Madrid, Spain


He is wrong.

That might be true of Chrysler as they are owned by Fiat.
Could also be true of GM as they are owned by the Union and the US Government.

Ford has excellent quality and several Japanese brands are assembled in the US.
Toyota is the best selling brand in Cal. Many parts for all cars made in the world
are now made by the Chinese now enthusiastic  capitalist.

The auto manufacturing world is truly an international biz.

For example Brazil makes BMW engines found in Mini's.

Socialism is close to communism.
Socialism sucks and capitalism is how the world prospers.
Why do you think 20 million foreigners have sneaked into our country
across the Mexican border. They have socialism in Mexico and the country
is a disaster area.

Without robust capitalism there would be no money for poor people.
http://cba3.com/

You need to travel around a bit more  and see for yourself.

Paul Lamar



Paul is right, people need an incentive in order to grow. So many technological leaps are made during war because it is necessary if you want to win.

The absolute best thing that any government can do is initiate a flat tax, straight line the same for everybody. Lets use 10% as an example. If I make 100k, I have to give the govt 10K. If I make 1 million, I give them 100K. At any given time I get to keep 90% of my earnings and the rest goes to protect me and keep my roads and stuff up. I have an incentive to make as much as I can because I always get to keep 90% of it.

The way it is now, the more you make the less you keep, so there is no incentive to build my business beyond the point where it is no longer beneficial for me. Have you ever gotten a meager raise only to find out that you are now in a higher tax bracket and actually take home less money?

Our government is full of really smart idiots that are quite skilled at keeping us just happy enough (as a populace) that we wont rebel. The people that 1. have figured this out, and 2. have the abilities to grow well beyond the normal blue collar worker that only wants enough to pay for his house, his cable and beer, are a substantial minority and are not likely to have sufficient numbers to change this.

If you win the lottery, before you accept the money go to Belize and become a dual citizen- straight 10% tax on any money earned within Belize. Your lottery winnings wouldn't be taxed there because they weren't earned there. Would work out great, but now you have to get the money from this government without giving most of it back and I am sure the government here would frown on that.

One of the things I hear from people when we discuss things like the appx 50% tax on winnings, the 55% inheritance tax, etc is when they say "well its more than I had before". People should defend what they earn and treat the government like the thieves they are. Through taxes the government is stealing your earnings. They made it legal for them to steal from you. Not sure about you, but I hate a thief. I earned it, I should be able to keep it.

Kevin Alderman


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