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my bank is wamu.
i'm so tired of the way that the world is set up to conform to everything like an institution! for many years i never had a bank account because i liked having COMPLETE say so and control over my money. but there are so many situations in life where it is required for you to have one. so fine we set up accounts. yet they have more ways to screw you out of all of your money than i can count on my fingers! i am so glad we were not the people that bought stock! it's so crappy!
(to this day, we do not have credit cards! with the exception of the debit/credit feature on my bank card) i refuse to bury myself.

someone on my artdoll board posted this suggestion she got in her email about the bail out:

BAIL OUT

I'm against the $85,000,000,000.00 bailout of AIG.

Instead, I'm in favor of giving $85,000,000,000 to America in a We
Deserve It Dividend.

To make the math simple, let's assume there are 200,000,000 bonafide
U.S. Citizens 18+.

Our population is about 301,000,000 counting every man, woman and
child. So 200,000,000 might be a fair stab at adults 18 and up..

So divide 200 million adults 18+ into $85 billon that equals $425,000.00.

My plan is to give $425,000 to every person 18+ as a We Deserve It Dividend.

Of course, it would NOT be tax free.

So let's assume a tax rate of 30%.

Every individual 18+ has to pay $127,500.00 in taxes.

That sends $25,500,000,000 right back to Uncle Sam.

But it means that every adult 18+ has $297,500.00 in their pocket.

A husband and wife has $595,000.00.

What would you do with $297,500.00 to $595,000.00 in your family?

Pay off your mortgage - housing crisis solved.

Repay college loans - what a great boost to new grads Put away money for
college - it'll be there Save in a bank - create money to loan to
entrepreneurs.

Buy a new car - create jobs Invest in the market - capital drives growth
Pay for your parent's medical insurance - health care improves Enable
Deadbeat Dads to come clean - or else Remember this is for every adult U
S Citizen 18+ including the folks who lost their jobs at Lehman Brothers
and every other company that is cutting back. And of course, for those
serving in our Armed Forces.

If we're going to re-distribute wealth let's really do it...instead of
trickling out a puny $1000.00 ( "vote buy" ) economic incentive that is
being proposed by
one of our candidates for President.

If we're going to do an $85 billion bailout, let's bail out every adult
U S Citizen 18+! As for AIG - liquidate it.

Sell off its parts.

Let American General go back to being American General.

Sell off the real estate.

Let the private sector bargain hunters cut it up and clean it up.

Here's my rationale. We deserve it and AIG doesn't.

Sure it's a crazy idea that can "never work."

But can you imagine the Coast-To-Coast Block Party!

How do you spell Economic Boom?

I trust my fellow adult Americans to know how to use the $85 Billion We
Deserve It Dividend more than I do the geniuses at AIG or in Washington DC.

And remember, The Birk plan only really costs $59.5 Billion because $25.5
Billion is returned instantly in taxes to Uncle Sam.

Ahhh...I feel so much better getting that off my chest.


*sigh* one can only dream

hmmmm......i agree with some of bliss' points there. but the unfortunate thing is that when companies begin outsourcing jobs at a cheaper pay rate to other companies, guess what happens to americans? we lose jobs, we lose money, keeping up with inflation becomes almost impossible! the cost of living is CONSTANTLY going up, and pay rates aren't as consistent. the 4 bucks they want to pay someone overseas might pay somebody's bills there, but not here........

i agree that there is some labor that americans will not do for low wages (ie- produce harvesters.......i live in san diego and can drive by fields where there are a bunch of mexican pickers (many illegal), and i know there aren't many other people willing to do that job and get paid what they do.
but when you have a company like say- time warner- who provides cable and internet service here in san diego and where ever else- they have outsourced their customer service calls to india. i know plenty of people that would take that job! i did customer service jobs as a young woman just out of high school, and had many friends that did it well into college. but because this company can get away with paying the indian workers almost nothing.........who do you think they will give that job to? and where does that leave the people here that could've used even that minimum wage?

but bliss- your opinion about currency echoes my opinion voiced about banks a few posts up ^

i got this email today and thought i would share it:

hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!!!! makes ya think without debates with inflated answers or totally untruths... Subject: What if things were switched around?
Something to think about...

What if things were switched around? Think about it. Would the country's collective point of view be different? Could racism be the culprit????

What if the Obamas had paraded five children across the stage, following the debate, including a three month-old infant and an unwed, pregnant teenage
daughter?

What if John McCain was a former president of the Harvard Law Review?

What if Barack Obama finished fifth from the bottom of his college graduating class?

What if McCain had only married once, and Obama was a divorcee?

What if Obama had met his second wife in a bar and had a long affair while he was still married?

What if Michelle Obama was the wife who not only became addicted to pain killers but also acquired them illegally through her charitable organization?

What if Cindy McCain graduated from Harvard?

What if Obama had been a member of the Keating Five? (The Keating Five were five United States Senators accused of corruption in 1989, igniting a major political scandal as part of the larger Savings and Loan crisis of the late 1980s and early 1990s.)

What if Obama couldn't read from a teleprompter?

What if Obama was the one who had military experience that included discipline problems and a record of crashing seven planes?

What if Obama was the one who was known to publicly display a serious anger management problem?

What if Michelle Obama's family had made their money from beer distribution?

You could easily add to this list. If these questions reflected a reality, if the tables were turned, do you really believe the election numbers would be as close as they are?

This is what racism does. It covers up, rationalizes and minimizes qualities in one candidate and emphasizes negative characteristics in another when there is a color difference.

And consider the candidates' educational backgrounds:

Barack Obama:
Columbia University - B.A. Political Science with a Specialization in International Relations.
Harvard - Juris Doctor (J.D.) Magna Cum Laude

Joseph Biden:
University of Delaware - B.A. in History and B.A. in Political Science.
Syracuse University College of Law - Juris Doctor (J.D.)


John McCain:
United States Naval Academy - Class rank: 894 of 899

Sarah Palin: Hawaii Pacific University - 1 semester
North Idaho College - 2 semesters - general study
University of Idaho - 2 semesters - journalism
Matanuska-Susitna College - 1 semester
University of Idaho - 3 semesters - B.A. in Journalism (Sports Broadcasting)

Education isn't everything, but this is about the two highest offices in the land as well as our standing throughout the world.

You make the call.