Government Shutdown

[Sean88gt]

Boehner bitched out. Thanks for nothing spray tan!

[Vertnut]

I bow to this guy's intellect.

I think your firm just might make a spot for him.

[slow99]

I think your firm just might make a spot for him.

We could always use someone to clean the whiteboards.

[Sean88gt]

According to one of my professors, the white board sucks knowledge out of a person. It would be like breaking A-rod's knee after he signed a contract that was 150% higher than the average player. He goes down and you lose 300% of your investment, twice.

[Denny]

I bow to this guy's intellect.

So he won't see your smirk?

[Broncojohnny]

I have to wonder where democrats think the money is going to keep coming from.

Your pocket, that is where.

[SMEGMA STENCH]

Your pocket, that is where.

I'm of the opinion that they are right at the line, of what people will stand for. The guy flying the plane into the IRS building is just an early warning sign. They may think they're going to raise taxes enough to pay for their dumbshit ways, but I think they'll find that's a lot easier said than done. I mean sure they can do it, I just don't think it would stand for long. I've always said that when you go to change people's lifestyle, that's when they'll get pissed and act. When you try to tell americans they can no longer be fat, lazy, and stupid, they'll tear you down. At least that's my hope.

[347Mike]

I really hope the market bounces up a little bit Monday morning and I can take my earnings and run..

[exlude]

I just heard the military is getting a 150% pay cut!

Haha, does that mean I have to pay to work?

[GSRGuy94]

Measuring growth, yes. Decline, no. You only have 100% of something. Therefore, you can't go less than 100%. If the poverty line is $20k a year (for the sake of argument), how would you subtract 150%? I think he meant to say "50% below the poverty line", which would be $10k a year, and makes perfect sense.

I'm sure that was what was meant to be said. I wasn't defending his use of that statistic, just saying that you can use percentages larger than 100 in some cases. And you can use it to describe decline too, as long as it's not a percentage of the TOTAL of whatever it is you're measuring. For example, if your business is having a bad year and you expect to lose money, and end up losing MORE than you expected, it can be described using a 100%+ number. But yeah, I see what you're saying.

According to one of my professors, the white board sucks knowledge out of a person. It would be like breaking A-rod's knee after he signed a contract that was 150% higher than the average player. He goes down and you lose 300% of your investment, twice.

If the average contract size was $1,000,000, and A-rod signed a contract that was 150% larger, that was be $2,500,000. If his contract was 150% OF the average player's contract size, it would be $1,500,000.

[Sean88gt]

I was being a smartass.

[Durantula]

Right, so show me, in our Constitution (which is our founding document and the only thing that matters) where the federal government can do anything with 'discretionary spending' that isn't counted in the 18 enumerated powers. I'll wait. Article and Section

Article 1, sections 8 and 9

section 8:
“The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes,
Duties, Imposts and Excises,”

section 9: "No Money shall be drawn from the
Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law.”

Also, I think you need to take a gander at the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act.

I'm sure that was what was meant to be said. I wasn't defending his use of that statistic, just saying that you can use percentages larger than 100 in some cases. And you can use it to describe decline too, as long as it's not a percentage of the TOTAL of whatever it is you're measuring. For example, if your business is having a bad year and you expect to lose money, and end up losing MORE than you expected, it can be described using a 100%+ number. But yeah, I see what you're saying.

What I meant was they have an income less than 150% of the poverty line. Poor choice of words on my part. If anyone here had any semblance of intelligence they probably would have understood what I meant and instead discussed it, rather than attack it. Not that I expect that kind of debate here.

[Durantula]

Your pocket, that is where.

Under Paul Ryan's budget proposal, ederal taxes would be lower for the richest ten percent, and higher for all other income
groups, than they would be if President Obama’s proposals were enacted.

[GSRGuy94]

I was being a smartass.

Gotcha

[Vertnut]

I think you need to take a gander at the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act.



What I meant was they have an income less than 150% of the poverty line. Poor choice of words on my part. If anyone here had any semblance of intelligence they probably would have understood what I meant and instead discussed it, rather than attack it. Not that I expect that kind of debate here.

I didn't "attack" you, but that can change. Your phraseology makes no sense at all. Please tell me what is left in your pocket if you have $100 and spend 150% of it. Pretty simple question.