Where is the US economy headed?

@cicerone imposter,

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If the US economy goes, so does the world's.

No it doesn't. Your statement is circular. If there are people there is an economy.

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@spendius,

You purposely misinterpret my post. Go to hell!

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@cicerone imposter,

My better half said she has prepaired me such a place. I think she calls it a ditch.

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@reasoning logic,

reasoning logic wrote:

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Are you just an idiot, or do you just play one on the internet?

Should I take this as you find no value in the DOW?

Have you not learned yet that you should ignore the drip? He is an obnoxious imbecile.

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@spendius,

spendius wrote:

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If the US economy goes, so does the world's.

No it doesn't. Your statement is circular. If there are people there is an economy.

I see that you are another literalist. Shame on you.

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@Advocate,

spendi has no concept of how the world's economy operates. Even small countries with fiscal problems impact the world's economy; spendi is clueless about what would happen when the biggest economy in the world goes down the drain.

spendi is ignorant in more ways than a fraction.

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@cicerone imposter,

cicerone imposter wrote:

Advocate has no concept of how the world's economy operates. Even small countries with fiscal problems impact the world's economy; Advocate is clueless about what would happen when the biggest economy in the world goes down the drain.

Advocate is ignorant in more ways than a fraction.

Yep.

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@H2O MAN,

That's a hostage to fortune H2O. The method can be used by all parties for all sorts of reasons.

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@spendius,

The Internet Sales Tax bill appears to be a step closer to passage as the Senate by a wide margin moved it forward Monday.
Good.

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@realjohnboy,

I wonder if they'll go after bitcoin transactions?

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@realjohnboy,

realjohnboy wrote:

The Internet Sales Tax bill appears to be a step closer to passage as the Senate by a wide margin moved it forward Monday.
Good.

Imposing an internet sales tax is not a good thing for the US economy.

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@H2O MAN,

You need to explain the why's.

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@cicerone imposter,

Because.

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@RABEL222,

Because, he "never" provides an explanation for his claims about any subject.

"The world is coming to an end." Why? When?

Statements without explaining them are useless and bone-headed. It's a childish game that goes nowhere.

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@cicerone imposter,

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Statements without explaining them are useless and bone-headed. It's a childish game that goes nowhere.

You need to realize that H2O's statements are true simply because he says they are. Facts just confuse the situation.

Amazon.com just built a new facility here in South Carolina. One of the things they got was a sales tax exemption. Try that if you are a mom & pop business.

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@IRFRANK,

IRFRANK wrote:

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Statements without explaining them are useless and bone-headed. It's a childish game that goes nowhere.

You need to realize that H2O's statements are true simply because he says they are. Facts just confuse the situation.

Amazon.com just built a new facility here in South Carolina. One of the things they got was a sales tax exemption. Try that if you are a mom & pop business.

If they get it even for sales out of state then I think we know why Amazon is now in favor of internet sales taxes. I think I recently heard that they did the same sort of deal with california.

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@H2O MAN,

H2O MAN wrote:

realjohnboy wrote:

The Internet Sales Tax bill appears to be a step closer to passage as the Senate by a wide margin moved it forward Monday.
Good.

Imposing an internet sales tax is not a good thing for the US economy.

It's another tax on the poor and powerless, that's why.

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@IRFRANK,

I read some stories about the new Amazon plant in SC. The company supposedly agreed to spend $50M and create 400 jobs. The state and local governments promised new infrastructure (i.e. roads), real estate tax breaks for Amazon and the aforementioned "sales tax exception." I don't quite understand the details of the last concession.
These types of deals by governments hungry for development strike me as unhealthy. The numbers are spongy at best and there is too much opportunity for corruption.
The most egregious examples are the deals to lure or keep professional sports franchises where civic pride too often clouds sound planning.

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@realjohnboy,

As I understand it, Amazon is making changes to game the new internet sales tax.
They will survive the change, but most of their competition can not afford the additional time and cost involved in collecting and paying sales tax to all of the states they ship retail sales to. It's hard enough for a small business to keep up with in-state internet sales tax... complying with a national internet sales tax combined with compliance with Obamacare will kill off many small businesses and I think this is exactly what Obama and his ilk want.

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