Archive for 'Economy & Taxes'

Revisiting Purity Tests – The Bigfoot Perspective

Posted on 06. Apr, 2010 by Skunk Ape.

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Somehow the GOP managed to salvage enough brains to reject purity tests. It’s nice to see that there are still some in the GOP willing to use their heads.  However, this got me thinking about the Bigfoot take on the proposed purity test.
So here we go…
(1) We support smaller government, smaller national debt, lower deficits [...]

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Debt Rebellion

Posted on 27. Oct, 2009 by Skunk Ape.

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Why don’t we just bankrupt the banks?
Seriously. The government gave the banks gazillions of dollars of our money to save them from themselves. It was their lax credit rules that created the whole mess. If they had not loaned money to people who couldn’t prove income or a reliable credit history, then there wouldn’t be [...]

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Social Security is Good

Posted on 08. Oct, 2009 by Skunk Ape.

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Especially for old people!  I think we need to keep it going strong.
Besides, without it, we may have to start using the old Eskimo method for dealing with old people:  just cut them loose on an ice floe. If they return riding a narwhal and looking for revenge, that’s another story.
Fortunately, Grandpa usually just ends up freezing [...]

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Taxes Are Too Low

Posted on 08. Oct, 2009 by Skunk Ape.

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The top 1% in America needs a drastic tax hike. There is something very wrong when the richest 1% control more wealth than the remaining 90%.

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