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Posted: Wed Jul 1st, 2009 05:47 pm |
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| Fred -- it probably sets the stage for an even larger budget deficit to wrestle with next year, because the legislature has done too little in terms of meaningful spending cuts. Mostly eyewash is what the legislature has done concerning reductions in real spending. Eliminating vacant job positions saves zero dollars on an actual basis.
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Posted: Wed Jul 1st, 2009 03:12 pm |
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So they cut an 800 million shortfall by taxes and budget cuts....is anyone surprised?
Yes, there are those who always want more, and there are those that will complain about their programs being cut...but it was a pretty good compromise, and sets the stage for next year.
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Posted: Wed Jul 1st, 2009 02:27 pm |
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http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20090701/NEWS02/90701014&referrer=FRONTPAGECAROUSEL
let me sum it up for you. They waited to the last minute then raised taxes that will either directly affect us or indirectly get passed onto us.
I feel so lucky to have a job so I can get milked by the gov for every last penny I have.
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Posted: Tue Jun 30th, 2009 09:00 pm |
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Habanero wrote: TruthwillOut wrote:something else I want to look into is why is it against the Del constitution for the legislature to have their pay cut. Theyre state workers and should have their pay cut just like everyone else. Elected or not cut that pay, starting with Mr. George at deltech.
Nothing to look into, it is very simple and straightforward and makes a great deal of sense, actually.
According to the Delaware Constitution the salaries of the legislature and the Governor and Lt. Governor can not be changed until after the following election. This is because they vote on their own pay raises (or in the case of the Gov signs the legislation). The Legislature could easily vote themselves a pay cut this year, but under the Constitution it can not take effect until after the Legislature is sworn into office in January of 2011.
The original purpose of it was to keep the legislature from getting any increases the rest of the state employees would get.
Lucky them it also had the opposite effect of keeping them from loosing their far share. They were at the helm they should suffer the most
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Posted: Wed Jun 24th, 2009 09:52 pm |
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TruthwillOut wrote:something else I want to look into is why is it against the Del constitution for the legislature to have their pay cut. Theyre state workers and should have their pay cut just like everyone else. Elected or not cut that pay, starting with Mr. George at deltech.
Nothing to look into, it is very simple and straightforward and makes a great deal of sense, actually.
According to the Delaware Constitution the salaries of the legislature and the Governor and Lt. Governor can not be changed until after the following election. This is because they vote on their own pay raises (or in the case of the Gov signs the legislation). The Legislature could easily vote themselves a pay cut this year, but under the Constitution it can not take effect until after the Legislature is sworn into office in January of 2011.
The original purpose of it was to keep the legislature from getting any increases the rest of the state employees would get.
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Posted: Wed Jun 24th, 2009 09:45 pm |
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Can't say as I disagree with you TWO They're all maggots.
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Posted: Wed Jun 24th, 2009 09:32 pm |
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You guys need to check the list of stuff they want to raise.
Long story short its just a list of ways to tax the individual more.
We need less gov and less spending on unconstitutional things
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Posted: Wed Jun 24th, 2009 02:44 pm |
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the latest in stupidity
http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20090624/NEWS02/906240341&referrer=FRONTPAGECAROUSEL
Note the part about how one lawmaker, didnt give the name wanted to tax offshore oil transfers which the supreme court of the US said NO to doing.
something else I want to look into is why is it against the Del constitution for the legislature to have their pay cut. Theyre state workers and should have their pay cut just like everyone else. Elected or not cut that pay, starting with Mr. George at deltech.
if this state gov had any ligitimasy at all it would fire all the six figure people, regardless, and rehire on the cheap. Just like a Corp would do. The job market is so bad you could get the same amount of work for half the price!
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Posted: Mon Jun 22nd, 2009 02:37 pm |
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Lavitakus wrote: TruthwillOut wrote: we have huge newly emptied factories in Newark the GM would sell cheap. What kinda business could we get in there? Solar? Wind turbines? Treeless paper products? anything?
Lets here some ideas. Lets stop bickering about what the gov is doing wrong and just fix it ourselves.
Ideas please
Let's round up all the illegals and use them for transfer stations.
cool your jets shades of Nazi
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Posted: Mon Jun 22nd, 2009 02:36 pm |
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Playing the Game wrote: There is no such thing as a practical electric vehicle until we solve the power grid issues in the US.
One big thing this country needs to do is rebuild the infrastructor! that will put a lot of people to work.
My idea is a vehicle that charges itself as it moves. IE use some of the air drag for generation purposes
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Posted: Sat Jun 20th, 2009 05:08 am |
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TruthwillOut wrote: we have huge newly emptied factories in Newark the GM would sell cheap. What kinda business could we get in there? Solar? Wind turbines? Treeless paper products? anything?
Lets here some ideas. Lets stop bickering about what the gov is doing wrong and just fix it ourselves.
Ideas please
Let's round up all the illegals and use them for transfer stations.
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Posted: Sat Jun 20th, 2009 01:04 am |
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| There is no such thing as a practical electric vehicle until we solve the power grid issues in the US.
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Posted: Fri Jun 19th, 2009 09:10 pm |
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Idaho Observer wrote: TruthwillOut wrote: no one else wrote: Electric powered military vehicles? Where do we plug in on some distant battlefield? In the Desert or in the jungle. I was unaware that here were outlets there.
solar panels built into the surfaces of the vehicle. there are many great ideas on electric vehicles out there that were suppresed by the oil and auto industries.
an electric vehicle has far less of a signature than a diseal operated one. it is workable plus it just might create some jobs.
future more than likley they would use a contractor to do the development work. which would equal some jobs.
So what do we do on a string of coudy days? During WWii we fought the Japanese in Alaska. Very long, long nights. Besides, solar powered vehicles do not hold a charge for very long and its range is limited. Good idea but not yet practical.
thats the point thou Delaware needs to bring in some high end jobs like developeing a practical electric car.
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Posted: Thu Jun 18th, 2009 10:28 pm |
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| Is an electric powered military vehicle like a huge taser?
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Posted: Thu Jun 18th, 2009 10:25 pm |
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TruthwillOut wrote: no one else wrote: Electric powered military vehicles? Where do we plug in on some distant battlefield? In the Desert or in the jungle. I was unaware that here were outlets there.
solar panels built into the surfaces of the vehicle. there are many great ideas on electric vehicles out there that were suppresed by the oil and auto industries.
an electric vehicle has far less of a signature than a diseal operated one. it is workable plus it just might create some jobs.
future more than likley they would use a contractor to do the development work. which would equal some jobs.
So what do we do on a string of coudy days? During WWii we fought the Japanese in Alaska. Very long, long nights. Besides, solar powered vehicles do not hold a charge for very long and its range is limited. Good idea but not yet practical.
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Posted: Thu Jun 18th, 2009 09:06 pm |
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no one else wrote: Electric powered military vehicles? Where do we plug in on some distant battlefield? In the Desert or in the jungle. I was unaware that here were outlets there.
solar panels built into the surfaces of the vehicle. there are many great ideas on electric vehicles out there that were suppresed by the oil and auto industries.
an electric vehicle has far less of a signature than a diseal operated one. it is workable plus it just might create some jobs.
future more than likley they would use a contractor to do the development work. which would equal some jobs.
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Posted: Thu Jun 18th, 2009 08:29 pm |
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| Electric powered military vehicles? Where do we plug in on some distant battlefield? In the Desert or in the jungle. I was unaware that here were outlets there.
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TruthwillOut wrote: Todays genius idea from the legislature.........wait for it........raise taxes!
Yeaaaaaaa. Whats that saying about insanity is doing the same thing over and over again hopeing for a different result?
I have an idea. If you wish to be an elected official specifically a legislature you are a public servant and should work for free.
Has anyone heard any news about any plans to bring some new business and jobs to delaware? anyone?
we have huge newly emptied factories in Newark the GM would sell cheap. What kinda business could we get in there? Solar? Wind turbines? Treeless paper products? anything?
Lets here some ideas. Lets stop bickering about what the gov is doing wrong and just fix it ourselves.
Ideas please
They are trying to get a military program in the boxwood plant to make electric powered military vehicles? Of course this will be funded by the tax payers and very few non military jobs will be created due to the security needed for the top secret project... Apparently, they want the miltary to develop the technology for electric cars instead of someone in the private sector doing it. Just another example of the government medling in places they shouldn't be in the private sector
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Posted: Thu Jun 18th, 2009 07:21 pm |
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Todays genius idea from the legislature.........wait for it........raise taxes!
Yeaaaaaaa. Whats that saying about insanity is doing the same thing over and over again hopeing for a different result?
I have an idea. If you wish to be an elected official specifically a legislature you are a public servant and should work for free.
Has anyone heard any news about any plans to bring some new business and jobs to delaware? anyone?
we have huge newly emptied factories in Newark the GM would sell cheap. What kinda business could we get in there? Solar? Wind turbines? Treeless paper products? anything?
Lets here some ideas. Lets stop bickering about what the gov is doing wrong and just fix it ourselves.
Ideas please
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Posted: Wed Jun 17th, 2009 03:06 pm |
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| Sorry folks should have said when I cut and pasted it left the headers in. IE it says size when it shouldnt
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Posted: Wed Jun 17th, 2009 01:22 am |
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TruthwillOut wrote: It didnt take long for the stupid to spread. Now we have some senators intorducing a bill that will tax more drug stores that opt out of medicaid in DE. Apparently Sen. Michael Katz, D-Centerville and Rep. Helene Keeley, D-Wilmington West, the sponsors of the bill, have not heard that the State is already being sued by the drug stores. Stores as in plural.
How is this not extortion? Theyre straight up saying if you wont "play ball" then we are going to tax you more. lets look at the definiton of extortion and see how this applies.
[sEize=extortion][seize=
][seize=n. obtaining money or property by threat to a victim's property or loved ones, intimidation, or false claim of a right (such as pretending to be an IRS agent). It is a felony in all states, except that a direct threat to harm the victim is usually treated as the crime of robbery. Blackmail is a form of extortio][size=n in which the threat is to expose embarrassing, damaging information to family, friends or the public][size=.]
[size=Obtaining money by threat to a victims property. katz and Keeley and anyone who ]
[seize=votes for this bill are saying that if they wont participate, they will have more of their ]
[size=property, ie money taken in the form of taxes, removed. plus it is so discriminatory I ]
[seize=doubt the gov. could ever inforce it. No doubt it will earn these knuckleheads a law]
[seize=suite as well. ]
[seize=Sen. Michael Katz, D-Centerville, said he came up with idea of adding on a special 2 percent gross receipts tax on drug stores that opt out of the federal-state low-income health insurance program after Walgreens announced last week that it would drop out of the program rather than accept a 2 percent reduction in state prescription payments for Medicaid clients" HOW ABOUT INSTEAD WE HAVE A 2 PERCENT TAX INCREASE ON YOU AND THE REST OF THE LEGISLATURES SALARIES. ]
[seize=Rep. Helene Keeley, D-Wilmington West, is joining forces with Katz to get the bill passed. She saidshe likes the idea that the tax would be used to help Medicaid patients get by- NO IT WILL BE DUMPED INTO THE GENERAL FUND THEN WASTED ON SOME HAIR BRAIN IDEA.]
I couldn't stand it anymore. 
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Posted: Tue Jun 16th, 2009 02:51 pm |
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It didnt take long for the stupid to spread. Now we have some senators intorducing a bill that will tax more drug stores that opt out of medicaid in DE. Apparently Sen. Michael Katz, D-Centerville and Rep. Helene Keeley, D-Wilmington West, the sponsors of the bill, have not heard that the State is already being sued by the drug stores. Stores as in plural.
How is this not extortion? Theyre straight up saying if you wont "play ball" then we are going to tax you more. lets look at the definiton of extortion and see how this applies.
[size=extortion][size=
][size=n. obtaining money or property by threat to a victim's property or loved ones, intimidation, or false claim of a right (such as pretending to be an IRS agent). It is a felony in all states, except that a direct threat to harm the victim is usually treated as the crime of robbery. Blackmail is a form of extortio][size=n in which the threat is to expose embarrassing, damaging information to family, friends or the public][size=.]
[size=Obtaining money by threat to a victims property. katz and Keeley and anyone who ]
[size=votes for this bill are saying that if they wont participate, they will have more of their ]
[size=property, ie money taken in the form of taxes, removed. plus it is so discriminatory I ]
[size=doubt the gov. could ever inforce it. No doubt it will earn these knuckleheads a law]
[size=suite as well. ]
[size=Sen. Michael Katz, D-Centerville, said he came up with idea of adding on a special 2 percent gross receipts tax on drug stores that opt out of the federal-state low-income health insurance program after Walgreens announced last week that it would drop out of the program rather than accept a 2 percent reduction in state prescription payments for Medicaid clients" HOW ABOUT INSTEAD WE HAVE A 2 PERCENT TAX INCREASE ON YOU AND THE REST OF THE LEGISLATURES SALARIES. ]
[size=Rep. Helene Keeley, D-Wilmington West, is joining forces with Katz to get the bill passed. She saidshe likes the idea that the tax would be used to help Medicaid patients get by- NO IT WILL BE DUMPED INTO THE GENERAL FUND THEN WASTED ON SOME HAIR BRAIN IDEA.]
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Posted: Mon Jun 15th, 2009 08:51 pm |
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On todays agenda for the legislature and JFC increase sin taxes.
When are they going to figure out this has the opposite effect of what they want?
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Posted: Sat Jun 13th, 2009 01:28 pm |
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What a week weve had in Delaware politics.
We started off strong with with infringment of the Freedom of the Press, when the Press were kicked out of a finance committee meeting!
Then we moved on to some extortion threats against a drug store cos they wont, and I quote, Play ball. -Mr. Barberi.
Which as yours truly forsaw earned Markell, Rita and We The Tax Payers a first class law suit from a collective of drug store chains. The State actors tried to bully the wrong Industry folks. Yet according to Markel Walgreens walked out on "reasonable compromises". When in fact, no one walks away from a reasonable compromise. The State tried its "this is the way its going to be" routine and the drug stores sued them. Asking for a stay on the change in payback from the perscriptions until the court decides the matter.
Folks the drug store chains, thats plural, are stopping the State from screwing with Medicaid system.
Then on Thursday night the Governor rushed to legislative hall to sign into law a series of bills that will take more currency outchas pocket. Those of us who chain smoke and drink will either have to brew our own or get a second job. First jobs are hard to come by these days. Or we can get healthy. I am thinking the get healthy part sounds good. The Govner also signed the Open Gov law. Now the press can go film Mr. GetOutItAintALaw trying to hide whatever it is hes a tryin to hide. Go Get 'em News Journal. Thanks for that info Leah.
AND drum roll Jimmy, we cap off the week with the state workers getting 2.5% wage loss after 3 years of no raises, well except for the Govner and a couple of others.
I am so proud to be a Delawarian. Anyone else think its time to get rid of these fools?
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