Comments on: One more penalty on thriftiness

By: annoyinglittletwerp

annoyinglittletwerp — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:20:58 +0000

My son will be starting college this fall-probably Texas Tech-and I will also be going back to school at the same university. I’ll be paying for my one or two classes a term out-of-pocket. My grandmother left my son a ‘college’ fund’ but most of it’s in stocks…bought the year I was born. The capital gains BS on that account should be…fun when we have to deal with taxes. Because he lives with his dad in Illinois he’s trying to get $1000 worth of ‘in house’ scholarships which will qualify him for in-state tuition. His dad will be taking out a small loan, if he lives with us he’ll save on room/board…and he WILL be expected to pay us a little rent each month AND have a part time job. He’s also thinking of joining Army ROTC. He has been informed that his parents and step-parents are not willing to go into debt for his future. That’s part of being a grown-up. You live within your means and take responsibility for your actions. My son will NOT be a burden on a society that owes him NOTHING!

By: Sabba Hillel

Sabba Hillel — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:46:42 +0000

Actually, his main focus is to destroy all the people who might attempt to resist being made slaves to his bosses (He probably is not the actual boss, just the figurehead). Joseph refused to allow the Egyptians to sell themselves as slaves to Pharaoh and insisted that they keep 80% of the income. Obama is trying to force the people into a situation whre they will make the same offer so that he can be “gracious” and accept it.

It is the same way that Pharaoh managed to enslave the Children of Israel in the first place.

By: Russ

Russ — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:18:13 +0000

So are they going to also come up with relief for parents paying excessive college tuition for their kids because the government keeps tossing cheap loans at students who want to spend five years taking junk degrees because they're too busy partying to study? Oh wait - Obama's already proposed one to let students not need to earn much if anything to clear their debt, and at the same time let tuitions rise even higher for those not on all of these redistribution programs. That's the main focus of this administration, after all. Take from those struggling to make a living and give to those who can't be bothered.