Comments for BobGriggs.com http://www.bobgriggs.com Because It Must Be Said. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:27:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Sex, Drugs & Free Food at Your Local Tea Party Rally by Tobyspeeks http://www.bobgriggs.com/sex-drugs-free-food-at-your-local-tea-party-rally/comment-page-1/#comment-2452 Tobyspeeks Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:27:00 +0000 http://www.bobgriggs.com/?p=1293#comment-2452 I support OWS and I've worked all my life (27 years so far). Never collected a dime of unemployment or any other welfare. And my car has been crapped on. I support OWS and I’ve worked all my life (27 years so far). Never collected a dime of unemployment or any other welfare. And my car has been crapped on.

]]> Comment on An Alternative to Bank of America Debit Card Fees: ING Direct by Dear Bank of America: You suck. – Michelle A. Heath http://www.bobgriggs.com/an-alternative-to-bank-of-america-debit-card-fees-ing-direct/comment-page-1/#comment-2450 Dear Bank of America: You suck. – Michelle A. Heath Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:22:49 +0000 http://www.bobgriggs.com/?p=1276#comment-2450 [...] do I turn? From what I read, ING Direct seems to be the best option and Bob Griggs did a great write-up of the advantages (including great service and paper checks if you need them). It’s a pain in the ass to move [...] [...] do I turn? From what I read, ING Direct seems to be the best option and Bob Griggs did a great write-up of the advantages (including great service and paper checks if you need them). It’s a pain in the ass to move [...]

]]> Comment on Heaven or Hell? Ask Tim Tebow by Marshall from Lilburn http://www.bobgriggs.com/heaven-or-hell-ask-tim-tebow/comment-page-1/#comment-2441 Marshall from Lilburn Sat, 14 Jan 2012 14:55:00 +0000 http://www.bobgriggs.com/?p=1281#comment-2441 Tim Tebow stands out in the NFL, the National Felon League. He has no rap sheet and no visible tattoos. Tim Tebow stands out in the NFL, the National Felon League. He has no rap sheet and no visible tattoos.

]]> Comment on The `Bush Tax Cuts` Explained by Bob Griggs http://www.bobgriggs.com/the-bush-tax-cuts-explained/comment-page-1/#comment-2438 Bob Griggs Tue, 20 Dec 2011 19:37:00 +0000 http://www.bobgriggs.com/?p=1048#comment-2438 Nathan, are you old enough to have a job? Have you ever been faced with analyzing whether or not the money in your pocket will pay for what you need? Consider this hypothetical, as an illustration: You eat at the finest restaurants, travel when you please and own an expensive car. Because your income doesn't support your lifestyle, you rack up tens of thousands in credit card debt. You go to your mom and dad and say, "I can't work enough shifts at McDonald's to put gas in my Hummer so that I can take my girlfriend out to dinner to celebrate our 6-month anniversary and the birth of our triplets in three months. Could you please direct deposit part of your retirement check into my account?" Should your parents reply: [A] "Sure, son, your problem is that we don't give you enough money. It's okay that we won't be able to pay our heating bill and our house is in foreclosure; you obviously need more revenue. Oh, can we sleep in the Hummer while you're out of the country?" OR... [B] "Son, we will not be your enabler. Your spending is out of control. Sell your damn Hummer and walk. Eat discarded Big Macs out of the McDonald's dumpster or go hungry. Sit your butt at home and figure out how you're going to earn more money to pay your debts and for your incredible lack of judgment and restraint (your future family). We will not sacrifice what we have worked for decades to achieve to fund your irresponsibility." Nathan, are you old enough to have a job? Have you ever been faced with analyzing whether or not the money in your pocket will pay for what you need? Consider this hypothetical, as an illustration:

You eat at the finest restaurants, travel when you please and own an expensive car. Because your income doesn’t support your lifestyle, you rack up tens of thousands in credit card debt.

You go to your mom and dad and say, “I can’t work enough shifts at McDonald’s to put gas in my Hummer so that I can take my girlfriend out to dinner to celebrate our 6-month anniversary and the birth of our triplets in three months. Could you please direct deposit part of your retirement check into my account?”

Should your parents reply:

[A] “Sure, son, your problem is that we don’t give you enough money. It’s okay that we won’t be able to pay our heating bill and our house is in foreclosure; you obviously need more revenue. Oh, can we sleep in the Hummer while you’re out of the country?” OR…

[B] “Son, we will not be your enabler. Your spending is out of control. Sell your damn Hummer and walk. Eat discarded Big Macs out of the McDonald’s dumpster or go hungry. Sit your butt at home and figure out how you’re going to earn more money to pay your debts and for your incredible lack of judgment and restraint (your future family). We will not sacrifice what we have worked for decades to achieve to fund your irresponsibility.”

]]> Comment on The `Bush Tax Cuts` Explained by Bob Griggs http://www.bobgriggs.com/the-bush-tax-cuts-explained/comment-page-1/#comment-2437 Bob Griggs Tue, 20 Dec 2011 19:20:00 +0000 http://www.bobgriggs.com/?p=1048#comment-2437 Nathan, I WISH that I was one of the millionaires. I can promise you that being one is my goal. In truth, I am just barely outside of the 48% of Americans who pay NO income tax at all. Nathan, does a person making $25K a year deserve to keep all that he earns? If so, why not the millionaire as well? Should he pay more solely because he can? If that's your position, you're not a socialist... you're a communist. Being an American citizen does not guarantee equal RESULTS, Nathan. Communism tried that and failed. In America, we have equal OPPORTUNITY. All have the opportunity to become one of the 1%. NO ONE is condemned to remain in the 99%. There have been too many who have moved from the 99% to the 1% (and vice versa) to doubt that we all have the opportunity. The rich keep getting richer because they keep doing the things that made them rich. The poor keep getting poorer because they continue to do the things that make them poor. You will never be rich because you would rather spend your time whining (which makes you poor) than working and excelling. Nathan, I WISH that I was one of the millionaires. I can promise you that being one is my goal. In truth, I am just barely outside of the 48% of Americans who pay NO income tax at all.

Nathan, does a person making $25K a year deserve to keep all that he earns? If so, why not the millionaire as well? Should he pay more solely because he can? If that’s your position, you’re not a socialist… you’re a communist.

Being an American citizen does not guarantee equal RESULTS, Nathan. Communism tried that and failed. In America, we have equal OPPORTUNITY. All have the opportunity to become one of the 1%. NO ONE is condemned to remain in the 99%. There have been too many who have moved from the 99% to the 1% (and vice versa) to doubt that we all have the opportunity.

The rich keep getting richer because they keep doing the things that made them rich. The poor keep getting poorer because they continue to do the things that make them poor. You will never be rich because you would rather spend your time whining (which makes you poor) than working and excelling.

]]>