Can I just point out that they pay *do* pay the same rate that you do. Our tax system *technically* works like so (percentages for illustration only....)

0-25,000 tax rate 35%
25-50,000 tax rate 30%
50-100,000 tax rate 25%
100-250,000 tax rate 20%

So if you make 50k and the rich man makes 100k, the rich man pays the same amount of tax as you do up to 50k after that he still pays taxes above and beyond what you do. The problem is the rich also have the money for lawyers and lobbyists to buy tax law loopholes and high-end accountants to take advantage of those said loopholes.

That being said, to try to avoid the crap that will be flung around this forum, I'd like to point out that I'm a registered independent. I support (to name a few) raising taxes, cutting spending, womens right to choose and responsible gun ownership. I'm shocked that we elected a black president before a woman, I'm even more shocked that nobody has tried to assassinate him yet. It almost makes me proud to be an American again.

I'm waiting for the porn site to go live....

I wonder what PETA thinks of this? http://www.goats.com/archive/980301.html

How do you know it's gov property? There's no identification on it. It's stuck to your property. I'd say you own it and are free to do with it as you please.

I'll bet you still have DrDOS and Windows for Workgroups with MS BOB on your servers.

Sorry html formatting snafu, should be -lt 200k down and -gt 700k

Damn leachers, I'm getting 700k up and I'm only at 74%

Damn, you're lazy, try http://http//opennebula.org/support:contracted took me all of 30 seconds to find. Your argument is old and tired, most serious OSS solutions have options for commercial support.

My wife is Malay, and trust me they don't speak Engrish, they speak Manglish.

I never understood this either. You have the same capitol, running, maintenance and probably higher payroll costs. Plus, the need to make a profit. Yet somehow, the silver bullet of privatization and deregulation are supposed to be somehow, magically, saving the end-user/taxpayer money.

You mean like how the states did roads before Eisenhower gave us the modern Highway system?

Sorry here's the actual free link http://baencd.thefifthimperium.com/

Baen Free Library http://www.baen.com/library/defaultTitles.htm

Obviously, you've never heard of or known anyone with type I diabetes.

yeah, unfortunately neither republicans or democrats recognize it either.