Comments on: Lourey Promises To Tax Us To Death http://www.residualforces.com/2006/07/28/lourey-promises-to-tax-us-to-death/ A Stream of Consciousness by Andy Aplikowski on His Life, His Politics, His Dogs, His Truck, and Whatever Pleases His Fancy Thu, 04 Dec 2008 23:35:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Jay http://www.residualforces.com/2006/07/28/lourey-promises-to-tax-us-to-death/#comment-20976 Jay Sat, 29 Jul 2006 04:15:43 +0000 http://www.residualforces.com/http:/residualforces.com/index.php/2006/07/28/lourey-promises-to-tax-us-to-death/#comment-20976 Becky Lourey? The woman who had four children and adopted eight special needs kids and raised them to be productive citizens and American heroes? The one who raised them on a farm in central Minnesota? The one who is a small business owner that provides excellent health benefits and on site childcare with an educational component? The one who built several businesses in a part of Minnesota that's dying? The one who is pro-kids AND pro-gun? That can't be the one described as "no rational idea of what or why people who work for a living and have families needs really are." She's buried like four or five kids and went bankrupt a few times before becoming somewhat successful in her busines ventures. Disagre with her proposals but, she has a steely character that both sides could learn from. To degrade it to someone who is clueless about what everyday people go through is below the intelligence of even the most dastardly, bastardly extremist. Her ideas are not appealing and she won't advance to the general. Enough said. It's really weak to try and put her in the same category as, say Sandy Pappas or Linda Berglin. Not even close. Becky Lourey?
The woman who had four children and adopted eight special needs kids and raised them to be productive citizens and American heroes?
The one who raised them on a farm in central Minnesota?
The one who is a small business owner that provides excellent health benefits and on site childcare with an educational component?
The one who built several businesses in a part of Minnesota that’s dying?
The one who is pro-kids AND pro-gun?
That can’t be the one described as “no rational idea of what or why people who work for a living and have families needs really are.”
She’s buried like four or five kids and went bankrupt a few times before becoming somewhat successful in her busines ventures.
Disagre with her proposals but, she has a steely character that both sides could learn from. To degrade it to someone who is clueless about what everyday people go through is below the intelligence of even the most dastardly, bastardly extremist.
Her ideas are not appealing and she won’t advance to the general. Enough said. It’s really weak to try and put her in the same category as, say Sandy Pappas or Linda Berglin. Not even close.

]]> By: Jordan http://www.residualforces.com/2006/07/28/lourey-promises-to-tax-us-to-death/#comment-20970 Jordan Fri, 28 Jul 2006 23:39:00 +0000 http://www.residualforces.com/http:/residualforces.com/index.php/2006/07/28/lourey-promises-to-tax-us-to-death/#comment-20970 Rick - To answer your first question re: the left not realizing your family can't fit in the car is an easy one. Your not supposed to have a family. Abort those children. Ouch - I understand that was a mean slam on the left, but I had to do it. Rick - To answer your first question re: the left not realizing your family can’t fit in the car is an easy one.
Your not supposed to have a family. Abort those children.

Ouch - I understand that was a mean slam on the left, but I had to do it.

]]> By: Gwen http://www.residualforces.com/2006/07/28/lourey-promises-to-tax-us-to-death/#comment-20946 Gwen Fri, 28 Jul 2006 18:20:45 +0000 http://www.residualforces.com/http:/residualforces.com/index.php/2006/07/28/lourey-promises-to-tax-us-to-death/#comment-20946 Doesn't Becky Lourey realize that poor people who can only afford old cars that are gas guzzlers will also be hurt by her "carbon tax"? Isn't she supposed to care about them? Doesn’t Becky Lourey realize that poor people who can only afford old cars that are gas guzzlers will also be hurt by her “carbon tax”? Isn’t she supposed to care about them?

]]> By: bobby B http://www.residualforces.com/2006/07/28/lourey-promises-to-tax-us-to-death/#comment-20941 bobby B Fri, 28 Jul 2006 17:44:33 +0000 http://www.residualforces.com/http:/residualforces.com/index.php/2006/07/28/lourey-promises-to-tax-us-to-death/#comment-20941 "Need"? I have way more than I need. I have things that I simply want. And, to get to this point, I have given up lots of fun and pleasure and short-term rewards. I've paid for several degrees, I've worked sixty hours per week and attended night school for four years, I've worked eighty hour weeks at times since then, I work hard and do very stressful things that cause me to lie awake at night and worry. But, to Lourey, it's unfair that some 30-year-old high school stoner who never changed except to get a job working the floor at Best Buy, who does his 40 per week and then forgets work as he heads home, sees a "wage gap." She wants him to have income equality. Screw him. Show me some effort equality first. “Need”?

I have way more than I need. I have things that I simply want.

And, to get to this point, I have given up lots of fun and pleasure and short-term rewards. I’ve paid for several degrees, I’ve worked sixty hours per week and attended night school for four years, I’ve worked eighty hour weeks at times since then, I work hard and do very stressful things that cause me to lie awake at night and worry.

But, to Lourey, it’s unfair that some 30-year-old high school stoner who never changed except to get a job working the floor at Best Buy, who does his 40 per week and then forgets work as he heads home, sees a “wage gap.” She wants him to have income equality.

Screw him. Show me some effort equality first.

]]> By: Rick http://www.residualforces.com/2006/07/28/lourey-promises-to-tax-us-to-death/#comment-20934 Rick Fri, 28 Jul 2006 15:49:48 +0000 http://www.residualforces.com/http:/residualforces.com/index.php/2006/07/28/lourey-promises-to-tax-us-to-death/#comment-20934 Kent, I couldn't have said it better! Kent, I couldn’t have said it better!

]]> By: KenT http://www.residualforces.com/2006/07/28/lourey-promises-to-tax-us-to-death/#comment-20931 KenT Fri, 28 Jul 2006 15:36:36 +0000 http://www.residualforces.com/http:/residualforces.com/index.php/2006/07/28/lourey-promises-to-tax-us-to-death/#comment-20931 Lourey and her ilk have no rational idea of what or why people who work for a living and have families needs really are. They only care about gaining power to implement their socalistic ideas on us so they can decide what is best. I'm also confident that she also advocates buying Toyota or Honda products that are not produced in the US only assembeled from 100% imported components. Lourey and her ilk have no rational idea of what or why people who work for a living and have families needs really are. They only care about gaining power to implement their socalistic ideas on us so they can decide what is best.

I’m also confident that she also advocates buying Toyota or Honda products that are not produced in the US only assembeled from 100% imported components.

]]> By: Rick http://www.residualforces.com/2006/07/28/lourey-promises-to-tax-us-to-death/#comment-20929 Rick Fri, 28 Jul 2006 15:24:01 +0000 http://www.residualforces.com/http:/residualforces.com/index.php/2006/07/28/lourey-promises-to-tax-us-to-death/#comment-20929 Do these leftiest anti-SUV crowd ever consider: 1) a family like mine WILL NOT fit into one of their beloved hy-bred vehicles, we need to drive a bigger vehicle that burns more gas be it a mini-van or SUV; 2) A lot of SUV's, trucks, etc... are used in businesses (especially heavily union businesses: construction, manufacturing, etc....). Call that fair? Do these leftiest anti-SUV crowd ever consider: 1) a family like mine WILL NOT fit into one of their beloved hy-bred vehicles, we need to drive a bigger vehicle that burns more gas be it a mini-van or SUV; 2) A lot of SUV’s, trucks, etc… are used in businesses (especially heavily union businesses: construction, manufacturing, etc….).

Call that fair?

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