Re: OT / Financial Papers Show Palins' Assets Top $1 Million


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Financial Papers Show Palins' Assets Top $1 Million
This is so not newsworthy. $1M isn't that much these days when you
add in the value of real estate and businesses. And 401(k)s can
grow quite nicely with tax-deferred status and employer
contributions. Of course, the value of those retirement and
investment accounts won't reflect their current value, which is
way down at the moment.

I took the most conservative estimate I found, many said "over 2.3
million", and it is newsworthy, in *my* opinion, when one is trying
to bill themselves as 'joe six-pack, sitting around the kitchen
table trying to pay their bills.'

I also dispute the fact that taxes weren't paid on the per diem of
$17,000 and pawning ones expensive *hobby* of snow-machine racing
as a *job*.

Again, you'll note by far the majority of posts I've made this week
have been 'on topic'. And I did note this one as 'off topic'.

This article states $1M. It sounds like a lot was made from the
fishing business before she became Governor. I'm fine with someone
running a successful business.

I am sure Obama and Biden have financial assets squirreled away,
too.

The $17K sounds like a dispute between tax attorneys with differing
interpretation of a tax law. That's not her fault.

Good you marked this OT, since it is.
Notice she also isn't on the list of politicians that got huge
contributions from Freddie Fannie. Obama was way at the top along
with Kerry and Hillary.

Chocolic


Her financials actually seem reasonable, maybe even modest, for a
governor IMO. And she isn't on the top of that contribution recipient
list, like all the others you mentioned. I am so sick of
Palin-bashing. Many public figures and politicians on both sides
bother me for various reasons, but not to the extent that I want to
talk about them all the time, esp off-topic on a ng.
Exactly. The McCain/Palin supporters aren't on here picking apart
Obama/Biden. Why not give the same respect.

Chocolic


ITA. I could bring up lots of things, as recently as the veep debate and
factual mistakes that were made, for instance. I choose not to, and only
mention it now to point out that my silence is not due to lack
information. I wish others would try some self-restraint as well. Plus
there are far cooler things to obsess about, like the best haunted
houses to visit this year!


Oh give me a break. You all yapped and yapped on other OT political
threads all last week. Check out the 'Palin did okay' thread, or the 'No
respite for the wealthy'. Exactly how many *crime* posts did you make in
that same time period? I updated on numerous crimes followed. Get off
my ass and quit trying to censor my posts. If you don't want to see
them, put me in the killfile. I've got GOD and numerous others there
myself. If I see threads I don't want to read or participate in, I
ignore them. It's usenet, and it's America.




I never said I don't post OT sometimes. And when I responded to the thread
about her doing well in the debate it was strictly wrt my suggestion about
the source of her prior poor performances. I wouldn't say we yapped and
yapped, though - it was a short-lived thread, to which I made 3 postings.
Yes, I also responded to the thread about the bailout plan. So what?

I've also posted on-topic to threads re: a large porn ring bust in Spain,
the two frozen children, and maybe some Casey Anthony stuff. It's been
slow from as far as interesting t-c material goes, I must admit.

I am not trying to censor your posts. I am responding to them. In your
case, though, you've been obsessed about Sarah Palin since she was
announced as McC's VP, and it's really annoying. I'll say whatever the
*** I want to about your posts, because as you point out, it's Usenet,
and at least *I* am in America, tho not everyone here is. Likewise, feel
free to kf me. It's easier for my to just ignore you when I want to. I
will admit, since this seem to have come to a head, that I had a lot more
respect for you before all this Palin nonsense began.


Perhaps because Sarah Palin is antipathy to everything the womens movement
has fought for these last 40 plus years. I remember a time prior to Roe vs
Wade. I don't want her in the business of my daughters reproductive rights
nor do I want her views on religion, creationism, animal rights, to name a
few, to garner any legitimacy. I certainly don't want her input in the next
Supreme Court Judges to be appointed.

As for loss of respect, I don't base my voting opinions on one issue, what
is going to happen to *my* money. I have children, grandchildren, who will
hopefully live long enough to grow old themselves. I am interested in
*their* welfare, their health care, their ability to secure employment and
live the american dream. These last eight years have fucked up lots of
their prospects for many years to come.


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