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[Radtexan]

Affordable Boat Care Act

I'm ordering a new one today!!

The U.S. government has just passed a new law called: "The affordable boat act" declaring that every citizen MUST purchase a new boat, by April 2014. These "affordable" boats will cost an average of $54,000-$155,000 each. This does not include taxes, trailers, towing fees, licensing and registration fees, fuel, docking and storage fees, maintenance or repair costs.

This law has been passed, because until now, typically only wealthy and financially responsible people have been able to purchase boats. This new laws ensures that every American can now have a "affordable" boat of their own, because everyone is "entitled" to a new boat. If you purchase your boat before the end of the year, you will receive 4 "free" life jackets; not including monthly usage fees.
In order to make sure everyone purchases an affordable boat, the costs of owning a boat will increase on average of 250-400% per year. This way, wealthy people will pay more for something that other people don't want or can't afford to maintain. But to be fair, people who cant afford to maintain their boat will be regularly fined and children (under the age of 26) can use their parents boats to party on until they turn 27; then must purchase their own boat.
If you already have a boat, you can keep yours (just kidding; no you cant). If you don't want or don't need a boat, you are required to buy one anyhow. If you refuse to buy one or cant afford one, you will be regularly fined $800 until you purchase one or face imprisonment.
Failure to use the boat will also result in fines. People living in the desert; ghettos; inner cities or areas with no access to lakes are not exempt. Age, motion sickness, experience, knowledge nor lack of desire are acceptable excuses for not using your boat.
A government review board (that doesn't know the difference between the port, starboard or stern sides of a boat) will decide everything, including; when, where, how often and for what purposes you can use your boat along with how many people can ride your boat and determine if one is too old or healthy enough to be able to use their boat. They will also decide if your boat has out lived its usefulness or if you must purchase specific accessories,(like a $500 compass) or a newer and more expensive boat. Those that can afford yachts will be required to do so...its only fair. The government will also decide the name for each boat. Failure to comply with these rules will result in fines and possible imprisonment.
Government officials are exempt from this new law. If they want a boat, they and their families can obtain boats free, at the expense of tax payers. Unions, bankers and mega companies with large political affiliations ($$$) are also exempt.

 

[StumpHunter]

I see no difference in this new law and the old law.

I'm looking forward to when everyone most tie jigs

 

[Hawnjigs]

Yay, gimme mah free stuffs !

 

[papaperch]

Now this would be smart. Because if the " economic recovery " continues as it has been. There are an ever growing number of us that do not have jobs to go to. So a lot more of us would have time to fish and boat ride.

Don't use unemployment figures released by the government. The figures are so doctored that they are no longer meaningful.

 

[Hawnjigs]

RadT, don't take this personal cuz you are entitled to vent, but your post while entertaining seems a good example of US being distracted from the real crooks and crocks, as JiggerJohn pointed out. Your mention of "bankers and mega companies with large political affiliations" could be a better focus for those of us who would like our countries economy fixed, and maybe an area of agreement between currently bi-polar political party supporters. As Papa says, we can't expect any help from the gov tho cuz our lawmakers rely on those same banks & corps for funding. So its up to us at the grassroots level to encourage any change - or we can just let the House of Reps pass another 37 resolutions to dismantle the ACA and continue to hold rallies to impeach the Kenyan Muslim Fascist Socialist Communist President of the United States.

 

[AtticaFish]

It is a joke........ if you can't chuckle at the irony in it, you are reading too much into it. Actually printed it off and handed it around work.

 

[Radtexan]

Yay, gimme mah free stuffs !

Didnt mention anything about being for free....Other than for Congress or their family's............

And your right Keith,Id love nothing more than to see this economy FIXED.In 5+ years this admin hasnt even passed a budget,so where do we start.If its so good why are so many dem's in the last couple days at least wanting to slow it down or delay,as they say,using the web site fiasco as a reason,and a good one at that,to postpone it ?

 

[Hawnjigs]

Whaat?! Thought ahz gittin mah 4 jackets jes in time for winter? I thought everyone saw the snaggletooth ghetto gals saying "where's mah free stuffs?" as a typical gov assistance recipient posted on the net.

I don't understand the "no budget" issue? Gov seems to be running on some kind of allocation schedule?

Rad, I'm really glad you're mentioning points of possible agreement between MOST of US like the unfairness of legislators giving themselves impeccable entitlements for life while the rest of us are vulnerable to disaster, like Smalljaw. Its really tragic that us common citizens don't mutually join forces across party lines to put the brakes on bullies, cheaters, and leeches at the top. There was an excellent petition going around requesting that legislators get the same health insurance among other things as the rest of us, but it seems to have died.

Where do we start? How about closing tax code loopholes that allow offshore tax dodging? How about seriously examining the biggest component of our non-budget, defense, and weeding out unnecessary waste? How about slowing down or eliminating the amount of influence money flowing into lawmakers and administration, or at least publicly identifying who's bribing who? Or maybe restore the components of Glass-Steagall that will break up the "too big to fail" banks that caused our current economic mess? Maybe these are issues all citizens can agree on?

Sorry, I know your posting was humorous entertainment, maybe I should just go fishin'.

 

[smalljaw]

Hawnjigs, working class people sticking together is what politicians fear, so in order to keep us separate and divided they use inflammatory speech to get certain demographics fired up and mad at others outside of that base. Remember the "death panel" debate, that is one thing I would like fixed, the idea that a politician can bald face lie to the people and when called out for it they then just simply "misspoke", that should be a crime for any politician regardless of party. The whole union vs. non union fight, it keeps those in the same boat fighting with each other, it is called bait and switch, and that is how they keep office, well that and the $10,400 dollar filing fee that keeps regular folks, some of whom, have a brain and want to fix the country rather than catering to special interest groups. Want to fix social security? Make congress participate and put their pension fund right into the coffers. Want to fix the healthcare system, make congress participate in it, no more government run plan that they have, make them do like us and go get it for themselves. Want to fix congress? Eliminate money donations from unions and corporations, make lobbying illegal and have public finance of campaigns, any congressman having corporate affiliates will be gone and treason charges will be filed, make it tough to take money from outside sources and the corruption will stop or at least slow down that a majority of congress isn't bought and paid for. Want to fix the economy, enact free trade with countries that aren't communists and that have the same living standards as the U.S., if a trading country has a government health care plan then a 25% tarrif is put in place and is subject to go up with rising cost of insurance as right now health insurance cost Americans 25% of their pay so that is how tariffs are levied. If an American company uses overseas suppliers or manufacturers for more than 5% of its business then it will pay a 10% F.A.I.R. tax and that tax will be 10% of the gross revenue, if the company decides to move overseas as a result, they will have a 50 year moratorium on its goods, they will no longer be allowed to sell to the American market. BTW, fair is an acronym for foreign acquired income reform, the more business you do the higher the penalty, no more making American compete against people who live in mud huts or don't have to pay for medical. Yes, prices will go up but so will wages and things will end up much better, but it has to start with us, divided we get used and abused by being fed lies and distortions to put us at odds with our fellow working class citizens, face it, we all want the same things but we are being lied to in just how to get there because both sides are wrong.

 

[JSC]

Thanx Smalljaw ....
To add on -- enact the FAIR TAX--program (not the same as F.A.I.R. Above) that has been in congress for some time ... Studied this concept for many years ... its our only true FAIR Tax program that would really bring in the money and eliminate the influance of those that would take us down the road to get it from us thru polotics --- The Lobbyist and that elk .. everything is in place to get it done ... If You are not fimilar with it go to the FAIRTAX web site ... chek it out. Get the book and it will open your eyes to a whole different concept ... I studeied for 40 years and this orginazation cleared up severl of my concerned on how to get er done....

 

[Hawnjigs]

Geez, Smalljaw, that was inspiring, I was ready to go fishing and fugedaboudit all. Well, I still will, but with a different attitude. Was feeling lonely out in non-partisan right field. Who designed those trade policies - haven't seen that posted anywhere?

Yup, the deck is stacked against the working class as long as we are split down the middle bickering across party lines. I've been accused of hating rich folks, which is absolutely untrue. I only think the ones who buy government to enable them more at my expense should be STOPPED! They're probably laughing at the ObamaCare banter.

But, I will offer my only outsider assessment of the ACA: I was wondering after the private health insurance industry unleashed their counter-attack, obviously planned well in advance, by dropping coverage and jacking premiums, why ACA admin didn't consider this backlash and include policy to prevent this? Well, maybe it was part of the plan. I've mentioned before that IMO(I know, big deal) the best cost effective and fair health coverage for ALL citizens would have to be a non-profit single payer system, voluntary, while still allowing a private insurance option for those that would rather pay higher premiums for MAYBE better coverage. The ACA might have been the foot in the door, taking care of the most needy clogging our ERs, because no way "socialized" medicine would have passed the scrutiny of the majority of us fearful of "socialism" intruding into our illusion of "democracy". So, and this is my stretch, if the end goal of true affordable health care for those that need it requires exposing the insurance industry as greedy profiteers by their own actions, then what just happened could be construed as just that. And if not, just the higher rates would make the comparative costs of public funded insurance more acceptable.

 

[papaperch]

The truly needy already had medicaid. Have all the lies told my President Obama that easily believable.

Remember------------------------------------------------------ Reality
" if you like your Health care you can keep it " ---------------------- Hundreds of thousands already given policy cancellations.
" If you like your doctor you can keep him. "--------------------------Only if he is on the governments approved list.
" This will cut avg. family premium 2400.00"------------------------- Average family plan under ACA family of 4 about 6000 +increase
" The web site will be like Amazon , easy to use" --------------------- Even the software contractors can't create an account

I could go on and on . President Obama said no one was madder than him about the web site utter disaster and he was going to get to the bottom of it. He said the same things about " Fast and Furious " , IRS scandal about targeting conservatives, Bengazi,
added up to just posturing . Nothing was ever done about any of these fiascoes .

Simply put this has nothing to do with providing health care. The ACA is actually the largest tax increase ever enacted upon the American public. The American public would have never held still for such a large tax increase. But if tax increases were hidden under a " warm and fuzzy " feel good law to provide for the uninsured.

Ronald Reagan explained it best " Government does not solve problems , they are the problem. " Social Security and MediCare two popular programs are both going broke. If you think the private care health insurance companies are ripping the public off.
Go to www.healthcare.gov. Don't worry you won't be able to sign up. Click on the Keough page mentioned. Plug in your real figures or invent some and see what your approximate costs are going to be.