Agree 100%. Our representatives are not acting in America's best interest by rejecting the Nautral Gas Act. I guess Boone Pickens isn't stuffing their pockets enough to buy their vote. Not only should our big rigs be converted to natural gas, consumers should have the option to buy CNG (Compressed Natural Gas) vehicles. The government needs to provide grants to build the infrastructure necessary to fill your tank at gas stations... it is already possible to tap into your natural gas at home to fill the tank.
Your wife probably drives in the city mainly? I get 22 mpg highway in my Rav4 (I should get 27 mpg) I don't floor it and I don't break hard or ride people's butts. I wrote Toyota and asked for a specific sum for damages, of course they ignored my request. I have read about several other people with the same problem with the Rav4.
My lease is for 36,000 miles, so I will use 302 more gallons of gas than advertised. Assuming gas will have averaged $3.50/gallon during that span. Their false claims will cost me ~$1057.00
That's terrible. Vets should have some kind of card. Maybe you can bring a copy of that form with all of your important info whited out so your identity can't be stolen?
I am a big dog lover, but I can't disagree with you. The dog park in Cortland was built with donations as well. I don't think Austintown would have any problem finding people to donate money for this cause. People love their dogs.
This has nothing to do with Republicans vs Democrats. Both parties have robbed the Social Security fund.
Upper middle class and rich people collect Social Security when they reach 62 or 65 as well, so long as they paid into it. If we up the cut off to $200,000, the payments to these people who pay 6.2% of $200,000 of their income their entire lives will collect more when they retire. Also, rich people tend to have longer life spans, as they are less likely to engage in as many risky activities and because of a large number of other reasons. So they would collect more, longer. Your idea might not be one that saves Social Security, but one that helps bankrupt it.
Now, if we cut payouts to 6.2% of the first $100,000 and still made people pay 6.2% of $200,000, that wouldn't be fair to the employer who has to match it, or the person who is giving $12,400/year away (counting the employers match), when they can put that money in their personal 401k.
The way to fix Social Security is to put it back in its own fund and phase it out entirely over the next 30-40 years.
Make a mandatory personal retirement fund, that can only be invested in top rated securities. 10% of personal income and a 10% employer match of the first $50,000, and a 7.5% match of the next $50,000, and a 1% match of anything greater than $100,000. Something that one can choose to cash out when they're 65, or set up monthly payments. Something that the government has no control over, outside the requirement that it is mandatory. This way everyone has a retirement fund and the government can't get their greedy hands on our money.
Woody: That's what it was originally designed as, but it changed with time. Contributions increased from 1% of the first $3000 of income to 6.2% of the first $106,800.
$3,000.00 in 1935 had the same buying power as $49,069.93 in 2011. So people are paying on 54% more of their income in to Social Security, and at a much higher rate (6.2% vs 1%). When people started living longer, we started to pay more into Social Security. Not to mention the 6.2% match that employers make these days. 12.4% is what is paid in now vs 1% in 1935.
California is the only state that has CNG stations all over the state. I would love to buy a CNG vehicle. They cost about $10,000 more. If they were mass produced, they would cost the same amount as gasoline powered vehicles. It would cost $1/gallon in comparison to gasoline. It would also save us trillions in future war efforts, as we would no longer have any interest in Middle East politics, because we would not need their oil.
Kasich’s budget proposal includes changes to income and sales taxes
Why wasn't the unconstitutionality of funding schools with property taxes addressed?
February 5, 2013 at 8:47 p.m. permalink suggest removal
Healh-care model’s fatal flaw
Seriously?
January 19, 2013 at 10:50 a.m. permalink suggest removal
Puskas: Will Browns look at Tressel?
I agree 100%. Why waste time with a coordinator who has a 90% likelihood of failing? Hire a guy who has proven he can win. Hire Jim Tressel.
January 10, 2013 at 12:44 a.m. permalink suggest removal
The Pickens Plan
Agree 100%. Our representatives are not acting in America's best interest by rejecting the Nautral Gas Act. I guess Boone Pickens isn't stuffing their pockets enough to buy their vote. Not only should our big rigs be converted to natural gas, consumers should have the option to buy CNG (Compressed Natural Gas) vehicles. The government needs to provide grants to build the infrastructure necessary to fill your tank at gas stations... it is already possible to tap into your natural gas at home to fill the tank.
August 22, 2012 at 10:44 p.m. permalink suggest removal
Suit says Hyundai inflated gas mileage claim
Your wife probably drives in the city mainly? I get 22 mpg highway in my Rav4 (I should get 27 mpg) I don't floor it and I don't break hard or ride people's butts. I wrote Toyota and asked for a specific sum for damages, of course they ignored my request. I have read about several other people with the same problem with the Rav4.
My lease is for 36,000 miles, so I will use 302 more gallons of gas than advertised. Assuming gas will have averaged $3.50/gallon during that span. Their false claims will cost me ~$1057.00
July 11, 2012 at 5:19 p.m. permalink suggest removal
A case of thanks, but no thanks
That's terrible. Vets should have some kind of card. Maybe you can bring a copy of that form with all of your important info whited out so your identity can't be stolen?
July 11, 2012 at 11:34 a.m. permalink suggest removal
Tax money shouldn’t go to the dogs
I am a big dog lover, but I can't disagree with you. The dog park in Cortland was built with donations as well. I don't think Austintown would have any problem finding people to donate money for this cause. People love their dogs.
July 11, 2012 at 11:28 a.m. permalink suggest removal
Start class-action suit against US
This has nothing to do with Republicans vs Democrats. Both parties have robbed the Social Security fund.
Upper middle class and rich people collect Social Security when they reach 62 or 65 as well, so long as they paid into it. If we up the cut off to $200,000, the payments to these people who pay 6.2% of $200,000 of their income their entire lives will collect more when they retire. Also, rich people tend to have longer life spans, as they are less likely to engage in as many risky activities and because of a large number of other reasons. So they would collect more, longer. Your idea might not be one that saves Social Security, but one that helps bankrupt it.
Now, if we cut payouts to 6.2% of the first $100,000 and still made people pay 6.2% of $200,000, that wouldn't be fair to the employer who has to match it, or the person who is giving $12,400/year away (counting the employers match), when they can put that money in their personal 401k.
The way to fix Social Security is to put it back in its own fund and phase it out entirely over the next 30-40 years.
Make a mandatory personal retirement fund, that can only be invested in top rated securities. 10% of personal income and a 10% employer match of the first $50,000, and a 7.5% match of the next $50,000, and a 1% match of anything greater than $100,000. Something that one can choose to cash out when they're 65, or set up monthly payments. Something that the government has no control over, outside the requirement that it is mandatory. This way everyone has a retirement fund and the government can't get their greedy hands on our money.
July 21, 2011 at 7:53 p.m. permalink suggest removal
S.S. just ain’t what it used to be
Woody: That's what it was originally designed as, but it changed with time. Contributions increased from 1% of the first $3000 of income to 6.2% of the first $106,800.
$3,000.00 in 1935 had the same buying power as $49,069.93 in 2011. So people are paying on 54% more of their income in to Social Security, and at a much higher rate (6.2% vs 1%). When people started living longer, we started to pay more into Social Security. Not to mention the 6.2% match that employers make these days. 12.4% is what is paid in now vs 1% in 1935.
July 19, 2011 at 3:25 p.m. permalink suggest removal
Don’t lease Ohio’s state parks to oil and natural-gas drillers
California is the only state that has CNG stations all over the state. I would love to buy a CNG vehicle. They cost about $10,000 more. If they were mass produced, they would cost the same amount as gasoline powered vehicles. It would cost $1/gallon in comparison to gasoline. It would also save us trillions in future war efforts, as we would no longer have any interest in Middle East politics, because we would not need their oil.
June 28, 2011 at 10:19 a.m. permalink suggest removal