533K Jobs GONE! in November (tier, mortgage, sell, financial)

[floridasandy]

Originally Posted by gwynedd1

I would support a gas tax to go directly back to the tax payers. $-4-5 gas will help create those markets, keep buying power in the hands of people, and force real savings instead of currency hoarding which half people in this forum thinks is "saving". Sure we could have funded a cure for cancer, but look, my mattress is full of dead presidents

why would you tax people and then give the money back to them?

[trishguard]

Originally Posted by chet everett

Income Eligibility Guidelines 08-09

Good Luck to you!

You have to have children 5 years old and under to be eligible.

Food Stamps


INCOME RESTRICTIONS

• GROSS income limit for most households is 130% of the Federal Poverty Level (FPL). When calculating income, use the FPL chart for the previous year until October 1. (i.e. the chart that is effective April 1 for most programs is not effective for
  SNAP until October 1.)
• Households with an elderly (ages 60+) or disabled member do not have to meet a gross income limit. Instead, shelter, medical, and other qualifying expenses are deducted from gross income. After deductions, the net income cannot be more than 100% of the FPL.
• Combat pay is not included as income.

ASSET RESTRICTIONS

• ASSET limit is $2,000. (Exception: if there is at least one person in the household who is disabled or age 60+, then the asset limit is $3,000.)
• Not all assets count toward the asset limit.
• The value of a house a person owns and lives in is not counted and a lien is not placed on a home.
• Retirement and education saavings accounts are not counted as assets.
• Effective 7/1/07 no amount of the value of a car is counted as an asset.

[trishguard]

Originally Posted by chet everett

Income Eligibility Guidelines 08-09

Good Luck to you!

Thanks for the good luck wish, but I wasn't asking because I need it (WIC). LOL

I'm single, employed, and have no children.

[evilnewbie]

Originally Posted by LiveTodayLez08

Would you support an increase in the gas tax to go towards public transportation?
It would create jobs: bus manufacturers, trail manufacturers, bus drivers, rail drivers,etc.
The increase in the gas tax would also spur companies to create more fuel efficient cars.

I think cars will always play a role but I'd like to see Americans really have a choice when it comes to transportation. In some parts of the country, you pretty much have to drive a car to get around.

Here is the biter... I support public transporation WITH a SUNSET clause... meaning after it is built, it MUST be self-sufficient (i.e. people who use it pay into maintaining it)... I do not support public transporation that collects from BOTH the users and the public... many of these public transporation funded by taxpayers money almost never have a sunset clause and that is the government's way of weaseling into your wallets... on a good year, they will take funds for public transportation and line someone else's pockets... on a bad year, they increase everyone's taxes and it NEVER goes down... on another good year, they have even MORE money to line their pockets... that's why I never trust the government to do the right thing and neither should anyone else... when it comes to MILLIONS to BILLIONS of dollars, SOMEBODY WILL GET GREEDY...

[Lulu101]

I support American business.
I shop Walmart.

Originally Posted by aaauger

Want jobs?

Don't buy cheap foreign imports.
Don't create policies that further burden businesses.
Don't disincentivize entrepreneurship with higher taxes.

In other words, support US business....

[gwynedd1]

Originally Posted by floridasandy

why would you tax people and then give the money back to them?

To create a disincentive to consume energy in excess while not keeping them from spending it on something else. Its a reverse subsidy. If they kept the proceeds now, it won't matter , we will be on the way to a full stop.
The other problem is we face a 70's repeat of alternative energy facing a killing frost yet again.

[floridasandy]

that is disproportionately punishing to truck drivers and others who have kept our country supplied with food / goods, so i do not support a gas tax whatsoever.

[HappyTexan]

Originally Posted by floridasandy

that is disproportionately punishing to truck drivers and others who have kept our country supplied with food / goods, so i do not support a gas tax whatsoever.

Get the truckdrivers off the road..make better use of freight trains and only use truckers locally.

[SandyCo]

I remember the recession in the early 90s; I was one of the unemployed, in fact. I lost my job in mid-'93 and existed on my back vacation pay, severance (which was pretty generous for my eight years working for the same company), and unemployment benefits for six months. I live in Southern California, and if you all remember, the Northridge earthquake hit in January '94. That further depressed the L.A. economy, especially here in the San Fernando Valley. I was lucky to get a temp job typing up earthquake inspection reports!

I think my job is safe right now, but my industry isn't. I work for a brokerage firm; the brokers and assistants (I am one) are safe, but all bets are off for anyone else, especially the investment banking side. It's a scary time to be a Wall Street employee!

[floridasandy]

i think it is a scary time to have almost any kind of job in this environment. i can't think of one industry that is completely safe with things going the way they are starting to go.