NY Times Story on Pilot Population Decline

Larry Dighera wrote:


Without a clue of how effective public outcry is in shaping
governmental policy in Europe, I would also blame the silent airmen
who failed to protest the imposition of the stifling measures you
mention.

But on the other hand you have no problem with other government
"measures" that stifle individuals and businesses.

Mxsmanic wrote:
writes:

What an ass.

The cable bill is $100 per month. The Cessna bill is $150 per hour. The
choice is easy.

A 2006 C172 with G1000 goes for about $140. Older VFR 172's can be
rented for under $100 and 152's for conciderably less.

But yes, the choice is easy; go fly.

--
Jim Pennino

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"ktbr" wrote in message
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Larry Dighera wrote:


I am not taxed for Social Security. I contribute into it.

I don't recal ever being offered an option NIT to participate
Larry. If it could I would drop it in a minute and manage it
myself. If it is such a great retirement program why is everyone
forced to participate?

If you are that concerned about all the poor idiots out there
who are too lazy or stupid to manage their life (let alone their
retirement) there are _thousands_ of charities that you can
contribute to. Larry They are run generally much more efficiently
than the government "charities" and have much less fraud.

Larry is definitely off his medication.

Larry Dighera wrote:

I am not taxed for Social Security. I contribute into it.

If it is required by the government it is a tax. If anyone gets more out of
it than they put into it is a income redistribution welfare program.

When taken together about 15% of every dime I have earned in my 30 years in
the labor pool has been paid into SS & Medicare. If I had been allowed to
keep that money and invest it in even a conservative investment I could
retire right now, finish my airplane and never be in anyway a cost to
society. The Social Security Administration is a terrible investment manager
and Medicare is a mediocre health insurance policy at best.

"Larry Dighera" wrote in message
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Regardless of what the people believe, they are the beneficiaries, not
large corporations.


Beneficiaries? Victims would be more accurate.

wrote:
Yep, our health care system is so bad that it is where those from
countries with socialized healthcare systems who have the money and
a real problem flock to.

The US health care system is indeed very bad especially in terms of
cost. Its ironic that a major reason for this is the absence of a free
market in the medical sector. The American Medical Association
undermines the free market with a death grip on who gets to practice
medicine in the country and that grip is so strong that even the
celebrated Nobel prize winning economist Milton Friedman (a major
critic of the AMA) could do nothing to loosen it.

The cost of the US health system can be blamed on the ABA as much if not
more than the AMA.

On 27 Apr 2007 07:12:40 -0700, Phil wrote in
.com:

The stereotype of Democrats is that when they control the purse
strings they tend to increase spending. The stereotype of Republicans
is that they tend to hold spending down. The truth is that in years
when one party controls both the Congress and the White House,
spending tends to go up. That is true for Democrats, but it is just
as true for Republicans.

We are getting pretty far a field here, but I believe it's fair to
say, that Democrats' spending tends to benefit the people, and
Republican spending tends to benefit large corporations.

On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 14:22:22 GMT, "Steven P. McNicoll"
wrote in
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"Larry Dighera" wrote in message
.. .

I am not taxed for Social Security. I contribute into it.


Do you choose to contribute, or are you forced?


I am thankful that our nation is not littered with impoverished
seniors who failed to provide for their years of unemployability.

ktbr wrote:
If it is such a great retirement program why is everyone
forced to participate?

Not everyone is.

My wife is a member of a teacher's retirement plan and is exempt from SS
contributions.

In article ,
Larry Dighera wrote:

We are getting pretty far a field here, but I believe it's fair to
say, that Democrats' spending tends to benefit the people, and
Republican spending tends to benefit large corporations.

when using a strange definition of "benefit" for the people.

--
Bob Noel
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