OT - Family Values

Tim McNamara wrote:
You also forgot to mention that in the US in
most states, there is no sales tax paid on things
bought wholesale to be resold in some form. * Hmmm.
*Tax advantage: *business owner.

SJM wrote:
Not really an advantage. If you don't resell it and
instead use it internally you are obligated to fork over
the tax later.

Then Chalo wrote:
--and deduct the expense from your taxable income, unlike when
you buy the same item for your household.
Chalo

I was waiting for somebody to use this classic myth and I knew it would
be Chalo.

I already know you won't believe this Chalo so I'm only responding to
those willing to learn another simple premise of business and "write
offs".

Business Rule 1# - You pay the government first.

Regarding business expenses deducted from your taxable income
remember this.
YOU GOTTA MAKE IT BEFORE YOU CAN TAKE IT, PERIOD.

And Chalo, TFT untaxes necessities for all Americans. Lowers the
retail price of goods and services. Eliminates the IRS.
Constitutionally guarantees Congress can _never_ confiscate property
again without the will of the people.

Best Regards - Mike Baldwin

"Michael Baldwin" wrote in message
...

And Chalo, TFT untaxes necessities for all Americans. Lowers the
retail price of goods and services. Eliminates the IRS.
Constitutionally guarantees Congress can _never_ confiscate property
again without the will of the people.

You forgot to mention eliminates punctures, is a better lube than oil or
wax, and is laterally stiff yet vertically compliant.

Clive George writes:

You forgot to mention eliminates punctures, is a better lube
than oil or wax, and is laterally stiff yet vertically
compliant.

Point well made and taken. By the way, do you happen to know Ian
Anderson? We're both Scotts you know

Best Regards - Mike Baldwin

Michael Baldwin wrote:

* *Regarding business expenses deducted from your taxable income
remember this.
* YOU GOTTA MAKE IT BEFORE YOU CAN TAKE IT, PERIOD.

If your business plan includes not having enough taxable income to
deduct your business expenses from, you have bigger problems to worry
about than the technical specifics of your taxes.

And if you have to work twelve hours times seven days a week to keep
your business afloat, you should consider a different line of work.
There is more to life than that.

Chalo

On Wed, 17 Sep 2008 11:58:25 -0700 (PDT), Chalo
wrote:
And if you have to work twelve hours times seven days a week to keep
your business afloat, you should consider a different line of work.
There is more to life than that.

Oh Chalo, LOL! You're such an opportunist.

But Chalo you are correct when you say, "...you should consider a
different line of work...."

After selling my 1st business, I started two more!

The elite despise hard work and those who perform it, especially when
it pays off.
Every successful entrepreneur completely blows away the elite premise
that individuals can not make it in America without government programs,
loans, grants or by some how tapping into confiscated property.
Of course that's how the elite do it you know, succeed. They get jobs
at publicly funded universities and write books for personal gain,
totally unrelated to their field of study. Often using university
resources in the process.
Or the elite who aspire to government positions writing requests for
grant money. Of course, these elite have elite friends in "need" of
research funding to study the migration of a "something" from one
tropical island to another.
And then there are the elite members of "the starving artists &
machinist guild ". Whom we should all feel indebted to for their
contributions toward society. Without grants, they'd never get off
their butt's little lone the ground.

Has my entrepreneur spirit made me wealthy Chalo? No, not by elite
standards. But it has made me realize that some people choose to
measure success by how well they use the system rather than how hard
somebody else beats it.

just regards - Mike Baldwin

Michael Baldwin wrote:
[...]
The elite despise hard work and those who perform it, especially when
it pays off.[...]

Cut the talk radio nonsense - the "liberal elite" exists only in the
imagination of right-wing shills and political consultants. The real
economic elite despise hard work and those who perform it, which is why
they always attempt to establish permanent class systems and hereditary
privilege. The real elite never have to do hard work, since they inherit
millions or billions of dollars.

--
Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia
"America is like a casino. Almost everyone loses, some make it big,
and the owners always win." - Anon.

Michael Baldwin wrote:
[...]
**The elite despise hard work and those who perform it,
especially when it pays off.[...]

Tom Sherman wrote:
Cut the talk radio nonsense - the "liberal elite" exists
only in the imagination of right-wing shills and political consultants.

Rough day at the spelling bee Tom? You seem overly anxious.

Anyway, sorry brother. I was going to write "wanna-be elites" but I
thought that may have offended the "real elites".

Talk radio bores me Tom. I never get the jokes. Like Joe Bidens
joke "Hey, Chuck, stand up, let 'em see you." I don't get it.

Best Regards - Mike Baldwin

SJM writes:

Funny, you think you are using the system, when in
fact the truly elite are using you as a cog
in a global empire that is, apparently, beyond your capability
of grasping.
SJM (an entrepreneur that despite some success, still knows where
he stands within the empire).


My apologies SJM, I clarified my post for you below.

Has my entrepreneur spirit made me wealthy Chalo? No, not
by elite standards. But it has made me realize that
some people (THE ELITES) choose to measure success by how well they
use the system rather than how hard somebody else beats
it. (SUCCESSFUL ENTREPRENEURS)

As I've admitted here in the past, I'm my own worst enemy.
I look upon others as equals, regardless of their perceived status in
this short life. That flaw leaves me exposed and defending myself
against those who have a different perspective on the matter.
For you or anyone else who feels they're a "cog in a global empire" I
suggest you may find, as I have, an inner peace in the tao.

Best Regards - Mike Baldwin

In article ,
(Michael Baldwin) wrote:

TFT untaxes necessities for all Americans. Lowers the retail price
of goods and services. Eliminates the IRS. Constitutionally
guarantees Congress can _never_ confiscate property again without the
will of the people.

Pie meet sky. If a thing is too good to be true, Mike, it's too good to
be true. Time to put the KoolAid down.

In article ,
(Michael Baldwin) wrote:

On Wed, 17 Sep 2008 11:58:25 -0700 (PDT), Chalo
wrote:
And if you have to work twelve hours times seven days a week to keep
your business afloat, you should consider a different line of work.
There is more to life than that.

Oh Chalo, LOL! You're such an opportunist.

But Chalo you are correct when you say, "...you should consider a
different line of work...."

After selling my 1st business, I started two more!

The elite despise hard work and those who perform it, especially when
it pays off.

Ah, those dastardly elites! How dare they be more successful than me!

Until, of course, you become one of them.

Every successful entrepreneur completely blows away the elite premise
that individuals can not make it in America without government programs,
loans, grants or by some how tapping into confiscated property.

That's not an "elite" premise, Mike.

Of course that's how the elite do it you know, succeed. They get jobs
at publicly funded universities and write books for personal gain,
totally unrelated to their field of study. Often using university
resources in the process.

Those aren't the "elite," Mike.

Or the elite who aspire to government positions writing requests for
grant money. Of course, these elite have elite friends in "need" of
research funding to study the migration of a "something" from one
tropical island to another.

Or finding cures for cancer, Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, Huntington's,
spinocerebellar ataxia, developing replacement synthetic coronary
arteries... just to name a few.

You suffer from selective myopia, Mike.

And then there are the elite members of "the starving artists &
machinist guild ". Whom we should all feel indebted to for their
contributions toward society. Without grants, they'd never get off
their butt's little lone the ground.

And a bitter little man, too. Maybe you should work less and discover
the benefits of having a life.

Has my entrepreneur spirit made me wealthy Chalo? No, not by elite
standards. But it has made me realize that some people choose to
measure success by how well they use the system rather than how hard
somebody else beats it.

Ah, those dastardly elites. But wait, you said everything that was wrong
with America was because of taxes. Now you blame it on the elites- who
don't want to pay taxes either!

Thanks for encapsulating the illogical hodgepodge of malarkey that
passes for critical thinking on the right these days.