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Post by Phil N. Theblank on Dec 16, 2011 21:30:44 GMT -5
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Post by Village Idiot on Dec 16, 2011 21:56:46 GMT -5
That's an interesting quiz. I got Obama (by far) then Romney, then Huntsman.
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Post by Cornflake on Dec 16, 2011 22:06:46 GMT -5
Interesting. Obama 80 percent, Huntsman 46 percent. No big shock.
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Post by theevan on Dec 16, 2011 22:24:33 GMT -5
Perry ( ), Paul & Gingrich in a pretty close bunch. Sorry, Doug...I'm not your disciple after all. Heh.
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Post by Dub on Dec 16, 2011 22:43:19 GMT -5
Obama - 66.7%, Perry - 27.1%(!!), Paul - 20.8%.
Perry only made the list because I thought experience was important. I guess I don't think his experience counts.
The odd thing is that I consider Obama a stealth Republican and wish he would just officially change parties so we could nominate an actual Democrat. Obama has pretty much fallen in with the DLC crowd.
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Post by Supertramp78 on Dec 16, 2011 23:16:29 GMT -5
Gingrich, Romney, Huntsman
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Post by patrick on Dec 17, 2011 0:54:54 GMT -5
Interesting. Obama 80 percent, Huntsman 46 percent. No big shock. Almost the same. Obama 76, Huntsman 46, Perry in the 30's. No surprise at all, I though all along that Huntsman was the only R I could vote for without feeling like I needed a shower afterward.
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Post by RickW on Dec 17, 2011 1:25:25 GMT -5
But... what are you assuming as to where the slide goes? Afghanistan is important - as in, the US should stay, and commit more forces, or get the hell out? Taxes - never go up, or should the US consider raising them? "Taxes are important" can mean many things. It just says "Important to you." Not terribly clear.
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Post by brucemacneill on Dec 17, 2011 5:51:28 GMT -5
Gingrich, Huntsman, Bachman but I didn't like some of the choices for some of the questions.
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Post by jdd2 on Dec 17, 2011 6:12:40 GMT -5
Match Perry with his pension:
Texas Gov. Perry Gets Pension in Addition to Salary By Jonathan D. Salant and David Mildenberg - Dec 16, 2011 Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry is receiving a Texas pension of more than $92,000 a year in addition to his almost $133,000 salary as governor, according to a financial disclosure statement released today.
Perry, 61, was first elected to the state Legislature in 1984 and served as agriculture commissioner and lieutenant governor before succeeding George W. Bush in the top job when the latter was elected president in 2000. Perry began receiving the pension of $7,698 a month, before taxes, beginning Jan. 31, said Ray Sullivan, a campaign spokesman.
“The combination of Governor Perry’s U.S. military service, state service and age exceeded the state-required 80 years and qualified him for the annuity,” Sullivan said. He said Perry continues to pay 6.5 percent of his salary into the state retirement system.
With U.S. unemployment topping 8 percent for 34 straight months, so-called double-dipping by tens of thousands of government workers nationwide has drawn greater scrutiny. Arkansas banned the practice this year and at least 10 states changed laws in 2010 dealing with government retirees who go back to work on public payrolls while collecting pension checks, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.
Taking Advantage
“This makes Governor Perry look like a guy who will take advantage of the system and not stand on principle when it is to his own benefit,” said Adrian Moore, vice president of policy at the Reason Foundation, a Los Angeles-based nonprofit research organization that promotes free markets and limited government. “This is a benefit that was deliberately created for government and designed to allow double-dipping.”
A bill to block the practice in Texas, authored by Representative Kenneth Sheets, a Dallas Republican, failed to get out of a pensions committee before the legislative session ended in June. Sheets didn’t immediately respond to a message seeking comment on Perry’s pension.
In addition to his government roles in Texas, Perry served about five years in the U.S. Air Force.
Perry reported assets between $1.2 million and $2.4 million, primarily from a money market fund and a trust, both valued at between $500,000 and $1 million. Candidates need only to disclose their holdings in broad ranges.
In August, Perry ended his blind trust. His filings showed that his trust holdings included General Electric Co. (GE), ConocoPhillips (COP), Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) and Johnson & Johnson. (JNJ)
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Post by Ann T on Dec 17, 2011 6:23:22 GMT -5
Gingrich, Bachmann, Romney
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Post by jdd2 on Dec 17, 2011 6:27:19 GMT -5
And it's the same whoopie cushion thing with military retirees: www.ssa.gov/retire2/veterans.htmwww.ehow.com/facts_5818921_can-military-retirement-social-security_.htmlAnd at the same time, teachers in a half dozen states are unable to retire on their teacher pensions and then pay into SS and later collect on that. So a soldier can 'retire' after 20 years and receive half pay plus bennies for life (or after 30 years and full pay), and then can somehow get SS on top of that? And nobody is talking about sending them to Wisconsin? Omaha talked once-upon-a-time about police pensions, this military stuff makes that pale in comparison.
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Post by Fingerplucked on Dec 17, 2011 7:52:04 GMT -5
Obama 80.4, Paul 37.4, Gingrich 29.5
That's probably right about where I would have ranked my choices if I had not had the benefit of the quiz.
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Post by PaulKay on Dec 17, 2011 7:57:31 GMT -5
Can't play since it requires a flash plyer and my iPad doesn't support it.
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Post by theevan on Dec 17, 2011 9:17:43 GMT -5
but I didn't like some of the choices for some of the questions. Yeah, this.
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Post by theevan on Dec 17, 2011 9:22:41 GMT -5
So I answered again, with answers just as agreeable to me as the first time...just a few different...and I came up with Paul, Bachmann & Perry in a fairly close grouping.
Doug, there is hope for you yet.
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Post by Marshall on Dec 17, 2011 9:56:24 GMT -5
Newt, Huntsman, Romney. Pretty close.
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Post by dradtke on Dec 17, 2011 13:58:18 GMT -5
Obama, Paul...and Perry on the experience.
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Post by theevan on Dec 17, 2011 14:10:20 GMT -5
SCORE on the newavatar, David!
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Post by omaha on Dec 17, 2011 14:22:31 GMT -5
The problem with this is that there isn't a sliver of difference between some of their positions (Huntsman vs Gingrich on energy, for example...at least as presented here), so the result is rather random.
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