tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194583.post2794687925887555348..comments2024-03-22T13:06:27.366-05:00Comments on WataugaWatch: Same Old Tune, New ChorusJ.W. Williamsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17694324792688711136noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194583.post-31233180235941327432010-09-03T14:39:29.113-05:002010-09-03T14:39:29.113-05:00Anon - Can you support your statement with any evi...Anon - Can you support your statement with any evidence that taxation injures civilizations or cultures?<br /><br />How about a little empire called Rome that fell after the government tried to appease the people with bread and circuses?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194583.post-42814303554855599812010-08-26T14:43:52.991-05:002010-08-26T14:43:52.991-05:00Thanks, Mike D.Thanks, Mike D.Rich N Whitenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194583.post-18544214084499570222010-08-26T13:18:25.683-05:002010-08-26T13:18:25.683-05:00Anon - Can you support your statement with any evi...Anon - Can you support your statement with any evidence that taxation injures civilizations or cultures? As evidence against your statement I offer the strong economic and scientific growth during 1950's and 60's, when the tax brackets for the upper income levels exceeded 90 %.brushfirenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194583.post-41414677431194400772010-08-26T11:07:49.160-05:002010-08-26T11:07:49.160-05:00Hastings = "Jam Scam" and Mr. "The ...Hastings = "Jam Scam" and Mr. "The fact I didn't pay years worth of Federal taxes is the Democrats' fault"<br /><br />I was at the meeting too, JW, and you missed the best part. When someone there asked whether the Republicans planned to just continue to sink $400,000 a pop into repairing the old pool, Hastings said anyone who did that was a fool. The fool of course was sitting right there to to Hastings' left. That would be Blust.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194583.post-8493662544388901542010-08-26T01:48:12.229-05:002010-08-26T01:48:12.229-05:00Rich!
Welcome back!
:-)Rich!<br /><br />Welcome back!<br /><br />:-)Mike D.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194583.post-81531138114264084232010-08-25T19:56:24.920-05:002010-08-25T19:56:24.920-05:00If you ask around about the very Republican Jim Ha...If you ask around about the very Republican Jim Hastings, you will hear the stories about him. Hastings is the past chairman of the Watauga Rethugs. Let's just say his hands are not clean. So, if Hastings was the M/C, that's all one needs to know about the "non-partisan" nature of this event. He bleeds Repub-Red.BikerBardnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194583.post-3421016122432870922010-08-25T19:50:28.429-05:002010-08-25T19:50:28.429-05:00With due respect, Rich, on the contrary.
With ta...With due respect, Rich, on the contrary. <br /><br />With taxes, especially excessive taxation, civilizations or cultures are destroyed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194583.post-72029808119527736782010-08-25T16:30:26.348-05:002010-08-25T16:30:26.348-05:00I believe it was a quote by Oliver Wendall Holmes ...I believe it was a quote by Oliver Wendall Holmes that says it quite well. When asked how he felt about paying taxes his response was:<br /> <br />"Taxes? I love paying taxes. With them I buy civilization".Rich N Whitenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194583.post-16233460343600480442010-08-25T11:05:08.734-05:002010-08-25T11:05:08.734-05:00I was at a different meeting last night and one ma...I was at a different meeting last night and one man asked about what I guess is an opposition talking point: "The proposed tax increase would give Watauga the second highest tax rate in the state." In the strictest sense, this statement was true.<br /><br />But I think these are the current rates:<br /><br />Mecklenburg 8 1/4%<br />17 NC counties (and possibly Watauga and others soon) 8%<br />All remaining NC counties (including Watauga now) 7 3/4%<br /><br />This looks different from what the talking point suggests. Watauga would go from the bottom to the exact middle.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com