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Fahren
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 08, 2013 - 02:28 pm: | 
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Yeah, Al, that article is probably just the ticket for a twenty-something entrepreneur with eyes wide open about how crazy things are, and a desire to discover the world beyond our borders. For that person, the world is full of interesting and potentially lucrative opportunities. |
Reindog
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 08, 2013 - 02:49 pm: |
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Who is John Galt? Funny how science fiction written in 1957 becomes fact in 2013.
Are any of you Liberals/Progressives willing to rethink your world view now that the Government is going to squash your Buell passion? Elections have consequences and Conservatism is the ONLY answer. You need to understand this. |
Hootowl
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 08, 2013 - 03:09 pm: |
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Not the first time either. The government requirement to initiate high risk loans for people who could never possibly hope to repay them was the catalyst for the 2008 crash and the subsequent closing of Buell. The FMs are both still in the red. Our government sucks. |
Buellinmke
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 08, 2013 - 04:11 pm: |
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You guys need to quit blaming the progressives/liberals/Obama/whatever other bogeyman the media feeds into your feeble minds and realize that the following is how the US Government works:
Wall Street owns the corporations
Corporations own the lobbyists
Lobbyists own the politicians
Politicians make the laws
Now, who benefits in the long run? Not the small business owner, not the family making less than $250k/year, not the average American citizen.
The beneficiaries of these laws are the people that make the most money. The guys with the most money end up making even more money, keeping the most money, and paying for more laws which will continue to make more money for them.
The sooner you guys realize this is how it works, then the sooner you will realize that there is no way Wall Street will ever, ever, ever let the "market" determine any economic policy in this country. The system benefits just a few, and they want to keep it that way. |
Xdigitalx
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 08, 2013 - 04:45 pm: |
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I hope by the time I need one, the Obama phones get upgraded to android. |
Reindog
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 08, 2013 - 04:49 pm: |
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Once again, Buellinmke has made one of the most profoundly ignorant statements I have ever read.
What a nice and tidy way to excuse Obama and non-Conservative politicians for their actions. Yours is a typical message of victimhood which absolves us of any responsibility. We are powerless in your parlance. If you read your Constitution, you would know 435 + 100 + 1 elected offices control the Legislative and Executive Branches. If you shed your corrosive Liberal/Progressive/Victim mentality, then we can affect substantive change. But that doesn't appear to be in your vocabulary.
BTW: Nice touch calling me "feeble". At least you didn't go into your typical racist rage. |
Sifo
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 08, 2013 - 05:10 pm: |
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I've never understood the idea that it just doesn't matter who you vote for, so just vote for the liberal. I've never heard this argument from a conservative. It is a liberal way of thinking.
EDIT: Really! If you think it doesn't matter who you vote for, try actually voting for the other side. Or you don't really believe what you have said.
(Message edited by SIFO on May 08, 2013) |
Reindog
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 08, 2013 - 05:20 pm: |
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Democrats and RINOs are behind this monstrosity. Hopefully, the House has the sanity to reject this bill. I know Obama does not. Your Buell thanks you.
Nice posting, Sifo. You have a succinct way of cutting through the BS. Buellinmke, start voting Conservative cuz it don't matter. |
Stirz007
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 08, 2013 - 06:07 pm: |
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I'd go with the nugget of what Buellinmke threw into the mix. My recollection, without citation, is that the financial industry constitutes one, if not the, largest election campaign contributor source. Yeah, we elect 'em, but we didn't pay for them. Wall St. carries a lot more stroke on Capitol Hill than Joe Voter. I'm not saying it's right, just how it seems to be. |
Oldog
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 08, 2013 - 06:15 pm: |
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You guys need to quit blaming the progressives/liberals/Obama/whatever other bogeyman the media feeds into your feeble minds
So what about these ?
BENGAZI cover up
BOSTON failure to lead by not naming Moslem extremists terrorists
Fast and Furious cover up
Parading the SandyHook parents around trying
to Get support for "Background checks"
ANY THING JOE BIDEN SAYS OR OR TRIES TO DO
OBAMA CARE "Pass it to read it " NP serving as rammer
THE APOLOGY TOUR
NO BUDGET for almost 5 years
ALL POLICY THROUGH EXECUTIVE ORDER
16Trillion in debit
THE SEQUESTER total failure to lead
Mind you this is the Feeble minded short list,
Oh BTW THE MEDIA is so far up barrys darry that if he turns around they will have broken necks..
Wake up or soon that pounding pain in your A$$ will be permanent ...
When your liberty is gone its gone....
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Sifo
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 08, 2013 - 06:16 pm: |
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A politicians power is limited to their ability to get elected. That is the responsibility of an informed electorate. One of the bit arguments against a form of democracy was the thought that the people just aren't educated/smart/wise enough to elect the right leaders. I fear we are proving them right. |
Sifo
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 08, 2013 - 06:18 pm: |
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16Trillion in debit
That's so six months ago. |
Stirz007
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 08, 2013 - 07:07 pm: |
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Sifo - unless you are REALLY motivated and willing to spend the time to find out exactly who it is you are electing (which is what all Americans should do), you unfortunately have to rely on the information that is more readily available - that being what the media feeds you. The media has 'king-maker' status, and knows it. I give Bill Clinton credit where due - when he said Joe Sixpack doesn't care, he was right. Most voters are happy to believe what they are told and vote (well, something like half do) accordingly. Unless something epic happens, I'm sorry to say that will remain the case. |
Reindog
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 08, 2013 - 07:26 pm: |
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That is BS at the election level. 90% of the time, it takes less than 10 seconds to know who to vote for:
The Messiah/Romney
Bush/The Guy Who Served In Viet-Nam.
Bush/The Guy Who is as Rich as Romney.
Barbara Boxer/Carly Fiorina
Dianne Feinstein/Anybody But Feinstein
Jerry Brown/Meg Whitman
The Electorate got it wrong in every case except for the two Bush wins.
The difficult part is in the background and getting Conservative candidates on the ballot. Bush was the better candidate on the ballot but he too, sucked. |
Buellkowski
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 08, 2013 - 07:42 pm: |
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From the text of the bill:
(c) Small Seller Exception- A State is authorized to require a remote seller to collect sales and use taxes under this Act only if the remote seller has gross annual receipts in total remote sales in the United States in the preceding calendar year exceeding $1,000,000. For purposes of determining whether the threshold in this section is met, the gross annual receipts from remote sales of 2 or more persons shall be aggregated if--
(1) such persons are related to the remote seller within the meaning of subsections (b) and (c) of section 267 or section 707(b)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; or
(2) such persons have 1 or more ownership relationships and such relationships were designed with a principal purpose of avoiding the application of these rules.
Al, looks like you're exempt if you didn't pull in $1M last year. |
Stirz007
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 08, 2013 - 07:53 pm: |
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I for one will be pissed if Al has to close shop (I won't be pissed at Al, to be clear). He has been my go-to guy for a number of years and what I consider one good feller. |
Sifo
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 08, 2013 - 07:57 pm: |
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Grossing a million really is small business. This will make the one person business fear success that will have them hire employees. Is that really what we want to do to small business?
Stirz, in addition to Reindog's comments, you are what you choose to take in. Just look at the number of people around here who are completely anti-Fox News. Fox is pretty much the only televised media that isn't in the bag for the democrats. Just look at the lack of coverage of Benghazi from virtually all sources other than Fox. This is a huge story with a far larger cover up for political gain. Watergate was nothing in comparison and we don't even have the details yet. The information is more available now than ever in history, but it's up to you to choose the menu. Blaming what the media feeds you is like blaming McDonald's for being fat. Who made the choice to eat every meal at McDonald's in the first place? |
Sifo
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 08, 2013 - 08:07 pm: |
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Al is just one example of what we will lose. There's all sorts of things I've purchased on the internet, not because of price, but simply because they have something that I can't find locally. When these sources go away, I'm not convinced that a local merchant is any more likely to carry those things in stock. Probably less likely, given that they have just lost a huge amount of competition. Frankly, and no offense meant to Al here, but if my local HD dealer took care of me as well as American Sport Bike, I wouldn't care one bit about AL beyond the connection as a fellow human being that I have never even spoke with. The reality is that he has carved out a niche market and busted his but to out perform the competition. I care greatly about that. We are creating a market place that will prevent motivated people like Al from doing their best and the consumer is who will suffer. |
Stirz007
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 08, 2013 - 08:28 pm: |
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Sif - I'm not necessarily disagreeing with you. My point was that what is presented for sale isn't usually what you end up buying. I also think that most people vote on perception, and perception is based largely on media coverage (or what is not covered). I think a large number of people don't look for diversity of coverage - they tend to watch one channel and that's what they 'know'. This forum appears to be largely populated by members who are probably more politically astute than the general population, so a lot of the opinions expressed are skewed accordingly. You have to remember: half the population is below average and those people vote, too. As far as Rein's comment, I prefer not to tell someone their comment or opinion is BS, rather to say I don't agree, but that's how I was brought up. |
Reepicheep
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 08, 2013 - 08:30 pm: |
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By the time you pay all the bills and deal with all the expenses, how much margin do you think a small business really has? Say you get a solid 10% margin on $1M sales. That's $100k. But you didn't buy insurance yet, and you didn't get any retirement plan yet and you have to pay double in social security taxes (most of us have employers that pay half)... so make that more like getting $70k per year.
Lots of money? Not bad, but that means one person did everything bet a bunch to try and get the business up and running, and has to bust their ass day and night. Personally, I don't know how one person could do $1M gross business and sustain it, even if it is just mail order.
So divide that by two full time people (still a stretch)... so that's $35k per year. Just to be able to bet everything and work like a dog with no safety net. |
Reindog
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 08, 2013 - 09:26 pm: |
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Some of y'all don't have the first clue as to how hard Al and Joanne work. I have watched personally for ten years now and there are only a handful of weeks that they don't work six days a week and usually seven. They don't charge a dime for the multitude of yahoos (I resemble that remark) who call and take LOTS of time for technical assistance. Good luck getting that at your HD dealer.
This is a continuation of the BS that Mr. Hope and Change is using to create class warfare. A MILLION DOLLARS! THAT'S HUGE!!! Actually it isn't and as usual this law is not indexed for inflation. In the very near future, every last one of us is going to be a millionaire but with little purchasing power.
As stated by others, this legislation provides a disincentive to prosper and grow. Just what your Messiah in Washington wants to happen. When you are on the government tit, you are nothing more than a slave, a house slave at best, massah.
Stirz: I use BS in the nicest way possible so try not to take offense. |
Al_lighton
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 08, 2013 - 09:29 pm: |
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Bill,
You pretty much nailed it right there.
That bill says $1M gross revenue...we had about $100K in shipping revenue alone last year, and we LOSE money on shipping. Everything that we make from American Sport Bike pays for our entire family income, including health care, which has risen over 25% in the past year.
Like I said, we're out of available time. We work 6 days a week, get no vacation, no bennies, and aren't getting rich doing it. And we're not exempt from this. If it passes even closely resembling the bill that sailed through the senate with barely a review, we're done.
Al
(Message edited by al_lighton on May 08, 2013) |
Luftkoph
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 08, 2013 - 09:41 pm: |
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Hate letter sent to sen.Carl(vlad) Lenin
and a semi nice one to rep.Benishek |
Reindog
| | Posted on Monday, May 13, 2013 - 08:45 pm: |
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Luftkoph
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 14, 2013 - 10:28 am: |
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At least one of my representatives in congress is thinking
Thank you for taking the time to communicate with me regarding taxation. As your elected representative, I appreciate the opportunity to learn your views.
As you may know, in deciding Quill v. North Dakota in 1992, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that online retailers are exempt from collecting sales taxes in states where they have no physical presence, such as a store, office, or warehouse.
While America's tax code is outdated, bureaucratic, and in need of reform, I am concerned that a national tax on online retailers would negatively impact the Internet and the economy in general. State and local tax revenues and budgets benefit from the high-tech Internet economy that has produced high levels of economic growth and job creation. In my opinion, a national sales tax system would be burdensome on interstate commerce.
In my view, a plan that allows state governments to impose sales taxes only on those Internet companies that have a physical presence or "taxable nexus" within their jurisdictions is consistent with the Constitution and Supreme Court jurisprudence. I believe such a system is better than an inefficient and burdensome national sales tax system, and provides for the free flow of interstate commerce.
I appreciate your deserved concern about this issue. It is my hope that you will continue to communicate with me in the future on any issue that may be of concern to you and your family.
Sincerely,
Dan Benishek M. D.
Member of Congress |
Whisperstealth
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 14, 2013 - 02:24 pm: |
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F#$K both my senators voted for it. One Repuke-AR, one demo-AR 
Living 150 miles for the nearest HD dealer that works with buell owners, 150 miles from anywhere with decent motorcycle gear selection and 70 miles from the nearest decent shopping area period; I am dependent on internet shopping and guys like AL to keep my bike up and running.
Hell, I depend on internet shopping for everyday stuff as well. Ebay will be next! Tax on used items personal private citizens buy and sell one another. |
Stirz007
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 14, 2013 - 03:12 pm: |
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Whisper - they already try to tax personal sales and even garage sales - but no one reports that stuff.... |
Luftkoph
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 14, 2013 - 03:37 pm: |
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I'm in the same boat whisper buck 75 to Buell dealer,260 down to green bay for any kind of good selection of bike accessories,or 300 down to grand rapids. |
Al_lighton
| | Posted on Wednesday, November 12, 2014 - 05:21 pm: |
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Folks, they're at it again.
Last year, the MFA (marketplace "fairness" act) was voted on and passed by the senate, but the house declined to vote on it. But it didn't die, and it's still being pushed. Hopefully if it does come up for vote, it'll be defeated. But that is hardly guaranteed. They've been using BS tactics to tack it onto other legislation to get it to go through unnoticed. And now Harry Reid and his cronies are going to try to shove it down our throats in the lame duck session.
See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lRSIZXcb5o and http://youtu.be/1xEv0yj3S-s
As I stated earlier in this thread, if it passes, we'll shut the doors prior to it taking effect. We will NOT be subject to 9600 different taxing agencies and all the BS that goes with it. If you care about such stuff, the second youtube above will tell you where you can contact your representatives to let them know you oppose this BS "fairness" act.
thanks
Al |
Reepicheep
| | Posted on Wednesday, November 12, 2014 - 09:35 pm: |
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I guess if anything you would be forced to be an Ebay or Amazon reseller, where they take a big cut of your margin, interfere with your customer service, but manage the back office nightmare the government has forced on you.
Hope this doesn't happen Al. |
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