tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10101682.post7930668534938336194..comments2023-10-26T06:14:58.639-05:00Comments on T F Stern's Rantings: Cash for Clunkers Part 2T. F. Sternhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10998813855197833260noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10101682.post-40631461326674088562010-03-28T12:55:51.731-05:002010-03-28T12:55:51.731-05:00David, We had our two grandchildren for a sleep ov...David, We had our two grandchildren for a sleep over last night, a last minute baby sitting assignment for our daughter.<br /><br />As a side note, if you'll read in the Book of Mormon, Helaman 7:4-9 there is a similar feeling expressed you would appreciate.<br /><br />here's a link<br />http://scriptures.lds.org/en/hel/7T. F. Sternhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10998813855197833260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10101682.post-69726682875267657122010-03-28T12:50:28.902-05:002010-03-28T12:50:28.902-05:00Melody, When I had Haloscan, before they started ...Melody, When I had Haloscan, before they started charging for that service, I think it had the URL link set up. This is Blogger's simplified comment version, oh well.<br /><br />If you would, you can type your URL into the comment and folks would have the opportunity to visit your site. I'd like to visit, so please spread some knowledge here.<br /><br />Thanks for stopping byT. F. Sternhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10998813855197833260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10101682.post-43359174761890278322010-03-28T12:11:59.567-05:002010-03-28T12:11:59.567-05:00I dread the world my grandchildren (and after yest...I dread the world my grandchildren (and after yesterday, I'll probably have some *heh*) will inherit. Still and all, the single best thing we can do is to model frugality and insist--as long as it takes--that our political class learn to practice at least <i>some</i> common sense.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09963723435723078770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10101682.post-30839701276972831062010-03-28T10:06:33.215-05:002010-03-28T10:06:33.215-05:00I've taught my daughters, who are grown now. T...I've taught my daughters, who are grown now. That makes me happy.<br />On a side note, it would make me happy if your comment area included the "name/url" option to sign in with like i've seen on other blogger pages, so my name would link back to my blog :)Melodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06515970707575763526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10101682.post-39075087358906702252010-03-27T21:47:18.312-05:002010-03-27T21:47:18.312-05:00Unfortunately the money for these great programs d...Unfortunately the money for these great programs does not exist. they are just printing it up-oh sorry, that is borrowing it from the rest of the world.Starsplashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01104986136505112560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10101682.post-40158755159627033672010-03-27T19:43:48.582-05:002010-03-27T19:43:48.582-05:00Melody, Sounds like you have it under control, no...Melody, Sounds like you have it under control, now teach others to do the same, even if it only reaches a couple of people that will help.T. F. Sternhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10998813855197833260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10101682.post-38814651586272194422010-03-27T17:16:02.411-05:002010-03-27T17:16:02.411-05:00"at least when drunken sailors run out of mon..."at least when drunken sailors run out of money they stop spending."....<br />Might I add, and then they pass out. <br />I don't owe nobody nuthin!<br />I don't have a credit card, a car payment... Oh ok I do have the mortgage, but it's a small mortgage, well under my means, and my first at 44 years old. <br />What a sense of pride I get not to owe people left and right.Melodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06515970707575763526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10101682.post-9314674988918068152010-03-27T15:46:36.131-05:002010-03-27T15:46:36.131-05:00Sorry, that last comment was from me, not Lucy. W...Sorry, that last comment was from me, not Lucy. We share the same computer and I didn't notice until I'd already hit "enter"; but Lucy would have said the same thing. lolT. F. Sternhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10998813855197833260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10101682.post-24400071951432456862010-03-27T15:44:43.473-05:002010-03-27T15:44:43.473-05:00When I mentioned this issue to my dad many years a...When I mentioned this issue to my dad many years ago he couldn't believe I was disappointed that he was jumping on the federal handout bandwagon for a measly sum which he could easily afford on his own. He never made the connection between federal money being used to buy his prescription drugs and the fact that somebody else was having to help pay, someone who wasn't receiving any benefit from that expenditure.<br /><br />This is now the way things are and the money has run out, those wealthy enough to pay more than their fair share are being bled to death, enough so they will start looking for another country to live in, one that doesn't tax them to death.Lucy Sternhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15551301072676727397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10101682.post-29210183936031268442010-03-27T14:59:18.017-05:002010-03-27T14:59:18.017-05:00"I should amend that last line, at least when..."I should amend that last line, at least when drunken sailors run out of money they stop spending."<br /><br />Exactly, and also, the sailors are spending their own money, unlike these parasites.<br /><br />“A government big enough to give you everything you want, is big enough to take away everything you have.”<br /><br />Yep, many of us were dumb enough to think otherwise and here we are, with little left.MathewKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14385674205383405783noreply@blogger.com