Comments by user: CarsonNewshound
The absolute most you can say about Sarah Palin is that she is a southern cracker redneck that wandered too far to the west and to the north. And that's about it...
Thank God most intelligent people don't wade through what are mostly empty-headed, shoot from the mouth type comments on newspaper blogs. Obama represents change. John McCain represents 1954.
Sure Dean Heller can lose, and lose he should, for it appears to his constituents that he can turn on a dime on any issue, for any reason. If we wanted a political contortionist we would have found a descendent of Houdini to run for Congress.
Wow...there's a lot of back and forth rhetoric coming out of one set of fingertips! The ying and the yang were breathtaking. However, on the straight and narrow, Nevada is bankrupt in the leadership department. Gov. Gibbons' number one priority (after divorcing his wife) is to get re-elected. He has no concern about the state budget because down deep inside he doesn't care about anything except getting re-elected. Look into his eyes. There's nothing there. His governorship is what happened when Clark County Democrats didn't get out the vote to cancel out the right wing-nuts that pollute the northern and rural landscape and who voted for Gibbons in droves. A general state wide business tax, and much higher taxes on big gaming and mining are desparately needed. Gaming pays, on average, 20% in all other states, except Nevada where it pays a paultry 6.75%. Anyone seen a conscience around here? Anywhere? Yooo-hoooo, Earth to Nevada, Earth to Nevada...
Although it would be grossly unfair to ask Big Gaming to foot the entire bill alone, they must foot a major portion of it. Mining too. 'Cuz that's where the money is.
Nevada is falling deeper and deeper into a political funk...one defined by money at the top and peasants at the bottom. This impoverished approach to everything is getting really dark. This state needs a big flushing at the Republican-dominated State Senate which blocks any and everything progressive and forward looking. Every state taxes where the money is except for Nevada. For some reason our so-called political leadership worships money but never envisions a clear path to get any of it to where a fair amount of it needs to go. Nevada gaming moguls pay 6.75% in Nevada while they pay, on average, 20% in other states. How long will Nevada bump around in the dark?
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Hey guys, quit trying to make sense out of jfnance. He's like those little boys who sit in the dirt with his arms crossed saying over and over, "I won't go to school, I won't, I won't, I WON'T!!! Parental malpractise is rampant, unfortunately.