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From: Michael A. Terrell on 17 Jun 2010 01:22 amdx wrote: > > <krw(a)att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz> wrote in message > news:looi165oiuqr1l2frsmejdoifp3pob3r9l(a)4ax.com... > > On Wed, 16 Jun 2010 05:45:54 -0500, "amdx" <amdx(a)knology.net> wrote: > > > >> PS. When I reply to your posts, I don't get the (>) before your post. > >> I also don't get the (>>) before my previous post. Is this my computer > >>or yours and how do I fix it. It is a pain to add them myself. > > > > That happens when some newsreaders (like OuthouseExcess) quote material > > from > > Google Groups. It's something Google does to the posts, but I've never > > been > > able to track it down. > > Thanks krw, > I have had this several times before and never linked it to google groups. > Next problem; sometimes emails come with a vertical line on the left edge > of the text. This makes it difficult to intersperse text in the email. > Any ideas? If you are using web mail switch it to text mode. That stripe, or stripes are used instead of a row of right pointing arrowheads. -- Anyone wanting to run for any political office in the US should have to have a DD214, and a honorable discharge.
From: amdx on 17 Jun 2010 04:48 "Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell(a)earthlink.net> wrote in message news:t8edncMppZ-QLITRnZ2dnUVZ_smdnZ2d(a)earthlink.com... > > amdx wrote: >> >> <krw(a)att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz> wrote in message >> news:looi165oiuqr1l2frsmejdoifp3pob3r9l(a)4ax.com... >> > On Wed, 16 Jun 2010 05:45:54 -0500, "amdx" <amdx(a)knology.net> wrote: >> > >> >> PS. When I reply to your posts, I don't get the (>) before your post. >> >> I also don't get the (>>) before my previous post. Is this my computer >> >>or yours and how do I fix it. It is a pain to add them myself. >> > >> > That happens when some newsreaders (like OuthouseExcess) quote material >> > from >> > Google Groups. It's something Google does to the posts, but I've never >> > been >> > able to track it down. >> >> Thanks krw, >> I have had this several times before and never linked it to google >> groups. >> Next problem; sometimes emails come with a vertical line on the left edge >> of the text. This makes it difficult to intersperse text in the email. >> Any ideas? > > > If you are using web mail switch it to text mode. That stripe, or > stripes are used instead of a row of right pointing arrowheads. > Thanks Michael, But I'm using outlook express and downloading my mail, web mail doesn't seem to be the cause. Mike
From: JosephKK on 17 Jun 2010 21:05 On Wed, 16 Jun 2010 05:45:54 -0500, "amdx" <amdx(a)knology.net> wrote: > >-Bill > PS. When I reply to your posts, I don't get the (>) before your post. > I also don't get the (>>) before my previous post. Is this my computer >or yours and how do I fix it. It is a pain to add them myself. > Mike please have a look at these places: (watch for wrap) http://support.microsoft.com/kb/168779 http://home.in.tum.de/~jain/software/oe-quotefix/ http://support.microsoft.com/ph/11335 http://support.microsoft.com/search/default.aspx?mode=r&query=Outlook+Express+quoting+characters&spid=global&catalog=LCID%3D1033&1033comm=1&ast=25&ast=28&res=20
From: JosephKK on 17 Jun 2010 21:08 On Wed, 16 Jun 2010 19:51:46 -0500, "amdx" <amdx(a)knology.net> wrote: > ><krw(a)att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz> wrote in message >news:looi165oiuqr1l2frsmejdoifp3pob3r9l(a)4ax.com... >> On Wed, 16 Jun 2010 05:45:54 -0500, "amdx" <amdx(a)knology.net> wrote: >> >>> PS. When I reply to your posts, I don't get the (>) before your post. >>> I also don't get the (>>) before my previous post. Is this my computer >>>or yours and how do I fix it. It is a pain to add them myself. >> >> That happens when some newsreaders (like OuthouseExcess) quote material >> from >> Google Groups. It's something Google does to the posts, but I've never >> been >> able to track it down. > > Thanks krw, >I have had this several times before and never linked it to google groups. >Next problem; sometimes emails come with a vertical line on the left edge >of the text. This makes it difficult to intersperse text in the email. >Any ideas? > Mike > IME that comes from quoted HTML email. Try turning off HTML email entirely (it will be quite the fight). Then it should quote correctly more often.
From: JosephKK on 17 Jun 2010 21:21
On Tue, 15 Jun 2010 17:10:13 -0700 (PDT), Bill Bowden <wrongaddress(a)att.net> wrote: >On Jun 15, 6:54 am, dagmargoodb...(a)yahoo.com wrote: >> On Jun 14, 11:48 pm, Bill Bowden <wrongaddr...(a)att.net> wrote: >> >> >> >> > On Jun 14, 7:51 pm, "amdx" <a...(a)knology.net> wrote: >> >> > > Liberals will say "but they pay payroll taxes," these are >> > > social security and medicare. First SS is a retirement/disability >> > > program that they will most likely get more dollars back than they >> > > ever pay in, and Medicare is a medical insurance program >> > > while they will be collecting during retirement/disability. >> >> > > This has nothing to do with federal income taxes. >> >> > Yes, but if they paid in say $50,000 over 40 years, the investment >> > would double every 10 years at a 7% return. So, figuring the average >> > amount of $25,000 doubling every 10 years for 40 years you get >> > $400,000 and maybe 15k benefit which is less than a 5% return. Should >> > last forever. >> >> > So, you probably won't get back what you paid in, unless you paid very >> > little in, in which case you win the game. >> >> > -Bill >> >> Except that no one saves and invests your money, so those returns >> don't apply. It's not a savings plan when you send your money to the >> world's ultimate spendthrift. Uncle Sam sends it out the door to >> someone else the moment you send it in. >> >> So, there are no investment gains. >> >> An easy double-check is this--where is that big pile of people's >> accumulated contributions? It's with Santa Claus and the Easter >> Bunny--it never existed. It's gone. So, you're not getting your >> money back. You might get someone else's money, if you can elect a >> government to take it for you. >> >> It puzzles me that Washington's Gang of Three constantly points to >> Social Security as a giant accomplishment. It's a disaster, the >> world's 2nd biggest Ponzi scheme & largest unfunded pension plan. >> >> Fortunately, unlike real pension plans, the government can just change >> the terms and benefits of the plan whenever it wants. >> >> All this nuisance can be cured by simply raising the retirement age to >> 97. >> >> -- >> Cheers, >> James Arthur > >Actually, the income from payroll taxes is credited to the SS trust >fund in the form of "special-issue" securities", which are like >Treasury bonds and earn interest the same as Treasury notes. >Reference: > >http://www.socialsecurity.gov/OACT/ProgData/fundFAQ.html#n2 > >"Far from being "worthless IOUs," the investments held by the trust >funds are backed by the full faith and credit of the U. S. Government. >The government has always repaid Social Security, with interest. The >special-issue securities are, therefore, just as safe as U.S. Savings >Bonds or other financial instruments of the Federal government. " > >The only question is, when the SS fund runs out of money, who will get >paid first? the Chinese holding treasury bonds, or the SS trust fund >holding special-issue securities? > >The Chinese don't vote, and all the retired people do. So, I would >imagine when things get tough, the politicians will know who to pay >first, if they want to stay in office. > >-Bill Not the case at all Bill. The SSA monetizes its net excess income as these "special-issue securities" which the rest of the Federal Government then buys to cover its deficits (at a rather favorable rate you should notice). It is right there in YOUR link. Look at what happens just as soon as SSA has no net excess income; they most now make demand redemption these securities and the rest of the Gov't must look elsewhere to make up the difference. Program reductions and tax hikes must result (eventually). |