Comments on: Weekend Update

By: Taxpayer 834512

Taxpayer 834512 — Mon, 18 May 2009 22:52:46 +0000

There were around 50 protestors by my count at nearly 4 PM yesterday. We were on the south perimeter of the statehouse, facing the Westin and President Obama’s pending fundraiser. Limited government and reduced spending were the most prominent themes on the signs. Largely unspoken (and seemingly uncomprehendable to a lot of observers), is not the desire for banning taxation, but limiting the government that necessitates it. Nobody in the crowd would perceive George W. Bush as a fiscal hero, only somebody who spent at a less breathtaking pace (and I’ve publicly carried signs on this issue in the Bush era as well).
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The abortion protestors barking at cars might consider the success of our President. Whether you agree with him or not, President Obama probably would not be in his position by being confrontational with total strangers in public forums. Speaking well and being even tempered have served him well. It’s not enough to have the facts on your side or even to make them as sexy as possible. Persuasion by intimidation is for security compliance, not a means to convert people to your arguement.

By: Think Again

Think Again — Mon, 18 May 2009 15:20:18 +0000

JW, you are so right…but that ship sailed long ago in this market. Assignment editors think, if they send a reporter and photographer to an event, there must be an accompanying story.

Long ago, in J schools nationwide, we were taught that over half your “story runs” produce nothing. Which is why reporting is so hard.

By: JW

JW — Mon, 18 May 2009 14:53:08 +0000

“I just realized there’s more local news in Abdul’s post than all four local newscasts and the Saturday Star combined.”
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That’s a sad commentary on the local news media. Meanwhile, if there’s a house fire, they’ll be there covering it with an on-scene reporter and maybe even an overhead shot from a ‘chopper’ even though there are close to 1 million homes in the metro area that haven’t been on fire that day. How that is newsworthy while the momentum behind political/social/financial issues which impact our daily lives are not is a mystery to me.

By: GP38-2

GP38-2 — Sun, 17 May 2009 16:24:16 +0000

Paul- How could one not accept the gift? Simply file a quitclaim deed with the State as the Grantor, and the Colts (or Irsay) as the Grantee. It’s theirs.

They could then sell it or regift it, of course, all of which is taxable. Shoot, the tax on receiving a gift of that kind would be a kick in the income tax ass.

By: Dave

Dave — Sun, 17 May 2009 13:21:21 +0000

Dear Paul: Team owners wouldn’t consider the “gift” of smart investments like LOS or Conseco Fieldhouse, which they encouraged our “representatives” to make? And, wouldn’t Market Street Logists embrace the opportunity to apply “sound” tax policy in the form of a 3% commission, er cap, on those valuable assets? The answers to those questions is the punch line to the joke.

By: Think Again

Think Again — Sun, 17 May 2009 02:17:35 +0000

I just realized there’s more local news in Abdul’s post than all four local newscasts and the Saturday Star combined.

By: Greg P

Greg P — Sun, 17 May 2009 01:08:16 +0000

Taxper 834512…you are not an ignorant man…you know the meaning of teabagging as well as I do..it has been in the vernacular for years………………….I just find it amusing that the right wingnuts use the terms to protest taxation.

By: Think Again

Think Again — Sat, 16 May 2009 23:08:50 +0000

Oh yeah, Taxpayer: exactly what will you be protesting at the Westin tomorrow? What exact policies are so drastically different that your protest is required? (Not that you’re not entitled…just asking)

By: Think Again

Think Again — Sat, 16 May 2009 23:07:41 +0000

Paul, I have a hunch the “profit” is there is you operate it properly. Without funny money and cooking the books.

At ome point, it’s simple math:

Annual cost of operation calculated, determine a rental cost, send the bill.

It got all effed up when we allowed interlopers to do the math.

By: Paul K. Ogden

Paul K. Ogden — Sat, 16 May 2009 20:10:49 +0000

One problem, Dave. They wouldn’t take the “gift.” They are already getting virtually all the income off the properties while the taxpayers pay to run them. Why would they want the expenses that would come with the gift?
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This reminds me of the proposal to sell Lucas Oil Stadium and Conseco Fieldhouse to a private vendor who would take over its operations from the CIB. What private company would take on such a venture that has zero profit in it?