Will Democrats who make 30K a year agree that they should be taxed at 35% because they are wealthy compared to the rest of the world and we need to support those less fortunate than ourselves. We don’t need all the luxuries we enjoy as the Rich of the world. Two car families, 2,400 sf homes. We don’t need all that opulence do we?

So the heroine (Lily) of the story works on a her families vacation luxury ranch in the mountains of Colorado. I have twisted it around so that she is the cowboy instead of the hero. So Im not sure how the Lily and the Hero (Josh) should meet. Should I have Josh be someone who comes to the ranch for a vacation? Or should I have him be an old friend who happens to live in town (its a small town) and he comes to the ranch in the summers to help out? Im trying to think of how to incorporate the hero into the story. The story is supposed to be full of support characters like friends and family if that helps any. Can you all help me brainstorm please? Thanks in advance
I want to have him live in another state in a big city and there has to be a reason for him to come back home, besides a death in the family.

There is no topic for the essay so i just free styled one, closing it is hard so if anyone has any helpful ideal on how to close it I would appreciate it Thankss!

I like to think of myself as an individual one who is creative and outgoing. I am very much a people person. I enjoy knowledge and sometimes find myself to be a conscious thinker, open, and optimistic. When I was younger I wished for the finer things in life, like luxury clothes, cars and house, but as I get older it is getting realer in realization that if you want such luxurious things you have to work for them and be successful. I believe that higher education is vital to the young thinker and could best benefit me on my road to success. Success is a journey, not a destination. Going to college is just the beginning of my stepping stone, a journey yet to begin but I see it with wide open eyes full of hope and ambition. Looking into my future I feel as though it would be bright undoubtly.

During my high school years I have had three jobs and two in which I still am employed including working at a Tennis Court, McDonalds Franchise for a year, and Regal Cinemas. Yes working at McDonalds’ isn’t everyone’s ideal job but you learn a lot of skills that are very much valuable in the real world. I was also in community groups like, Delta Gems Sigma Theta and Key Club for a period of time. I participated in many school conferences like Live to Love and Domestic Violence Conferences. During my high school years my grade always maintained somewhat ok due to struggles at home it was hard for me to put my full focus into my school work I couldn’t just ignore my life at home, which I regret and now that I am in my senior year school is my priority focus.

Now I have seen the greatness which lies deep inside of me, like a secret ready to be told unto the world,. I personally and truly believe that I, Me is here for a reason way bigger than I, but I have to admit the vision was foggy at first, No matter what hindrance I had I persevered through it and got right back on track. I feel as though success is what you make it to be. I was once told that the definition of success changes in our minds as we get older, like ten years from now my views on success would be at a whole other level. But I believe that level will be something that I will be very much proud of. I will be a great addition to your undergraduate program……

I’m 15 and a Sophmore in high school. I am smart and know a lot for my age, but acedemically (in school my grades do not reflect that) I have 2 F’S, 2 C’S, 1 A, 1 B. Grades were always dificult for me, and the highest GPA I’ve ever earned in school was a 3.05 in the 7th grade for one semester. Now, after all my previous years of mediocre grades and the promise of improvement, I am stuck mentally making no improvement on grades. I am a nice and decent person, and I aspire to have a good life, travel, maybe be a Phycologist, work in the Peace Corps, or be a Photo Journalist. But, I’m afraid with the grades I hold now, that it will make it harder or unfeasible for my occupational dreams come true.

I don’t always study, I don’t always do my homework, I don’t always plan out well for long term projects, usually because I am distracted by the computer on Facebook and or surfing the web, when I am at home. I get out at 1:00 pm every day at school, and my dad doesn’t pick me up til’ around 4-5:00 after school, which during that time he expects me to go to the school library and finish homework and study. I don’t ever really go to the library anymore, because I have made so many good friends this year, which is something I hadn’t had since elementary school. I socialize after school with my friends, because I have missed the feeling of friends, and because I have many social and mental insecurities, that often mess up my persepective on myself. I am also into boys, and this is also part of my insecurities, that I am trying to fill up. I am not ever excited about doing any kind of school work or for that ever motivated.

My homelife has been in flames, and has taken a huge toll on how my parents treat me and trust me. They have high hopes and expectations for me, and are very into the image of a luxury lifestyle, and it is just graduatly decreasing quickly. My grades are the only thing that they could talk to me about, and they are upset that the fact that I am not that motivated in school. This situation at home along with other things, is also ruining my liking for actually doing any kind of work for I do most of my work at home. I am highly motivated in other things, like trying to look okay, making sure my hygine is in tact, excersizing and so fourth. I have so much dificulty in trying to gain some kind of motivation to do something, that I lack asking for help.

Is it to late to turn things around? I want my parents to like me again, and to be proud. How can I gain more habbits and gain more motivations. School, and friends, do not mix very good, in my case, and friends mean much more to me than school. How can I also change, without loosing my friends?

I have very bad migraines, often caused by sound Sensitivity and hypotension (low blood pressure). There are small children at my house, who often cause my migraines, and I have had adrenaline triggered migraines in the past, one lasted at least a week (it was caused by getting really pumped up at my high school tennis match against our rivals). So far, the only thing I try to do is lie down in my room, with the lights off, and put my headphones on (no music, just my high quality headphones with sound cancelling technology). I need coping techniques for when I’m not at home, and do not have such luxuries. Right now I am suffering from a migraine, and I also would appreciate any tips anybody found helpful for either at home or in public.

This is too true to be funny.

The next time you hear a politician use the
Word ‘billion’ in a casual manner, think about
Whether you want the ‘politicians’ spending
YOUR tax money.

A billion is a difficult number to comprehend,
But one advertising agency did a good job of
Putting that figure into some perspective in
One of it’s releases.

A.
A billion seconds ago it was 1959.

B.
A billion minutes ago Jesus was alive.

C.
A billion hours ago our ancestors were
Living in the Stone Age.

D.
A billion days ago no-one walked on the earth on two feet.

E.
A billion dollars ago was only
8 hours and 20 minutes,
At the rate our government
Is spending it.

While this thought is still fresh in our brain….
let’s take a look at New Orleans …
It’s amazing what you can learn with some simple division.

Louisiana Senator,
Mary Landrieu (D)
Is presently asking Congress for
250 BILLION DOLLARS
To rebuild New Orleans . Interesting number….
What does it mean?

A.
Well .. If you are one of the 484,674 residents of New Orleans
(every man, woman, and child)
You each get $516,528.

B.
Or… If you have one of the 188,251 homes in
New Orleans , your home gets $1,329,787.

C.
Or… If you are a family of four…
Your family gets $2,066,012.

Washington , D. C

HELLO!
Are all your calculators broken??

Building Permit Tax
CDL License Tax
Cigarette Tax
Corporate Income Tax
Dog License Tax
Federal Income Tax (Fed)
Federal Unemployment Tax (FU TA)
Fishing License Tax
Food License Tax
Fuel Permit Tax
Gasoline Tax
Hunting License Tax
Inheritance Tax
Inventory Tax
IRS Interest Charges (tax on top of tax)
IRS Penalties (tax on top of tax)
Liquor Tax
Luxury Tax
Marriage License Tax
Medicare Tax
Property Tax
Real Estate Tax
Service charge taxes
Social Security Tax
Road Usage Tax (Truckers)
Sales Taxes
Recreational Vehicle Tax
School Tax
State Income Tax
State Unemployment Tax (SUTA)
Telephone Federal Excise Tax
Telephone Federal Universal Service Fee Tax
Telephone Federal, State and Local Surcharge Tax
Telephone Minimum Usage Surcharge Tax
Telephone Recurring and Non-recurring Charges Tax
Telephone State and Local Tax
Telephone Usage Charge Tax
Utility Tax
Vehicle License Registration Tax
Vehicle Sales Tax
Watercraft Registration Tax
Well Permit Tax
Workers Compensation Tax
(And to think, we left British Rule to avoid so many taxes)

STILL THINK THIS IS FUNNY?

Not one of these taxes existed 100 years ago…..
And our nation was the most prosperous in the world.

We had absolutely no national debt…
We had the largest middle class in the world…..
And Mom stayed home to raise the kids.

What happened?
Can you spell:

‘POLITICIANS!’

And I still have to
Press ‘1′
For English.

I hope this goes around the
U S A
At least 100 times

What the hell happened?

my father invested in a house a few decades ago that became a luxury home community. A family rents it or leasing it. They make pretty good money. The montly rent alone cost around $4,000 a month. So why do they rent if they can put a down payment or buy house? wouldn’t it be more economical?

Look through this site: http://www.tollbrothers.com
Any builders that make houses like these? this is the real estate section…and this is realestate.

Just to warn you this is a small novel but I need advice!
About three months before my birthday my boyfriend of then 6 months got me a puppy. The problem is, is that she’s a horrible puppy. I am genuinely a very patient person but with her my patience shoots out of the window. She’s a German Shepherd lab mix and is super cute which always makes things harder.
Background info - I’m a full time college student, however I don’t work which is a nice luxury that I’m very thankful for. This is the one point in my life when I can be lazy and have fun! Minus retirement. I really wanted a puppy but my boyfriend told me that he wanted to wait to get one together and wait until we got married and had a house so that she could have a nice backyard to run around in. And of course I thought that was the sweetest thing ever so I agreed wholeheartedly! When he asked me what I wanted for my birthday I said that I wanted a puppy but then I also said that I wanted babies neither of which I actually wanted but a silly statement I always made. So he started looking for a puppy and when I went to his place he had her there as a surprise. And asked me immediately to tell him if i actually wanted her because he’d take her back and i felt horrible because she was the cutest thing i’ve ever seen and then he tells me that they found her in a dumpster with two other dead puppies. How was I supposed to say take her back?! So I decided to keep her. One thing that set me off quickly is that he said this is your dog! And i was like uhh what? Cause he was ranting and raving about how he wanted to get a dog TOGETHER…then he nicely added now you have to get a job. He was changing my whole life in ten minutes!
My father was quite furious, since he is the one supporting me, he was not going to pay for my dog, so he also added in you have to get a job now and laughed boisterously… I live in an apartment complex and you have to pay $400 to keep a puppy, all the puppy shots, have dog insurance, and some weird license. But my boyfriend offered to pay it with money he did not have…
When I took her home for the first week it was overwhelming. I am a very patient person but she is the most annoying dog in the world! And I love dogs. But she is in your face jumping around 24/7. I had a freaking baby! It was ridiculous. I couldn’t go anywhere because I had her to look after and my family lives 30 minutes away and my boyfriend 2 hours. I also feel like I have to compete with the dog for his attention. He tells the dog all the time that she’s so pretty. And we can hardly have a conversation before he’s talking to the dog about something. It was very quickly decided that she was going to stay with him.
Fast Forward 4 months. My boyfriend has allowed our dog to acquire bad habits. She jumps on people like crazy, jumps up on the counters and walks on the tables. This irked me a lot! But he needed me to take her for winter break because his parents didn’t want him to bring her home with him so I agreed. She wakes up at 6:30 am every morning, peed on my bed 3 times (my beds very expensive) my apartment smells like pee and has poo stains everywhere. This is with me taking her out every other second where she enjoys to stare into the sky and not do her business. She’s chewed my phone and laptop charger, clothes, and blankets. (My place is doggie proofed) I can’t even go home because none of my family wants to put up with her. So I have to sit in my apartment isolated from everyone while my boyfriend has the time of his life at home sleeping in on his winter break and hanging with friends and family. But he always acts like what’s going on is no big deal.
He might not care that his place smells like piss but I do.
I find it incredibly difficult not to take out my frustrations with the puppy on him. And it has affected our relationship. I love my boyfriend to death and we both are on the bandwagon of getting married once we’re out of college but she has put such a stress in our relationship it’s ridiculous! He keeps telling me if I don’t want her then I have to be the one to give her to a shelter. I feel like I keep getting the shitty end of the stick. And it doesn’t help that all my friends keep telling me that this is what it’s going to be like when I have kids because I want kids dearly and am terrified that I won’t be a sufficient mother especially considering my own mothers lack of presence.
I feel like him getting me this puppy is making me feel like an incompetent person and that I will be just as bad as my mother, in that case having children would be out of the picture?
I guess my question is, is it me or is she just not the right dog for me? And does not having the patience for a puppy mean i’ll be a bad parent? And is it unreasonable for me to get upset with my boyfriend even though he thought he was giving me a good surprise? Oh lordy help please

Hii~
my little brother has the stomach bug, and my mom, forgetting that he has a bad case of the stomach bug, bought a huge tub of toll house cookie dough for dessert tonight. He is BEGGING AND BEGGING to eat some, but I;m not sure if its okay for him! Last night, he threw up about 11 times, until there was only a yellowish liquid or dry heaves.
He hasn’t thrown up today, just weak and body aches. And tiredness… he just ate some apples. Do you think it’ll be okay?

Thanks! :]