http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0508/Clinton_OPEC_can_no_longer_be_a_cartel.html

I'm wondering if Shrillary Clinton has any idea of how she's going to
do all she's been promising.

I know, I know, campaign promises don't mean a thing, but sadly some
people will believe her grandiose and unrealistic promises.

Judity
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Rae, President Bush did break his word, but Shrillary is taking
promises into the realm of fantasy, at least in my Independent
opinion.

Sue, the health plans being proposed make me wonder who will pay for
them. I have always paid for my own health insurance, even when
working, even when it cost me over $400 a month. If any of the
proposed plans involves fiddling around with my Senior Advantage
insurance, I will be extremely angry.

One promise, and I can't remember which of the three said it, was that
Senior Citizens would not have to pay any tax on their Social
Security. Another was a $1,000 tax credit for everyone. Even though
I do like both of these, again I wonder where the money will come from
to pay for them. Thankfully I don't believe anything any of the
three tell us to get our vote.

What does worry me the most is Shrillary's thinking on Iran and how
she would react to threats from them about attacking Israel. Just
what we need, another war and this time with the threat of nuclear
weapons hanging over our country. Of course if we do get bombed by
Iran or China or any of the other places with nuclear weapons, I'll be
gone into a million tiny pieces.

Maybe I should just become like Alfred E. Neuman, "What, me worry?"

Judity
"Seraglio of the Gods"
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Rae, President Bush did break his word, but Shrillary is taking
promises into the realm of fantasy, at least in my Independent
opinion.

Sue, the health plans being proposed make me wonder who will pay for
them. I have always paid for my own health insurance, even when
working, even when it cost me over $400 a month. If any of the
proposed plans involves fiddling around with my Senior Advantage
insurance, I will be extremely angry.

One promise, and I can't remember which of the three said it, was that
Senior Citizens would not have to pay any tax on their Social
Security. Another was a $1,000 tax credit for everyone. Even though
I do like both of these, again I wonder where the money will come from
to pay for them. Thankfully I don't believe anything any of the
three tell us to get our vote.

What does worry me the most is Shrillary's thinking on Iran and how
she would react to threats from them about attacking Israel. Just
what we need, another war and this time with the threat of nuclear
weapons hanging over our country. Of course if we do get bombed by
Iran or China or any of the other places with nuclear weapons, I'll be
gone into a million tiny pieces.

Maybe I should just become like Alfred E. Neuman, "What, me worry?"

Judity
"Seraglio of the Gods"
An erotic love story set in mythological times
http://www.writing.com/main/view_item/item_id/1309275
or read any of my other stories in the link below
http://judity.Writing.Com/

I've gotten sick of listening to both of them. Obama's plans aren't any
more believable. A $5,000 tax credit to pay for health insurance is not
going to help those who don't make enough to pay income tax to begin with
and there are lots of us in that category.

Also, for both of them, No one pays income tax on Social Security Income
unless you go over a certain amount. I'm not sure what that amount is,
but I know we've never come even close to it.

We do need to do something about health care, but I don't know the answer.
In general I'm happy with Medicare, except doctors you have been to for
years suddenly are dropped from your plan and drugs my husband needs to
stay alive are not covered. He needs nitroglycerine patches. They are
not covered. .2 costs $110 at CVS for 30. I can buy them from the
Canadian Drug Store for $84 for 90 of them. They sell the generic for
Flomax in Canada--exactly the same drug for about 25% of the price he pays
here--also not covered.

So, we could start by going against the pharmaceutical lobby and
negotiating for better prices for drugs. Obama has definitely addressed
that. Hillary has not that I have heard.

At this point I will, however, vote for anybody over McCain.

Barb C.
"Judity" <Judity01 at (no spam) aol.com> wrote in message
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Rae, President Bush did break his word, but Shrillary is taking
promises into the realm of fantasy, at least in my Independent
opinion.

Sue, the health plans being proposed make me wonder who will pay for
them. I have always paid for my own health insurance, even when
working, even when it cost me over $400 a month. If any of the
proposed plans involves fiddling around with my Senior Advantage
insurance, I will be extremely angry.

One promise, and I can't remember which of the three said it, was that
Senior Citizens would not have to pay any tax on their Social
Security. Another was a $1,000 tax credit for everyone. Even though
I do like both of these, again I wonder where the money will come from
to pay for them. Thankfully I don't believe anything any of the
three tell us to get our vote.

What does worry me the most is Shrillary's thinking on Iran and how
she would react to threats from them about attacking Israel. Just
what we need, another war and this time with the threat of nuclear
weapons hanging over our country. Of course if we do get bombed by
Iran or China or any of the other places with nuclear weapons, I'll be
gone into a million tiny pieces.

Maybe I should just become like Alfred E. Neuman, "What, me worry?"

Judity
"Seraglio of the Gods"
An erotic love story set in mythological times
http://www.writing.com/main/view_item/item_id/1309275
or read any of my other stories in the link below
http://judity.Writing.Com/

I've gotten sick of listening to both of them. Obama's plans aren't any
more believable. A $5,000 tax credit to pay for health insurance is not
going to help those who don't make enough to pay income tax to begin with
and there are lots of us in that category.

Also, for both of them, No one pays income tax on Social Security Income
unless you go over a certain amount. I'm not sure what that amount is,
but I know we've never come even close to it.

We do need to do something about health care, but I don't know the answer.
In general I'm happy with Medicare, except doctors you have been to for
years suddenly are dropped from your plan and drugs my husband needs to
stay alive are not covered. He needs nitroglycerine patches. They are
not covered. .2 costs $110 at CVS for 30. I can buy them from the
Canadian Drug Store for $84 for 90 of them. They sell the generic for
Flomax in Canada--exactly the same drug for about 25% of the price he pays
here--also not covered.

So, we could start by going against the pharmaceutical lobby and
negotiating for better prices for drugs. Obama has definitely addressed
that. Hillary has not that I have heard.

At this point I will, however, vote for anybody over McCain.

Barb C.
"Judity" <Judity01 at (no spam) aol.com> wrote in message
news:5f0af172-0a51-425d-8948-d40103f9f3d1 at (no spam) y18g2000pre.googlegroups.com...
Rae, President Bush did break his word, but Shrillary is taking
promises into the realm of fantasy, at least in my Independent
opinion.

Sue, the health plans being proposed make me wonder who will pay for
them. I have always paid for my own health insurance, even when
working, even when it cost me over $400 a month. If any of the
proposed plans involves fiddling around with my Senior Advantage
insurance, I will be extremely angry.

One promise, and I can't remember which of the three said it, was that
Senior Citizens would not have to pay any tax on their Social
Security. Another was a $1,000 tax credit for everyone. Even though
I do like both of these, again I wonder where the money will come from
to pay for them. Thankfully I don't believe anything any of the
three tell us to get our vote.

What does worry me the most is Shrillary's thinking on Iran and how
she would react to threats from them about attacking Israel. Just
what we need, another war and this time with the threat of nuclear
weapons hanging over our country. Of course if we do get bombed by
Iran or China or any of the other places with nuclear weapons, I'll be
gone into a million tiny pieces.

Maybe I should just become like Alfred E. Neuman, "What, me worry?"

Judity
"Seraglio of the Gods"
An erotic love story set in mythological times
http://www.writing.com/main/view_item/item_id/1309275
or read any of my other stories in the link below
http://judity.Writing.Com/

Wow!!!!

I've long had a soft spot in my heart for SMT, but reading this post of
Barbara's is ultimately going to save me a bunch of money!

Out of curiosity, I was looking at how much of our Social Security income
was taxible - it was a bunch! I saw something that didn't look quite
right, dug a little further, and found a $8,919.00 mistake our accountant
made. Somehow, there is income listed from several years ago, back when I
worked for whatsherface and even before that.

He and I are going to have a l..o..n..g talk very soon.... I would be
saying a lot more rat here, but I can't wiffout cussing!

Neal

(talking to self)
Damn, when did I retire? This is income from 2 or 3, maybe 4 years beofr
that. How the hell did he do that?

Martha, get your butt home from the casino! We gotta talk, don't you
know.



"Barbara Carlson" <bbcarlson at (no spam) snappydsl.net> wrote in message
news:gfudndQmsduDR73VnZ2dnUVZ_oqhnZ2d at (no spam) tampabaydsl.com...
I've gotten sick of listening to both of them. Obama's plans aren't any
more believable. A $5,000 tax credit to pay for health insurance is not
going to help those who don't make enough to pay income tax to begin with
and there are lots of us in that category.

Also, for both of them, No one pays income tax on Social Security Income
unless you go over a certain amount. I'm not sure what that amount is,
but I know we've never come even close to it.

We do need to do something about health care, but I don't know the
answer. In general I'm happy with Medicare, except doctors you have been
to for years suddenly are dropped from your plan and drugs my husband
needs to stay alive are not covered. He needs nitroglycerine patches.
They are not covered. .2 costs $110 at CVS for 30. I can buy them from
the Canadian Drug Store for $84 for 90 of them. They sell the generic
for Flomax in Canada--exactly the same drug for about 25% of the price he
pays here--also not covered.

So, we could start by going against the pharmaceutical lobby and
negotiating for better prices for drugs. Obama has definitely addressed
that. Hillary has not that I have heard.

At this point I will, however, vote for anybody over McCain.

Barb C.
"Judity" <Judity01 at (no spam) aol.com> wrote in message
news:5f0af172-0a51-425d-8948-d40103f9f3d1 at (no spam) y18g2000pre.googlegroups.com...
Rae, President Bush did break his word, but Shrillary is taking
promises into the realm of fantasy, at least in my Independent
opinion.

Sue, the health plans being proposed make me wonder who will pay for
them. I have always paid for my own health insurance, even when
working, even when it cost me over $400 a month. If any of the
proposed plans involves fiddling around with my Senior Advantage
insurance, I will be extremely angry.

One promise, and I can't remember which of the three said it, was that
Senior Citizens would not have to pay any tax on their Social
Security. Another was a $1,000 tax credit for everyone. Even though
I do like both of these, again I wonder where the money will come from
to pay for them. Thankfully I don't believe anything any of the
three tell us to get our vote.

What does worry me the most is Shrillary's thinking on Iran and how
she would react to threats from them about attacking Israel. Just
what we need, another war and this time with the threat of nuclear
weapons hanging over our country. Of course if we do get bombed by
Iran or China or any of the other places with nuclear weapons, I'll be
gone into a million tiny pieces.

Maybe I should just become like Alfred E. Neuman, "What, me worry?"

Judity
"Seraglio of the Gods"
An erotic love story set in mythological times
http://www.writing.com/main/view_item/item_id/1309275
or read any of my other stories in the link below
http://judity.Writing.Com/

I NEED MORE COFFEE

"Neal" <nealbrown1 at (no spam) msn.com> wrote in message
news:68c64bF2rb68pU1 at (no spam) mid.individual.net...
Wow!!!!

I've long had a soft spot in my heart for SMT, but reading this post of
Barbara's is ultimately going to save me a bunch of money!

Out of curiosity, I was looking at how much of our Social Security income
was taxible - it was a bunch! I saw something that didn't look quite
right, dug a little further, and found a $8,919.00 mistake our accountant
made. Somehow, there is income listed from several years ago, back when I
worked for whatsherface and even before that.

He and I are going to have a l..o..n..g talk very soon.... I would be
saying a lot more rat here, but I can't wiffout cussing!

Neal

(talking to self)
Damn, when did I retire? This is income from 2 or 3, maybe 4 years beofr
that. How the hell did he do that?

Martha, get your butt home from the casino! We gotta talk, don't you
know.



"Barbara Carlson" <bbcarlson at (no spam) snappydsl.net> wrote in message
news:gfudndQmsduDR73VnZ2dnUVZ_oqhnZ2d at (no spam) tampabaydsl.com...
I've gotten sick of listening to both of them. Obama's plans aren't any
more believable. A $5,000 tax credit to pay for health insurance is not
going to help those who don't make enough to pay income tax to begin
with and there are lots of us in that category.

Also, for both of them, No one pays income tax on Social Security Income
unless you go over a certain amount. I'm not sure what that amount is,
but I know we've never come even close to it.

We do need to do something about health care, but I don't know the
answer. In general I'm happy with Medicare, except doctors you have been
to for years suddenly are dropped from your plan and drugs my husband
needs to stay alive are not covered. He needs nitroglycerine patches.
They are not covered. .2 costs $110 at CVS for 30. I can buy them from
the Canadian Drug Store for $84 for 90 of them. They sell the generic
for Flomax in Canada--exactly the same drug for about 25% of the price
he pays here--also not covered.

So, we could start by going against the pharmaceutical lobby and
negotiating for better prices for drugs. Obama has definitely addressed
that. Hillary has not that I have heard.

At this point I will, however, vote for anybody over McCain.

Barb C.
"Judity" <Judity01 at (no spam) aol.com> wrote in message
news:5f0af172-0a51-425d-8948-d40103f9f3d1 at (no spam) y18g2000pre.googlegroups.com...
Rae, President Bush did break his word, but Shrillary is taking
promises into the realm of fantasy, at least in my Independent
opinion.

Sue, the health plans being proposed make me wonder who will pay for
them. I have always paid for my own health insurance, even when
working, even when it cost me over $400 a month. If any of the
proposed plans involves fiddling around with my Senior Advantage
insurance, I will be extremely angry.

One promise, and I can't remember which of the three said it, was that
Senior Citizens would not have to pay any tax on their Social
Security. Another was a $1,000 tax credit for everyone. Even though
I do like both of these, again I wonder where the money will come from
to pay for them. Thankfully I don't believe anything any of the
three tell us to get our vote.

What does worry me the most is Shrillary's thinking on Iran and how
she would react to threats from them about attacking Israel. Just
what we need, another war and this time with the threat of nuclear
weapons hanging over our country. Of course if we do get bombed by
Iran or China or any of the other places with nuclear weapons, I'll be
gone into a million tiny pieces.

Maybe I should just become like Alfred E. Neuman, "What, me worry?"

Judity
"Seraglio of the Gods"
An erotic love story set in mythological times
http://www.writing.com/main/view_item/item_id/1309275
or read any of my other stories in the link below
http://judity.Writing.Com/

More people could save money if they
insisted on generics as I had, in my opinion.

((Also, for both of them, No one pays income tax on Social Security
Income
unless you go over a certain amount. I'm not sure what that amount
is, but
I know we've never come even close to it))

Barbara, I just pulled out my SS form The amount is $25,000 for a
single person and $32,000 if filing jointly. That amount includes
half of the SS amount received for the year. Even though I'm not
wealthy, I came darn close to having to pay taxes on my SS because of
dividends and capital gain on sold stock. Not having to pay any taxes
on my SS is an important incentive to me.

Regarding health care and medication costs, I chose wisely years ago
when I went with Kaiser Permanente. I just got a three-month supply of
metformin, lisinopril, and simvastatin. My doctor chose to put me on
generics, which cost less. More people could save money if they
insisted on generics as I had, in my opinion.

Sue, I do agree with you that the payroll tax cap should be raised. Of
course, it no longer will affect me since I'm retired, but I do see
your point.

Neal, before you chew out your accountant, do some more research on
how SS is taxable. Look at the back information on the Form SSA-1099
Social Security Benefit Statement you received. Read Notice 703 (Rev,
September 2007) where it says to check out box 5 on the above form.

Judity