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Harry Krause wrote:
NOYB wrote:

"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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NOYB wrote:

"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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NOYB wrote:

"Tim" wrote in message
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its $2.15 here, and when you take about .40 cents per gallon of
State
and Fed taxes off, it could get better, but that's not gonna
happen.

That's the irony of the most recent congression hearings into the
large oil company profits.

The oil companies make about 7 1/2% profit. The government makes
almost 20%...but nobody is investigating the government's profits!


Government's "profit?"

Yes, tax revenue is a profit...until the government wastefully
spends it again.




Uh-huh. Is that what you learn on NewsMax?


If revenue comes in, and you don't purchase anything with the revenue,
then what do you call the money that is left over at the end of the
year? The IRS calls it profit.

I just bought 4 Dell computers and $6k worth of dental handpieces
because I wanted to take advantage of my Section 179 tax savings
before the year ended. I could have made it awhile longer on the
older equipment, but *chose* to spend the money now. If I didn't buy
the computers and handpieces, I would have ended the year with an
additional $11000 in profit.

Get it?





We're not talking about your dental practice and its profit. We're
talking about the government.

Oh, and I would eliminate that "tax savings" for your dental practice,
and all other forms of business welfare.

It doesn't seem quite right that a successful practice like NOYB's
dental office should be getting tax breaks.

Wahooo!!!
 

"Harry Krause" wrote in message
...
NOYB wrote:
"Harry Krause" wrote in message
...
NOYB wrote:
"Harry Krause" wrote in message
...
NOYB wrote:
"Tim" wrote in message
oups.com...
its $2.15 here, and when you take about .40 cents per gallon of
State
and Fed taxes off, it could get better, but that's not gonna
happen.

That's the irony of the most recent congression hearings into the
large oil company profits.

The oil companies make about 7 1/2% profit. The government makes
almost 20%...but nobody is investigating the government's profits!


Government's "profit?"
Yes, tax revenue is a profit...until the government wastefully spends
it again.




Uh-huh. Is that what you learn on NewsMax?

If revenue comes in, and you don't purchase anything with the revenue,
then what do you call the money that is left over at the end of the year?
The IRS calls it profit.

I just bought 4 Dell computers and $6k worth of dental handpieces because
I wanted to take advantage of my Section 179 tax savings before the year
ended. I could have made it awhile longer on the older equipment, but
*chose* to spend the money now. If I didn't buy the computers and
handpieces, I would have ended the year with an additional $11000 in
profit.

Get it?





We're not talking about your dental practice and its profit. We're talking
about the government.

Oh, and I would eliminate that "tax savings" for your dental practice, and
all other forms of business welfare.

And I (and most small business owners) would eliminate year-end purchases
that are done with the intent to save taxes. That can't be good for the
economy.

And I also planned on taking 1/2 of that tax savings and giving it to my
employees as a holiday bonus. I guess I'll just have to forgo the bonuses
this year too.


The Section 179 expense is just an accelerated form of depreciation. It
does all kinds of wonderful things to spur the economy...particularly in the
short-term.

Wahooo!!!
 

wrote in message
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NOYB wrote:
"Tim" wrote in message
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its $2.15 here, and when you take about .40 cents per gallon of State
and Fed taxes off, it could get better, but that's not gonna happen.


That's the irony of the most recent congression hearings into the large
oil
company profits.

The oil companies make about 7 1/2% profit. The government makes almost
20%...but nobody is investigating the government's profits!

If the government made a profit, that would mean we wouldn't have a
budget defecit.


If the government still collected the revenue, but didn't spend the money on
anything, it would be profit.

Wahooo!!!
 

Kevin remains "stuck on stupid"

"NOYB" wrote in message
ink.net...

wrote in message
oups.com...

NOYB wrote:
"Tim" wrote in message
oups.com...
its $2.15 here, and when you take about .40 cents per gallon of State
and Fed taxes off, it could get better, but that's not gonna happen.


That's the irony of the most recent congression hearings into the large
oil
company profits.

The oil companies make about 7 1/2% profit. The government makes
almost
20%...but nobody is investigating the government's profits!

If the government made a profit, that would mean we wouldn't have a
budget defecit.


If the government still collected the revenue, but didn't spend the money
on
anything, it would be profit.

Wahooo!!!
 

Kevin,
The expression is "What the hell", it is not "Where to hell".


wrote in message
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Dan Krueger wrote:
wrote:

More proof that you're an idiot:

This is one of at least four posts since Kevin returned this week that
trash the OP for his/her perceived intelligence. Other examples include:

He's not very bright.....

and

Bill's not too bright. He doesn't realize that there are people from
other countries inhabiting the earth!!!!

There are NO examples of any on-topic posts or responses.

The alleged genius seems to think he can hand out report cards at will.

Seems like such an individual would have more to offer to the group -
not reply on a whim with trash talk and vulgarities, and not have a
reason to insist that he is using a borrowed email address.

This POS is a troll by any definition.

I'm not Kevin, but where to hell are all of YOUR on topic posts?

Wahooo!!!
 

Give the idiot credit......at least he got "your" right this time :-)

"Dr. Dr. Smithers" Ask Me about my Phd @ Diploma Mill .com wrote in
message ...
Kevin,
The expression is "What the hell", it is not "Where to hell".


wrote in message
ups.com...

Dan Krueger wrote:
wrote:

More proof that you're an idiot:

This is one of at least four posts since Kevin returned this week that
trash the OP for his/her perceived intelligence. Other examples
include:

He's not very bright.....

and

Bill's not too bright. He doesn't realize that there are people from
other countries inhabiting the earth!!!!

There are NO examples of any on-topic posts or responses.

The alleged genius seems to think he can hand out report cards at will.

Seems like such an individual would have more to offer to the group -
not reply on a whim with trash talk and vulgarities, and not have a
reason to insist that he is using a borrowed email address.

This POS is a troll by any definition.

I'm not Kevin, but where to hell are all of YOUR on topic posts?

Wahooo!!!
 

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Bill McKee wrote:
wrote in message
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Bill McKee wrote:
"jps" wrote in message
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In article , says...
Price of gas this morning:

http://tinyurl.com/99oxv

It was down another penny this afternoon.

The trend shows the price going down..........down........down.

Bush got blamed for the spike in gasoline prices after Katrina
(because
of
damage to the refineries) so I guess he has to get credit for the
$1.10/gallon drop in prices since late summer.

Thanks George!

Since you weren't doing the blaming, why should you get to do the
thanking?

I neither blamed him nor will I thank him.

It was his buddies who got the golden egg not george. It was george
who
made certain no one was guarding the door when the egg got stolen.

jps

If oil companies are making so much money, why is the stock (EXXON) at
a
P/E
of around 10? The average for the New York Exchange is about 17. CVX
is
9.

More proof that you're an idiot:
http://money.cnn.com/2005/10/28/news.../windfall_tax/

Two paragraphs:

On Friday Chevron (Research) became the latest big oil company to
report a jump in profits for the third quarter, a day after Exxon Mobil
(Research), the nation's biggest oil company, reported $9.9 billion in
net earnings -- the biggest corporate profit on record.

All told, the 19 oil and gas companies in the Standard & Poor's 500
index that have reported so far have earned more than $20 billion
excluding one-time charges and other items, up more than 50 percent
from a year earlier, according to earnings tracker First Call.


I did not dispute the earnings. I asked if they are such money machines,
why is their P/E about 1/2 the average for the NYSE. And since I have a
large amount of oil company stocks in my portfolio, I hope they keep
sending
me nice checks.

Because the oil industry isn't as profitable, P/E wise. But, if you
take the total amount of profit, it's huge, hence you get dividends.
How do you explain the fact that 19 oil and gas companies reported
gains of more than 50% in a year?????? Inflation?!!!!


P/E wise they are very profitable. I remember a few years ago when the
gains were 100% plus. But the year before they made 2% on sales. Where was
you agonizing over that. And how much is their ROI?

Wahooo!!!
 

wrote in message
ups.com...

Dan Krueger wrote:
wrote:

More proof that you're an idiot:

This is one of at least four posts since Kevin returned this week that
trash the OP for his/her perceived intelligence. Other examples include:

He's not very bright.....

and

Bill's not too bright. He doesn't realize that there are people from
other countries inhabiting the earth!!!!

There are NO examples of any on-topic posts or responses.

The alleged genius seems to think he can hand out report cards at will.

Seems like such an individual would have more to offer to the group -
not reply on a whim with trash talk and vulgarities, and not have a
reason to insist that he is using a borrowed email address.

This POS is a troll by any definition.

I'm not Kevin, but where to hell are all of YOUR on topic posts?


Same place as your on topic posts?

Wahooo!!!
 

Bill McKee wrote:
wrote in message
ups.com...

Dan Krueger wrote:

wrote:


More proof that you're an idiot:

This is one of at least four posts since Kevin returned this week that
trash the OP for his/her perceived intelligence. Other examples include:

He's not very bright.....

and

Bill's not too bright. He doesn't realize that there are people from
other countries inhabiting the earth!!!!

There are NO examples of any on-topic posts or responses.

The alleged genius seems to think he can hand out report cards at will.

Seems like such an individual would have more to offer to the group -
not reply on a whim with trash talk and vulgarities, and not have a
reason to insist that he is using a borrowed email address.

This POS is a troll by any definition.

I'm not Kevin, but where to hell are all of YOUR on topic posts?



Same place as your on topic posts?


I frequently post on topic. I don't recall ever starting an off topic
thread in this group. Kevin has very, very little to add aside from
insults and trolls.

Wahooo!!!
 

"Harry Krause" wrote in message
...
NOYB wrote:
"Harry Krause" wrote in message
...
NOYB wrote:
"Harry Krause" wrote in message
...
NOYB wrote:
"Harry Krause" wrote in message
...
NOYB wrote:
"Tim" wrote in message
oups.com...
its $2.15 here, and when you take about .40 cents per gallon of
State
and Fed taxes off, it could get better, but that's not gonna
happen.

That's the irony of the most recent congression hearings into the
large oil company profits.

The oil companies make about 7 1/2% profit. The government makes
almost 20%...but nobody is investigating the government's profits!


Government's "profit?"
Yes, tax revenue is a profit...until the government wastefully spends
it again.




Uh-huh. Is that what you learn on NewsMax?
If revenue comes in, and you don't purchase anything with the revenue,
then what do you call the money that is left over at the end of the
year? The IRS calls it profit.

I just bought 4 Dell computers and $6k worth of dental handpieces
because I wanted to take advantage of my Section 179 tax savings before
the year ended. I could have made it awhile longer on the older
equipment, but *chose* to spend the money now. If I didn't buy the
computers and handpieces, I would have ended the year with an
additional $11000 in profit.

Get it?




We're not talking about your dental practice and its profit. We're
talking about the government.

Oh, and I would eliminate that "tax savings" for your dental practice,
and all other forms of business welfare.

And I (and most small business owners) would eliminate year-end purchases
that are done with the intent to save taxes. That can't be good for the
economy.

No argument for me.


And I also planned on taking 1/2 of that tax savings and giving it to
my employees as a holiday bonus. I guess I'll just have to forgo the
bonuses this year too.

Pay them more and they won't need your handouts. Do you also delivery a
Christmas goose to their house?

I already told you. My hygienist earns $38/hr plus 3 weeks paid vacation,
paid holidays, matching pension plan, and health insurance. That's an
$85k/year compensation package (based upon a 40 hour week...but she only
works 32 hr/week) for a lady who spent two years in hygiene school after
high school.

My assistant earns $20/hr and all the same benefits. Not bad for someone
with one year of assisting school after high school.

The Christmas bonus is in lieu of a performance bonus. I don't want them
"selling" dentistry just to pad their bonus checks.

And now you know why dentistry is so damn expensive. Every hour that I'm
open, I have $80 in salaries and benefits to pay out. And that doesn't
include fixed overhead, lab bills, dental supply bills, and insurance.

It costs $250/hr to run the average dental practice...plus lab bills. If
someone cancels last minute or is a no-show, I don't charge them. Most
dentists do in order to help cover the $250/hr overhead.