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Tax reductions keep the wealthy rich

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Wouldn’t it have been nice to have gotten in on the New York City Housing program back in the 70’s?

The program was started to encourage new construction and it has enabled huge reductions in property taxes on certain buildings in Manhattan.

The savings continue and will likely continue into next year.

Several people have benefited from these tax reductions including designer Calvin Klein who saved 134,000 on his penthouse; Yankee shortstop Derek Jeter who saves 130,000 per year on his $4 million Trump World Tower Apartment; and finally actress natalie Portman who has saved 26,300 each year on her 5.8 million condo.






Dragon Sausages

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The Powys County Council in Wales is afraid that people might think that Welsh Dragon Sausages might really contain dragon meat.

Well I guess that must be what they were thinking when they warned the maker of the Welsh Dragon Sausages that they have to label their product better. For example marking it “pork sausages” so that no one is mislead as to what kind of meat it contains.

Does the Council really think that people are that stupid?

Immigration problems blamed on past abortions?

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Greenleaf idaho recently passed an ordinance that requires nearly all of the cities residents to keep a gun at home in case the town becomes overrun by people relocating after Gulf Coast Storms.

OMG do they think the refugees are going to loot their town and homes? Geesh!

Here’s another odd way of looking at things- A recent report from the Missouri House’s Special Committee on Immigration Reform has blamed much of their states acquiescence to illegal immigration on the fact that since Roe V. Wade in 1973, 80,000 potential Missourians have been aborted, thus helping to create job vacancies for aliens.

Uhm isn’t that like counting your chickens before they hatch? They’re blaming the immigration problems that they have now on abortions that have taken place over the last 33 years? I wonder how much this report cost the tax payers?

City bans smoking everywhere within city limits

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Taking things too far?

A ban on smoking has been passed by a judge upholding a rule by a condominium association in Golden Colorado. This ban will prohibit condominium owners from smoking even inside their own units. Apparently neighbors of smokers have been complaining for years that cigarette smoke has been seeping into their town houses.

Honestly, I think that’s taking things too far. These people own their units and should be able to do what they want inside their own homes shouldn’t they? Provided that they aren’t doing anything illegal.

Prior to this ruling Belmont California became the first American city to ban smoking every where within city limits, including condominiums and even cars. Detached and single family homes are excluded from this ban. The day before this ruling, the San Francisco board of supervisors voted to instruct that the police treat marijuana smoking as the cities lowest law enforcement priority.

You know if cities are going to start taking things this far, why are they still selling cigarettes. If they are as bad as we’ve been told for years and years why other than all that juicy tax money that the government gets from the sale of cigarettes are they selling them.

I can see a number of people suing the cities and condo associations that have banned smoking.

What do you think of these bannings?

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