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Ken Cooke
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| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
You see far more Tacomas (and other Toyotas) on the road than any other brand of mid-size truck... |
Memo to David K - Ford pulled out of that segment, Isuzu went away, Suzuki and Chevy are far behind (in sales).
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Barry A.
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-------Isuzu and Suzuki were blown out of the water by CONSUMERS REPORTS outrageous reporting, and withdrew to calmer, more sane, waters. 
Barry
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chuckie
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BUT! Did the crack get welded.???
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woody with a view
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he said monday. it ain't monday in this neck of the woods yet....
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Ken Cooke
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If it were a JEEP, there would at least 10 aftermarket Frame fixes, and guaranteed - at least one booth at the next Off Road Expo in Pomona
highlighting the best and latest product to fix the problem.
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David K
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Because it isn't a Jeep, there doesn't need to be! ;-)
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Ken Cooke
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| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
Because it isn't a Jeep, there doesn't need to be! ;-) |
Is this why you change Tacomas every 3-4 years on average? 
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DavidE
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Mood: 'At home we demand facts and get them. In Mexico one subsists on rumor and never demands anything.' Charles Flandrau,
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In Mexico, trick is to wire license plates on, and carry a liter of gasoline and a match. VIN number is plastic --- burn baby burn. Smoking hulk not
traceable.
A Lot To See And A Lot To Do
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Barry A.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by whistler
Barry A,I agree with increasing the tax base.Everybody is in favor of raising
taxes as long it does not raise mine.I am sure many people reap the benefits of government services and pay no tax.That includes me.
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Well, I DO pay taxes, and I don't (and never have) used most of those "services" you speak of other than Medicare which my Blue Cross Insurance
INSISTED I use when I turned 65, and my attending the CA University System as well as the Public Schools, plus infrastructure!!! If many of the
services offered were much more restricted (in many cases, non-existant) then I would be much more willing to pay higher taxes (but they would not
then be needed, would they?), but that is not happening as far as I can tell. If paying down the debt substantially was in the Law, then yes, I would
be willing to pay more in taxes, as we all should.
In the mean time and all along, the top 3% of the Nation (the Fat-Cats?) are paying 40% of ALL Fed. Income taxes, and that is certainly NOT equitable.
And another 40% or so Americans pay no Fed. Income taxes at ALL!!!! And now they want to raise Fed. and State Income taxes on the rich????? That
is OutRageous!!!!!! no, actually Un-American!!!!
Aren't you now glad you brought THAT up (whoever actually did bring it up)??
(until we get a Frame-report on Monday we have to talk about SOMETHING) 
Barry
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David K
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Ken Cooke
| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
Because it isn't a Jeep, there doesn't need to be! ;-) |
Is this why you change Tacomas every 3-4 years on averageacreage? |
4.5 years Ken as they have each been 5 year leases, but over 100,000 miles at trade in.
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Barry A.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by whistler
I agree with almost everything you say but you do use government services everyday. |
The "one's" I use I would immagine I don't object too (naturally) but I honestly don't know what those are other than what I said above. I have
never, in 74 years, called the cops, the firedept, 911, etc. but I do believe that those Services are necessary, and that we all (everybody) need to
support them. It's the so-called "entitlements" that I have grave questions about, not the traditional services that Govt. has long provided. In
this town (Redding, CA) we pay outside of taxes for trash collection, sewer, recycleing, storm drains, water, electricity, etc. etc.... based on what
we consume.
Barry
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rts551
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Barry
Tell the whole story. You pay taxes on your Federal Employee pension. Your medical insurance (blue cross) is 50% paid for by the government. You
ARE one of the reasons the debt is so high(Civil Service retirement ) Tell you what. Why don't you just give that stuff back to the people who are
supporting you and quit being hypocritical. The trickle down you are getting id from the bottom 97%. be more thankful to them.
| Quote: | Originally posted by Barry A.
| Quote: | Originally posted by whistler
Barry A,I agree with increasing the tax base.Everybody is in favor of raising
taxes as long it does not raise mine.I am sure many people reap the benefits of government services and pay no tax.That includes me.
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Well, I DO pay taxes, and I don't (and never have) used most of those "services" you speak of other than Medicare which my Blue Cross Insurance
INSISTED I use when I turned 65, and my attending the CA University System as well as the Public Schools, plus infrastructure!!! If many of the
services offered were much more restricted (in many cases, non-existant) then I would be much more willing to pay higher taxes (but they would not
then be needed, would they?), but that is not happening as far as I can tell. If paying down the debt substantially was in the Law, then yes, I would
be willing to pay more in taxes, as we all should.
In the mean time and all along, the top 3% of the Nation (the Fat-Cats?) are paying 40% of ALL Fed. Income taxes, and that is certainly NOT equitable.
And another 40% or so Americans pay no Fed. Income taxes at ALL!!!! And now they want to raise Fed. and State Income taxes on the rich????? That
is OutRageous!!!!!! no, actually Un-American!!!!
Aren't you now glad you brought THAT up (whoever actually did bring it up)??
(until we get a Frame-report on Monday we have to talk about SOMETHING)
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rts551
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Barry....geeeze
You are a civil service retiree. That is an entitlement!!!!!!
| Quote: | Originally posted by Barry A.
| Quote: | Originally posted by whistler
I agree with almost everything you say but you do use government services everyday. |
The "one's" I use I would immagine I don't object too (naturally) but I honestly don't know what those are other than what I said above. I have
never, in 74 years, called the cops, the firedept, 911, etc. but I do believe that those Services are necessary, and that we all (everybody) need to
support them. It's the so-called "entitlements" that I have grave questions about, not the traditional services that Govt. has long provided. In
this town (Redding, CA) we pay outside of taxes for trash collection, sewer, recycleing, storm drains, water, electricity, etc. etc.... based on what
we consume.
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rts551
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Here Barry
"Entitlements, sometimes called "payments to individuals," are technically defined as benefits for which people qualify automatically, by virtue of
their age or income or occupation. Social Security is such an entitlement, by far the largest. So are medical programs such as Medicare and Medicaid,
civil-service and military pensions, unemployment insurance and price-support payments for farmers, and (with certain technical quibbles over
definitions) subsidized housing and food stamps."
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Barry A.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by rts551
Here Barry
"Entitlements, sometimes called "payments to individuals," are technically defined as benefits for which people qualify automatically, by virtue of
their age or income or occupation. Social Security is such an entitlement, by far the largest. So are medical programs such as Medicare and Medicaid,
civil-service and military pensions, unemployment insurance and price-support payments for farmers, and (with certain technical quibbles over
definitions) subsidized housing and food stamps." |
Good grief---------I NEVER thought of my Pension (which I payed into over the years, and was a condition/benefit of my employment and therefore part
of "my pay") as an "entitlement"-----I thought it was something I earned!!!!
Silly me!!!! 
------and also, I pay a premium for me and my wife's Medicare Part B each and every month, and it ain't that cheap (about $230 a month). That is way
more than our med. bills total up to each year (so far), but then that is the nature of Insurance which I consider Part B to be.
Barry
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Bajaboy
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Barry A.
| Quote: | Originally posted by rts551
Here Barry
"Entitlements, sometimes called "payments to individuals," are technically defined as benefits for which people qualify automatically, by virtue of
their age or income or occupation. Social Security is such an entitlement, by far the largest. So are medical programs such as Medicare and Medicaid,
civil-service and military pensions, unemployment insurance and price-support payments for farmers, and (with certain technical quibbles over
definitions) subsidized housing and food stamps." |
Good grief---------I NEVER thought of my Pension (which I payed into over the years, and was a condition/benefit of my employment and therefore part
of "my pay") as an "entitlement"-----I thought it was something I earned!!!!
Silly me!!!!
------and also, I pay a premium for me and my wife's Medicare Part B each and every month, and it ain't that cheap (about $230 a month). That is way
more than our med. bills total up to each year (so far), but then that is the nature of Insurance which I consider Part B to be.
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Barry, your "entitlement" is one of the things "they" are trying to take away. Haven't you followed anything that has happened in Wisconsin?
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Barry A.
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BajaBoy-----------who is "they"??? The Republicans???
Yes, I have followed the Wisconsin "situation" pretty carefully, I thought, but was not aware that "they" were aiming at my Pension as a
bargain-chip. I just thought "they" wanted to weaken the Union stranglehold on the States coffers going forward so as to balance the Budget. I have
never heard of any Republicans wanting to "take away" any existing Pensions--------just perhaps "reduce" them for new hires (reads future Pensions)
since no Govt. entity can afford to pay these "negotiated" rediculously generous stipens forever.
Barry
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rts551
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Barry.didn't you read what I put up. Your retirement is an entitlement. and yours comes at the tax payers expense. Also the taxpayers are covering
50% of your medical insurance AS WELL AS your medicare. So you are hitting them from all sides. Better Try and hang on to your benefits. You may
think you earned them but others don't. There will be targets than just Social Security. Remember the off-set laws passed in the 80's that took
away your ability to get payed ssn benefits you might have "earned". well more to come...how about instead of a COLA you get a cut in your monthly
entitlement to balance the budget.
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rts551
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Barry A.
BajaBoy-----------who is "they"??? The Republicans???
Yes, I have followed the Wisconsin "situation" pretty carefully, I thought, but was not aware that "they" were aiming at my Pension as a
bargain-chip. I just thought "they" wanted to weaken the Union stranglehold on the States coffers going forward so as to balance the Budget. I have
never heard of any Republicans wanting to "take away" any existing Pensions--------just perhaps "reduce" them for new hires (reads future Pensions)
since no Govt. entity can afford to pay these "negotiated" rediculously generous stipens forever.
Barry, they can take your "stipend". Al it takes is to pass a law.
Get ready!
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Bajaboy
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| Quote: | Originally posted by rts551
| Quote: | Originally posted by Barry A.
BajaBoy-----------who is "they"??? The Republicans???
Yes, I have followed the Wisconsin "situation" pretty carefully, I thought, but was not aware that "they" were aiming at my Pension as a
bargain-chip. I just thought "they" wanted to weaken the Union stranglehold on the States coffers going forward so as to balance the Budget. I have
never heard of any Republicans wanting to "take away" any existing Pensions--------just perhaps "reduce" them for new hires (reads future Pensions)
since no Govt. entity can afford to pay these "negotiated" rediculously generous stipens forever.
Barry, they can take your "stipend". Al it takes is to pass a law.
Get ready!
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And who says those that are still working and putting into the system haven't earned it
I still go over the top when I hear people complain about teacher pensions. I contribute to my pension. I don't get social security even though I
paid into it for 20 plus years. I pay my taxes. It was promised to me when I was hired and thus was one of the reasons I went to work as a public
servant.
No "they" want to take it away.....
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