Poll- How are you making out since 2003 overall with the Bush tax cuts versus gas prices, etc

[techs]

Taking the whole Bush economic plan and its results.
OK, take your best guess.
And add your comments.

 

[Genx87]

Personal income up over 30% since 2003.
Not much else to say, I am taking advantage of the great job market. I am in the process of expanding my gains by another 20% by the end of this year.

 

[BlancoNino]

If we decide to pay back the defecit through tax increases, the middle class will be paying hardly (if any at all) of it back.

 

[WHAMPOM]

$375 in tax reduction, $3000 increase in yearly gas price.

 

[WHAMPOM]

By the way, what does the price of gas and tax cuts have to do with the deficit?
Or more to the point. Why the bait and switch between your topic and poll?

 

[Red Dawn]

We're doing better but Bush and his clowns had nothing to do with it.

 

[techs]

Originally posted by: Genx87
Personal income up over 30% since 2003.
Not much else to say, I am taking advantage of the great job market. I am in the process of expanding my gains by another 20% by the end of this year.

And what is it you do?

 

[Genx87]

Originally posted by: techs

Originally posted by: Genx87
Personal income up over 30% since 2003.
Not much else to say, I am taking advantage of the great job market. I am in the process of expanding my gains by another 20% by the end of this year.

And what is it you do?

Information Technology, figure if I can do what I have done during some of the worst years, the future looks bright.

btw the industry as a whole has a huge glut of qualified people. Yeah some people claim to be in IT but cant figure out how to turn on a computer. The shakeup between late 2000 and 2003 has got rid of a lot of the self proclaimed IT people. The market as a whole looks pretty promising.

 

[ebaycj]

Originally posted by: Genx87

Originally posted by: techs

Originally posted by: Genx87
Personal income up over 30% since 2003.
Not much else to say, I am taking advantage of the great job market. I am in the process of expanding my gains by another 20% by the end of this year.

And what is it you do?

Information Technology, figure if I can do what I have done during some of the worst years, the future looks bright.

btw the industry as a whole has a huge glut of qualified people. Yeah some people claim to be in IT but cant figure out how to turn on a computer. The shakeup between late 2000 and 2003 has got rid of a lot of the self proclaimed IT people. The market as a whole looks pretty promising.

Can you be any more descriptive?

 

[techs]

Originally posted by: Genx87

Originally posted by: techs

Originally posted by: Genx87
Personal income up over 30% since 2003.
Not much else to say, I am taking advantage of the great job market. I am in the process of expanding my gains by another 20% by the end of this year.

And what is it you do?

Information Technology, figure if I can do what I have done during some of the worst years, the future looks bright.

btw the industry as a whole has a huge glut of qualified people. Yeah some people claim to be in IT but cant figure out how to turn on a computer. The shakeup between late 2000 and 2003 has got rid of a lot of the self proclaimed IT people. The market as a whole looks pretty promising.

Thats AMAZING. You are the ONLY PERSON I have heard claim they got a 30 percent increase since 2003!! Especially in IT where many companies are laying off workers and outsourcing.
And you expect a 20 percent increase this year!
You must be really great at what you do.
Now we know why you support the Bushies so much. You are one of the 5 percent of people who are doing better under Bushes plan.

 

[Genx87]

Originally posted by: techs

Originally posted by: Genx87

Originally posted by: techs

Originally posted by: Genx87
Personal income up over 30% since 2003.
Not much else to say, I am taking advantage of the great job market. I am in the process of expanding my gains by another 20% by the end of this year.

And what is it you do?

Information Technology, figure if I can do what I have done during some of the worst years, the future looks bright.

btw the industry as a whole has a huge glut of qualified people. Yeah some people claim to be in IT but cant figure out how to turn on a computer. The shakeup between late 2000 and 2003 has got rid of a lot of the self proclaimed IT people. The market as a whole looks pretty promising.

Thats AMAZING. You are the ONLY PERSON I have heard claim they got a 30 percent increase since 2003!! Especially in IT where many companies are laying off workers and outsourcing.
And you expect a 20 percent increase this year!
You must be really great at what you do.
Now we know why you support the Bushies so much. You are one of the 5 percent of people who are doing better under Bushes plan.

They are outsourcing code monkeys for the most part and most of the inplosion of the market happened in 2000-03 and the people who were left with their wank in the air were unqualified.

This country has a big demand for qualified IT, tech, and high end positions.

And yes if everything goes right 20% will be a low ball figure for an increase in personal wages earned this year.

Bush has little to do with how much my income has increased in the past 3 years. The job market is tight so I am using it to my advantage, as anybody who is qualified for their job should.

 

[Ldir]

Originally posted by: techs

Originally posted by: Genx87

Originally posted by: techs

Originally posted by: Genx87
Personal income up over 30% since 2003.
Not much else to say, I am taking advantage of the great job market. I am in the process of expanding my gains by another 20% by the end of this year.

And what is it you do?

Information Technology, figure if I can do what I have done during some of the worst years, the future looks bright.

btw the industry as a whole has a huge glut of qualified people. Yeah some people claim to be in IT but cant figure out how to turn on a computer. The shakeup between late 2000 and 2003 has got rid of a lot of the self proclaimed IT people. The market as a whole looks pretty promising.

Thats AMAZING. You are the ONLY PERSON I have heard claim they got a 30 percent increase since 2003!! Especially in IT where many companies are laying off workers and outsourcing.
And you expect a 20 percent increase this year!
You must be really great at what you do.
Now we know why you support the Bushies so much. You are one of the 5 percent of people who are doing better under Bushes plan.

It is easy to get big raises when you are green. Entry level hires start at low wages and are expected to advance if they are any good. It is rare to sustain this for too many years. Once you move into their normal pay range, raises are smaller and fewer.

 

[daniel49]

Your poll is slanted and therfore irrelevent.

 

[Darkstar757]

Bush teh sucks

 

[DickFnTracy]

Originally posted by: Genx87

Originally posted by: techs

Originally posted by: Genx87

Originally posted by: techs

Originally posted by: Genx87
Personal income up over 30% since 2003.
Not much else to say, I am taking advantage of the great job market. I am in the process of expanding my gains by another 20% by the end of this year.

And what is it you do?

Information Technology, figure if I can do what I have done during some of the worst years, the future looks bright.

btw the industry as a whole has a huge glut of qualified people. Yeah some people claim to be in IT but cant figure out how to turn on a computer. The shakeup between late 2000 and 2003 has got rid of a lot of the self proclaimed IT people. The market as a whole looks pretty promising.

Thats AMAZING. You are the ONLY PERSON I have heard claim they got a 30 percent increase since 2003!! Especially in IT where many companies are laying off workers and outsourcing.
And you expect a 20 percent increase this year!
You must be really great at what you do.
Now we know why you support the Bushies so much. You are one of the 5 percent of people who are doing better under Bushes plan.

They are outsourcing code monkeys for the most part and most of the inplosion of the market happened in 2000-03 and the people who were left with their wank in the air were unqualified.

This country has a big demand for qualified IT, tech, and high end positions.

And yes if everything goes right 20% will be a low ball figure for an increase in personal wages earned this year.

Bush has little to do with how much my income has increased in the past 3 years. The job market is tight so I am using it to my advantage, as anybody who is qualified for their job should.

QFT

I won't see that big of an increase (I think very few will) but my base and bonus is well over 6 figures so it's not a huge deal. Add in my .mil retirement check and we're doing fine. And since I'm working in the IT Security field and this particular job includes classified systems there's zero chance of outsourcing.

 

[ntdz]

Originally posted by: Red Dawn
We're doing better but Bush and his clowns had nothing to do with it.

At least you admit the economy is doing much better...

 

[her209]

I haven't seen any benefits on the "tax cuts"... not one red cent.

 

[ntdz]

Originally posted by: her209
I haven't seen any benefits on the "tax cuts"... not one red cent.

Make some more money and you will.

 

[her209]

Originally posted by: Red Dawn
We're doing better but Bush and his clowns had nothing to do with it.

Its quite the paradox. When the economy is doing bad, no one wants to take responsibility. When its doing good, everyone wants their credit. The truth is, no one knows why the economy is the way it is. If they did, we'd never have a recession.

 

[her209]

Originally posted by: ntdz

Originally posted by: her209
I haven't seen any benefits on the "tax cuts"... not one red cent.

Make some more money and you will.

But I thought his tax cuts were supposed to help middle-class people like me.

 

[ntdz]

Originally posted by: her209

Originally posted by: ntdz

Originally posted by: her209
I haven't seen any benefits on the "tax cuts"... not one red cent.

Make some more money and you will.

But I thought his tax cuts were supposed to help middle-class people like me.

They do, they help every single person who pays income taxes. If you don't make enough to pay income taxes, then how can your taxes be cut? Hmmm...

 

[techs]

Originally posted by: ntdz

Originally posted by: Red Dawn
We're doing better but Bush and his clowns had nothing to do with it.

At least you admit the economy is doing much better...

But you will NEVER admit that its the result of dangerously large and unsustainable deficit spending.

 

[ntdz]

Originally posted by: techs

Originally posted by: ntdz

Originally posted by: Red Dawn
We're doing better but Bush and his clowns had nothing to do with it.

At least you admit the economy is doing much better...

But you will NEVER admit that its the result of dangerously large and unsustainable deficit spending.

I don't believe it's the deficit spending that is sustaining our economy, I think it's a small boost. I do agree however the deficits are way too big...

 

[OrByte]

Tax cuts - whatever

Gas Prices are only beginning to really hurt me.

Its health insurance and health care costs that have really made a dent in my income and QOL this past couple of years.

 

[her209]

Originally posted by: ntdz

Originally posted by: her209

Originally posted by: ntdz

Originally posted by: her209
I haven't seen any benefits on the "tax cuts"... not one red cent.

Make some more money and you will.

But I thought his tax cuts were supposed to help middle-class people like me.

They do, they help every single person who pays income taxes. If you don't make enough to pay income taxes, then how can your taxes be cut? Hmmm...

Yeah :roll: Tell that to the IRS that took close to $7K in federal taxes alone.