Beap52 1,003 #26 Posted February 1 29 minutes ago, lynnmor said: "Gasoline Tax (currently 44.75 cents per gallon)" Currently gasoline is taxed up to 86.5 cents per gallon. This copy and paste has been circulating thru email for years. I'm usually late for the party. I'm guessing been out there 10 years. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EB-80/8inPA 1,735 #28 Posted February 2 (edited) What @Handy Don said. Edited February 2 by EB-80/8inPA Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
953 nut 56,627 #29 Posted February 2 On 1/31/2025 at 9:10 PM, adsm08 said: declining birth rates play a big part If jobs were brought back home there would be no shortage of workers from other countries who would be eager to fill the jobs. When our manufacturers move their production overseas to avoid government regulations the FICA and Medicare contributions disappeared with those jobs. 1 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
adsm08 2,354 #30 Posted February 2 19 minutes ago, 953 nut said: If jobs were brought back home there would be no shortage of workers from other countries who would be eager to fill the jobs. When our manufacturers move their production overseas to avoid government regulations the FICA and Medicare contributions disappeared with those jobs. You are not wrong, however this issue and the immigration/outsourcing debates are not linked that closely as birthrates throughout the industrialized world are hovering just below the replacement rate, and at it's core Social Security is a pyramid scheme, requiring and ever-expanding population in the "next generation" of workers. Part of it is economic worries, part of it is how easy it is to not have unplanned pregnancies compared to in decades past, and part of it is social factors. And all three of them are working in concert to drive down birth rates. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Horsin'round 141 #31 Posted February 2 17 hours ago, Beap52 said: 545 vs. 300,000,000 People -By Charlie Reese Written in 2009, some of the information is out of date... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JC 1965 1,532 #32 Posted February 3 On 2/2/2025 at 7:55 AM, 953 nut said: If jobs were brought back home there would be no shortage of workers from other countries who would be eager to fill the jobs. When our manufacturers move their production overseas to avoid government regulations the FICA and Medicare contributions disappeared with those jobs. YES !! Thank You !! 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ed Kennell 39,648 #33 Posted February 3 On 2/2/2025 at 7:55 AM, 953 nut said: If jobs were brought back Been working on it for 60 years. 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Roger R 457 #34 Posted February 3 On 1/31/2025 at 5:15 PM, Wayne0 said: Company (30 yrs service) bought a new machine which any bozo could run....... I was the only one who knew how to work the "analog" machine. Us old guys had to give in to the digital age! Dammit! I starter out as an electrician at a company with a large machine shop, just as digital machines were coming in. (Those early ones were paper tape operated) But I always admired the old guys who could step up to a "War Issue" Cincinnati "knee miller" and turn out parts accurate to within 0.0001" Sadly a skill which is slipping away from the industry. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
