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Forum: Space Empires: IV & V February 8th, 2003, 02:34 AM
Replies: 184
Views: 28,691
Posted By rextorres
Re: OT: Rating the President

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">No one said the rich are evil. The point is the tax cut is unfair.
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V February 7th, 2003, 07:49 PM
Replies: 184
Views: 28,691
Posted By rextorres
Re: OT: Rating the President

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Not necessarily, but, some people claim that the rich pay too much taxes - when in reality they pay about the same or a little less in taxes than...
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V February 7th, 2003, 08:14 AM
Replies: 184
Views: 28,691
Posted By rextorres
Re: OT: Rating the President

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Most media commentators are random people with their own beliefs.

And do do you guys have sales tax over there? How bout petrol tax? Excise...
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V February 7th, 2003, 05:58 AM
Replies: 184
Views: 28,691
Posted By rextorres
Re: OT: Rating the President

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">That is not true! What is your definition of a poor person? What is your definition of a tax?

EVERYONE who works pays social security tax...
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V February 7th, 2003, 02:34 AM
Replies: 184
Views: 28,691
Posted By rextorres
Re: OT: Rating the President

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I know it's crazy and people refuse to believe it but in the 80s congress ordered the Treasury Department to use the money in the Social Security...
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V February 6th, 2003, 08:15 PM
Replies: 184
Views: 28,691
Posted By rextorres
Re: OT: Rating the President

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Um . . . well actually when you factor in the Social Security tax which is just thrown into the general fund (and not in a "lock box" remember...
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V February 6th, 2003, 04:44 AM
Replies: 184
Views: 28,691
Posted By rextorres
Re: OT: Rating the President

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">The point I was making is that the situation now is analogous to the situation before the depression: Cut taxes on the wealthy, induce spending....
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V February 6th, 2003, 02:29 AM
Replies: 184
Views: 28,691
Posted By rextorres
Re: OT: Rating the President

O.K. Let's say the millionaires deserve a tax cut because they have been taken advantage of by the system.

W is claiming that EVERYONE is getting a tax cut. What he is doing, however, is giving...
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V February 6th, 2003, 01:24 AM
Replies: 184
Views: 28,691
Posted By rextorres
Re: OT: Rating the President

Well this chart is income tax this chart does NOT include Social Security tax.

Rush (conveniently) forgets to mention that everyone pays 8.9% of their income to Social Security for the first 77k...
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V February 5th, 2003, 11:41 PM
Replies: 184
Views: 28,691
Posted By rextorres
Re: OT: Rating the President

Huh?

Do you believe what your saying or is it just rhetorical?

Well I guess Coolidge who was even more laissez faire than Hoover, was more responsible, but Hoover pretty much sat by for two...
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V February 5th, 2003, 04:17 AM
Replies: 184
Views: 28,691
Posted By rextorres
Re: OT: Rating the President

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">HUH!

W used Enron's plane to fly around the country during his campaign and Enron and Ken Lay were W's biggest contributors.

The reason Ken...
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V February 5th, 2003, 04:04 AM
Replies: 184
Views: 28,691
Posted By rextorres
Re: OT: Rating the President

Herbert Hoover didn't do anything during the depression, because governments role was to "stay out of the way" and he's blamed for making the depression worse.

Besides there is an assumption that...
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V February 5th, 2003, 03:31 AM
Replies: 184
Views: 28,691
Posted By rextorres
Re: OT: Rating the President

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">You know who had that very same philosophy?

Herbert Hoover.

[ February 05, 2003, 01:39: Message edited by: rextorres ]
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V February 5th, 2003, 01:48 AM
Replies: 184
Views: 28,691
Posted By rextorres
Re: OT: Rating the President

With the deficit budget currently proposed by the resident thing are kind of scary. The fed will eventually need to raise interest rates to prevent inflation. Unfortunately - the proposals put out...
Forum: SEIV January 30th, 2003, 02:40 AM
Replies: 2,397
Views: 433,525
Posted By rextorres
Re: SE5, Tell Aaron what\'s on your Wish List

Improved micromanagement features:

Be able to give the launch order to planets from the colonies list.

Be able to send ships or fleets to waypoints, give launch orders to waypoints or pick up...
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V January 28th, 2003, 08:29 AM
Replies: 184
Views: 28,691
Posted By rextorres
Re: OT: Rating the President

I agree with you a 100%! We should privitize everything. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

[ January 28, 2003, 06:30: Message edited by: rextorres ]
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V January 28th, 2003, 07:48 AM
Replies: 184
Views: 28,691
Posted By rextorres
Re: OT: Rating the President

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">No, I don't think it was that high. Do you still have that link to the IRS report?[/b]</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana,...
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V January 27th, 2003, 11:57 PM
Replies: 184
Views: 28,691
Posted By rextorres
Re: OT: Rating the President

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Umm... not really. Just because one person happened to be elected who had a father that was president doesn't mean the country is turning into a...
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V January 27th, 2003, 01:03 AM
Replies: 37
Views: 6,990
Posted By rextorres
Re: capturing planets in PBW games

Is the ship strategy set to capture? Also if your using a transport the default strategy might be "don't get hurt". I rarely use a transport for transporting just because they allow one less engine....
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V January 27th, 2003, 12:27 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 936
Posted By rextorres
Re: Fleet movement/Stellar Manip question

In the order of battle stellar manipulation happens first.

Some exceptions are for instance you can move an opener then open a warp point so you can time that. But for a star destroyer if you move...
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V January 26th, 2003, 11:20 PM
Replies: 184
Views: 28,691
Posted By rextorres
Re: OT: Rating the President

Even though I'm as guilty as anyone of making this thread heated, I think just as you never talk politics and religion at the dinner table this forum is probably not the best place for these types of...
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V January 26th, 2003, 10:10 PM
Replies: 37
Views: 6,990
Posted By rextorres
Re: capturing planets in PBW games

It doesn't matter what the designation is - I guess it might mean something, but I've always set my ship strategy manually. As long as you set your fleet strategy to capture planet and your ship...
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V January 26th, 2003, 07:40 PM
Replies: 184
Views: 28,691
Posted By rextorres
Re: OT: Rating the President

How well do you think GW would do at SEIV? - at this point - that's what I'd like to know.
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V January 24th, 2003, 04:30 AM
Replies: 30
Views: 5,686
Posted By rextorres
Re: I finally thought of a use for drones!

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Do drones move when they are launched - just have a ship that can launch all the drones? If not then you'd have to put solar panels. If so then at...
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V January 22nd, 2003, 08:59 AM
Replies: 30
Views: 5,686
Posted By rextorres
Re: I finally thought of a use for drones!

Also as far as I know units don't get racial bonuses. Drones are great for warp point defense though.
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