EVILFACE
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Not only that, but people like me that have no problem running my life and paying my own bills are having to conver their sorry worthless ass.
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Not only that, but people like me that have no problem running my life and paying my own bills are having to conver their sorry worthless ass.
devilof76
Super Freak
Which does nothing in the way of making the practice acceptable.
Darth Cruel
Super Freak
Good points all over the place. My head is spinning.
devilof76
Super Freak
The fact is, it's impossible to consume more than you produce. A parasite can point to the fact that his neighbor has produced more than he needs, and therefore owes those who produced less than they need, but at no point will an entire country practicing such nonsense be able to avoid bankrupting itself.
Communism isn't a moral ideal that cannot be practiced. It cannot be practiced because morally, it's a nightmare.
Communism isn't a moral ideal that cannot be practiced. It cannot be practiced because morally, it's a nightmare.
Darth Cruel
Super Freak
Not to mention the whole idea of the government doing more for people makes people weaker.
Cowboy up! Cowgirl up! Man up! Parent up!
JUST STEP THE ____ UP AND HANDLE YOUR BUSINESS, PEOPLE!
devilof76
Super Freak
It doesn't help that a century worth of academics (and how many centuries worth of preachers?) have convinced them that profit is theft and those who make the greatest profits are the greatest thieves, and thus the cause of everyone else's suffering. By the time it reaches this point, you end up with groups like Anonymous threatening major acts of sabotage and the whole Occupy movement wielding the force of mob rage as if it were a moral imperative.
I've come to the conclusion that paying taxes should be required to exercise voting rights. I can't think of any other way to stop it.
I've come to the conclusion that paying taxes should be required to exercise voting rights. I can't think of any other way to stop it.
Darth Cruel
Super Freak
Sort of a reciprocation to "No taxation without representation". I'm in!
devilof76
Super Freak
Yup. You shouldn't get to vote on what's not yours.
Kibishii
Super Freak
I hate it when people rant and rave about taxes, socialism, unfair/class warfare, and "restoring America" when VERY high taxes, increased social programs, unions, and laws designed to protect the middle class led to these America's most prosperous period. Remember, ol'Republican Eisenhower taxes multimillionaires at 90% and taxes in the 60's were pushing 70%. Is it 'fair'? No. But if someone is making/worth $200 million+, they can afford to pay 40% and still have plenty to make millions more the next year. 
Personally, I think we need to have lower corporate tax rates but crank up (yup, you heard me right) personal taxes on millionaires and close the fricking investment/loss loopholes on taxing capital gains and "stock option investments". We might also try import VAT like every other modern country in the world.
In rainbow world, both parties would come together and freeze any increased spending projects (especially earmarks) and revamp the tax code. Don't get me wrong, we have major problems with social-program abuse, government waste, and an extreme divide between the uber rich and uber poor. If you follow the last thirty years: taxes have decreased, the 'ultra-rich' have increased, the middle class has been disappearing.
I am pretty sure most people will disagree with me, but if we don't stop killing the middle class in this country we are going to end up like Mexico...
Personally, I think we need to have lower corporate tax rates but crank up (yup, you heard me right) personal taxes on millionaires and close the fricking investment/loss loopholes on taxing capital gains and "stock option investments". We might also try import VAT like every other modern country in the world.
In rainbow world, both parties would come together and freeze any increased spending projects (especially earmarks) and revamp the tax code. Don't get me wrong, we have major problems with social-program abuse, government waste, and an extreme divide between the uber rich and uber poor. If you follow the last thirty years: taxes have decreased, the 'ultra-rich' have increased, the middle class has been disappearing.
I am pretty sure most people will disagree with me, but if we don't stop killing the middle class in this country we are going to end up like Mexico...
Skiman
Super Freak
^^^ I skip these posts, all I have in my control is the amount of egg whites I eat.
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uscmhicks
Super Freak
Vet Bills. 
devilof76
Super Freak
Eisenhower was a punk.
Kibishii
Super Freak
I hate how often the word 'racist' gets tossed around. A Hispanic coworker of mine was talking about her husband & son visiting Mexico and witnessing an apparent car jacking and they didn't report it to the police because they were afraid. I mentioned that there is no way I would travel to Mexico right now; she asked why and I gave some examples of the overwhelming violence, poverty, and my memory of Cabo with the military guards on every corner holding AR14s and being overwhelmed by the glares you would get when you would walk off the main street and she said "Stop with the racist comments!"
Huh? I wouldn't go camping in the Nigeria, hiking in Iraq, shopping in Southern Russia, or take a midnight stroll in Oakland either..
Huh? I wouldn't go camping in the Nigeria, hiking in Iraq, shopping in Southern Russia, or take a midnight stroll in Oakland either..
devilof76
Super Freak
That's because you're racist.
Kibishii
Super Freak
No, I asked if she would go take a hike in Iran or the Sudan and she replied no. I didn't want it to blow up, so I got my stuff and went to my classroom. She sent me a message a few hours ago via Facebook and apologized so
Skiman
Super Freak
Gay Marriage.
