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Archive through August 31, 2011Blake30 08-31-11  05:54 pm
         

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Blake
Posted on Wednesday, August 31, 2011 - 05:58 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Titlcylinder,

It sounds like a good idea, but the problem is figuring the "income". That in and of itself is what comprises the vast majority of tax forms.

Because of that, I prefer a flat sales tax on EVERYTHING, no exceptions whatsoever, services, goods, investments, real estate, rent, stocks, bonds, futures, options and the like. With all that in the mix, the rate ought to be around 7%.
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Ft_bstrd
Posted on Wednesday, August 31, 2011 - 07:01 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

FVB,

I have been wondering the exact same thing.

Odd that all of the tax and spend progressives on the board aren't piping up.

The truth is good. Lies suck. Reality has a way of kicking your entrenched beliefs in the balls.
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Crusty
Posted on Wednesday, August 31, 2011 - 07:29 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Odd that all of the tax and spend progressives on the board aren't piping up.

Maybe it's because whenever they argue with the same intensity as the conservatives on this board, they get banned.
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Ft_bstrd
Posted on Wednesday, August 31, 2011 - 07:41 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Maybe it's because whenever they argue with the same intensity as the conservatives on this board, they get banned.

Or maybe when you can't post emotional arguments, progressives don't have much to say.

You find ANYTHING in this thread "intense"?

Bannings come when people take personal pot shots at specific individuals. Debate without getting personal, and folks here have no problems.

Progressives have a hard time doing that because the facts aren't on their side. When the argument fails, the personal attacks begin.
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Crusty
Posted on Wednesday, August 31, 2011 - 08:22 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Bullshit.
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Aesquire
Posted on Wednesday, August 31, 2011 - 08:57 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Progressives do have that problem, because the basis for their religion is emotion over reason. ( it's the way of the neo-marxist. Dialectic materialism is the art of arguing falsehoods into reality. See hundreds of millions murdered in China, & the USSR alone )

Old School Liberals, ( like me ) don't have that problem because we have reasoned arguments for our causes. Sometimes we're even right.

Like "women should have the same rights as men". I hold that opinion. I am aware we are different, ( YEA! ) and understand that not being the property of father and husband have consequences. ( like not being anyones responsibility after adulthood. Root, hog, or die )

Sometimes, when my opinions differ from Blake, we find a common place where we can agree, and agree that the part we can't agree... well, we aren't going to convince the other on THAT point, and leave it as is. Disagree, but respect. ( if he thinks I'm nuts on the subject, he's at least polite about not mentioning my mother. )

On this subject, I certainly don't have THE answer. It's obvious to ME that spending far more than you make has a limited lifespan. ( ask my credit card companies )

It's historical fact that tax cuts bring in more revenue, longer, than tax increases. ( Bill Clinton's tax hikes brought in a LOT of money. But the effect on the economy was to cause a recession the last year of his office, cutting revenues, and leaving the next guy with the problem. History may not repeat, but it rhymes )

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Ft_bstrd
Posted on Wednesday, August 31, 2011 - 09:58 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Bullshit.

I rest my case.
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