You're right about when things just start going wrong one after the other. But the remaining value of the vehicle is not really the issue. It's the ongoing cost. The cost of a new vehicle must be amortized over the lifetime. People aren't good at that (as long as they think they can make the loan payment) and just want the new shiny.
Didn't the "party of liberty and freedom" Democrats occupy all three branches of government a while back? Good to see they got right on these infringements of our liberties.
Somehow we have gone from "War is hell. Sometimes to achieve your goal, innocent bystanders will get caught in the crossfire" to the glib "Collateral damage, innit?".
If ever there was a reason that slippery-slope arguments shouldn't be dismissed out-of-hand, this is it.
There are a whole spectrum of people from those who are rich through comfortably off through on the edge. Every time you raise taxes or reduce someone spending power in one of those other sneaky ways like running the presses, you push some more people over that edge.
If you have compassion for those starving, freezing, or dying of disease, reach into your own pocket, (as do many of those you accuse of lacking compassion), not others.
Cheney a prepper? Hardly. If there's anyone who represents the cigar-smoking, brandy-swilling high-living fat-cat, it's him. If there's any prepping around him, it would be because he pays a staff to do it for him.
One could use taxation to fund government without having a compassionate bone in your body. It's orthogonal. In fact, I would argue that an excessive zeal for taxation displays a marked lack of compassion for those who are negatively affected by that taxation.
Indeed. As in most of these cases, it is mental issues rather than political. I think it was a fair response to an attempt to link him to the tea party though.
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How come we're not all dead? I thought (was told) there was a terrorist hiding around every corner.
You're right about when things just start going wrong one after the other. But the remaining value of the vehicle is not really the issue. It's the ongoing cost. The cost of a new vehicle must be amortized over the lifetime. People aren't good at that (as long as they think they can make the loan payment) and just want the new shiny.
Uhm, whut?
I think it's you that needs the remedial class.
And yet has "Not for identification" written on it.
The cameras are more a reaction to the crime afforded by Britain's entitlement-enabling welfare state.
The real question is: inside or outside?
Didn't the "party of liberty and freedom" Democrats occupy all three branches of government a while back? Good to see they got right on these infringements of our liberties.
Somehow we have gone from "War is hell. Sometimes to achieve your goal, innocent bystanders will get caught in the crossfire" to the glib "Collateral damage, innit?".
If ever there was a reason that slippery-slope arguments shouldn't be dismissed out-of-hand, this is it.
As a society, we
It's a big world.
There are a whole spectrum of people from those who are rich through comfortably off through on the edge. Every time you raise taxes or reduce someone spending power in one of those other sneaky ways like running the presses, you push some more people over that edge.
If you have compassion for those starving, freezing, or dying of disease, reach into your own pocket, (as do many of those you accuse of lacking compassion), not others.
Cheney a prepper? Hardly. If there's anyone who represents the cigar-smoking, brandy-swilling high-living fat-cat, it's him. If there's any prepping around him, it would be because he pays a staff to do it for him.
You have to guess that Dick Cheney is American? That must be some rock you've been hiding under.
Not all libertarians are tea partiers. Though certainly there is a fair bit of common ground.
One could use taxation to fund government without having a compassionate bone in your body. It's orthogonal. In fact, I would argue that an excessive zeal for taxation displays a marked lack of compassion for those who are negatively affected by that taxation.
Indeed. As in most of these cases, it is mental issues rather than political. I think it was a fair response to an attempt to link him to the tea party though.
Non-sequitur. The point was about the compassion of members of the tea party (of which I am not one for what it's worth).
The "correct" level is the one that is agreed between those who want to lend and those who want to borrow.
With the proviso that magicing huge amounts of money out of nowhere is not a valid way of entering into this.
Your #1 is a flat out lie.
The rest I'll be willing to settle that you're simply deluded about. The spittle flecked hatred is palpable.
Perhaps their idea of compassion just doesn't involve using the threat of force to take money from others for their own ends.
Oh, you mean Jared Lee Loughner who was described as ""left wing, quite liberal,"[43] "radical."[44]" amd was registered as an independent?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jared_Lee_Loughner
Your bias is showing.
What stereotype would this be, exactly?
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That is all.
Grr filter.
Sweet. The name rings a bell but I don't think I paid attention.
That's probably fair :) Though it's a little pricey but today's standards to begin with.
Why would I quote that? It was never in dispute.