OK, I'm not OK with it. There's one. And I'm not OK with it because I'm not OK with taking someone else's money. Millionaires already contribute more money (and time, which they don't have any more of than the rest of us) to charity than most of us could ever dream of. Taxes aren't charity; they pay for both teachers and useless bureaucrats in the Dept of Ed; they pay for both food stamps and bombers; they pay for both highway maintenance and cowboy poetry.
But they don't make half the income; they make 42.7%. The bottom 20% pay nothing. The bottom 50% pay under 3%. By the way, the top 50% also pay in each of the lower brackets, so when the left talks about cutting taxes for "the poor", they're cutting it for the middle class and rich, too.
What's the point of this stupid straw man, again? How about a real solution: if the Democrats really want to keep SS funded while making sure the payroll tax is "fair", they can remove the $106,000 income cap. Reducing the employee contribution has done nothing for unemployment, because the employer contribution is still the same, and this discourages hiring. And unemployment is the real problem right now. A payroll tax cut is meaningless when you're not working.
They're the same people who believe that the housing, goods, and health care available to those who visit Cuba are the same as those available to Cuban citizens: Hollywood celebrities.
That's OK... billionaire hedge fund manager and currency collapser George Soros funded Occupy Wall Street via the Tides Foundation. Slashdot-- you're all suckers.
Please remember that this is the country that banned nearly all guns because one psycho shot up a shopping mall. For a country that has so many chompy, stingy, poisonous monsters, they sure are fearful.
They're the same people who believe that the housing, goods, and health care available to those who visit Cuba are the same as those available to Cuban citizens: Hollywood celebrities.
The problem is that I could give you many, many examples of pleasant capitalistic countries, but there is not one-- not one-- pleasant communist country. Cuba comes closest, only because they are NK-lite in that some of their programs work on some level instead of being 100% facade. But Haiti is about the worst example. Since you obviously were born yesterday, I'll point out that Haiti in the last 30 years overthrew a hereditary dictatorship, created a constitutional government, had to throw out a president who fixed elections and had people killed, then suffered a nasty spate of hurricanes, and finally had a large earthquake hit their capital (and largest) city. All through this, they've been struggling with the highest rate of AIDS in the world. If you want to somehow pull a post hoc and claim that this is all the fault of capitalism, I'll go get my popcorn.
I'm really regretting posting earlier instead of moderating this discussion. A ridiculous bit of hyperbole with a preemptive ad hominem? No wonder you posted AC. Unfortunately, several idiots actually moderated you up, making me reconsider living on this planet anymore.
Despite warnings from the media and other agencies in South Korea, it seems it has never been explained by these organizations why this phenomenon has never been reported or ever heard of in any other country including North Korea.
The FCC is a regulatory, not a legislative body. They are appointed, not elected. Congress authorized them to regulate TV volume in the CALM act last year. Now the FCC has implemented the authority in an order. The FCC's bad enough-- let's not get the impression they're allowed to give themselves new authority.
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OK, I'm not OK with it. There's one. And I'm not OK with it because I'm not OK with taking someone else's money. Millionaires already contribute more money (and time, which they don't have any more of than the rest of us) to charity than most of us could ever dream of. Taxes aren't charity; they pay for both teachers and useless bureaucrats in the Dept of Ed; they pay for both food stamps and bombers; they pay for both highway maintenance and cowboy poetry.
But they don't make half the income; they make 42.7%. The bottom 20% pay nothing. The bottom 50% pay under 3%. By the way, the top 50% also pay in each of the lower brackets, so when the left talks about cutting taxes for "the poor", they're cutting it for the middle class and rich, too.
What's the point of this stupid straw man, again? How about a real solution: if the Democrats really want to keep SS funded while making sure the payroll tax is "fair", they can remove the $106,000 income cap. Reducing the employee contribution has done nothing for unemployment, because the employer contribution is still the same, and this discourages hiring. And unemployment is the real problem right now. A payroll tax cut is meaningless when you're not working.
Fjord water... it's what Norwegian Parrots pine for.
Oh, and Slashdot moderators.
That's OK... billionaire hedge fund manager and currency collapser George Soros funded Occupy Wall Street via the Tides Foundation. Slashdot-- you're all suckers.
Filter error: Don't use so many caps. It's like YELLING.
Please remember that this is the country that banned nearly all guns because one psycho shot up a shopping mall. For a country that has so many chompy, stingy, poisonous monsters, they sure are fearful.
The Slashdot crowd makes the cast of Big Bang Theory look like a stylish clique.
No, not so hot. But we add wasabi for you if you rike.
Dear leader can spell "referrer" properly in the header and yet maintain perfect compatibility.
The most interesting dictator in the world...
They're the same people who believe that the housing, goods, and health care available to those who visit Cuba are the same as those available to Cuban citizens: Hollywood celebrities.
Name-calling isn't criticism, it's a personal attack. Being able to even criticize leaders would be an improvement in China and NK.
The problem is that I could give you many, many examples of pleasant capitalistic countries, but there is not one-- not one-- pleasant communist country. Cuba comes closest, only because they are NK-lite in that some of their programs work on some level instead of being 100% facade. But Haiti is about the worst example. Since you obviously were born yesterday, I'll point out that Haiti in the last 30 years overthrew a hereditary dictatorship, created a constitutional government, had to throw out a president who fixed elections and had people killed, then suffered a nasty spate of hurricanes, and finally had a large earthquake hit their capital (and largest) city. All through this, they've been struggling with the highest rate of AIDS in the world. If you want to somehow pull a post hoc and claim that this is all the fault of capitalism, I'll go get my popcorn.
I'm really regretting posting earlier instead of moderating this discussion. A ridiculous bit of hyperbole with a preemptive ad hominem? No wonder you posted AC. Unfortunately, several idiots actually moderated you up, making me reconsider living on this planet anymore.
You are WONG, Mistah Pikoro! HAN HAN HAN
Wow... moderated "overrated" from 1... U MADD, sis?
By destroying the rights to liberty, property, and possibly life of your opponents? Lively, indeed.
Yes, you seem to only have people carrying guns for the public bad over there-- mostly police.
I hate to break this to you, but Jesus was a real person who actually lived as well.
Actually, I was thinking that if this were the "Ultimate LAN party", it would have more comfortable desks and chairs than those pictured.
Rottweiler.
Competent orgs are using WSUS to manage updates, anyway. They can still decline it.
The FCC is a regulatory, not a legislative body. They are appointed, not elected. Congress authorized them to regulate TV volume in the CALM act last year. Now the FCC has implemented the authority in an order. The FCC's bad enough-- let's not get the impression they're allowed to give themselves new authority.