Considering the fact that about 30% of US population does not pay any taxes at all and 90% of all taxes is paid by 10% of the population , it is hard to claim that this system penalizes "the average person" Of course, perhaps as compared to Europe where being rich is practically crime and carries a social stigma, it might seem that way.
That's not the point. The point here is that the contemporary European culture is being kept on the life support only by the power of local governments. If left to the "market" forces , great majority of Europeans would be more than happy to go with the popular American imports. This clearly shows that , as far as popular culture is concerned, Europe lost the battle long time ago.
Well, this is the choice people of this country made to protect themselves from a very real danger. If this went a bit too far you have only leftist to thank for it since their insane "everybody gets in and no questions asked" policies are partially responsible for tragedy of 9/11.
If you don't like these policies you can always leave..
PS. I am in the same position as you - I am not a citizen , just a green card holder.
"A prime example of what Lenin called a ?Useful Idiot?."
Holly fuck. Do you know whom Lenin was referring to when he made these remarks? Let me give you a hint - back then there were some people in western Europe and US who opposed confronting USSR on the basis that there are is no such thing as "good and bad guys" and viewing USSR as an evil empire was a basically very simplistic and intellectually lazy thing to do ?. Not to mention that any sort of military action against Soviet regime was basically a plot of these at power to ?to throw the nation in to a perpetual war.?
"When the US made an imperialistic move, understandably extending our sphere of influence, there was a global superpower willing to stand up and fight back."
Dude, I lived on the other side of the fence for about 20 years of my life. Let me tell you a little secret - people like you were referred to by the local party operatives as so called "useful idiots" and were often featured in our local TV as a part of overall propaganda scheme directed against US and entire western system of values. Basically, the official line was very same thing like you just wrote here - that US is bend on destroying the world and therefore USSR and its allies are necessary to prevent this from happening. Of course , people new better than to view US/USSR as equally evil powers, a common sense you seem to be lacking.
What stories ? The fact that US has an internal discussion how to enforce its own laws ? In another words, it tries to take care of its own interest and , of course, this is a fucking crime these days where we all supposed to be marching to the same drummer.
Ah, the hypocrisy of Europeans who accuse US of everything under the sun while at the same time relying on its military to prevent mass murder in the middle of their own fucking continent. How about this : before you ?worry? about environment and accusing us of not playing along with your nonsense , please make sure there are no people being slaughtered in your own backyard. Please, clean up your own fucking place before accusing US of being "evil".
How boring and NAIVE you can get ? I think that is way more interesting question.
You the Dr. Spork Great who knows how to deal with all the evil that?s out there and can afford to criticize US government for he is not responsible for protecting this country and therefore his lunatic ideas won?t hurt anyone.
Yeah, right. With entire industries ( asbestos , tobacco) being literally driven into bankruptcy by the trial lawyers using US JUSTICE system and billions of dollars being awarded in civil actions against corporations every year, your claim borders on lunacy.
Black guy in Alabama ? Dude, you got to stop reading press from 30 years ago. You mean the fact that Blacks are 10 times more likely to commit interracial crime than Whites are ?
I just recently saw on Yahoo-news report stating that Blacks in US have higher average income than an average Swede.
How about the fact that this democratic goverment has to abide by the words of the constitution which clearly prohibits it from taking away people's right to own a gun ? BTW. Guns in US are _heavily_ regulated - meaning one has to go thru shitload of trouble to get one.
Yeah, yeah yeah. This is what happens if you smoke too much. So.. don't do it.
A good advice from a dumbfuck who voted for that "fascist fuck".
PS. Gore and Nader lost. Get over it.
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Of course they will not. So let's just do.. nothing. Just ignore them. If we hold our hands together and sing something loud enough perhaps they will all go away back to their evil caves.
How old are you ? There will be day when you will understand this ? Trust me.
They don't have to be. US government is not in the business of saving humanity but it is in the business of protecting US and its interests. Is this simple fact that hard to understand ? Sometimes it makes sense to support some people, and sometimes it makes more sense to go out and annihilate them. If you deny that this is how the world operated since the beginning of the time, they are denying reality and. well, let's just say you are naive.
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Yeah, that is something.
I mean, just before World War 2 people like Powell actually prevailed and their doctrine of " hold on here, maybe we are talking this a little too far, Hitler hasn't done anything yet" carried the day. Of course, warmongers like Churchill and his cronies were calling for a preventive war against Germany but the rational minds managed to kill that notion once and for all ( until September 1 1939 , that is) . Thank God for all these peace loving people.
Hey fuckhead "communism" was very much for real - at least it was for tens of millions of people who perished under communistic regimes. Of course, your stupid ass, never experienced this kind of terror, thanks to the very vigilantism on the part of people you seem to now accuse. How fucking ironic.
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Yeah, sure, It should have opposed Stalin and have him and Hitler form an alliance against US,just to make live more interesting ( since defeating Germans alone was such an easy task.) Some people are so fucking naive it is just scary...
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No, there are no two sides. Remember fuckhead, US government is not obligated to work in the interest of humanity but in the interest of US. Simple as that.. Sometimes, supporting one dictator is in our interest, sometimes it is not and we have to take him and his regime out. Anyway, as far as this sort of politics goes , US is a fucking angel compared to what other , similarly strong countries used to do in the past ( GB, Soviet Union etc...)
Workers reforms will do nothing for these countries. They will drive all capital away and make them even poorer. What they need is more and more capital and foreign investments. You have a good heart - now you need a brain.
AS an American I can add another benefit - free software paid for German taxpayers. This will be a payback for years of US consumer subsidizing EU healthcare system ( basically drug companies make 80% of their profits in US where drug prices are not regulated as they are in Europe meaning that EU can maintain their low drug prices only because US folks are paying all the costs associated with the development of new drugs. )
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Considering the fact that about 30% of US population does not pay any taxes at all and 90% of all taxes is paid by 10% of the population , it is hard to claim that this system penalizes "the average person"
Of course, perhaps as compared to Europe where being rich is practically crime and carries a social stigma, it might seem that way.
That's not the point.
The point here is that the contemporary European culture is being kept on the life support only by the power of local governments.
If left to the "market" forces , great majority of Europeans would be more than happy to go with the popular American imports.
This clearly shows that , as far as popular culture is concerned, Europe lost the battle long time ago.
Well, this is the choice people of this country made to protect themselves from a very real danger.
..
If this went a bit too far you have only leftist to thank for it since their insane "everybody gets in and no questions asked" policies are partially responsible for tragedy of 9/11.
If you don't like these policies you can always leave
PS.
I am in the same position as you - I am not a citizen , just a green card holder.
"A prime example of what Lenin called a ?Useful Idiot?."
Holly fuck.
Do you know whom Lenin was referring to when he made these remarks?
Let me give you a hint - back then there were some people in western Europe and US who opposed confronting USSR on the basis that there are is no such thing as "good and bad guys" and viewing USSR as an evil empire was a basically very simplistic and intellectually lazy thing to do ?.
Not to mention that any sort of military action against Soviet regime was basically a plot of these at power to ?to throw the nation in to a perpetual war.?
Amazing, simply amazing.
"When the US made an imperialistic move, understandably extending our sphere of influence, there was a global superpower willing to stand up and fight back."
Dude, I lived on the other side of the fence for about 20 years of my life.
Let me tell you a little secret - people like you were referred to by the local party operatives as so called "useful idiots" and were often featured in our local TV as a part of overall propaganda scheme directed against US and entire western system of values.
Basically, the official line was very same thing like you just wrote here - that US is bend on destroying the world and therefore USSR and its allies are necessary to prevent this from happening.
Of course , people new better than to view US/USSR as equally evil powers, a common sense you seem to be lacking.
What stories ?
The fact that US has an internal discussion how to enforce its own laws ?
In another words, it tries to take care of its own interest and , of course, this is a fucking crime these days where we all supposed to be marching to the same drummer.
Ah, the hypocrisy of Europeans who accuse US of everything under the sun while at the same time relying on its military to prevent mass murder in the middle of their own fucking continent.
How about this : before you ?worry? about environment and accusing us of not playing along with your nonsense , please make sure there are no people being slaughtered in your own backyard.
Please, clean up your own fucking place before accusing US of being "evil".
Last time it took the Germans about 24 hours to overrun your little country.
How long would it take for US ?
Dare to guess ?
Blah, blah blah.
How boring and NAIVE you can get ?
I think that is way more interesting question.
You the Dr. Spork Great who knows how to deal with all the evil that?s out there and can afford to criticize US government for he is not responsible for protecting this country and therefore his lunatic ideas won?t hurt anyone.
Yeah, right.
With entire industries ( asbestos , tobacco) being literally driven into bankruptcy by the trial lawyers using US JUSTICE system and billions of dollars being awarded in civil actions against corporations every year, your claim borders on lunacy.
"That network is about reinforcing people's political leanings, not reporting the news. No thanks. "
So is CNN/MSNBC and even indimedia( one of the most politicized "news" sites around.)
Black guy in Alabama ?
Dude, you got to stop reading press from 30 years ago.
You mean the fact that Blacks are 10 times more likely to commit interracial crime than Whites are ?
I just recently saw on Yahoo-news report stating that Blacks in US have higher average income than an average Swede.
How about the fact that this democratic goverment has to abide by the words of the constitution which clearly prohibits it from taking away people's right to own a gun ?
BTW.
Guns in US are _heavily_ regulated - meaning one has to go thru shitload of trouble to get one.
Yeah, yeah yeah. .. don't do it.
This is what happens if you smoke too much.
So
A good advice from a dumbfuck who voted for that "fascist fuck".
PS.
Gore and Nader lost. Get over it.
Of course they will not. .. nothing.
So let's just do
Just ignore them.
If we hold our hands together and sing something loud enough perhaps they will all go away back to their evil caves.
How old are you ?
There will be day when you will understand this ? Trust me.
They don't have to be.
US government is not in the business of saving humanity but it is in the business of protecting US and its interests.
Is this simple fact that hard to understand ?
Sometimes it makes sense to support some people, and sometimes it makes more sense to go out and annihilate them.
If you deny that this is how the world operated since the beginning of the time, they are denying reality and. well, let's just say you are naive.
Yeah, that is something.
I mean, just before World War 2 people like Powell actually prevailed and their doctrine of " hold on here, maybe we are talking this a little too far, Hitler hasn't done anything yet" carried the day.
Of course, warmongers like Churchill and his cronies were calling for a preventive war against Germany but the rational minds managed to kill that notion once and for all ( until September 1 1939 , that is)
.
Thank God for all these peace loving people.
Hey fuckhead "communism" was very much for real - at least it was for tens of millions of people who perished under communistic regimes.
Of course, your stupid ass, never experienced this kind of terror, thanks to the very vigilantism on the part of people you seem to now accuse.
How fucking ironic.
Yeah, sure, It should have opposed Stalin and have him and Hitler form an alliance against US,just to make live more interesting ( since defeating Germans alone was such an easy task.) ...
Some people are so fucking naive it is just scary
No, there are no two sides. ...)
Remember fuckhead, US government is not obligated to work in the interest of humanity but in the interest of US.
Simple as that..
Sometimes, supporting one dictator is in our interest, sometimes it is not and we have to take him and his regime out.
Anyway, as far as this sort of politics goes , US is a fucking angel compared to what other , similarly strong countries used to do in the past ( GB, Soviet Union etc
Workers reforms will do nothing for these countries.
They will drive all capital away and make them even poorer.
What they need is more and more capital and foreign investments.
You have a good heart - now you need a brain.
Check this one out.
http://www.politicalmind.net/taxes.htm
And next time, don't trust the leftist propaganda so easily.
They have an agenda, just like everybody else.
AS an American I can add another benefit - free software paid for German taxpayers.
This will be a payback for years of US consumer subsidizing EU healthcare system ( basically drug companies make 80% of their profits in US where drug prices are not regulated as they are in Europe meaning that EU can maintain their low drug prices only because US folks are paying all the costs associated with the development of new drugs. )
Yeah .. he doesn't like Perl ? So fucking what ?
I don't like you and now you should be scared, really scared.
Fucker !