Right now I see it as the old and poor stealing from the middle class, the people getting fucked the most right now are people betwee. 26 and 366 we are paying into ocare more then we get in return, in fact some 90 percent of us will pay thousands a year, either directly out of pocket or collectivly though taxes and get under 300 in return, rinse and repeat for ten years, thats a house, a car, a baby to grow up right, but no we cant do that now can we
im not saying one is better than the other just that the current way of doing this is bad. Id be for a consumption tax, where all FINISHED goods are taxed , supply line products (componants, unfinished wood etc would not be) and only charge a tax based on consumption. If you own a jet, you get taxed more than if you own a car. you dont own are car? you get taxed even less. Roll ALL taxes into the final sales and leave it at that.
The current tax structure is unsustainable, even to the pro tax and spend crowd and the less taxes are better crowd, we have to start over and the best first step should be abolish the IRS
while correct, The real statement should have been "it is not financially possible to get to 100% renewable, without killing off 2/3rds of the population (ill leave that to others to decide if thats a good idea or not)
well look at BP as one example. BP is one of the companies spending more on renewables than most. They dont even call themselves an oil company, but an energy company.
the koch brothers are not wrong for wanting to keep what they have, but they are wrong by not diversifying and transitioning to a total energy company, solar, wind, hydro, nuke, on top of coal and oil. That is where the smart billionaires will be
ive been watching house of cards over the past 2 weeks and there was this one person who said it all, Im paraphrassing but he weas talking with the VP and the VP asked the guy why do you want to be here when the other guy can pay you more than I ever could.
the guys answer - money doesnt matter to me, you can give me power
As someone who has been following this for a few weeks now I think this is a great idea. What can be learned by capturing this machine? By that I mean what can we use here to get young kids interested in space again? When I was a kid, we had an amazing show with the comet slamming into Jupiter, I look at that as the time I got interested in space. If we can capture this machine, is there a way it can be used as a teaching tool for younger kids?
and im sure that 99.999% of those 99.999% if face to face with a family member or loved one they would not tell them that they dont care. This is the internet, people speak freely here. you must be new
more like normal human behavior. With 7 billion people on the planet, Id wager somewhere between 100 and 200K people die daily, (without major disasters), I am not going to get all upset over people ive never met, living in places ive never been dying in general. If that makes me selfish and self absorbed, show me someone who says a prayer for each human on earth who dies every second of every day, and ill show you a liar
im surprised, With what you are asking for, MSNBC would be great. but like you pointed out, MSNBC doesnt have any real ideas, all they ever do is watch fox, who has about 100X the viewers, and make fun of them and talk about how bad fox is. MSNBC news programing (which of the 3 majors actually has the least "news" programming) is actually pretty good. Fox "news" programming is also very good. CNN dropped the ball years ago and never found it
are you serious here? there is so much wrong with that statement its not even funny. first off, who are the people fighting for less taxes? the libertarians, tea party and a handful republicans. Who wants more taxes and higher taxes? the democrats.
If you want an actual solution, do away with the IRS and institute a fair or flat tax.
Depends on how you look at it. I find the "moderate" republicans to be deplorable and spineless. but then again Im not a republican, im a libertarian. Call me fringe if you wish but id say that libertarians tend to be the most consistent people. We dont always say things people like, but we are consistent when it comes to matters of social justice and equality
on the one hand Ocare costs alot, like a hell of a lot. SOME people dont directly pay for it, but we all pay for it via taxes that go to pay for it for those who dont "have to pay for it" I see both issues involved in this issue
Why do you think a filet mignon has bacon around it
They dont always, its just a bonus. A good prepared cut of steak needs no extra flavorings maybe a little salt and pepper thats it. sometimes a slight butter glaze. at least when I cook a good steak thats all i need
Clearly you didnt read the recent study that said being a vegetarian is not more healthy than having a fully balanced diet. We dont have canines for looks
all good points. In my case they were boneless skinless chicken breasts. and When I buy them its to prepare a meal, If I wanted easy id go to the frozen food dept and buy some chicken nuggets and throw them in the nuker. There is something satisfying though about spending an hour crafting a great dish and finishing it off with a good quality beer
a pound of ground beef (16 OZ 90%) is under 4.50 as I write this in my local store. Also chicken breasts are going for 2.99$ a pound. Im not going to spend more money for less of a product, that is not even real meat
heres another idea, Fit this app on cops who do patrol work, you would get a good map fairly quickly, and you would be helping out the poor (most crime happens in poor areas, therefore more cops driving around, therefore more potholes reported!)
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I provided sources, you did not. so excuse me if I take your word on it coward
Right now I see it as the old and poor stealing from the middle class, the people getting fucked the most right now are people betwee. 26 and 366 we are paying into ocare more then we get in return, in fact some 90 percent of us will pay thousands a year, either directly out of pocket or collectivly though taxes and get under 300 in return, rinse and repeat for ten years, thats a house, a car, a baby to grow up right, but no we cant do that now can we
You are aware that the top 10 percent pay some 70 pecent of taxes right now correct? Oh, of course not http://money.cnn.com/2013/03/1...
All excellent points, I make those same points quite often, I was mainly just talking about on their face. You are 100% correct however
im not saying one is better than the other just that the current way of doing this is bad. Id be for a consumption tax, where all FINISHED goods are taxed , supply line products (componants, unfinished wood etc would not be) and only charge a tax based on consumption. If you own a jet, you get taxed more than if you own a car. you dont own are car? you get taxed even less. Roll ALL taxes into the final sales and leave it at that.
The current tax structure is unsustainable, even to the pro tax and spend crowd and the less taxes are better crowd, we have to start over and the best first step should be abolish the IRS
We have the _technology_ since decades
while correct, The real statement should have been "it is not financially possible to get to 100% renewable, without killing off 2/3rds of the population (ill leave that to others to decide if thats a good idea or not)
well look at BP as one example. BP is one of the companies spending more on renewables than most. They dont even call themselves an oil company, but an energy company.
the koch brothers are not wrong for wanting to keep what they have, but they are wrong by not diversifying and transitioning to a total energy company, solar, wind, hydro, nuke, on top of coal and oil. That is where the smart billionaires will be
how dare you bring common sense into the discussion!
ive been watching house of cards over the past 2 weeks and there was this one person who said it all, Im paraphrassing but he weas talking with the VP and the VP asked the guy why do you want to be here when the other guy can pay you more than I ever could.
the guys answer - money doesnt matter to me, you can give me power
As someone who has been following this for a few weeks now I think this is a great idea. What can be learned by capturing this machine? By that I mean what can we use here to get young kids interested in space again? When I was a kid, we had an amazing show with the comet slamming into Jupiter, I look at that as the time I got interested in space. If we can capture this machine, is there a way it can be used as a teaching tool for younger kids?
and im sure that 99.999% of those 99.999% if face to face with a family member or loved one they would not tell them that they dont care. This is the internet, people speak freely here. you must be new
more like normal human behavior. With 7 billion people on the planet, Id wager somewhere between 100 and 200K people die daily, (without major disasters), I am not going to get all upset over people ive never met, living in places ive never been dying in general. If that makes me selfish and self absorbed, show me someone who says a prayer for each human on earth who dies every second of every day, and ill show you a liar
im surprised, With what you are asking for, MSNBC would be great. but like you pointed out, MSNBC doesnt have any real ideas, all they ever do is watch fox, who has about 100X the viewers, and make fun of them and talk about how bad fox is. MSNBC news programing (which of the 3 majors actually has the least "news" programming) is actually pretty good. Fox "news" programming is also very good. CNN dropped the ball years ago and never found it
are you serious here? there is so much wrong with that statement its not even funny. first off, who are the people fighting for less taxes? the libertarians, tea party and a handful republicans. Who wants more taxes and higher taxes? the democrats.
If you want an actual solution, do away with the IRS and institute a fair or flat tax.
Depends on how you look at it. I find the "moderate" republicans to be deplorable and spineless. but then again Im not a republican, im a libertarian. Call me fringe if you wish but id say that libertarians tend to be the most consistent people. We dont always say things people like, but we are consistent when it comes to matters of social justice and equality
it depends on how you look at it
on the one hand Ocare costs alot, like a hell of a lot. SOME people dont directly pay for it, but we all pay for it via taxes that go to pay for it for those who dont "have to pay for it" I see both issues involved in this issue
no we are all just stardust though, so yes we are all what we eat
Why do you think a filet mignon has bacon around it
They dont always, its just a bonus. A good prepared cut of steak needs no extra flavorings maybe a little salt and pepper thats it. sometimes a slight butter glaze. at least when I cook a good steak thats all i need
propaganda films no better than those put out by micheal moore. And yes Ive seen a few of those
Clearly you didnt read the recent study that said being a vegetarian is not more healthy than having a fully balanced diet. We dont have canines for looks
all good points. In my case they were boneless skinless chicken breasts. and When I buy them its to prepare a meal, If I wanted easy id go to the frozen food dept and buy some chicken nuggets and throw them in the nuker. There is something satisfying though about spending an hour crafting a great dish and finishing it off with a good quality beer
what the hell is with some people always needing to insert insults against republicans or democrats in articles that have nothing to do with politics?
a pound of ground beef (16 OZ 90%) is under 4.50 as I write this in my local store. Also chicken breasts are going for 2.99$ a pound. Im not going to spend more money for less of a product, that is not even real meat
funny thing is in a traditional sense the 2nd amendment was just as liberal as the rest.
heres another idea, Fit this app on cops who do patrol work, you would get a good map fairly quickly, and you would be helping out the poor (most crime happens in poor areas, therefore more cops driving around, therefore more potholes reported!)