I'm not gonna click that link but, knowing you, that'd better be the band.
Nah, see it was just a laugh from a cartoon. You're probably too sophisticated to know the reference, but a stupid cartoon full of dirty jokes is right in my intellectual wheelhouse.
To get really rich, you must understand the financial market. but you also need an advantage by having a special insight in the market and most importantly politics (as politics define the rules of the game).
I am reminded of the line from a W.C. Fields movie. A guy sits down to play cards with him and asks, "Is this a game of chance?"
The $100K is clearly the "last $100k", that part should have been obvious, but you choose to be obtuse instead.
So, if you are taxed one dollar out of $1,000,000, you would see that as being taxed for 100% of the last dollar you earned? You are worse than stupid. You are intractably and willfully ignorant.
. You seem to think that a 38% rate is acceptable for ANY level of income.
There is no one in the United States who pays 38% of their income in income tax. Not only do you not understand how marginal tax rates work, but you are intent on maintaining this state of not understanding marginal income tax rates.
Don't feel bad, I won't pay 38% either... You get beyond 1/3 and I'd do whatever it takes to avoid paying it. Frankly below that is worth a lot of effort to avoid.
If you make $100,000, having $38K of it taken away is highway robbery.
You dumb shit. Do you understand how marginal tax rates work? If you make $100,000 and the rate is 33% you do not pay a third of your money in taxes.
It's no goddamn wonder the political system in this country is so fucked up. We've got people voting who don't understand the most basic things about how government works.
But what is the meaning of "free speech zone" in an age when instant mass communication is ubiquitous? If your speech requires you to be in the face of someone else, then is it really speech you're interested in?
I want to hear lots of opinions, lots of perspectives. But it can no longer be argued that not being allowed to speak in a certain venue equals being "silenced".
The only thing that's forced on them is the knowledge of the fact that someone nearby is listening to those things.
Again, if your main concern is that your speech be "nearby", then I submit that you may be interested in something besides speech.
I would classify actively trying to shut someone up because you don't like what they have to say as a supremely antisocial act
I would absolutely agree. We just have to discern the difference between shutting someone up and telling someone to go find another venue.
There is no shortage of media. No limits to avenues of expression or ways to offer your message to anyone who wants it. There have never been so many ways to get a message to huge numbers of people.
Cleese is coming from a time when there were a small number of channels, a limited number of venues. If you wanted to speak and had the right connections, people didn't have a lot of choice but to hear you. They may now be struggling with the notion that people can ignore them. We see this in the fury of people who get blocked or suspended from a particular social media platform. "How DARE you not listen to me?" they seem to be saying. You are entitled to speak, but not entitled to be heard.
It's also worth remembering that a lot of the people who are now being vocal about their unwillingness to be a captive audience are the people who for a long time were not allowed a voice in any venue.
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Farting will be in the day one DLC.
When you start with that postulate, you're probably going down the wrong path.
My '95 Mazda doesn't send shit to anyone. Of course, it only starts on dry days that are over 40 degrees, but at least it's not spying on me.
Right after they clean the blackboard and erasers.
Wow, you're good at this. A little TOO good.
Trying to take down ISIS accounts and stealing Milo's blue check mark are CENSORSHIP. Let my people go!
Nah, see it was just a laugh from a cartoon. You're probably too sophisticated to know the reference, but a stupid cartoon full of dirty jokes is right in my intellectual wheelhouse.
I am reminded of the line from a W.C. Fields movie. A guy sits down to play cards with him and asks, "Is this a game of chance?"
Fields answers, "Not the way I play it."
Or Icebergian.
He got off to a bad start with, "Bitcoin capitalist..."
People have some funny notions about what "capitalism" means.
So, if you are taxed one dollar out of $1,000,000, you would see that as being taxed for 100% of the last dollar you earned? You are worse than stupid. You are intractably and willfully ignorant.
There is no one in the United States who pays 38% of their income in income tax. Not only do you not understand how marginal tax rates work, but you are intent on maintaining this state of not understanding marginal income tax rates.
https://youtu.be/hDoGqZUHVEI
You're gonna tell me that you think this is a baby?:
http://www.radiologyteacher.co...
And a governor who is a liberal Democrat.
You dumb shit. Do you understand how marginal tax rates work? If you make $100,000 and the rate is 33% you do not pay a third of your money in taxes.
http://www.investopedia.com/as...
It's no goddamn wonder the political system in this country is so fucked up. We've got people voting who don't understand the most basic things about how government works.
What does "the media" mean when anyone can be the media?
Yeah, I get you. I just object to the notion that having a campus event cancelled is the same as being 'silenced".
But what is the meaning of "free speech zone" in an age when instant mass communication is ubiquitous? If your speech requires you to be in the face of someone else, then is it really speech you're interested in?
I want to hear lots of opinions, lots of perspectives. But it can no longer be argued that not being allowed to speak in a certain venue equals being "silenced".
Again, if your main concern is that your speech be "nearby", then I submit that you may be interested in something besides speech.
Riddle me this: When is less than 100% really 100%?
When it's a Republican complaining about a 38% marginal tax rate.
Keep the government out of our income taxes!
Can you name the top 5 countries in the world with a 100% income tax?
I would absolutely agree. We just have to discern the difference between shutting someone up and telling someone to go find another venue.
There is no shortage of media. No limits to avenues of expression or ways to offer your message to anyone who wants it. There have never been so many ways to get a message to huge numbers of people.
Cleese is coming from a time when there were a small number of channels, a limited number of venues. If you wanted to speak and had the right connections, people didn't have a lot of choice but to hear you. They may now be struggling with the notion that people can ignore them. We see this in the fury of people who get blocked or suspended from a particular social media platform. "How DARE you not listen to me?" they seem to be saying. You are entitled to speak, but not entitled to be heard.
It's also worth remembering that a lot of the people who are now being vocal about their unwillingness to be a captive audience are the people who for a long time were not allowed a voice in any venue.
In some places, they can fire you if you don't ask people if they want fries with that. Is that also a violation of freeze peach?
Exactly so, my friend. There is no "political correctness" (an attempt at a slur) or "political incorrectness" (a self-professed badge of honor).
There is only being an asshole or being a decent human. It's not political, it's social. Or antisocial.
Elon Musk basically said, "No soup for you!" which is his right.