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Trump cheats at golf - the ONE and ONLY politics thread

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by SnarkShark, Jan 22, 2016.

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  1. doctorquant

    doctorquant Well-Known Member

    I think taxes that I'll likely never have to pay are the best, most moral kind.
     
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  2. LongTimeListener

    LongTimeListener Well-Known Member

    Is changing the subject to something this incomprehensible your admission that you're losing? Have we found your tell?
     
  3. Vombatus

    Vombatus Well-Known Member

    I hope to die having burned through everything so that relatives and the government can all fuck off.
     
  4. Elliotte Friedman

    Elliotte Friedman Moderator Staff Member

    Munich, Turkey, Baton Rouge, Nice, Brexit, Trump: It’s all connected

    Like this piece from The Globe and Mail's Mark MacKinnon.

    "The world seems to have reached a critical point in terms of creating a large enough pool of ‘losers’ – those who lost out on globalization, who lost out on technology, who lost out on free trade – to create the undercurrents of this instability.”
     
  5. JohnHammond

    JohnHammond Well-Known Member

    What are the Founding Principles? How many are there?
     
  6. qtlaw

    qtlaw Well-Known Member

    Look if you don't want to pay taxes, then don't use the govt. benefits.

    No:

    Public roads;
    Public airports;
    Public defense;
    Public courts;
    Public subsidies to farms;
    Public govt. to keep the peace;
    Public law enforcement;
    Public transit;
    Public health research;
    Public regulation of seas for transport of goods;
    Public lands for your enjoyment.

    Zero.

    Let's see how your quality of life looks then.

    Even if you make a zillion dollars, you need places to land your jet; avenues for your employees to get to work where you can leverage their labor.

    The taxation rate in our country is amongst the lowest in the world; yet the govt. provides more per capita than any other country.

    Basic principle, you need to pay for what you get.
     
  7. dixiehack

    dixiehack Well-Known Member

    Also no public universities, thus striking a death blow to college sports, and no taxpayer-funded arenas and stadiums for professional sports. Maybe you'll be one of the lucky sportswriters left who can take bowling and rodeo agate.
     
  8. JohnHammond

    JohnHammond Well-Known Member

    Publicly funded arenas are OK! Ask o_t.
     
  9. old_tony

    old_tony Well-Known Member

    You brought up a "founding principle." I guess that makes you the one who changed the subject and the one admitting you're losing?
     
  10. Mr. Sunshine

    Mr. Sunshine Well-Known Member

    I'm fine with no college sports. How much would that save?
     
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  11. old_tony

    old_tony Well-Known Member

    Concern about being overtaxed is in no way a belief that no one should ever pay any taxes. To claim so is to concede you have no clue about taxes.
     
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  12. LongTimeListener

    LongTimeListener Well-Known Member

    Huh?

    I was on point to estate taxes. You haven't argued a single fact on that point.

    I thought you hit the worst of it in 2012, but I see you're finding new depths.
     
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