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nothing in particular, just reading through some posts makes me wonder why all the hate for each other :shrug:
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You know the funny thing is that I had never posted in a politics forum until I saw your hate. Good for you though. I'm getting sick of that place too.
I've never understood why people get so worked up over politics. Some of my best friends in the world or on the complete opposite end of the spectrum politically.
Then again, I can get pretty worked up when I'm talking to someone who has the other side in a football game, so I guess I shouldn't talk. :142smilie
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It's sad. You should go through the archives when you have time one day. doggie used to have to debate with all kinds of people from here. Then they just gradually got fed up with him and refused to post in there anymore. His posts haven't changed in ten years.
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Those same people Voted for someone that they can't defend, they ran off with their TAIL between their legs.
JMHO.
Maybe they should take a trip down and check it out themselves--especially the one where your exposed on your six book grift--handicapping and lengths you go through to hide your identity.
However lots of humor there also here a bit of the latest on trying to explain to the tramp in laymens terms-- 50% of population with 3% of tax revenue would not be better off that 1% with 40% of tax revenue. After giving up trying to convince him that 50% was dependent on the 1% believe I got the point across with this--
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Originally Posted by Trampled Underfoot
The top 1% would not be where they are without the bottom 50%.
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The top 1% would not be where they are without the bottom 50%.
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Heres an oldie but goodie putting things in perspective--
10 of us from political forum go to lunch each day
The bill comes to $100 and tab is paid by our tax liabilities.
The 1st 4 (Tramp-Muff-Duff and Scott) pay nothing.
The 5th would pay $1 the 6th would pay $3
7th would pay $7 -8th $12- 9th $18- and Jack being the wealthiest gets stuck with biiggest portion $52.
This arrangement went along fine--until one day restaurant owner said--you all are such good customers I'm going to cut cost by $20 and only charge you $80.
Muff Duff Tramp and Scott were uneffected as they were freeloaders from the start and could still eat for free. Can you figure out how to divvy up the $20 savings among the remaining six so that everyone gets his fair share? The men realize that $20 divided by 6 is $3.33, but if they subtract that from everybody's share, then the fifth man and the sixth man would end up being paid to eat their meal.
The restaurant owner suggested that it would be fair to reduce each man's bill by roughly the same percentage, being sure to give each a break, and he proceeded to work out the amounts each should pay. And so now the fifth man paid nothing, the sixth pitched in $2, the seventh paid $5, the eighth paid $9, the ninth paid $12, leaving Jack with a bill of $52 instead of $59.
Outside the restaurant, the men began to compare their savings. "I only got a dollar out of the $20," complained the sixth man, pointing to Jack, "and he got $7!"
"Yeah, that's right," exclaimed the fifth man. "I only saved a dollar, too. It's unfair that he got seven times more than me!" "That's true," shouted the seventh man. "Why should he get $7 back when I got only $2? The wealthy get all the breaks!"
"Wait a minute," yelled Tramp-Muff-Duff and Scott in unison. "We didn't get anything at all. The system exploits the poor."
Then, the nine men surrounded Jack (the richest one, paying the most) and beat him up. The next night Jack didn't show up for dinner, so now the nine men sat down and ate without him. But when it came time to pay the bill, they discovered something important. They were $52 short!
"And that, boys, girls and college instructors, is how America's tax system works. The people who pay the highest taxes get the most benefit from a tax reduction. Tax them too much, attack them for being wealthy, and they just may not show up at the table any more. There are lots of good restaurants in Switzerland and the Caribbean."
