don't leave mad . . . just leave.
http://www.economist.com/blogs/democrac … sostriches
IT STILL beggars belief to consider that the American government treats the Wikileaks trove of diplomatic cables as classified, making it is illegal for US officials who lack the proper security clearance to go online and read them—something any middling journalist or al-Qaeda operative can do. It actually sets up a situation whereby American diplomats must interact with foreign counterparts who may be better informed than they are.
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libertarian benefit collector - anti-academic super-intellectual. http://mixlr.com/the-little-phrase/
Surely they wouldn't ever try to prosecute someone over that though? That situation is a perfect example of why jury nullification exists.
your face is a nullification
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that's racist
http://reason.com/brickbat/2011/05/16/hard-travelingIn Essex, England, Tracy St. Clair Pearce found a gang of "travelers" trespassing on her property and cutting down her trees for firewood. When she told them to leave, they allegedly threw stones at her and threatened to kill her and harm her animals. So she called the police. When the police finally arrived, they didn't do anything about the travelers, but they did seize a shotgun that St. Clair Pearce legally owns as a "sensible precaution."
"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat
-Frederick Bastiat
Wow, that's retarded.
gjjjjj poliiiice
that's british police for you
that's british police for you
Trump announces he will not run for president
who saw that coming?
who saw that coming?
i was certain he wouldn't, but it's nice to know for sure
Um...everyone?burnzz wrote:
Trump announces he will not run for president
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who saw that coming?
“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”
― Albert Einstein
Doing the popular thing is not always right. Doing the right thing is not always popular
― Albert Einstein
Doing the popular thing is not always right. Doing the right thing is not always popular
Did he ever announce that he would?
Fuck Israel
California's 'Family Values' governor apparently started another family while married;
Schwarzenegger reveals he had child with staffer
Schwarzenegger reveals he had child with staffer
Israeli couple names their baby 'Like' after Facebook function
American couple names their baby Matthew, Mark, Luke, or John after characters in a fictional travel guide.burnzz wrote:
Israeli couple names their baby 'Like' after Facebook function
"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat
-Frederick Bastiat
people name their kids Jay cos they know it rhymes with gay
i know a lot of you rip on ryan but someone please prove to me that his budget proposal is NOT necessary.
as a side note...lol pelosi having so many exemptions from the health care law for uber rich people in her district. lol repeal that stupid ass law.
as a side note...lol pelosi having so many exemptions from the health care law for uber rich people in her district. lol repeal that stupid ass law.
lowering taxes for the extremely wealthy is the opposite of what needs to be done11 Bravo wrote:
i know a lot of you rip on ryan but someone please prove to me that his budget proposal is NOT necessary.
as a side note...lol pelosi having so many exemptions from the health care law for uber rich people in her district. lol repeal that stupid ass law.
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I made a thread about how it sucked before. I could find it if you actually care to read it.
But in a nutshell- it eliminates medicaid as a federal program and gives it out to states as grants for them to use as they wish. Which is cool. It also turns medicare into a voucher program. So instead of getting health care coverage elderly instead get a coupon to cover some of the cost of private health insurance insurance. It saves a lot of money for the federal government but at the same time the program lowers taxes across the board. So we go from the very low taxes of the Bush tax cuts (35% top tier IIRC) to a new low of the Ryan tax cuts (25% top tier IIRC). It reduces taxes across the board but also removes reductions. Which has debatable consequences...
I don't exactly have a problem with the changes to medicare and medicaid but I don't want to see taxes cut any lower. For anyone. We already have some of the lowest taxes in the world (personal) and his plan would just be setting us up for more structural deficits.
But in a nutshell- it eliminates medicaid as a federal program and gives it out to states as grants for them to use as they wish. Which is cool. It also turns medicare into a voucher program. So instead of getting health care coverage elderly instead get a coupon to cover some of the cost of private health insurance insurance. It saves a lot of money for the federal government but at the same time the program lowers taxes across the board. So we go from the very low taxes of the Bush tax cuts (35% top tier IIRC) to a new low of the Ryan tax cuts (25% top tier IIRC). It reduces taxes across the board but also removes reductions. Which has debatable consequences...
I don't exactly have a problem with the changes to medicare and medicaid but I don't want to see taxes cut any lower. For anyone. We already have some of the lowest taxes in the world (personal) and his plan would just be setting us up for more structural deficits.
eleven:
i didnt say pick it apart as i do not agree with everything in it. but how can anyone argue we dont need his bill compared to the others? or lack of others,
i didnt say pick it apart as i do not agree with everything in it. but how can anyone argue we dont need his bill compared to the others? or lack of others,
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anything that drops the tax rate for the extremely rich while shifting the cost on to the lower classes is not necessary.
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It won't get passed.
without his plan we go broke since there is no real alternative.
Shifting the cost onto the lower classes? The lower classes don't pay any taxes at all. Why should the rich pay the bills of the poor? Ridiculous.eleven bravo wrote:
anything that drops the tax rate for the extremely rich while shifting the cost on to the lower classes is not necessary.
"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat
-Frederick Bastiat
we've been broke for decades. thats just not true. he wants to give the extremely rich a tax rate of 25% compared to the already low one it is now. dropping taxes keeps the government from collecting revenue. how is that supposed to make us less broke?
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