2016 US Presidential Election Thread
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In post 548, MonkeyMan576 wrote:I wouldn't have a problem at 35% for the rich, but not 50%. People deserve to keep some of their income.
Are you in favor of rolling back the tax rate back to 1950 levels?Occasionally intellectually honest
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In post 551, Kublai Khan wrote:In post 548, MonkeyMan576 wrote:I wouldn't have a problem at 35% for the rich, but not 50%. People deserve to keep some of their income.
Are you in favor of rolling back the tax rate back to 1950 levels?
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In post 556, MonkeyMan576 wrote:So, apparently 20% of ESPN employees registered on Ashley Madison are female. If this is indicitive of the site as a whole, the female users must really get around, or there must be a lot of empty handed male users.
Actually, it's a lot worse then that, even. Most of the female accounts are either faked, or else they never used the site at all.
If you look at active users, people who checked their messages, it's about 20 million men, and only about 1400 women. That's it.
The whole thing was a scam. It was mostly just pathetic guys spending a lot of money to send messages to women who either weren't there at all, didn't exist, or in some cases might have been Ashly Madison employees leading them on to keep them spending money. There were basically no real female users there at all, at least not enough to matter.
http://gizmodo.com/almost-none-of-the-w ... 1725558944Last edited by Yosarian2 on Thu Aug 27, 2015 3:17 pm, edited 1 time in total.I want us to win just for Yos' inevitable rant alone. -CrashTextDummie-
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In post 554, MonkeyMan576 wrote:In post 551, Kublai Khan wrote:In post 548, MonkeyMan576 wrote:I wouldn't have a problem at 35% for the rich, but not 50%. People deserve to keep some of their income.
Are you in favor of rolling back the tax rate back to 1950 levels?
It would depend on what those are.
A little over 90%. It's important to understand that after a war (WWII), income tax on the rich watypically raised to high levels to pay off all debts incurred. The rate was dropped to about 70% during the early 60s when everything was pretty copacetic. When Reagan took office, he slashed it down to about 29% under the theory that the savings would be passed down to the poor (they weren't). They went back up to 40% under Clinton, then dropped to 35% under Walker Bush and raised back up to 40% under Obama. Statistically, the Obama tax increase was pretty insignificant.
Most of our debt is due to the 15 year (and ongoing) war in Afghanistan and Iraq (and on-going War on Terror). Raising the tax of the poor to the levels of the tax on the rich (the "flat tax") only results in the poor being fleeced and driven into further poverty.Occasionally intellectually honest
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In post 562, MonkeyMan576 wrote:I would say 35% is about right.
Finish this sentence: "I don't feel like we should pay for our recent and on-going wars because...."Occasionally intellectually honest
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In post 565, MonkeyMan576 wrote:It's based on faulty information anyway and both Saddam Hussein and Osama Bin Laden are dead.
I didn't ask if you personally agreed with the war.
The war happened (and is still happening) regardless of your personal feelings. Money was borrowed to pay for that war.
The US can't just ignore the financial obligations because of buyer's remorse. You can't just propose a flat tax and force the poor to pay for that war.Occasionally intellectually honest
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In post 559, Yosarian2 wrote:In post 556, MonkeyMan576 wrote:So, apparently 20% of ESPN employees registered on Ashley Madison are female. If this is indicitive of the site as a whole, the female users must really get around, or there must be a lot of empty handed male users.
Actually, it's a lot worse then that, even. Most of the female accounts are either faked, or else they never used the site at all.
If you look at active users, people who checked their messages, it's about 20 million men, and only about 1400 women. That's it.
The whole thing was a scam. It was mostly just pathetic guys spending a lot of money to send messages to women who either weren't there at all, didn't exist, or in some cases might have been Ashly Madison employees leading them on to keep them spending money. There were basically no real female users there at all, at least not enough to matter.
http://gizmodo.com/almost-none-of-the-w ... 1725558944
There was a lawsuit at one point from an employee alleging that she developed a repetitive stress injury from creating fake female profiles.-
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In post 566, Kublai Khan wrote:In post 565, MonkeyMan576 wrote:It's based on faulty information anyway and both Saddam Hussein and Osama Bin Laden are dead.
I didn't ask if you personally agreed with the war.
The war happened (and is still happening) regardless of your personal feelings. Money was borrowed to pay for that war.
The US can't just ignore the financial obligations because of buyer's remorse. You can't just propose a flat tax and force the poor to pay for that war.
That doesn't mean we can't be financially responsible.-
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In post 566, Kublai Khan wrote:You can't just propose a flat tax and force the poor to pay for that war.
actually wouldnt work because the poor dont have enough money to pay for it anyway-
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In post 568, MonkeyMan576 wrote:In post 566, Kublai Khan wrote:In post 565, MonkeyMan576 wrote:It's based on faulty information anyway and both Saddam Hussein and Osama Bin Laden are dead.
I didn't ask if you personally agreed with the war.
The war happened (and is still happening) regardless of your personal feelings. Money was borrowed to pay for that war.
The US can't just ignore the financial obligations because of buyer's remorse. You can't just propose a flat tax and force the poor to pay for that war.
That doesn't mean we can't be financially responsible.
And being financially responsible involves paying back loans, right?One time, back in 'nam, Sudo was set upon by an entire squadron of charlies. He challenged them all to a game of Pictionary, which he won resoundingly. The charlies were forced to not only surrender the skirmish, but also their world-famous chili recipe, which Sudo sold to Texas for a hefty profit. Sudo is a master of diplomacy.-
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In post 545, MonkeyMan576 wrote:It depends on your definition of "hurt". Obviously 30% of a $30K income is going to be felt more than 30% of a 100K income. But at what point of a progressive tax do you say enough is enough?
would you be for a consumption tax?
food is untaxed, income is untaxed, but all purchases deemed to not be essential to basic quality of life deal with a 40% flat tax
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In post 572, zoraster wrote:I don't think what he said is facially unreasonable. Maybe you're reading into it more than is there?
not unreasonable, but very shortsighted. flat tax benefits only those who are already benefiting from our system.
i'm saying hes severely underestimating how much it would affect the person making 30k. there are minimums that it take to give yourself anopportunityto improve your situation in america (a steady home, internet, reliable transportation) and
30% of 30k turns out to be 800 for a bi-weekly paycheck.
30% of 100k turns out to be 2700 for a bi-weekly paycheck.
how about i shoot out my expenses for what i believe to be a fairly frugal person
rent + utilities (gas, water, electric, internet, sewage, etc.) come out to be around $700 a month. from my understanding this is on the low end in my area
gas for an average commute $80/mo (old toyota camry)
food - $120/mo (possible to cut this down a bit, but why the fuck would you cut out nutrition?)
insurance - $70/mo (paid every 6 months, but averaged out)
these are allbasicnecessities that i require to keep earning what I do. if you live somewhere where you can bike to work and save $150/mo, good for you but the majority of people are not that fortunate.
for someone pulling only 1600/mo, this seizes up 60% of my income.
for someone earning 5400/mo, this seizes up 18% of my income
car broke down, $400 to fix one month?
for a person earning 30k, this turns into 85% of the month's expenses.
for a person earning 100k, this turn into 25% of the monthly expenses.
this doesn't even consider other basic necessities that are less apparent such as saving for retirement or medical insurance or saving for a big expense such as a bed or car
i'm not saying that people who have more wealth aren't entitled to enjoy it. i've only said that the base minimums it takes to live a productive life would be prohibitive for the majority of people. no matter what you use for the flat tax rate, it only benefits those who are already extremely fortunate in their wealthShowW(eed)/L: 420/2
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