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Secondly, to believe the Repulitards are out to help the poor, is about as ignorant a thought as a person could have. Thirdly, to state that the poor do not pay taxes, as a blanket statement, and then not quantify where "poor" ends and "rich" begins, shows you are only interested in arguing. You seem to state your position in much the same pathetic manner as The Demon, who is clearly the dumbest poster on this board, bar none! "You've been owned" ??? This is what you bring to the table? This is what teenage punk idiots bring to the table. Maybe you can meet up with The Demon and merge your quarter wit, with his quarter wit, and together you can become a hybrid halfwit of some sort. And then, in conclusion, the Carlin clips I recently added are actually on-topic to this thread, as opposed to most of what you've been spewing on about anyway. |
wow this thread went off the rails.
the issue of who pays the most taxes is technical. The rich pay the bulk of tax revenues, simply because they are rich. but the rich pay a lower percentage of their income in taxes than the middle class. This is because Bushie & co. lowered the cap gains rate from 35 to 15% at the top. Most rich people make the bulk of the money off capital gains instead of paychecks. even top CEOs get the bulk of their pay from stock options, not a weekly check. So a perversion exists where billionaire buffett pays 15%, & his 30K secretary pays 25%. I would love for the right wingers in this thread to defend that fact. the poor pay no taxes either. instead, they get paid through the earned income tax credit. so its really just the middle class, & upper middle class that get hosed from the tax man. |
This may be the most reasonable addition to this thread so far...
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Go talk to a poor family and find out how they depend on that tax break Not getting in to the rest of that, both the dems and GOP are fucked up in their ways, but attacking the GOP on tax breaks for the rich is something I find funny, it gets old and is a spin |
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You have to admit, the two quarter wits = one halfwit line was pretty funny though - I was laughing as I typed it out. I'll probably use it again on a few friends later tonight! The Demon on the other hand.... now he is likely an all-out idiot - on the board or not! |
interesting "facts"
i was thinking that perhaps sexually exclusive = like girls only (as opposed to bi) |
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I use to moderate on this forum ( I have the shirt, hoodie and watch cap )and I have a pretty thick skin, I don't take anything personally. When I get to NY next time, We'll have that beer. My mom loves NY, my sister gets a deal on a suite near Times Square for her thru her company. It's important to have debates like this, during this thread I remembered about the Earned Income Credit that pays out quite a bit of money to families in need, I remember dating a girl several years ago that had two kids, she made only 17k a year, paid out no federal taxes and got a check back from the fed for over 5k, that's getting from the government a check equal to over 25% of her income. That's a pretty substantial check for her. So taxing for just the rich really didn't make sense to me, sounded more like a spin and we are all getting tired of that. The two party system has to go Bye Bye, no one is winning, we are all losing |
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Job creation and economic decision making is a function of the government, yes. Have you ever heard of the great depression? How do you think we got out of that? By giving tax breaks to the rich? No, that's how we got INTO it. That's why we were heading, and perhaps still are, into another huge depression. This bullshit about how the dems and repubs are all the same is just that. Bullshit. There are very significant differences between the parties both in practical and philosophical terms, and they matter a great deal. Thinking there is no difference between them is a product of laziness, not knowing your history, and not wanting to do the work to find out what that difference is. Re your comment about a two party system, if you think there's a better system out there I'd love to hear about it. Dictatorships suck, communism sucks, and we started this country by running away from a parliamentary system. Democracy might be an awful way to run a country, but it's still the best system we have to choose from, and it's enshrined in our constitution. You want to do away with our democracy? Sounds pretty un-american and un-patriotic to me. |
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The two party system doesn't work in it's present state I never stated that the two parties are the same You want a better system, make the constitution legal again |
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You trying to pretend that the GOP has ANYTHING to do with helping the poor is revolting, and you and all the other conservatives talking about secession in one breath then talking about the constitution like it's a divine document the next is so schitzophrenic it's breathtaking. The poor pay little taxes because THEY HAVE NO FUCKING MONEY. Ok? The question is why don't corporations and the wealthiest tax brackets pay more taxes, and in many cases NO taxes. The answer is because of bought and paid for CONSERVATIVE, REPUBLICAN legislators. Not the liberals. Not the democrats. There IS someone to blame for the mess we're in, and it's called the Republican Party. |
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Again, debate me on the Earned Income Credit and tell me something that the Democrats have done for the poor thats better? Something that puts more money in their hands? |
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Now, you keep going on about the EITC, which admittedly I don't know much about, and I also don't like the tactic where you pretend that you don't know Republicans represent corporations and high earners, even though you do, and try to throw in some tiny, technical red herring as if it means anything in the face of the obvious truth. However, a few seconds googling told me that Russell Long, a democrat from Louisiana, is responsible for the EITC, and also that the repubs wanted to kill it but Clinton saved it, and it has pretty much been a democrat program since then. "Long's contributions to the United States' tax laws include the Earned Income Tax Credit, a program aimed at reducing the tax burden on poor working families, the Child Support Enforcement Act, and Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs), employee benefit plans designed to allow employees to invest in the stock of their employers. In the year 2006, the Earned Income Tax Credit lifted more than four million people above the poverty line and was called ?the nation?s most effective antipoverty program for working families.?[2] Long also initiated the provision that allows a taxpayer to allocate $1 of taxes for a Presidential election campaign fund checkoff (the "dollar checkoff"). Democratic senators named him the party Assistant Majority Leader (whip) in 1965. He lost this leadership position in 1969 to Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts, but remained as Senate Finance Committee Chairman. He had especially good relations with both of his senatorial colleagues from Louisiana, first Allen J. Ellender and, then, J. Bennett Johnston, Jr., who like Long was born in Shreveport." |
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And I knew all about the unions, I have two union cards, and I know about all the other stuff, thats not what I was talking about, I was talking about taxes and money in the hands of the poor. Quote:
The tax laws are pretty screwed up |
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Ford vetoed a lot of things that stuck during his presidency with a democrat senate, this is something he liked and saw that it was good for the people, but you have your liberal head so far up your ass, nothing thats done for the good of the people is nothing compared to whats left and whats right, thats all you see And I feel sorry for you I'm done here, no more posting in this thread for me |
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The funny thing is that despite the fact that you seem to be a fairly intelligent person, you won't learn anything from this conversation. The fact that all your points for Conservatives got eaten up won't matter, the fact that the ONLY thing you were able to point to as a Conservative accomplishment turned out to be a DEMOCRAT accomplishment doesn't mean a thing to you. Conservatives don't learn, ever. They consider it un-american. Conservatism isn't a decision people reach after research and consideration. It's a knee-jerk reaction to some fancy-pants librull they don't like. It's not a political position, it's a personality disorder. |
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I am so straight down the middle as far as political parties are concerned in the country that it's impossible to align with either of them.
I'm with republicans on gun ownership 100% I think any US citizen should have one if they desire. I'm with the Democrats on abortion 100% I think any US citizen should have one if they desire. These are 2 hardcore issues for each party, So I am unable on these 2 issues to pick one that outweighs the other. I am an atheist, but I believe in freedom of religion. (Though I would prefer freedom from religion!!! just no legislated that way) The Republican party is nothing like the party was even 50 years ago. They have become the party to religion, big business, and hate of other types of people. My questions to all of you republicans in here are. Can a person who is in porn movies, makes porn, sells porn or profits from porn in any way align themselves with the republican party and not be the bastard child of that party? Aren't they diametrically opposing schools of thought these days? Republican's aren't about free love and sex without marriage. (Supposedly) Can a person who makes a living off of porn be a god fearing christian and not be hypocritical? What about it? If you are on this board shouldn't you at least be in the middle somewhere? Does anyone here shoot a porno movie on Friday and then go to church with the family on Sunday? How can this be? I am genuinely interested in how this works. Do the people at your church know that you are a porn producer or sales person? Do you hide it from them? How do the other Christians etc..... feel about you if you have told them? OK, I have left out the Democrats for the sake of this, this doesn't mean I think they are fantastic either. |
You forgot to add that you like men but you're against same sex marriages.
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I don't personally fuck guys etc..... 'cause I are one and I have an affinty for vaginas. (but, who knows? I could be sleeping with old goalies in the future!!!) - SLAPSHOT That said, if you are a man and you like having sex with men, I'll not stand in your way of happiness and the pusuit of it. I wouldn't support any law that limited these freedoms. That include a ban on gay marriage!!!! Don't take my rights and I won't help 'em take yours. This applies to lesbians too, but only if I can watch!!! |
Notice how our values and morals have fallen since the 50's and are being replaced with secularism and relativism. At the same time, we have the impending fall of American civilization. Coincidence?
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Ya' the values that said owning people of a different color was cool. Glad we moved on.
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May I remind you that you are on a PORN WEBMASTER BOARD so I can only assume you are speaking of these vaules in the third party. Unless you are here doing research for your ministry!!!
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Second re the porn issue: It's pretty damn simple to choose the party that's NOT constantly trying to take Huck Finn off of library bookshelves and that's NOT trying to legislate which sex you can fuck, and which hole you can fuck them in. Easy choice. |
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Second of all, the second amendment ain't about duck hunting. So I was specifically talking non-hunting - protect yourself - anti-government oppression guns. |
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BTW: His oppinions are not in agreement to yours, that doesn't make him stupid. I've read his points and I think he has justification for many of his points and they aren't far off base. |
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Actually porn has exsisted since the camera was invented (1840 - First American patent issued in photography to Alexander Wolcott for his camera. ) and was one of the types of photography that made the photographers money, from rich pervs no doubt. Of course artists has been doing it the hard way since forever.
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Do you support the ACLU? Or is that a bad word to you like most republicans? |
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Well I haven't tried to talk to the ACLU so I would know how they look at you. But I'm kinda lookin' at you like an alien right now too...............
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Humor was needed to lighten things up. Just sayin' >;-))
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My questions still stand and no-one has answered them. All of you porno christians are slacking.
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