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- ukit0
hahahaha
- Did he say that he's been in Washington "long enough"? Hahahahaha!!! What a fucking disillusioned moron.MyMommies
- yeah he was never there as a senator, LOL!
o_O******** - That was the smoothest put-down I've heard the man do. So choice.luckyorphan
- ********0
One wonders how America survived that commie loving Reagan, signing those START and INF treaties. Dumb fucking librul asshole President.
I mean look how Obama is as unpopular as that fucking librul was:
So I am sure Obama will go down as a forgotten president just like Reagan. It;s no tlike anyone remebers that fucktard or he changed anything. See, just as many Americans hated him at the same time that now hate Obama.
Obama, doomed to obscurity just like Reagan.
Hey, I'm flying into DC next week. What's the name of the airport there again?
- It's Douchnozzle International, subbie, my boylocustsloth
- dullesjohndiggity
- fooler20
Abolishing nuclear weapons was one of Reagan's fundamental goals for his presidency. His desire to rid the world of nuclear weapons under pinned much of what he did as President in terms of his Cold War policy. In many ways it is difficult to understand Reagan's presidency without taking into account his anti-nuclearism. But thus far that aspect of Reagan has been largely overlooked.
- THAT'S BECAUSE REAGAN WAS A FLAMNG FAGGOT LIBRUL SELLING US OUT TO THE COMMIES.********
- SEE BECAUSE THE ONLY THING THAT COUNTS IS RIGHT NOW.********
- DON'T EVER LOOK AT HISTORY. ONLY FAGGOT LIBRULS LOOK AT HISTORY********
- THAT'S BECAUSE REAGAN WAS A FLAMNG FAGGOT LIBRUL SELLING US OUT TO THE COMMIES.
- ********0
- fooler20
America: The Grim Truth
Americans, I have some bad news for you:You have the worst quality of life in the developed world – by a wide margin.
If you had any idea of how people really lived in Western Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and many parts of Asia, you’d be rioting in the streets calling for a better life. In fact, the average Australian or Singaporean taxi driver has a much better standard of living than the typical American white-collar worker.
I know this because I am an American, and I escaped from the prison you call home.
I have lived all around the world, in wealthy countries and poor ones, and there is only one country I would never consider living in again: The United States of America. The mere thought of it fills me with dread.
Consider this: you are the only people in the developed world without a single-payer health system. Everyone in Western Europe, Japan, Canada, Australia, Singapore and New Zealand has a single-payer system. If they get sick, they can devote all their energies to getting well. If you get sick, you have to battle two things at once: your illness and the fear of financial ruin. Millions of Americans go bankrupt every year due to medical bills, and tens of thousands die each year because they have no insurance or insufficient insurance. And don’t believe for a second that rot about America having the world’s best medical care or the shortest waiting lists: I’ve been to hospitals in Australia, New Zealand, Europe, Singapore, and Thailand, and every one was better than the “good” hospital I used to go to back home. The waits were shorter, the facilities more comfortable, and the doctors just as good.
This is ironic, because you need a good health system more than anyone else in the world. Why? Because your lifestyle is almost designed to make you sick.
read the rest here...
http://americathegrimtruth.wordp…
- johndiggity0
by the time the next election comes around it may very well be that income tax payers are the minority. is it fair then for those that are not paying income taxes to vote to give themselves more benefits at the expense of those who do? is that democracy? is that even sustainable? is this how we will escape almost $20 trillion worth of debt?
- johndiggity0
good stuff here: http://www.fairtax.org/site/Page…
- ukit0
Sorry, but there's a reason Mike Huckabee and fringe right wing radio hosts are the only ones pushing this idea - it's bullshit. It's basically a huge tax cut for the rich with a massive entitlement for the poor to paper over that fact.
http://www.factcheck.org/taxes/u…
"Sometimes sales taxes are called regressive, meaning that the poorest pay higher rates than the wealthy. Strictly speaking, sales taxes are flat, since everyone pays the same rate. But because the poor tend to spend a high percentage of their income on basic consumer goods such as food and clothing, sales taxes do require the poor to pay a higher percentage of their income in taxes.
The FairTax plan, however, helps to alleviate this difficulty by exempting sales taxes on all income up to the poverty level. Taxpayers would receive a "prebate," which Edwards calculates to be about $5,600 annually.
The Treasury Department estimates that the prebate program would cost between $600 billion and $700 billion annually, making it the largest category of federal spending. With the prebate program in effect, those earning less than $15,000 per year would see their share of the federal tax burden drop from -0.7 percent to -6.3 percent."
So if people not paying taxes is something you're concerned about, this would seem to make it even worse.
They then go on:
"Of course, if the poorest Americans are paying less under the FairTax plan, then someone else pays more. As it turns out, according to the Treasury Department, “someone else” is everybody earning between $15,000 and $200,000 per year. The chart below compares the share of the federal tax burden for different income groups under the current system and under the FairTax. Those in the highest and the lowest brackets will see their share decrease, while everyone else will see their share of taxes increase."
So as part of the 100-200k bracket here, I would see my percent of federal taxes go up by 4% a year, whereas Paris Hilton and Bill Gates would see theirs drop almost 7%. Of course, for me, that 4% is worth thousands, whereas their 7% is worth millions. Yeah, I think I'll pass on this "fair tax" plan.
- johndiggity0
"The FairTax is regressive and shifts the tax burden onto lower and middle income people"
The truth: The FairTax actually eliminates and reimburses all federal taxes for those below the poverty line. This is accomplished through the universal prebate and by eliminating the highly regressive FICA payroll tax. Today, low and moderate income Americans pay far more in FICA taxes than income taxes. Those spending at twice the poverty level pay a FairTax of only 11.5 percent -- a rate much lower than the income and payroll tax burden they bear today. Meanwhile, the wealthy pay the 23 percent retail sales tax on their retail purchases.
Under the federal income tax, slow economic growth and recessions have a disproportionately adverse impact on lower-income families. Breadwinners in these families are more likely to lose their jobs, are less likely to have the resources to weather bad economic times, and are more in need of the initial employment opportunities that a dynamic, growing economy provides. Retaining the present tax system makes economic progress needlessly slow and frustrates attempts at upward mobility through hard work and savings, thus harming low-income taxpayers the most.
In contrast, the FairTax dramatically improves economic growth and wage rates for all, but especially for lower-income families and individuals. In addition to receiving the monthly FairTax prebate, these taxpayers are freed from regressive payroll taxes, the federal income tax, and the compliance burdens associated with each. They pay no more business taxes hidden in the price of goods and services, and used goods are tax free.
How can the FairTax generate lower net tax rates for everyone and still pay for the same real government expenditures? The answer is two-fold. Firstly, the tax base is dramatically widened by including consumer spending from the underground economy (estimated at $1.5 trillion annually), and by including illegal immigrants, those who escape their fair share today through loopholes and gimmicks. In addition, 40 million foreign tourists a year will become American taxpayers as consumers here. Secondly, not everyone's average net tax burden falls. For households whose major economic resource is accumulated wealth, the FairTax will deliver a net tax hike compared to the current system.
Consider, for example, your typical billionaire, of which America now has more than 400. These fortunate few are invested primarily in equities on which they pay taxes at a 15 percent rate, whether their income comes in the form of capital gains or dividends. In addition to having the income from their wealth taxed at a low rate, the principal of their wealth is completely untaxed either directly or indirectly. Assuming they and their heirs spend only the income earned on the wealth each year, the tax rate today is 15 percent. In contrast, under the FairTax, the effective tax rate is 23 percent. Hence, the very wealthy will pay more taxes when the FairTax is enacted. In a nutshell, those who spend more will pay more but low, moderate and middle income taxpayers will benefit from the greatest gains in reduced tax liabilities.
- ukit0
John, read the piece above. Sure, it opts poor people out of paying taxes entirely, in fact they would get an even bigger check from the federal government than they do now. It would be a boon for rich people who would save millions.
Now ask yourself, how do you come up with enough money to be revenue neutral if that's the case? The "underground economy" won't make up the difference. Sure you can tax prostitutes an extra 20% when they buy condoms, but it's not like you can tax the actual prostitution.
The answer is that the vast majority of people, who already pay taxes, will end up paying more. Including you, if you make less than 200k.
- MyMommies0
The Pope and Nancy Pelosi are on the same stage in front of a huge crowd. The Pope leans towards Mrs. Pelosi and says, "Do you know that with one little wave of my hand I can make every person in this crowd go wild with excitement? Their joy will not be a momentary display, like that of your followers, but will go deep into their hearts and they'll forever speak of this day and rejoice"!
Pelosi replied: “I seriously doubt that with one little wave of your hand, you can do that"! Show me!
So the Pope backhanded the bitch.
The crowd went wild!
- fooler20
Pope Forgives Molested Children
http://www.theonion.com/articles…
- BusterBoy0
That fucken moron Bachmann blasting Obama over the treaty with Russia...saying "we won't be able to use nuclear weapons in response to a cyber attack"...WTF. These women of the right are trying to dumb things down so far it's scary.
- Bachmann is the BOMB!!!
*Get it?MyMommies - Btw, did you know that "buster" means "dipshit"? You know, the OG term? For your education: http://www.thebootyc…MyMommies
- You know the term 'MyMommies' means fuckwit? You know, the old Aboriginal term?BusterBoy
- Bachmann is the BOMB!!!
- MyMommies0
... err... cause my yanker is this big...
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- georgesIII0
- i hate your kerning********
- k e rn in gutopian
- I hate your hate. And yes, your kerning needs work.MyMommies
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- ********0
"Hmmm..I owe the IRS thousands of dollars, I'm underwater on my mortgage, I'm in a fight with the local government about access to my property and my wife has breast cancer. I guess the responsible thing to do with my time is to spend hours accusing people who don't agree with my politics on a design forum on the internet of being 'gay' with funny Sims based info graphics and bad spelling. You know, because it obviously pisses them off, and the best thing one can do to live up to the ideals of the Constitution is to piss off people who disagree with you. And because I'm a Tea Bagger, and we're all about personal responsibility."
- Ahhhhh... now anything that makes you feel better my little sub-sub. My good little sub-sub.MyMommies
- sub, that's probably the only power he has in this world.Josev
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also like little boys.utopian - You fucking sociopath.********
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- minded to read history or anything that disagrees with their view point.********
- luckyorphan0
A Census Sign That the Tea Party is Less Than It Seems
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp…
There's evidence that this Tea Party rebellion is a bust.
- Can we all move on now?luckyorphan
- Whatever you want to believe :)********
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- I think you missed the memo, you're not supposed to actually call yourself...nevermind...ukit
- this is the Ryan Leaf of Activist movements :BattleAxe
- ukit0
- SNL usually sucks, but this is pretty damn funny.ukit
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