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From: BAR on 23 Dec 2009 13:14 In article <AMudna1cBYuGzK_WnZ2dnUVZ_vJi4p2d(a)supernews.com>, ten.wohsdoog(a)sirhc says... > > BAR wrote, On 12/23/09 6:26 AM: > > In article <Aomdna116vrw96zWnZ2dnUVZ_gpi4p2d(a)supernews.com>, > > ten.wohsdoog(a)sirhc says... > >> assimilate(a)borg.org wrote, On 12/22/09 5:18 PM: > >>> On 21-Dec-2009, Chris Bellomy <ten.wohsdoog(a)sirhc> wrote: > >>> > >>>>> Are you so daft to think that the only reason people buy things they > >>>>> don't > >>>>> need is because of a lack of taxation? > >>>> I'm not so daft as to think that I should call on Bill King > >>>> to explain to me the reasons why people buy things they > >>>> don't "need," whatever that means. I do find it odd that > >>>> you would tell poor people what they should do with their > >>>> money, but have a big problem with telling rich people > >>>> something similar. > >>> When have I told anyone what to do with their money, that is their decision. > >> When you decide what people need, you've made a judgment > >> about how they should (or shouldn't) spend their money. > > > > Government at all levels, in your elected and non-elected > > representatives, decides what you need everyday. You have your fellow > > citizens to thank for sticking their collective noses into your business > > and telling you how to run your life. > > I don't feel like government tells me how to run my life > at all, except for ignorant drug laws and the sort. That's why you are so irritable. You don't get to smoke as much dope as you want to? Do you grow it in your house for "personal use?"
From: Chris Bellomy on 23 Dec 2009 13:16 BAR wrote, On 12/23/09 12:14 PM: > In article <AMudna1cBYuGzK_WnZ2dnUVZ_vJi4p2d(a)supernews.com>, > ten.wohsdoog(a)sirhc says... >> BAR wrote, On 12/23/09 6:26 AM: >>> In article <Aomdna116vrw96zWnZ2dnUVZ_gpi4p2d(a)supernews.com>, >>> ten.wohsdoog(a)sirhc says... >>>> assimilate(a)borg.org wrote, On 12/22/09 5:18 PM: >>>>> On 21-Dec-2009, Chris Bellomy <ten.wohsdoog(a)sirhc> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>> Are you so daft to think that the only reason people buy things they >>>>>>> don't >>>>>>> need is because of a lack of taxation? >>>>>> I'm not so daft as to think that I should call on Bill King >>>>>> to explain to me the reasons why people buy things they >>>>>> don't "need," whatever that means. I do find it odd that >>>>>> you would tell poor people what they should do with their >>>>>> money, but have a big problem with telling rich people >>>>>> something similar. >>>>> When have I told anyone what to do with their money, that is their decision. >>>> When you decide what people need, you've made a judgment >>>> about how they should (or shouldn't) spend their money. >>> Government at all levels, in your elected and non-elected >>> representatives, decides what you need everyday. You have your fellow >>> citizens to thank for sticking their collective noses into your business >>> and telling you how to run your life. >> I don't feel like government tells me how to run my life >> at all, except for ignorant drug laws and the sort. > > That's why you are so irritable. You don't get to smoke as much dope as > you want to? Do you grow it in your house for "personal use?" I didn't say it stopped me from anything, just that it tells me how to run my life! :) Seriously, I wasn't even arguing with you. I was just providing a data point. I seriously do not even begin to feel like the government tells me how to run my life except for legal paternalism type stuff like that. cb
From: BAR on 23 Dec 2009 13:38 In article <w8Odnf3nI4sZw6_WnZ2dnUVZ_rRi4p2d(a)supernews.com>, ten.wohsdoog(a)sirhc says... > > BAR wrote, On 12/23/09 12:14 PM: > > In article <AMudna1cBYuGzK_WnZ2dnUVZ_vJi4p2d(a)supernews.com>, > > ten.wohsdoog(a)sirhc says... > >> BAR wrote, On 12/23/09 6:26 AM: > >>> In article <Aomdna116vrw96zWnZ2dnUVZ_gpi4p2d(a)supernews.com>, > >>> ten.wohsdoog(a)sirhc says... > >>>> assimilate(a)borg.org wrote, On 12/22/09 5:18 PM: > >>>>> On 21-Dec-2009, Chris Bellomy <ten.wohsdoog(a)sirhc> wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>>>> Are you so daft to think that the only reason people buy things they > >>>>>>> don't > >>>>>>> need is because of a lack of taxation? > >>>>>> I'm not so daft as to think that I should call on Bill King > >>>>>> to explain to me the reasons why people buy things they > >>>>>> don't "need," whatever that means. I do find it odd that > >>>>>> you would tell poor people what they should do with their > >>>>>> money, but have a big problem with telling rich people > >>>>>> something similar. > >>>>> When have I told anyone what to do with their money, that is their decision. > >>>> When you decide what people need, you've made a judgment > >>>> about how they should (or shouldn't) spend their money. > >>> Government at all levels, in your elected and non-elected > >>> representatives, decides what you need everyday. You have your fellow > >>> citizens to thank for sticking their collective noses into your business > >>> and telling you how to run your life. > >> I don't feel like government tells me how to run my life > >> at all, except for ignorant drug laws and the sort. > > > > That's why you are so irritable. You don't get to smoke as much dope as > > you want to? Do you grow it in your house for "personal use?" > > I didn't say it stopped me from anything, just that it > tells me how to run my life! :) > > Seriously, I wasn't even arguing with you. I was just > providing a data point. I seriously do not even begin > to feel like the government tells me how to run my > life except for legal paternalism type stuff like that. I like that "legal paternalism." If it didn't cost me so much money I would move from one end of my county to the other end of the county. This would put me closer to my kids high school. The bus ride is 45 minutes each way, they pass 6 or so high schools on the way. But, when your kids are in a magnet program what are you going to do? Back to moving closer to the high school. It would cost me about $20,000 in taxes to move closer to my kids high school. That $20,000 is just in real-estate transfer taxes and property taxes. Government affects your life in many ways. Don't forget to leave the fat guy a bag of Dorito's and a joint.
From: Chris Bellomy on 23 Dec 2009 13:40 BAR wrote, On 12/23/09 12:38 PM: > Don't forget to leave the fat guy a bag of Dorito's and a joint. You forgot the cookies. Sweet / salt / sweet / salt, man! cb
From: BAR on 23 Dec 2009 13:51
In article <tsidnXQ-ZdaK-a_WnZ2dnUVZ_q9i4p2d(a)supernews.com>, ten.wohsdoog(a)sirhc says... > > BAR wrote, On 12/23/09 12:38 PM: > > > Don't forget to leave the fat guy a bag of Dorito's and a joint. > > You forgot the cookies. Sweet / salt / sweet / salt, man! I wouldn't know, I grew up 30 years ago. |