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From: Chris Bellomy on 24 Dec 2009 21:43 assimilate(a)borg.org wrote, On 12/23/09 11:07 PM: > On 22-Dec-2009, Chris Bellomy <ten.wohsdoog(a)sirhc> wrote: > >> You misread me. "Truly confiscatory taxation" and "reaches >> too far down in brackets" are two separate ideas. The first >> would involve a rate above, oh, 70% IMO. The second would >> involve income below, oh, probably $1 million/year or so. >> >> In light of that, do you want to rephrase your question? > > so it is ok to confiscate from rich bastigages? is that the crux of it? I don't care how rich they are. I just care what they do, same as anyone else. cb
From: Chris Bellomy on 24 Dec 2009 21:46 BAR wrote, On 12/24/09 6:55 AM: > In article <7e6dnWxYWsBfbK_WnZ2dnUVZ_uli4p2d(a)supernews.com>, > ten.wohsdoog(a)sirhc says... >> BAR wrote, On 12/23/09 4:18 PM: >>> In article <FrWdnSLqwtHNEK_WnZ2dnUVZ_qidnZ2d(a)supernews.com>, >>> ten.wohsdoog(a)sirhc says... >>>> Jack Hollis wrote, On 12/23/09 3:29 PM: >>>>> On Wed, 23 Dec 2009 12:16:36 -0600, Chris Bellomy <ten.wohsdoog(a)sirhc> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> 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. >>>>> Are you saying that you pay your taxes willingly? >>>> Willingly, gratefully, happily. Others volunteer for >>>> military service; I express my patriotism differently. >>> Disgusting. >> You are starting to sound irredeemably bitter. Look, >> whatever is wrong in your world, I'm not the guy who >> broke it, ok? > > You and your kind started down a path to break my world over 100 years > ago. Sorry. I'm sure you can find a country that still enforces racial subjugation by force, denies women the right to vote, puts debtors in prison, etc. There are plenty of 'em around. cb
From: Chris Bellomy on 24 Dec 2009 21:47 Jack Hollis wrote, On 12/24/09 12:30 PM: > On Wed, 23 Dec 2009 22:45:51 -0600, Chris Bellomy <ten.wohsdoog(a)sirhc> > wrote: > >>> I'm happy to pay taxes for some things, like the police and the >>> military but not for others, like Social Security, Medicare, public >>> schools (K-12 and colleges) and hundreds of other things the >>> government have no business being involved in. >> Hey, I love peace and have to pay for war. That's just >> how the deal works. > > Sometimes in order to get peace, first you have to have war. Merry Christmas, Jack.
From: Jack Hollis on 24 Dec 2009 22:35 On Thu, 24 Dec 2009 20:47:10 -0600, Chris Bellomy <ten.wohsdoog(a)sirhc> wrote: >Jack Hollis wrote, On 12/24/09 12:30 PM: >> On Wed, 23 Dec 2009 22:45:51 -0600, Chris Bellomy <ten.wohsdoog(a)sirhc> >> wrote: >> >>>> I'm happy to pay taxes for some things, like the police and the >>>> military but not for others, like Social Security, Medicare, public >>>> schools (K-12 and colleges) and hundreds of other things the >>>> government have no business being involved in. >>> Hey, I love peace and have to pay for war. That's just >>> how the deal works. >> >> Sometimes in order to get peace, first you have to have war. > >Merry Christmas, Jack. Humbug!
From: assimilate on 25 Dec 2009 00:31
On 23-Dec-2009, Chris Bellomy <ten.wohsdoog(a)sirhc> wrote: > > I'm happy to pay taxes for some things, like the police and the > > military but not for others, like Social Security, Medicare, public > > schools (K-12 and colleges) and hundreds of other things the > > government have no business being involved in. > > Hey, I love peace and have to pay for war. That's just > how the deal works. What is peace? The mere abscence of war? -- bill-o |