That's not "confusing"; that's actually what it is.
And so liberty is the fundamental right to do anything I please. Which means that I am at "liberty" to murder my father-in-law whom I despise?
And because my opinions are contrary to yours, I too am in your sights?
You make horror movies, right ... ?
Chris Hayes has had him on nearly every week for months, I've been meaning to read that, have you had the chance to read it?
What did those surveyed think was the actual distribution of wealth in America?
They estimated that the top fifth of Americans owns about 60 percent of the wealth.
The reality? Eighty-five percent.
So what about the bottom 120 million of us? Those surveyed said that ideally, the bottom 40 percent would own 20 to 25 percent of all wealth. When asked to estimate the share of wealth actually owned, the collective guesses were between 8 and 10 percent.
Reality: 0.3 percent.
That means Americans think ideally the poorest 120 million Americans should own somewhere between every fourth and fifth dollar of net worth, when in fact they own every 333rd dollar ...
Look, you want to destroy economic freedom.
That's not "confusing"; that's actually what it is.
And here you go, explaining exactly how you want to kill the market, and you want to kill economic freedom especially, due to your anti-liberty definitions of "fairness" and "equity." Which is what I said.
And because my opinions are contrary to yours, I too am in your sights?
Let's be clear about this -- are you accusing me of plotting your murder? Be absolutely crystal clear, and detailed, in your response.
you are blind to the economic facts.
The principal one of which can be summed by this infographic:
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I want to give economic freedom to those who need it the most. The 13.9% of the American population that lives below the Poverty Threshold. They are about 43 million men, women and children - or the equivalent size of California and Idaho combined.
They are Uncle Sam's greatest shame.
Put THAT in your next movie ... !
You have a habit of sarcastic one liners - which in no medium of debate can pass as "cogent argumentation". Get some facts together and maybe we can have a real exchange of opinion.
Till then, I'm done with you ...
Taxes are central to wealth distribution, or redistribution,as we hear endlessly this election cycle. Soit would make sense that people who voted for George W. Bush in 2004 think very differently about the ideal distribution of wealth than people who voted for Sen. John Kerry. People who make a lot hold very different ideas than people who make a lot less, right?
Like most of the Replicant Right, you have no notion of "fairness". Key-concept - No discrimination based upon the state, condition, or quality of being fair, or free from bias or injustice; or evenhandedness
And in terms of taxation that means progressiveness from top to bottom, not just at the bottom. Our tax "progressiveness" stops at "the upper 40%" (who all benefit from a comparative flat-rate taxation):
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And many of us will not forget that Romney admitted to paying no more than 15% taxation during his election bid of 2008: Romney paid 14% effective tax rate in 2011. And he's not the only one - just the only one to admit it.
Upper-income taxation in America is a boondoggle for the rich, and the principle means of the "Income Gusher" that creates their Wealth, and since Wealth Minus Debt is Net Worth (from here):
Whereby, in terms of Net Worth, the top 20% of families own 89% of the total.
Uh, wow ... !
Why should the EC work at all? (Yes, it's about time we rid ourselves of gerrymandering, an anachronism. I know of no such manipulation of the popular vote that exists in Europe - where Proportional Voting exists rather than our Plurality Voting system.
Thusly (from here):
VERY straightforward, patently verifiable, therefore "better".
There was a time when the automobile did not exist, and to get votes from various districts was very difficult. So the Electoral College was created to "represent the popular vote" to Washington.
That need no longer exists since at least the existence of the telephone ...
You can put that in bold.
Unfortunately, most of your answers are wrong ...
Life is never, and never will be, fair. Get over it. :shrug: That's the biggest problem with today's generation. They can't seem to understand that life isn't fair. That there will always be those better off than anyone else. No matter what system you are under.
Yes, lets look at an example of European "fairness" and "mob mentality" of the popular vote shall we? Free Speech has been supplanted by "only approved speech". People no longer have the Right to defend themselves. If they try they end up in jail/prison. All because of your mob mentality democratic voting system. The purpose of the EC is to prevent that kind of idiocy.
You really need a dictionary.
And for your edification
Right, we've got both.
What we also have is an electorate the majority of which has not the slightest notion about what each of the above mean or how they work.
They can't seem to understand that life isn't fair. That there will always be those better off than anyone else. No matter what system you are under.
Idaho is on what planet? None of the above is true about the EU on earth.
You characterize voting as "mob mentality"? Wow!
Moving right along - enough blather-in-a-blog for today ...
THE ENORMOUS INCOME DISPARITY MONSTER
Yessiree, when I look at the research data (that I have put up any number of times on this forum) and I know they were passed by a government of and for the people (in the 1980s by the Reagan Administration) I am amazed that going forward they would have created the monster of Enormous Income Disparity that plagues America today.
And just like the crime was committed it can be undone, by a Congress and a PotUS that want to undo it. Otherwise, they too are participating in a criminal act of discriminatory taxation that results in unfair Wealth Accumulation.
Truth always prevails in the end ...
Now you're just spewing the typical socialist propaganda. We're done here.
Now you're just spewing the typical socialist propaganda. We're done here.
Now you're just spewing the typical socialist propaganda. We're done here.
Now you're just spewing the typical socialist propaganda. We're done here.
He thinks his opinions and preferences are "facts." He said so earlier.
Yes, it is true. I'll give you two examples to show it.
Crackdowns on Free Speech Rise Across a Europe Wary of Terror
Self-defense in the UK Is Illegal
You don't even understand the difference between "socialism" and "social democracy". (And I aint gonna tell ya!)
Just to show how uninformed some people are - and yet they blather-in-a-blog ...
Moving right along ...
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