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Some of the 1 % stands with 99% by Eri October 21, 2011 5:19 am
  • So how long before they begin going after the 2%...3%...4%...5%...etc? by Lee 2011-10-21 13:35:55
    • All this "1 percent" stuff is raw idiocy. by TB 2011-10-21 15:19:51
    • Did you notice what they had in common? by TB 2011-10-21 07:15:26
      • Yes, they're all right-thinking individuals (as in left brain rational). by Eri 2011-10-21 09:02:45
        • All of them in that article are young people who inherited all their wealth. by TB 2011-10-21 09:22:38
          • You're clawing at sand and it's giving way beneath you. Many made their own money, the article talks about ... by Eri 2011-10-21 10:14:58
            • I don't play in sand, Eri. I work on granite. by TB 2011-10-21 10:32:25
      Sic Semper Tyrannis by Jeff-Wash October 20, 2011 9:59 am
      • Gaddafi's sin. Did you ever wonder why the West went after Gaddafi? "Gaddafi says looking at oil firm nationalization." http://www.reuters.com/article/2009/01/21/us-libya-gaddafi-oil-idUSTRE50K61F20090121 You mess ... by bowser 2011-10-20 20:50:36
        • Ding dong, the warlock is dead. by Eri 2011-10-20 18:38:50
          • There will be a lot more information on this, but it's going to take a while for the news chaff ... by TB 2011-10-20 12:54:34
            Are you smarter than an "occupier?" by TB October 18, 2011 1:48 pm
            • What do they want? I can't figure that out! Do they want EASIER work, and MORE money with it? At least the 1960's ... by Jeff-Wash 2011-10-19 12:39:03
              Ron Paul to balance the budget by the 3rd year of his presidency by RobVG October 17, 2011 10:31 pm
              • I hate to state the obvious, but then I guess it's not so obvious to people who ignore reality. ... by BuckGalaxy 2011-10-19 21:24:42
                • I know what your saying but if you lay off a government worker making $75,000, whose taxes are say around ... by RobVG 2011-10-20 10:08:03
                  • You also have to calculate the reduced demand in the economy by that person's vastly diminished spending power. You ... by BuckGalaxy 2011-10-20 15:32:44
                    • I understand you, I really do by RobVG 2011-10-20 19:56:06
                  • No government job pays more taxes into the system than it uses up. Think about it. by TB 2011-10-20 10:06:15
                    • We've got 9% unemployment. We've got one job for every five people unemployed. This is not the ... by BuckGalaxy 2011-10-20 15:26:05
                      • So cutting government jobs is going to shrink the tax base? by TB 2011-10-20 15:30:51
                        • Wow. Can you read? The tax base point was only one element I mentioned, but you latch onto ... by BuckGalaxy 2011-10-20 15:44:13
                          • You can keep repeating it. It isn't going to help. by TB 2011-10-20 16:04:17
                            • Still trying to drill into your head my point: regardless, when no one is spending in the economy the ... by BuckGalaxy 2011-10-20 19:42:11
                              • "It’s been done many times successfully so any claims it has not are wrong." Name two. And before you pop ... by TB 2011-10-20 20:34:57
                                • I'm really bored with this round and round BS. we've had this conversation. I've shown you proof of ... by BuckGalaxy 2011-10-21 23:32:49
                                  • Okay, let me get this straight: by TB 2011-10-22 09:36:39
                                    • No you don't get it straight. As always. The time to cut government IS when the budget is ... by BuckGalaxy 2011-10-23 13:58:13
                                      • Any politician who is standing over a $1.3 trillion deficit and thinks the government still isn't spending enough not only ... by TB 2011-10-23 15:12:31
                  • Actually, some of his ideas aren't bad. But he'll never get elected with this budget plan. Everybody wants cuts ... by Eri 2011-10-18 00:30:04
                    • "...Everybody wants cuts until it comes to their piece of the pie." Boy, you nailed that one. This attitude is ... by TB 2011-10-18 08:12:10
                    The succession of the Dalai Lama by TB October 17, 2011 6:06 pm
                      Far out, man! by TB October 17, 2011 5:48 pm
                      • Hanging on to the status quo by RobVG 2011-10-19 09:41:04
                        • Is there any reason for having speed limits? Should speeding be treated any differently than marijuana possession? After ... by bowser 2011-10-17 20:41:54
                          • Both marijuana and alcohol (in the form of wine) have medicinal benefits. My glass of wine a day raises ... by Eri 2011-10-18 00:41:06
                            • That recreational drugs can be harmful is undeniable. But tossing people into jail for using them seems to me ... by TB 2011-10-17 20:54:43
                              • And how are they any different from speeding, gambling, running stop signs, prostitution, etc., and so on. Or are the only ... by bowser 2011-10-17 21:25:27
                                • They're not in the same category, and it's a lot more complicated than "victimless crimes" vs. "crimes against property." Someone who ... by TB 2011-10-18 08:22:35
                                  • Was that a low blow? n/t by RobVG 2011-10-17 21:59:48
                                    • Yeah, it probably was. I get a bit frustrated with two general types of crimes, victimless and crimes against ... by bowser 2011-10-17 22:29:01
                              Cain would benefit greatly from his 9-9-9 plan by Eri October 16, 2011 5:53 am
                              • Interesting. by TB 2011-10-18 14:17:36
                                • I look at tax laws from a civil rights perspective. by Lee 2011-10-17 18:09:39
                                  • Interesting. Most of the concern seems to be less about economic growth than the nagging fear that somebody, somewhere, ... by TB 2011-10-16 12:45:39
                                    • You're still missing the point. The man comes up with a tax plan that will benefit him but will ... by Eri 2011-10-16 21:36:46
                                      • No, you're missing the point. by Lee 2011-10-17 10:32:16
                                        • I've already made the point many times that the wealthy in this country are paying for the vast majority of ... by TB 2011-10-17 11:11:26
                                        • You're missing the point. by TB 2011-10-17 07:40:34
                                          • I talk regularly to someone who lives half the year in Greece and the other half in Canada. What ... by Eri 2011-10-17 14:23:39
                                            • As someone now living in British Columbia, Canada, I like Cain. I would vote for him. In fact, I think that some ... by Jeff-Wash 2011-10-19 12:46:34
                                              • In that case, everything in Greece and Europe should be great. There's LOTS of money left in Europe to ... by TB 2011-10-17 14:29:39
                                                • He's from Canada and is retired. His wife is Greek and he's part Greek. He's been spending a ... by Eri 2011-10-17 16:45:22
                                        • He scares me too Eri by RobVG 2011-10-16 11:01:35
                                          • I could never vote for a candidate that opposed all abortion. Like you said he could not get it done ... by FrankC 2011-10-16 12:33:45
                                            • We all might be surprised how much a truly right wing extremist on social issues could get done just by ... by Eri 2011-10-16 21:40:40
                                              • "We all might be surprised how much a truly right wing extremist on social issues could get done just by ... by TB 2011-10-17 07:29:46
                                            • I have my own problems with Cain's specifics. by TB 2011-10-16 11:14:25
                                              • An interesting side effect of eliminating the personal interest deduction is the disappearance of usury controls. Consumer interest was capped ... by FrankC 2011-10-16 12:17:40
                                                • I think 999 was designed to set Cain apart. by RobVG 2011-10-16 11:47:44
                                                  • Exactly right. But unless you believe that the wealthy have tax shelters to greatly lower their income, the “rich” are going ... by Eri 2011-10-16 21:44:29
                                              • Note that his system taxes capital gains, just as normal income. by TB 2011-10-16 06:41:33
                                                • It does NOT tax capital gains. That is the point of the article. Cain’s 9–9-9 proposal has kicked off fierce ... by Eri 2011-10-16 09:32:56
                                                  • You might be right. I am finding nothing specific on it either way. by TB 2011-10-16 10:05:18
                                                    • Yep, when that tax rate was peaking was when I sold my rental property. by Eri 2011-10-16 21:51:21
                                                      • I have never understood the reluctance of liberals to recognize the facts demonstrated in that chart. I try to keep ... by FrankC 2011-10-16 11:03:36
                                                        • It's one of many facts. by TB 2011-10-16 11:06:24
                                                          • That includes increasing taxes on consumers by RobVG 2011-10-16 12:44:22
                                                            • The consumers who might have purchased a new car will simply put new tires on the old one, forgo purchasing ... by Eri 2011-10-16 21:54:49
                                                              • Do you think nearly half of this country should pay no Federal income taxes? What happens when that gets ... by TB 2011-10-16 13:07:58
                                                                • No I don't n/t by RobVG 2011-10-16 14:50:17
                                                    Calling for a "declaration of national emergency" by TB October 14, 2011 4:10 pm
                                                      Military advisors into Uganda by TB October 14, 2011 1:46 pm
                                                      • I realize the Zone's right-wing Realpolitik pundits have been busy worrying about other things lately, but the Chinese have been ... by ER 2011-10-15 07:34:23
                                                        • Anybody who thinks ER would have written that for a Republican president, especially that last paragraph, twinkles up, please! by TB 2011-10-15 07:42:22
                                                          • Ah, yes. Can't beat me on the facts. So shoot the messenger. 8) by ER 2011-10-15 07:44:14
                                                            • "Ah, yes. Can’t beat me on the facts. So shoot the messenger." by TB 2011-10-15 07:59:43
                                                              • "Head exploding?" What a colorful, and yes, Conservative metaphor. No Tom. I've seen this coming. For ... by ER 2011-10-15 09:27:49
                                                                • That song lyric is almost fifty years old. by TB 2011-10-15 10:00:33
                                                                  • Yeah, and it was prophetic, wasn't it? by ER 2011-10-15 10:54:58
                                                                    • By the way, who the heck do you think "people like me" actually are? by TB 2011-10-15 11:16:35
                                                                      • You got it, Tom. If things didn't work out for you, it wasn't my fault. "Self-employed entrepreneurs don’t get unemployment ... by ER 2011-10-15 11:50:50
                                                                        • You didn't pay much. by TB 2011-10-15 12:12:44
                                                                          • Like I said. I don't make the rules, but I play by the rules. But I don't like ... by ER 2011-10-15 12:24:40
                                                                            • I sympathize. by TB 2011-10-15 12:42:35
                                                                              • To the mousie, it don't matter who's at fault. And by the time you get your new instructions, its ... by ER 2011-10-15 13:09:59
                                                                          • Of course it's not your fault. by TB 2011-10-15 11:58:16
                                                                        • As with the other song you posted, the lyrics are basically senseless rhythm. He was going for "Beat" back ... by TB 2011-10-15 11:06:10
                                                                          • Well maybe you should try listening to it again. This time, listen to the words. I'm not the one who's ... by ER 2011-10-15 11:19:30
                                                                            • P.S. by TB 2011-10-15 11:17:53
                                                                              • Government deficit spending isn't the only form of national self-indulgence, waste and greed. It's just the one the Right ... by ER 2011-10-15 13:16:26
                                                                                • "Profit" has a meaning. It means there's more wealth at the end than you started with. Even somebody ... by TB 2011-10-15 14:25:55
                                                                                  • Hey, weren't we talking about what a swell idea it was to put troops into Africa? by TB 2011-10-15 14:28:27
                                                                                    • THey have diamonds there. by ER 2011-10-15 14:35:03
                                                                                      • Mostly Uganda has coffee. by TB 2011-10-15 14:53:39
                                                              • Now what could possibly go wrong with that? by ER 2011-10-14 15:56:09
                                                                • You have to admire him for trying to please everybody. I'm not sure if it was the right or left but ... by FrankC 2011-10-14 17:27:04
                                                                • Wiley Coyote would know better than that. What the hell is that guy trying to do, destroy Bush's legacy??!! Arf by bowser 2011-10-14 14:06:08
                                                                  • Might be fishing for another Peace Prize. by TB 2011-10-14 15:44:02
                                                                    • Suicide watch for our resident extremists. by FrankC 2011-10-14 15:47:51
                                                                  9-9-9 = a bigger piece of your pie by Eri October 13, 2011 11:42 am
                                                                  • We are in the midst of a recession caused by reducing taxes on the wealthy, their investment in hedge funds, ... by bowser 2011-10-13 13:21:44
                                                                    • "We are in the midst of a recession caused by reducing taxes on the wealthy, their investment in hedge funds, ... by TB 2011-10-13 15:41:50
                                                                      • What amazes me is the Conservatives' ability to blind themselves to the Real World. As they chop holes in ... by Eri 2011-10-13 17:52:22
                                                                        • Remarkable. It's like watching Neo doing "bullet time." by TB 2011-10-13 18:39:59
                                                                      • Belongs under TB just below, will move after lunch. by bowser 2011-10-13 13:23:00
                                                                      • As for taxes, I have my own issues with Cain's specifics, although his principles are right. by TB 2011-10-13 12:32:03
                                                                        • "Consumption" taxes are inherently unstable by RobVG 2011-10-14 18:11:00
                                                                          • Yeah, but incomes tend to dry up during an economic downturn, too. States with income taxes aren't getting the ... by TB 2011-10-14 18:51:53
                                                                            • If someone perceives that they might possibly lose their job at some point in the future, that's usually enough to ... by RobVG 2011-10-15 10:28:31
                                                                              • There are over six million fewer private employees paying income tax today than there were in January of 2008. ... by TB 2011-10-15 10:42:55
                                                                        • And yet Cain is currently very popular among Tea Party supporters, conservatives, and Republicans in the South. by TB 2011-10-13 11:54:12
                                                                          • The Tea Party just loves green. "If you're a corporation, own a small business or count yourself among the ... by bowser 2011-10-13 12:17:42
                                                                          Google map of "Occupy" protests by Robert October 12, 2011 4:24 pm
                                                                          • Just for completeness: The House midterms for 2010 by county. by TB 2011-10-14 12:24:20
                                                                            • See my comment to ER on this thread concerning lying with maps. Take Colorado for example. I don't have the ... by podrock 2011-10-14 20:56:44
                                                                              • Well, of course the population density of the blue areas is greater. Elections come out pretty even, don't they? ... by TB 2011-10-15 06:25:02
                                                                                • I uploaded a png for red/blue counties by population in the media library. It didn't display on my first try. ... by FrankC 2011-10-14 22:53:56
                                                                              • Human communities may fracture under stress, but they rarely crumble to nothingness. The fall of Rome taught us that. ... by ER 2011-10-13 18:01:08
                                                                                • I wouldn't posit "nothingness" either. by Robert 2011-10-14 09:13:05
                                                                                  • Socially, we're up to it. Technologically, I don't know. As I have pointed out earlier, unlike the Roman ... by ER 2011-10-14 12:01:12
                                                                                    • Red and Blue used to alternate from election to election with the graphics from the major news networks. It wasn't ... by podrock 2011-10-14 20:40:21
                                                                                      • That's pretty obvious but boots on the ground counts for something by FrankC 2011-10-14 21:13:38
                                                                                      • The mainstream media changed the colors prior to the 2000 election. Ask them. by TB 2011-10-14 12:09:50
                                                                                        • Red vs Blue? Well, at least you found something in that post worth commenting about. No doubt it was ... by ER 2011-10-14 12:21:42
                                                                                          • Well, the rest of the post was just more of the apocalyptic nuttiness you and the others are soaking in. I ... by TB 2011-10-14 15:06:24
                                                                                  • This isn't it, and I believe there is a revolution brewing. Briefly, there are six contributing factors. First, the increase ... by bowser 2011-10-13 00:16:07
                                                                                    • Nice that the two of you aren't trying to drown the conversation in the bathtub. by Robert 2011-10-13 11:06:24
                                                                                      • "Human communities" post moved to front of this thread. by ER 2011-10-13 18:06:15
                                                                                        • If you misplace a post, it's easy to move it in the current system (basically erase the old one and ... by TB 2011-10-13 18:46:14
                                                                                          • Unless, of course, the moved post has been replied to, then it is a whole different matter. A couple of ... by podrock 2011-10-13 19:23:02
                                                                                            • I've been a little loose about marking edits. I have a time period of about three minutes after I ... by TB 2011-10-13 19:29:20
                                                                                              • Sort of like the "five second rule" about dropped food. Fine with me, as long as it is fine with ... by podrock 2011-10-13 19:55:52
                                                                                                • I have been drifting down the threads and "trimming" some of my old comments by using the paragraph command to ... by TB 2011-10-15 12:23:04
                                                                                        • An interesting synthesis of our two posts, with a reasonable proposal to avoid the most dire of our outcomes. ... by bowser 2011-10-13 17:48:30
                                                                                          • Ouch: Comparing me to The Conceder? by Robert 2011-10-14 08:59:20
                                                                                            • This post takes me completely by surprise. First, I admire Obama enormously, for his patience, for his efforts to ... by bowser 2011-10-14 12:28:19
                                                                                              • "Jingoism?" "Majority?" Can we get a count on that? by TB 2011-10-14 12:41:10
                                                                                                • Not on this board, TB. Heck, my post above stands a high risk of being edited. But I ... by bowser 2011-10-14 12:53:53
                                                                                                  • Friend, nobody here is screwing with anybody else's posts. Nobody is likely to. Buck did a couple of ... by TB 2011-10-14 13:23:59
                                                                                                    • Gee, TB. You say it's not done, not likely to be done, and has been done. And I know it's ... by bowser 2011-10-14 14:01:10
                                                                                                      • If someone has changed or clipped a post of yours on this board without your permission, flag it, tell us ... by TB 2011-10-14 14:11:00
                                                                                          • Basically you're talking large scale gerrymandering by TB 2011-10-13 11:46:30
                                                                                            • Impressive how you manage to shoehorn the end of America into conventional partisan terms. by Robert 2011-10-14 09:28:29
                                                                                              • You propose dividing the nation up specifically by political ideology and are surprised by the idea that these "nations" would ... by TB 2011-10-14 09:46:54
                                                                                                • No I didn't. by Robert 2011-10-14 11:27:00
                                                                                                  • Sorry, now you're just ducking and weaving. by TB 2011-10-14 11:46:23
                                                                                                  • P.S. by TB 2011-10-14 10:26:23
                                                                                            • I've often disagreed with many of your posts, feeling they were a bit too extreme for my views, but I ... by ER 2011-10-13 05:56:36
                                                                                            • Okay, let me see if I'm following this right: by TB 2011-10-12 17:22:47
                                                                                              • "Map of US Militias"> by FrankC 2011-10-12 16:56:41
                                                                                                • Scale problem by Robert 2011-10-12 17:15:38
                                                                                                  • Try this map. Feel free to zoom in on the cities. by TB 2011-10-12 18:34:01
                                                                                                    • LOL by FrankC 2011-10-12 19:14:32
                                                                                                    • A scale problem...you got that right. by Lee 2011-10-12 18:02:50
                                                                                                  Horror in Caracas by TB October 12, 2011 4:26 pm
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