[quote]Tiribulus wrote:
[quote]Makavali wrote:<<< I’m 25, and my age is not (and has never been) a secret on these boards.[/quote]I never knew that. I honestly thought you were older for some reason. I will however resist the urge to make chortling remarks about how your age explains some of the idiotic things you say. The rest have no explanation so I’ll leave that alone too.
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LOL
[quote]BrianHanson wrote:
ZEB,
Corporate profits and wealth for the upper 5% of the population are all skyrocketing over the past 2+ years, I fail to see how that has translated into a vibrant economy, in fact it has translated into hoarding of cash and decreasing of labor costs.[/quote]
What part of the top 1% paying 37% of all taxes don’t you understand? They are over taxed my gosh you are slow.
[quote]"Just like a liberal you whine like a little baby girl because you claim the rich have all these write off’s and deductions. With a flat tax they are all taken away. Now which is it lefty? If they get all these breaks then the flat tax is more fair right? RIGHT?
ZEB, I don’t whine about write offs and deductions.[/quote]
You, like other liberals seem to think that the rich get away with not paying enough. With a flat tax the rich lose their deductions. Hence, everyone who makes 30-k or more per year would pay one flat rate. The little guy has no fancy deductions so who does a flat tax favor?
Come on B r i a n figure it out I’m about to give you the answer…EVERYONE!
Bla, bla, bla. you’ve said nothing. Good for you, you understand the different types of corporations. You have no answer as to why there has to be a tax hike, or even the high rates that we do pay. As to my point why drive a small business person under with high tax rates? Why make him or her scramble to try to beat the tax man? Why does their have to be this constant attack on business and people who have succeeded? Oh yeah the government needs more money so they can expand government. SHRINK GOVERNMENT! Give everyone a break from the C corps to the S and LLC’s. As I said when Ronald Reagan did it he created 20 million new jobs. Tax reduction works and it is the only right thing to do.
LOL–You can’t defend big government and high tax rates any more than your hero Obama. And when you have no good argument for doing such things that’s a really strong clue that it’s the wrong move.
[quote]Fletch1986 wrote:
[quote]DoubleDuce wrote:
[quote]Fletch1986 wrote:
[quote]DoubleDuce wrote:
[quote]Fletch1986 wrote:
A lot of working class people cannot afford preventative healthcare and then end up in the emergency room where fixing the problem costs way more than the preventative care would have and there’s no way they can pay for the visit and treatment so the costs end up on the tax payers and the people who end up in the emergency room end up in debt making it more difficult for them to make more and be better and more productive members of society. It’s a vicious cycle and contributes the rising costs of healthcare.
If there’s a problem with this logic please point it out. If you think there’s solution to model that doesn’t involve universal healthcare, I’d like to know that too.
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So, what’s your diet and training. I may want to make some changes to your lifestyle. You know for the general welfare.[/quote]
So what’s your solution to the problem? Or do you think the problem is imagined and if so why? And are there really any first world nations that are that invasive?[/quote]
Free market. We are closer to socialized medicine right now than we are a free market. It’s the regulations that have screwed it up in the first place.
NY is trying to ban certain sugary drinks. “sin taxes” are all over the place. I can’t grow certain plants. I’m not adult enough to decide to wear a seat belt or not.[/quote]
I hope you don’t mind more questions. I promise, I’m not just grilling you to bash you or anything like that. I’m just genuinely interested.
What has socialized medicine done to screw things up? How will the private market fix things? Do you think sin taxes on alcohol and tobacco are ok? If so, how is that different from a sin tax on sugary drinks?[/quote]
“What has socialized medicine done to screw things up?”
Separated the consumer from the financial ramifications and taken liberty and freedom from the individual.
“How will the private market fix things?”
Wiser decisions are almost always made when the cost impacts the consumer. And even if not, at least it is the individual that screws it up for themselves.
“Do you think sin taxes on alcohol and tobacco are ok? If so, how is that different from a sin tax on sugary drinks?”
No, and I don’t think they are different.