[quote]Beowolf wrote:
Prove this. Now. Where did he say we should give more money to corporations? Oh wait, that’s right, he didn’t. Guess which party gives the most subsidies? Both. Put that up your ass and light it on fire.[/quote]
Maybe you don’t come on here very much, but people frequently call for lower taxes on the upper income brackets. If you look closely (or at all), you’ll also see that I didn’t accuse either party of being or better or worse. In fact, I think I said something to the effect of “they’re basically the same party.” So what’s your point?
The real wage is a fairly basic economic concept, describing wages adjusted for inflation. This is opposed to nominal wage.
I’m going to stop talking to you now.
So the fact that it’s merely horrible, and not the most horrible, means it’s OK? Got it.
Oh, I don’t know…supporting bin Laden and the Taliban during the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan is just one example that comes to mind.
Our military spending constitutes a third of all the military spending on the planet. Saying it’s a bit bloated is quite the understatement. And actually, there aren’t that many other places to go for significant spending cuts. Defense, social security, medical expenses, and interest take up the majority of the budget. And your logic about it being a public good, and so therefore we should sink as much money as we possibly can into it is very strange to me. Now of course there are plenty of other things that need to be fixed, but here’s a huge expense that gives us a terrible return on our money. Hello, this isn’t that hard.
It doesn’t. That’s the point. A zygote is not human. A glob of cells is not human. It will eventually become human, but that’s the problem: when EXACTLY does it become human and therefore subject to protection under the law?
Denying responsibility for many things which are at least partially your fault is not living with the consequences of your actions.
