No… unless he was being sarcastic, I doubt that he understands the concept.
To the leftist mind, if you have much money you DIDN’T earn it.
Rather, it is a great deal of the PEOPLE’s money that the government “gave” you via tax cuts and tax dodges and so forth.
(How is it that a person who pays a ton of taxes is described by liberals as having money “given” to him by the government? To a liberal, the government allowing you to keep any of your income comprises “giving” that money to you.)
And how is it that you had the money in the first place? You obviously obtained it by exploiting people or stealing from them.
They know no other way to have money. The concept that you produced an amount and quality of goods or services that others willingly, in return, paid you this large amount of money for is something that cannot fit within their pointy little heads.
[quote]IgneLudo wrote:
ZEB wrote:
IgneLudo wrote:
tom63 wrote:
MaximusB wrote:
Ryan’s definition of Socialism - what’s yours is mine, what’s mine is mine.
About right for your average college kid with mommy and daddy paying for things.
You are the same fucks who hate estate taxes because you want to pass on all your hard earned capital to your kids when you die.
I know that always ticks me off too. Can you imagine a guy working hard all his life and then actually wanting to leave his hard earned dollars to his children? What the heck is he thinking? It just makes me laugh when I even think about it. It’s quite obvious the inheritance should go to the government, they deserve that money.
Okay IgneLudo, now if you could just get all the hardworking people who actually make this country successful to go along with you. Ha, then we’d have some CHANGE change we could believe in. YES WE CAN!
(eye roll)
Your children really appreciate that free college tuition. Why should they have to work at all as long as their father made enough money? They tried hard getting born into that family.
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So where should everyone’s money go when they die? To you? Are you Ryan’s evil twin? Someone should not leave their wealth and fortune to their family? Are you sick in the head?
I’m almost embarrassed to admit I used to think like that guy. It bothered me to no end to see kids going to college and living carefree on their parent’s bill, while I had no chance of paying for school. Growing up poor, I taught myself to hate kids who had easier lives and seemed to have everything. My attitude continued and peaked when I finally tried to get into college for the first and couldn’t even get any financial aid because I was under 23 and required to state my parent’s income but couldn’t track down my mother to do so.
But then I grew up and realized this attitude and this life of bitterness was unhealthy. Life isn’t fair, but so what. Yeah, it sucked to be 30 years old and still a sophomore, but that’s life – my life at least. All I can really do is take care of me. And, I’m going to damn fucking proud in 7 years when my son is one of those carefree kids in college. I worked hard to give him that.
[quote]Bill Roberts wrote:
No… unless he was being sarcastic, I doubt that he understands the concept.
To the leftist mind, if you have much money you DIDN’T earn it.
Rather, it is a great deal of the PEOPLE’s money that the government “gave” you via tax cuts and tax dodges and so forth.
(How is it that a person who pays a ton of taxes is described by liberals as having money “given” to him by the government? To a liberal, the government allowing you to keep any of your income comprises “giving” that money to you.)
And how is it that you had the money in the first place? You obviously obtained it by exploiting people or stealing from them.
They know no other way to have money. The concept that you produced an amount and quality of goods or services that others willingly, in return, paid you this large amount of money for is something that cannot fit within their pointy little heads.
That is a total non-compute to them.[/quote]
This is why I equate socialism with tyranny. who owns your money you or the state? I think the Republican party has to start changing the language and use the phrase, how much money do we need to take from taxpayers for necessary spending, and what should that spending be?
[quote]malonetd wrote:
I’m almost embarrassed to admit I used to think like that guy. It bothered me to no end to see kids going to college and living carefree on their parent’s bill, while I had no chance of paying for school. Growing up poor, I taught myself to hate kids who had easier lives and seemed to have everything. My attitude continued and peaked when I finally tried to get into college for the first and couldn’t even get any financial aid because I was under 23 and required to state my parent’s income but couldn’t track down my mother to do so.
But then I grew up and realized this attitude and this life of bitterness was unhealthy. Life isn’t fair, but so what. Yeah, it sucked to be 30 years old and still a sophomore, but that’s life – my life at least. All I can really do is take care of me. And, I’m going to damn fucking proud in 7 years when my son is one of those carefree kids in college. I worked hard to give him that.
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When my father passed away in Italy, and I was going through the process of obtaining my inheritance, I had more red tape than anyone can imagine from the government there. They tried imposing taxes and fees, yet I discovered that the inheritance is not taxable as long as it stays below a certain amount. In my case, they tried even though the amount was below the limit. But they figured that I would not know that, but they still tried. I had a bank official claim my passport was fake, so they would not have to pay me my money, yet was good enough to get on and off the plane getting me there. I didn’t have a problem with our government here, only them. Un-fucking-believable.
Then, a year later, I get 4 parking tickets in the mail from my stay there. I take a look at them, to find that no evidence was provided, no ticket was issued on the car, just a picture (which was not provided for me to look at) was the only determining factor. They ask for 105 Euros each.
Socialism, if you are alive, you are entitled to provide for others.
[quote]malonetd wrote:
I’m almost embarrassed to admit I used to think like that guy. It bothered me to no end to see kids going to college and living carefree on their parent’s bill, while I had no chance of paying for school. Growing up poor, I taught myself to hate kids who had easier lives and seemed to have everything. My attitude continued and peaked when I finally tried to get into college for the first and couldn’t even get any financial aid because I was under 23 and required to state my parent’s income but couldn’t track down my mother to do so.
But then I grew up and realized this attitude and this life of bitterness was unhealthy. Life isn’t fair, but so what. Yeah, it sucked to be 30 years old and still a sophomore, but that’s life – my life at least. All I can really do is take care of me. And, I’m going to damn fucking proud in 7 years when my son is one of those carefree kids in college. I worked hard to give him that.
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[quote]Bill Roberts wrote:
No… unless he was being sarcastic, I doubt that he understands the concept.
To the leftist mind, if you have much money you DIDN’T earn it.
Rather, it is a great deal of the PEOPLE’s money that the government “gave” you via tax cuts and tax dodges and so forth.
(How is it that a person who pays a ton of taxes is described by liberals as having money “given” to him by the government? To a liberal, the government allowing you to keep any of your income comprises “giving” that money to you.)
And how is it that you had the money in the first place? You obviously obtained it by exploiting people or stealing from them.
They know no other way to have money. The concept that you produced an amount and quality of goods or services that others willingly, in return, paid you this large amount of money for is something that cannot fit within their pointy little heads.
That is a total non-compute to them.[/quote]
This is why I equate socialism with tyranny. who owns your money you or the state? I think the Republican party has to start changing the language and use the phrase, how much money do we need to take from taxpayers for necessary spending, and what should that spending be?[/quote]