The thing to do is go back to the States paying a tax to be part of the U.S. How the Federal Government lays claim to each individual in the country makes no difference; it should not be claiming any of us.
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All for it
Donāt tax me on what i make, tax me on what i spend
get rid of all loopholes
I totally agree with your thoughts.
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I am curious to what loopholes you are referring to? I am not being antagonistic. I just lump people talking about tax loopholes in the same group that talk about gun show loopholes.
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Hi, my name is George Soros and I like to donate 100million/year to my non-profit charity to ensure I have enough tax writeoffs to not pay taxes.
My non-profit charity then disburses these donations out to for-profit charities, which donate to political candidates I like.
I like any system that lets me pay myself for my own interests and write it off as ācharityā.
I am not sure how you would stop that without decimating all charitable giving.
Also, anyone that thinks the tax code is not going to be written to favor the wealthy is living in fantasy land.
I have heard about taxing unrealized gains to stop the ultra-wealthy from borrowing against their assets as debt - which does not count as income. Another non-starter and ignorance in my mind.
You are not going to beat the wealthy at this 10,000-page tax game. I prefer a consumption tax with no write-offs and no exclusions, which would put an end to all of this. The more you spend - the more you pay. That seems very fair to me.
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Right, which is why this could be shortened to a few pages where it describes sales taxes based on type of goods.
Agreed, and I donāt think necessities should be taxed or it should be a much lower %. Like food, water, toiletries, etc.
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Write offs, exclusions
you buy, you pay taxā¦even overseas buying and even internet purchases
only time you dont have to is food, medical and those that live below the poverty line
I have never agreed with this. If you exist and purchase in this model, you should pay taxes. Everyone needs to have skin in the game.
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Could not agree more.
Since weāre talking about āskin in the gameā, i think itās about time to open up the draft for women too. May as well include anything in between him and her while weāre at it!
Equality for all!
^nothing in this post is sarcastic
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The only reason i say this is because usually those in poverty are negatively impacted the most
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True equality.
We all know the feminists never wanted equality. They want all the perks, but none of the responsibilities.
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How many below the poverty line have money that theyāve earned?
That is a good question, but I really donāt have any concrete facts to back up my thoughts.
My initial thoughts are very few.
I knew this would fail
And I imagine the writers are due for a firing
The person (Mindy Kaling), who thought adult entertainment revolved around a cartoon about sexualized 15 year olds, should be called out as the sick piece of garbage she is. My daughter made it through about 10 minutes before she turned it off. Woke humor just isnāt funny.
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Is everything woke nowadays? Perhaps the show is just bad and thatās itā¦
They race swapped three main characters.
Alienating original scooby doo fans (forced diversity)
Velma is now a lesbian (identity politics for no reason)
Even in the trailer, snide remarks are made about the audience the show was supposed to cater towards
And noā¦ everything isnāt woke. Wokeness is what mediated a 1.9/10 rating on imdb
Even critics are finally waking it up, and this show has been bombed by critics and audiences alike for being edgy for the sake of being edgy, woke for the sake of ham fisted agendas that have no place in a scooby doo origin story.
Itās almost like a bunch of writers managed to get ahold of the licensing rights to scooby doo. Followed by which they sat down in a room and thought āhow can we alienate our audience, try really hard to be edgy and push identity politics?ā
Numerous companies like warner brothers have caught on to how wokeness isnāt getting butts in seats. The company is now conducting damage control
Shows like velma imo are a dying breed now, and we can clearly see thereās huge backlash from audiencesā¦ people donāt want to watch this
Who are these shows for? No one is buying a ticketā¦
Iām going to go off on a tangent now.
Itās not racist to be irritated with the race swapping either. A common arguement used to shut down disdain or irritation aimed at making previously white characters suddenly asian, indian or black is āwhat are you? Racist? Why does it matter if we swap the racesā
First of allā¦ why canāt a character that has always been white for some fifty years or so stay white? The character NEEDS to now be reminiscent of a minorityā¦ that almost seems like racism to me.
That and, itās not the race people are upset about. Those who pull the race card to ineffectively stifle dissent towards race swapping fail to fundamentally graspā¦ these are cartoons that many have watched from childhood. There is a degree of nostalgia mediated from seeing familiar faces once again. Particuarly if you had fond memories of watching something like scooby doo
Now we see all of a sudden the characters race has been swappedā¦ for no reason, with no explanationā¦ just retconning history at that point as itās an origin story.
Not only that, but in the trailer the writers had the audacity to poke fun at the audience the show was supposed to be aimed at. As if they knew it would cause controversy but went ahead āif you donāt like itā¦ well fuck you thenā.
Great way to ensure your audience puts down the remote.
Like who are these shows aimed towards
- its not appropriate for kids (rated TVMAā¦) and kids who are watching it donāt seem to be liking it
- adolescents donāt like it
- adults donāt like it
- original scooby doo fans donāt like it
Feels like it was just a circle jerk between the writers and the actors.
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