Are you sure that wasn't FOX?
Positive. NPR & BBC are my only radio sources, & I don't do TV news...er, infprotainmenaganda. (I just made up that word!)
What's with the lefty obsession with trying to hang a foxtail on every Libertarian?
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Are you sure that wasn't FOX?
Positive. NPR & BBC are my only radio sources, & I don't do TV news...er, infprotainmenaganda. (I just made up that word!)
What's with the lefty obsession with trying to hang a foxtail on every Libertarian?
That was a joke (hense the smilie).
Glad to see you and I get our news from the same source.
I got the joke, hence my own.
But most of my news is from Drudge links.
Sometimes Fox is there, but I also consume NYT, WaPo, HuffPo, Breitbart, etc. It's a pretty wide spectrum.....none of which I trust too much.
News is 90% perspective & 10% information.
(And I'm being generous to the info part.)
Well my joke was funnier.
I don't defend Bush at all, but I'm just amazed at how Obama's followers believe that he is so different.
He's just Bush on steroids when it comes to bloated government, higher taxes & foreign adventurism.
All kidding aside, I want you to know that I respect this opinion.
I respectfully and passionately disagree.
Doesn't the Death or Estate tax show how greedy liberals are? I mean, the income has already been taxed and now liberals want another bite out of somebody else's money. Wanting what is not yours is pretty greedy to me and the greediest institution on the planet is the US federal government.
To be fair to the lefties, we gots ta pay for government somehow, & the death tax is one way. I'd like to see the tax
burden lowered overall, & if the death tax could enable the lowering of marginal income tax rates, I could live with that.
Hi Revolt,
Well, I think that is the problem; the government getting too much money.
And it would seem that the death tax would violate even the left's perverted sense of justice.
But liberals are the greediest people on the planet so their insatiable appetite for other people's resources never ceases to amaze me.
Taxation is only unjust if you are willing to refuse services from your government, like the protection of a standing military, or having roads to drive on, or someone to answer the 911 line when you have an emergency, or a firetruck with firemen when your house is burning, etc. If you don't want any of that, then maybe yes, taxation is unfair.Greedy though they are, there is some merit in the death tax. Lower marginal income tax rates spur productivity by motivating the ambitious,
upon whom our economy depends. I see a lower death tax as having less of the same effect. Yes, it's rather unjust to tax someone all their life,
& then do it again when they die, but taxation is inherently somewhat unjust, so the best we can do is strive to find a reasonable compromise.
Taxation is only unjust if you are willing to refuse services from your government....
I'm not trying to defend the current taxation system by any means; just the basic principle of payment for services.I don't buy that generality. A system which places a much larger burden on some taxpayers than others as a result of vagaries &
whims of the system would properly be called unjust. Injustice is not a black & white concept here....it is something which can be
minimized. Moreover, injustice is something which can be addressed in multiple ways, rather than the single choice you offer.
It's new, unearned income for the heirs. They haven't paid any taxes on it. And most estates in the U.S. aren't large enough to be subject to taxation, either.Doesn't the Death or Estate tax show how greedy liberals are? I mean, the income has already been taxed and now liberals want another bite out of somebody else's money.
Welcome to the planet Earth, where people in civilized countries pay taxes. For those who hate government and taxes, there's always the option of moving to Somalia.Wanting what is not yours is pretty greedy to me and the greediest institution on the planet is the US federal government.
Screw all that, NO TAXES! Of course there are no jobs either, unless you want to be in a militia or crew a pirate ship, but still, NO TAXES!I hear Somalia is nice this time of year. If you can get over the afternoon mortar showers, the constant hunger, and the open sewers. Perfect for Republicans!
I am for the death tax.
I think after four generations, why should the wealth someone produces stay in that familiy? The great grandparent probably won't even meet their great grandchildren.
NO TAXES!
It's new, unearned income for the heirs. They haven't paid any taxes on it. And most estates in the U.S. aren't large enough to be subject to taxation, either.
Welcome to the planet Earth, where people in civilized countries pay taxes. For those who hate government and taxes, there's always the option of moving to Somalia.