Atlas Shrugged
01-14-2009 | 04:33 AM
#11
Gets Weekends Off
Joined: Mar 2008
Posts: 2,919
Likes: 0
Quaint and common concepts that are not supported by any facts.
Please don't show up unarmed here.
1. Government generates zero income, all wealth they redistribute is confiscated from individuals who earn it.
2. The top 10% of American taxpayers pay about 70% of the income tax burden, the top 50% pay about 97% of the income tax burden.
It is clear that half of us are carrying the load for the other half. Class warfare isn't going to change that.
3. Rich or poor, regardless of your political leaning, Government has spent too much of our money and the current course is unsustainable. We have been forced to support a massive program of deficit spending that we won't be able to continue in the future. How that money has been distributed is about as important as the proverbial deck chairs on the Titanic.
Please don't show up unarmed here.
1. Government generates zero income, all wealth they redistribute is confiscated from individuals who earn it.
2. The top 10% of American taxpayers pay about 70% of the income tax burden, the top 50% pay about 97% of the income tax burden.
It is clear that half of us are carrying the load for the other half. Class warfare isn't going to change that.
3. Rich or poor, regardless of your political leaning, Government has spent too much of our money and the current course is unsustainable. We have been forced to support a massive program of deficit spending that we won't be able to continue in the future. How that money has been distributed is about as important as the proverbial deck chairs on the Titanic.
Definitely agree,
01-14-2009 | 05:55 AM
#12
Thx Age 65
Joined: Jul 2005
Posts: 1,065
Likes: 21
From: MD11CAP
11-11-2009 | 03:28 PM
#13
Gets Weekends Off
Joined: Sep 2006
Posts: 112
Likes: 0
WoW Jungle
A pilot with a mind, so rare in this age. Excellent points and post, you have restored that little lost hope that in
telligence may be awake in some. Love Ann Rand's perspective. Not to change the subject but have you read "The Glass Bead Game" by Herman Hesse. Some of those lessons certainly apply to these times when our democracy is dying.
telligence may be awake in some. Love Ann Rand's perspective. Not to change the subject but have you read "The Glass Bead Game" by Herman Hesse. Some of those lessons certainly apply to these times when our democracy is dying.
11-11-2009 | 08:45 PM
#14
Gets Weekends Off
Joined: Apr 2007
Posts: 189
Likes: 0
From: Left seat
I'm pretty sure I thought Ayn Rand's books were cool when I was in high school. I'm also pretty sure I thought it would be cool to have a utility belt and a decoder ring. Thankfully I grew out of both things.
11-11-2009 | 09:08 PM
#15
Gets Weekends Off
Joined: Jan 2006
Posts: 3,652
Likes: 0
From: Spartan
11-11-2009 | 09:26 PM
#16
Thread Starter
With The Resistance
Joined: Jan 2006
Posts: 6,191
Likes: 0
From: Burning the Agitprop of the Apparat
Some of us grow up and understand that centralized economies don't work no matter which great helmsman happens to be in charge. Some of us realize that an empty suit with corporate sponsorship really won't make things better.
Feel free to quote any credible source to the contrary.
11-11-2009 | 09:37 PM
#17
Gets Weekends Off
Joined: Apr 2007
Posts: 189
Likes: 0
From: Left seat
Some of us grow up and understand that centralized economies don't work no matter which great helmsman happens to be in charge. Some of us realize that an empty suit with corporate sponsorship really won't make things better.
Feel free to quote any credible source to the contrary.
Feel free to quote any credible source to the contrary.
Ayn Rand was a severely damaged person, and people that find revelation in her are people that don't think very deeply. My opinion.
11-11-2009 | 09:42 PM
#18
Thread Starter
With The Resistance
Joined: Jan 2006
Posts: 6,191
Likes: 0
From: Burning the Agitprop of the Apparat
11-11-2009 | 09:45 PM
#19
Gets Weekends Off
Joined: Apr 2007
Posts: 189
Likes: 0
From: Left seat
11-11-2009 | 09:54 PM
#20
Thread Starter
With The Resistance
Joined: Jan 2006
Posts: 6,191
Likes: 0
From: Burning the Agitprop of the Apparat
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
Splanky
Atlas/Polar
4
10-30-2008 06:53 AM
