Lessons in Social Security scaremongering
10-03-2009 | 08:43 AM
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Taxes, issuing bonds, tariffs, excises, fees, auctions, probably a million other things that I don't know about.
10-03-2009 | 08:51 AM
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From: Burning the Agitprop of the Apparat
Main Entry: tax
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: charge levied by government on property, income
Synonyms: assessment, bite*, brokerage, capitation, contribution, cost, custom, dues, duty, excise, expense, fine, giveaway, imposition, impost, levy, obligation, pork barrel, price, rate, salvage, tariff, tithe, toll, towage, tribute
10-03-2009 | 09:18 AM
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The word "Tax" has many synonyms.
Main Entry: tax
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: charge levied by government on property, income
Synonyms: assessment, bite*, brokerage, capitation, contribution, cost, custom, dues, duty, excise, expense, fine, giveaway, imposition, impost, levy, obligation, pork barrel, price, rate, salvage, tariff, tithe, toll, towage, tribute
Main Entry: tax
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: charge levied by government on property, income
Synonyms: assessment, bite*, brokerage, capitation, contribution, cost, custom, dues, duty, excise, expense, fine, giveaway, imposition, impost, levy, obligation, pork barrel, price, rate, salvage, tariff, tithe, toll, towage, tribute
10-03-2009 | 09:27 AM
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From: Burning the Agitprop of the Apparat
10-03-2009 | 04:53 PM
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Where does the government get the money to pay the bondholders? Its secrect grove of money trees? In my town, for some crazy reason, when the town issues bonds our TAXES go up until the bonds are retired. What's up with that?
10-04-2009 | 04:08 AM
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On bonds, debts, and the like
I don't expect to resolve this issue so I'll keep this short.
The best way to run any collective enterprise is to buy only what you can afford. Washington has been unable/unwilling to do this now to the tune of 14 decimal places. We, collectively, re-elect most of these people.
Bonds are the way to import tomorrow's wealth to be wasted today.
"Unfunded liabilities" are only different from deficit spending in that the bonds have to be issued now. In that sense they make it harder for budgeteers to waste the money on something else.
WW
The best way to run any collective enterprise is to buy only what you can afford. Washington has been unable/unwilling to do this now to the tune of 14 decimal places. We, collectively, re-elect most of these people.
Bonds are the way to import tomorrow's wealth to be wasted today.
"Unfunded liabilities" are only different from deficit spending in that the bonds have to be issued now. In that sense they make it harder for budgeteers to waste the money on something else.
WW
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