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Originally Posted by njd1
(Post 3094056)
Scenario 2: The government overreacts to a minor illness similar to the flu and shuts down the economy, putting 30+ million capable people out of work practically overnight, destroying entire industries in the process, all to save an infinitesimal number of people (0.03% to be precise) who would have died anyway from a variety of co-morbidities if they had caught the common cold. I would argue Scenario 1 warrants no assistance but scenario 2 does, by virtue of the fact that we all want to work and are fully capable of working, yet the government's inept and irrational policies restrict us from doing so. They created the problem, so they're responsible for cleaning it up. The government screwed up, why should I be forced to pay the bill? |
Originally Posted by SonicFlyer
(Post 3094191)
Except that anything the government gives to people is stolen from someone else. Inflation is a tax and taxation is theft.
The government screwed up, why should I be forced to pay the bill? |
Originally Posted by Firefighterpilo
(Post 3094153)
Which states would that be? I currently live in California and I can assure you this big -government state has screwed up the corona response as good as anyone, if not worse. The governor just announced today essentially the closing of all schools until January. Many of my business owner neighbors are staring at bankruptcy due to the mandatory shut down, reopen, shutdown goat rope here. This is a cluster everywhere it is ignorant and plain deceitful to suggest Democrat controlled states have somehow done a better job.
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Originally Posted by Firefighterpilo
(Post 3094182)
Yeah that’s about as subjective as it gets. Italy would beg to differ. Hell I bet North Korea is also doing great with this pandemic but not really a selling point for heavy handed governments.
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Originally Posted by HulkaBurger
(Post 3094213)
That mental illness acting up again, is it?
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Democracy was so repugnant to rulers because the serfs (>50% of the population) would be able to write laws taxing the lords.
It is only in recent times the desire to tax the lords has wained, but that might be changing. Most Americans have been paying taxes in paycheck after paycheck while living some form of paycheck to paycheck life yet when they need a little help for the first in over a decade they become a “burden”. Meanwhile at the palace... |
Originally Posted by pad39a
(Post 3093366)
+1. I want to keep my job...but I’m tired of punting to the next generation.
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Originally Posted by lgaflyer
(Post 3094710)
i dont have any kids, so I don't mind punting to the next generation
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Originally Posted by HulkaBurger
(Post 3094213)
That mental illness acting up again, is it?
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Originally Posted by SonicFlyer
(Post 3094191)
Except that anything the government gives to people is stolen from someone else. Inflation is a tax and taxation is theft.
The government screwed up, why should I be forced to pay the bill? |
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