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[Sportello]

Who doesn't like lower taxes, fewer government regulations and small business ?

The guys who are behind your propaganda don't exactly look out for 'small business':

The Job Creators Network (JCN) is a conservative and advocacy group founded by Home Depot co-founder and former CEO Bernie Marcus.[1] It is funded mainly by corporate executives and conservative foundations including the Mercer Family Foundation, and has been extensively promoted by far-right website Breitbart.[2][3]

Alfredo Ortiz, a former Pepsi and Kraft executive, was named president and CEO of JCN in January 2014.[4]

 

[bacha29]

Agreed ... too bad you don't understand.

For a self proclaimed "Libertarian" like yourself all forms of public subsidies and tax concessions to private interests should fly in the face of all true "Libertarian" convictions.

 

[Old Man Jingles]

For a self proclaimed "Libertarian" like yourself all forms of public subsidies and tax concessions to private interests should fly in the face of all true "Libertarian" convictions.

As a true Libertarian, I don't consider "not taxing" a person or a business entity as a public subsidy or a tax concession.
I would NOT want to give recognition to the Mafia for not extorting money from a specific neighborhood while continuing to extort everyone else. The people/entities in that neighborhood got nothing for free ... they were not extorted like others.

 

[vantexan]

One of the drivers behind the ACA was that 86% of all personal bankruptcies was due to medical bills which in turn meant that a lot of creditors including small rural hospitals didn't get paid. The number today is 58% . That's not down as low was hoped for but is it better. BTW I'm still waiting for Van T to explain to us just exactly what is " social insurance". Based on his earlier comments perhaps it could mean that "social insurance" is a benefits program that you the individual can draw from but those the individual can't draw from is "socialism".

It's telling that instead of arguing the merits of my post you went after where I'm staying. With you it's got to be socialism or nothing. Tell me something, if you were younger, and Democrats were implementing socialism, would you be willing to train a gun on people to force them to accept socialism? Because pretty much everywhere you have the pure, government controlling everything socialism that's what ends up happening. And after everything falls apart it takes more guns to root out the socialists. Capitalism can suck, but until you find a better system that everyone can work with capitalism is the best there is. Deal with it. And for the millionth time social programs are fine if you can pay for them. Putting a stranglehold on business while continuing huge spending is a surefire recipe for disaster.

 

[Old Man Jingles]

For a self proclaimed "Libertarian" like yourself all forms of public subsidies and tax concessions to private interests should fly in the face of all true "Libertarian" convictions.

That's because people like you, DIDO and @rickyb don't appear to have been born with the math genes most people inherited.

 

[rickyb]

That's because people like you, DIDO and @rickyb don't appear to have been born with the math genes most people inherited.

hey baby.

all these words like socialism , govt, etc, leave to emotional thinking instead of rational thinking.

you just gotta ask "how should power be distributed in the economy?"

 

[vantexan]

hey baby.

all these words like socialism , govt, etc, leave to emotional thinking instead of rational thinking.

you just gotta ask "how should power be distributed in the economy?"

When will you demonstrate rational thinking?

 

[rickyb]

That's because people like you, DIDO and @rickyb don't appear to have been born with the math genes most people inherited.

hey mister im too good for everyone, do the so called "libertarians" who propagandize you ever make following the golden rule as a major principle of their economic model?

 

[DriveInDriѵeOut]

That's because people like you, DIDO and @rickyb don't appear to have been born with the math genes most people inherited.

You're a neocon liberal posing as a libertarian praising crony capitalism and corporations subsidizing their profits with taxpayer money.

In other words, you're full of crap as usual. Carry on.

 

[Old Man Jingles]

You're a neocon liberal posing as a libertarian praising crony capitalism and corporations subsidizing their profits with taxpayer money.

No way I support anything related to being nice to large Corporations ...
you haven't been paying attention to my posts ... not that you should.

I'm not sure what you mean by crony Capitalism so I'll let that slide.

 

[DriveInDriѵeOut]

No way I support anything related to being nice to large Corporations ...
you haven't been paying attention to my posts ... not that you should.

I'm not sure what you mean by crony Capitalism so I'll let that slide.

Wait, you said you don't read my posts and have me on ignore remember?

 

[bacha29]

It's telling that instead of arguing the merits of my post you went after where I'm staying. With you it's got to be socialism or nothing. Tell me something, if you were younger, and Democrats were implementing socialism, would you be willing to train a gun on people to force them to accept socialism? Because pretty much everywhere you have the pure, government controlling everything socialism that's what ends up happening. And after everything falls apart it takes more guns to root out the socialists. Capitalism can suck, but until you find a better system that everyone can work with capitalism is the best there is. Deal with it. And for the millionth time social programs are fine if you can pay for them. Putting a stranglehold on business while continuing huge spending is a surefire recipe for disaster.

In the end not if but when your advancing age combined with the fact that you are currently living in a region that has never set any performance records when to comes to political stability results in your return to the states because the combination of the two make it no longer safe for you to be there it will almost certainly result in your need for two or more key government programs whose basis lies in a form of socialism that will serve to feed you, pay your medical bills and in general take care of you when through no fault of your own you can no longer take care of yourself. I've encountered scores like you who embrace what can best be described as a selective conservatism. A conservatism that always ends at the doorstep of economic reality.

 

[Old Man Jingles]

Wait, you said you don't read my posts and have me on ignore remember?
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Thank you.
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
To imitate someone is to pay the person a genuine compliment.

 

[Old Man Jingles]

hey mister im too good for everyone, do the so called "libertarians" who propagandize you ever make following the golden rule as a major principle of their economic model?

Economic model?
I wouldn't think so ... it does not appear to be applicable.

 

[vantexan]

In the end not if but when your advancing age combined with the fact that you are currently living in a region that has never set any performance records when to comes to political stability results in your return to the states because the combination of the two make it no longer safe for you to be there it will almost certainly result in your need for two or more key government programs whose basis lies in a form of socialism that will serve to feed you, pay your medical bills and in general take care of you when through no fault of your own you can no longer take care of yourself. I've encountered scores like you who embrace what can best be described as a selective conservatism. A conservatism that always ends at the doorstep of economic reality.

No, not coming back. Did you know there were Americans living here during their civil war? Just as there were in Guatemala. Much safer now. Why would I ever give up living comfortably in a nice area, paying for medical as I go, over barely scraping by in the States? I know you hope I'll fail, you hate seeing anyone getting what they want without the government giving it to them.

 

[rickyb]

Economic model?
I wouldn't think so ... it does not appear to be applicable.

treating others as you wish to be treat isnt applicable economically?

 

[vantexan]

treating others as you wish to be treat isnt applicable economically?

Someone given a job so that they can take care of themselves is treating them right. If you want a higher paying job get the right training. No one owes you a great living.

 

[DriveInDriѵeOut]

Someone given a job so that they can take care of themselves is treating them right. If you want a higher paying job get the right training. No one owes you a great living.

Says the guy who blames all his financial problems on the employer he chose to work for....

 

[vantexan]

Says the guy who blames all his financial problems on the employer he chose to work for....

No, I pointed out what they did wrong and also pointed out numerous times I made a mistake quitting and getting rehired. I have what I have now and am making the most of it. Enjoy your burrito.

 

[rickyb]

No, I pointed out what they did wrong and also pointed out numerous times I made a mistake quitting and getting rehired. I have what I have now and am making the most of it. Enjoy your burrito.

i thought you said as long as they gave you a job they are treating you right.

you mean they werent following the golden rule?