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Is Fixing Income Inequality Actually Un-American?

Henrin said:
Prove that it's not theft. Oh, and before you begin don't try the "it's not illegal" defense since theft is not just a legal term. :cool:
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Hook line and sinker.....so easy.
 
Gimmesometruth said:
Hook line and sinker.....so easy.
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So the state taking peoples property without their consent and with the intent to deprive them of their property is not theft? Is that your story?

Please show me where the government is the exception to the rule when speaking towards the definition of the word.
 
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Henrin said:
You didn't forget a word when you said public business. :shrug:
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pe·dan·tic
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adjective
of or like a pedant.
"many of the essays are long, dense, and too pedantic to hold great appeal"
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Henrin said:
So state taking peoples property without their consent and with the intent to deprive them of their property is not theft if the state does it? Is that your story?

Please show me where the government is the exception to the rule when speaking towards the definition of the word.
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Yeah, that's my story, Mr Anarchist. I'm waiting for that Somalia post card..
 
Gimmesometruth said:
pe·dan·tic
pəˈdan(t)ik/
adjective
of or like a pedant.
"many of the essays are long, dense, and too pedantic to hold great appeal"
synonyms: overscrupulous, scrupulous, precise, exact, perfectionist, punctilious, meticulous, fussy, fastidious, finicky; More
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Saying a private business is a public business is NOT a minor detail. I'm sorry, but saying the exact opposite of what you want to say is not a minor error.
 
Gimmesometruth said:
Yeah, that's my story, Mr Anarchist. I'm waiting for that Somalia post card..
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How can someone be so ignorant as to not know that Somalia is a nation?
 
Henrin said:
Saying a private business is a public business is NOT a minor detail. I'm sorry, but saying the exact opposite of what you want to say is not a minor error.
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Next time I'll use big pictures so yer not confused by the difference between "open to the public" and "private club". I so sorry for your confusion......you want a tissue for yer issue?
 
Gimmesometruth said:
Next time I'll use big pictures so yer not confused by the difference between "open to the public" and "private club". I so sorry for your confusion......you want a tissue for yer issue?
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Why should I even begin to care about the phrase "open to the public"? All it says by itself is that the doors are open and people can come in.
 
Henrin said:
Why should I even begin to care about the phrase "open to the public"? All it says by itself is that the doors are open and people can come in.
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Oh, okay....yer confused about that too.....not surprised.
 
Gimmesometruth said:
Probably because you never understood the term, the concept.
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I understand it just fine, good sir.
I have had it yammered in my ear, by a good number of insincere politicians and local academics, for the past few years in a row.

In my observation, when a politician begins harping and mewling about 'income inequality', all I hear is "I am pandering to the low wage earners and the unemployed in order to get their votes", period.

I have never heard any positive solutions or expected outcomes beyond over-taxing those who are already paying more than their fair share of taxes, in order to give money and things to those who haven't worked particularly hard to earn any of it.

And in the end, it's all just a ruse to get numbskulls to continue to vote for the same pack of insincere politicians who have steadily run this nation into trillions and trillions of debt.

I stand by my earlier statements.
It's foolish nonsense, and it's politics as usual. (Hollow promises, hot air, and empty platitudes.)
:?
 
Gimmesometruth said:
Oh, okay....yer confused about that too.....not surprised.
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Open to the public by itself means that the public can come in. Do you need help understanding simple phrases of words?
 
Sparky2 said:
all I hear is "I am pandering to the low wage earners and the unemployed in order to get their votes", period.
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Period? You claimed the definition was something else entirely.
 
Henrin said:
Open to the public by itself means that the public can come in. Do you need help understanding simple phrases of words?
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Ah, so now you are telling me that you understood what I was saying the whole time!

This is fun!
 
AlbqOwl said:
But who is selfishly motivated? How do you determine that?
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There are ways to determine how charitable a person is, there are means to determine selfishness. Why is this even being debated? If anything I would have imagined you would demand evidence.....I'm so disappointed.
 
Gimmesometruth said:
Ah, so now you are telling me that you understood what I was saying the whole time!

This is fun!
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Do you understand the difference between the phrases "public business" and "open to the public"? A business owned by private individuals that is under license to be open to the public is not a public business.
 
ttwtt78640 said:
That (bolded above) is logical but would not reduce, and likely increase, the incentive for others to do the same (or better). If the biggest widget maker could not supply all of the widgets in demand (while under the income cap) then other widget makers would most likely emerge to fill the unmet demand for widgets. Whether that (forced?) widget competition would produce better widgets is the question.
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But when you are earning all that you are allowed to earn, there is no incentive to improve your product or your service. It is a rare business that survives by being static. You are either working to grow and improve your business and earn more or you will go backwards, possibly to the point you will go out of business. That is the most elementary truth of basic economics.

So yes, there may be more widget makers, but with no opportunity to improve or grow or increase one's holdings, the most likely scenario is a deterioration of product and service to the detriment of all. And there is no incentive to promote or provide prototypes for a better widget.
 
Gimmesometruth said:
No, I never said a person should be "punished", spanking /imprisonment, etc....

I suggest a re-reading of my response....and trying again.

Up next........"taxation is theft!!!"
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no?.. you didn't just say that you're ok with higher taxes for the "selfish"?....
 
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