The Fiscal Cliff and Taxmageddon loom.
"Taxmageddon" is coming on January 1, 2013. What does that mean? Well, we (US taxpayers) can expect large tax increases. Romina Boccia, James Sherk and Katie Tubb of the Roe Institute at The Heritage Foundation, say:…
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126 - Zingzing
I was just thinking about directing clavos to Mel brooks' "French revolution" bit of history of the world pt 1, but then I thought about the conditions that spurred the American revolution... When you see all the power and money shifting towards one class, you'd better get a little nervous either way. Clavos seems worried that the majority of this country is bitching too much, and he should be.
127 - clavos
Clavos seems worried that the majority of this country is bitching too much, and he should be.
I agree, but obviously for entirely different reasons. I could say my concern is that this country, which appears at this time to be extraordinarily fragile and and in ill health fiscally and psychologically, is in danger of being rent asunder irreparably, but if that were to actually happen, it would probably be a good thing for the rest of the world.
128 - troll
so...when the rebels get close to D.C. do you think Obama will use his chemical weapons?
129 - Doug Hunter
Zing, while the shift to global corporations and the astronomical salaries and wealth of their heads and owners certainly creates imbalance, the numbers hide much of reality.
No attempt is made to quantify government benefits, which have grown immensely, as part of wealth. A person with 'zero' net worth in this country has a guaranteed SS pension, disability insurance, low income insurance that provides medical care and food stamps if he is unable to pay, and the list goes far beyond that. I haven't put a pencil to it, but that has to be worth quite a bit.
I'm not disputing your point, just pointing out a major flaw in our measurement system that everyone seems to simply ignore... one of the reasons people don't accumulate personal wealth for a rainy day is because the government does that for them.
130 - Doug Hunter
#128
Haha, fat ass lazy americans aren't gonna peel their eyes off the screen of a smartphone/tablet/computer long enough to do shit. This country is far, far from revolution. Getting nookie in some tent on Wall Street between college classes so you can have some 'experience' to tweet about your way to get a student loan from the company you just protested is far from a revolution.
Revolutions require fighters... ha. Our kids our taught absolute fear and avoidance of physical violence at all costs, that government should have the sole monopoly on force, starting in preschool. The boys are feminized to where those that don't end up gay can't even have the sperm count to produce children. If you resist in any way you're labeled defective and drugged into submission. (you'll notice the military focuses on rough areas where education is weak to get it's warriors) We're trained to be ants in a colony and that's what we'll be, ants don't attack the queen or the drones or question why they are over them, ants just gather resources for the greater good, a living sacrifice for the colony.
131 - Cindy
Yeah, more violence and tough guy stuff is what's needed. Fuck you, Gandhi! What do you know about revolution? And fuck your peace and love bullshit too, Jesus. We need real men who like to pick veins from their teeth.
(Hmmm...I wonder if Gandhi was gay?)
132 - Cindy
The boys are feminized to where those that don't end up gay can't even have the sperm count to produce children.
And fuck women, who the hell would want to act like them? Damn pussies. Well, they are good for some things though.
133 - Dr Dreadful
I'll be glad when this Mayan nonsense is over so that we can go back to adding the suffix -gate to everything instead of -mageddon.