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by woah 12y ago

mcantelon 12y ago
People have been conditioned into thinking libertarians are the devil, basically.
- opo 12y ago
  It might be more general than that. People here (and most other forums) seem conditioned to treat politics like sports teams and they will ignore all the horrible ideas their "team" has just as long as they can beat the other team. It is pretty sad...
  - anonbanker 12y ago
    Can I use this explanation when Canadians ask me why I left the states? do I need to pay royalties?
adamnemecek 12y ago
Explanation of what? Why Rand Paul would be a bad president?
dntrkv 12y ago
http://www.ontheissues.org/senate/Rand_Paul.htm http://www.ontheissues.org/senate/Rand_Paul.htm Some of his positions: Life begins at conception. Endorsed Liberty Candidate: End the Federal Reserve. Women won the "war on women": they're no longer downtrodden. Punishing the rich means the poor lose their jobs. Blacks look who's in prison & conclude cops out to get them. EPA regulations cost $15 trillion in 2012. Exit the UN; maintain US sovereignty. Defund, repeal, & replace federal care with free market. Defense should be largest part of much smaller budget. Social Security is a Ponzi scheme. Economic growth comes when we lower taxes for everyone. Voted NO on authorizing states to collect Internet sales taxes. Tax cuts help the poor because local businesses will hire. Yeah, no thanks.
- fleitz 12y ago
  How is social security not a ponzi scheme? The returns generated depend on finding new investors in the scheme, if current investors pull out the scheme cannot return promised benefits to current investors. This is pretty much the precise definition of a ponzi scheme and why the scheme faces certain bankruptcy with out a significant rise in births.
  - forgotpasswd3x 12y ago
    > This is pretty much the precise definition of a ponzi scheme and why the scheme faces certain bankruptcy with out a significant rise in births. Or we could just remove the cap for social security tax.
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No explanation in this comment either

by woah 12y ago

No explanation in this comment either

mcantelon 12y ago

People have been conditioned into thinking libertarians are the devil, basically.

opo 12y ago
It might be more general than that. People here (and most other forums) seem conditioned to treat politics like sports teams and they will ignore all the horrible ideas their "team" has just as long as they can beat the other team. It is pretty sad...
- anonbanker 12y ago
  Can I use this explanation when Canadians ask me why I left the states? do I need to pay royalties?

adamnemecek 12y ago

Explanation of what? Why Rand Paul would be a bad president?

dntrkv 12y ago

http://www.ontheissues.org/senate/Rand_Paul.htm http://www.ontheissues.org/senate/Rand_Paul.htm Some of his positions: Life begins at conception. Endorsed Liberty Candidate: End the Federal Reserve. Women won the "war on women": they're no longer downtrodden. Punishing the rich means the poor lose their jobs. Blacks look who's in prison & conclude cops out to get them. EPA regulations cost $15 trillion in 2012. Exit the UN; maintain US sovereignty. Defund, repeal, & replace federal care with free market. Defense should be largest part of much smaller budget. Social Security is a Ponzi scheme. Economic growth comes when we lower taxes for everyone. Voted NO on authorizing states to collect Internet sales taxes. Tax cuts help the poor because local businesses will hire. Yeah, no thanks.

fleitz 12y ago
How is social security not a ponzi scheme? The returns generated depend on finding new investors in the scheme, if current investors pull out the scheme cannot return promised benefits to current investors. This is pretty much the precise definition of a ponzi scheme and why the scheme faces certain bankruptcy with out a significant rise in births.
- forgotpasswd3x 12y ago
  > This is pretty much the precise definition of a ponzi scheme and why the scheme faces certain bankruptcy with out a significant rise in births. Or we could just remove the cap for social security tax.
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