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by dantheman 18y ago
I'm still going to have to disagree. You are only looking at one side of the equation, those receiving the benefits and ignoring those who are harmed. How many companies go out of business because they can't compete due to these taxes, ho
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by dantheman 18y ago
Defense spending is a lot, but it is actually one of the few things that the federal government is supposed to do and it's only 20% of the federal budget whereas medicare and ss are at 60%
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by dantheman 18y ago
As soon as someone started trying to charge for email, a new email system would arise. Who would you be paying?
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by dantheman 18y ago
There is no such thing as a social security trust fund. The government uses that money to fund other programs and puts IOUs in there; that means when more are receiving than contributing there will be a massive tax burden on those contribu
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by dantheman 18y ago
Why can't we let people live with their decisions? Obviously those who opt out have better things to do with their money @ least from thier pov?
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by dantheman 18y ago
MIT started long before it was in the people's republic of cambridge. Serving the market doesn't make any sense, the market is letting people voluntary interact with each other.
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by dantheman 18y ago
It's not spending less effort on non-renewable resources; it's spending more effort on renewable resources to achieve the same amount of production from the non-renewable resource. So to maintain current levels of production the level of e
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by dantheman 18y ago
You are incorrect, the distribution of wealth means less money spent on healthcare or drug research, or growing food. If it takes more effort, that effort has to come from somewhere.
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by dantheman 18y ago
The amount of hate in the comments on that page is really surprising; I just don't understand it.
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by dantheman 19y ago
I'd like to see 2 modderation options. 1. The standeard up/down arrow -- does this contribute to the debate, is it a troll etc. 2. The agree/disagree poll. This could be a thumbs up/thumbs down.