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by yequalsx 11y ago
The claim I made is that countries that are nice societies to live in for the average person are strongly correlated with countries that have good social welfare systems. None of the countries you listed fall under what I consider to be ni
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by yequalsx 11y ago
I believe I gave enough information for the basis of my position. One makes a list of countries they think are good societies to live in for the average person. Then look to see what their social welfare policies are and see if there is a
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by yequalsx 11y ago
<i>...apparently you don't believe welfare recipients are just regular people.</i> I explicitly stated that one finds all types of people amongst welfare recipients as it is a sufficiently large set of people. The sta
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by yequalsx 11y ago
From what I know of world it appears that being a country that is a great place to live for the average person is strongly correlated with having a good social welfare system. (I understand that correlation does not always imply causation.
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by yequalsx 11y ago
Now you are being deliberately inflammatory. Clearly I indicated that one finds all types of personalities amongst poor people. I explicitly state this in my third paragraph. What then is your goal with your first sentence? It is eviden
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by yequalsx 11y ago
Forcing people to do work they don't want to often times leads to disgruntlement. It appears that you are purposefully misreading what I wrote to come up with the last rhetorical question you made. Such tactics are not conducive to p
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by yequalsx 11y ago
We don't live in a society in which there is enough paying jobs to employ all able bodied people. We also don't live in a society in which every apparently able bodied person has the emotional/intellectual/motivational
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by yequalsx 11y ago
Providing a base minimal level of living for each person tends to produce nice societies. What people with money get in return for supporting the deadbeats is definitely worth the, not large, cost. Having a massive security/punishmen
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by yequalsx 11y ago
Yes, one can make that argument. Is there ever a situation in which it is immoral to visit a country and help its regime by spending money there? For me I think North Korea qualifies.
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by yequalsx 11y ago
Is it ever immoral to visit a country as a tourist? If North Korea does not fall into this category what country does? I can't imagine being excited about visiting Phnom Penh during the Khemer Rouge killing field days. Is visiting P
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by yequalsx 11y ago
I think the answer to your question depends on how much free will we actually have. There is strong evidence that we, speaking in terms of averages over the whole population, are successfully manipulated into purchasing unnecessary things.
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by yequalsx 11y ago
Children have to abide by the law but don't have input into its making. Thus I think your rationale on 2 is not sufficient. I'm against corporations from making campaign contributions because the money GE, for instance, has far
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by yequalsx 11y ago
I don't either. I do see evidence of business interests ensuring that the effective tax rate on corporate profits is quite a bit lower than the nominal rate and that this fact will not change regardless of voter preferences.
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by yequalsx 11y ago
Well, consider regulatory capture. In such an environment your view is incorrect. I believe we are in such an environment.
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by yequalsx 11y ago
The tax breaks and special treatment chase states to compete with each other. It's a race to the bottom. It becomes a question of which state is willing to make its citizens sacrifice the most. It is sort like a feudal society.
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by yequalsx 11y ago
A quote from the article of Justice Sandra Day O'Connor: "The Court expects that 25 years from now, the use of racial preferences will no longer be necessary to further the interest approved today." The salient part being, &q
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by yequalsx 11y ago
There are no instances of charity ever providing the basic needs of a nations poor since the advent of the nation state. Charities are much more ibefficient than government at curing starvation, lack of healthcare, etc. Nations that conta
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by yequalsx 11y ago
Historically places like Yale, MIT, Princeton, etc. had what are called Gentleman Cs. George W. Bush is a famous recipient of this. One can absolutely work hard and excel at MIT, Yale, etc. But also can get (or used to?) Gentleman Cs and
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by yequalsx 11y ago
It does but I think there is some connection to the line of thinking employed by libertarians and those who champion free market principles. At the base of such philosophies, in the United States, is the notion of every man for himself. I
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by yequalsx 11y ago
With regard to shareholders and corporate and dividend taxes you are correct. My statements on this were wrong. The general principle I stated is the one employed in the U.S. Generally, when one receives money there are tax implications.
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by yequalsx 11y ago
I believe the principle is that whenever you receive money you get taxed. There are some exceptions and money is taxed at different rates depending on the way you receive it. But for the most part the idea is that whenever you directly re
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by yequalsx 11y ago
I don't believe corporations in the U.S. pay taxes on dividends they disburse. Generally the principle in the U.S. is that whenever you receive money you get taxed. There are lots of ways to reeive money hence lots of different taxes
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by yequalsx 11y ago
There are lots of examples of countries that provide their citizens with universal healthcare, near free higher education and a strong social welfare system. It's not a joke if there are many examples of this. It could be considered a
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by yequalsx 11y ago
Perhaps it is well worth your time to consider other reasons for the down votes. Doing so may prove beneficial to you in terms of inter personal communication.
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by yequalsx 11y ago
I have the same suggestion for you. Google it.
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by yequalsx 11y ago
You can simply dream up whatever axioms, undefined terms, and rules of logic you want. However, one runs the risk of having an inconsistent system or a system that is not interesting to others. Godel's Incompleteness Theorem does not
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by yequalsx 11y ago
Top male fighters are not wary of facing Royce Gracie. Not even 10 years ago were top male fighter wary of facing Royce Gracie. No top male fighter would be wary of facing Ronda due to fear of losing to her. They'd be wary of facing
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by yequalsx 11y ago
I see what you were saying. In my experience if someone has done a move on you and has it tight then it is very hard to get out of. However, before the hold is tight then muscling out of it is very much a huge concern for a lighter, weaker
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by yequalsx 11y ago
I believe you have reached a conclusion that is not justified by what I actually wrote. Nowhere did I imply that the only defense against against her moves is to have more muscle strength. The point of commenting on muscle strength is that
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by yequalsx 11y ago
Yes, she has. Lots of times.

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