What’s the likelihood that we see civil unrest soon?

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AshG said:
You're assigning meaning based on your feelings.

An equitable system should not provide rewards to those who do not contribute to the general welfare; that would be a broken system.
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Thanks for pointing out the obvious. My meaning is based on everything but feelings, you must have me confused for someone else.
 
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C-south said:
Lol. I remember when I had my first beer. Your tds is amazing especially when you rant about something that directly physically affects less than 1% of the population.
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FYP.

There's a gentleman in the football forum who posted that his wife died of complications from Covid this morning. He tested negative, but he was still affected. Strongly.

I have not had Covid that I know of, but I have had to change my teaching practices because students last year tested positive for Covid. That affected me and everyone else in the class.

Part of what makes the virus so worrisome is not only the effect on the sick individual, but the effect it has on those in their sphere of contact and influence.
 
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C-south said:
Thanks for pointing out the obvious. My meaning is based on everything but feelings, you must have me confused for someone else.
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Aren't you the person who was telling me every dictionary and economics textbook has the wrong definition of stakeholder?

Aren't you one of the posters who intentionally misspells parts of the word "Democrat" for no logical or rational reason?

I don't have the same faith in your ability to assign meaning to words as I do Merriam Webster or the Oxford English Dictionary, sorry.
 
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AshG said:
FYP.

There's a gentleman in the football forum who posted that his wife died of complications from Covid this morning. He tested negative, but he was still affected. Strongly.

I have not had Covid that I know of, but I have had to change my teaching practices because students last year tested positive for Covid. That affected me and everyone else in the class.

Part of what makes the virus so worrisome is not only the effect on the sick individual, but the effect it has on those in their sphere of contact and influence.
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I’ve had Covid along with most people I know. Nobody close to me has had it that bad but a couple of distant acquaintances have passed away partly due to Covid. I’m not anti-vax, get the shot if you think you need it. With natural immunity I have chosen not to. Wear a mask if you want to. If you feel compromised do what you think is in your best interest.
 
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AshG said:
Aren't you the person who was telling me every dictionary and economics textbook has the wrong definition of stakeholder?

Aren't you one of the posters who intentionally misspells parts of the word "Democrat" for no logical or rational reason?

I don't have the same faith in your ability to assign meaning to words as I do Merriam Webster or the Oxford English Dictionary, sorry.
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You have mistaken me for someone else with the first part but I’ll see if I can come up with an argument……I do say dim, not dimocrat, it fits. Yea I’d put a lot of faith in dictionaries especially since they added the word “finna”‘and other woke acronyms.
 
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C-south said:
I’ve had Covid along with most people I know. Nobody close to me has had it that bad but a couple of distant acquaintances have passed away partly due to Covid. I’m not anti-vax, get the shot if you think you need it. With natural immunity I have chosen not to. Wear a mask if you want to. If you feel compromised do what you think is in your best interest.
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I don't vax shame and I don't mask shame. I was trying to highlight the emotional toll instead of the physical toll.

It sucks. I'm tired of people dying. But being a pushy snot backfired, so I'm just live and let live.
 
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lawgator1 said:
It's just the most nonsensical thing. The Trump antivaxxer contingent refuses the vaccine as a symbolic way to register their displeasure he lost. The whole thing has become a proxy to say, "Hell yeah I'm stupid. It's my God given right as an American to be an idiot and the more you try to point out to me what a fool I'm being, that just restrengthens my resolve to be a dumb f*** all the more!"
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What if you have natural immunity? Science has always pointed towards natural immunity being the best. Since you seem to not follow science, does that mean you're stupid? Maybe you should look in the mirror and proclaim "Hell yeah I'm stupid."
 
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AshG said:
This is all basic psy-ops BS.

Ever wonder how the Taliban and Al Qaeda get super-dedicated True Believers to suicide bomb for the cause while the leaders never get so much as a paper cut? Turn on OAN or ConservativeTreeHouse or load up your favorite Telegram hero and the programming is all out in the open.
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BBC world, the AP, Reuters, and the CSM seem to be your cup of crazy. Go pray that I get fired for not taking a vaccine.
 
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1vol8 said:
Idk about that. I feel like it’s coming to a point where we’ll have to choose. Be dictated or fight for our freedom. And from what I’m seeing, “Patriots” are starting to get an itch. This could get really ugly really fast
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^^^ This guy would have glutted himself with Hydroxychloroquine if Trump had required it. This has nothing to do with civil liberties. It's pure tribalism. The Red Hat Brigade can't give in and comply with a liberal mandate. That would make them sell-outs.
 
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AshG said:
That's an equal percentage, also known as a flat tax.

Now how do we keep the rich from rigging the system where they can hide assets and income and get out of paying their share?
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How do we stop people with 5 children who haven’t worked a day in their life filing a tax return as “self employed” with no proof of income at the “magic income number” for the maximum return and receiving a $4000 dollar tax return?
 
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AshG said:
That's an equal percentage, also known as a flat tax.

Now how do we keep the rich from rigging the system where they can hide assets and income and get out of paying their share?
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This is a highly loaded statement that still screams of wealth envy. A flat rate income tax results in the wealthy paying more than the non wealthy. All you’re doing with the bolded is stoking the dog whistle that the rich don’t pay their “fair share” and thus we need to “re-distribute” more of their wealth.

In pretty much any context used currently using equitable instead of equal is just a euphemism for excessive progressive scaling methods.
 
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AshG said:
You're assigning meaning based on your feelings.

An equitable system should not provide rewards to those who do not contribute to the general welfare; that would be a broken system.
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You mean like 60% of the tax paying eligible population having zero tax burden. Boy that screams of not equitable to me.
 
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AshG said:
What was the tax rate during America's greatest period of prosperity, family stability, and industry growth?
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The federal tax rate was 0.00%. There was no income tax and no federal reserve. Most Americans rarely interacted with the Federal Govt outside of the postal system. The govt basically relied on a tariff for it’s minuscule operating budget. The prosperity brought the US out of the 3rd world and the US became the most prosperous nation economically. This was the greatest period of prosperity and wealth creation in human history.
 
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volfanhill said:
That's not intelligent or equitable. So far our graduated tax system continues to lead to fewer people paying and a heavier burden on those who earn. Seems to me common sense says our approach isn't working. Maybe stupid.
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Brilliant! So let's institute a living wage so we can be sure that the lowest earners earn enough to pay their fair share into the pot.
 
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