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   On Wed, 14 Jan 2026 08:35:37 -0800, Dude  wrote:   
      
   >On 1/14/2026 8:01 AM, Noah Sombrero wrote:   
   >> On Tue, 13 Jan 2026 21:18:05 -0800, dart200   
   >>  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> On 1/13/26 7:40 PM, Dude wrote:   
   >>>> On 1/12/2026 5:35 PM, dart200 wrote:   
   >>>>> On 1/12/26 4:18 PM, vjp2.at@at.BioStrategist.dot.dot.com wrote:   
   >>>>>> *+->> consumer spending is supposed to be the fucking bedrock   
   >>>>>> guidance of the   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> COnsumption is the most heavily weighted Keynesian econometric   
   >>>>>> variable, true   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> But if you want to grow an economy, you want folks to invest (not   
   >>>>>> even save,   
   >>>>>> but invest - ie if you are keeping money aside, you are not building   
   >>>>>> factories)   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> Consumption is not necessarily productive   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> spending for consuming is not keep money aside, it's literally   
   >>>>> investing back into those who produced what ur consuming ... without   
   >>>>> any expectation of further profiting off it later. cutting taxes on   
   >>>>> the rich is actually birdbrained economics.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> tax the fuck out of the rich, literally just give it to the poor, so   
   >>>>> they drive the bus in ways that actually help people.   
   >>>>   >   
   >>>> That's easy for you to say, you've got no skin in the game.   
   >>>   
   >>> right cause having a lot of skin in game requires me to act like a   
   >>> psychopath, and i'm just not unfortunately   
   >>   
   >> On target.  Bullseye.   
   >>   
   >You can't complain about income or income tax if you have no skin in the   
   >game - unemployed.   
   >   
   >Everyone should be equal under the tax laws, and pay a flat and equal   
   >tax for everyone. That would be fair and equal. Otherwise you are just   
   >biased and perhaps JELLOS. Deal with it.   
   >   
   >Wealthy people give the most to charity and pay the majority of the US   
   >income tax.   
   >High taxes taxes on the rich have negative economic impacts, such as   
   >disincentivizing investment and innovation.   
   >   
   >And, the risk of capital flight.   
      
   Taping on your shoulder.  You are repeating yourself.  And have been   
   quite effectively rebutted by dart and I.  Deal with it.   
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   Don't get political with me young man   
   or I'll tie you to a railroad track and   
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   does not dare: Julian  shrinks in horror and warns others away   
      
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