XPost: alt.society.liberalism, talk.politics.guns, alt.atheism   
   From: someone@somewhere.invalid   
      
   On Tue, 05 Mar 2013 18:41:55 -0500, Scout wrote:   
      
   >   
      
   >>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>> We have capitalism. We'd have more and better were it not for   
   >>>>> government   
   >>>>>>>>> interference.   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>> Spoken like a true plutocrat.   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> Does the A stand for asshole?   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> No, it stands for "amused", as in "amused that so many non-wealthy   
   >>>>>> Americans think the current capitalist system is serving their   
   >>>>> interests."   
   >>>>>> Buy any lottery tickets lately?   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>> No, but then my wife and I work in a technical field and make quite a   
   >>> pile   
   >>>>> of money the old fashioned way. We earn it.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Very nice.  However, the NEW "American Dream" is to make money by   
   >>>> ripping off people who earn it.  Just ask any of the Wall Street CEOs   
   >>>> who are making multi-million dollar salaries by raiding the pension   
   >>>> funds of hard-working wage earners like you and me.   
   >>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>> So? Advocate ti havbe them killed. I won't stop you.   
   >>>   
   >>> But you won't. Becuase they are paying off your hero.   
   >>>   
   >>> But more to the point, it isn't me doing it yet everyth8ng you propose   
   >>> results in punishment for me and otehr honest hard working people.   
   >>   
   >> How is having a government that serves the needs of 99% instead of 1%   
   >> "punishment"?  Do you actually believe that bullshit about taxes cause   
   >> unemployment?  Taxes on business are at an all-time low, yet unemployment   
   >> remains high.   
   >   
   > Please recalculate giving consideration to ALL government caused expenses,   
   > not just direct taxation, but OSHA compliances, EPA compliances, Labor   
   > reports, and so on and then show us that the government imposed costs on   
   > business are at an all time low.   
      
   None of those expenses on business came into existence in the last 10   
   years.  They are a cost of running a business, just like utilities,   
   payroll, and, yes, taxes.  The point is that cutting taxes did not unleash   
   a fury of hiring.  Perhaps they should try cutting payroll, next?   
      
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