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Forum: Filibuster Cartoons Topic: Inside the Quebec bubble |
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Posted: Sun May 06, 2012 10:35 pm
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| The point is that secondary education in the US and Canada has gone up several hundred percent even accounting for inflation. It's about time, in my opinion, that somebody stood up and said "Enough." What actions would reign in education costs? Subsidizing it spreads the cost around, but ... |
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Forum: Filibuster Cartoons Topic: Canada's enviable efficiency |
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Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2012 5:17 pm
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Comments: 46
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| For Zip's sake, I'll go into more detail. My topic is "When is going to war justified?" In the actual case of the USA entering WW2, going to war against both Japan and Germany was justified, on that everyone agrees. The reasons are 1) they were allied with each other, 2) they were both fig... |
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Forum: Filibuster Cartoons Topic: The least politicial branch |
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Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2012 4:14 pm
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Comments: 160
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| The only way your argument would fly is if these deductions were only allowed up to a certain income 1) Credits, not deductions. 2) What argument is it you imagine I'm making? Because my actual argument, that the relationship between money earned and money kept is often reversed by tax credits, is ... |
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Forum: Filibuster Cartoons Topic: Canada's enviable efficiency |
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Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2012 9:16 pm
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Comments: 46
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| There's no pact between Iraq and Afghanistan that compares to the Japo-German alliance. True. But if they had been unrelated expansionist wars and Germany had not declared war on the USA, would it have been right for American to leave Germany alone? The argument Andy is making says "Yes, witho... |
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Forum: Filibuster Cartoons Topic: Canada's enviable efficiency |
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Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2012 8:30 pm
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| Trivia question, Andy: During which event did more Americans die, Pearl Harbor or 9/11? After Pearl Harbor, we went into Japan and Germany. After 9/11, we went into Afghanistan and Iraq. By your "nation under attack" reasoning, we were either justified in going into Iraq or not justified i... |
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Forum: Filibuster Cartoons Topic: The least politicial branch |
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Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2012 1:11 pm
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Comments: 160
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| You can't apply these and these and these and find $793.50 worth yourself? Oh, wait, look who I'm talking to. Fine, I'll walk you through it. Okay, say they lost that $1,000 of income because they went back to school and didn't have as much time for work. They could qualify for the the Lifetime Lear... |
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Forum: Filibuster Cartoons Topic: The least politicial branch |
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Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2012 11:23 am
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Comments: 160
Views: 1384
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| Yeah, Andy, when the math doesn't consider tax credits at all, your point is made. |
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Forum: Filibuster Cartoons Topic: The least politicial branch |
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Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2012 12:45 am
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Comments: 160
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| Thanks to my supporters. As I said before, you have my respect and you know it. Murray : The earliest source I know says it was HatfulOfHollow. Gunnair : Murray was empathizing with my urge to stab people over the internet, not threatening me with it. Andyt : Did you call Rick Jameson at (435) 986-9... |
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Forum: General Jibber Jabber Topic: Prison rehab program axed due to budget cuts |
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Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2012 10:57 pm
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Comments: 58
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| That graph would look a lot less steep if it were scaled to population. Still, it's a significant peak either way. |
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Forum: General Jibber Jabber Topic: War on drugs 'not working,' Harper says |
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Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2012 11:27 am
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Comments: 52
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| "The current approach is not working" does not mean "There should be no war on drugs." He is not admitting personal or ideological failure. He's probably just preparing a new tough-on-crime bill. |
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Forum: Filibuster Cartoons Topic: The least politicial branch |
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Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2012 7:07 am
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Comments: 160
Views: 1384
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| The discussion is (or was) whether somebody earning more could earn "nearly" the same as somebody earning less, after taxes. That was Bart's contention Bart's, not mine. I even explicitly criticized Bart for his tax bracket misconception a page or two back, and now I find that you've been... |
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Forum: Filibuster Cartoons Topic: The least politicial branch |
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Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2012 1:08 am
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Comments: 160
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| You have to compare apples to apples - ie the same person, with the same lifestyle choices - is there a possibility they could have similar post tax incomes with different pre tax incomes. To consider whether tax credits can be the deciding factor you inherently have to change the parts of the life... |
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Forum: Filibuster Cartoons Topic: The least politicial branch |
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Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2012 1:46 pm
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Comments: 160
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| I don't know if you throw in mathematical errors in your calculations to skew the outcome or they're just mistakes, but you've undercut your argument. What the hell?! I stayed up for hours putting together that tax summary for you, Andyt, and you're doubting my good faith? I stayed up to 4:30am try... |
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Forum: Filibuster Cartoons Topic: The least politicial branch |
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Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2012 3:51 am
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Comments: 160
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| You're claiming all those credits are refundable? No. What does refundable have to do with anything? Say that a person has two career options available to him. One makes $50k and pays $1k in taxes. The other makes $51k and pays $3k in taxes. The better option is the one with less pay and less taxes... |
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Forum: General Jibber Jabber Topic: Geo-engineers can save us |
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Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2012 11:24 pm
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Comments: 146
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| SD: In that example, he admits the number is wrong. That's more than he's doing now. |
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