Forum: Politics
12-02-2007, 01:14 AM
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Re: San Francisco goes after trans fats too
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also btw, you guys are the ones claiming a benefit of transfats. how can I prove a neg? I mean showing trans and non trans chips cost the same is best I can do really.
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Forum: Politics
12-01-2007, 08:48 PM
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Re: San Francisco goes after trans fats too
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Can you read minds? If not, how do you determine what benefits someone other than yourself?
BTW, have you seen the price of milk lately?
That's actually a cheap shot,...
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Forum: Politics
11-30-2007, 11:47 PM
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Forum: Politics
11-30-2007, 11:38 PM
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Forum: Politics
11-30-2007, 02:38 PM
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Re: San Francisco goes after trans fats too
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However, in this case they take the right approach.
article (http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=local&id=5773022)
Restaurants which are certified by the city to be...
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Forum: Politics
11-29-2007, 08:55 PM
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Forum: Politics
11-28-2007, 09:31 PM
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Forum: Politics
11-28-2007, 09:30 PM
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Re: Why Im no longer an ACist
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B: No, because to fund that program you need to force others to pay for it
Person B is giving more importance to absolute property rights than to a natural state...
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Forum: Politics
11-28-2007, 07:05 PM
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Re: Why Im no longer an ACist
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Bottom line, if a libertarian opposes using state coercion to (attempt to ) solve poverty, it doesn't mean they don't want to solve poverty. Do you understand?
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Forum: Politics
11-28-2007, 06:31 PM
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Forum: Politics
11-28-2007, 06:21 PM
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Re: Why Im no longer an ACist
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Nate I did as you told me, I already found a fallcy !!
I said that I thought that some ACists have douchebags attitued on some posts that tend to lack empathy and Tomcollins amplified my...
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Forum: Politics
11-28-2007, 06:20 PM
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Re: Understanding the Social Security scam
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Nothing is "given" to the general fund. Treasuries are SOLD to SSA. The proceeds from the sale pay the deficit like any other borrowing pays the deficit.
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Forum: Politics
11-28-2007, 06:14 PM
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Forum: Politics
11-28-2007, 03:33 PM
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Forum: Politics
11-28-2007, 03:23 PM
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Regarding the wage tax
If you believe that it is moral to have a graduated income tax (as I do), then it becomes obvious that the Social Security wage tax should be eliminated and income taxes increased to cover the amount...
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Forum: Politics
11-28-2007, 03:14 PM
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Forum: Politics
11-28-2007, 02:14 PM
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Re: Understanding the Social Security scam
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Nothing is "given" to the general fund. Treasuries are SOLD to SSA. The proceeds from the sale pay the deficit like any other borrowing pays the deficit.
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For anyone who...
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Forum: Politics
11-28-2007, 12:44 PM
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Forum: Politics
11-28-2007, 12:36 PM
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Re: San Francisco goes after trans fats too
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You are probably leveling (but im too stupid to know anyways), the guy in the pic is Nate Dogg. And you are natedogg. Good stuff and so on.
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Ah, thanks. I had no idea,...
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Forum: Politics
11-28-2007, 05:21 AM
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Forum: Politics
11-28-2007, 05:20 AM
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Re: Understanding the Social Security scam
Mostly insults, which I expected. But there was one section I'd like to address.
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The Supreme Court case Fleming v. Nestor (http://www.ssa.gov/history/nestor.html) established that the...
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Forum: Politics
11-28-2007, 04:13 AM
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Re: Why Im no longer an ACist
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The implication is that being born poor is a form of coercion. He redefines coercion.
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I dont redifine coercion, I just come up with a new type of...
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Forum: Politics
11-28-2007, 02:11 AM
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Re: Why Im no longer an ACist
Here's what he said:
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Acists love to talk about how goverments coerce us into doing stuff we dont like, however they dont like it that much when somebody points out that there really...
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Forum: Politics
11-28-2007, 01:44 AM
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Re: San Francisco goes after trans fats too
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I can't help but wonder if those who usually favor of heavy-handed coercion do so out of a desire to coerce regardless of the issue. In other words, power-trippers.
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Forum: Politics
11-27-2007, 01:07 PM
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Re: Why Im no longer an ACist
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1) Acists love to talk about how goverments coerce us into doing stuff we dont like, however they dont like it that much when somebody points out that there really isnt much...
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