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    Thread: The Rich Want to Pay More Taxes
Post: RE: The Rich Want to Pay More Taxes

popeyespappy Wrote:Slashing the military budget in half next year would result in millions becoming unemployed overnight and cause an economic downturn that would make the last one look like a trip to...
Lumpymunk Politics 10 2445 October 27, 2013 at 1:38 pm
    Thread: Quantitative Easing
Post: Quantitative Easing

http://watch.bnn.ca/the-street/the-stree...lip1030983 Quote:The Fed’s actually going to do the opposite of tapering – they’re going to up the dosage [of QE]. It’s going to end when there’s a currency...
Lumpymunk Politics 3 775 October 27, 2013 at 12:51 pm
    Thread: The Rich Want to Pay More Taxes
Post: RE: The Rich Want to Pay More Taxes

Quote:If the rich really want to pay more in taxes, then what's with all the offshore tax havens? Exactly, Harry Reid is full of shit.
Lumpymunk Politics 10 2445 October 27, 2013 at 11:39 am
    Thread: The Rich Want to Pay More Taxes
Post: The Rich Want to Pay More Taxes

http://reason.com/24-7/2013/10/25/harry-...use-republ Quote:Senate majority leader Harry Reid says that "Everybody" is "willing to pay more" taxes. He said so in an interview with a Nevada Public Rad...
Lumpymunk Politics 10 2445 October 27, 2013 at 1:47 am
    Thread: Generational Warfare
Post: Generational Warfare

http://reason.com/archives/2012/07/23/ge...al-warfare Quote:In Biden’s strange moral universe, his mom should be admired for wanting to get medical care on the dime of strangers rather than from her ...
Lumpymunk Politics 1 735 October 27, 2013 at 1:36 am
    Thread: Obamacare part 2
Post: RE: Obamacare part 2

$2,000 is the penalty for not offering coverage... which is what we're talking about. Both by converting FTEs to PTEs (not penalized) and by just ignoring the law. This is assessed over a period...
Lumpymunk Politics 105 23955 October 4, 2013 at 3:11 am
    Thread: Obamacare part 2
Post: RE: Obamacare part 2

Reaven Wrote:As for "admitting" it is a factor, I don't. Creed has explained to you over and over again that there is no reason for a large employer to back away from offering coverage and instead pay...
Lumpymunk Politics 105 23955 October 4, 2013 at 2:36 am
    Thread: Obamacare part 2
Post: RE: Obamacare part 2

Creed of Heresy Wrote:Seriously I read through the entire fucking bill after Raeven informed me as to how the bill works and I did it in about 30 minutes. That's impressive... http://www.gpo.gov/fdsy...
Lumpymunk Politics 105 23955 October 4, 2013 at 2:31 am
    Thread: Obamacare part 2
Post: RE: Obamacare part 2

Creed of Heresy Wrote:Sounds like you're about to get smacked in the face with some evidence. - Proceeds to quote Wikipedia. - Wikipedia quotes a federal reserve bank of Minneapolis Probably need to ...
Lumpymunk Politics 105 23955 October 4, 2013 at 2:19 am
    Thread: Obamacare part 2
Post: RE: Obamacare part 2

(October 4, 2013 at 1:39 am)Raeven Wrote: The $2,000 penalty per employee ONLY applies to a) Large companies employing more than 100 full-time workers in their fiscal year; and b) who are not of...
Lumpymunk Politics 105 23955 October 4, 2013 at 1:45 am
    Thread: Obamacare part 2
Post: RE: Obamacare part 2

So in response to insurance companies jacking up rates 20, 30, and 40% the government has declared itself an insurance provider to cash in. No wonder the average premium for a young adult will increa...
Lumpymunk Politics 105 23955 October 4, 2013 at 1:30 am
    Thread: Half are Bat Shit Crazy
Post: RE: Half are Bat Shit Crazy

Insert videos here of most Americans being asked questions about which they prefer, Obamacare or the Affordable Care Act? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sx2scvIFGjE People are so stupid and out o...
Lumpymunk Politics 6 2311 October 4, 2013 at 1:06 am
    Thread: Half are Bat Shit Crazy
Post: RE: Half are Bat Shit Crazy

I'm not trying to be smug, I think its self evident that the amount of information that needs to be processed on a daily basis for informed decision making and critical thinking about important issues...
Lumpymunk Politics 6 2311 October 4, 2013 at 12:51 am
    Thread: Obamacare part 2
Post: RE: Obamacare part 2

Sounds like you're fishing for an excuse when you have no evidence based means of explaining away an inconvenient consequence of the legislation. Some companies are actually promoting their part time...
Lumpymunk Politics 105 23955 October 4, 2013 at 12:44 am
    Thread: Obamacare part 2
Post: RE: Obamacare part 2

So you're trying to mitigate the fact that its strongly encouraging employers to reduce employment because its convenient. Gotcha.
Lumpymunk Politics 105 23955 October 4, 2013 at 12:38 am
    Thread: Obamacare part 2
Post: RE: Obamacare part 2

Quote:Not to mention they're delaying the employer mandate until 2015 anyways, likely to hammer out the concerns that have been raised over it. That isn't stopping employers in 2013 from taking full ...
Lumpymunk Politics 105 23955 October 4, 2013 at 12:16 am
    Thread: Shooting at the Capital
Post: RE: Shooting at the Capital

Viewing the video, she was endangering the police around her and the general public. ...this in no way justifies an execution. This justifies stopping the car. Unfortunately under the current polic...
Lumpymunk Politics 40 7501 October 4, 2013 at 12:09 am
    Thread: Half are Bat Shit Crazy
Post: RE: Half are Bat Shit Crazy

Guess based on the percentages it's not so bad. Half of my republican friends (the christian ones especially) are crazy. All of my liberal friends are fucking clueless in economics (but well meaning!...
Lumpymunk Politics 6 2311 October 3, 2013 at 11:51 pm
    Thread: Obama Against Strikes?
Post: RE: Obama Against Strikes?

It's such epic irony. "You're not gonna stop working until you get something or you get fired!" Hahahahahaha Unless you're in a union... then you can strike on and off indefinitely until you raise ...
Lumpymunk Politics 3 1454 October 3, 2013 at 11:46 pm
    Thread: Obama Against Strikes?
Post: Obama Against Strikes?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl...EHKBqlpYwM Pretty funny... So a president that's in the back pocket of the union mobsters is all of a sudden against strikes? ...has his cake. ...eats it ...
Lumpymunk Politics 3 1454 October 3, 2013 at 11:39 pm