canndo
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Please let me know where one can find a good $100 steak? They are all too rare (fogive the pun) in my part of the world.
No More Bush Tax Cuts for the Wealthiest
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Please let me know where one can find a good $100 steak? They are all too rare (fogive the pun) in my part of the world.
Kobe beef, Next time in Japan do indulge. You cannot get them here in USA unless it was smuggled in. Smuggled beef costs big money.
abandonconflict
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If letting poor people eat bothers the rich, fuck them.
No one said you were envious or jealous, you just want them to pay the same as you do right? And your tax rate is going to go up more than theirs is,theirs is going to go up 3.3%, but yours is going up 5%. The politicians in this country are almost exclusively rich people, and ALL of them would probably be classified as such by you. You really think they are going to do something without protecting their own interests first? The REAL reason for doing this is to get more money out of the other 320 million Americans. HAHA the amount of tax on dividends will increase by 120%, won't all those middle class folks with IRA's and 401K's and Brokerage accounts pay out the fucking ass now eh?
You can tax them 100% and it it won't make the deficit go down.
Thanks for proving my point, now, try explaining to Bucky how government regulations are going to stop crony capitalism! LOLWhat makes folks only use Wikipedia? It is bad enough using just one source but to use one that isn't even regarded as a Source?
Yes, some sites say it is between Gov and Biz... some
crony capitalism
Definition
An economy that is nominally free-market, but allows for preferential regulation and other favorable government intervention based on personal relationships. In such a system, the false appearance of "pure" capitalism is publicly maintained to preserve the exclusive influence of well-connected individuals.
Read more: What is crony capitalism? definition and meaning
As you can see, I'm talking about the free market and your dumb ass comes back with a weak attempt to refute me using "superpower"
So I give you the correct meaning of super power, and I'm moving the goal posts! LMFAO
Not only are you surprisingly ignorant on economics, you are flat out disingenuous.
What misinformation are you talking about, I gave a definition on crony capitalism and you come back with the Sherman Act, where the hell did I mention anything about anti-trust laws, what in the world are you refuting?
Are you with your buddy Bucky who claims we can fix crony capitalism with government regulations? LMAO
canndo
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The last time I bought Waygu beef in a restraunt it was in the $140 range. It was good, but I have a great deal of difficulty paying that much for a steak.
Kobe beef, Next time in Japan do indulge. You cannot get them here in USA unless it was smuggled in. Smuggled beef costs big money.
canndo
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Crony capitalism? HA! In what time period, in which country has there not been such a thing as using influence to make money and using money to get influence? What is your point here? Regulations can and do reduce it, or do you not want to compare how we do business in America with how business is commonly done in Mexico?
canndo
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Go right ahead, please tell me how my supply of rocks in my backyard can promote demand.
Hey, I've literally been in this position. About five years ago when we were building custom homes, during the excavation of one of the houses we pulled out over 200 ton of large moss rock. I had the rock trucked to my yard and put an add in the news paper, we sold almost every bit of it.
Had I kept the rock in yard and did not advertise it, I'd still have it.
Now, you tell me how the demand of a manufactured product can be produced, transported and sold without the means of capital and suppliers.
canndo
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I don't have moss rock, I have rock, the same exact rock that exists behind my house and is dumped in areas where there is no law against dumping - rock. The demand is not of "a manufactured product", it is simply demand. No one says "I really really need... a manufactured product". you are going to have to be more specific.
cannabineer
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My understanding is that VAT is assessed on every transaction, basically a sales tax. It's in addition to income taxation.
I personally find double taxation an offensive practice. Trouble is, VAT without income taxation is regressive because it leaves capital gains completely untouched, which is a bias in favor of all those with not just money but capital.
A completely flat income tax is fair to a first approximation, but I would prefer a step-flat system that flatly taxes all income above a given poverty line. cn
abandonconflict
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Reaganomics phail.
Just about all rock is marketable my friend.
Are we discussing supply and demand and the free market, or personal survival?
How about, computers, iphones, ipads, automobiles, bicycles, canned foods, firearms, ammunition, televisions, etc. Take your pick.
abandonconflict
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How marketable would that rock be if nobody wanted to buy it?
UncleBuck
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just give it time. it probably just takes 35 years to trickle down. patience.
cannabineer
Ursus marijanus
This led me straight to a fraught mental image. Too bony ... cn