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There is no free lunch (or healthcare). -burn8

Most government jobs are a form of welfare. -burn8

And the politicians will be back at the trough soon enough. They never run out of wonderful things to do with people's income. -burn8

Affirmative on the latter two. Item number one is quite vague. Gray areas are where statists, politicians and lawyers love to do their work. -burn8

Depends on what rate you have the ability to recover. Will it take you 5 years or 25 to earn back the 75% lost? The other question is what will it cost you to stay? Can you do better anywhere else? -burn8

Is leaving any home ever easy? Many people have done it out of necessity you just need to be able to discern when to cut and run. Worst thing you can do is wait until you lose everything or even worse, get into a situation where you are not allowed to get out. Look at the 2008 exit tax...

Any productive member of society who sticks around for that will be getting what they deserve. -burn8

Agreed. Liberalism is about using government to force people do things they don't want to do. -burn8

Truth is nobody every paid 91% and nobody every will. Ask any French business if they could survive actually paying the taxes required by their government. There are always 2 sets of books. Problem is now everybody becomes a criminal to survive and governments love that - just like they...

Quit if you dont think you are being paid fairly. I guarantee you every one of those jobs would have been filled by someone who would be happy to get the paycheck. There is no rule that says job pay has to be ever-increasing and we live in a global economy. -burn8

False breakouts can be great TA setups. -burn8

Is it not clear by now that government is not capable of running a program like this? -burn8

Flat doesnt mean high or low. It just means flat. -burn8

Although immigration dilutes the founders vision of freedom, I see a whole lot of 1st world people who want something for nothing (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bg98BvqUvCc&feature=related). I wish there were more immigrants who understood what socialism/communism brings...

Why even waste your time with this rot MK? -burn8

Envy rears it's ugly green head...

There are private high schools in the San Francisco Bay Area that cost the same or less per student as public schools and offer twice the education. -burn8

My grandmother needed a knee replacement in Canada. waited 3 years to get the surgery and after three years of trying to walk with one good knee, her second knee gave out. She was in a wheelchair for the last 15 years of her life. At least she didnt have to pay for it (except she did). There...

Nobody thought about taking away your Big Gulp until the government began to pay for everyone's health care. "Mike Bloomberg's move to regulate the size of sodas sold in his city illustrates why it's a good thing he is a mayor of New York and not the czar of all the Russians. American big...