Poll: Are Far Right ideologues brilliantly deep thinkers or pathologically delusional

[Trader666]

Actually Thunderpussy-->Gayfly-->brASS, "Big Oil" (LOL you're such a turd) is my pawn because I own "Big Oil."

But you wouldn't understand capitalism because you're nothing but a pathologically delusional misfit whose life is so pathetic and empty that he has nothing better to do than obsess about us and our politics.

Quote from Brass:

That's certainly not causing Trader666 to refrain from sending an ad hominem or two your way, is it?

Very well then. Do you think Trader666 a useful pawn for Big Oil?

 

[Ricter]

Quote from Brass:

That's certainly not causing Trader666 to refrain from sending an ad hominem or two your way, is it?

Very well then. Do you think Trader666 a useful pawn for Big Oil?

He does have a point re your thread title.

 

[Trader666]

Thank you.

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He does have a point re your thread title.

 

[Brass]

Damn. Talk about accommodation. It's like Trader666 asking How high? when I tell him to jump.

 

[Brass]

Quote from Trader666:

Thank you.

Ricter, I think the poor fellow understood your comment about as well as he understands the sciences. On the plus side, he jumps when asked.

 

[kut2k2]

Quote from Ricter:

Their position is quite consistent:
1. Widespread belief in evolution undermines belief in God, and so undermines passivity, and so threatens the status quo, ie. profits for the few.
2. Belief in climate change implies doing something about it, which threatens profits for the few.
3. Belief that tax cuts don't pay for themselves could lead to tax increases, which threaten profits for the few.
4. Keeping the church involved in legislating means keeping belief in God front and center, thus preserving passivity and protecting the profits for the few.

Exactly.

"Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by rulers as useful." -- Seneca the Younger

 

[jem]

Quote from Ricter:

To be honest I have not gone back to that article since. It does seem to be saying that revenues were down, overall, since the economic growth which followed wasn't a big enough "tax base" to result in greater revenue. But jem keeps arguing that revenues, in total, were up.

ricter... the article says revenues went up...
just not as much as their contrived model's baseline.

read it carefully.

" In all three cases, the tax cuts likely helped to increase tax receipts. How do lower taxes raise the amount the government takes in? Three answers are commonly given. First, tax cuts encourage businesses and individuals to be more honest about their earnings. Rather than hiding income, taxpayers just fess up and pay their share. Second, lower taxes encourage businesses and individuals to move money from lower-productivity, tax-free investments and shelters to more productive, taxable investments. Third, most importantly, perhaps, tax cuts goose growth. The government might be taking a smaller piece of the pie, but the tax cuts make the pie bigger. (In Ireland's case, of course, there's a fourth: The country became a kind of tax haven.)..."

http://www.slate.com/articles/busin...x_cuts_ever_increase_government_revenues.html

then slate confuses liberals by saying..
but the mellon kennedy tax cuts did not raise revenues compared to a baseline (the baseline being a fantasy model which never existed in real life)

 

[jem]

Quote from Ricter:

Again, since it's a cycle, one can just as reasonably say that CO2 precedes warming.

even in a twisted English way - which is what you jokingly implied... there is no fucking way can you say that.

Because cooling precedes the de accumulation of the CO2 as well.

 

[Brass]

Quote from jem:

...read it carefully.

You first. Read the WHOLE article, rather than cherry pick at the expense of context and the very point of the piece.

 

[jem]

Quote from Brass:

You first. Read the WHOLE article, rather than cherry pick at the expense of context and the very point of the piece.

I just did for the third time.... I just supplied an new quote - putting your little mis reading to rest.