hes not a minority so no
Xbone Stormsurgezz
Fuck yeah! Oakland PD!
I feel no empathy towards those "protesters"
Oakland PD has learned a bit from the Aussies I see
“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”
― Albert Einstein
Doing the popular thing is not always right. Doing the right thing is not always popular
― Albert Einstein
Doing the popular thing is not always right. Doing the right thing is not always popular
It's about time they clean up these occupy protests.
Last edited by Shocking (2011-10-26 08:24:32)
inane little opines
I wish I could camp out in NYC for over a month and get that much attention for doing nothing.
And have one bail out the other? That's setting up a Greece-crisis scenario in the US, monetary union without fiscal union.Jay wrote:
Personally, I like the idea of states competing with one another for population. Let Vermont go totally socialist. Let New Hampshire go totally libertarian. See what works. See what doesn't work. T
inane little opines
lol
inane little opines
I think today's editorial cartoon in the school paper puts it nicely:
http://www.diamondbackonline.com/opinio … qgrj1Iu5-Q
http://www.diamondbackonline.com/opinio … qgrj1Iu5-Q
there's better ways then shooting tear gas and beanbags...Shocking wrote:
It's about time they clean up these occupy protests.
prollyKEN-JENNINGS wrote:
there's better ways then shooting tear gas and beanbags...Shocking wrote:
It's about time they clean up these occupy protests.
water cannons would do
inane little opines
Nope. No bailouts. Let the feds referee and make sure the states keep their fiscal house in order.Shocking wrote:
And have one bail out the other? That's setting up a Greece-crisis scenario in the US, monetary union without fiscal union.Jay wrote:
Personally, I like the idea of states competing with one another for population. Let Vermont go totally socialist. Let New Hampshire go totally libertarian. See what works. See what doesn't work. T
"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat
-Frederick Bastiat
"too big to fail", domino effect etc. Unless you would want to give the fed special powers to interfere in state policy it doesn't approve of I doubt it's going to work.
Then again you have the advantage of sharing a common language across states giving people the opportunity to move and find work elsewhere. Might not be such a bad idea actually. Though why would anyone with money want to live in a state that's completely socialist? It would never be able to sustain itself.
Then again you have the advantage of sharing a common language across states giving people the opportunity to move and find work elsewhere. Might not be such a bad idea actually. Though why would anyone with money want to live in a state that's completely socialist? It would never be able to sustain itself.
Last edited by Shocking (2011-10-26 11:21:52)
inane little opines
Because of all the benefits socialists like to tout: educated, healthy workforces. Let's see that benefit testedShocking wrote:
"too big to fail", domino effect etc. Unless you would want to give the fed special powers to interfere in state policy it doesn't approve of I doubt it's going to work.
Then again you have the advantage of sharing a common language across states giving people the opportunity to move and find work elsewhere. Might not be such a bad idea actually. Though why would anyone with money want to live in a state that's completely socialist? It would never be able to sustain itself.
"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat
-Frederick Bastiat
You know it won't work. Both the upper and lower class are motivated by greed, if one state touts 5% income tax no benefits the other 60% with benefits guess where all the rich people are going to live. The welfare state would automatically fail because the rich are needed for it to sustain itself.
You'd be going backwards not forwards. The idea has social strife written all over it.
You'd be going backwards not forwards. The idea has social strife written all over it.
inane little opines
Really? Because that concept is working quite well in Texas. They have no state income tax, limited social safety nets, and the economy is booming while the rest of the nation is flatlined. Businesses are fleeing the blue states where unions and regulations have made it a nightmare, for Southern states where the people are quite happy to have the jobs and lack the sense of entitlement their northern brethren have built up over the decades.Shocking wrote:
You know it won't work. Both the upper and lower class are motivated by greed, if one state touts 5% income tax no benefits the other 60% with benefits guess where all the rich people are going to live. The welfare state would automatically fail because the rich are needed for it to sustain itself.
You'd be going backwards not forwards. The idea has social strife written all over it.
"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat
-Frederick Bastiat
Ken Jennings Is The 99%
Xbone Stormsurgezz
The South will rise again!Jay wrote:
Really? Because that concept is working quite well in Texas. They have no state income tax, limited social safety nets, and the economy is booming while the rest of the nation is flatlined. Businesses are fleeing the blue states where unions and regulations have made it a nightmare, for Southern states where the people are quite happy to have the jobs and lack the sense of entitlement their northern brethren have built up over the decades.Shocking wrote:
You know it won't work. Both the upper and lower class are motivated by greed, if one state touts 5% income tax no benefits the other 60% with benefits guess where all the rich people are going to live. The welfare state would automatically fail because the rich are needed for it to sustain itself.
You'd be going backwards not forwards. The idea has social strife written all over it.
The funny part is that a large number of people from California relocated there to find work. They brought thelir politics with them; the same politics that forced them to change states to find a job in the first placeCybargs wrote:
The South will rise again!Jay wrote:
Really? Because that concept is working quite well in Texas. They have no state income tax, limited social safety nets, and the economy is booming while the rest of the nation is flatlined. Businesses are fleeing the blue states where unions and regulations have made it a nightmare, for Southern states where the people are quite happy to have the jobs and lack the sense of entitlement their northern brethren have built up over the decades.Shocking wrote:
You know it won't work. Both the upper and lower class are motivated by greed, if one state touts 5% income tax no benefits the other 60% with benefits guess where all the rich people are going to live. The welfare state would automatically fail because the rich are needed for it to sustain itself.
You'd be going backwards not forwards. The idea has social strife written all over it.
"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat
-Frederick Bastiat
\_/, ya stinky bums.
In response to the OP: All sounds reasonable. Now give me my free hand outs. Gimme gimme gimme.