Posted by MikeT23 on 6/19/2014 1:21:00 PM (view original):
I like mine with lettuce and tomato,
Heinz 57 and French-fried potato,
Big kosher pickle and a cold draft beer -
Good God almighty, which way do I steer?

I laughed

Posted by bad_luck on 6/19/2014 12:44:00 PM (view original):

Posted by MikeT23 on 6/19/2014 12:31:00 PM (view original):
Honestly, if a sales tax replaced income tax, I think you'd find that more revenue would be generated at the current tax rate.   Tourism dollars, retiree dollars and illegal dollars will suddenly be in play for taxation.   I think that would allow the rate to decrease.   The biggest "problem" I see is retiree dollars.  It's one thing if you're living on a yacht in Boca Raton.   But it's completely different if you're on a SS income with no retirement money just getting by.   That's the people I would worry about.

Don't you get it? We haven't provided enough incentive for those retiree's to obtain their yachts in Boca. Right now they have it too easy on social security. There's no motivation for them to do better and they never will. We should actually just dump them all in the ocean a mile out. The ones that are able to swim back obviously have the motivation and desire to live. The ones that can't clearly lacked the desire needed to make it in the world and we are all better off.

SS is their own money.  They have the right to live off it.  For some reason, you seem to resent the very people who put money into the system, and want to champion those that don't.

However, if you want to take the able-bodied individuals who are leeching money out of the system without contributing or working, and dump them in the ocean... well, then you might have a logical plan.

I'm not really into discarding our elderly.   I assume, since they've made it into their 60s, they've done something right to get there.   But it's cool to know that BL wants to make sure the single 23 y/o mother of 7 is cared for while dumping old people in the ocean.   Stomp any kittens to death today, BL?

Elderly people provide minimal marginal utility to society, so they should be the first to go.

Although, to be fair to BL, I do think we're keeping people alive too long.   Sometimes it's just time to go.   People should be more like elephants, wander away from the herd and just die quietly.

Posted by tecwrg on 6/19/2014 2:36:00 PM (view original):
Elderly people provide minimal marginal utility to society, so they should be the first to go.

And they eat our cheeseburgers without putting any back into the system.     ******* old people.

Posted by MikeT23 on 6/19/2014 2:37:00 PM (view original):

Posted by tecwrg on 6/19/2014 2:36:00 PM (view original):
Elderly people provide minimal marginal utility to society, so they should be the first to go.

And they eat our cheeseburgers without putting any back into the system.     ******* old people.

Cheeseburgers ARE old people!!!!

It's not every day that you see a Soylent Green reference on the forums.

Posted by toddcommish on 6/19/2014 1:58:00 PM (view original):

Posted by bad_luck on 6/19/2014 12:44:00 PM (view original):

Posted by MikeT23 on 6/19/2014 12:31:00 PM (view original):
Honestly, if a sales tax replaced income tax, I think you'd find that more revenue would be generated at the current tax rate.   Tourism dollars, retiree dollars and illegal dollars will suddenly be in play for taxation.   I think that would allow the rate to decrease.   The biggest "problem" I see is retiree dollars.  It's one thing if you're living on a yacht in Boca Raton.   But it's completely different if you're on a SS income with no retirement money just getting by.   That's the people I would worry about.

Don't you get it? We haven't provided enough incentive for those retiree's to obtain their yachts in Boca. Right now they have it too easy on social security. There's no motivation for them to do better and they never will. We should actually just dump them all in the ocean a mile out. The ones that are able to swim back obviously have the motivation and desire to live. The ones that can't clearly lacked the desire needed to make it in the world and we are all better off.

SS is their own money.  They have the right to live off it.  For some reason, you seem to resent the very people who put money into the system, and want to champion those that don't.

However, if you want to take the able-bodied individuals who are leeching money out of the system without contributing or working, and dump them in the ocean... well, then you might have a logical plan.

I don't resent anyone.

Supporting progressive tax brackets is purely pragmatic.

And what does that have to do with the marginal utility value of cheeseburgers in China?

Posted by tecwrg on 6/20/2014 7:26:00 PM (view original):
And what does that have to do with the marginal utility value of cheeseburgers in China?

Nothing. Cheeseburgers were used as an example.

What is the marginal utility value of cheeseburgers as opposed to other food items, when used as examples?

You don't really get it, do you?

Posted by tecwrg on 6/20/2014 10:44:00 PM (view original):
What is the marginal utility value of cheeseburgers as opposed to other food items, when used as examples?

Like fish sticks?