Debate | Forum profile

Quote: Originally Posted by mystery45 Umm there taxes plus their rich tax plus going outside to get heathcare is more expensive than what i pay right now. Total taxes sure, you do realize that their taxes actually are pretty much broken down by category for the layperson, right? Much like ours is split into State/Federal/SSI theirs is broken down into Health/Defense/Administration/Finance-Economy/etc. Quote: 1. It isn't free. It...

Quote: Originally Posted by CalebD This thread will attempt to answer the age-old philosophical question: Why does a watched pot never boil? The general consensus has been that the expression implies a certain measure of Einstein's theory of relativity. A watched pot may eventually boil, but the viewer becomes bored enough for time to slow down, and it seems as though the pot isn't going to boil at all. However, is that really the...

It comes down to a war of attrition through resources. Unlike the private sector the government technically has unlimited resources. even though the economical impact of that is disasterous. the private sector has to operate in the black. the government has been bleeding red ink for years and it isn't going to stop any time soon. the private sector can't compete against and entity that does not have the financial restrictions that it...

Quote: Originally Posted by IcecreamMan80 You know what I just figured out, and its awesome.... the U.S.A. appears to be the only bad place ever. I mean, the only death penalty we seem to be focusing on is the one in America. The only graphs and numbers seem to be ones that apply to America. In fact, reading over this whole thread...and even my own words back this up...America is like, the ONLY place in the world with a death sentence. No...

Quote: "In many areas of American commerce, private and government programs comfortably co-exist. FHA insured loans and non-FHA loans, Social Security and private pensions, public and private universities--all have long thrived side by side. Each side of the divide has strengths and weaknesses, but in every case the public sector is providing something the private sector cannot: A backup that's there if and when you need it; a...

Quote: Originally Posted by GMontag In what relevant way are they different? Because the one increases the number of choices available to the consumer, while the other decreases them. Because the one requires that you exercise some creative effort before marketing a creative product, while the other doesn't. Because one is fair competition, while the other is cheap imitation. Quote: Originally Posted by GMontag Except it doesn't...

No, you have not shown a single thing! The murder rate jumps all over the place no matter how many executions are performed with specific trends in specific Periods that do not show any influence by the death penalty whatsoever and certainly not how you wish it was. I have already enumerated those in my previous post. You bring up the drop in murder in Texas after 1991 when the same phenomenon happened taken over the ENTIRE United States AT...

Much like the question If the sun shined upon this planet, and nothing was here to feel it, did it shine? The idea that the observation validates, or that the lack of observation invalidates a law of physics, is backwards. The observer is validated by the <insert law of physics here> he/she/it observes. For example. The moon. The moon is a hunk of space rock that has no sentient life on it. Yet it is there. It exists. The same is...

Quote: Originally Posted by PapaBoyer The bottom line for me is this. As of now I do not support the idea that man made global warming is causing a negative impact on the planet. As such, I have no interest, nor do I find any product claiming to be green to have an intrinsic benefit to them. Accordingly, I am not inclined to pay more for something that would reduce the impact of something I do not believe is actually occuring. Until I am...

Quote: Originally Posted by ColonelCoo It has been my experience that Demoncrats want to control each individual under the guise of "protection". In that regards, the demoncrats tend to judge us all idiots (who cannot rightly discern what we want to do with our bodies). It has also been my experience that Rebumblecans think that everyone that ever receives a hand-up will always need a hand-out. That being that those who have...