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post #161 of 289
11/27/11 at 1:03pm
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Thats GOLD!!! Haha, So Americans are sounding like the British now? the circle is now complete

"From the day we arrive on the planet And blinking , step into the sun There's more to be seen than can ever be......


IT'S THE CIRCLE OF LIFEEEEEEEEEE! AND YOU LOSE CONTROOOOOOOOOL!!!!
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post #162 of 289
11/27/11 at 1:05pm
Put your faith in SMALL biz, those are the ones that create MORE jobs.
Don't let Republicans fool you with their Job creators-billionaires.
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post #163 of 289
11/27/11 at 1:05pm
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I liked your earlier version of this post. That could have kept us busy until the new topics come out Monday morning. You ruined at least another 5 pages worth of ranting with that retraction.

I've made several jokes on this thread and I don't think any of them landed, so I think I was going for a more reactionary religious comment to get negative feedback if I couldn't get positive feedback. Looking for a negative reaction is bordering on trolling, hence my retraction.

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11/27/11 at 1:06pm
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Put your faith in SMALL biz, those are the ones that create MORE jobs.

But we want cheaper pricess.
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post #165 of 289
11/27/11 at 1:08pm
I must note, Apple COULD potentially have a lot of children locked up somewhere under the sever farm, answering your Siri questions. Could. That's job creation for you there bud.
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post #166 of 289
11/27/11 at 1:11pm
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I've made several jokes on this thread and I don't think any of them landed, so I think I was going for a more reactionary religious comment to get negative feedback if I couldn't get positive feedback. Looking for a negative reaction is bordering on trolling, hence my retraction.


Oh well it would have been entertaining. I might as well go clean up my garage. BTW there is no "J" in Hebrew.

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post #167 of 289
11/27/11 at 1:12pm
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BTW there is no "J" in Paleo-Hebrew.

What are you saying? Esus was an Ew?

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post #168 of 289
11/27/11 at 1:15pm
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What are you saying? Esus was an Ew?

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post #169 of 289
11/27/11 at 1:18pm
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I must note, Apple COULD potentially have a lot of children locked up somewhere under the sever farm, answering your Siri questions. Could. That's job creation for you there bud.

Add to that the money made for supplying gruel for those children. And the Grubby & Tattered Clothing Company(tm) should do well also.
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post #170 of 289
11/27/11 at 1:29pm
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Hi tech companies like Apple, Google, Amazon, Facebook etc. do not create many jobs compared to big corporations of the past. Anybody looking for these kind of companies to put many people to work doesn't really know what they're talking about.

To put this in context, the Economist recently noted that Apple, Amazon, and Google together employ 113,000 people--which is less than 1/3rd as many as a single American success-story from the prior generation, GM, employed in 1980.

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/apple...#ixzz1ewHXtXBA

But isn't that the fact that for one, they pay higher? I mean, even if GM and Apple had the same income, Apple is paying over $60,000 a year...right? They usually require advanced degrees, or at least supeior intellectual knowledge.

Even the higher income folks may not improve the town itself. I'm not sure how far away they are from the nearest wealthy area, but I'm sure that won't creat new homes (BTW, I'm responding ot another poster on this).

For example, here in St. Louis, many high income earners in Ladue, MO work in St. Louis city. So I'd imagine this could be the scenario where the job is just in a partiular city but not necessarliy imporiving that residing town in any way.
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post #171 of 289
11/27/11 at 1:31pm
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Originally Posted by Doctor David View Post

Add to that the money made for supplying gruel for those children. And the Grubby & Tattered Clothing Company(tm) should do well also.

Hey, you gotta keep the costs down! Gubby & Tattered is too expensive. The cost is too high. How about the Birthday Suit Company(c)?
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post #172 of 289
11/27/11 at 1:33pm
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"From the day we arrive on the planet And blinking , step into the sun There's more to be seen than can ever be......IT'S THE CIRCLE OF LIFEEEEEEEEEE! AND YOU LOSE CONTROOOOOOOOOL!!!!

That's "And it moves us all".
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post #173 of 289
11/27/11 at 1:40pm
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But isn't that the fact that for one, they pay higher? I mean, even if GM and Apple had the same income, Apple is paying over $60,000 a year...right? They usually require advanced degrees, or at least supeior intellectual knowledge.

No, it has nothing to do with the fact that they pay higher. It only means that Apple doesn't need thousands of people to make this datacenter operate, while some inefficient car companies (forced to be inefficient by union rules... just ask Toyota how many employees are truly needed to make a car) need more.
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post #174 of 289
11/27/11 at 1:48pm
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Originally Posted by 80025 View Post

In a town of a reported 3,400 adults, 50 jobs represents a potential employment increase of 1.47%. Every little bit helps, do the math.

Yes, let's do the math.

However, start by realizing that in a city of 3400, not all of them are working. If the total population was 3400, then probably only 1,000 to 1500 are working. If it really was 3400 adults, then probably only 2,000 are working. That makes the percentage higher.

Furthermore, Apple stated that 50 direct employees would be hired, but another 250 in contract services (presumably landscaping, security, janitorial, etc). 300 new jobs in a city where 1,000 to 2,000 people are working is a LOT.

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I don't understand what the local expected. If you own a furniture store, a gas station, or some other local business, Apple is not going to hire you, and put you to work in their data center, but wouldn't the people they did hire need furniture, gas, food, etc? Wouldn't that money go back to the local economy?

Obviously, but that's too simplistic for some people.

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Originally Posted by Andysol View Post

It's called the fair tax {a high, flat sales tax on everything}. And anyone who looks at it thinks it's the best (except CPAs who deal specifically with individuals and IRS agents- because they'd be out of work).

Actually, I don't think that's fair at all. It means that the people who can least afford it are most heavily burdened as a percentage of their income. To me, a fair tax would be:
- No deductions at all
- First $50,000 of income exempted
- Next $200,000 of income taxed at 10%.
- Remainder taxed at 20% (or whatever it takes to balance things out)
- Capital gains taxed at normal income tax rates, but indexed for inflation

Before going bonkers, realize that very few people earning under $50 K pay any taxes under the current system (some actually get money back even if they don't pay taxes).
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post #175 of 289
11/27/11 at 1:51pm
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That's "And it moves us all".

Oh. I've been thinking that since it was four. I had no time to read the lyrics!
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post #176 of 289
11/27/11 at 1:52pm
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Hey, you gotta keep the costs down! Gubby & Tattered is too expensive. The cost is too high. How about the Birthday Suit Company(c)?

^^^^

Paid shill for the Birthday Suit Company(c).
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post #177 of 289
11/27/11 at 1:53pm
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How many people worked on building the great wall of China or the pyramids? Millions! Things must have been much better back then since there were more jobs... well for the Pharaohs and the Emperors at least.

By the way, Foxconn employs well over a million people who are making tablets and things for those companies you mentioned. So yes, they hire fewer people directly than GM but indirectly many more.

You do understand what they used for adhesive material in the morter and filler for those ancient projects...
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post #178 of 289
11/27/11 at 2:06pm
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Originally Posted by SolipsismX View Post

[input funny joke that doesn't deal with religion or politics]

Actually, you had already won this thread with "They took'r jobs" pic. The thread is now closed.

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post #179 of 289
11/27/11 at 2:08pm
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It's called the fair tax. And anyone who looks at it thinks it's the best (except CPAs who deal specifically with individuals and IRS agents- because they'd be out of work).

You're grossly overestimating the support for this regressive tax structure.

Edit: oops. I posted this before I saw the official notice that the thread was closed.
My bad. Heheh.
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post #180 of 289
11/27/11 at 2:18pm
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[input funny joke that doesn't deal with religion or politics]

Sex is not the Answer!

Sex is the Question.

...The Answer is Yes!
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post #181 of 289
11/27/11 at 2:19pm
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Sex is not the Answer!

Sex is the Question.

...The Answer is Yes!

Of any kind?
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post #182 of 289
11/27/11 at 2:19pm
1. Liberal thinking doesn't suggest that companies should employ people that don't deserve the job. Liberal thinking leads people to conclude that it is necessary to consider new, more effective ideas in creating a stable society. Liberal thinking has nothing to do with charity for all, but it has everything to do with caring for the weak and poor that are that way because of forces that they don't have any control over . For example, liberal thinking would suggest that Apple should build a factory here to support the poor blue collar workers that have no jobs due to forces outside of their control (govt. powers that send jobs overseas). That is liberal thinking. See you learn something everyday.

2. It's sad that conservatives - and I consider mysel one - have no idea what they talk about when they talk about "liberals". Educate yourself and stop making us look so bad.

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It is that attitude which is why the West is in the mess it is. Liberal thinking that says a) Employ people, even if you do not need or cannot afford them. b) Loan people money for items or property they havn't a hope in hell of repaying.

Further down the road, the wheels then start to fall off. As is happening now as overpaid council staff (here in UK anyway) are sapping up money that could otherwise pay for actual services.

Apple can do what they like, they are a private company. All that matters is they are environmentally responsible & treat their workers well, not to mention, help in the community. Perhaps by funding a local bus service for the elderly or similar.
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post #183 of 289
11/27/11 at 2:21pm
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Sex is not the Answer!

Sex is the Question.

...The Answer is Yes!

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post #184 of 289
11/27/11 at 2:22pm
So a local is upset with Apple? Seems like he should talk to his state. The reason everyone resettles to poor states like NC in the SE is the states give away tax incentives (usually tax increment financing) to entice construction. This is a poor economic development tool as it only promotes construction jobs. Once they are gone, they are of no further use to the locals. The locals do not have the resources or education to do the jobs at the site. if you want effective use of tax money, educate the locals to do jobs like they have there. There is a reason these states are called Bubba states, they do not invest their tax dollars in the real currency of the state, their people. They just do big government give aways to large corporations, who usually contract with the big givers to the establishment. The irony is these fools are all Republican in that part of the country. So typical, rant and rave and do the opposite of what you preach.
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post #185 of 289
11/27/11 at 2:24pm
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What are you saying? Esus was an Ew?

In Mexican Spanish the nickname for Jesus is Chui... Pronounced chewy.

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post #186 of 289
11/27/11 at 2:26pm
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Maybe Apple could start making the furniture for the Apple Stores at that site. At least the locals would have those skills one would think.

Once you become a person that believes you should be given a job you aren't worth hiring.
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post #187 of 289
11/27/11 at 2:27pm
I hate to fall on cliches, but if that town is anything like the one I lived in SW virginia for over seven years, most of the townsfolk wouldn't have the education or well-honed grey matter to take any of the 50 jobs available. In my town (grundy, if you must know), most hadn't finished high school and those who had, were taught at the local school which put them behind their peers who'd graduated elsewhere. Nearly 40% were on public assistance, a good number took drugsoxycontin was the drug of choiceand they had an abysmal work ethic. For most of my time there, I fought the damning phrase "white trash" (I being a New Yorker), but after five years, I realised that's what they were

The best image one can conjure up were Apple to hire the locals would be to imagine letting a stageful of Jerry Springer guests loose in the Viennese Staatsoper during Salome or Wagner.

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post #188 of 289
11/27/11 at 2:39pm
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OK, so there's 50 net new jobs (assuming nobody somehow lost a job as a result of this.) What is the value of those jobs compared to the strain on tax-supported services impacting all residents? If someone can show that the actual concrete benefits (not mythical or "possible future benefits") outweigh the loss of tax revenue, then I'd say the issue is closed and we can all go home. Otherwise, you're just looking at one side of the equation.

The land we are talking about here was largely undeveloped thus very low tax income for the town. Now they are get about half the rate for commercial/industrial depending upon how the land gets rezoned.

I wouldn't be surprised to see local officials giving themselves a nice little pay raise in the near future. There will be much in the way of cash to go around.
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11/27/11 at 2:42pm
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Came across this yesterday: http://www.onelinerz.net/top-100-funny-one-liners/

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post #190 of 289
11/27/11 at 2:43pm
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Put your faith in SMALL biz, those are the ones that create MORE jobs.
Don't let Republicans fool you with their Job creators-billionaires.

On the other hand most bankers are democrats. Not that that really makes any difference because much of the banking industry woes these days was created by bipartisan action at the federal level.
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11/27/11 at 2:44pm
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Those are really dated. I was still in HS when Clinton took office though out of college by the time he took Lewinsky.

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post #192 of 289
11/27/11 at 2:54pm
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OK, so there's 50 net new jobs (assuming nobody somehow lost a job as a result of this.) What is the value of those jobs compared to the strain on tax-supported services impacting all residents? If someone can show that the actual concrete benefits (not mythical or "possible future benefits") outweigh the loss of tax revenue, then I'd say the issue is closed and we can all go home. Otherwise, you're just looking at one side of the equation.

what loss of tax revenue? Apple paid no taxes before in that town before they bought the land and built the server farm. They massively increased the value of the land they bought. What was just low priced land is now a $1 billion data center.

There are the 50 full time jobs to support the data center
There were the countless construction jobs to build it
There are more potential construction jobs to build the rumored 2nd phase that doubles the size
There are more potential construction jobs to build the solar farm to power the data center.

All in a town of just 3400 people.

And why do people keep talking like the property tax breaks applied to everyone? I'd be quite surprised if they apply to anyone in that town except Apple. So the town isn't losing revenue from anyone else, and are simply getting a lower percentage of revenue from property that is worth a heck of a lot more than it was before this all started. And that tax breaks will eventually expire.

I don't see at all how Apple hurt the town by moving there, but certainly see ways it's has helped and will continue to help the town by being there. The alternative was to tell Apple no and have Apple go find some other town who would give them tax breaks to bring in new investments and jobs.
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11/27/11 at 2:55pm
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Those are really dated. I was still in HS when Clinton took office though out of college by the time he took Lewinsky.

Well... To be honest, we have about 15,000 songs/audio files on iCloud iTunes match.

Earlier, I was playing with Siri, and I asked her:

"Siri play jokes"

Siri came back with a series of Garrison Keillor audio clips... Those were among them...


Maybe we should just tell the punch lines, like:

"nobody can eat that much ice cream!"
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post #194 of 289
11/27/11 at 3:02pm
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Yes, let's do the math.

However, start by realizing that in a city of 3400, not all of them are working. If the total population was 3400, then probably only 1,000 to 1500 are working. If it really was 3400 adults, then probably only 2,000 are working. That makes the percentage higher.

Furthermore, Apple stated that 50 direct employees would be hired, but another 250 in contract services (presumably landscaping, security, janitorial, etc). 300 new jobs in a city where 1,000 to 2,000 people are working is a LOT.



Obviously, but that's too simplistic for some people.



Actually, I don't think that's fair at all. It means that the people who can least afford it are most heavily burdened as a percentage of their income. To me, a fair tax would be:

How is paying your fair share a burden? That is the most asinine thing I've ever heard. One of the biggest problems this country has right now is giving a free ride to people that don't want to work or are too stupid to be employable at a competitive rate. It is a sicken example of the nanny state mentality. There is no reason to give such examples of humanity a free ride at the expense of people that get up every morning and go to work.
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- No deductions at all

Well that I agree with!
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- First $50,000 of income exempted

This however is bull crap and I'm totally against it. If anything the lazy and stupid should be taxed at a higher rate. I mean this seriously, if you are a drag on the economy and a burden to other tax payers you need to suffer.
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- Next $200,000 of income taxed at 10%.

This also makes no sense at all. Besides history has shown that taxing high income earners excessively is a huge drag on the economy.
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- Remainder taxed at 20% (or whatever it takes to balance things out)

See the above it is a stupid concept.
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- Capital gains taxed at normal income tax rates, but indexed for inflation

Again totally stupid, intact I'd eliminate all capital gain taxes. The problem is they do more harm than good and very negatively impact the lower income workers.
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Before going bonkers, realize that very few people earning under $50 K pay any taxes under the current system (some actually get money back even if they don't pay taxes).

Yeah that is a huge problem and must be addressed. Everyone should be paying their fair share, that can only be accomplished with a flat rate tax. We need to give theses idiots a little incentive to work harder.
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11/27/11 at 3:05pm
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Actually, I don't think that's fair at all. It means that the people who can least afford it are most heavily burdened as a percentage of their income. To me, a fair tax would be:
- No deductions at all
- First $50,000 of income exempted
- Next $200,000 of income taxed at 10%.
- Remainder taxed at 20% (or whatever it takes to balance things out)
- Capital gains taxed at normal income tax rates, but indexed for inflation

Before going bonkers, realize that very few people earning under $50 K pay any taxes under the current system (some actually get money back even if they don't pay taxes).

Dude... The fair tax is an actual thing. Google it. It isn't "my fair tax" or "what I think a fair tax is...". There is one "fair tax". And FYI- it does have exemptions for income and takes it one better- they get money at the end of year.

Again- read it and tell me it's not the best way. Hardly anyone disagrees that looks at it- rich, poor, democrat, or republican.

Edited to say: drug dealers, prostitutes, and illegals also dont like it.

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11/27/11 at 3:11pm
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On the other hand most bankers are democrats. Not that that really makes any difference because much of the banking industry woes these days was created by bipartisan action at the federal level.

Documentary of the year last year- inside job. Highly recommend it if you want to see how screwed we are and there's nothing anyone can do about it.

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11/27/11 at 3:13pm
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Dude... The fair tax is an actual thing. Google it. It isn't "my fair tax" or "what I think a fair tax is...". There is one "fair tax". And FYI- it does have exemptions for income and takes it one better- they get money at the end of year.

Again- read it and tell me it's not the best way. Hardly anyone disagrees that looks at it- rich, poor, democrat, or republican.

While I personally agree with the Fair Tax, you must either live in a very insular world, or else be a very domineering person (IE intimidating those you talk to into "agreeing" with you just to shut you up about something you're passionate about) if you think "hardly anyone" disagrees with it.

In my experience only a very small number of people think it's a good thing, the rest have a knee jerk reaction of agony. Those who tend to lean libertarian and/or have a background in economics (IE us heartless academics) tend to love it. Then again maybe I'm just letting my friends and family talk more than I should, and allowing them to express their opinions.
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11/27/11 at 3:19pm
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While I personally agree with the Fair Tax, you must either live in a very insular world, or else be a very domineering person (IE intimidating those you talk to into "agreeing" with you just to shut you up about something you're passionate about) if you think "hardly anyone" disagrees with it.

In my experience only a very small number of people think it's a good thing, the rest have a knee jerk reaction of agony. Those who tend to lean libertarian and/or have a background in economics (IE us heartless academics) tend to love it. Then again maybe I'm just letting my friends and family talk more than I should, and allowing them to express their opinions.

You let your friends and family talk? What's wrong with you?

Maybe I just live in Collin county and only associate with white suburbanites in the most republican/libertarian county in all of Texas (also the richest). . I'm sheltered.

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11/27/11 at 3:24pm
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You let your friends and family talk? What's wrong with you?

Maybe I just live in Collin county and only associate with white suburbanites in the most republican/libertarian county in all of Texas (also the richest). . I'm sheltered.

Sounds about right. You have to know your audience.
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11/27/11 at 3:26pm
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You let your friends and family talk? What's wrong with you?

Maybe I just live in Collin county and only associate with white suburbanites in the most republican/libertarian county in all of Texas (also the richest). . I'm sheltered.

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