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The rules do matter. Clinton loses the popular vote only if you start discounting Michigan (which she won, he didn't get any votes at all).

Under what kind of democracy do you not count the votes?

"Obama didn't run in Michigan, so Clinton's votes shouldn't count?"

It's not that the popular vote matters, except in each state where the EVs are awarded.
 
Denny Crane said:
It's not that the popular vote matters, except in each state where the EVs are awarded.
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Did you know, every vote in congress works essentially the same way. While the house is by popular vote, the Senate is more like the EV's in respect to the population represented by the Senators.
 
2018 will be a record year for the disbarment of Federal Judges for refusing to protect the Constitution, using their office to advance personal political causes, and the outright selling of rulings for financial and career gain.
 
MARIS61 said:
She has on several occasions in the last year or two exhibited clear signs of mental impairment, similar to Reagan near the end of his first term.

Not sure if there's any legal provision for removing a judge for senility or insanity, but there should be.
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Supreme Court justices can be impeached. It's only been tried once, and failed.
 
Happy tax day to those of you who want to pay more.
 
Denny Crane said:
Happy tax day to those of you who want to pay more.
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Taxes are the price you pay to live in a civilized society. Unless you're a Republican. Then I guess you prefer to live in an uncivilized society......but then, we knew that.
 
UncleCliffy'sDaddy said:
Taxes are the price you pay to live in a civilized society. Unless you're a Republican. Then I guess you prefer to live in an uncivilized society......but then, we knew that.
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It is questionable that we should pay income tax - there are plenty of alternatives proposed, including sales tax and fair tax.

It's also questionable how much the government needs to spend to give us a civilized society. Does the government need to spend $25,o00 per man, woman, and child? Or is $20,000 sufficient? Or less. I say less.
 
Denny Crane said:
It is questionable that we should pay income tax - there are plenty of alternatives proposed, including sales tax and fair tax.

It's also questionable how much the government needs to spend to give us a civilized society. Does the government need to spend $25,o00 per man, woman, and child? Or is $20,000 sufficient? Or less. I say less.
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The whole system is rigged to work as it is now. Do we keep things as is or make drastic changes?
 
Denny Crane said:
It is questionable that we should pay income tax - there are plenty of alternatives proposed, including sales tax and fair tax.

It's also questionable how much the government needs to spend to give us a civilized society. Does the government need to spend $25,o00 per man, woman, and child? Or is $20,000 sufficient? Or less. I say less.
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I guess it all depends on how many individuals we feel forced to imprison, how many wars we feel the need to fight, how many politicians we need to overpay and otherwise subsidize, how many countries we need to prop up, how many farms we need to subsidize, how many (and how big of) tax breaks we need to give corporations.......the list just goes on and on. The average citizen would have a much better quality of life and and taxes would certainly be lowered if these questions were actually addressed. One thing that is unarguable; our national priorities suck and that sucking sound just gets louder and louder under the current administration.
 
UncleCliffy'sDaddy said:
I guess it all depends on how many individuals we feel forced to imprison, how many wars we feel the need to fight, how many politicians we need to overpay and otherwise subsidize, how many countries we need to prop up, how many farms we need to subsidize, how many (and how big of) tax breaks we need to give corporations.......the list just goes on and on. The average citizen would have a much better quality of life and and taxes would certainly be lowered if these questions were actually addressed. One thing that is unarguable; our national priorities suck and that sucking sound just gets louder and louder under the current administration.
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Yet you choose to look at all of these items and declare "it's the price we pay for living in a civilized society". I don't need government to civilize me or the society in which I live. If you don't like these expenditures, you should seek to starve the beast by pushing for lower taxes and an end to deficit spending.
 
UncleCliffy'sDaddy said:
I guess it all depends on how many individuals we feel forced to imprison, how many wars we feel the need to fight, how many politicians we need to overpay and otherwise subsidize, how many countries we need to prop up, how many farms we need to subsidize, how many (and how big of) tax breaks we need to give corporations.......the list just goes on and on. The average citizen would have a much better quality of life and and taxes would certainly be lowered if these questions were actually addressed. One thing that is unarguable; our national priorities suck and that sucking sound just gets louder and louder under the current administration.
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.01% of the population is imprisoned.

A huge amount of the taxes pay interest on debt for money we spent and got nothing in return. Imagine if we spent $400B on schools or roads each year or two instead of paying it to rich people who can afford to loan the government money. Or just not tax that $400B and let the people keep it and spend on what makes them happy.
 
Denny Crane said:
.01% of the population is imprisoned.
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.01% is 1/10000, which is wrong

its more like almost 1%. and probably triple that on parole or some other sort of supervision. that shit aint free dog!
 
best guesses are around 10 billion a year to jail drug offenders. and another 30 billion to arrest, and try to convict.

that amount of money could literally end world hunger. If i have to pay taxes, in the richest nation in the world, i guess id rather it go to that.
 
3RA1N1AC said:
.01% is 1/10000, which is wrong

its more like almost 1%. and probably triple that on parole or some other sort of supervision. that shit aint free dog!
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1.75M in jail vs. 340M population is about .5%

It doesn't cost $25,000 per man, woman, child in the entire country to pay for that. As wrong as it is.
 
Denny Crane said:
1.75M in jail vs. 340M population is about .5%

It doesn't cost $25,000 per man, woman, child in the entire country to pay for that.
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did somebody say it did? That's 8.5 trillion dollars. That's a lot of prisons!
 
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