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Discussion in 'The Water Cooler' started by buckeye, Feb 3, 2013.

  1. Germ

    Germ Legendary Woodsman

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    LMAO, or it's from less tax revenue, hmmm I wonder why;)
     
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    Sota Legendary Woodsman

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    Germ you can not tax a country into prosperity.
     
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    it's not from either (tax revenues are at highest level EVER)
    it's from this pissant "Republican" congress caving on every single thing the Progs want in return for a tiny increase in defense spending...with a side of pork for both sides. Paul Ryan and McConnell got to go. Now.
     
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    Nor can you cut it;)
     
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    Germ Legendary Woodsman

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    ^^^^^
    This
     
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    dnoodles Legendary Woodsman

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    tax cuts = growth; growth = jobs, jobs = prosperity - for all.

    for now, anyway. Tech is about to dramatically and systematically destroy the need for human labor. I truly believe we are the last generation(s) to have any need for significant human labor. A huge percentage of the entire labor force will be completely obsolete w/in 50 years.

    Think on this...coupled with onerous Obamacare requirements; the "March for 15" ($15 minimum wage) is destroying the service industry everywhere it has been implemented- with ripple effects spreading far beyond those markets.

    all liberal news orgs:

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...-really-helps-workers/?utm_term=.5b9cb0998a9b

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...-starting-to-find-out/?utm_term=.84ee606fef75

    http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/...attle-minimum-wage-costly-20170629-story.html

    http://money.cnn.com/2017/06/26/news/seattle-minimum-wage-15/index.html
     
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    dnoodles Legendary Woodsman

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    rant...David Hogg



     
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    I remember watching my little brother all summer long when I was like 11 and 12. Rode our bikes all over town. BB gun wars. Hell I had a damn sword and a pellet handgun I would hunt unsuspecting birds and squirrels with in the undeveloped woods. Skateboards. Fights. Trips to pool. Ride my bike 5 or more miles to buy comic books. No gps or maps to find my way. Just made it happen . Frigging awesome. I'm so glad I never had a cell phone until I was in my mid 20s.

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    w33kender Die Hard Bowhunter

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    Yep.
     
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    the older I get the more I realize how unique and blessed my childhood was. I grew up in Flint MI in the 80s, riding my bike around the same blocks my mom grew up on. My neighbors were her neighbors growing up. If I messed up at all, my parents heard about it before I got home. But that rarely happened, so for the most part as long as I was home by the time the street lights were on in the summer and my homework was done in school months I had a long leash. I went to the same neighborhood elementary school as my mom did, and it was pretty racially mixed. There were very few problems. Everybody pretty much got along and everyone knew each other - as did our parents.

    Then came the "magnet" school concept and de facto forced busing, which just so happened to coincide with the auto manufacturing crash. Within 3-4 years the entire neighborhood/community structure went to complete crap and my parents got us the hell out.
     
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    A Flint boy, things you learn.
     
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    Yup. Daddy was a 35 year career Teamster and so was I, for a little while. That's how I now how corrupt unions are. Just another self-propagating bureaucracy. Don't give a crap about their members- only their dues.

    Anybody who thinks any big-money advocacy group* really cares about their members is fooling themselves. Political parties, AARP, unions, The Church, etc all exist only to grow and make leadership money and power.

    • Caveat: the NRA- I'm under no illusion that the upper levels don't enjoy their money and power; but they are a one trick pony when it comes to their issue advocacy and don't get their tentacles into a bunch of other garbage so it's pretty easy for the organization as a whole to stay on track
     
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    Spring break in Cocoa Beach Fl. Ron Jons surf shop. 200 women wearing virtually nothing walking all over the store.
    In my 40s. Rant.

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    Dad bod sucks.
     
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    virginiashadow Legendary Woodsman

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    I held in the dad bod stomach for 30 minutes. Testosterone levels raised 25% and I think I actually stood 1 inch taller.

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    Show'em how fat your wallet is, dad bod doesn't make any difference if your wallet is as chubby as your gut. Look what Shania Twain married the first time.
     
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    Most of them probably have daddy issues anyway so your probably gonna do alright lol
     
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