galaxy flyer

You did say you don’t like flat tax proposals, everyone of which is based on expanding the tax bases by eliminating deductions and lowering rates. What do you want—high rates AND no deductions?

OOfff

gosh, is today the day you learned that there isn’t a binary choice in taxation?

progressive taxation without exemptions/deductions

galaxy flyer

No, no, no progressive taxation, everyone pays the same rate, but discrimination is just fine, I guess. The whole point of progressive taxation is to allow politicians to then create tax “loopholes” to pay off their favored friends. Read up on the history of taxation, especially in bad days of 90% rates and company cars, golf club memberships, an a zillion other write-offs because 90% taxes without those loopholes wasn’t sustainable,

Not taking your money thru taxes isn’t a give away, it wasn’t the government’s money in the first place.

OOfff

discrimination lmfao.

Oh how oppressed you are *crocodile tears*

Bluesideup1

Bye Felicia.

Funny, I didn't insult you I insulted the science devoid article that you linked to. If you believe any of it then yes my comment about not getting past the 8th grade would be apropos to you also. I did say I thought pilots were suppose to be smart and if you took offence after posting such a moronic link then maybe it was apropos also.

You still haven't made a coherent argument on how having less oil at a lower price would make refineries operate at a loss and the crack spread "skyrocket" because every other time that there has been more or less oil in the history of oil the crack spread never "skyrocketed" to the point it really made much of a difference in the price of gas.

I can easily show how lower prices of crude directly related to lower prices of gas. I will make it extremely simple for you: Barrel of oil at $150 = gallon of gas $4+. Barrel of oil at $40 = gallon of gas under $2. Rising cost for a barrel of oil like we are getting now = gallon of gas going up. No where is the crack spread moving the needle on the cost of a gallon of gas compared to how oil moves it.

Cheap oil = cheap gas...so simple a cave man can see that.

BTW you don't seem to have any problem insulting me by saying I live in a basement. Then on top of that threatened physical harm. I could care less coming from a keyboard warrior but typically telling someone they will "get your head knocked off your shoulders" is frowned upon by those of us who purportedly dwell in their basements. Plus by the look of it your 1,360 posts compared to my 190 you may be projecting.

BTW BTW I don't have to point out where you believe in perpetual motion. It is right there on display in your posts. The idea you came up with and the link you posted both believe you can extract more energy than is being put in which is the bases of perpetual motion.

Bluesideup1

Thanks for the clarification. That is all most ask is a level playing field. I also never thought people keeping more of their own money that they earned was ever taking away from the government. It was never theirs to begin with and that is the sad part when people actually think a tax subsidy is taking away from the government vs getting to keep more of your own money.

Profane Kahuna

dude.....YOU are the one who said it. You are literally arguing against your own post. Are you off your meds or something?

galaxy flyer

I guess you’ve never herd of PRICE discrimination, a basic economic principle. You’re the oppressed one, oppressed by woke culture that only sees one kind of discrimination.

OOfff

Three things:

1)you’re not discriminated against because taxation is progressive, 2) progressive taxation is not price discrimination, and 3) you and I both know that’s not what you meant.

galaxy flyer

Utterly ridiculous! Progressive taxation is exactly a form of price discrimination—finding who will pay more for a good or service. No different than from stores offering discounts to elderly or airlines charging different fares based on seating, timing or origin or destination.. I know no such thing, it’s all you assuming the word discrimination can mean only ONE thing.