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DISCLAIMER: in my experience, the following doesn't apply to 99% of my readership. Unfortunately, experience also shows it has to be written down for the remaining 1%.
The short version, when it comes to my comments policy, goes down to a line taken from the (mediocre) second opus of the Matrix:
"I built this place. Down here, I make the rules."
Let's elaborate a bit:
AVERTISSEMENT : selon mon expérience, ce qui suit ne s'applique pas à 99% de mes lecteurs. Malheureusement, l'expérience prouve aussi qu'il faut que cela soit écrit pour le pourcentage restant.
La version courte, concernant ma politique pour les commentaires, se résume à une ligne tirée du second (médiocre) volet de Matrix:
"J'ai construit cet endroit. Ici, je fais les lois."
Élaborons un brin :
If you need further help with the site, you may want to check the Field Manual. Ultimately, you can also drop me a line. I usually don't answer jellyfish and buttermonkey(1) hybrids however.
Si vous avez besoin de plus d'aide avec le site, jetez un œil au manuel d'instruction. Au pire, vous pouvez également m'envoyer un mot. J'ai cependant tendance à ne pas répondre aux fruits de l'union d'une méduse et d'un cul de singe.
| Proof | 6 months, 3 weeks ago | |
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When I lived in California, there was a minor tax revolt against property taxes. "Proposition 13" rolled back taxes and controlled the amount they could rise any given year. Of course, any bloated regulatory agency worth its salt, found that they could raise "fees" on virtually any human activity! Add to your list of taxes a list of "fees" at least every bit as long! |
| BlueStarMom | 6 months, 3 weeks ago | |
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How great! I will do my best e-m effort to "get ‘er done"! It’s on it’s way! Keep writing and posting, you are just the best. |
| HeckBoy | 6 months, 3 weeks ago | |
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I taught accounting at a junior college for a while. Listening to conservatives when they try to teach the principles of economics to liberals reminds me of trying to cram the notion of debits and credits into skulls full of mush. The more money the public/consumers have in their pockets, the more they’ll be able to spend/invest and the more the economy will grow. It’s that simple! Taxing the consumer to death kills the economy and thus makes the consumer - and businesses - more dependent on the government. At some point taxation becomes wealth re-distribution. It’s probably not as fine a point as it would seem and - if it were considered to be the tax ceiling - would reduce a great deal of the fluff and free handouts for which the people who work for a living are forced to pay.
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| hogs123 | 6 months, 3 weeks ago | |
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I hope you don’t take this wrong. Your article was right on, but how I am supposed to comment before I reads it |
| Civis Proeliator | 6 months, 3 weeks ago | |
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"France is beyond salvation..." And that is why you should join us here in Texas. ;- ) |
| Grimmy | 6 months, 2 weeks ago | |
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Hey bud, you ok? |
| floridasuzie | 6 months, 2 weeks ago | |
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Yeah bud, you okay? I’m having serious frog withdrawal, eh Grimmy? :) Wonder if they make a patch for that, heh? |
| 2hotel9 | 6 months, 2 weeks ago | |
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Perhaps the rail strike has stranded him at some dismal train station. |
| TooTall | 6 months, 2 weeks ago | |
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Is it possible that hordes of Socialist zombies chanting "more, more, more" have managed to overwelm the DF? |
| Spiny Norman | 6 months, 1 week ago | |
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Heavens! I hope not… |
| Doug | 6 months, 1 week ago | |
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You won’t often find me defending taxation, but a couple quick points for balance - 1) Governent is more expensive than it was 100 years ago, and not only because it’s created more expenses for itself. For example, that gas tax pays for roads that are MUCH more numerous and expensive than 100 years ago. 2) In many cases, the average Mom could probably still stay home today - as long as the family is willing to accept the average standard of living of 100 years ago (no cars, no electric appliances, no insurances, no vaccinations, etc.). I don’t think that many people on either side of the Atlantic are. |
| Red Collar | 6 months, 1 week ago | |
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It seems that Canada is one of those places that would agree most to being taxed to save us from Goral Warming. There is a new poll out, and Canada is on top or things. 1000 people surveyed, and most agreed to being taxed more. Jesus Christ, we do love to be taxed, don’t we? Gorramit!!!! |
| Spiny Norman | 6 months, 1 week ago | |
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I wonder what the actual questions were? They probably assumed someone else would be taxed. Most of them anyway… |
| Iwo Gina | 6 months, 1 week ago | |
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Doug: Here’s a really good article giving you some idea of where your Federal Tax dollars end up - http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18098378/. I don’t resent paying taxes to fund necessities - I do resent it when pork-barrel projects are slipped in to budget items, hence one of the biggest reasons why government is more expensive nowadays. Check out http://www.porkbusters.org/. Fiscal responsibility is the duty of every elected official - the public gets put thru the wringer should we dare to miss the deadline on filing our taxes (a system which has become so complicated, by the way, that a whole industry was created JUST to help taxpayers file on time and correctly - it shouldn’t be like this!) |
Post title: If it moves, tax it
Date: 23rd October, 2007