he has to worry about getting a second or third vacation home, what size boat he can get, what US school his kid can go to...

The poor don't get it, they think because the wealthy have money that life is easy.
- Scooby_Doo

Vacation homes are important. You need somewhere to wind down in your limited time off when you work really hard.

Denmark? Iceland? Finland? New Zealand? Rampant capitalism (read: oligarchy) does not work. (Edit: well, it works, but depends on which side of the line you're on.... it's not sustainable on the world macro scale.)
- NewYorkNuck

Norway also; consistently one of the top countries for quality of life

Denmark? Iceland? Finland? New Zealand? Rampant capitalism (read: oligarchy) does not work. (Edit: well, it works, but depends on which side of the line you're on.... it's not sustainable on the world macro scale.)
- NewYorkNuck

Hows Greece doing? Ever heard of Hitler?

That's pretty much saying that right and wrong don't really matter.
- whitefang

No, it's saying right and wrong is subjective.

My termination was technically a layoff, so it's right in the print I'm eligible for unemployment insurance....so I'm livin on your (frank)ers dime now
- LeftCoaster

Not mine anymore bumhole, I'm paying US tax!!!





Trump

No, it's saying right and wrong is subjective.
- CubanBuffet

Its not though.

Norway also; consistently one of the top countries for quality of life
- lumlums

Ya but they don't need to worry about the oil industry that has hurt the world economy....

Hows Greece doing? Ever heard of Hitler?
- thundachunk

Ya but they don't need to worry about the oil industry that has hurt the world economy....
- belcherbd

Ya but they don't need to worry about the oil industry that has hurt the world economy....
- belcherbd

- lumlums

Hows Greece doing? Ever heard of Hitler?
- thundachunk

You want to compare socialism and fascism and you are the one calling people out for being uninformed?

Oh man this night gets more and more hilarious.

Its not though.
- whitefang

It is though.

Socialism does not work, it breeds laziness an self pity. I'm not a Harper fan,per say, but as it stands, I'd never vote for the other leaders.
- LeftCoaster

Oh, I'm not for a second advocating handouts for those who are too lazy to work, but I do firmly believe that education and healthcare are human rights, and essential for allowing people to achieve their potential... much better to spend money on sending some poor kid to school than to send him to war

Not mine anymore bumhole, I'm paying US tax!!!





Trump
- lumlums

He wil not not get the nod. It will either be Ted Cruz or Carly Florina.

It is though.
- CubanBuffet

Everyone's welcome to their own reality.

Everyone's welcome to their own reality.
- whitefang

Mine is the only one that matters.

Everyone's welcome to their own reality.
- whitefang

I know what subjective means. Thanks for the definition though.

Sent out an email for everyone in the hockey pool.
- Nucker101

Can I get in next year? I have been buried with work and still got sucked into 4 pools.

Oh, I'm not for a second advocating handouts for those who are too lazy to work, but I do firmly believe that education and healthcare are human rights, and essential for allowing people to achieve their potential... much better to spend money on sending some poor kid to school than to send him to war
- lumlums

Would you rather send a poor uneducated kid to war or a wealthy educated kid that can contribute something valuable to society to war?

He wil not not get the nod. It will either be Ted Cruz or Carly Florina.
- thundachunk

I (frank)ing hope not... if Trump get's elected I'm outta this place, regardless of 32C days in October

I know what subjective means. Thanks for the definition though.
- CubanBuffet

I was patronizing you. Maybe that was too subtle.

Norway also; consistently one of the top countries for quality of life
- lumlums

It fine if there's a flat tax, you make 30 thousand you pay 15 thousand in taxes. You make 150 thousand you pay 75 thousand in taxes. Doesnt work like that here. If you made 30 grand and had to pay 50% in taxes you'd lose it!!

An economics professor at a local college made a statement that he had never failed a single student before but had recently failed an entire class. That class had insisted that Obama's socialism worked and that no one would be poor and no one would be rich, a great equalizer.

The professor then said, "OK, we will have an experiment in this class on Obama's plan". All grades will be averaged and everyone will receive the same grade so no one will fail and no one will receive an "A" .... (substituting grades for dollars — something closer to home and more readily understood by all).

After the first test, the grades were averaged and everyone got a "B". The students who studied hard were upset and the students who studied little were happy.

As the second test rolled around, the students who studied little had studied even less and the ones who studied hard decided they wanted a free ride too so they studied little. The second test average was a "D"! No one was happy.

When the 3rd test rolled around, the new average was an "F".

As the tests proceeded, the scores never increased as bickering, blame and name-calling all resulted in hard feelings and no one would study for the benefit of anyone else.

To their great surprise, ALL FAILED and the professor told them that socialism would also ultimately fail because when the reward is great, the effort to succeed is great, but when government takes all the reward away, no one will try or want to succeed.

Human nature will always cause socialism's style of government to fail because the world has producers and non-producers (makers and takers).

It could not be any simpler than that.

Can I get in next year? I have been buried with work and still got sucked into 4 pools.
- rugdnit

Depends. Who are you voting for?

I (frank)ing hope not... if Trump get's elected I'm outta this place, regardless of 32C days in October
- lumlums

He won't he isn't respected by his peers.