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  • #196
    Re: Business, Economics & Tax Policy 6.0: Nope, it only found woven strands

    This is beautifully stated.

    From The New York Times Opinion Section: "The Republican majority is bulldozing through basic democratic norms as though freedom has everything to do with the tax code and democracy just gets in the way."
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    Originally Posted by dropthatpuck-Scooby's a lost cause.
    Originally Posted by First Time, Long Time-Always knew you were nothing but a troll.

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    • #197
      Originally posted by ScoobyDoo View Post
      This is beautifully stated.
      When you actually believe taxes are theft, the ends justify the means.

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      • #198
        Re: Business, Economics & Tax Policy 6.0: Nope, it only found woven strands

        Originally posted by unofan View Post
        When you actually believe taxes are theft, the ends justify the means.
        Yeah, it's interesting how they did that. I kind of need roads and health care and clean water and rules and DOT and a whole bunch of other stuff. Republicans want Somalia. Which I don't understand. I guess those gated communities really provide what they need.
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        • #199
          Originally posted by Kepler View Post
          It apparently got ground up in a local and corrupt political dispute.

          I think 50 states / 100 Senators is a huge psychological barrier to adding more states. We'll have to start expelling a few before the obvious fixes (DC, PR, splitting CA).

          I wonder if CT and RI would ever want to join forces with MA and NY. They could potentially save a lot of money as far as running the state goes.
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          Crosby probably wouldn't even be on BC's top two lines next year

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          • #200
            Re: Business, Economics & Tax Policy 6.0: Nope, it only found woven strands

            Originally posted by dxmnkd316 View Post
            I will say this about Puerto Rico, they had an opportunity to become a state but said, “**** your income tax.” Maybe next time that income tax wouldn’t be so bad.
            On June 11, 2017, Puerto Rico held a referendum. The people voted to apply for US Statehood, 97% in favor. Now it's up to Congress to approve Puerto Rico's application as a state, which likely won't happen until both Congress and the White House are in the hands of the Democrats. And it won't be a quick process even then.

            https://www.theatlantic.com/politics...ngress/530136/
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            • #201
              Re: Business, Economics & Tax Policy 6.0: Nope, it only found woven strands

              Originally posted by St. Clown View Post
              On June 11, 2017, Puerto Rico held a referendum. The people voted to apply for US Statehood, 97% in favor. Now it's up to Congress to approve Puerto Rico's application as a state, which likely won't happen until both Congress and the White House are in the hands of the Democrats. And it won't be a quick process even then.

              https://www.theatlantic.com/politics...ngress/530136/
              LOL. It would be another example of a bill that would pass with only one party support. That's why I think the Democrats spending so much time vilifying the Republicans for using their majority will end up backfiring. The Republicans always have an out and they always have just enough power.
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              Originally Posted by dropthatpuck-Scooby's a lost cause.
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              • #202
                Re: Business, Economics & Tax Policy 6.0: Nope, it only found woven strands

                Originally posted by Drew S. View Post
                I wonder if CT and RI would ever want to join forces with MA and NY. They could potentially save a lot of money as far as running the state goes.
                If we're going to merge states, that's going in the opposite direction of what we should. The minimum population for statehood should be 1M.

                DE joins MD.
                ND merges with SD.
                VT joins NH.
                AK joins WA.
                WY joins MT.

                That gives us 5 to play around with:

                DC regains their VA territories and gets statehood.
                PR statehood.
                CA splits into three states: Shasta (the north), Fresno (central), and old California (the south).
                Annex Canada.
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                • #203
                  Re: Business, Economics & Tax Policy 6.0: Nope, it only found woven strands

                  Originally posted by St. Clown View Post
                  On June 11, 2017, Puerto Rico held a referendum. The people voted to apply for US Statehood, 97% in favor. Now it's up to Congress to approve Puerto Rico's application as a state, which likely won't happen until both Congress and the White House are in the hands of the Democrats. And it won't be a quick process even then.

                  https://www.theatlantic.com/politics...ngress/530136/
                  I stand corrected. Wasn’t there a referendum they rejected in the recent past?

                  ETA: looking it up now, I remember there was a huge controversy over it. The turnout was historically low and it was boycotted by a good chunk of the nation.

                  As recently as 2014 they voted to reject statehood. They had their chances. Doesn’t mean we can treat them like ****, but they had them.
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                  • #204
                    Re: Business, Economics & Tax Policy 6.0: Nope, it only found woven strands

                    Originally posted by Kepler View Post
                    It apparently got ground up in a local and corrupt political dispute.

                    I think 50 states / 100 Senators is a huge psychological barrier to adding more states. We'll have to start expelling a few before the obvious fixes (DC, PR, splitting CA).
                    Agreed. 50 is a very powerful number.
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                    • #205
                      Originally posted by dxmnkd316 View Post
                      I will say this about Puerto Rico, they had an opportunity to become a state but said, “**** your income tax.” Maybe next time that income tax wouldn’t be so bad.
                      Not sure why you interpret it that way. Puerto Rican’s pay about as much overall tax as anyone does, and pays SS tax, too. But they are not supported like any other state is, and worse in some cases- they pay the same social security and Medicare tax, but the medical payments back to the island is 1/2 compared to a state. It’s a big contributor to the overall economic issues they have. And it makes the medical system really bad.

                      They send more to the US than they get back.

                      When you then add in the anti Hispanic hype, there is less incentive to want to be part of the overall us society.

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                      • #206
                        Re: Business, Economics & Tax Policy 6.0: Nope, it only found woven strands

                        Originally posted by Kepler View Post
                        If we're going to merge states, that's going in the opposite direction of what we should. The absolute minimum population for statehood should be 1M.
                        We're not going to merge, we're not going to change, and Puerto Rico and DC is never going to get statehood. Even if Puerto Rico is not a state they are still citizens and they need to be treated as such. Instead they get treated like DACA.

                        Tear down the statue in NY Harbor and be done with it.
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                        • #207
                          Re: Business, Economics & Tax Policy 6.0: Nope, it only found woven strands

                          Originally posted by alfablue View Post
                          Not sure why you interpret it that way. Puerto Rican’s pay about as much overall tax as anyone does, and pays SS tax, too. But they are not supported like any other state is, and worse in some cases- they pay the same social security and Medicare tax, but the medical payments back to the island is 1/2 compared to a state. It’s a big contributor to the overall economic issues they have. And it makes the medical system really bad.

                          They send more to the US than they get back.

                          When you then add in the anti Hispanic hype, there is less incentive to want to be part of the overall us society.
                          Yes, but they don’t pay federal income taxes. Which means not getting as much support probably would make sense in a vacuum. But obviously that’s not the only reason.

                          Look, all I’m saying is they’ve had numerous chances. They finally went for it, under protest, when a party that hates Hispanics was in complete control.

                          That being said, we still treat them like **** and they deserve better.
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                          • #208
                            Re: Business, Economics & Tax Policy 6.0: Nope, it only found woven strands

                            Originally posted by dxmnkd316 View Post
                            I stand corrected. Wasn’t there a referendum they rejected in the recent past?
                            The recent referendum was rejected. It scored 97% for because every party boycotted it except one splinter group.
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                            • #209
                              Re: Business, Economics & Tax Policy 6.0: Nope, it only found woven strands

                              Originally posted by dxmnkd316 View Post
                              I stand corrected. Wasn’t there a referendum they rejected in the recent past?

                              ETA: looking it up now, I remember there was a huge controversy over it. The turnout was historically low and it was boycotted by a good chunk of the nation.

                              As recently as 2014 they voted to reject statehood. They had their chances. Doesn’t mean we can treat them like ****, but they had them.
                              And I'm not sure why that matters- just because they don't want to be a state- does that mean we should treat them like foreigners? Since the 50's, there have been policies that brought Puerto Rico's economy into the overall US economy. Most of those incentives were phased out, but the end result of those policies were a number of US manufacturers who make stuff in Puerto Rico. This new rule just slapped a tax on those goods. For what reason? What does that accomplish?

                              After being devastated by TWO hurricanes, that's a kick in the balls to them. Again, with the migration to Florida and Texas, that should have a pretty big impact on the political nature of both states.

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                              • #210
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