Communism is bad?

[devonin]

Re: Communism is bad?

As of 2011, the income tax rates on Connecticut individuals are divided into six tax brackets of 3%, 5%, 5.5%, 6%, 6.5% and 6.7%

Yeah, those all look like 30%...also, what on earth does high income tax have to do with communism?

[bmah]

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Nothing. But I presume it's implied in the sense of money/revenue taken by the government = more communist-oriented than capitalist-oriented where the government is more laissez-faire on people's lifestyles.
I.e. I guess Icecube is complaining about the distribution of capital in capitalistic "free" America and is implying his support that "communism is bad". Whatever. The post seems to be mostly catharsis and venting.

edit@below: eeh, yes it is venting, you can stop denying it now
...sure you have the right to be dissatisfied, but that's besides the point of this thread

[iCeCuBEz v2]

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it's not catharsis and venting it is the America that I live in now. I have the right to be kind of "pissed off" about it.

[fido123]

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Still though, America has insanly low taxes. Taxes are NEEDED for a society to function. If you want less taxes move to Botswana.

EDIT: Even Botswana has taxs apperantly...

[~Zeta~]

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dude in CT..... "taxes" are a ****load of the individual's own revenue... yeah spending "tax money wisely" is one thing.... but I'd complain in CT as well if I have to pay 30% of my earned income on "tax day." property tax in CT is also absurd.... especially when the housing market is so ****ed no matter what one "does to their" house, selling it is almost futile in this day and age because it won't match the "total money spent" on the "additions to that house"..... "houses" aren't even a smart investment in America today..... at least for now.... even with "refinancing stuff," people find better methods of paying their house with "better mortgage rates" but they still get ****ed on interest rates...... they end up paying wayyyyyy more in the long run for "that house" then just paying for it in cash themselves.

ya: taxes in CT blatantly suck; can't deny that one...... I care about the individual's revenue but no matter the individual they STILL pay a ****load in "tax money." The value of the typical American $1.00 IS important.... to every American that spends that "$1.00." How wisely they invest their money they STILL get butt****ed by tax.

This. So. Much.

Earned 188 for a part time job, 30 bucks disappear to taxes. I know I can get that back, but it sucks I don't have it for the holidays.

CT is pretty absurd with costs. One thing I totally disagree with is pay a yearly 'car tax' as well. Like $75+ depending on car. $85 for like a SUV or something.


back on communism. Can't really tell if communism is bad or not. From what I think and discussed in history classes and teachers is that it failed tremendously from the leaders corrupting the nation/government. I think communism has a chance in smaller, controllable situations. Maybe on large scale, but we have the past to support that communist leaders have an effect in the manner of communism working and how 'bad' it is.

[HammyMcSquirrel]

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dude in CT..... "taxes" are a ****load of the individual's own revenue... yeah spending "tax money wisely" is one thing.... but I'd complain in CT as well if I have to pay 30% of my earned income on "tax day." property tax in CT is also absurd.... especially when the housing market is so ****ed no matter what one "does to their" house, selling it is almost futile in this day and age because it won't match the "total money spent" on the "additions to that house"..... "houses" aren't even a smart investment in America today..... at least for now.... even with "refinancing stuff," people find better methods of paying their house with "better mortgage rates" but they still get ****ed on interest rates...... they end up paying wayyyyyy more in the long run for "that house" then just paying for it in cash themselves.

ya: taxes in CT blatantly suck; can't deny that one...... I care about the individual's revenue but no matter the individual they STILL pay a ****load in "tax money." The value of the typical American $1.00 IS important.... to every American that spends that "$1.00." How wisely they invest their money they STILL get butt****ed by tax.

Please keep the main thread topic in mind 'cause this is driving things off topic. It'd be better to make a separate thread talking about this sort of thing than to do it here.

[iCeCuBEz v2]

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ahh ok that makes sense.... I'll just talk about communism next time

communism is just wrong..... right guys?

[Cavernio]

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Still not quite getting my point rubied. A large part of what defines having a mental illness, professionally, is the inability to live in society as a working, functional member. Anyone who does absolutely nothing is obviously a very ****ed up person who is mentally or physically ill. This is totally not on topic.
Communism probably doesn't have any more of an answer than capitalism does, but I have not studied it so I would not qualify to answer you even if I came up with a brilliant idea (which I haven't).
The term 'mentally handicapped' is the official word for 'retard' in circles that study retardedness and was supposed to be less mean than the word 'retard', and it is far from being solely measured by IQ tests. Any term for anyone who's not smart is going to automatically be derogatory because we think poorly of stupid people.

[fido123]

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Retard means slow. A mental handicap could be you think slowly or retarded, but the term could mean anything from bi-polarism to downs syndrome. Being bi-polar doesn't make you any slower.

[Cavernio]

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My mistake. The official terms are Mental/Developmental Disability (not handicap) and Mental Illness. Bi-polar disorder is specifically a mental illness. Down syndrome is a mental disability. Someone with a mental disability could also have a mental illness, like someone with down syndrome who is also bi-polar.
But I still think handicap is synonym for disability and is not for illness.

[devonin]

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But I still think handicap is synonym for disability and is not for illness.

This is pretty much exactly how the term has come to be used. Someone who is 'handicapped' is, exactly like the term means, someone who has some kind of shortcoming or lack of ability that impacts their ability to act in a "normal" way. Physical handicaps are things like missing or atrophied limbs, a malfunctioning nervous system etc. Mental handicaps would be things like Downs Syndrome or you could argue, things like Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder.

A handicap and an illness are not the same thing, though plenty of illnesses could be said to handicap you.