Tax Holiday coming up. (Peaceful protest)

Discussion in 'Politics' started by peilthetraveler, Apr 3, 2010.

  1. MKTrader

    MKTrader


    Yes, I know what a logical fallacy is. You commited several in those pathetic "rebuttals." Care to identify the one you made in point #2 for me if you're an expert in logical fallacies (either the Latin or English term is fine)?

    You also made numerous grammatical/spelling errors. My third-grader writes better than you. At least he knows what a proper noun is and usually knows where to place apostrophes.

    Anyway, back to your "rebuttals."

    1) A tax is still a tax, whether it affects you or not. There are plenty of smokers who make less than $250K.

    2) Read the freakin' health bill. Taxes are mentioned. Of course, you probably listen to the idiot Congressmen who didn't read the bill either.

    3) Whether Obama's horrendous Tax-n-Trade is passed or not, the fact remains (a) that his administration wants it to pass and (b) it will be a tax on most Americans. Hence, he is trying to pass yet another tax to the >$250K crowd. He's lying yet again.

    4) Same as above.

    Consider yourself refuted. Now go back and mindlessly chant "yes we can" the next time your messiah is in town and promises to transfer more money from the hard-working to lazy entitlement junkies. And stay out of the voting booth until you at least get a basic grasp of logic, math, grammar and history. At this point, you're just another brainwashed drone.
     
    #21     Apr 5, 2010
  2. 1)Its NOT a tax for me since i do not HAVE to pay for it. It does not affect my financially in any way shape or form since i DO NOT smoke.

    2)You keep using an Ad Hominem. Im asking for proof, you say im an idiot who listens to my congressman. It's giving tax breaks for Small Businesses who would be considered to be in the under 250k bracket.

    3)Just because he WANTS to pass it doesnt mean the bill WILL get passed. Also there is no proof that if Cap N Trade gets passed it will raise taxes for everyone under 250k.

    4)Its still an IF and just because he WANTS to do it doesnt make it a reality.

    After i said you have no proof you continue to attack me instead of the argument.

    That is the problem with Anti-Obamists, if you agree with him then you are a idiot but there is alot of stuff i dont like about Obama, i just like him because he is at least trying to if problems. Maybe the way he fixes is questionable but he's trying none the less. He's doing a better job than Republicans who all they do is complain about other people's solutions to fix problems.

    BTW, i didnt use any Logical Fallacies in my Rebuttals which im guessing you still have no idea what it means. In #2 I only said that because you said i sip Obama's kool-aid, i thought it would balance it out a bit if i said something about tea-baggers which i assume you are and i have no problem with that.

    And you're really going to attack me on my uses of commas and apostrophes? Who cares?

    I can see you are getting too emotional about this which i have no idea why, its just a simple argument.
     
    #22     Apr 5, 2010
  3. MKTrader

    MKTrader

    This is going nowhere fast. You did correctly identify the ad hominem[\], but it was in your rebuttal, not what I wrote in response.

    The facts are that Obama has

    (a) Broken his promise (repeatedly) to not raise taxes on the $250K+ crowd. It doesn't matter if you don't smoke or trade futures. His taxes (or proposed) taxes will affect those who do. (Sorry, but this isn't all about you, nor does the world revolve around your axis. To say that his promise is still valid "because he wants to raise taxes but hasn't" completely misses the point. By your logic, if I try to shoot you and the bullet narrowly misses,
    I shouldn't do any jail time.

    If you can't see the holes in your "rebuttals" for points 1-4, I'm not sure what will make you see the light. He HAS broken his promise (tobacco and health care...again read the bill) and he's trying to break it in other ways. So he's lying--no ifs, ands, or buts--just like he lied about pulling us out of Iraq as his first presidential act.

    As others have stated, $250K is a completely arbitrary figure anyway, since the cost of living makes $250K very different based on where you live. But that's typical Obama demagoguery, preying on the envy, greed and lack of critical thinking skills of his blind followers. More than anything, he's attacking small business owners who will scrap plans to grow or hire new employees if it sends them to the $250K category.

    (b) Taken over a huge chunk of the economy in just two years (though he has zero executive/business experience...he couldn't run a 7/11 if he had to).

    (c) Run up the deficit and burdened future generations FAR more than any other president in such a short time. And it's true that he (and Bush and many before them) "inherited" some of the problems they face. However, his post-election stimulus and future spending (cost overruns on health care will grow exponentially...just like SS and Medicare) are an absolute travesty. It would be much better to "complain about other people's solutions" as you stated than follow his course. The last time the parties argued and we largely had gridlock was great (remember the late 90s and reduction of gov't spending?). I was no Clinton fan but he was a moderate economically and once he lost his useful idiot support in '94 it was great for the country. Gridlock is our best scenario at this point.

    You had other logical fallacies, and poor grammar reflects a lack of careful thought and/or educational gaps...but I digress. If you can just realize that "trying to do something" is almost always the wrong solution (especially for a clueless idealogue like Obama), we've gotten somewhere. Otherwise let's just close down this discussion.
     
    #23     Apr 6, 2010
  4. Clueless Ignoramus... ON IGNORE!
     
    #24     Apr 6, 2010
  5. NOT TRUE!! Obama campainged as a Centrist... with his "hope and change" to "right all that we perceived as the 'Bush wrongs'".... to be "transparent".. "bi-partisan"... to "drain the swamp of Washington corruption and be THE MOST ETHICAL CONGRESS EVER"... LIES, MORE LIES, AND TOTAL LIES!!!!!!!!

    HE LIED THROUGH THIS FRICKIN' TEETH during the campaign..... AND SINCE! We bought the "free ice cream" line and got SUCKED IN!!! Can't we do something about being nationally conned?.. or do we just have to take it up the tail pipe for being so greedy and gullible??

    ALL along, I protested that he was a LIAR AND A FRAUD... all I got from the ET "one-brain-cells", was "you're just a farkin' racist"...

    Do y'all get it NOW?? :mad:
     
    #25     Apr 6, 2010
  6. clacy

    clacy

    Yes, he had all of the centrist, "Trust me, I'm a different kind of politician" rhetoric, but if you listened to any of his policy platform, he is doing exactly what he said he would do.

    Did he not run using health care reform as a major component? Did he not say many times that he wanted to "transform" America?

    My point is that if you listened to him and looked at his previous voting record, he's doing exactly what you should have expected.

    The problem is that the average independent voter makes their decision based on the most charismatic candidate.

    That of course was Obama, and now their pissed because he's doing what he said all along.
     
    #26     Apr 6, 2010
  7. Come on, man... WAKE UP. You're missing the point.

    His "top tier message"... which everyone glommed onto was... to be "transparent".. "bi-partisan"... to "drain the swamp of Washington corruption and be THE MOST ETHICAL CONGRESS EVER"... + free health care.

    His "underlying message".... the one we heard but ignored because we were promised FREE ICE CREAM... was the "fundamental transformation of America"... we perceived that as a good thing... we were WRONG.... WE WERE DUPED...

    He promised to FUNDAMENTALLY FUCK OVER AMERICA.. and he's doing that... but that's not what we PERCEIVED we were voting for... You can't say "we voted for it, so STFU"... thats WRONG!

    (One more DUMBASS comment like your last, and I'm putting YOU on ignore...)
     
    #27     Apr 6, 2010
  8. clacy

    clacy

    Oh a threat to put me on ignore.......how terrifying. Go for it dork.

    I didn't vote for Obama, so don't put me in the "DUPED" category. If you fall into that category, then that's your problem.

    Anyone that voted against Obama and donated money to opposition candidates like myself, can rightfully be pissed at his actions.

    But anyone that did vote for Obama, should not be surprised with him in the least. He had the most liberal voting record of all Senators prior to running.

    His number one issue, was health care reform. What did people expect? He talked about "sharing the wealth", and "transforming" America. What did you expect from a Harvard lawyer, community organizer?

    Maybe if you only listened to the mainstream media, you would have just taken away the "hope and change" message that they helped pump. But if you did ANY homework, you would know that this was exactly what he planned to do all along.
     
    #28     Apr 6, 2010
  9. Oh, the humanity! :p

    Note to moderator: "Economics" my eye. This thread is P&R sewage.
     
    #29     Apr 6, 2010
  10. MKTrader

    MKTrader


    Some definitely bought into all that, but no one with an iota of intelligence should have.

    In his short stint as a senator, he had perhaps the most liberal voting record of any of his colleagues, which included self-proclamied socialist Bernie Saunders. Considering this and his books, interviews, connection with Jeremiah Wright and other nutjobs, etc., it should be no surprise what he's doing. There's absolutely nothing "moderate" about him past or present.

    Once again, though, much of America is now about as gullible as 1970s Jonestown. They fall for hype, spin and direct lies from the media as easily as any brainwashed cultists.
     
    #30     Apr 6, 2010