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That's a good clarification. Payroll taxes are regressive. Even with those though you're nowhere close to your 80% rac example. And the wealthier classes pay more in income tax than the others. As it should be. I don't think the poor "have it pretty good". But why do you operate under...

Are you talking about this Paul Krugman? "Single payer has always been economically feasible!" he wrote. "Lots of countries do it; we do it for everyone 65 and older. It’s really quite weird that we talk as if single-payer would be a huge, radical departure from American practice when so many...

Right in the beginning of the constitution it states the role of this more perfect union is to promote general welfare. Seems like it is in the constitution.

Yes the current system is such a mess that Medicare for all could likely cover more people and still be more cost efficient. Do you really think the individual is setting the healthcare rules now? Not giant insurance corporations who have a profit incentive and duty to their share holders to...

I am alleging that we have a progressive tax system and nobody is paying 80% taxes

Well I expect the raise I get every year, i don't see that changing. It will depend on which plan gets instituted. Whether it's Bernie's Medicare for all, or having a public option, or whatever other plans are out there and their structure to pay for it. You've mentioned the 70% rate on...

It's interesting that you can't seem to honestly calculate the taxes a family of 4 would pay on $61k income. It'd be closer to 8% effective tax rate on income than 80%.

Now look who is putting words in someone else's mouth. Sad. Are those the freedoms you feel like you're defending when you scoff at single payer healthcare? Celebrities donating to charities? Did charities not exist in the 50s, 60s, and 70s? 1/3 of all GoFundMe pages are for healthcare...

So you propose cutting taxes in half and eliminating departments that do not equate to 50% of the budget. Not gonna pay the debt off anyone soon like that. Not many people will disagree with you that money gets wasted all over.

I agree that the government always gets their cut. Death and taxes, as they say. You do realize that you're being very disingenuous with the numbers you're plucking. That's bad math. Especially for a Tech guy. You can't just claim families are paying 80% taxes just because you averaged...

Ah, so you want better government services provided for what you pay in. No way me too! Like healthcare! We agree! Another victory for discourse!

I say not 70% because nobody will pay 70% effective tax rate. You throw around numbers like 70% or 85% as if it's a flat tax on all your income. Nobody is proposing that. And again I say, that's it? People who make over 10 Million dollars a year in income (not even including capital...

Nobody has proposed 85%. Nobody has proposed 70% really either. As radical as AOC is she only suggested 70% on income over $10M. Lower than what the US had in the 50's, 60's, and 70's. I agree the debt is an issue, but Republicans ain't doing jack about that. So yeah, is that it? Taxes...

So is that it? Tax rates? That's what is the antithesis of our principles as a country? What tax rates would be acceptable?

Since we are in a thread championing discourse, question: Is this referencing single payer healthcare? That seems to be the common thread between candidates you're alluding to that would be deemed socialist by some. If so, how is that limiting freedom and the antithesis off the principles...

I see that point and I think it's important to be clear what the possible outcomes are. A comparison of a 0.2 degree reduction in temperatures vs. continuing with the status quo doesn't seem like it's worth the risk but I don't think maintaining the status quo is the outcome we'll have by not...

I'd love the 2 party system to go by the wayside but until our voting procedures are changed I don't see a serious 3rd party happening any time soon.

From my experience it seems that this is the exception rather than the rule. Specifically with climate change at least. I think many on the right refuse to agree on the science and that's where a lot of the problem lies. Many take the view that "If the earth is getting warmer then it's not...

In general I think it's exaggerated but in order to exaggerate something there has to be some truth in there as well. I find myself shaking my head and being frustrated with new/headlines/rhetoric I see online involving some radical leftists trying to police language or wield online outrage...

https://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2019/4/5/18288133/south-florida-football-2019-preview-schedule-roster Bill Connelly put out his preview of USF rating them 71st per S&P+....and projected to beat GT. Who is ranked 89th. Yikes. There are so many questions and unknowns with our...