Black activitists and politicians force Trader Joe's grocery out:
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I tend to take a very literal interpretation of language. I am very careful in the way that I use words, and I tend not to intuitively remember that speech is often distorted by the political process.
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...to the so-called "Liberal" party, despite the fact that the former seem hell-bent on legislating morality while the latter would appear, at least superficially, to be sympathetic to many of the underlying tenets of a socio-economic philosophy which lies somewhere between Marxism and State Socialism.
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In my dream world, the 28th Amendment to the US Constitution prohibits candidates for any popularly-elected Federal office from openly declaring themselves to be aligned with any political party or religious sect, and prohibits the organizing of political parties for the purpose of endorsing or representing candidates for said office.
(It also requires that, prior to registration, prospective voters submit to an examination similar to the Naturalization Test which is required of all foreign nationals applying for US Citizenship.)
(It also requires that, prior to registration, prospective voters submit to an examination similar to the Naturalization Test which is required of all foreign nationals applying for US Citizenship.)
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You know, I really like that idea. And yet it was just this past week that someone over in the taxation thread really jumped on me and accused me of being willfully ignorant (or something like that) for saying "I don't understand why people are happy about tax refunds- I'd far rather owe my whole tax burden in April."
I suspect that there are enough people who don't understand how income tax works that such an idea would never fly, though not for the reasons that you & I might consider intuitively obvious.
"What do you mean you want to take away my tax refund?!?"
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I'd rather substitute the income tax with a national sales tax. I hate the time and efficiency lost to filling tax returns. I hate how the tax code is a playground for politicians returning favors. I hate that dishonest people can so easily evade taxes. I hate . . . .
I'm a hater.
I'm a hater.
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It will never happen though. It removes the power of Congress/IRS to punish/reward *insert X group* through the tax code.
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And, of course, a certain percentage of the population will believe that a flat sales tax is inherently regressive, and that, furthermore, regressive taxation is inherently either unfair, or more unfair than progressive taxation.
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