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Martin BadClixx
Jul 14, 2012

dada stijl

:cumpolice:

lorn Wayne posted:

p sure london is in texas, so im coming

Yeehaw

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UFOTacoMan
Sep 22, 2005

Thanks easter bunny!
bok bok!

punchymcpunch posted:

"what even is a web sight?!"

sullat
Jan 9, 2012

Addamere posted:

Rome at least was smart enough to keep paying the military as the empire crumbled

Lolwut? Have you even heard about the crisis of the third century? Or the whole Manzikert fiasco?

Flavius Aetass
Mar 30, 2011

Martin BadClixx posted:

Heck, all forums posters are free to ride the with me on horses in to the sunset.


Bit only if ur atleast this Texan

*turns around, stands up from bar stool*

i don't know, they say i'm pretty texan

*reaches up rear end in a top hat, twists arm, pulls out a freshly uncapped lone star bottle, spits*

Martin BadClixx
Jul 14, 2012

dada stijl

:cumpolice:

sullat posted:

Lolwut? Have you even heard about the crisis of the third century? Or the whole Manzikert fiasco?

He has heard of swimming

UFOTacoMan
Sep 22, 2005

Thanks easter bunny!
bok bok!

I did a thing posted:

lügenpresse worked before, and its working again

i need to :sever: with some family/friends because all they talk is politics but only their politics is the right kind of politics and i'm an rear end in a top hat for not validating their ~~*opinions*~~

listen here bud: everyone is entitled to their opinion

pathetic little tramp
Dec 12, 2005

by Hillary Clinton's assassins
Fallen Rib



hahahahahahahaha ahhhh fuckk gently caress fucka hahahahaahahahaha death to america

fits my needs
Jan 1, 2011

Grimey Drawer
https://twitter.com/JoeBiden/status/1015217112141451264

Fuckt Tupp
Apr 19, 2007

Science
https://twitter.com/ByronYork/status/1015216838186356736

WE DIDNT START THE FIRE

fits my needs
Jan 1, 2011

Grimey Drawer

UFOTacoMan posted:

the pool enforcer has retired from his position.
I didn't realize this guy was in charge of things...that's super bad.
I was wondering why he was carrying around a sprinkler so at least there is some closure there.

https://twitter.com/ddale8/status/1015224275500961792

wow, addamere's story of swimming all of those laps takes a dark turn

lorn Wayne
Jan 7, 2006

:staredog::meowth::pipe:

cool

biden becoming a camp commandant i see

UFOTacoMan
Sep 22, 2005

Thanks easter bunny!
bok bok!
https://twitter.com/atroyn/status/1014974099930714115

jBrereton
May 30, 2013
Grimey Drawer
lol

just, on so many levels.

I did a thing
Mar 23, 2017

On the chest of a barmaid in Sale, were tattooed the prices of ale. And on her behind for the sake of the blind, was the same information in braille.

Martin BadClixx posted:

Heck, all forums posters are free to ride the with me on horses in to the sunset.


Bit only if ur atleast this Texan

are you deathcrew? cause i'd like to ride a pale horse.

Iron Crowned
May 6, 2003

by Hand Knit
Did the fat bitch tweet yet today?

fits my needs
Jan 1, 2011

Grimey Drawer
https://twitter.com/Bencjacobs/status/1015227693749751808

:yeshaha:

euphronius
Feb 18, 2009

lmao 242 years of freedom for some

Bart - SCROTUS
Nov 21, 2002

I'm a geek, I'm a geek
I'm a power tool

When I sing this song
I look like a fool

:d2a: :d2a:


you first senor joe

:thermidor:

Good Soldier Svejk
Jul 5, 2010


The best part is this probably doesn't even hurt any of the rich fucks' portfolios.

euphronius
Feb 18, 2009

liberals are just the worst

Fuckt Tupp
Apr 19, 2007

Science
https://twitter.com/KingstonAReif/status/1015217843116367879

a win for diplomacy is a loss for the military

this is america

Fuckt Tupp
Apr 19, 2007

Science
if u need someone to fail quickly, u contact the trump admin

euphronius
Feb 18, 2009

lmao owned by Kim

lorn Wayne
Jan 7, 2006

:staredog::meowth::pipe:
chudly tone:] so what i hate soy and tofu lmao owned vegans

cumshitter
Sep 27, 2005

by Fluffdaddy

Epic High Five posted:

I got into an extended argument at a party a couple weeks ago with a libertarian who just kept saying "fake news!!!" as me and like 2 other people tried to describe tax brackets and progressive taxation lol, I guess when your whole worldview depends on believing something insanely wrong you just keep chugging away believing it no matter what

you should have called him a permanently embarrassed millionaire who will never earn enough to need to understand them and then thanked him for trying to lower your taxes

Fuckt Tupp
Apr 19, 2007

Science
https://twitter.com/dcexaminer/status/1015006807566245889

hes a dude
shes a dude
putins a dude
were all dudes
hey

mad.radhu
Jan 8, 2006




Fun Shoe
did this get posted already

https://twitter.com/thehill/status/1015209009283026944

Epic High Five
Jun 5, 2004



euphronius posted:

liberals are just the worst

asking them to explain why wages aren't rising despite a huge labor shortage has been fun tho

UFOTacoMan
Sep 22, 2005

Thanks easter bunny!
bok bok!

lorn Wayne
Jan 7, 2006

:staredog::meowth::pipe:

:owned:

euphronius
Feb 18, 2009


lmao why?

Epic High Five
Jun 5, 2004



cumshitter posted:

you should have called him a permanently embarrassed millionaire who will never earn enough to need to understand them and then thanked him for trying to lower your taxes

he's an ex-military guy so I went with off-handedly referencing successful progressive and socialist programs such as the GI Bill and the VA despite Republican efforts to destroy it

Fuckt Tupp
Apr 19, 2007

Science
https://twitter.com/GuardianUS/status/1015213829586907138

lmaoo

ASenileAnimal
Dec 21, 2017


lmao richard spencer got told to go back to gbs

Fuckt Tupp
Apr 19, 2007

Science
cleveland is forever owned

Tesseraction
Apr 5, 2009

https://twitter.com/calvinstowell/status/1015229767224909825

pathetic little tramp
Dec 12, 2005

by Hillary Clinton's assassins
Fallen Rib
another victim on the altar of lowtax

https://twitter.com/chescaleigh/status/1015217946879197184

he warned us that the internet is loving stupid and ruins everything

Squizzle
Apr 24, 2008




Addamere posted:

you are hereby requested and required

Squizzle posted:

theyre not taxpayer dollars, theyre govt dollars

govt creates money. taxation is a method of destroying money, removing it from circulation in targeted ways. it isnt a funding mechanism, because govt can create more money outta thin air. the 2 reasons to try to keep govt income and govt budget in any sorta near-parity are: totally misunderstanding how a modern treasury works; preventing inflation

the us has an ENORMOUS buffer to chew thru before inflation ticks up in an uncontrolled way, and we never use it for much because idk pure capital moronism i guess?? idk im just a simple idiot shitposter

Squizzle posted:

yeah

govt is the highest level of formal organization in a society

money is one of the sub-govt methods we use for managing the allocation of resources w/in society

but a society tautologically has access to all of that society's resources, ergo govt has the ability to use and manage resources as needed for the benefit of the whole society

govt does not need to use a lower level of organization (money) to decide how to allocate a goddamn thing

juche avocado posted:

i understand that it's shorthand & so i was being a bit willfully dense there for an opportunity to get off one of my pet peeves

but also it literally is [edit: buying into conservative framing, that is]. "taxpayer dollars" is a fiscal conservative canard designed to appeal to people who don't (and have no obligation to—it's fine!) understand how a family budget—their budget—hell, even a corporate budget!—small business owners —is/are in no way comparable to the federal budget

it's an obfuscation tactic. here's the process:
1. congress decides to spend money
2. money is appropriated. money is created.
3. tax dollars come in so as to control the value of the money created at all the various step 2s over the years since we dumped the gold standard

"taxpayer dollars" conjures an image of:
0. tax dollars come in
1. congress decides money should be spent. 2. congress checks the bank account balance and
3. taxes more if they don't have enough money
4. the money is spent
4b. any leftover money is a good thing!! it means u suceeeded!!!!! yay! less can be STOLEN on the next step 0

which is completely backwards.

notably that is how it works at the city and federal and literally everywhere else that isn't blessed with the divine right of currency printing so it's an effective tactic

i just want to push back against it where i can, which is basically only here. it was, i admit, a thin excuse to push back

but squizzle saw it too so i'm not alone :unsmith:

Epic High Five
Jun 5, 2004



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Fuckt Tupp
Apr 19, 2007

Science
https://twitter.com/StephenKing/status/1015209593507639298

the death of decorum does a frighten to the master of horror

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