tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post2349494406787943361..comments2024-03-29T02:18:35.303-07:00Comments on TAG Blog: Cartoon Socialism!Steve Huletthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05537689111433326847noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-76133945627667454102013-09-01T09:22:31.683-07:002013-09-01T09:22:31.683-07:00I'm in favor of the Reagan tax package of '...I'm in favor of the Reagan tax package of '86. Four rates, the top one at 26%. ALL income, however derived, taxed at the appropriate rate. None of this "long-term capital gains" crap. <br /><br />Income is income is income.Steve Huletthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05537689111433326847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-34943955060720392062013-08-24T18:19:29.722-07:002013-08-24T18:19:29.722-07:00If you don't like "corporate welfare"...If you don't like "corporate welfare", then you should want a flat tax rate. <br />A flat tax would effectively end all corporate tax breaksOswald Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13790750339539864121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-71799711173321100602013-08-19T10:53:01.103-07:002013-08-19T10:53:01.103-07:00To be perfectly clear: "Socialism," as ...To be perfectly clear: "Socialism," as used above, is snark.<br /><br />It's a word without meaning, at this point. Like calling any politician you don't like "Hitler."<br /><br />The U.S. of A. LOVES state subsidies. They're all over the place, and they're "good" when they do something you like, and "bad" when they do something you don't.<br /><br />A Tennessee congress critter recently voted against food stamps even as he voted for large federal subsidies that benefited his family farm. TBut this is okay because one form of largesse is all star-spangled, don't you know, while the other is for the undeserving poor and so is COMMUNISM!<br /><br />But that's the way things go here in E. Pluribus Unum.Steve Huletthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05537689111433326847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-43653256296400570572013-08-18T17:55:26.629-07:002013-08-18T17:55:26.629-07:00Big Business has always enjoyed "socialism&qu...Big Business has always enjoyed "socialism" from U.S. Taxpayers. Sometimes when they need it, but more often than not lately, they're just bilking the U.S. Taxpayer. FAR more than any individual.<br /><br />It's not Socialism the U.S. has a problem with, it's corporate Communism, the likes of donald trump, koch brothers, and g.w. bush and dick.Granthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07765810086441119030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-63376887937097763042013-08-17T19:40:07.914-07:002013-08-17T19:40:07.914-07:00I read and understood the joke. It was funny, but ...I read and understood the joke. It was funny, but it was about corporate socialism. <br />The term socialism has lost all meaning, because people just use it for "government interference" whenever they think its "bad", or often just in place of "communism" (which is Evil)<br />America has a military and state school system, which are also "socialist", but I wouldn't consider either to be a terrible thing.<br />Pet peeve anyway, I don't mind discussing the merits/problems of subsidies, I just hate seeing that term used to describe anything people think is wrong because of their political ideologyAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15271485564184513607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-71668791596142509912013-08-17T11:27:55.509-07:002013-08-17T11:27:55.509-07:00I think you both missed Steve's wisecrack abou...I think you both missed Steve's wisecrack about the American oil industry, which receives <a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2013/03/americas-most-obvious-tax-reform-idea-kill-the-oil-and-gas-subsidies/274121/" rel="nofollow">subsidies</a> from Uncle Sam.Celshaderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06835531857425033524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-71060638644086354612013-08-17T07:31:29.071-07:002013-08-17T07:31:29.071-07:00Yeah, it's really an American thing that we th...Yeah, it's really an American thing that we think it's bad.Chris Sobieniakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09838106041175506925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-41898205888444392962013-08-17T06:06:45.715-07:002013-08-17T06:06:45.715-07:00You realise that socialism isn't a dirty word ...You realise that socialism isn't a dirty word outside of America right?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15271485564184513607noreply@blogger.com