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]]> Comment on Benny Morris: A Mad Man or a Tactical Maneuver? by Webmaster http://rationalleft.com/2008/07/21/benny-morris-a-mad-man-or-a-tactical-tool/#comment-44 Webmaster Fri, 11 Jun 2010 06:17:30 +0000 http://rationalleft.com/2008/07/21/benny-morris-a-mad-man-or-a-tactical-tool/#comment-44 <strong>Hello! Please e-mail me your contacts. I have a question < a href="http://complective.ru/ webmaster@complective.ru" >...< /a >...</strong> Thank you!!!... Hello! Please e-mail me your contacts. I have a question < a href=”http://complective.ru/ webmaster@complective.ru” >…< /a >…

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]]> Comment on National Review Online - A Bastion of ‘Non-Sensism’ by muravchik http://rationalleft.com/2008/10/17/national-review-a-bastion-of-non-sensism/#comment-26 muravchik Fri, 24 Oct 2008 19:35:48 +0000 http://rationalleft.com/2008/10/17/national-review-a-bastion-of-non-sensism/#comment-26 Does nobody else realize that what Joe, or whatever his name is, wants to do is the cause for the financial trouble we're having today. He claims that he's a hard working man who's been saving up to buy this business. But the truth of the matter - as is the case for most Americans - is that he's trying to buy something he can't afford and is crying about it. He obviously doesn't have the money to buy the company and his brilliant plan is to use the future profits of the operations to finance his purchase. This reminds me of several hundred thousand people I once knew who tried to buy houses they couldn't afford with the money they would eventually receive from renting them out or selling for a profit. I'm a believer in the free markets, but I myself wouldn't even have to balls to make the argument that McCain is making here. Joe is trying to make the leap from blue to white collar. Wouldn't this leap be easier, although less gainful, if the gap between the collars were smaller? Having a more progressive tax structure would both increase Joe's salary and decrease the value of the business making it easier to buy the company. Whether you think the gap should be bigger or smaller is a question of opinion, but the arguments made here are flawed in many ways. Also, I don't really know why Joe thinks he'll be able to afford to hire more people with a lower tax rate on the company. Taxes only affect a company's bottom line, not the top. Only the company's income is taxed - not its revenues. This means that taking profits away from the company doesn't directly decrease its ability to hire employees. What it does do is take profits away from the owners. Also a matter of opinion - but Joe refuses to admit that this is what he's really worried about. Does nobody else realize that what Joe, or whatever his name is, wants to do is the cause for the financial trouble we’re having today. He claims that he’s a hard working man who’s been saving up to buy this business. But the truth of the matter - as is the case for most Americans - is that he’s trying to buy something he can’t afford and is crying about it.

He obviously doesn’t have the money to buy the company and his brilliant plan is to use the future profits of the operations to finance his purchase. This reminds me of several hundred thousand people I once knew who tried to buy houses they couldn’t afford with the money they would eventually receive from renting them out or selling for a profit. I’m a believer in the free markets, but I myself wouldn’t even have to balls to make the argument that McCain is making here. Joe is trying to make the leap from blue to white collar. Wouldn’t this leap be easier, although less gainful, if the gap between the collars were smaller? Having a more progressive tax structure would both increase Joe’s salary and decrease the value of the business making it easier to buy the company. Whether you think the gap should be bigger or smaller is a question of opinion, but the arguments made here are flawed in many ways.

Also, I don’t really know why Joe thinks he’ll be able to afford to hire more people with a lower tax rate on the company. Taxes only affect a company’s bottom line, not the top. Only the company’s income is taxed - not its revenues. This means that taking profits away from the company doesn’t directly decrease its ability to hire employees. What it does do is take profits away from the owners. Also a matter of opinion - but Joe refuses to admit that this is what he’s really worried about.

]]> Comment on Benny Morris: A Mad Man or a Tactical Maneuver? by Recent URLs tagged Ideology - Urlrecorder http://rationalleft.com/2008/07/21/benny-morris-a-mad-man-or-a-tactical-tool/#comment-25 Recent URLs tagged Ideology - Urlrecorder Wed, 24 Sep 2008 06:01:05 +0000 http://rationalleft.com/2008/07/21/benny-morris-a-mad-man-or-a-tactical-tool/#comment-25 [...] recorded first by dan90266 on 2008-09-23→ Benny Morris: A Mad Man or a Tactical Tool? [...] […] recorded first by dan90266 on 2008-09-23→ Benny Morris: A Mad Man or a Tactical Tool? […]

]]> Comment on When Will William Kristol Begin Real Work for the NY Times? by lana http://rationalleft.com/2008/04/08/when-will-william-kristol-begin-real-work-for-the-ny-times/#comment-18 lana Mon, 14 Apr 2008 21:28:47 +0000 http://rationalleft.com/2008/04/08/when-will-william-kristol-begin-real-work-for-the-ny-times/#comment-18 better question is when will you start writing for your blog again? lazy crocodile. better question is when will you start writing for your blog again? lazy crocodile.

]]> Comment on When Will William Kristol Begin Real Work for the NY Times? by lana http://rationalleft.com/2008/04/08/when-will-william-kristol-begin-real-work-for-the-ny-times/#comment-17 lana Tue, 08 Apr 2008 22:45:40 +0000 http://rationalleft.com/2008/04/08/when-will-william-kristol-begin-real-work-for-the-ny-times/#comment-17 iggs, that IS his job. he is not supposed to be giving you anything more than plain empty rhetoric. if there would be any facts given at all , or any points backed by facts, then that would be absurd (for kristol). he is a self described intellectual, because no body else describes him as such. iggs, that IS his job. he is not supposed to be giving you anything more than plain empty rhetoric. if there would be any facts given at all , or any points backed by facts, then that would be absurd (for kristol).
he is a self described intellectual, because no body else describes him as such.

]]> Comment on Bush Preempts Obama on Iran: Engagement in Process by lana http://rationalleft.com/2008/03/27/bush-preempts-obama-on-iran-engagement-in-process/#comment-12 lana Fri, 28 Mar 2008 19:53:51 +0000 http://rationalleft.com/2008/03/27/bush-preempts-obama-on-iran-engagement-in-process/#comment-12 i guess the peace between palestine and israel was unreachable, so he moved on to talking with iran, in order to leave some sort of a political legacy. u'know, the one besides being one of the worst presidents in the history of the U.S. (the spot that was before only occupied by F. Pierce) i guess the peace between palestine and israel was unreachable, so he moved on to talking with iran, in order to leave some sort of a political legacy. u’know, the one besides being one of the worst presidents in the history of the U.S. (the spot that was before only occupied by F. Pierce)

]]> Comment on The Real and Vast Foreign Policy Differences Between Clinton and Obama by lennythegreat1 http://rationalleft.com/2008/03/12/the-real-and-vast-foreign-policy-differences-between-clinton-and-obama/#comment-11 lennythegreat1 Wed, 12 Mar 2008 15:09:32 +0000 http://rationalleft.com/2008/03/12/the-real-and-vast-foreign-policy-differences-between-clinton-and-obama/#comment-11 it is important to note not just the problematic issue of iran, but they are also not saying much, so far as i know, about other prime international issues like china, russia (and the recent "election"), venezuela, etc... it is important to note not just the problematic issue of iran, but they are also not saying much, so far as i know, about other prime international issues like china, russia (and the recent “election”), venezuela, etc…

]]> Comment on The Las Vegas Democratic Debate: Another Night of Rhetoric and Empty Slogans by Mike Gravel » The Las Vegas Democratic Debate: Another Night of Rhetoric and … http://rationalleft.com/2008/01/17/the-las-vegas-democratic-debate-another-night-of-rhetoric-and-empty-slogans/#comment-10 Mike Gravel » The Las Vegas Democratic Debate: Another Night of Rhetoric and … Fri, 18 Jan 2008 03:00:10 +0000 http://rationalleft.com/2008/01/17/the-las-vegas-democratic-debate-another-night-of-rhetoric-and-empty-slogans/#comment-10 [...] Iggy wrote an interesting post today on The Las Vegas Democratic Debate: Another Night of Rhetoric and …Here’s a quick excerptSo now that the actually experienced candidates have departed, like Senator Joe Biden and Chris Dodd, while Dennis Kucinich and Mike Gravel have been punished for expressing the wrong views, we have the predictable three candidates in … [...] […] Iggy wrote an interesting post today on The Las Vegas Democratic Debate: Another Night of Rhetoric and …Here’s a quick excerptSo now that the actually experienced candidates have departed, like Senator Joe Biden and Chris Dodd, while Dennis Kucinich and Mike Gravel have been punished for expressing the wrong views, we have the predictable three candidates in … […]

]]> Comment on The South Carolina GOP Debate: Marginalization of Democracy by Mike Gravel » The South Carolina GOP Debate: Marginalization of Democracy http://rationalleft.com/2008/01/13/the-south-carolina-gop-debate-marginalization-of-democracy/#comment-9 Mike Gravel » The South Carolina GOP Debate: Marginalization of Democracy Tue, 15 Jan 2008 17:19:36 +0000 http://rationalleft.com/2008/01/13/the-south-carolina-gop-debate-marginalization-of-democracy/#comment-9 [...] Rational Left wrote an interesting post today on The South Carolina GOP Debate: Marginalization of DemocracyHere’s a quick excerptMeanwhile Mike Gravel is not even allowed to participate in the debates…. [...] […] Rational Left wrote an interesting post today on The South Carolina GOP Debate: Marginalization of DemocracyHere’s a quick excerptMeanwhile Mike Gravel is not even allowed to participate in the debates…. […]

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