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Liberals are like abused women

Discussion in 'Political Opinions & Beliefs' started by Spooky, Apr 24, 2018.

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  1. Longshot

    Longshot Well-Known Member

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    That's not a paraphrase. "to contribute more" is not the same as "get more".
     
    Longshot, Apr 25, 2018
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    Iriemon Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Nice try.
     
    Iriemon, Apr 25, 2018
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    Anyway, the top quintile contributes the lion's share of the nation's income
     
    Longshot, Apr 25, 2018
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    Iriemon Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    No. Your assertion is based upon an inference you are making without evidence, support, or even rational argument, that the income someone gets is equal to the contribution they make, because it suits your political ideology.

    You've utterly failed to show any prove or evidence that your inference is accurate.

    Your assertion that the "rich are contributing the lion's share" to the nation's income is thus shown as nothing more than unsubstantiated, baseless say-so based on partisan ideology.
     
    Iriemon, Apr 25, 2018
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    The nation's income is the sum of all individual incomes. The higher one's income, the more one contributes to the nation's income. It's basic math.
     
    Longshot, Apr 25, 2018
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    No. Your assertion is based upon an inference you are making without evidence, support, or even rational argument, that the income someone gets is equal to the contribution they make, because it suits your political ideology.

    You've utterly failed to show any prove or evidence that your inference is accurate.

    Your assertion that the "rich are contributing the lion's share" to the nation's income is thus shown as nothing more than unsubstantiated, baseless say-so based on partisan ideology.

    How many times to you want to repeat the same thing over and over?
     
    Iriemon, Apr 25, 2018
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    No, I'm not inferring that. I'm not saying that at all.
    Maybe it would help if you gave your own definition of "the nation's income"
     
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    Longshot, Apr 25, 2018
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    Let's make it easy.

    We'll take *your* position, that "the amount that someone contributes is always the same amount they get, and the amount they get is always the same amount they contribute."

    With that position, we can rephrase your statement to be: "top quintile gets the lion's share of the nation's income."

    And with that, we can all agree.
     
    Iriemon, Apr 26, 2018
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    Contributes, not gets.
     
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    Using your position and inaccurate definition -- same thing:


    Top quintile gets the lion's share of the nation's income.

    Yep.
     
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    Iriemon, Apr 26, 2018
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    That's backwards. The nation's income is the sum of everyone's individual income. Each of us contributes to this sum. The rich just happen to contribute the lion's share.
     
    Longshot, Apr 26, 2018
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    THREAD LOCKED - Rule 3 - Flamebaiting

    This thread was locked because the OP engages in flamebait using an extreme example of domestic abuse to describe members of this forum's motivation in dealing with trade policy.

    The thread was not deleted in its entirety because intelligent discourse on trade policy did eventually emerge.
     
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    Lee S, Apr 26, 2018
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