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garith21
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1 day ago
What the Heck is Love? Pt 8b: Manly Testosterone (2/2)
@destronia123
Uh, speaking frankly one cannot claim that we have total free will as long as such physical phenomenon can influence behavior. Also simply describing how reality works doesn't mean that it eliminates personal responsibility, while science can inform us of how things are, it doesn't...
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Santorum: Colleges diminishing faith
Rick Santorum tells a Florida crowd that liberal doctrines in universities are diminishing faith in students.
So, an education where no religion is brought into the picture is bad "indoctrination" even though it generally encourages critical thinking and exposing someone to new ideas and other points of view, but raising a mind that has no ability to think critically and with the idea that new ideas are ...
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Why Aren't The Rich Paying 50% in Taxes?
Tax Day (April 18) is fast approaching, which means anxiety and night sweats for about 99 percent of taxpayers.
And bitching and moaning by those ...
@kal9990
"one should be campaigning for a fair tax system that taxes income earners evenly while taking into account lower social-economics income earners."
But many of the super rich actually pay lower total taxes than a lot of Americans relative to their income. Income taxes should be in such ...
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Why Aren't The Rich Paying 50% in Taxes?
Tax Day (April 18) is fast approaching, which means anxiety and night sweats for about 99 percent of taxpayers.
And bitching and moaning by those ...
@TiconderogaX
Sorry, I should clarify on the lowest corporate taxes around before you talk about the canard of "35% highest taxes" nonsense. I am referring to effective taxes, as in taxes actually paid after subsides, deductions, loop holes, etc etc.
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Why Aren't The Rich Paying 50% in Taxes?
Tax Day (April 18) is fast approaching, which means anxiety and night sweats for about 99 percent of taxpayers.
And bitching and moaning by those ...
@TiconderogaX
...what you don't seem aware of is that businesses as they get larger tend to base what they do on what the market dictates...More demand means you produce more to match it, if you have too many workers for the demand you fire workers anyways. When your profits rank in the billions...
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Why Aren't The Rich Paying 50% in Taxes?
Tax Day (April 18) is fast approaching, which means anxiety and night sweats for about 99 percent of taxpayers.
And bitching and moaning by those ...
@TiconderogaX
Many rich people make money off of primarily capital gains tax which evades the income tax in favor of a much lower average tax. Rich individuals don't really "create a majority of jobs" as much as corporations do, even then there's evidence indicating that too low corporate taxes ...
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garith21
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4 days ago
Katharine Hayhoe: "..Much of This is Intended to Intimidate."
I had the privilege to interview Dr. Hayhoe this past weekend at the University of Michigan Ross School of Business, where the Erb Institute for Gl...
@anderwan
Doubtful, they're more likely to continue pairing her up with every other practicing climatologist and label her a liberal, socialist, lying, devil worshiper and send death threats.
Other practicing climatologists have been dealing with that sort of nonsense for years, they're more lik...
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Katharine Hayhoe: "..Much of This is Intended to Intimidate."
I had the privilege to interview Dr. Hayhoe this past weekend at the University of Michigan Ross School of Business, where the Erb Institute for Gl...
@Twostones00
I'm trying to figure out how anything I've said is "fox news type" heck you're drawing conclusions about my general statements and applying it to the Dr when I made no such statement which is an actual fox news tactic. Her work is important and needs to be accepted much like the res...
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Katharine Hayhoe: "..Much of This is Intended to Intimidate."
I had the privilege to interview Dr. Hayhoe this past weekend at the University of Michigan Ross School of Business, where the Erb Institute for Gl...
@Twostones00
"Who made you the authority on what Dr. Hayhoe has read?"
I also didn't make a comment on "what Dr. Hayhoe has read" as I made a comment about the general demographics of what polls indicate that most people that identify as christian haven't read the bible. Merely pointing out that...
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Katharine Hayhoe: "..Much of This is Intended to Intimidate."
I had the privilege to interview Dr. Hayhoe this past weekend at the University of Michigan Ross School of Business, where the Erb Institute for Gl...
@Twostones00
"Do you watch Fox news regularly?"
You should know that fox news has a general right leaning bias to the point of distorting reality, you should also know that fox news is really popular among the evangelical christian population in the United states as well, most climate deniers are...
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Katharine Hayhoe: "..Much of This is Intended to Intimidate."
I had the privilege to interview Dr. Hayhoe this past weekend at the University of Michigan Ross School of Business, where the Erb Institute for Gl...
@Twostones00
"What does the first comandment have to do with climate change?"
This is in reference to your claim that the god of the bible doesn't demand worship as if it's a moral imperative, religion of any kind has absolutely nothing to do with science.
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Katharine Hayhoe: "..Much of This is Intended to Intimidate."
I had the privilege to interview Dr. Hayhoe this past weekend at the University of Michigan Ross School of Business, where the Erb Institute for Gl...
@Twostones00
Sorry, but the first commandment is rather explicit that you worship the "one true god". As a matter a fact polls indicate as much as 95% of Christians haven't read the bible front to back. Most simply read what they're told to read and told how to interpret things based upon curre...
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@XenonDe
So why is it that everything I read says the company Megaupload is based in China, but the owners live in NZ?
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I thought Megaupload was a China based company. While it was apparently pursued by the US it's a China based site not a US one.
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garith21
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1 week ago
Killing Costs California $1 billion?
Fox News badly described the issues regarding closing California's death row at San Quentin prison when Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly talked to Fox N...
@mikitavi
1) Since 1978, California has executed 13 inmates, there are hundreds more on death roe, 4 times more have died from other causes instead of execution.
2) Not all on death roe are guilty, around 10% average tend to be exonerated based upon new evidence despite being found guilty previou...
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The Path to Prosperity (Episode 1): America's two futures, visualized
This 3-minute video is a visualization of the House Republicans' budget, "The Path to Prosperity," presented by Rep. Paul Ryan, chairman of the Hou...
@Srd1126
The degrees of difference in the rich and super rich are also quite wide gaps, there's large differences even between the top 1% and the top .01% of the population.
Factoring in for inflation the bottom 90% have had an increase of 1% total income, 90-95 a 30% increase, 95-99% a 51% incr...
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The Path to Prosperity (Episode 1): America's two futures, visualized
This 3-minute video is a visualization of the House Republicans' budget, "The Path to Prosperity," presented by Rep. Paul Ryan, chairman of the Hou...
@Srd1126
"Fox News Channel has a reputation and ratings to indicate a fair and balanced newscast."
K, you're so far off the deep end that there's no reason to continue a conversation. Fox news is so well known to display such a bias that it actually distorts news to the point that comedy shows ...
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The Path to Prosperity (Episode 1): America's two futures, visualized
This 3-minute video is a visualization of the House Republicans' budget, "The Path to Prosperity," presented by Rep. Paul Ryan, chairman of the Hou...
@Srd1126
""the rich" are not a static group as though the same people earn the same amounts over 40 years."
Right, according to studies factoring in inflation the super rich have only had a 400% increase in income while 90% of Americans have only had a 1% increase in income (factoring in inflatio...
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The Path to Prosperity (Episode 1): America's two futures, visualized
This 3-minute video is a visualization of the House Republicans' budget, "The Path to Prosperity," presented by Rep. Paul Ryan, chairman of the Hou...
@Srd1126
"Of course the bottom 47% would then have to start paying taxes."
The bottom 47% only don't pay income tax due to credits, they however pay a large portion of their income to taxes on all levels of government. more so than the average rich person anyways.
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The Path to Prosperity (Episode 1): America's two futures, visualized
This 3-minute video is a visualization of the House Republicans' budget, "The Path to Prosperity," presented by Rep. Paul Ryan, chairman of the Hou...
@Srd1126
"Rich people pay about 40%+ of their income in taxes"
Some do, some do not, many can in fact put off paying taxes almost indefinitely because of the way certain taxes are processed with various loopholes and deductions are applied
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The Path to Prosperity (Episode 1): America's two futures, visualized
This 3-minute video is a visualization of the House Republicans' budget, "The Path to Prosperity," presented by Rep. Paul Ryan, chairman of the Hou...
@Srd1126
1) Federal income tax isn't all taxes
2) A majority of other taxes are largely regressive especially when you factor in state and local taxes which is why I said "ALL taxes" and not federal income taxes
3) Considering many rich people make most of their money that would be covered in oth...
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garith21
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2 weeks ago
NOVA | Hunting the Elements
Premiering Wednesday, April 4 at 9PM/8c on PBS.
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garith21
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3 weeks ago
Where is OUR candidate?
I normally don't like to talk about politics. But this election year, I couldn't help but comment on the dearth of choices. Where is the candidat...
@DeathOfAMudkip
Right, he also sponsored a constitutional amendment that would "allow children to pray privately in schools"....apparently doesn't understand separation of church and state.
"He is for the separation of church and state, but not when it violates the 1st amendments free speech"
Bu...
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garith21
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3 weeks ago
@DeathOfAMudkip
"Like fuck Ron Paul is against separation of Church and State. Shame oh shame AronRa."
Ron Paul wrote: "The notion of a rigid separation between church and state has no basis in either the text of the Constitution or the writings of our Founding Fathers. On the contrary, our Found...
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garith21
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3 weeks ago
@Tzacharu123
His arguments are oversimplified in most cases. You should consider reading more into him. A lot of cases where he's against the federal government poking into our lives he doesn't care if the state does it instead. He wants a world where the state can reinstate any law they want,...
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garith21
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garith21
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William Lane 'Two Citations' Craig, Academic Midget
William Lane Craig likes to think of himself as an academic, an intellectual and if you believe his fans, 'is regarded by many as one of the worlds...
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garith21
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3 weeks ago
Can you really be an atheist and vote Republican?
I discuss my confusion regarding the Republican party and possible atheist voters.
Follow me on Twitter! @FearBlandness
@anubis2814
Yeah, I have to agree, for as much as I'd like to think my vote counts for a lot, in reality with the way the system is it's 2 party, stupid game theory. Also I agree in regards to Obama, he doesn't really have much to work with, if he was staunch on what he wanted nothing would have...
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garith21
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3 weeks ago
3.4.1(2) Atheism: Objections to Evidentialism
I respond to objections to Evidentialism regarding the use of provisional hypotheses, the alleged self-refuting properties of Evidentialism, the ev...
Glad to see you're able to make videos again, was a bit worried your real life responsibilities would make new videos virtually impossible. I'm kinda sad that you had to make this particular video, but at the same time I'm glad because I was tired of dealing with people that held this particular...
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garith21
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3 weeks ago
Obama on homosexuality
Obama on homosexuality
@ironcross66106
"it is completely abnormal to desire someone of the same sex."
So what. If it's between two consenting adults what harm is it to anyone else?
"And in most cases these people have suffered some form of trauma"
Again so what, it's still irrelevant to those that aren't born from t...
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Obama on homosexuality
Obama on homosexuality
@ironcross66106
Rofl, how does any 2 consenting adults hurt you or anyone else in any way? Oh no there are people that are different from me and we can't have anyone that's different. *scared*
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Obama on homosexuality
Obama on homosexuality
@isaac3rdcoin
he's not a "better christian" he's a better person between the two.
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AA Batteries: Which perform the best in Consumer Reports tests
AAs are still the most widely sold battery type, used in many toys, radios, flashlights, and remote controls, and in some digital cameras, though m...
@corpusc
Well...the math isn't that hard, to have equivalent shot value it would have to be 1.78 for the walgreens batteries, lower than that if you want more shot per cent. If you can find the batteries for lower than that then they're a better value. Keep in mind Consumer reports often puts t...
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RELIGIOUS People are crazy!!!!!
watch out Cheeeezus is gona get you.
@MymusicNc
1) why wont god heal amputees
2) many different religions claim faith based miracles that are just as unverifiable
3) We know it's wrong because we're aware of how other people feel and empathize. Our morality is subject to knowledge, thinking minds and the awareness that there are ot...
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Dr. Michio Kaku America Has A Secret Weapon
Dr. Michio Kaku speaks about how America's poor educational system has created a shortage of Americans who can perform high skilled technology jobs...
@deenie1219
So your evidence is a doctor making claims without supporting evidence or studies, then a bunch of clips...primarily from fox news then a bunch of people making more claims without evidence...I especially love the old recycled claims of thimerosol and autism because we stopped using i...
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France's health care system
Universal health care (99% coverage). Most of the French are satisfied. System is supported by an employer payroll tax of 12.5%. Employees pay...
@DandAinTac
Japan and Taiwan's systems aren't bad by any means, but yeah, as far as I've ever been able to tell on average ours is the worst care per dollar out of all the industrialized nations and we don't even cover everyone. That's not even including all the social and economic costs that co...
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garith21
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1 month ago
The Top 1%: Leave Us Alone!
Bankers have joined billionaires to fight back against attacks against the top one percent of income earners in America, including by forming somet...
@FilipKunc
"What would the fraction of wealth controlled by the bottom 25% and the top 1% would be in an ideal society according to you?"
I don't think there is such a thing as an "ideal society" however the ratio based upon available societies indicate a ratio of income of the lowest 20% to high...
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garith21
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1 month ago
The Top 1%: Leave Us Alone!
Bankers have joined billionaires to fight back against attacks against the top one percent of income earners in America, including by forming somet...
@FilipKunc
"paying a proportion of your income is no more objectively fair than paying a fixed amount."
how so? As long as taxes are a necessity to fund government it makes sense to tax those with the most disposable income the most. ie $1k means a lot more to someone who makes $20k a year stru...
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garith21
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1 month ago
The Top 1%: Leave Us Alone!
Bankers have joined billionaires to fight back against attacks against the top one percent of income earners in America, including by forming somet...
@FilipKunc
It's not that being born into wealth shouldn't be a factor, in America it's one of the biggest factors. Other countries it's still a factor but how hard you work is a greater factor than it is in America. While I'd want my kids to be able to inherit some of my wealth I see no reason ...
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garith21
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1 month ago
The Top 1%: Leave Us Alone!
Bankers have joined billionaires to fight back against attacks against the top one percent of income earners in America, including by forming somet...
@FilipKunc
Now to be clear, no one's saying the rich still shouldn't be richer than the average consumer, but the average consumer deserves a lot better than 1% of increased income in 3 decades while facing increased cost of living and inflation. Either you fix this by increasing minimum wage (w...
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garith21
commented
1 month ago
The Top 1%: Leave Us Alone!
Bankers have joined billionaires to fight back against attacks against the top one percent of income earners in America, including by forming somet...
@FilipKunc
Now to be clear, no one's saying the rich still shouldn't be richer than the average consumer, but the average consumer deserves a lot better than 1% of increased income in 3 decades while facing increased cost of living and inflation. Either you fix this by increasing minimum wage (w...
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About garith21's channel
Why Aren't The Rich Paying 50% in Taxes?
Tax Day (April 18) is fast approaching, which means anxiety and night sweats for about 99 percent of taxpayers.
And bitching and moaning by those ...
42,403 views
garith21 said:
@scienceatheism
"Regardless if it was or not he still signed it."
Besides, it only passed with about a 90% approval rating in congress, even if he tried to veto it like he originally wanted to it would just get overridden. All he could really do is negotiate for better wording like he did and si...
Why Aren't The Rich Paying 50% in Taxes?
Tax Day (April 18) is fast approaching, which means anxiety and night sweats for about 99 percent of taxpayers.
And bitching and moaning by those ...
42,403 views
garith21 said:
@scienceatheism
"So stop comparing us to them."
I'm simply pointing out "what actually works out best for the people for the cost" and the reasoning why. If you're just going to go "well we're special we do things differently" regardless of if it would work better then so what, all that does is ...
Why Aren't The Rich Paying 50% in Taxes?
Tax Day (April 18) is fast approaching, which means anxiety and night sweats for about 99 percent of taxpayers.
And bitching and moaning by those ...
42,403 views
garith21 said:
@scienceatheism
" The lowering of taxes wouldnt be a big deal if we werent policing the world and giving everything to everyone else"
I agree that we shouldn't police the world, but that's been nonsense that's been around for decades, hardly a recent development. As far as "giving everything to ...
Why Aren't The Rich Paying 50% in Taxes?
Tax Day (April 18) is fast approaching, which means anxiety and night sweats for about 99 percent of taxpayers.
And bitching and moaning by those ...
42,403 views
garith21 said:
@scienceatheism
" Its great because the constitutional lawyer that is our president also signed NDAA"
I don't know why people make the NDAA such a big deal, the powers have been around since right after 9/11 and the way it's worded whether or not an american citizen can be arrested or not is dete...
Why Aren't The Rich Paying 50% in Taxes?
Tax Day (April 18) is fast approaching, which means anxiety and night sweats for about 99 percent of taxpayers.
And bitching and moaning by those ...
42,403 views
garith21 said:
@scienceatheism
"I dont find it constitutional Because all powers not specified in the constitution"
Technically if I'm not mistaken there are powers that are allowed in the constitution which were the grounds that are being used to defend it upon, not really a big fan of the government mandate a...
Why Aren't The Rich Paying 50% in Taxes?
Tax Day (April 18) is fast approaching, which means anxiety and night sweats for about 99 percent of taxpayers.
And bitching and moaning by those ...
42,403 views
garith21 said:
@scienceatheism
"Do we need a federal mandated health insurance?"
You know, it'd be cheaper if we just covered everyone with a form of single payer similar to Japan. Especially since we're so focused on only covering emergency care when preventative care is so much less expensive and has a much ...
Why Aren't The Rich Paying 50% in Taxes?
Tax Day (April 18) is fast approaching, which means anxiety and night sweats for about 99 percent of taxpayers.
And bitching and moaning by those ...
42,403 views
garith21 said:
@scienceatheism
"What I am saying is tax smart, not dumb, tax less not more."
Right, because everyone's saying "tax dumb" could you be more vague? We have a huge deficit and it needs to be closed on, during the time of Clinton we had just enough for a small surplus and we could start paying debt...
Why Aren't The Rich Paying 50% in Taxes?
Tax Day (April 18) is fast approaching, which means anxiety and night sweats for about 99 percent of taxpayers.
And bitching and moaning by those ...
42,403 views
garith21 said:
@scienceatheism
"50 percent capital gains tax? My word, thats a shit ton. What about small businesses who are struggling?"
well, some here are advocating that on income tax, capital gains is actually taxed at a different rate than payroll which caps out at 35% atm while capital gains caps out at...
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