Stephanopoulos vs. Obama - The definition of "Tax"

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=a10uNZrS5iKc

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• stephanopoulos
• obama
• tax
• logic
• debate

[gphx]

Reminds me of another famous liar, William Jefferson Clinton, disputing the meaning of the word 'is'. He's a finger pointer too.

[BeyondDomini]

You are just so damn adorable - even if you missed the entire point of the issue... we are already taxed for the care ppl currently don't have - if you'd like to truly understand the issue, message me, i'll be glad to clear up the issue.

[Mamaluvsmambo]

If you were my son, I would be so PROUD of your awesomeness!!!!!

[lifthz]

Makes sense kid, but you probably wouldn't be alive without taxes. So then you realize that it's not about what we know but what we do for good or for bad that makes a difference in this world. :)

[cubachang]

right on, you got it. you more intelligent than the majority of these idiots in Washington.

[dedicateddad]

You're a bright kid - don't let peer-pressure dumb you down!

Surely you've noticed that most of your peers are less intelligent - most MUCH less - than you.

Here's the dirty little secret:so are most adults, ESPECIALLY those in the "ruling class."

Most - including Dear Reader - have never done a damn thing in their pathetic lives yet somehow feel ennobled to tell the rest of us how to do everything from wipe our bums to run our businesses.

Tax/not tax/whatever - it's spelled "T-Y-R-A-N-N-Y!"

DD

[classic14rider]

Hmmm, I would caution against using definitions in the dictionary to settle questions of logic.

The problem is that terms -- even terms that appear in the dictionary -- are always contested. Much of what we SHOULD be debating is how we use these terms, not to take the terms as settled in order to box in a discussion.

Take the issue of "theft"; by the logic you gave there would be no end to "theft" because that person who uses services from the govt. wi/out paying taxes "steals" from the govt.

[IcarusFlying]

haha. obama is so skillful in his dialogue and discourses, but he really flubbed it up that time.

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[bluegsp]

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