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[roothik]

Sadly, we live in societies where politicians won't even give a look on scientific facts like those. The only thing that matters is "saving" the economic game that is being played, as this would somehow magically solve the real problems...

[squirel52]

Don't you love it when people present "there's a problem, and here's my evidence to prove there's a problem" (the evidence for which is almost redundant due to the overwhelming obviousness of the problem) and yet people like AtheistTower can sit there and go "THERE'S NO PROBLEM HERE *sticks fingers in ears* *screams LALALALALALALA until we go away in disgust*"

[AtheistTower]

@benandreas369

I guess you do know your history of political theory very well do you.

[benandreas369]

@benandreas369 PLANNED OBSOLESCENCE.... CAPITALISM AT ITS FINEST!!! PROFIT B4 SOCIAL CONCERN... NICE.

[benandreas369]

@AtheistTower its 19th Century how? You know this how or because? I would LOVE TO SEE.

[benandreas369]

@AtheistTower lol, if you get your facts straight and realize that Texas's taxes have increased.... You can thank the governor for making Texas government bigger than it's ever been. The only reason why more jobs have been created is of the lowered tax rates for corporations, not the people. Those have been raised.

[AtheistTower]

@LGD3

Redistribution disincentives wealth creation; businesses will avoid high tax/redistribution regions over lower tax regions - a perfect example of that is what's going on in the state at the moment in places like Texas which are actually creating thousands of jobs during this recession because they maintain low taxes.

[LGD3]

@AtheistTower You can't redistribute without first creating wealth. So redistribution doesn't negate the need for wealth creation. Creating wealth is essential, whether or not you want to then redistribute.

[AtheistTower]

The UN had to admit recently that wealth creation NOT redistribution helps countries get out of poverty. This person should keep his communist philosophy to himself, we're not in the 20th century anymore.

[AtheistTower]

@Domstersch

No. He presents a onesided picture to push out-dated 19th century ideas he already has. He ignores, for example, every single communist country and regime which have the worst statistics on every single measure. Countries with big weath gaps yet big economical freedom fare far far better than socialist ones. Norway and Sweden have statistically insignificant populations compared to the US, that's another example of his misleading "evidence".