Dorkington

I always find it interesting how different results here are compared to national polls.

I just chose the top five for the Republican race, and unfortunately Paul has been dropping in numbers lately. Currently 9th according to RealClearPolitics poll aggregation. :/

Well, we're just about ready for our first primaries, time for another PPPPPP (Politics, Polls, and Pundits Primary Presidential Poll)! Pick your poison, feel free to make your case, try not to be disrespectful (who am I kidding?) Poll options ordered by last name alphabetical order, instead of current poll standings like past polls.

It was really uncomfortable how much Clinton was humping Obama's 'legacy' during the debate.

Brady is the only player I actively want to see get a career ending injury. (not a life threatening injury though, I'm not a complete !@#$)

Not a lot different than the way it is now, but with deductions, and credits, and all that, it ends up being significantly less. Since Sanders didn't mention anything about overhauling those parts of the tax code, I assume it's all still in place. But yes, generally speaking, I'd like to see the lower classes taxed less, and the upper classes taxed more. So take it however you'd like.

Why do you think I disagree with it?

Yet their poll says 86% thought Sanders won.

Bryant took out Wade Phillips ouch

What a miracle throw haha

Jesus, Wilson's having a tough game.

I don't understand the Cam hate. He's a good player, seems like a good guy, has fun playing the game.

That sounds damned good, please post a review.

Unpopular answers: On this current team... I'm going with... Clay and Hughes (Dareus, Darby, and Gilmore are all right there) Favorite is Kyle Williams or Big Stuff, so I voted Kyle.

God dammit, now I gotta go grocery shopping.

The thing I hate about the conversation of OMG CAN HE THROW IT XX TIMES A GAME, is that QBs who throw it that many times a game are making a lot of short passes to get chunks of ~5 yards at a time. With how successful our running game is, we don't need to be making those throws all game, so I don't understand the obsession in our current offense.

He's significantly more liberal, AND honest about it. imo

Obama (with the help of Congress) authorized spending on certain programs that I support, so yes, he's partially to thank, though only about as much as others blame him for their specific woes. Outside of funding my job, my raises have come from hard work. As far as 'have more unwanted babies', I thought the progressive strategy was to kill unwanted babies? Also, how is the progressive strategy of child credits different than the conservative strategy of child credits? In my own personal experience, and the great many people I've known over my life that have received some sort of government subsidy, every single one of them, including myself, would much rather be earning a decent wage. While I know that isn't proof that people would rather be gainfully employed generally, it certainly paints a different picture than you paint. I always come back to the fact that America has so much wealth and so many resources, yet there's still people without roofs over their head, and food in their stomachs. It doesn't make a lick of sense. So generally speaking, I tend to support a progressive tax system, and social safety nets. But if neither of those are fixing things for the lower classes in terms of opportunities and basic necessities, I'll need to keep an open mind about the various flat tax ideas. At the very least, I guess, I might be paying less, depending on the number selected, but that ends up making me feel a tad selfish.

Yeah, I was wondering how much would need to be cut in order to balance this out.

My bad on the 2 vs 4. A childless couple making $62k should be fine in most parts of the country, I agree.

Yes, I saw that. I'm assuming there's something else I missed. Tax free is in reference to breaks due to children, specifically 2 in this case at that income level. What about those without children? You still run into the above problems of real world impact. I'm all for a simplified code, but I just haven't been convinced on flat taxes. There was some national sales tax stuff floated that was intriguing, but I think that also leaves a bit to be desired.

I browsed through it, what'd I miss?

I was about to type out a post, and then saw that you basically covered what I was going to say. I'd also add in that Tyrod has a better head on his shoulders than RG3 does.

While it'd be nice if everyone paid the same, I don't think the real impact on real people would be desirable, especially at the rates we'd need to be at to get remotely close to balancing the budget (I think estimates were at like 25% flat tax? Forget). Taking 10, or 25% from someone who makes $20k, is much different than taking the same from someone making $200k. Taking from that lower bracket is directly taking from needs, such as food and shelter. While the person making $200k won't really miss that money for much other than luxuries. That's really my big problem with 'flat taxes', is that it will disproportionately impact the lower classes. All that being said, I'm not nearly the financial expert you guys are, so I'm open to being educated/corrected.