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Yeah, that's why it's bizarro world that Greece is playing
hardball.
The Greek people are screwed no matter what they do, so they're standing on principle.
They refuse to accept that their socialist policies failed, so they choose to blame the system that cut off their supply of other people's money instead. They believe that leaving the EU is a way they can hurt the "fat-cat bankers" who stopped the gravy train. At this point, it's no longer about saving their economy (something many of their citizens believe can't get much worse), but on how many countries they can take down with them.
Basically, they're throwing a temper tantrum.
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A simple summary of Greece's problem:
1) A large portion of their economy is tied to public jobs.
2) Because of this, they cannot grow their economy without an increase in government spending.
3) But they can't increase spending (outside of foreign bailouts) unless they increase taxes on the citizens they support.
-Basically, they have to chop off their hand to feed themselves.
They regulated away from private sector businesses foolishly thinking that government spending is what drives economic growth. (sound familiar?)
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All socialism is like Greece.
All capitalism is like the top 1% of the USA.
Proof that capitalism is ALWAYS better than socialism.
A major flaw of capitalism is it's ability to support the lifestyle of the socialist activist. It's much easier to convince a population they need to "redistribute the wealth" when there is an abundance of wealth available to redistribute.
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Undoubtedly, there will be attacks on the free exercise of religion coming in a few years, if not sooner. Very real challenges to tax breaks and tax-exempt status for religious organizations as well. But I doubt it'll start with churches and mosques and temples. I think para-church organizations, like independent religious universities and independent charities with strong religious ties will see their government help dry up very quickly due to their core tenets and beliefs. I'm thinking something along the lines of what happened to Bob Jones University back in the 70's with their discriminatory admission policies, only on a massive scale the likes of which we haven't seen before.
Why should churches have a tax exemption?
True equality means an equal sharing of miseries.
No one seemed to have an issue with government recognition of marriage (along with attached benefits) until same sex couples wished to be married as well. Interesting.
That's not exactly true.
People started questioning marriage benefits when women began entering the work force, making the core idea of the tax benefits moot. As two income families became the norm, it's inherent "unfairness" became obvious to the growing number of unmarried (and single parents.) The LGBT community simply wanted to hop onto the gravy train before it stopped.
Ironically, it may be their inclusion that finally ends the (tax) benefits.
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This wasn't an attempt to blow up the private health insurance markets so that it would pave the way for single-payer. That may end up being the end result down the road but the the main goal from the Obama administration was to expand coverage primarily to lower socioeconomic families. Don't get me wrong, if they could have single-payer they'd do it in a heart beat. But their thinking was that melding the private insurance markets along with additional government regulations and subsidies that they could transfer wealth from upper class to lower class folks. Of course, that isn't exactly what happened, it was also a transfer of wealth from the young and healthy to the poor, old and sicker folks.
The law definitely provides health insurance to many that would have never of obtained insurance but it also punishes many middle to upper middle class folks who don't qualify for subsidies and that have to purchase insurance on the private exchanges. It also has made most small business health insurance rates to go higher, either forcing companies to pass on those costs to their employees through higher deductible and premiums. My guess is you'll see a shift of companies deciding to eat the penalty and dumping their employees on to the exchange.
There are a number of things that can be done to improve the ACA. My guess is we'll see some additional reforms within the next decade.
We'll break it so we can fix it.
Punish the productive many to carry the incompetent few.
It's easier to beg on your knees than to lift with your back.
It's better to pay a lot now than to pay a lot later.
Private companies should not provide what the Government can supply for twice the price.
These are just a few suggestions for campaign slogans...
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For the Greek people this crisis came like a thunder out of nowhere. This was not created by us but by the politicians themselves. They knew why we went down financially and things they should have done years ago they are now trying to do overnight.
Sounds a lot like the liberal policy of passing laws to find out what is in it. "uhh.. we didn't know it would do that."
While many point to the warning signs, the left keep marching forward crying ever harder that the "slippery slope" is a fallacy; reassuring us that just because they took the first step -which was painfully idiotic- they aren't planning on taking step two (just yet).
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How is this related to any of the arguments of mine you responded to?
Arguing with you is like arguing with an angry girlfriend who just keeps on changing the subject so she can be right. And then when I don't discuss your new topic you claim it's because you were right all along and therefore, because I won't discuss that time last year when I got too wasted to drive home and crashed at my friend's house it must mean I was !@#$ing that other girl last week.
You win, dude. I concede. The Samurai were the greatest swordsmen the East has ever known.
Give me back my jacket!!
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So if a Southerner walks into a black owned bakery and asks them to bake a Confederate battle flag cake, do the same rules apply as gay wedding cakes?
This was already answered in cases following the court's ruling; Denying to bake a gay wedding cake isn't considered discriminatory unless the owner is doing so under religious reasons.
Think Hate Crime criteria: you'll know it's illegal when you see it.
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It's better to charge forward with a bad plan than to sit still with none?
Is that in Sun Tzu?
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Licenses granted in one state must now be recognized in all states?
Guns and Weed for everyone!!!
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I just read this three times. I still have absolutely no idea what you are saying.
What does the church have to do with the contract of marriage? What does the boogeyman up in the sky have to do with marriage?
It can't be any simpler.
...and there was no mention of God in the example.
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A couple wants a divorce because one of them cheated on the other. Their catholic priest says they aren't allowed to divorce for any reason. The couple joins a Protestant church who allows them to end the marriage citing adultery.
Was the above conflict about the couple's right to divorce or whether cheating is a valid reason?
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Let's be honest.
There is no legal reason for the Supreme Court's decision. The justices voted for the outcome they wanted. Even Kennedy states that it was an emotional decision. He admitted to bypassing the text of the Constitution to correct a cultural (in his opinion) grievance.
The Supreme Court did what Congress was unwilling (or unable) to do.
Next up: Legalize illegal immigrants:Denying the rights of citizens to non-citizens is discriminatory.
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The ACA wasn't designed as a solution. It was designed as Trojan-horse. It's purpose was to destroy the healthcare market, paving the way for single payer.
I don't know which is worse, the above statement being serious, or sarcastic.
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I do wonder what would happen if states were to start eliminating marriages altogether; leaving it to the federal government.
Can states be forced to hand out licenses?
Will the federal government have to open new offices?
Will it be called an escalation against the "War on Women"?
I can see some states (Texas) bowing out of the marriage business, and leaving it exclusively to churches.
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That dress is a size or three too small.
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The reason I've never supported carbon credits as a method of addressing AGW is because I don't see how buying carbon credits actually helps anything. I'd like to hear a reasoned explanation of how they work, if you could offer one.
It's supposed to bring awareness to an individual's impact on the environment. It's like snapping a rubber band when you're on a diet. Paying carbon credits is self punishment for using too many resources.
It also allows the carbon credit receiver to avoid getting a real job. (and keeps his SUV in the garage)
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https://www.yahoo.com/politics/white-house-buildings-across-the-country-light-up-122601444526.html
Liberals use public building (including the White House) to gloat. Rainbow lights splashed across monuments.
For a movement that demands we butt out of their private lives, they sure love to rub their "private lives" in everyone's faces.
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legally there is not. Correct. That's where people are confused. Outside of the law there is. Just like at your local Piggly Wiggly, you can easily walk in and walk out without paying - a loop hole. It's illegal but nothing stops you.
It's a recurring theme in gun legislation; they pass laws that make it illegal to break the law. "Gun free zones" are insane if you think about it.
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SCOTUS and the Eric Cartman Presidency
http://thefederalist.com/2015/06/25/scotuscare-and-the-eric-cartman-presidency/
Whateva. I'll do what I want
The Republicans dodged a bullet here.
If they had won the case, the Democrats would have pinned the overall failure of Obamacare on this one issue. As it stands, the ACA must now stand on it's own as a wholly Democrat-written law. As more of it's provisions hit the public (Obama can't delay them forever) the angrier the people will get; just wait until 2018 when the unions get hit by the "cadalac" plan tax.
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I can't speak to the biology, but I'm quite certain that like miscegenation, your viewpoint will soon be history.
As the country moves further to the left, more people will be shoved to the right as the center line moves. There will come a day when the bleeding-heart liberals of today will be called a right-wing nut job by their grand children.
Yesterday, we ended a debate that lasted 20yrs over an issue that is "none of our business" that affects less than 3% of the population.
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It's a weird time in history when there are two popes and one of them is nuts.
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live and let live. not like they're likely to propagate the species. it's an unsustainable model but i don't really care. my belief is most folks are born that way. there is most certainly a spectrum of maleness and femaleness. it's not a conscious decision to live a difficult and ultimately sterile life.
If we are to encourage (and legalize) every urge a person has because "they are born that way," the human race would cease to exist very quickly.
Why hasn't the gay gene been bred out of humans if it's unlikely to propagate?
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Then you're not paying attention. I gave one.
I re-read the thread thinking I must have missed your answer, but you just moved the responsibility of regulating gay marriage from the federal level to the state's, (which is what the topic is mostly about anyway so it's a perfectly valid point) but it doesn't answer the question of why the government shouldn't be allowed to dictate the terms as it desires.
If asked, what valid objection (excluding religion) is there to government sanctioned same-sex marriages? I can't think of any.
bottom line: Marriage is a government (historically) invention, so they should be allowed to redefine it. However, if the argument is that we should narrow the precedent to US law because it accepted the religious definition of marriage in the past, it still doesn't preclude the government's original right to change it's stance on it now. It's not like the government hasn't split from religious doctrine before.
Greece
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I was little sympathetic towards the people of Greece until I started reading opinions and comments they left on these articles. Those people are (almost) as delusional as Patriots' fans.