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And that is why EU is a perpetual economic basket case

Which means they don't pay seven separate taxes, but a payroll tax. And if they don't qualify for federal income tax payments, they very likely won't be paying any state income taxes either. That's why you have an unsustainable fiscal model where 20% of the population pays nearly 90% of the income tax burden (and that share has been growing). That's why it's a folly to always throw in Scandinavia as an example, because even though they have much higher tax rates, the tax burden is more evenly spread. This is another aspect of the homogeneous society's shared history contributes to its "successful" socialism. That has almost zero parallels to the US

I'm sure that 3% of GDP that's spent on DoD (2/3 of which is personnel costs) really has an effect whether to nationalize healthcare

That's seven specific taxes that the 53% pay? You sure about that?

This is what you're hanging your hat on? It's like praising a coach's decision to go for the conversion, down by 2 points and 1 second left in the 4th quarter.

Learn something new every day. I honestly missed the news where Obama opened up more federal lands for oil exploration, approved the Keystone pipeline, loosened energy production regulations, resumed defensive installations in East Europe, sold arms to Ukraine, put a stop to slaughter in Syria, and killed 200 Russian mercenaries.

"New" buzzphrase?

That's because Syracuse is the dividing line. To the east - Soda, to the west - Pop

Or you could have quoted my response above

Essentially, the former. The entire rationale for the European common currency and a common market was to combat USA's economic supremacy.

They've always been an economic foe, and that wasn't debatable by anyone. Until Trump decided to point it out.

I thought it would be obvious that Google's EU5Bn fine was the prime exhibit, but since there are other noteworthy items, that just cements the point that EU is an economic foe. It actually wasn't really debatable, until Trump brought it up.

Meanwhile, today the EU puts an exclamation point on the question if they're an economic friend or foe. Will see how this is covered by the press

It's like you missed all the posts above. It matters very little what Trump says, which is usually moronic. You have to pay attention to what actually is happening, and on that front, the '80s phone call must have worked, because US has adopted the most aggressive posture against Russia since the Cold War.

Scandinavia? Really?

Surprised our recent anti-Semitic visitor hasn't piped in. Hikind represents a district that is heavily populated by the Jew bee dancers. Not surprising that he's distancing himself from a party that's embracing more Keith Ellison rhetoric

Basically. I still think that Trump is a boorish thin skinned narcissist, but it's hard to argue with the results so far.

He has cast doubt on the hacking claims. That is important because DNC contends that they were hacked in the summer of 2016, while many independent analysts claim that there was no external hack, but an inside job. That's why it's important to keep the two issues separate for a proper analysis. Yet, you keep conflating.

The questions weren't about hacking, but about Russian interference, and that's what Trump responded to. How come nobody brings this Trump statement?

So in your response to a post that describes the differences in Russian involvement, you still insist on conflating the two.

The article does not deal with another case of someone stealing Shady's jewelry.

There's far more evidence out there that Brennan & Clapper were behind illegal acts than there is of Trump/Russia collusion.

He was on TV? What if you believe the theory that Brennan was the spearhead of the coup plotters? Would his comments carry more or less weight?

You've made quite a career on this site of twisting words to dig a deeper hole. My comment related to your earth shattering Deadspin article that somehow implicates Shady in this mess because of seemingly unsavory past behavior. Yet if Deadspin did a similar profile on every other NFL player, chances are that Shady wouldn't be as much of an outlier as you make him out to be.

No, I'm showing you how quickly you can find other NFL players who had issues with expensive jewelry. Should I also show you how to Google "Donte Whitner stolen jewelry" too?