A higher death tax?

[poopman]

the estate (death) tax is one of the most obvious things that show americans weakness and basic domestication....it is something that you would think would make americans or anyone nuts. but we just deal with it? now they are talking about raising a death tax. taxing things upon death that you have paid for in already shitty, unfairly taxed dollars. it is out of fucking comprehension. enjoy your american idol. enjoy your nightly corporately approved news. enjoy watching the republic crumble from within. fucking sheep....

[Irken]

I for one am gonna be pissed when I have to pay taxes after dying.

[Carôusoul]

the estate (death) tax is one of the most obvious things that show americans weakness and basic domestication....it is something that you would think would make americans or anyone nuts. but we just deal with it? now they are talking about raising a death tax. taxing things upon death that you have paid for in already shitty, unfairly taxed dollars. it is out of fucking comprehension. enjoy your american idol. enjoy your nightly corporately approved news. enjoy watching the republic crumble from within. fucking sheep.... The sun is shining on our warm white sheepish coats. as we lie in on the green pasture and look for patterns and beauty. just lay there.

[Xei]

I think sheep are the ones who get riled up over something totally trivial. You realise that if you didn't pay a 'death tax' you would just pay higher taxes throughout your life to compensate? Enjoy your pointless discussion of semantics.

[greenhavoc]

Die broke and alone, problem solved.

[Marvo]

I like how Americans cry about the inhumanely high taxes, when we are paying about 5 times as much through out most of the EU. And we're more successful.

[poopman]

I think sheep are the ones who get riled up over something totally trivial. You realise that if you didn't pay a 'death tax' you would just pay higher taxes throughout your life to compensate? Enjoy your pointless discussion of semantics. you are a socialist. the point is to end taxes that dont serve the people. enjoy what your socialistic country and continent have become with all their "trivial" rioting. JOAB.

[Xei]

Naturally a government has a fixed income. If you remove one tax, you just increase other taxes, or introduce new ones, otherwise it will have a defecit. Hence the notion of removing a specific tax can only come from a particularly small minded person. If you're looking for systemic problems, how about the fact that a whole quarter of your taxes go to a 'Defense' (Ministry of Peace amirite) department which can't keep hold of a USB stick, let alone find a man in a cave?

[Spartiate]

Hehe, that's kind of like when Americans complain about gas prices when they're 50% higher in Canada and 2+ times higher in Europe.

[Alric]

Naturally a government has a fixed income. If you remove one tax, you just increase other taxes, or introduce new ones, otherwise it will have a defecit. Hence the notion of removing a specific tax can only come from a particularly small minded person. Umm what about reducing spending to balance it out? How come people never talk about that one.

[Spartiate]

Like reducing defense spending ?

[Xei]

Umm what about reducing spending to balance it out? Which was not what the OP said, herp derp.

[Marvo]

enjoy what your socialistic country and continent have become with all their "trivial" rioting. JOAB. We are

[Descensus]

I'm not sure such arguments like "lol, they complain about their prices, but ours are much higher!" really apply. I mean, American's don't compare their own prices or taxes to international ones. They compare them relative to their income.

[Universal Mind]

I like how Americans cry about the inhumanely high taxes, when we are paying about 5 times as much through out most of the EU. And we're more successful. More successful at what? Unemployment? By the way, you just compared a country to a continent.

[Xei]

I'm pretty sure Marvo knows that a) the USA is a country and b) Europe is a continent.

[Universal Mind]

I'm pretty sure Marvo knows that a) the USA is a country and b) Europe is a continent. Did you know that c) people can know things and not realize what they did with them and that d) I was being a smart ass?

[Marvo]

Did you know that c) people can know things and not realize what they did with them and that d) I was being a smart ass? Did you know e) EU isn't a continent, it's a union of countries in Europe.

[Spartiate]

I'm not sure such arguments like "lol, they complain about their prices, but ours are much higher!" really apply. I mean, American's don't compare their own prices or taxes to international ones. They compare them relative to their income. Not really an argument, it's just funny from our point of view.

[spockman]

Like reducing defense spending ? What!?! If America's military budget was not almost as high as the defense budget of the rest of the world combined our military would crumble and we would all be speaking commie right now, you liberal pinko.

[Spartiate]

Should it really be called "defense" spending when most of the US military budget is geared towards projecting world power and invading foreign countries?

[Universal Mind]

Did you know e) EU isn't a continent, it's a union of countries in Europe. I was referring to what makes up the union, not the union itself. A thing is very different from what composes it. Should it really be called "defense" spending when most of the US military budget is geared towards projecting world power and invading foreign countries? If we were just projecting power against poor wittle innocent and wovable regimes, most of the world would be called the United States. The actions you referred to did involve agendas of defense. If we were like you describe, you would be terrified of us. Are you?

[Xei]

I was referring to what makes up the union, not the union itself. A thing is very different from what composes it. No, you were just wrong. Europe does not make up the EU. (Switzerland?)

[Spartiate]

If we were just projecting power against poor wittle innocent and wovable regimes, most of the world would be called the United States. The actions you referred to did involve agendas of defense. If we were like you describe, you would be terrified of us. Are you? Strictly speaking, defense would be soldiers defending the homeland, warships patrolling home waters, interceptors covering national airspace, etc. A world network of military bases, strategic bombers and an entire military branch based on seaborne invasions (the marine corps) are all elements of an attack force.

[Universal Mind]

No, you were just wrong. Europe does not make up the EU. (Switzerland?) Ooooh, wow. Technically not every European country is a member. Powerhouses like Switzerland are not in it. Okay, it might as well be just a country. Strictly speaking, defense would be soldiers defending the homeland, warships patrolling home waters, interceptors covering national airspace, etc. A world network of military bases, strategic bombers and an entire military branch based on seaborne invasions (the marine corps) are all elements of an attack force. Attacks can be defensive. Is arresting a rapist a matter of defending non-victims against the rapist? We attack those who are threatening because they have attacked others unjustifiably already.