Liberals Vs. Conservatives

Dean wrote: thellama73 wrote: Dean wrote: Building a road a $1 at a time isn't very cost effective. And if you believe that they will actually use the money for what they say they will despite there being no provision in the bills that requires this, then I have a bridge to sell you in Florida. I don't believe anything, I just state that tax money cannot be spent on what it is earmarked for until you've collected enough to pay for what you intend to use it on. Calling people liars before they commit the offense is not something I'm prone to.   We sell useless bridges to you (and I think you'll find it in Arizona)

thellama73 wrote: Dean wrote: Building a road a $1 at a time isn't very cost effective. And if you believe that they will actually use the money for what they say they will despite there being no provision in the bills that requires this, then I have a bridge to sell you in Florida.

I don't believe anything, I just state that tax money cannot be spent on what it is earmarked for until you've collected enough to pay for what you intend to use it on. Calling people liars before they commit the offense is not something I'm prone to.

Intelligence is a sign of intelligence.

I suspect that empathy is a sign of intelligence.  It is one of the things that distinguishes us from animals.  I think if you had no empathy you would be less intelligent

Slarti's argument makes no sense. Conservatives are less intelligent because they are rich and lack empathy for the poor. Setting aside the obvious problems with this logic (what does empathy have to do with intelligence?) there's the fact that MOST RICH PEOPLE ARE LIBERAL! Ted Turner, George Soros, Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, John Kerry, the Kennedys for crying out loud. Movie Stars, musicians, authors and heiresses all have a huge majority of liberals in their number. How then, does the argument that conservatives are richness leads to lack of empathy make any sense whatsoever? I would appreciate a serious response.

Building a road a $1 at a time isn't very cost effective.

Having grown up in Georgia and having family there, I know about the 1% sales tax thing. It is supposedly being used for public transportation, which I think Atlanta desperately needs, but if you read the fine print it says that the tax will come now, and the infrastructure will come at some, undefined point in the future. There is no specific proposal for what to do with the money.

It's another example of stealing your money by lying to you about what it will be used for.

CPicard wrote: Slartibartfast wrote: The T wrote: The common good of the bureaucracy in many instances, sadly.  Try plutocracy and you have it right for the state of Georgia. I didn't know you were following news from the Caucasian countries.

I'm sure both Georgias will be quite similar in a not so distant future. 

The T wrote: The common good of the bureaucracy in many instances, sadly.

Try plutocracy and you have it right for the state of Georgia.

The common good of the bureaucracy in many instances, sadly.