tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470053260535449958.post6700883574259662376..comments2013-06-24T12:13:49.371-07:00Comments on Out of the Chaos of My Mind: Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470053260535449958.post-79364230081561512542013-01-04T19:06:09.168-08:002013-01-04T19:06:09.168-08:00Just, goes to show that, philosophically, they bel...Just, goes to show that, philosophically, they believe that everyone works (or should work) for the collective (group, state, public good, whatever name they want to give it) rather than for themselves. 226 years ago, the latter was predominantly believed, but now it is the former, and not to the betterment of the country.Patrick Blackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03322645569799125257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470053260535449958.post-12357404551854935582013-01-04T18:54:34.682-08:002013-01-04T18:54:34.682-08:00I've always wondered, "Why, if the govern...I've always wondered, "Why, if the government says that any tax cut is a cost to the government, the same as any other expenditure, they can never point to a line item in the budget labeled 'tax cuts'?" Isn't that like saying that when any store holds a sale, it costs them money?<br /><br />Someone needs to sit these idiots down and point out the true relationship between rising/lowering tax rates and falling/rising revenue. Of course, that's just the point. These guys aren't idiots. As Obama once explained, when this was pointed out to him, he's not concerned with revenue. He sees raising taxes on "the rich" as an issue of "fairness".Lawrence Blackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12634783674023971441noreply@blogger.com