New York Legislation Would Ban Anonymous Online Speech

nomdeweb · 2 days

NDAA, The Patriot Act, Drones, internet censorship bills. I keep having this vision of the government building a cell around the people whilst saying "don't worry we'll keep the door unlocked".

evluke · 2 days

You are missing my point. My point is that most people have made their money by working at a job and have paid income tax on that money. You are thinking of investors as "professionals" when really over half of Americans over 30 have some sort of portfolio of investments. Likewise, if you raise the capital gains tax, it is also hurting retirees who live off dividends.

evluke · 7 days

the extraordinary differential between the 15% tax rate that capitalist pay ... and the 35% top rate on work that ordinary americans pay is kind of hard to justify This is deceptive. Capitalist have paid their taxes in some form or another on the income that they have to invest. Investors don't just have millions of dollars to invest out of thin air. Furthermore, investment involves risk. People often lose money in bad investments, so a 15% tax rates on the investments that actually pan out is not a low rate. The bulk of this presentation relied on sensationalist arguments and the fact that he was moving so fast there was no time to question his statistics.

i_enjoy_science · 15 days

There are crazies in any group, this whole thread blows my mind. Reddit is constantly complaining about certain entities that take examples of a few fringe people being jerks and use them to characterize the whole group. I don't believe the OWS movement should be characterized by the few that use it as an excuse to vandalize or exercise violence and I don't think Libertarians should be categorized with these people that are creating vote bots. Hell, I wouldn't put it past people that really hate Libertarians to fake these bots, just as the FBI infiltrated OWS. Fanatics exists in every group, but they do not define that group.

rastabean · 18 days

I am graduating with a degree in CS from a top tier university and can bench press 250 pounds. May my life be spent defending geek honor.

roooth · 1 month

Well yes that is true. He could have had a security blanket but that doesn't mean he wasn't poor.

roooth · 1 month

Parents are not legally bound to support their children after the age of 18. Maybe the Romneys didn't need to live in a basement, maybe they did, but I do know that there are many people out there, including many on reddit, that grew up wealthy and now are dirt poor because their parents want them to make it on their own.

roooth · 1 month

I suppose. I am just taking examples from what Anne Romney has stated. She said that Mitt's parents did not support him in his college days. He of course grew up until then as a privileged son, but from what I understand he had to make it on his own from his college days onward. As I college student struggling to pay bills with no safety net, I suppose you may be right. I think though, that the tone of this whole Anne Romney ordeal is stooping to the level of right wing radio nuts.

roooth · 1 month

Before I am down voted to the bottom of the pile let me say that I am not voting for Mr. Romney come November. This being said, if you would investigate the history of the Romneys, you would discover that they lived as poor college students raising 2 children in a basement apartment with a concrete floor for 60 dollars a month before Mitt graduated Law/Business school on a joint degree program. I am sorry that life is quite hard for a working mother but the bashing of this woman should not continue unless people are aware of the story behind Mitt and Anne Romney. Perhaps the Romneys have forgotten what is like to be in financial trouble but they once were quite poor when they were first married.

lakers28 · 1 month

I don't know who Lord Stanley was, but he must have been well hung..

brickmaj · 1 month

"Mom will surely be back, let's just wait"

stanthemanchan · 1 month

Would have been more entertaining if it was choosing the right knife with Dexter Morgan.

Narcosist · 1 month

As someone who knows how much executives are paid at charities, I think while I disagree with what the church does with some of its money it puts forward a very substantial amount to things I approve of. Just because we disagree with churches and their politics/beliefs doesn't mean we should fall into the trap of saying that churches do no good.

accioreddit · 1 month

Nice try, mustang driver

Anteater1138 · 1 month

... Are you me? I went for the first year though until I couldn't take it anymore.

HankThunder · 1 month

I had a hunch that the top comment wouldn't be a Republican.

aryary · 1 month

I once tried to beat Ocarina of Time without any hints or walkthroughs.

Taibo · 1 month

In theory, excellent idea, but unfortunately I think this would just be abused in reality.

kmaw · 1 month

If there were ever a more fitting name, I haven't seen it.

grandeandy · 2 months

I'm not here to debate whether or not our tax system is broken but I will set one thing straight. While this is a nice piece of rhetoric, Mitt Romney is retired and paying this tax on capital gains. Meaning he was taxed once for the money he earned as income at a very high amount and is now being taxed on the money he is making on his investments. I think this is an important distinction to make, but no one ever bothers making it because it doesn't get people as worked up as saying. "A millionaire pays less taxes than I do!!!"

xbenny78x · 2 months

You know, I disagree with the man on quite a few things, but I think he seems like a great man. I think it is a big problem that people in America can't seem to disagree with a person without thinking said person is evil. Sad.. I think that it would be a lot easier to compromise in politics without this habit.

Heavyballsareheavy · 2 months

Reddit. Canada wins: "To the front page with you!" America wins: "So stupid why are they doing this? Down votes for you!"

patrickaaron · 2 months

The boys father was "likely to have a mental illness". I think this is one of those times you can make that assumption.

whyteguy · 2 months

When I used to watch shows about biting insects and animals on discovery I could never figure out who was subjecting themselves to this shit. Do they just have one guy who they call up and say "Ok Jim we have an army ant at 10:30 and after lunch we're going to have this rattle snake bite you in the ass".

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