Reg the Fronkey Farmer

Davis wrote:

While I understand that people are trying to present a nuanced opinion on “I am against the death penalty in general except for…”, to me this is not different to saying “I support the death penalty”. You either support it or you don’t. All forms of homicide which are easily avoided are inherently immoral. It makes human beings disp…

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While I understand that people are trying to present a nuanced opinion on “I am against the death penalty in general except for…”, to me this is not different to saying “I support the death penalty”. You either support it or you don’t. All forms of homicide which are easily avoided are inherently immoral. It makes human beings disposable which…[Read more]

As for executing criminals i changed my pov. I used to be in favor of death penalty. However for war criminals i can still go there. I am going by my gut not by reason.

Why you talking like you have a choice about favoring the death penalty or not, LOL?

jakelafort wrote:

The brain damage and amnesia occurred after the crimes and therefore have no immediate relevance for the prosecutor. It is all about Joe’s state of mind before he acted. The nature of the crimes is grave and a prosecutor won’t look the other way typically. Since the evidence is agreed to be significant the prosecutor can eit…

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We talk about how Amazon has put so many small businesses out of business, while the rest have to suck at Amazon’s teat to bring their products to market.

What we aren’t talking about is how much Bezos has degraded the job market through the hyperefficiency of his operation.

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I am all for taxing any non-government organisation which is non-profit that has more than say, three employees who make more than $100,000 and ANY employee that makes more than 200,000. That would cover mega-churches, the catholic church, charities with overpaid directors etc. This is either an incentive to stop overpaying people (a serious…[Read more]

Bezos does have that “dr evil” vibe as well.

Jeff Bezos’ Hostile Takeover Of The US Economy

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Reg the Fronkey Farmer wrote:

I am all for taxing churches with congregations off over (say) 5000 members. I think around 2014 this idea was raised in the town of Nome in Alaska but did not materialize. Doing so would raise almost the same money to cover the cost of the food stamps programs. Imagine the churches paying to feed the…

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We need @TheEncogitationer. Where is he when you need him?

Maybe we should shift the tax base to include passively accumulating wealth as well as (and maybe instead of) paycheck income. Because you and I receive paychecks but many billionaires don’t or receive relatively little, they may escape taxes altogether, using it to accumulate even more wealth by, perhaps, borrowing against it to accumulate even…[Read more]