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So what defines right and left?

Discussion in 'Political Opinions & Beliefs' started by Pixie, Jul 24, 2022.

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  1. ECA

    ECA Well-Known Member

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    I don't. Someone else said they do
     
    ECA, Jul 25, 2022
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  2. fmw

    fmw Well-Known Member

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    Not federal government, sorry.
     
    fmw, Jul 25, 2022
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  3. garyd

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    Then why hasn't it.
     
    garyd, Jul 25, 2022
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  4. Vernan89188

    Vernan89188 Well-Known Member

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    Vernan89188, Jul 25, 2022
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  5. fmw

    fmw Well-Known Member

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    Look up oil depletion allowance. The answers will be there.
     
    fmw, Jul 25, 2022
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  6. Pixie

    Pixie Well-Known Member

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    Please support your opinion.
    I have supported mine.
     
    Pixie, Jul 25, 2022
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  7. Ddyad

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    IMO, teachers who engage in the political indoctrination of children should be fired by elected boards, unless the parents have voted for the political indoctrination.

    Of course, the best solution would be to replace the current education system with one directly controlled by parents and guardians.
     
    Ddyad, Jul 25, 2022
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  8. garyd

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    If you wish to take those things on and wear them be my guest. The word "if" does not mean I think you do one way or the other it is simply an example.

    And shortly after Robespierre utter those words the terror began it lasted until Robespierre himself was introduced to the doctor's notorious invention, no politician especially leftist politician should ever be taken at their word because they lust far too much for power. Power does awful things to people and sadly not merely to those that weild it.

    You got any idea how many people including guards are murdered in prison every year?
     
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    garyd, Jul 25, 2022
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  9. Pixie

    Pixie Well-Known Member

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    The only politics taught should be a chronologically ordered history of principles so they are put into historical context.
    A pity one or two in here didn't benefit from such information.
     
    Pixie, Jul 25, 2022
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  10. Wild Bill Kelsoe

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    Wild Bill Kelsoe, Jul 25, 2022
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  11. Wild Bill Kelsoe

    Wild Bill Kelsoe Well-Known Member

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    You're talking to yourself. Right?
     
    Wild Bill Kelsoe, Jul 25, 2022
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  12. Pycckia

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    I know an immigrant family consisting on a single mother with poor english who worked minimum wage jobs and a geeky son who required ESL and was dumped in a public school in NYC. The teachers recognized potential in the son and got him into a better middle school and he ended up at ,Brooklyn Tech, a top high school. He got a scholarhip and loans to go to MIT. He then started a company worth hundreds of millions.

    The cream rises to the top unless the left has its way and gets rid of schools like Brooklyn Tech.
     
    Pycckia, Jul 25, 2022
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  13. Wild Bill Kelsoe

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    That's a tax break, not a subsidy. It applies to the timber industry, too.
     
    Wild Bill Kelsoe, Jul 25, 2022
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  14. Wild Bill Kelsoe

    Wild Bill Kelsoe Well-Known Member

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    Trump didn't get any kind of gun ban passed through Congress. Your lack civics knowledge is glaring.
     
    Wild Bill Kelsoe, Jul 25, 2022
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  15. Pixie

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    I cant follow your telling of Robespierre.
    He was a staunch supporter of the revolution, became chief prosecutor and feared à backlash headed by certain députés.
    When asked who they were he refused, creating conspiracy theories and hystéria.
    It was assumed he was a traitor because he was seen to be protecting them and was executed.
    Oddly and ironically for a conspiracy he created.
    Which brings me back to the dangers of conspiracy theorists.
    He remains à controversial figure since the context was full of plots and counterplots.
    .
     
    Pixie, Jul 25, 2022
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  16. Pixie

    Pixie Well-Known Member

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    Still waiting for proof that the oil companies dont get federal subsidies.
     
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    Pixie, Jul 25, 2022
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  17. Wild Bill Kelsoe

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    Already posted it.
     
    Wild Bill Kelsoe, Jul 25, 2022
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  18. Pixie

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    This are taxes that the government and the people don't get to enjoy.
    They are à gift to the companies, used to invest in their business...à subsidy that happens to come from their own profits...à theft from the people.
     
    Pixie, Jul 25, 2022
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  19. Wild Bill Kelsoe

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    Still not a subsidy. Are tax breaks, credits and deductions "theft", now?...lol
     
    Wild Bill Kelsoe, Jul 25, 2022
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    You said you are surprised that some on the right refer to you as being on the left, which you claimed you don't consider yourself on the left. Then I asked you what you thought the left was and you appeared to answer with all of the stuff you believe in, basically admitting that you are on the left.
     
    independentthinker, Jul 25, 2022
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  21. Pixie

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    It is a subsidy.
    It is the govt giving back the taxes they should have paid
    The government is supporting the industry.
    Any tax breaks are theft from the taxpayer who now has to pay more to fill the hole they leave.
    They also corrupt compétition.
     
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    Pixie, Jul 25, 2022
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  22. Wild Bill Kelsoe

    Wild Bill Kelsoe Well-Known Member

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    It isn't theft from the people because that money belongs to those companies, not the people. You sure you aren't a communist??...lol
     
    Wild Bill Kelsoe, Jul 25, 2022
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  23. Pixie

    Pixie Well-Known Member

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    I replied that the thing I was accused of supporting were untrue.
    You just can't help but think In two dimensions can you?
     
    Pixie, Jul 25, 2022
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  24. Wild Bill Kelsoe

    Wild Bill Kelsoe Well-Known Member

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    No, this is a subsidy:

    sub·si·dy
    /ˈsəbsədē/
    noun
    1. 1.
      a sum of money granted by the government or a public body to assist an industry or business so that the price of a commodity or service may remain low or competitive.
      "a farm subsidy"
    Allowing a private company, or an individual to keep their own money isn't a subsidy.
     
    Wild Bill Kelsoe, Jul 25, 2022
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  25. Pixie

    Pixie Well-Known Member

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    The money belongs to the people as do everyone elses taxes.
    Let's becfair...give everyone the same tax relief and maintain the illusion of real compétition.
    It goes with the equality of opportunity I mentioned.
     
    Pixie, Jul 25, 2022
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