Thread: UNDER RYAN BUDGET ROMNEY WILL PAY 0.82% TAX RATE

Originally Posted by ilikecandy

Once again, words have meanings. 22% =/= "most" (your word)

In this case most refers to the greatest quantity, to the largest subgroup of the 46%, not necessarily a majority i.e. "most of the people who don't pay federal income taxes are elderly people followed by the young" as the follow-up post further explains.

But I’m sure he doesn’t mean to sound retarded, and he is most definitely not a troll. Also, I’m not saying his mother is a prostitute, but she does offer sexual favors in return for remuneration. And when the chump expresses shock at the offer she says, “Well, I am a prostitute.”

So in your world 22% = "most". Got it - i think i see where most(the real meaning) of your problems here come from.

In this instance, sure. Proportions matter in this discussion due to an increasing percentage of the American population joining the ranks of the elderly with each passing year and the fact that the proportion of American families paying no federal taxes is unusually large because of the Great Recesion could clear up some misconceptions about who pays taxes rather than trying to focus public attention on a narrow slice of data that justifies letting the rich pay as little as possible, while obscuring the full picture, which leads to precisely the opposite conclusion.

TRIAGE - WTF?!?!?! ONLY ONE LINK AND NO CUT AND PASTE GRAPHS?!?!? HOW ARE YOU EVAR GONNA PERSUADE ME TO VOTE FOR OBAMA TO SAVE THE CHILDREN/ELDERLY?!?!?!? I EXPECT A LOT MORE EFFORT FROM A REALLY SMART FREE THINKER LIKE YOU!!!!!

That’s a clown question, bro.

Originally Posted by Triage

That’s a clown question, bro.

WHOA!!!! ONE SHORT SENTANCE!!! WITH AN ATTEMPT AT HUMOR NONETHELESS!!!! WHO HACKED TRIAGE'S PASSWORD???

The guy sitting on a fiery throne, presiding over the accursed in Polyass!

Romney?

!!!!!

Close, Senator Palpatine.

Originally Posted by ilikecandy

So in your world 22% = "most". Got it - i think i see where most(the real meaning) of your problems here come from.

ILC, would it surpise you to hear that the country with the "most" people in the world has only 20% of the world's population?

It's hilarious to me that you somehow think you are stirring the pot with your constant pointless pissing matches over semantics, where you are often wrong anyways.

Originally Posted by Powow

ILC, would it surpise you to hear that the country with the "most" people in the world has only 20% of the world's population?

It's hilarious to me that you somehow think you are stirring the pot with your constant pointless pissing matches over semantics, where you are often wrong anyways.

yeah, this is why I left - missed the point nearly entirely, then argued with himself that he was right all along, then deflected on Hugh, then spun up a word-play to tie it all together...

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Originally Posted by Powow

ILC, would it surpise you to hear that the country with the "most" people in the world has only 20% of the world's population?

It's hilarious to me that you somehow think you are stirring the pot with your constant pointless pissing matches over semantics, where you are often wrong anyways.

No.

But thats not an accurate analogy

It WOULD surprise me if someone said "most of the world's population lives in powowisdumbistan"

when only 22% of the world's population lives in powowisdumbistan

unless that person was triage, in that case i would know that he doesnt understand what the word means

"most of" = majority = more than 50%

"the largest group within" = plurality = NOT necessarily the same thing as a majority

and hes back going all in! we love candy!

Originally Posted by Big Steve

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oooh, good one, now do the same for welfare and poverty

Originally Posted by Powow

the country with the "most" people in the world has only 20% of the world's population?

That's a good analogy. Another way to look at it is how income becomes exempt from taxation. As before, the majority, a little more than half, of the 46% are young people just getting started in the work force working part time or minimum wage jobs or are students etc. or are retirees & seniors or the disabled—62% of the people who paid no federal income tax in 2011 had incomes under $20,000 and therefore much of their income falls under the standard income tax provisions which include personal exemptions for taxpayers and dependents and the standard deduction.

The other half of the of the 46% owes no federal income tax because the tax code exempts certain types of income through tax expenditures most of which are elderly tax benefits like the extra standard deduction for the elderly, the exclusion of Social Security benefits, and the tax credit for the elderly followed by the earned income child tax credit designed to lift families out of poverty:

Originally Posted by ilikecandy

oooh, good one, now do the same for welfare and poverty

no reason to, they go hand with what is already explained in that pictogram.

Originally Posted by Triage

That's a good analogy.

no, it isn't. you didnt say "the age segment with the most people in this group is the elderly", you said "most of the people in this group are elderly"

do you really not understand how those are two very different statements with different meanings? is english not your first language?

Originally Posted by ilikecandy

no, it isn't. you didnt say "the age segment with the most people in this group is the elderly", you said "most of the people in this group are elderly"

do you really not understand how those are two very different statements with different meanings? is english not your first language?

ummm, he has to quickly decide which posts to respond to, which to categorize as "save for later" or "throw out", all under the stress of a deadline or other impetus. "seperate, sift, or select" if you will...

that said, I'm sure he's sorry he made the error of thinking everyone would get his point without being EXTREMELY accurate with the verbage.

The real question is - does media matters still pay you even when you botch the post so poorly?

didja get my "triage" joke though?

why does the left insist on punishing the achievers? (rhetorical question)

It's because they try to win by starting class and race warfare. This is possible because the average leftist is as dumb as oxen. Lazy as a sloth and breeds like a rabbit.

The best bumper sticker I have seen in a while reads

THE GOVERNMENT IS NOT YOU BABY DADDY

Originally Posted by RIGHT WING HAMMER

why does the left insist on punishing the achievers? (rhetorical question)

It's because they try to win by starting class and race warfare. This is possible because the average leftist is as dumb as oxen. Lazy as a sloth and breeds like a rabbit.

The best bumper sticker I have seen in a while reads

THE GOVERNMENT IS NOT YOU BABY DADDY

before I react, I should ask if you are post-racial or just regular like the rest of us?

Originally Posted by jfost

didja get my "triage" joke though?

Quickly decide -> triage, yep.

Originally Posted by jfost

didja get my "triage" joke though?

i did not. i always assumed his sn was a descendents homage (see what i did there?)