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Yukishiro1  Posts: 3,243
Registered: 2002-9-20 23:52:57
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The effect of the change you are ranting about is to change to a gas tax system that doesn't exaggerate spikes in the price of gas. Spikes in the price of gas hurt poor and middle class people more than rich people. Therefore, the change is more progressive than the status quo.
You seriously picked the stupidest possible example you could have.
Which doesn't surprise me a bit.
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Abaddon_Ambrosius Title: Retired Theurgist TL
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Registered: 2001-12-21 09:51:39
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Yukishiro1 posted:
The effect of the change you are ranting about...
...is to show that most Dems are hypocritical self-serving pricks of the same order as the Republicans they regularly rant about.
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Yukishiro1 Posts: 3,243
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Doubling down on stupid is never a great strategy. You can convince yourself you didn't do something extraordinarily stupid, but it just makes it all the more obvious to anyone watching.
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Abaddon_Ambrosius Title: Retired Theurgist TL
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@Yuki:
A. Dems in Cali -- ALL ON THEIR OWN -- have instituted a 100% regressive tax on the most used and pervasive commodity in the state, disproportionately reaming every working man and woman therein.
B. You are still predictably trying to figure out how to apologize for and/or rationalize it.
1) F*ck you.
2) Tell me exactly what is incorrect about statements A. or B.
3) F*ck you.
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Date Posted:
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Abaddon_Ambrosius posted:
@Yuki:
A. Dems in Cali -- ALL ON THEIR OWN -- have instituted a 100% regressive tax on the most used and pervasive commodity in the state, disproportionately reaming every working man and woman therein.
B. You are still predictably trying to figure out how to apologize for and/or rationalize it.
1) F*ck you.
2) Tell me exactly what is incorrect about statements A. or B.
3) F*ck you.
Another fail...
The working poor disproportionately use public transportation. So they will be less affected as a demographic by this than other demographics.
Thanks for providing the outpost your multi-day personal parade of intellectual failure. Also the tax was already instituted, the rate just changed. so fail again.
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Abaddon_Ambrosius Title: Retired Theurgist TL
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Ah, another  "wizard of the markets" weighs in.
Gas is a component in the cost of e-ver-y-thing.
Therefore, taxing the cost of gas in a regressive manner raises the cost of e-ver-y-thing in a regressive manner.
It therefore imposes a regressive tax on e-ver-y-thing.
Repeat after me...
EVERYTHING.
GOD what dumbasses you guys are. Are you a Cali resident too, redundant? You might as well go for the grand slam of stupid...
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reesescups Title: //Captain America
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Registered: 2003-5-26 14:45:53
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Abaddon_Ambrosius posted:
Therefore, taxing the cost of gas in a regressive manner ...
You keep saying this. I have to wonder, when you say this do you mean in a more progressive manner than before?
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Yukishiro1 Posts: 3,243
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Abaddon_Ambrosius posted:
@Yuki:
A. Dems in Cali -- ALL ON THEIR OWN -- have instituted a 100% regressive tax on the most used and pervasive commodity in the state, disproportionately reaming every working man and woman therein
You're still an idiot no matter how many times you make things up.
The change you are ranting about doesn't institute a new tax. It just changes the way the current one is calculated. In particular, it changes it so it doesn't exaggerate spikes in the price of gas. Those spikes are much more harmful to the lower and middle classes than the upper classes. So the change is overall progressive, if anything.
You're just a complete moron no matter how you look at this.
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Predictable trite and stupid.
What made AA snap and go all Fisted Puma? He usually attempted to maintain plausible deniability on his partisanship. The stupidity no so much 
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Yukishiro1 Posts: 3,243
Registered: 2002-9-20 23:52:57
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AA is one of those people who can't stop digging. He probably didn't bother to read the original piece properly before posting. But apparently in MBA school they teach you that whatever you do never admit to a mistake, just keep doubling down and down and hope everyone else either gets bored or starts feeling sorry for you. |
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