Looks like DeSantis Picked a Fight With the Wrong Rodent

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  1. Jenee

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    It doesn’t matter what economic platform any society uses, as long as you have assholes who get greedy and want to take all, and have others who allow others to take all, rather than take care of the many, it’s always going to fail.

    Until a society prioritizes the lowest in that society, the society will fail.
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    Of course it is. :pathead:
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    By that logic, I shouldn't have to pay taxes to my local school district because I don't have children and shouldn't have to pay into Medicaid because I have full VA coverage (which is also paid for by taxes) :clyde:
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  4. Diacanu

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    If tweenage UA had been a Boy Scout, I can just picture him throwing a full blown rolling on the floor tantrum over paying club dues.
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    No, his parents paid. And that was by choice.

    Although imagining him in a hitler youth uniform gets me hot.
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    Thanks for admitting that the system you argue for has no demonstrative proof it would work for a society.

    Toll Roads have been done yes. We also find that below a certain charge the cost to collect the fees is more than the revenue, one of the many reasons that tolls are generally kept for large projects that can also be avoided.

    Tuition Schools certainly exist, and there are many places where they were once the norm/only option. Uniformly the introduction of public schooling happened because of the damage caused by that being the only option.

    Reminder. Looking for examples where your proposed solutions work.
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  7. Bailey

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    Fair's fair though @Uncle Albert and I wouldn't want to apply standards for evidence hypocritically.

    Can you give an example of a couple of the examples of socialism you mentioned me supporting? Together we can use the examples to set a mutually agreed standard for the bar.
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    Jafar has some thoughts about the guy who got married at Disneyworld.

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    My my my, Jafar slay!
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    Funny how it was Citizen's United that used Freedom of Speech to take the lid off corporate political donations which have benefited Republicans bigly. Of course there's also Mitt Romney's memorable line: "corporations are people, my friend." Well, if they are people with all the rights and privileges thereof, I don't see any way to reconcile that with DeSantis's efforts to punish Disney. I'm sure FF will try though.
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    Now you're getting it. :techman:
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    I was, and I didn't. And your comparison makes no sense.
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    You are tedious every minute of every day, aren't you? No, I don't believe I'll be playing "How finely can Bailey split hairs?"
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    As opposed to splitting hairs with a hammer...
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    That just makes me all the more certain that you did.
    And there was pee.
    There's always pee.
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    Aka, your statement was BS and you know it.
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    Here it is ...

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    You did it! :techman: :ramen:
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    Hey there, florida is the state with disney and the working power grid. You seem to be referring to the shithole that is called Texass. I know little difference to outsiders but there is no fucking reason to go to texass unless you are coming from the south and want to get somewhere useful.
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