There are a lot of communists masquerading as Democrats,
and a lot of libertarians masquerading as Republicans.
If your metric for success is getting elected, then you could say the same thing for basically any third party. It's essentially impossible to get elected right now as anything other than a Republican or Democrat.
Holding a seat in the State legislator would then fit your definition.
great is defined - of ability, quality, or eminence considerably above the normal or average.
The mere fact that someone is elected to office shows "ability considerably above the normal or average."You defined it, so you must agree. QED
No, it's like being robbed and then accepting installments of repayment using money that was equally stolen from you as anyone else and which would not be returned any other way.It's like being robbed and then accepting installments of repayment using money the robber stole from someone else.
libertarianism is a spectrum
Libertarian hypocrites, maybe
Ok, so anyone ever elected to anything is great. Even people who didn’t get elected are great. You stick with that position.
I was using YOUR definition of "great", so deal with it!
No, it's like being robbed and then accepting installments of repayment using money that was equally stolen from you as anyone else and which would not be returned any other way.
This isn't hard to figure out.
That's how much in government payouts you can accept without being a hypocrite in any way.
That's what I've done for myself, and my family. Let me tell you, there is still plenty I'm ready to recover.
No more than one participates in the practice of slavery by failing to go on a hunger strike as a slave.This may provide a financial indemnification, but not a moral one. One is still participating in a redistribution of stolen funds by accepting.
That's what I've done for myself, and my family. Let me tell you, there is still plenty I'm ready to recover.Then any moral position you've taken against taxation and wealth distribution is undermined by that which you've done for yourself and your family.
This isn't hard to figure out. Sum up the taxes you've paid to the government, add the value lost to inflation, that's how much they stole. That's how much in government payouts you can accept without being a hypocrite in any way.
No more than one participates in the practice of slavery by failing to go on a hunger strike as a slave.
I see no reason to believe that, please provide an argument.
While I do understand her point, she was still a participant in that which she had condemned as an immoral welfare system. Her collection of social security checks is not akin to filing a grievance or conscientiously objecting. Yes, the government stole her income, but since the government generates no (morally) legitimate income, she was essentially remunerated with stolen funds. It's like being robbed and then accepting installments of repayment using money the robber stole from someone else. While receiving some of the stolen amount may have been a conciliatory resolution to her dispute, she was definitely a hypocrite, morally.
No, one is still very much a hypocrite because tacit legitimization is being provided in one's acceptance. Social security payments aren't doled out on one's own terms; it's on the government's terms. And it neither prevents nor stops the government from its continued thievery.
Well genius, you get way more from Social Security and Medicare than you pay in to those programs.
And President Roosevelt wanted to use Social Security’s funds to help pay for government deficits.
Well now I need to make something clear, you do know there is no social security investment fund right? They never invested the SS payments into private stocks. It gets routed straight to the normal federal budget, which we know they don't use for investment. Roosevelt's want came to pass.
Well now I need to make something clear, you do know there is no social security investment fund right? They never invested the SS payments into private stocks. It gets routed straight to the normal federal budget, which we know they don't use for investment. Roosevelt's want came to pass.It's a portfolio with a 100% investment in T-bills.
Which are worth nothing as inflation rises. Huge Ponzi scheme, investing in the government. Yet another involuntary tax.
