The Taliban has promised Germany that they would accept any asylum seeker deported back to Afghanistan if Germany opened an embassy for the Taliban in Germany

The Taliban flag now flies in Moscow, China is planning to do the same most likely the Taliban rules Afghanistan weather we like it or not

Obviously I agree that the rich should pay more in taxes that is common sense, but the idea we could run an economy without taxing anyone deemed “middle class” is a fantasy.

People love the European welfare state, here is the thing European taxation is way less progressive people of all income brackets pay more in taxes, I am not saying that is wrong but the fact is most Americans would hate it.

In the nordics it is a cultural assumption that everyone pays, yes even poor people.

European income tax rates are way flatter with the top income level kicking in earlier.

Exactly

Trust me if the government had to make up the difference from consumption taxes most people would lose more money to that then income tax, since income tax is predictable it can be optimized better while consumption tax has inherent variance so you have to set it high to be safe.

The number one thing the US spends on besides interest on debt is social security

Also America spends more on education per student then most of the world. The USA spends 13k per student for K-12, higher then countries like Finland, The Republic of Korea and Japan yet these countries outperform America routinely.

To be fair White people do contribute the most in tax revenue.

it does not all go to the military,

interest on debt is the highest expense but the second highest is social security followed by military

I hate social security personally the significant amount of the collectors have taken out more then they put in and I woudl prefer a more traditiona l welfare system

Conservatives like social security because it is welfare that pretends to be earned

also low income earners get all their money back in tax returns, you hear this a lot but the bottom 40% of workers don’t pay anything in taxes

it is very progressive the highest income earners so like doctors and lawyers pay the most in income tax

that would be the worst, then again if you can get this many girls in the same bed as you would they leave you over this ?

let’s unpack this

give them supprort for being trans,gay and queer

I am not a drug user anymore

Second I am a great girlfriend and I would argue better then the majority of girlfriends.

How is anything I have said wrong ?

what did I say in that post ? I have never deleted a post it was liekly taken down by mods I migth still have it on my profile or remmeber more about it so describe the post ad I will clear up any misunderstanding

agian if they cared so much about him where were they before ?

right but the norm is already changing on so many other issues why is this an exception ?

Now it’s the norm for women to work, couples to not have kids, women to not change their last names.

We are not in a traditional relationship. I do onlyfans for one, I pay him a portion of that to live in his house that he owns. Traditionally a dwelling like this would be co owned by both people int he relationship or at least he would let his woman stay there for free but I am consistent and I know it’s not fair for me to demand tradition compliance out of him but be progressive personally because it benefits him

the issue with that norm is it contradits anohter norm

that most cheaters are never given a second chance, so most cheating victims don’t know if once a cheater always a cheater is true they never find out

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being good faith doesn’t mean you are a good debater.

Christopher Hitchens often argued for stuff he didn’t know or care much about but he did an amazing job at it.

Meanwhile a 62 IQ Florida man who thinks the earth is flat might be the most good faith pure of heart debater who beehives that in his heart of heart that the earth is flat. He will be a terrible debater.

What about people who debate issues they don’t agree with and steel man them ? good things have come from this because it causes new people to look at stuff and bring an outside view to things and point out something the activist on either side of a debate haven’t noticed.

It discredits their view points. When you debate you are almost never going to convince the other person the goal is to convince the audience or people who haven’t made up their minds.