its amazing how fast some really nice protest signs can be made now

posted by like_that

I don't think it would be less enforcement, I just don't think you would need the same amount of people they do now. Certainly not for its own agency. 

It's already a relatively small number targeted for enforcement - mostly larger businesses and the rich.  I think it's more about how many audits they want to conduct, rather than tax code complexity, that drives the size of that agency.  Simply going to a flat tax doesn't address any of the complexity in revenue recognition, matching of expenses, etc...

posted by gut

It's already a relatively small number targeted for enforcement - mostly larger businesses and the rich.  I think it's more about how many audits they want to conduct, rather than tax code complexity, that drives the size of that agency.  Simply going to a flat tax doesn't address any of the complexity in revenue recognition, matching of expenses, etc...

It still wouldn't require nearly the amount of people they have now.  

Lol anyone see this video floating around of the Antifa douche getting his bell rung this past weekend? Dude had a baton and got smoked.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idnLKUeiXBU

antifa uniform......all black clothes, bandana and a backpack.  WTF

This doesn't represent all people who are conservative any more than these idiots in antifa videos represent all democrats.  

posted by iclfan2

Lol anyone see this video floating around of the Antifa douche getting his bell rung this past weekend? Dude had a baton and got smoked.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idnLKUeiXBU

That's pretty satisfying. 

posted by Dr Winston O'Boogie

This doesn't represent all people who are conservative any more than these idiots in antifa videos represent all democrats.  

That has nothing to do with anything. I didn't even say ANTIFA was liberal. Just like seeing those douches get knocked out. Thanks for your retarded video though. I can post 9,000 from both sides that have morons in it. 

But, I didn't make the rules that the nazis are republican and all republicans are nazis. If you are going to lump them in, you reap what you sow.

posted by Dr Winston O'Boogie

This doesn't represent all people who are conservative any more than these idiots in antifa videos represent all democrats.  

They are fascists regardless of their self-ironic name. They are the Alt-left that many in the mainstream left deny the existence of. The lunatic fringe exists across the entire political spectrum.

lmao. Dude thinks he's hard with a billy club not even knowing how to use it. 

Almost as awesome as the 'tard who took the tear gas canister to the nutsack in Phoenix last year. 

posted by iclfan2

That has nothing to do with anything. I didn't even say ANTIFA was liberal. Just like seeing those douches get knocked out. Thanks for your retarded video though. I can post 9,000 from both sides that have morons in it. 

But, I didn't make the rules that the nazis are republican and all republicans are nazis. If you are going to lump them in, you reap what you sow.

My point was that there are jackasses on both extremes. The antifas are what I would consider leftist extreme.  They are fools and don't represent most people who identify as democrat.  My video was just an example of the same thing on the right.  Idiots abound at the extremes, that's all.  

posted by iclfan2

That has nothing to do with anything. I didn't even say ANTIFA was liberal. Just like seeing those douches get knocked out. Thanks for your retarded video though. I can post 9,000 from both sides that have morons in it. 

But, I didn't make the rules that the nazis are republican and all republicans are nazis. If you are going to lump them in, you reap what you sow.

If you haven't figured it out yet, boogie is extremely butt hurt off the entire existence of this thread.

posted by Dr Winston O'Boogie

My point was that there are jackasses on both extremes. The antifas are what I would consider leftist extreme.  They are fools and don't represent most people who identify as democrat.  My video was just an example of the same thing on the right.  Idiots abound at the extremes, that's all.  

Yes, we completely understand this. But this thread is titled "disgusted with progressives."

posted by justincredible

Yes, we completely understand this. But this thread is titled "disgusted with progressives."

I get that.  Maybe my post belonged somewhere else.  I got a little lost in the minutia of the thread.  

posted by like_that

If you haven't figured it out yet, boogie is extremely butt hurt off the entire existence of this thread.

Butt hurt?  I'm not hurt at all.  I enjoy this thread and look forward to its continuation.  

posted by iclfan2

Lol anyone see this video floating around of the Antifa douche getting his bell rung this past weekend? Dude had a baton and got smoked.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idnLKUeiXBU

Video has been removed. 🤨

30-year-old man rips MAGA hat off 16-year-old kids head and throws a soda in his face. Tough guy.

https://scallywagandvagabond.com/2018/07/kino-ahuitzotl-jimenez-whataburger-teen-attacked-wearing-make-america-great-again-hat/

Reading comments on various sites about this story, a lot of leftists equating MAGA to a swastika and saying the kid deserved it. Give me a damn break.

It's interesting, isn't it?

On one hand, a group will say that a symbol is just a symbol, and as such, they should not be assailed for how they display or observe it (kneeling for the flag, for example).

On the other hand, those same people will argue that a symbol is, itself, an assault on someone else, and they have the right to assail the person displaying or observing that symbol (red MAGA hats).

And, per usual, those who usually oppose these people have the reverse reactions in both examples, making them every bit as hypocritical.

Can we just get some consistency, please?

posted by justincredible

Reading comments on various sites about this story, a lot of leftists equating MAGA to a swastika and saying the kid deserved it. Give me a damn break.

Exactly why people argue that it is not ok to punch a nazi. The people who think it's ok to punch a nazi are typically the same people who have slowly moved the goalposts to identify ANY conservative as a nazi.   Applying this logic, they now think this type of behavior is ok.   One of these days someone is going to fuck with the wrong person and get shot.  It's only a matter of time.

posted by O-Trap

It's interesting, isn't it?

On one hand, a group will say that a symbol is just a symbol, and as such, they should not be assailed for how they display or observe it (kneeling for the flag, for example).

On the other hand, those same people will argue that a symbol is, itself, an assault on someone else, and they have the right to assail the person displaying or observing that symbol (red MAGA hats).

And, per usual, those who usually oppose these people have the reverse reactions in both examples, making them every bit as hypocritical.

Can we just get some consistency, please?

No argument there. Kneel during the anthem, wear a MAGA hat, be a free American. 

posted by like_that

Exactly why people argue that it is not ok to punch a nazi. The people who think it's ok to punch a nazi are typically the same people who have slowly moved the goalposts to identify ANY conservative as a nazi.   Applying this logic, they now think this type of behavior is ok.   One of these days someone is going to fuck with the wrong person and get shot.  It's only a matter of time.

Yep.

Step 1 - Declare it's okay to assault Nazi's (it's not)

Step 2 - Define anyone that disagrees with as a Nazi (they're not)

Step 3 - ???

Step 4 - 

posted by justincredible

30-year-old man rips MAGA hat off 16-year-old kids head and throws a soda in his face. Tough guy.

https://scallywagandvagabond.com/2018/07/kino-ahuitzotl-jimenez-whataburger-teen-attacked-wearing-make-america-great-again-hat/

I don't know that you can fix this kind of warpage.

posted by justincredible

Wow.  Enjoy the big bowl of knocked-the-fuck-out.