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Neither does he. He's floating in Guinness again.

Yeah! No exposing the fundmentalists for the clowns they really are! /sarc

Well, let's just find out where I need to kick first ...

So, are you a Moonie?

I didn't make your little enemies list?

You must have missed my posts ...

What are you saying here? Is calling a stupid and ignorant fundamentalist "stupid and ignorant" a lie simply because they are claim they are Christian?

Two hours? Sounds like a problem ...

Pigdog got loose?

ID-is-ignorance placemarker.

So I waaaaas right about the pantload being in your head.

BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHA!

If you object to the economic effects of illegal immigration, then enforce the laws against illegal immigration. That's not an argument *FOR* the FairTax.

Get it?

Nonsense. Quit lying. The FairTax threads have been around here for at least six years and you can read as many of them as you wish. The FairyTaxers ignore reality; the rationalists refuse to bet the entire US economy on an untried and seemingly stupid idea, especially without an attendant repeal of the 16th Amendment.

Most of us prefer the Flat Tax, especially as it's been tried and works, but it's even more buried than the Fair Tax. Almost all of us prefer that we cut government spending.

And all of us think the NRST is a bad idea in the first place. Ask any economist what a 30% federal sales tax will do to consumer spending... now couple a 30% NRST *WITH* an income tax. It's an economic nightmare.

Are you just stupid? Ever heard of a strawman argument? Quit putting forth stupid ideas and attributing them to me!

You are the one with the brain strain. It was not another point, but an analogy (as in a similarity between two things that are otherwise dissimilar).

It was a poor analogy; it was a non-sequitur.

If you can't find a rational argument, I suggest you do some more research.

Wow, glad you weren't around during the time of slavery. So we should replace a crappy system with a worse one? How could that ever save them poor tax slaves?

Perhaps you should stick to one point at a time if it's straining your brain to attempt more.

To make double-layer copies without "shrinkage" you will need a burner that writes double layers and use double-layer media.

True. But as a trend, the smaller (or bigger) your business, the easier it is to play by your own rules. It's that middle ground where things get dangerous.

Recipients form groups of five and members qualify for future loans only if all are current on old ones. The results are hard to argue with - the bank says it has a 99 percent repayment rate.

Many Asian groups do the same thing here in the USA. Loans get paid back by the those who succeed while the losers are frozen out even as their debts get repaid (although sometimes they must repay their debts within the community). It works extremely well, especially in rural villages and tight-knit ethic communities.