tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27946614.post7468278639316479957..comments2024-03-07T14:43:21.888-08:00Comments on Whatever I want to write about: Pineapple and AphasiaSriram Khéhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06907731254833435446noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27946614.post-71990063788186203002017-02-27T09:51:10.102-08:002017-02-27T09:51:10.102-08:00And two days later, this news:
Trump to propose 1...And two days later, this news:<br /><br />Trump to propose 10 percent spike in defense spending, massive cuts to other agencies<br />http://wpo.st/3uBe2Sriram Khéhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06724218458246880137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27946614.post-69751412103968507732017-02-25T07:27:52.791-08:002017-02-25T07:27:52.791-08:00"If in a rich country 45% of the households d..."If in a rich country 45% of the households don't pay taxes, there is simply no way to balance the budget"<br />That statement is a classic piece of evidence on why you side with the Republicans, whereas I can not.<br />I consider the fact that quite a few households not paying income taxes to be a good thing--it reflects the social contract we have. A contract that says that people in society will need a certain level of income in order to live a life that we consider anything below to be unacceptable. If at all, the focus ought to be on raising that minimum--the focus should never be on forcing them to pay taxes.<br />Further, balancing the budget is a problem not because of the poor people. Have you looked at how much we spend on the military? You think a bulk of the social security and Medicare goes towards the poor people? You think even the mortgage interest deduction that the IRS allows is to help the poor? You are way too sharp, my friend, to make such a statement that is based on alternative facts! ;)Sriram Khéhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06724218458246880137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27946614.post-36645930889710204162017-02-24T18:41:43.460-08:002017-02-24T18:41:43.460-08:00You guessed right. Its actually 45% who don't ...You guessed right. Its actually 45% who don't pay taxes.<br /><br />So here's the problem for the extreme left. America is a rich country. If in a rich country 45% of the households don't pay taxes, there is simply no way to balance the budget. So the only option is to take on large debt and leave the mess to be cleaned up by our children or grandchildren. What a sorry commentary on our generation.<br /><br />In India its a scandal that the number is greater than 90%.Rameshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11782192840421019943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27946614.post-29083777272494829482017-02-24T11:20:02.539-08:002017-02-24T11:20:02.539-08:00I guessed 53 percent of households pay income tax....I guessed 53 percent of households pay income tax.<br /><br />You know why I was so specific about 53?<br /><br />Because, as the presidential candidate, Mitt Romney talked to his rich friends about 47 percent not paying taxes and being dependent on the government and how he writes off those voters ...<br />Sriram Khéhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06724218458246880137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27946614.post-66183960089018570622017-02-23T18:50:56.286-08:002017-02-23T18:50:56.286-08:00Yeah I saw the news item on pineapple on a pizza....Yeah I saw the news item on pineapple on a pizza. I have to say that I agree with him, although I wouldn't want the replacement to be "fiskmeti" !<br /><br />We all suffer from numerical aphasia, ecstatic or otherwise. Its a human tendency to exaggerate things. Here's a test. Guess what percentage of American households pay income tax (I've used households rather than individuals as a number to eliminate the effect of kids, very old people etc who obviously wouldn't pay income tax). Google it after you have guessed.<br /><br /><br /><br />Rameshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11782192840421019943noreply@blogger.com