[Nico]

broadbands for everybody?
Oh, sure, we had the regionals vote this weekend. There's that guy who was saying "we'll pay all the driver licenses for all the youngs".
BWAHAHAHA. And you believe that?
What else did **** promised that other time, you know, when he got elected? What's the % of stuff he promised and actually did?
"leaves the thread laughing hysterically"

[Knight Templar]

This thread is ****ed up. Hehehehe.

[Rictor]

Two words, Tobin Taxes.

Essentially, any money crossing the border is taxed at some tiny amount (0.025% or so). The system was thought of by an economist named what else, Tobin.

It is estimated that around 300 billion (or so, I can't recall the figure right now, in the hundreds of billions) per year would be taxed in this form, and it would put a serious damper on offshore tax havens.

Think of it - 300 billion per year. For that money, you could feed and clothe and educate every person on this earth. And its not like you can make the arguement that business will leave; where are they going to go if the whole world implements this? The businesses affected by this would not be your Mom and Pop store, they don't transfer significant amounts of money acorss borders. The ones who would be made to pay are the huge multinationals, who are currently paying, as mikhael said, 0 taxes. And its not like they can afford it.

An anecdotale statistic, if you can call it that. According to some NSF guy in Deus Ex, in 1950 50% of all government taxes came from corporations. In 2000, that sum was 5%. Hehe, I'm inclined to believe it :D

[Ace]

Originally posted by Rictor
Think of it - 300 billion per year. For that money, you could feed and clothe and educate every person on this earth.

Or buy one toilet for the GWB administration.

[Shrike]

Originally posted by Rictor
Don't be a spoil-sport Shrike. If you'de like, I would be glad to troll a bit more and show you what the forum could be like, were we (well, lets not mince words, were I) not so mature and civilized.

Wah wah wah wah..

Go ahead, troll.  Prove your immaturity and see who cares.  Acting like a troll just proves that, well, you're a troll.  A lower form of life not worthy of recognition.

As I've said many a-times, politics is important for every single person living on this planet. This includes us Freespacers. The political babble is always contained in the obviously labeled threads, so those who do not wish to participate can easily avoid them

And face it, Hard Light would be barren without all the politics and religions threads :D [/B]

No, politics has become absolutely rampant recently and is getting even more vicious and heated.  Politics might be important, but that is not the point of this forum.  A certain amount is fine, but as I said, it's becoming much too common and much too divisive a topic these days.  Isn't there anything more interesting, more relevant and less likely to spark to discuss?

Hard Light sure as hell wasn't barren back when politics and religion was an uncommon topic, why should it be barren now?

[Nico]

On that note, I agree, politics and religion threads have nothing to do on HLP, there's other forums for that.

[Gloriano]

Originally posted by Nico
On that note, I agree, politics and religion threads have nothing to do on HLP, there's other forums for that.

[pyro-manic]

I'd say that given the kind of politics practised by certain governments at the moment, it is one of the most interesting and important things to talk about. Yeah, we can't do much about it here, but a large number of the members here live either in or close to one of the countries currently shafting us.

[Drew]

The core of the HL forums, home to the latest in news and discussion about anything and everything.

*cough cough cough*

[Gloriano]

Originally posted by Drew


*cough cough cough*

. Now converted by Shrike to a 24-hour nightclub.

Cough cough*

[Bobboau]

well during his campain, Bush promesed to stop interfereing with other nations and wageing a war every other year as a distraction from domestic problems...

[aldo_14]

Lot of coughing - must be a bug going round.

[Rictor]

Originally posted by Bobboau
well during his campain, Bush promesed to stop interfereing with other nations and wageing a war every other year as a distraction from domestic problems...

You...can't be serious....

[mikhael]

Originally posted by Bobboau
well during his campain, Bush promesed to stop interfereing with other nations and wageing a war every other year as a distraction from domestic problems...

I've got a list here somewhere of all the things that Bush said he wouldn't do when he was president. One of my favorites was when he said that nation-building wasn't one of America's jobs. He attacked Clinton for his nation-building adventures.

And yet, somehow, here we are, with Dubya cheerleading a nation-building adventure and contemplating other nation-building adventures.

[aldo_14]

Originally posted by mikhael


I've got a list here somewhere of all the things that Bush said he wouldn't do when he was president. One of my favorites was when he said that nation-building wasn't one of America's jobs. He attacked Clinton for his nation-building adventures.

And yet, somehow, here we are, with Dubya cheerleading a nation-building adventure and contemplating other nation-building adventures.

To be fair, **** isn't on a nation-building adventure.

He's on a nation-destroying one.

[Rictor]

Originally posted by mikhael


I've got a list here somewhere of all the things that Bush said he wouldn't do when he was president. One of my favorites was when he said that nation-building wasn't one of America's jobs. He attacked Clinton for his nation-building adventures.

And yet, somehow, here we are, with Dubya cheerleading a nation-building adventure and contemplating other nation-building adventures.

You know, I didn't think you'de be able to top Bob.'s statement, but here we are.

Clinton. Nation buidling.

[mikhael]

Hey, those are Dubya's words, not mine.