I wasn’t quoting anyone. From what I remember it was the case the last time I looked into it. Apparently it has shifted. Likely since the baby boomers started drawing social security en masse. That is a guess and also has no bearing on the point.
I think you should be allowed to fire at will without hearing protection if that’s what floats your boat. I wear earplugs 🤣
Couldn’t resist that… sorry.
I’m against.
I do not want the second amendment altered and I don’t want more gun laws. That’s part of why I live where I live. Wyoming has...
It’s a difference of 9%. Which is statistically significant. I’m cool with being corrected on a mistake. It wasn’t the point though. I could see you getting so worked up about the mistake if we were debating defense spending and I was suggesting that we spend too much. You focused on the least...
If you eat most of a cake you’ve eaten more than 50%.
When there are several slices of cake (3 or more). One of those slices can be the biggest slice and not be more than 50% of the cake. It’s the biggest slice but not most of the cake. Or if you’d rather we can talk about pie…We can continue...
I didn’t say it eats “most”. I said it takes “the biggest share”. You are probably right about entitlement programs actually taking the biggest share. Especially now that the baby boomers are drawing social security. That doesn’t change the point. We all rely on someone else for our defense...
Cut corporate welfare programs and increase the minimum wage to get back in alignment with the cost of living. Stop Union busting. Make the super rich pay their taxes and increase all wages to get back in alignment with the cost of living.
There was a time during my life when an average working...
Agreed.
I don’t agree with all of your analysis but I do agree with some of it. I don’t know the answer so I won’t pretend I can give it to you. We could start by working on narrowing the income gap and dedicating more resources to mental health. And if a person is talking about doing horrific...
We do homeschool one of our kids. The other kid wants/needs the social aspect. That answer doesn’t work for most. We are fortunate enough that my income is enough so it is an option for me.
Wages have not nearly kept up with inflation starting around the early 1980’s and the income gap has...
How do I be prepared for a school shooting without governmental assistance? I can’t be in school with my kids and I certainly can’t be there armed. Someone mentioned having some armed veterans take jobs at schools. So long as there were some pretty deep background checks involved I can’t say I’d...
It is a simple statement of fact, not an insult. They are from old times therefore I call them old. They are dead so I said as much. They were men so I called them guys.
I don’t think they would have cared.
They were people with flaws just like the rest of us. You could say the same thing...
Only problem with old Ben’s statement is you can’t really consider yourself free if you are dead. I’d go to prison to protect my kids if that’s what it took. That is sacrificing freedom for safety.
I’m not saying I disagree with the basic tenet. I agree with it. But it’s pretty simplistic and...
It was actually @Crowmangler
You right wing fellas all look alike
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Why not let’s all get over ourselves a little and either debate the topic or do something else.
I support all of the amendments. A quick look in my gun safe would convince any reasonable person that the second amendment is included in “all”. I also support keeping our children safe. At what point does any amendment trump the preamble? “Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.". There...
This is precisely what I typed,
“I hinted that you might have a limited vocabulary. A person with the inability to express himself well doesn’t make him unintelligent. It makes him ignorant.”
It was a hypothetical person. Additionally… ignorant and unintelligent are not synonymous...
100% agree. The 20% of house Dems that voted for it get the same exact credit as the 97% of republicans. And we agree that it was a horrible idea that has negative impact to this day. The only real mistake in your statement was that the democrats controlled the senate. The didn’t. Pretty small...
Right. A person can be all of that and still be intelligent. There are plenty of very smart people who don’t have much in the way of a formal education. Ignorance does not necessarily equate to a slow mind. There are also plenty of highly educated people that lack common sense.