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No, I strongly support unions. People have a right to gather and demand their labor be compensated fairly. Don’t see how that’s related to taxation though.

As for flat taxes - they are a scam that hurt low and middle wage earners much more than rich people. A progressive taxation system is the most fair implementation of taxation - where people that have little means pay less and people with lots of means pay more. This equalizes the relative impact taxation has on the individual’s income to be much fairer than any flat tax every could be. A 20% tax on a 30k/y income is much harder to bear for the individual than a 50% taxation on a 3m/y income. Someone with 24k to spend after taxes will have a much harder time to make ends meet than someone with a 1.5m take-home income.

Okay let’s play this game since you obviously don’t get it: Please tell me who should pay for the roads you use to drive on. And who should pay for the wildfire services that protect your house from burning down. And who should pay for police services to keep you safe. And who should pay for all other public good and services that exist to better our lives collectively.

Once you go down the rabbit hole of “everyone pays for only the things they need” you either end up re-inventing taxation with private entities instead of public ones, or you end up in utter chaos. For society to function, taxation is a necessity.

P.S. I do agree with you that misspending and corruption are serious problems that need to be addressed to maintain public trust in government spending, as I already stated. P.P.S. I do actually donate to charities that operate on small margins and put the majority of their donations towards their cause.

Counterpoint: I proudly pay taxes and am happy to pay more if it means the betterment of all people living in the province. Taxes are the wave that lifts all boats (*when applied correctly - corruption and misspending are serious issues that should be addressed to keep taxation equitable). Anyone who has an issue with making sure we’re all better off is welcome to go and build a society based off the “each man for himself” principle and report back how that turned out.

Face it - Humans are group animals by nature. We are stronger as a species when we band together.

Also, you can’t actually donate to revenue Canada. So I have no clue what you’re on about.

Yeah, that’s how the US got to where they are. Profit incentives have no place in healthcare, as it incentivizes the exact opposite of what you want.

If a patient is a revenue generator you’ll want to make sure to keep them sick for as long as possible to make more money (or, alternatively, drain them as quickly as possible with exorbitant cost of care then boot them out the door when they can’t pay anymore). If a patient is a cost you’ll want to make sure they are healed as quickly as possible to avoid a further drain through expenses. And you’ve also got an incentive to provide high-quality care, because that patient returning means they will increase cost again. So you better do it right the first time around.

I think this is still the most played game on my Switch. I need to stay far, far, away from this if my productivity is to survive.

I know what you mean, but just to be pedantic I’m perfectly fine for calling the tour whatever they want. They can call it the “defecate on DEI tour” for all I care. It’s the announced intent of spreading hate speech part that make me wonder why they are not persecuted yet, and why they can openly announce this stuff without fear of legal reprisal.

I know we should celebrate freedom of expression and freedom of speech, but sometimes I wonder where “tolerance of intolerance is intolerance” begins and how we should apply it to groups like these.

I’m looking forward to this. Lego games always seem to deliver on capturing the spirit of the original work while adding some (often much needed) levity and charm. Having played HZD and having struggled to get through Forbiden West, I am looking forward to their take on the franchise.

A tow truck driver once decided for me that a failed hood release latch on the side of the highway wasn’t an issue that needed towing (he flat out refused to tow my car even though I specifically called them to tow my vehicle, and asked him to tow it to the nearest dealer).

He “fixed” it by cutting a bunch of holes into my bumper to attach zip ties through and then ducttaping the remaining gap closed. His genius solution made a 100 or so dollar repair (that would’ve been covered under warranty as I learned later) a several thousand dollar repair that required a new front bumper, new grille, and a bunch of paintwork. And a new hood latch of course.

Zero fucks to give seems generous in my experience.

With Oden on our side - Amon Amarth

Through the ashes of empires by Machine Head?

These all look very artistic and realistically like oil on canvas. What tool did you generate this with?

The video also includes this spin. Sounds like they tried to do an interesting retelling of her recruitment into the Carrington Institute, making her a double agent or something. I’m intrigued.

Man, what a roller coaster of a story. Glad he made it out of that wreck okay at least.

First thing to my mind too. Let’s see if you’re right.

Send me an angel by Scorpions comes to mind, but that’s probably two too few.

I will now proceed to crumble to dust like the Nazi at the end of the last crusade.

Winner!

Prompt: Powers of Thagirion Watch the great beast to be For to Mega Therion The draconian melody The dragon open the eye And reveal both truth and lie Spiritual supremacy

Ride the beast of ecstasy Spiritual supremacy Ride the beast of ecstasy Ialbaophs creative spark Manifests the utmost dark Ialbaophs creative spark

Meaning the letter of Theth Hide the force of Baphomet Meaning the letter of Theth

The wound of Baal will be healed When sign of time is unsealed The wound of Baal will be healed

The world will burn by Sorath’s flame And through the solar sign proclaim

I’m happy to hear England’s argument is crumbling before their eyes. These statues belong in Greece.