Submitted by Oil Sheik on Sat, 05/10/2008 - 5:30am.
Theresa trotted out the $500 million figure in reference to the opening week sales revenue of the new Grand Theft Auto videogame.
I pointed out that you can't compare DISCRETIONARY PURCHASES made by 300 million Americans to a tax which Sam originally intended on impose on Portland water users WITHOUT A VOTE.
The only correlation between the two is the $500 million number. In fact, we know that Sam isn't going to stop with just a water tax: higher gas taxes, real estate transfer fees, and LOTS OF NEW BOND ISSUES are going to raise our property taxes by 50% in the next decade.
Theresa's argument is fallacious because it assumes that any population that CAN AFFORD to pay more taxes SHOULD BE OBLIGATED to pay more taxes. That they should be allowed to spend some of their own earnings on discretionary spending strikes Theresa (and other Socialists) as selfish.
How ironic is that: they're being selfish if they would prefer to spend their own money rather than let the government take it.
$500 million is just the start
Theresa trotted out the $500 million figure in reference to the opening week sales revenue of the new Grand Theft Auto videogame.
I pointed out that you can't compare DISCRETIONARY PURCHASES made by 300 million Americans to a tax which Sam originally intended on impose on Portland water users WITHOUT A VOTE.
The only correlation between the two is the $500 million number. In fact, we know that Sam isn't going to stop with just a water tax: higher gas taxes, real estate transfer fees, and LOTS OF NEW BOND ISSUES are going to raise our property taxes by 50% in the next decade.
Theresa's argument is fallacious because it assumes that any population that CAN AFFORD to pay more taxes SHOULD BE OBLIGATED to pay more taxes. That they should be allowed to spend some of their own earnings on discretionary spending strikes Theresa (and other Socialists) as selfish.
How ironic is that: they're being selfish if they would prefer to spend their own money rather than let the government take it.