President Obama plans to return five percent of his salary to Treasury.

[PLATO]

Professionals have evaluated me. I have written documentation. During the most marijuana-filled periods of my life, my IQ tested into the 150's...

You lose. My kid's is even higher than mine, but he is rather....eccentric?

[PLATO]

Money, on that scale, is whoevers we as a political entity says it is. If we're talking about the morality behind compensating individuals for labor, no single person could ever legitimately be rich. Money is power. Power comes from politics. Rich guys are powerful because hordes of people don't string them up in the public square. Modern capitalism is a shell game. The winners don't win because they put forth any legitimate effort into earning their money. Corporations are pyramid schemes. The system generally works because enough money would trickle down to those who could spend it. Now, that's not happening as much. People are beginning to take notice that in the last 30 years, they have a smaller piece of the pie.

Some truth in that...some untruth.

You are an all right guy for the most part. So it's fun to engage in this pointless exercise with you as long as you don't get all butthurt about the things I say. You've got thick skin to go along with your thick skull... so I'm not worried about that.

ditto

[loinburger]

This is a really bizarre PR stunt - the only people who would say that this is a fantastic thing are the same people who would react positively to Obama eating a litter of kittens. Also, "Faux Noise" is the worst thing that has ever been posted on Apolyton.

[Sava]

You lose. My kid's is even higher than mine, but he is rather....eccentric?

Turn him into a pothead and we'll compare the results. I don't plan on getting tested again.

One of my favorite smart things to do is to convert highway signs into hex-based numeric values based upon the sum of their letters (A=1).

eccentric

I think I'm somewhere on the autism spectrum... but they didn't have that bull**** when I was a kid.

[Sava]

ditto

[MrFun]

"Giving rich guys money"? What I think you meant was "letting rich guys keep their money". Demand is an issue, but it is not the real issue. The real issue is "return on investment". The environment in this country is not condusve to business expansion. The growth you have seen is based on demand and not on innovation and investment in new business. Businesses simply do not see making the investments in people they need to because of workers' rights and preserving clean air, water, and soil.

FTFY

[PLATO]

FTFY

Thanks. Nice to know that those jobs that are going to China don't affect the same planet.

[MrFun]

Thanks. Nice to know that those jobs that are going to China don't affect the same planet.

Is it the government's fault that CEOs tend to be sociopathic, greedy, self-centered manipulators who would rather tear down their own country by shipping jobs overseas just to avoid fair, reasonable rules and regulations?

[DaShi]

From your Youtube vid: Uploaded on Dec 7, 2010

Indeed, only what they said in 1997 is applicable today.

[DinoDoc]

Indeed, only what they said in 1997 is applicable today.

The quote he claimed was from 2008 was from after the midterm elections in 2010. It seemed relevant to point that out given his hysterical reaction to it.

[DaShi]

Hardly. It's winning the battle by conceding the war.

[DinoDoc]

Taking seriously MrFun's womanly reactions to anything the GOP does isn't a road I care to go down.

[DaShi]

That's pretty much your response to everything. No wonder you're wronger than Oerdin.

[DinoDoc]

That's pretty much your response to everything..

Me

No wonder you're wronger than Oerdin

That's impossible.

[MrFun]

The quote he claimed was from 2008 was from after the midterm elections in 2010. It seemed relevant to point that out given his hysterical reaction to it.

Soooo sorry I made a mistake. Your pedantic tactic doesn't invalidate what I said though.