Pope: Catholics should ask gay people for forgiveness

[Giancarlo]

Still waiting for him to ask me for forgiveness lmao!

[Ben Kenobi]

At least he's given up on his Sales tax nonsense and tried to shift our attention.

LOL, you've not even addressed my point. When priced equally, sales taxes come out ahead, because you don't pay them all at once at the start of every paycheck with withholding.

[kentonio]

LOL, you've not even addressed my point.

Now you understand what arguing with you is like.

[Ben Kenobi]

Let's say that a rich person and a poor person each spend $100 on taxable grocery items. This $100 expenditure—and the sales tax on that $100—both deal heavier blows on the poor person's income because it's smaller.

What hits harder a 100 dollar withholding from their paycheck or paying 100 dollars, over the course of two weeks?

Rah - your source doesn't actually strip out "percentage of taxes in sales taxes".

Also, the real comparison you want is the per state - dollar to dollar taxation, not the makeup of their taxation. Then we can truly see the actual burden on poor people.

There are a lot of regressive taxes out there - the payroll tax is a particularly nasty one.

[Sava]

it's hard to resist saying "go get cancer and die" to you

if anyone deserves to have that happen... it's gotta be you

but that's not for me to say

[Ben Kenobi]

Texas has seen big cities and towns downgraded to junk bond status because of the oil crash

And yet, Texas itself remains AAA. If Texas started out behind California, how did Texas manage to exceed and pass California in creditworthiness?

That was a ****ing Op/ed piece in the Chronicle.

I find it hilarious that you are claiming the Chronicle 'conservative' for obliterating your position.

[Giancarlo]

What hits harder a 100 dollar withholding from their paycheck or paying 100 dollars, over the course of two weeks?

That number, btw, fails to actually state, "percentage of tax due to sales taxes" - which is what it's measuring.

You really have no clue what you are talking about. Sales tax always hits the poor harder as they have less money to spend on basic products. How does it feel to be advocating something that keeps kids hungry?

Your broke state is going to raise the sales tax.

[Giancarlo]

And yet, Texas itself remains AAA. If Texas started out behind California, how did Texas manage to exceed and pass California in creditworthiness?

No it doesn't. Reread my sources. And stop being a ****ing moron. Also address my point on GDP growth. Oh wait you can't. Just like your idiotic claim about gay men making more money than straight men.

[Giancarlo]

it's hard to resist saying "go get cancer and die" to you

if anyone deserves to have that happen... it's gotta be you

Nailed it.

[Sava]

you're just an awful person, sean

you don't have any redeeming qualities

spending any amount of time with you or talking to you seems terrible... aside from hurling abuse... which is fine for a little while, but gets old

everything you believe in is stupid

your religious beliefs are a ****ing joke

you are a joke

[Ben Kenobi]

No it doesn't.

Your own state comptroller says it's so.

[Ben Kenobi]

You really have no clue what you are talking about. Sales tax always hits the poor harder as they have less money to spend on basic products. How does it feel to be advocating something that keeps kids hungry?

No, actually - it doesn't. Income taxes take it right off your paycheck, you never see that money. This is why people stay poor.

[Ben Kenobi]

you're just an awful person, sean

you don't have any redeeming qualities

spending any amount of time with you or talking to you seems terrible... aside from hurling abuse... which is fine for a little while, but gets old

everything you believe in is stupid

your religious beliefs are a ****ing joke

you are a joke

What would you think of someone who once called himself a friend, who now denies he was ever a friend? Would you think that person was a particularly great person? I know for a fact you were, and I'm not sure why you think that denying that in front of everybody is going to change what I know?

Who are you trying to save face with? Poly? What does that say about you as a person if you'd do this to someone you once considered a friend?

I'm proud of my friends, even if I disagree with them.

[Ben Kenobi]

All I have ever said is that Francis's message is one of love, peace, and understanding... and that Catholics should listen to his message, especially since he is the Pope.
You on the other hand have denied his message. And have claimed it goes against the teachings of the church.
One last time... where in the Church teachings does it support discrimination and a message of hate.

Calling me a bigot presupposes that you believe that homosexuality is something that cannot change. This is contrary to what the Church teaches. Smoke and mirrors isn't going to change that.

where in the Church teachings does it support discrimination

Quite a few places, actually. Judging rightly involves 'discriminating' between good things and less good things and between good things and bad things all the time.

[rah]

What hits harder a 100 dollar withholding from their paycheck or paying 100 dollars, over the course of two weeks?

And finally the TRIFECTA.
HE asked the nonsense QUESTION.

I don't know if he's more stupid or more predictable. BOTH