Turkey fans BOO during pre-match minute's silence for the victims of Paris attacks an

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how can you be so blind to not see what he's talking about?

How can you be so stupid? Read the link a previous poster provided.

Costco and the $20.89 an Hour Job Myth

http://www.ogdenonpolitics.com/2015/...-job-myth.html

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The majority of SNAP participants are white (43%). And white conservatives make up the bulk of Trump's followers who believe blacks are the majority consumers of SNAP. It is so typical of you ultraconservatives to find faults in statements that are not relevant to the main gist of the conversation. I don't know if it's an IQ issue or whether you are just plain evil.

The majority of SNAP participants are not white. See how that works? But race wasn't the misinformation Cujo provided. Age was and he was wrong, very wrong. No conservative in this discussion made any statement in regards to race and SNAP. Your bias is showing.

But since you brought it up, here's a few more stats courtesy of Pew Research for you to ponder.

- Democrats are about twice as likely as Republicans to have received food stamps at some point in their lives.

- Women were about twice as likely as men (23% vs. 12%) to have received food stamps at some point in their lives.

- Blacks are about twice as likely as whites to have used this benefit during their lives (31% vs. 15%).

- Among Hispanics, about 22% say they have collected food stamps.

- Minority women in particular are far more likely than their male counterparts to have used food stamps. About four-in-ten black women (39%) have gotten help compared with 21% of black men.

- The gender-race participation gap is also wide among Hispanics: 31% of Hispanic women but 14% of Hispanic men received assistance.

- Among whites, the gender-race gap is smaller. Still, white women are about twice as likely as white men to receive food stamp assistance (19% vs. 11%).

- The survey also found that adults 65 and older are significantly less likely than other age groups to say they have received food stamps. For example, about 18% of adults aged 18 to 29 have benefitted from this entitlement program compared with 8% of those 65 and older.*

http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank...mp-recipients/

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Very typical of the Democratic way of thinking. They like big government, social programs, and spending (except on the military). But when it comes to funding it, they want to have "big business", and or "the rich" fund their programs. They don't see themselves as responsible for the bill, but think others should pick up the tab. You are allowed to pay more in taxes at both the state and federal level. If you think government is a good investment, then by all means go right ahead and pay as much as you want.

Liberal almost always means hypocrite. Just like all these "protestors" at elite, highly selective and very expensive colleges. They want to argue equality for all but attend institutions that place exclusivity above all else.

Anyone who has a house cleaner, landscaper, and a handy man has to be considered among the top 5 or 10%.

And you are right, they are hypocrites. Cujo, the guy with the house cleaner, landscaper and handy man who won't give access to the tax assessor to his property is a perfect example of that.

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Barcelona looked unstoppable today.

Did they have a moment of silence? Did they boo?

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The majority of SNAP participants are not white. See how that works? But race wasn't the misinformation Cujo provided. Age was and he was wrong, very wrong. No conservative in this discussion made any statement in regards to race and SNAP. Your bias is showing.

But since you brought it up, here's a few more stats courtesy of Pew Research for you to ponder.

- Democrats are about twice as likely as Republicans to have received food stamps at some point in their lives.

- Women were about twice as likely as men (23% vs. 12%) to have received food stamps at some point in their lives.

- Blacks are about twice as likely as whites to have used this benefit during their lives (31% vs. 15%).

- Among Hispanics, about 22% say they have collected food stamps.

- Minority women in particular are far more likely than their male counterparts to have used food stamps. About four-in-ten black women (39%) have gotten help compared with 21% of black men.

- The gender-race participation gap is also wide among Hispanics: 31% of Hispanic women but 14% of Hispanic men received assistance.

- Among whites, the gender-race gap is smaller. Still, white women are about twice as likely as white men to receive food stamp assistance (19% vs. 11%).

- The survey also found that adults 65 and older are significantly less likely than other age groups to say they have received food stamps. For example, about 18% of adults aged 18 to 29 have benefitted from this entitlement program compared with 8% of those 65 and older.*

http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank...mp-recipients/

I stopped reading when I read your first sentence which is completely incorrect .
read the snap link that was posted - this number (43%) is from SNAP
Unless you think they are flat out lying ( ludicrous) they won't be publishing numbers that are wrong. You lost all credibility with that first statement

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Who is "themselves"? the entire country is "themselves" it's not "others"- we are all responsible for the bill... and why not have the filthy rich fund a bigger portion of it - what are they doing with all that money? Another indoor swimming pool or a Maserati for the 16 year old grandson? How did they make their money if not off the backs of the working class and the freedom brought to them by the veterans who died to make this country free.

Good grief! What people do with their money is their business. And this is the 21st century, not the days of robber barons. Once again, liberals living in the past.

Here's the facts of who pay what when it comes to taxes.

"By design, wealthier Americans pay most of the nation’s total individual income taxes. In 2013, according to our analysis of preliminary*IRS data, people with adjusted gross incomes above $250,000 paid nearly half (48.9%) of all individual income taxes, though they accounted for only 2.4% of all returns filed. Their average tax rate (total taxes paid divided by cumulative AGI) was 25.6%.*By contrast, people whose incomes were less than $50,000 accounted for 63.4% of all individual income tax returns filed in 2013, but they paid just 6.2% of total taxes; their average tax rate was 4.2%.

Since the 1970s, the segment of federal revenues that has grown the most is the payroll tax –*those line items on your pay stub that go to pay for Social Security and Medicare. For most people, in fact, payroll taxes take a much bigger bite of your paycheck than federal income tax. Why? The 6.2% Social Security withholding tax only applies to wages*up to $118,500. For example, a*worker earning $40,000 will pay $2,480 (6.2%) in Social Security tax, but an executive earning $400,000 will pay $7,347 (6.2% of $118,500), for an effective rate of just 1.8%. By contrast, the 1.45% Medicare tax has no upper limit, and in fact high earners pay an extra 0.9%.

All but the top-earning 20% of American families pay*more*in payroll taxes than in federal income taxes, according to a*Treasury Department analysis. Still, that analysis confirms that, after all federal taxes are factored in, the U.S. tax system as a whole is progressive.*The top 0.1% of families pay the equivalent of 37.9% and the bottom 20% have negative tax rates (that is, they get more money back from the government in the form of refundable tax credits than they pay in taxes).

http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank...gh-to-be-fair/

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I stopped reading when I read your first sentence which is completly ncorrect .
read the snap link that was posted - this number (43%) is from SNAP
Unless you think they are flat out lying ( ludicrous) they won't be publishing numbers that are wrong. You lost all credibility with that first statement

Obviously you have a problem with simple logic and math. It 43% are white, then 57% are not white. That means the majority participating in SNAP are "not white".

And obviously when the numbers disagree with your closed mindset, they become a lie, at least in your little pea brain. I can assure you the Pew Research Center does not lie. Democrats are twice as likely as Republicans to have participated in SNAP. Thus your previous posting is what has no credibility, only bias and prejudice. That makes you the bigot in this discussion.

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Anyone who has a house cleaner, landscaper, and a handy man has to be considered among the top 5 or 10%.

And you are right, they are hypocrites. Cujo, the guy with the house cleaner, landscaper and handy man who won't give access to the tax assessor to his property is a perfect example of that.

Top 20-25%, but point made. He rails about conservatives and talking points, but he's a walking fountain of Daily Kos and Media Matters self-righteous indignation.

http://www.pewresearch.org/files/201...3_taxesInd.png

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Barcelona looked unstoppable today.

Indeed they did.

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If this discussion doesn't prove the Reagan quote, I don't know what would.

"The trouble with our Liberal friends Is not that they're ignorant; it's just that they know so much that isn't so."

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If this discussion doesn't prove the Reagan quote, I don't know what would.

"The trouble with our Conservative friends Is not that they're ignorant; it's just that they know so much that isn't so."

See above

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Who is "themselves"? the entire country is "themselves" it's not "others"- we are all responsible for the bill... and why not have the filthy rich fund a bigger portion of it - what are they doing with all that money? Another indoor swimming pool or a Maserati for the 16 year old grandson? How did they make their money if not off the backs of the working class and the freedom brought to them by the veterans who died to make this country free.

Easy to just say "make the filthy rich" pay for it, when it's not yours, isn't it?

What do you care what people spend their money on? What's acceptable? A Mercedes instead of a Maserati? A Mazda? What level of comfort crosses the threshold?

In some quarters, I would be considered "filthy rich". I've worked pretty freakin' hard to get there, too, and I didn't do it "on the backs of the working class". I was, and still AM, the working class.

Nice try on slipping in the 'veteran'. That has nothing to do with the subject, just another attempt at misdirection.

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See above

The difference between the conservatives in this discussion and the liberals - the conservatives can actually produce credible sources to support their argument. What do the liberals produce? Their own bigoted opinion and propaganda from leftist sites like Think Progress.

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If this discussion doesn't prove the Reagan quote, I don't know what would.

"The trouble with our Liberal friends Is not that they're ignorant; it's just that they know so much that isn't so."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiGsHCpBGg4

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXBswFfh6AY