Inequality for All

[Montague]

Avxo and Montague layin' it down. Good work, gentlemen.

It's alarming that any tax payer would go to these depths to defend such misappropriation of their tax dollars. Although, it does help explain why America is taking the direction it's headed.

[240_Iz_Nutz]

It's alarming that any tax payer would go to these depths to defend such misappropriation of their tax dollars. Although, it does help explain why America is taking the direction it's headed.

And a lot of people get money they can spend on Budweiser, Camel lights and PS3 games. And hell throw 40 McNuggets and a couple large fries in there too.

[The Ugly]

The problem is that we as a society have focused far too long on the delusion that an "equal opportunity" society is a just society. 
Until we move to an "equal results" society, things will never improve

This is bar none the most retarded thing that has ever been posted here. If you're American, you're in the wrong country. The only thing anyone deserves is the freedom to succeed if they so choose to. Nobody deserves it handed to them.  

[240_Iz_Nutz]

This is bar none the most retarded thing that has ever been posted here. If you're American, you're in the wrong country. The only thing anyone deserves is the freedom to succeed if they so choose to. Nobody deserves it handed to them.  

If you want to do welfare stuff, do it right. Provide scheduled meals, healthcare and education. You can't scam on that shit, but you can get cut the fuck off.

Sometimes people do get in a bind.

[Roger Bacon]

91% of public libraries provide free Wi-Fi, and 74% of libraries report use of Wi-Fi increased in 2011; 57% of urban libraries offer broadband speeds greater than 10 Mbps, as compared to 17% of rural libraries.
http://www.ala.org/tools/libfactsheets/alalibraryfactsheet06

100% of public libraries offer free public Internet access
64.5% of public libraries report they are the only free provider of Internet access in their community
90.5% of public libraries offer Wi-Fi
60.2% of libraries reported increased usage of workstations over the previous year
http://ipac.umd.edu/survey/analysis/community-access-public-libraries

There are 8,951 public libraries in the United States.
http://www.ala.org/tools/libfactsheets/alalibraryfactsheet01

[240_Iz_Nutz]

91% of public libraries provide free Wi-Fi, and 74% of libraries report use of Wi-Fi increased in 2011; 57% of urban libraries offer broadband speeds greater than 10 Mbps, as compared to 17% of rural libraries.
http://www.ala.org/tools/libfactsheets/alalibraryfactsheet06

100% of public libraries offer free public Internet access
64.5% of public libraries report they are the only free provider of Internet access in their community
90.5% of public libraries offer Wi-Fi
60.2% of libraries reported increased usage of workstations over the previous year
http://ipac.umd.edu/survey/analysis/community-access-public-libraries

There are 8,951 public libraries in the United States.
http://www.ala.org/tools/libfactsheets/alalibraryfactsheet01

And my ex probably watches about 10 free DVD's a week and she has a decent job.

[The Ugly]

Sometimes people do get in a bind.

Of course, and I'm ok helping them, but that's not what the OP was suggesting.

[TommyBoy]

There are libraries everywhere that have free computer use with nice connections.

Going off that logic literally 100% of the population of the planet earth does. Think about this and be real for a second. There are places, in the USA alone, where people are literally HOURS from THINGS. YES THIS IS STILL A THING. So yeah, if if Joe Random living in PoDunk Desert Town is willing to drive a few hours to use that public internet, then yeah! You are absolutely correct! And I've seen the public library in my area near capacity, or full, every time I have gone during the weekdays. Your logic is bad. BAD LOGIC IS YOUR'S.

I guess this was missed. Not everyone has a public library with free, usable internet, within a two hour drive in the USA.

[240_Iz_Nutz]

I guess this was missed. Not everyone has a public library with free, usable internet, within a two hour drive in the USA.

Where would this be? I live in a town of about 9000 people at this point, and they have a super nice layout here. Free DVDs for rental, get all the new books. Nice wi-fi and and have almost every magazine you can possibly get.

And great furniture and stuff to chill. I have never been anywhere that doesn't have a decent library.

Two hour drive? Where is this?

I am not trying to troll you, but that is crazy.

[240_Iz_Nutz]

And all kinds of CD's to use and about ten different newspapers everyday. Funny thing is I can go get just about any book at any time, but the new release DVD's are not there forever. I was shown a list when I asked about this, and they had so many movies I had never seen on the shelf.

People can even buy some beater computer and go to McDonalds and stuff and get online and get free internet.

And I will not believe it takes two hours to get to fast food places either.

[TommyBoy]

Where would this be? I live in a town of about 9000 people at this point, and they have a super nice layout here. Free DVDs for rental, get all the new books. Nice wi-fi and and have almost every magazine you can possibly get.

And great furniture and stuff to chill. I have never been anywhere that doesn't have a decent library.

Two hour drive? Where is this?

I am not trying to troll you, but that is crazy.

I lived in New Mexico, right around the SE border in a shit hole at one point. There were a LOT of little towns in the middle of nowhere with absolutely nothing around them out there. The mid-west is the first place that springs to mind with stuff like this.

[RRKore]

So you would compare the probability of your "scenario" to the reality of what Montague and me said?   THAT is the real problem.  Anytime someone comes up with plausible solutions some dumbass comes up with some 1 in a billion scenario and thinks its comparable. 

A guy losing his relatively high-paying job (and most of his ability to support children) is a "one in a billion" scenario to you?  Have you not been conscious paying attention since, oh, about the last couple of month's of the Bush presidency until now?

[Dago_Joe]

You don't get it do you? In America everybody has "rights" and "deserve everything".
That person who is searching for porn, thinks that they deserve a million dollars, because they have a right to.
Right now, you are supporting idiots who don't work and claim that they disabled because they self diagnosed themselves as "depressed" or hurt their arm 6 yrs ago, and now are hooked on Oxy. And all they do is sit on their collective asses and smoke weed, do Oxy, and get laid...and get a check cut for $700+.
Hell, many of the dudes who do this are getting more ass than you, while you are going to work, or school...
Some of these dudes are hitting off the wives of men making 6 or 7 figures...
Why, because our system not only allows it, it encourages it. Because these people will vote for the people who will continue the faucet to run. Not for those, who want to the faucet shut off.
And the repubs base want the faucet shut off for the above, but shut on for them. It's a shell game.

You sir are correct.  Disability for "depression" should be a crime.  All these things that seem ridiculous to logical people are put into place by design.  Like you said, give more and more to leeches and they will "EXPECT" it and more from then on.  More is never enough.  If Bill Gates has billions than godamnit every fucking parasite on welfare thinks they are entitled to the same.  Do you remember the interviews with "normal" people the news did when Obummer got elected?  These morons saying that Barry was going to pay their mortgages, car loans, etc from his stash.  It really is sickening in a sense because the Dems abuse these morons who in effect are mentally disabled.  I think that to vote everyone should have to prove they have a minimum IQ of 90.  That is low I know but I guarantee you most would fail it. 

[Primemuscle]

I don't want to not pay any taxes. There are things which are appropriate and for which government can and should tax people in order to provide them: police, courts and military come to mind.

You say I seem angry. You know, I am and I think I'm justified. Because I see politicians take money from me by a vote, only to then throw it away on commercials against smoking and bank bailouts. Because I see my fellow citizens think they can live of me and elect people to vote to let them do it.

You say I don't have the means to justify your ends; perhaps and that depends on what your ends are. But that's is pussy-footing around the issue. But you support programs that take money from my pocket to give to someone else. What is that, if not using my means to justify your ends?

You can accuse me of being cold-hearted or whatever, because I don't want to be taxed so that the government can then turn around and give people good stamps. But then, I would, voluntarily donate money to a private charity to do the same thing.

Your opening sentence says everything, "I don't want to pay any taxes."

Good luck with this.

[avxo]

Your opening sentence says everything, "I don't want to pay any taxes."

Good luck with this.

Except that's not what my opening sentence says. You may want to try reading what I actually wrote instead of what you think I wrote. Here, I'll save you the trouble of having to scroll: "I don't want to not pay any taxes."

I stand by everything I wrote in my post and if you can refute a single thing I wrote (that makes a difference) then I would be happy to read that refutation.

[Primemuscle]

Except that's not what my opening sentence says. You may want to try reading what I actually wrote instead of what you think I wrote. Here, I'll save you the trouble of having to scroll: "I don't want to not pay any taxes."

I stand by everything I wrote in my post and if you can refute a single thing I wrote (that makes a difference) then I would be happy to read that refutation.

Obviously, I misread what you wrote. Sorry. Your convoluted grammar confused me....you know, the double negative rule.

[Montague]

Obviously, I misread what you wrote. Sorry. Your convoluted grammar confused me....you know, the double negative rule.

Yes, you seem to be missing the point many people in this thread are making.

[avxo]

Obviously, I misread what you wrote. Sorry. Your convoluted grammar confused me....you know, the double negative rule.

Yeah, double negatives can be confusing and I usually avoid it for that reason. I used it on purpose, as someone had claimed I don't want to pay any taxes, so directly negating that seemed like a good way to open my post.

[FitnessFrenzy]

91% of public libraries provide free Wi-Fi, and 74% of libraries report use of Wi-Fi increased in 2011; 57% of urban libraries offer broadband speeds greater than 10 Mbps, as compared to 17% of rural libraries.
http://www.ala.org/tools/libfactsheets/alalibraryfactsheet06

100% of public libraries offer free public Internet access
64.5% of public libraries report they are the only free provider of Internet access in their community
90.5% of public libraries offer Wi-Fi
60.2% of libraries reported increased usage of workstations over the previous year
http://ipac.umd.edu/survey/analysis/community-access-public-libraries

There are 8,951 public libraries in the United States.
http://www.ala.org/tools/libfactsheets/alalibraryfactsheet01

No American people have an excuse not to post on Getbig.

[Roger Bacon]

No American people have an excuse not to post on Getbig.

ROFL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[avxo]

No American people have an excuse not to post on Getbig.

Nonsense. I don't know about you, but I had to have a weigh-in to ensure that I was over 280 with abs, along with submitting proof that my income was over $1,000,000 per year, I owned at least two exotic sports cars and had penthouses (or leased a hotel suite on a yearly basis) in both the East and the West Coast.

I'd say that excludes exactly 12.37% of Americans right there.

[arce1988]

  Listen to Walter, people

[Roger Bacon]

Nonsense. I don't know about you, but I had to have a weigh-in to ensure that I was over 280 with abs, along with submitting proof that my income was over $1,000,000 per year, I owned at least two exotic sports cars and had penthouses (or leased a hotel suite on a yearly basis) in both the East and the West Coast.

I'd say that excludes exactly 12.37% of Americans right there.

Ron is issuing waivers for disadvantaged getbiggers.  He's also redistributing posts to less active getbiggers.

[doison]

What? Hahahaha, are you serious? So I should give my money away just because some fucker was born less intelligent than I am?

Yes.  Otherwise there will never be equality.  You can offer equal opportunity, but that will only lead to inequality every time. 

Some people aren't born into wealth, some people aren't born as intelligent as others, some people don't want to work hard to earn money when other people already have more than they need, etc.   

[Roger Bacon]

Yes.  Otherwise there will never be equality.  You can offer equal opportunity, but that will only lead to inequality every time. 

Some people aren't born into wealth, some people aren't born as intelligent as others, some people don't want to work hard to earn money when other people already have more than they need, etc.   

What are the consequences of working around mother nature?