USA News and Poland - part 17

Still no attempt to address which party is preferred by the states that make the highest per person net contributions to the US treasury. But by now it's clear to all of us that you know what the reality and simply can't deal with it.


I actually rather like America. But I prefer spending time with people who pay their own bills, so I steer clear of the red states.


Is everyone's favourite felon no longer pretending to ignore me?

I don't think the answer to your question is proving the point you are trying to make. The only thing your question really proves is that wealthier people tend to live in blue states, which many democrats don't want to get out. They like to say the Republicans are the party of the rich, and they are the party of the common middle class man...or, at least, they used to.

But, what really makes your question almost moot is that federal taxes go toward federal spending, which does include subsidies to states for various expenses; so, to prove what you are implying-that red states mooch off blue state taxpayers-you need to look at how much federal subsidies go into state treasuries. When you do that, you see it has nothing to do with red and blue, but with population, federal facilities, and other stuff like indian reservations.

States collect their own taxes to fund their own expenses.

Rich and woke stupid are not mutually exclusive...See Bill Gates, Obongo,...

Democrats are preferred where black thugs and LGBT freaks hang out...in big cities...That's where the moron voters are ...

AntV, your post proves you are a better and more patient man...

Lazarus, it's adorable how you keep parroting that line about which states pay more into the treasury as if you've discovered some profound truth. You're an expat living in Poland, a guy with no skin in the game, no vote, no voice - yet you lecture Americans about how our system works. You cherry pick a talking point without grasping context: blue states 'pay more' largely because of obscene cost of living, higher tax structures, and a handful of mega cities stacked with billionaires. Meanwhile, the red states you sneer at are the ones keeping the lights on in your precious cities - they feed the country, fuel the country, and fight the wars that let you flap your limey gums from overseas.

You keep posturing like you're some worldly intellectual, but you're just another foreign keyboard warrior clinging to a condescending soundbite. It's not insight - it's insecurity dressed up as snark. And the fact you have to camp on an American forum about Poland to get your rocks off says everything about how empty your real life must be. You don't 'prefer' America. You resent it. That's why you're over here throwing rocks from across the pond and making a fool out of yourself! Now, go back to your rented flat and create some more stupid A.I. Youtube videos... Its all youre good for around here.😂

Wow, Lazarus, brave move staying out of places you've never visited. Next up: I'll be avoiding Mars, Antarctica, and your mom's basement. Add it to the list of imaginary accomplishments!!!

But he wasn't talking about paying higher state or sales or property taxes, but federal taxes. Your point of cities in blue, or even red, states being stacked with billionaires is good- one of the main reasons any state has a higher amount of federal taxes per person is due to the amount of wealthier people living in it.

It is NOT a myth that the top 10% of earners pay 70% of federal income tax.

This and the rest of your post...perfect. No patronizing meant...


That's what I have been wondering about ...

British slime that can't run their own country as it is being overrun by the hordes telling us to run ours.

As they say...you can't make this shlt up...

That's a very big mistake...

Fed tax should be flat from the first dollar. This way, everybody would feel the pain equally.

On my island, only fed tax payers would be allowed to vote in fed elections. A fed welfare bum voting to increase your taxes is sick.

Also, since women can't be drafted, they should not be allowed to vote for the guys who can send men to die in some stupid war 10,000 miles away.

You are speaking my language. Flat tax is best, IMO. And, I'm also on board with the vote=pay taxes thing.

@Joker
Wow, Joker, amazingly accurate, intelligent, complete description of a total buffoon, starving for attention.

Rumor that Golden Cow has gone missing again

Probably fallen over

....at last.....ist that the uprising of the still sane Palis against their Hamas overlords?


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If Trumps peace plan achieved that, his initiative couldn't valued high enough....he alone achieved then more than any other peace plan before!


.....sometimes only such a "little failure" is all whats needed....

My disappointment is that after 2 years, with Israel's total superiority, Hamas is still standing and negotiating...

What the fvck is going on?

I told you. Isreali were targeting toddlers, not Hamas. I guess it must be too hard to find a real Hamas fighter; toddlers are everywhere.

....Israel can only raze everything physically into the ground...but erasing the ghost of Hamas can only do the Palis themselves!

That was the same in Germany after '45....

But razing the whole thing is an option if the people on the ground don't do their part....and now it seems there still is some spark of a spirit left....

Why?

I am so proud of the US Armed Forces...

We are over-armed, but,... while in the neighborhood...why not...let's kill some azzholes...

@cms neuf Rumor the Golen Cow gone missing again

As accurate as your previous predictions. What's missing is shame and accuracy. So far, your betting average is big fat zero.

Another reason why I feel vindicated...

Finally, the US dropped that idiotic policy that an enemy must be armed and fire the first shoot to be killed. Not anymore...

Now, we kill the motherfvckers as preventive maintenance - like flushing a toilet...in the open seas ... no grave digging...sharks are happy...

Next: Kill them at the border.


...about Dow, tariffs, and inflation...

What a moron...Golden but still a moron...

I already answered why. It is easier for one; secondly, it is their intention - ethnic cleansing.
That is their solution to Arabs question in Palestine occupied by Israel - the final solution.
It is very simple to grasp. What with those whys?

I think the better question is why do we support Israel and claim it's an indispensable ally?

What exactly does Israel provide for us, other than outlays of aid and opportunities to engage in war?

Over past few months, I've had a complete 180 on the notion that we are Israel's patsy. Bibi pretty much validated my newly acquired thinking that we are their patsy last week, when he was caught live saying the US does what Israel wants.

Novi, see if you can find some of the testimonies if former US military guys who were in Gaza for the food aid mission. Since you are not really a kill'em and let 'em die kind of guy, good chance those accounts will make your stomach turn.

The big question us USian need to ask, IMO, is what does Israel give us in return for our billions of dollars in aid and weapons? What American interests are at stake?

Bombing your enemy into the ground to force him to wave the white flag isn't the same as ethnic cleansing!

I bet your ass that you wouldn't call the massmurder at Dresden ethnic cleansing either, nor accusing the allies to be baby killers...and thats what they did!

When did you fall for Radio Hamas, Iron?

Hamas has had all the time in the world, they can end it anytime...but they care less for their own people than Israel does!

I don't care that much about this part of the world. It is not in the focus of my attention. lol
So I put it here as a guess.
Israel is a proxy for the US. Something like Prussia was in the 19th century for the British in Europe.
Israel's role is to prevent the two sides of the region's powers from prevailing, to keep the balance of power between them, two opposing forces, let's name one to simplify ( there are more than two sides there ), Persia, and the others, Arabia. Our boy is meddling, keeping one and the other pitted against each other, but also preventing them from gaining an upper hand and from exercising dominance. How they are doing it - by creating chaos.
No real stabilization, no dominant power or powers, no common stance about oil. That would exert a heavy influence on the world for good or bad. Control would be out of the US's hands.
All thanks to puny Israel and their dogs of war, financed by a mere few billions, that amount of money makes no dent in the pockets of the US taxpayers.
That is my guess. What do you think?
It reminded me of the Roman system of foederati.

Its rather the other way around....Israel is fighting our war.....whether 9/11 New York or the October 7 attacks in Israel, the Arabs cheered and danced and gave out free Baklava...they will do it again. The only one actively fighting the puppet player behind is Israel!

Think about it when the next massacre happens, anywhere in our countries...and it will happen and our people die again, and they will cheer, again!

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_terrorism_in_Europe

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_extremism_in_the_United_States

@Ironside

Israel a proxy of US. What does the US have to gain? How does Israelis regional engagements fit in with Trump's recent deals with Arab nations-seems to be contradictory to me?

Comparisons are tricky. Sometimes they work, sometimes they don't. You would think that because oranges and apples are fruits and share other similarities, they would have the same flavor - nothing can be further from the truth. So one needs to be very careful comparing stuff.
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Didn't you know they call me Polish Taliban?
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However, if you directly target civilians, including toddlers, if your ministers spread hate and state openly need to kill toddlers because once they grow up they will become terrorists, when govermnat refuses to grant Palestinians land, given to them by the ONZ resolution, the same by the way that had been justification in creating the state of Isreal.
Then maybe you can recognize the reality.

Hamas is a monster child of Iran....the same Iran which is about to go nuclear...which is an outspoken "death enemy" of the US, of the whole West.....just saying.....


Till now its only Israelis fighting and dying against Iran and its puppets...if they wouldn't do it I'm fairly sure it would be USians, sooner or later...soldiers and civilians!


....heh:) I KNEW it! ;)

Israel is supposed to be a proxy. The US supports steam from that assumption. Things change. The Soviet Union has fallen. I guess you wouldn't bother reading my musings. I don't claim that I know anything about it - that is my guess, an educated guess.
You need to remember that in the 40 of 20th century Israel could be seen as a bulwark against the influence of the Soviet Union in the region.

@Bratwurst Boy

I've come to reject the Israel is fighting our fight for us. No, Israel is fighting the fight for regional hegemony.

While it is a terrible and stupid idea to allow muslim Arabs into western countries en masse or with no consideration of probability to assimilate, it is also not good to label to entire Arab world as nothing but terrorists.

Instead, I think we need a re-calibration in our thinking. It'd behoove us to realize that Arabs are certainly of a different worldview than the west, but that they are also a diverse population with diverse self-interests. It is best to deal with these diverse interests individually than to lump them all together. It is also an error to think they are all terrorists-many Arab leaders are fighting against terrorism themselves.

We should recognize the complexity of the Arab world and make deals where we can and hedge off risks where there are risks.

As far as Iran and Hamas. No doubt they are onenin the same.

But, itnisn't Israel fighting Iran, the US is helping. I'm still not completely convinced of Iran's nuclear capacity being a real threat to US.

Yes, but the SU is no longer.

It's quite the same....the alternative would be Hamas/Iranian hegemony...and the end of the jewish people in the ME!


Agreed! But, where are they?

An example...the only one actively supporting the protests in Teheran of iranian civilians sick of the Mullah's rule has been the israeli army with killing and weakening the Mullahs.

PS: The inner arab enemies of Iran are Saudi-Arabia and Yemen (their Houthis play the role of the Hamas in Gaza), as far as I know...and you asked why Trump is in talks with them...here could be an answer...