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Dan Duggan

lol when is the US going to withdraw from Texas, New Mexico and California

Isn't this just saying taxation should be optional? Should paying for the military, police or roads be optional? Or are you suggesting the amount you have to pay is fixed and then …

China also eats far more food than a lot of countries too. The only fair comparison is per capita.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_carbon_di... Way less than the US though

Pretty sure this is just a PR exercise for the very gullible. Anyone who has seen a real operating theater and had experience of being outside will know this is nonsense. That tent…

>The Americans are the central power that keeps the world from falling into insane tyranny. The U.S. has an actual history of creating and supporting tyrannical regimes. Just look …

And when there is a war?

Forced sterilization is something India did do.

This should be a reminder that the U.S. cares nothing for human rights violations and whenever it voices such complaints it does so for other selfish Geopolitical reasons that are …

>Presumably, if the CCP wanted to do so, they could put an end to the groups shipping this deadly substance into the United States. Presumably, if the United States wanted to do so…

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9715182/ Guns in a home actually lead to greater dangers especially for women. Most people are actually murdered by someone they know, quite often a…

But the U.S. accepts other things that are regulated, a couple of examples: Speed limits: Speed doesn't cause accidents just people who go faster than their ability to control the …

The "uninhabited farmland" is just an analogy for some area of the economic landscape that when you spend money on it, can absorb labor and return a tangible benefit that is equal …

>I don’t pay taxes to help other people. I pay taxes to protect myself. Helping people in other countries does protect yourself. Having stable regional neighbors for example is ver…

China claims Taiwan, Taiwan claims China. Both claim to be China. I don't think you understand the actual political situation.

https://archive.md/kqX6Z

You seem incredibly naive. People who earn $1m+ salaries do not work long hours or make sacrifices. You will never be wealthy if this is what you think. Most CEOs that I've known a…

The asymmetry here is really interesting. Seems maybe Democrats take things more seriously. Not passing judgement either way I'm a left wing Australian.

>When the US supported South Vietnam, it's not that they condoned everything south vietnam did, but had to make a tactical choice between lesser evils. But why get involved at all?…

Prices only go up if the demand approaches or exceeds supply. If there is capacity in the system all is good, more jobs. This is how Franklin D. Roosevelt brought an end to the Gre…

I would argue it is taken from people (yes with violence if needed) in exchange for goods and services provided, part of an implicit contract you are forced to make when you are a …

True. Interesting how independence actually can mean two things in Taiwan: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwan_independence_movement The Kuomintang do not support the island state…

There are two Governments that claim to be China. If you give recognition to one of those Governments (de facto or otherwise) you can expect repercussions from the other, depending…