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Bill to Repeal "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" Blocked by Senate

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  • PiptheFairPiptheFair Frequently not in boats. Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Verdigris wrote: »
    Jesus Christ, people calling estate tax "double taxation."

    Hey, guess what? When you get your paycheck, you pay tax. When you go to the store with that money and buy shit, you pay tax. Is that double taxation? But wait! The company you bought that stuff from has to pay tax on their income. Triple taxation! And then they use some of the money that's left over to pay their employees, and those guys pay taxes on that money! What the hell, government?

    how about a goddamn death tax if you want to be accurate and pedantic

    the government literally taxes your money because you die

    MAKES

    SENSE

    PiptheFair on
  • Der Waffle MousDer Waffle Mous Blame this on the misfortune of your birth. New Yark, New Yark.Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    double taxation.

    what does this mean?

    whoa its so intense!

    Der Waffle Mous on
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  • DeaconBluesDeaconBlues __BANNED USERS regular
    edited December 2010
    Verdigris wrote: »
    Median household income in the U.S. is $50K. If half of all families in the country can get by on less than that, then you have no excuse for struggling with five times as much.

    Oh, right, it's not like I can't afford to live, but things like letting mrs deacon stay home and raise the kids and art and swim lessons for them are the reason I get up early and bust my ass all day.

    DeaconBlues on
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  • mrpakumrpaku Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Dichotomy wrote: »
    I thought becoming poor and then miraculously becoming ultra-wealthy again was one of tony stark's things

    Donald Trump has filed bankruptcy three times

    mrpaku on
  • VerdigrisVerdigris Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    PiptheFair wrote: »
    Verdigris wrote: »
    Jesus Christ, people calling estate tax "double taxation."

    Hey, guess what? When you get your paycheck, you pay tax. When you go to the store with that money and buy shit, you pay tax. Is that double taxation? But wait! The company you bought that stuff from has to pay tax on their income. Triple taxation! And then they use some of the money that's left over to pay their employees, and those guys pay taxes on that money! What the hell, government?

    how about a goddamn death tax if you want to be accurate and pedantic

    the government literally taxes your money because you die

    MAKES

    SENSE

    It's not your money anymore. You're dead. Dead people can't own things.

    Verdigris on
  • EdcrabEdcrab Actually a hack Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Verdigris wrote: »
    It's not your money anymore. You're dead. Dead people can't own things.

    what

    Edcrab on
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  • PiptheFairPiptheFair Frequently not in boats. Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Verdigris wrote: »
    PiptheFair wrote: »
    Verdigris wrote: »
    Jesus Christ, people calling estate tax "double taxation."

    Hey, guess what? When you get your paycheck, you pay tax. When you go to the store with that money and buy shit, you pay tax. Is that double taxation? But wait! The company you bought that stuff from has to pay tax on their income. Triple taxation! And then they use some of the money that's left over to pay their employees, and those guys pay taxes on that money! What the hell, government?

    how about a goddamn death tax if you want to be accurate and pedantic

    the government literally taxes your money because you die

    MAKES

    SENSE

    It's not your money anymore. You're dead. Dead people can't own things.

    no they actually can

    or they'd be tossed in a hole naked

    PiptheFair on
  • MrMonroeMrMonroe passed out on the floor nowRegistered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Lord Dave wrote: »
    Butters wrote: »
    Lord Dave wrote: »
    Butters wrote: »
    Langly wrote: »
    I mean, I think that there is a pretty good argument against taking a large chunk of someone's estate just because they died. That seems pretty reprehensible. What are you taxing? Their death? They should be able to will it away to whoever the fuck they want.

    I agree in principle as it's double taxation but what exactly is the point of amassing obscene amounts of money and not doing anything with it?

    Making it so your kids and their kids don't have to work?
    John Adams told me that was the point of America in a TV show I saw

    Well it kind of is the point of America but if you can achieve that with only a fraction of what you're leaving behind is it really so unfair that a chunk get taken out to pay power armor for our troops?

    More unfair than basically any other form of tax, I would say
    Mostly because, as you say, it's a double tax

    Plus it seems like it'd encourage rich dudes to buy a thousand solid gold boats instead of providing for their progeny, which is kind of sad

    oh for heaven's sake

    it's not a double tax, because you're not taxing the person who's died

    you're taxing the income of their beneficiaries which occurs when they inherit the wealth

    MrMonroe on
  • ButtersButters A glass of some milks Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Verdigris wrote: »
    Jesus Christ, people calling estate tax "double taxation."

    Hey, guess what? When you get your paycheck, you pay tax.

    One tax.
    Verdigris wrote: »
    When you go to the store with that money and buy shit, you pay tax.

    To different entities. We don't have national sales tax in the US yet
    Verdigris wrote: »
    The company you bought that stuff from has to pay tax on their income. Triple taxation! [/quoteAnd then they use some of the money that's left over to pay their employees, and those guys pay taxes on that money! What the hell, government?

    I don't think that's a fair position. The argument is the government should only get one crack at it before it ends up in a individual persons bank account. Then it's theirs to do with what they will.

    Butters on
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  • DichotomyDichotomy Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    what about dracula

    fucker owns an entire castle

    Dichotomy on
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  • DeaconBluesDeaconBlues __BANNED USERS regular
    edited December 2010
    the government doesnt get to roll through your house when you're laying there dying shouting "HEY BRO CAN I HAVE YOUR STUFF" either

    DeaconBlues on
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  • LanglyLangly Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Verdigris wrote: »
    Jesus Christ, people calling estate tax "double taxation."

    Hey, guess what? When you get your paycheck, you pay tax. When you go to the store with that money and buy shit, you pay tax. Is that double taxation? But wait! The company you bought that stuff from has to pay tax on their income. Triple taxation! And then they use some of the money that's left over to pay their employees, and those guys pay taxes on that money! What the hell, government?

    It is different than that and you know it. It's not a simple income financial transaction tax. It was a 45 percent tax. Now it is 35 percent. That is not a normal percentage for taxing a portion of someone's aggregated wealth.

    Langly on
  • UbikUbik oh pete, that's later. maybe we'll be dead by then Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    MrMonroe wrote: »
    Lord Dave wrote: »
    Butters wrote: »
    Lord Dave wrote: »
    Butters wrote: »
    Langly wrote: »
    I mean, I think that there is a pretty good argument against taking a large chunk of someone's estate just because they died. That seems pretty reprehensible. What are you taxing? Their death? They should be able to will it away to whoever the fuck they want.

    I agree in principle as it's double taxation but what exactly is the point of amassing obscene amounts of money and not doing anything with it?

    Making it so your kids and their kids don't have to work?
    John Adams told me that was the point of America in a TV show I saw

    Well it kind of is the point of America but if you can achieve that with only a fraction of what you're leaving behind is it really so unfair that a chunk get taken out to pay power armor for our troops?

    More unfair than basically any other form of tax, I would say
    Mostly because, as you say, it's a double tax

    Plus it seems like it'd encourage rich dudes to buy a thousand solid gold boats instead of providing for their progeny, which is kind of sad

    oh for heaven's sake

    it's not a double tax, because you're not taxing the person who's died

    you're taxing the income of their beneficiaries which occurs when they inherit the wealth

    yes this

    Ubik on
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  • VerdigrisVerdigris Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Verdigris wrote: »
    Median household income in the U.S. is $50K. If half of all families in the country can get by on less than that, then you have no excuse for struggling with five times as much.

    Oh, right, it's not like I can't afford to live, but things like letting mrs deacon stay home and raise the kids and art and swim lessons for them are the reason I get up early and bust my ass all day.

    Yes, and it's great that you are able to provide those things for them.

    But.

    You are in no way entitled to any of that. You have chosen to live your life a certain way, and if that lifestyle happens to be outside what you are actually capable of supporting (as opposed to what you, personally, think it should be) then the fault is not in your stars, but in yourself.

    Verdigris on
  • VerdigrisVerdigris Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    PiptheFair wrote: »
    Verdigris wrote: »
    PiptheFair wrote: »
    Verdigris wrote: »
    Jesus Christ, people calling estate tax "double taxation."

    Hey, guess what? When you get your paycheck, you pay tax. When you go to the store with that money and buy shit, you pay tax. Is that double taxation? But wait! The company you bought that stuff from has to pay tax on their income. Triple taxation! And then they use some of the money that's left over to pay their employees, and those guys pay taxes on that money! What the hell, government?

    how about a goddamn death tax if you want to be accurate and pedantic

    the government literally taxes your money because you die

    MAKES

    SENSE

    It's not your money anymore. You're dead. Dead people can't own things.

    no they actually can

    or they'd be tossed in a hole naked

    Pip let us discuss the difference between posession and ownership.

    Verdigris on
  • SolarSolar Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Dichotomy wrote: »
    what about dracula

    fucker owns an entire castle

    He's not dead

    he's Undead

    There's a difference Pip

    If you'd ever played DnD you'd know that

    Solar on
  • ButtersButters A glass of some milks Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    mrpaku wrote: »
    Dichotomy wrote: »
    I thought becoming poor and then miraculously becoming ultra-wealthy again was one of tony stark's things

    Donald Trump has filed bankruptcy three times

    Not personally I don't think only his casinos or other businesses have. Trump will never actually go broke because he owns the most valuable property on earth. His problem is he thinks he's a good business man when really he's just a lucky landlord.

    Butters on
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  • PiptheFairPiptheFair Frequently not in boats. Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Verdigris wrote: »
    Verdigris wrote: »
    Median household income in the U.S. is $50K. If half of all families in the country can get by on less than that, then you have no excuse for struggling with five times as much.

    Oh, right, it's not like I can't afford to live, but things like letting mrs deacon stay home and raise the kids and art and swim lessons for them are the reason I get up early and bust my ass all day.

    Yes, and it's great that you are able to provide those things for them.

    But.

    You are in no way entitled to any of that
    . You have chosen to live your life a certain way, and if that lifestyle happens to be outside what you are actually capable of supporting (as opposed to what you, personally, think it should be) then the fault is not in your stars, but in yourself.

    so you are just a pissed off socialist

    got it

    PiptheFair on
  • Romanian My EscutcheonRomanian My Escutcheon Two of Forks Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Verdigris wrote: »
    Verdigris wrote: »
    Median household income in the U.S. is $50K. If half of all families in the country can get by on less than that, then you have no excuse for struggling with five times as much.

    Oh, right, it's not like I can't afford to live, but things like letting mrs deacon stay home and raise the kids and art and swim lessons for them are the reason I get up early and bust my ass all day.

    Yes, and it's great that you are able to provide those things for them.

    But.

    You are in no way entitled to any of that. You have chosen to live your life a certain way, and if that lifestyle happens to be outside what you are actually capable of supporting (as opposed to what you, personally, think it should be) then the fault is not in your stars, but in yourself.

    Did you take a blow to the head at some point, or are you really this unabashedly obtuse?

    Romanian My Escutcheon on
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  • VerdigrisVerdigris Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Langly wrote: »
    Verdigris wrote: »
    Jesus Christ, people calling estate tax "double taxation."

    Hey, guess what? When you get your paycheck, you pay tax. When you go to the store with that money and buy shit, you pay tax. Is that double taxation? But wait! The company you bought that stuff from has to pay tax on their income. Triple taxation! And then they use some of the money that's left over to pay their employees, and those guys pay taxes on that money! What the hell, government?

    It is different than that and you know it. It's not a simple income financial transaction tax. It was a 45 percent tax. Now it is 35 percent. That is not a normal percentage for taxing a portion of someone's aggregated wealth.

    A 35 percent tax with a $1 million exemption.

    Verdigris on
  • PharezonPharezon Struggle is an illusion. Victory is in the Qun.Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Bernie Sanders owns.

    Pharezon on
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  • PiptheFairPiptheFair Frequently not in boats. Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Solar wrote: »
    Dichotomy wrote: »
    what about dracula

    fucker owns an entire castle

    He's not dead

    he's Undead

    There's a difference Pip

    If you'd ever played DnD you'd know that

    that is dichotomy good sir

    and motherfucker I done been playing d&d since you was a baby

    PiptheFair on
  • DichotomyDichotomy Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Solar wrote: »
    Dichotomy wrote: »
    what about dracula

    fucker owns an entire castle

    He's not dead

    he's Undead

    There's a difference Pip

    If you'd ever played DnD you'd know that

    did
    did you just call me pip


    I don't know how to feel about that

    Dichotomy on
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  • HunterHunter Chemist with a heart of Au Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Verdigris wrote: »
    Median household income in the U.S. is $50K. If half of all families in the country can get by on less than that, then you have no excuse for struggling with five times as much.

    Oh, right, it's not like I can't afford to live, but things like letting mrs deacon stay home and raise the kids and art and swim lessons for them are the reason I get up early and bust my ass all day.

    Before anyone comments, could you please tell us if that was real or was it like you being black to make a point about race to a humongous jewish guy.

    Hunter on
  • HunterHunter Chemist with a heart of Au Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Dichotomy wrote: »
    Solar wrote: »
    Dichotomy wrote: »
    what about dracula

    fucker owns an entire castle

    He's not dead

    he's Undead

    There's a difference Pip

    If you'd ever played DnD you'd know that

    did
    did you just call me pip


    I don't know how to feel about that

    Offended?

    Poor?

    Poor and offended?

    Hunter on
  • VerdigrisVerdigris Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    PiptheFair wrote: »
    Verdigris wrote: »
    Verdigris wrote: »
    Median household income in the U.S. is $50K. If half of all families in the country can get by on less than that, then you have no excuse for struggling with five times as much.

    Oh, right, it's not like I can't afford to live, but things like letting mrs deacon stay home and raise the kids and art and swim lessons for them are the reason I get up early and bust my ass all day.

    Yes, and it's great that you are able to provide those things for them.

    But.

    You are in no way entitled to any of that
    . You have chosen to live your life a certain way, and if that lifestyle happens to be outside what you are actually capable of supporting (as opposed to what you, personally, think it should be) then the fault is not in your stars, but in yourself.

    so you are just a pissed off socialist

    got it

    Is...is believing people should live within their means a tenet of socialism?

    Verdigris on
  • SolarSolar Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Dichotomy wrote: »
    Solar wrote: »
    Dichotomy wrote: »
    what about dracula

    fucker owns an entire castle

    He's not dead

    he's Undead

    There's a difference Pip

    If you'd ever played DnD you'd know that

    did
    did you just call me pip


    I don't know how to feel about that

    I was, er, testing you

    Anyway the point still stands Dich

    Don't try and weasel your way out of this one with petty things like names

    Solar on
  • DeaconBluesDeaconBlues __BANNED USERS regular
    edited December 2010
    Verdigris wrote: »
    Yes, and it's great that you are able to provide those things for them.

    But.

    You are in no way entitled to any of that. You have chosen to live your life a certain way, and if that lifestyle happens to be outside what you are actually capable of supporting (as opposed to what you, personally, think it should be) then the fault is not in your stars, but in yourself.

    "my stars" aren't talking about all these changes, Obama and the left is.

    And since I'm in a very good position right now, I'm certainly entitled to fight against any changes that would disavantage me.

    DeaconBlues on
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  • ButtersButters A glass of some milks Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Hunter wrote: »
    Verdigris wrote: »
    Median household income in the U.S. is $50K. If half of all families in the country can get by on less than that, then you have no excuse for struggling with five times as much.

    Oh, right, it's not like I can't afford to live, but things like letting mrs deacon stay home and raise the kids and art and swim lessons for them are the reason I get up early and bust my ass all day.

    Before anyone comments, could you please tell us if that was real or was it like you being black to make a point about race to a humongous jewish guy.

    A very fair question.

    Butters on
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  • HunterHunter Chemist with a heart of Au Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Verdigris wrote: »
    Verdigris wrote: »
    Median household income in the U.S. is $50K. If half of all families in the country can get by on less than that, then you have no excuse for struggling with five times as much.

    Oh, right, it's not like I can't afford to live, but things like letting mrs deacon stay home and raise the kids and art and swim lessons for them are the reason I get up early and bust my ass all day.

    Yes, and it's great that you are able to provide those things for them.

    But.

    You are in no way entitled to any of that. You have chosen to live your life a certain way, and if that lifestyle happens to be outside what you are actually capable of supporting (as opposed to what you, personally, think it should be) then the fault is not in your stars, but in yourself.

    If he earns 250k and spends 250k, he is entitled to live that way. He earned the money to do it.

    Hunter on
  • PiptheFairPiptheFair Frequently not in boats. Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Verdigris wrote: »
    PiptheFair wrote: »
    Verdigris wrote: »
    Verdigris wrote: »
    Median household income in the U.S. is $50K. If half of all families in the country can get by on less than that, then you have no excuse for struggling with five times as much.

    Oh, right, it's not like I can't afford to live, but things like letting mrs deacon stay home and raise the kids and art and swim lessons for them are the reason I get up early and bust my ass all day.

    Yes, and it's great that you are able to provide those things for them.

    But.

    You are in no way entitled to any of that
    . You have chosen to live your life a certain way, and if that lifestyle happens to be outside what you are actually capable of supporting (as opposed to what you, personally, think it should be) then the fault is not in your stars, but in yourself.

    so you are just a pissed off socialist

    got it

    Is...is believing people should live within their means a tenet of socialism?

    how is affording things and paying taxes not fucking living within ones means

    I don't even


    what are you trying to argue anymore

    PiptheFair on
  • DeaconBluesDeaconBlues __BANNED USERS regular
    edited December 2010
    To clarify, I'm living well within my means now.

    tax cuts expiring - $600/month in ssi payments -$11k mortgage interest refund = changing something, though.

    And fuck that.

    DeaconBlues on
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  • SolarSolar Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    PiptheFair wrote: »
    Solar wrote: »
    Dichotomy wrote: »
    what about dracula

    fucker owns an entire castle

    He's not dead

    he's Undead

    There's a difference Pip

    If you'd ever played DnD you'd know that

    that is dichotomy good sir

    and motherfucker I done been playing d&d since you was a baby

    Sorry pip

    Hopefully my apology will sooth your sore pride like a Remove Curse cast on a the recipient of Doom

    Solar on
  • DizzenDizzen Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Verdigris wrote: »
    Jesus Christ, people calling estate tax "double taxation."

    Hey, guess what? When you get your paycheck, you pay tax. When you go to the store with that money and buy shit, you pay tax. Is that double taxation? But wait! The company you bought that stuff from has to pay tax on their income. Triple taxation! And then they use some of the money that's left over to pay their employees, and those guys pay taxes on that money! What the hell, government?

    A good point up to double taxation, then it starts falling apart, I'm afraid, as it's income from separate labor that is being taxed for both the triple and quadruple taxations to which you referred.

    Meanwhile, the folks who inherent your money have to pay sales tax when they spend it, so that is kinda triple taxation, if you think of it that way.

    I don't, though, because that's not how it works.
    Lord Dave wrote: »
    Rupert Murdoch just swung by my window on a web
    My boss is demanding pictures

    Wait, your boss? But I thought the only one who can get good photos of Spiderman is Spiderman's alter ego?

    Good job outing yourself, Spidey.

    Dizzen on
  • Lord DaveLord Dave Grief Causer Bitch Free ZoneRegistered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Ok I figured it out
    When you pay income tax, the government should tax that, because it's the government's income
    That'll, like, double the income tax revenue

    Lord Dave on
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  • Romanian My EscutcheonRomanian My Escutcheon Two of Forks Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Seriously, I want an answer; is Verdigris really so obtuse that he thinks that everything bad that happens to someone is their fault?

    Because I'm sure there are a number of people who are hunting for jobs right now who would like to tell him where he can shove that opinion.

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  • satansfingerssatansfingers Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    taxing back and forth

    forever

    satansfingers on
  • DichotomyDichotomy Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Lord Dave wrote: »
    Ok I figured it out
    When you pay income tax, the government should tax that, because it's the government's income
    That'll, like, double the income tax revenue

    promote this man

    Dichotomy on
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  • HunterHunter Chemist with a heart of Au Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Dizzen wrote: »
    Verdigris wrote: »
    Jesus Christ, people calling estate tax "double taxation."

    Hey, guess what? When you get your paycheck, you pay tax. When you go to the store with that money and buy shit, you pay tax. Is that double taxation? But wait! The company you bought that stuff from has to pay tax on their income. Triple taxation! And then they use some of the money that's left over to pay their employees, and those guys pay taxes on that money! What the hell, government?

    A good point up to double taxation, then it starts falling apart, I'm afraid, as it's income from separate labor that is being taxed for both the triple and quadruple taxations to which you referred.

    Meanwhile, the folks who inherent your money have to pay sales tax when they spend it, so that is kinda triple taxation, if you think of it that way.

    I don't, though, because that's not how it works.
    Lord Dave wrote: »
    Rupert Murdoch just swung by my window on a web
    My boss is demanding pictures

    Wait, your boss? But I thought the only one who can get good photos of Spiderman is Spiderman's alter ego?

    Good job outing yourself, Spidey.

    Dave Spiderman...CPA

    Not to be confused with Peter Spider-Man...webslinger

    Hunter on
  • ButtersButters A glass of some milks Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    PiptheFair wrote: »
    Verdigris wrote: »
    PiptheFair wrote: »
    Verdigris wrote: »
    Verdigris wrote: »
    Median household income in the U.S. is $50K. If half of all families in the country can get by on less than that, then you have no excuse for struggling with five times as much.

    Oh, right, it's not like I can't afford to live, but things like letting mrs deacon stay home and raise the kids and art and swim lessons for them are the reason I get up early and bust my ass all day.

    Yes, and it's great that you are able to provide those things for them.

    But.

    You are in no way entitled to any of that
    . You have chosen to live your life a certain way, and if that lifestyle happens to be outside what you are actually capable of supporting (as opposed to what you, personally, think it should be) then the fault is not in your stars, but in yourself.

    so you are just a pissed off socialist

    got it

    Is...is believing people should live within their means a tenet of socialism?

    how is affording things and paying taxes not fucking living within ones means

    I don't even


    what are you trying to argue anymore

    I think what he's saying is that if someone though a high earner is still living paycheck to paycheck they're not really living within their means. Which isn't an unreasonable point.

    Butters on
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