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We do not know and may never know the ultimate cause and nature of the universe. Did it come out of "nothing"? Is the universe oscillatory...
I completely disagree with this assertion. Absence of a belief is not equivalent to believing in the opposite. A person who lacks the belief in...
The definition of religion is a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers. Look up the definition in any dictionary and similar definitions...
The best way to demonstrate the difference is with these hypothetical answer to the question "Do you believe in deities?" Agnostic: I have no...
A weak atheist isn't exactly an agnostic though IIUC. Someone who is a weak atheist lacks the belief in a deity without affirming that deities...
There has always been a greta deal of misunderstanding of the term "atheist". It can mean to some a belief in the non-existence of deities....
Neither Ahmadinejad's statements about Israel nor Israel's supposed plans to pre-emptively attack Iran are to be taken too seriously. There is...
One of the issues I have with going to an all consumption tax is that it violates the principle of taxing people at rates which do not correspond...
One thing that I should point out because some people are confused about how graduated progressive taxes work is that they do treat everybody the...
Why would you think that it would work better economically to tax a family making $20000 the full 20% of $4000. These families wouldn't revolt...
The whole theory of progressive taxation rests on the theory of marginal utility. As you make more the marginal value of each dollar decreases....
The word "fair" is entirely subjective so I won't argue that point as we'll get nowhere. However I would say that if you had a flat tax while...
It is fair because it is taxing people more with greater resources and ability to pay. If you don't have any progressive system of taxation, you'd...
Regarding flat rate income tax, I totally oppose it. Currently we have a progressive system such that Marginal Tax Rate (Tax bracket) 10% ($0...
Currently AFAIK, U.S. taxes are composed of a mix of the following: 1) Consumption Tax - Tax on spending on good or services. 2)...
Personally I think the whole gratuity custom is stupid. They should just pay the servers and others adequately and charge prices to cover it....
You should go ahead. It would make an interesting discussion.
There's a wikipedia article called "German nationality law" that describes some of the details on whether you qualified as a German citizen by...
It's not really meant to be a serious topic, more just something I discovered when I read the Constitution literally and saw that if read word for...
