@halfhopeful How many QIA2S+’s have you dealt with personally, and how many billionaires, or do you just like to complain?
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In my 14,671 days on earth, LGBTQIA2S+ folks have caused me exactly 0 problems.
Can’t say the same for billionaires.
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The Mormon church is like the Tower of Babel.
Change my mind.
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@MelbaofNM That’s what happens why you try to make math emotional. Don’t agree to something then get mad about it later.
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@GunnelsWarren Convenient how you use bezos’ wealth and not income and vice versa for the others. Apples and oranges.
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No. When Jeff Bezos pays a lower tax rate than a truck driver, the tax code is not progressive. It's rigged.
Jeff Bezos
Worth: $279 billion
Tax Rate: 0.98%
Truck Driver
Income: $63,890
Tax Rate 8.4%
Teacher
Income: $69,860
Tax Rate: 9.8%
Nurse
Income: $98,430
Tax Rate: 13.3%
Jeff Bezos@JeffBezos
Yes, the United States has the most progressive tax system in the world. The top 1% pay 40% of taxes, the bottom 50% pay 3% of taxes. We can make it even more progressive by zeroing out taxes on the bottom half. It’s a small amount of the total tax revenue but very meaningful to people in this group.
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@JasontheLayman What is an Lds apologist, seems like something that doesn’t exist
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How dumb is the Book of Mormon?
Seventy-five years before Jesus walks on this earth, there's an Anti-Christ preaching in the Americas and leading people astray. I can no longer take LDS apologists seriously who defend the countless linguistic anachronisms in this book of fables.
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@SpencerKeele Danny ainge is not the GM! Look what trades the actual GM has made, much different strategy than Danny.
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Nobody is saying the Jazz have “leverage.”
Here’s just the facts:
✅Danny Ainge historically doesnt make trades where he’s on the wrong side of value. If the Wizards are asking for too much value, Danny just won’t do it and pick at #2. I don’t know why Wizards fans can’t comprehend this one.
✅There isn’t an obvious #1 choice this year. DP, AJ, and Cam could all be #1. Why trade Ace Bailey to get one of those three when you’re already going to get one of those three for free? If the Jazz were at, like, 6, then I could see them being willing to offer a lot more to move up. But from 2 to 1 in this draft? Not going to happen. Wizards fans are acting like Victor Wembanyama is in this draft and the #2 pick is Scoot Henderson.
✅Last time #1 was traded, it was Danny Ainge trading DOWN. Show me one decision, any decision, in Danny Ainge’s decorated career that makes you think he would go all in to move up one spot in this draft?
If the Wizards don’t want to move down, then just don’t🤷♂️ Crying about the Jazz isn’t going to change it. Danny Ainge isn’t going to sell the farm to move up from 2 to 1 in this draft.
Lord Koffee BlacK@KonartistNupe
I don’t know how many times I need to say this …..the Jazz have ZERO LEVERAGE in a hypothetical trade scenario with us. If they want to move up to 1 and Washington is asking for Ace as a part of the deal, then he will be a part of the deal. We can literally just sit and pick 😂
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@DarrigoMelanie You saw his tax return? Or just spewing hatred because you’re jealous?
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Jeff Bezos paid $500M for his super-yacht and $75M for his super-yacht’s mini-yacht — both of which he’s allowed to write-off on his taxes.
That alone would cover $180 in classroom supplies for every public school teacher in the U.S.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar
Bezos on CNBC: "You could double the taxes I pay, and it's not gonna help that teacher in Queens. I promise you."
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@PearlKevinPrice Hmm, I wasn’t expecting someone to be so defined by the the Book of Mormon. Like if it didnt exist what purpose would you have in life? What else would you complain about? I dont “follow” keyboard warriors. It’s a waste, sorry you have fallen in this trap.
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@Z_GoJazz Yes, I have compared the 1830 replica side-by-side with today’s copy. I’ve also created a side-by-side comparison of the 1833 Book of Commandments and today’s D&C. Link to follow if you care to explore that. And you can verify it all on JosephSmithPapers .org.
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Mormons refuse to acknowledge the possibility of Joseph Smith having prepares for months or years before dictating the Book of Mormon. Against Edward’s wishes I asked his own question to Gemini and I am even more convinced that Smith deeply rehearsed the BoM.
Read what AI said:
Edward K. Watson@Eddie1968K
What do you know about what cognitive science knows about the limits and capacities of the human brain? Do you know who Miller and Cowan are and what their influence is on our understanding of short-term memory? What about Baddeley and Hitch wrt working memory? Or Levelt and Bock? Flower and Hayes? If you don’t know and need to ask an AI or the internet for help, then you probably shouldn’t get involved with any conversation about Joseph Smith’s dictation process, ESPECIALLY on Alma 36.
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@JeffBiesinger I’d say they should have traded down. Let Mem draft Darren, get the guy you wanted at 3 and pickup an asset, maybe that Phx pick back.
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Regardless who is available at 2 out of AJ and DP, if the Jazz threw a curveball, and drafted Boozer, what would your reaction be?
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@PearlKevinPrice Have you? Or only just copying other people online. Are you talking about periods and commas? I’m r the legitimatacy of the content?
POKP- “Oh no, they added headers and separated chapters and verses, oh no, now it can’t be true. I must go post this on X.”
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@Z_GoJazz Can you confirm to me that you have performed a side-by-side reading of the Book of Mormon manuscript or 1830 edition of the BoM with today’s copy?
Be honest.
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@PearlKevinPrice Any “error” has since been proven accurate, so yes zero errors, it’s ok something’s are difficult to understand for certain people. Lucky for you there is a person out there to make up for your deficiencies even if you don’t acknowledge Him.
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He’s right bc we tax income, not wealth.
Bezos takes out a tiny salary, pays the income tax, and lives off loans borrowed against his stocks, basically tax free. They all do this and now 935 billionaires hold more wealth than 170 million Americans.
It’s time to tax wealth.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar
Bezos on CNBC: "You could double the taxes I pay, and it's not gonna help that teacher in Queens. I promise you."
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@AaronCornielle Lunch is $28 because people are paying for it. Supply and demand. If everyone started making their lunch ahead with cheaper ingredients the cost of lunch would go down. It’s not a hard concept.
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Ah yes, why are people spending $28 on lunch and not why is lunch $28.
Great analysis.
Mikli@CryptoMikli
Kevin O’Leary says Gen Z is financially cooked when people making $70K a year are spending $28 on lunch
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@GunnelsWarren “Bernie’s plan” sounds great, like let’s steal property from people and call us the good guy. If any of these billionaires’ wealth were redistributed they would tank in value. For us to take their stock and give people money somebody has to pay cash for them, that doesn’t exist
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Bernie's 5% wealth tax would:
-Raise starting teacher pay to $60,000
-Give $12,000 to a working family of 4
-Expand Medicare for dental, vision, hearing
-Guarantee universal childcare
-End homelessness
Bezos would see his wealth drop from $279 billion to $265 billion. Poor guy.
More Perfect Union@MorePerfectUS
Jeff Bezos on CNBC: "If people want me to pay more billions, then let's have that debate, but don't pretend that that's gonna solve the problem. You could double the taxes I pay, and it's not gonna help that teacher in Queens.... Airbnb isn't causing high rents. What's really causing high rent is government intervention."
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@KonartistNupe You realize you’re fitting the narrative of rediculous Wizards fan. It’s cool, take who you want, jazz will take #2 and that’s fine. They will play with less pressure and in a much better development system.
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There is ZERO trade proposal that benefits the Jazz more than the Wizards in ANY scenario….full stop…
We’re not trading the pick though
Dunzo@Dunzod
Wizards fans keep telling me that Jazz fans are expecting some ridiculous trade that gets them the #1 pick, yet all I see are the dumbest trades proposals from Wizards fans. Over and over and over again.
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@theficouple Ok, but that would never be a realistic option. If they have committed to never getting a loan and owing another person something (slavery) then why get so butt hurt about it?
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Saw video of 65 year old from Nashville, TN:
They were offered a $1 billion loan at 0% for 10 years & could do whatever they want with it.
They said they would never take that loan.
...Would you?
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@Tradermayne Are you saying a 5 year old has better financial acumen than yourself? Live within your means is not a really hard concept to understand.
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So the solution is to eat PB&J sandwiches, apples and bags of chips for lunch every day for a week?
Are you fucking 5?
Ben Klayer@the_satellite23
Loaf of bread = $5 Peanut butter = $4 Jelly = $4 18 pack of chips = $12 Bag of apples = $5 Total = $30 And you'll have lunch for an entire week or two. $2-4 average per day. Inflation isn't the problem. Your spending habits are.
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@nickfromnorwood How can I get you off my timeline then? You showed up on my FYP
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