The "What Are You Doing This Moment" Thread

[Dak]

The interesting thing is that during periods of high taxation this country has done better economically...

Wonder why that is...

Yeah, GDP was soaring during WWII. Too bad you can't eat or enjoy but so many bullets and tanks.

Then there's that War Debt to pay off but you know, it's easier to pay it off when you just helped bomb the rest of the industrial world to bits and have no manufacturing competition, or that you also came out of the situation with the world reserve currency. But no, it's all because of high taxes (pulling money out of the pool) and government spending it (putting it back in the pool). Yeah that's what it was, useless middlemen and hamster wheels = economic win. God damn if only taxes were 100% the economy would be mother fucking booming. But we don't even need high taxes apparently, since we can just print all the money we want amirite? We can all be millionaires and never have to lift a finger again. Man this economic shit is easy.

 

[Mort Divine]

Why would you assume I mean just during war times? I meant through our countries whole history.

 

[Dak]

Why would you assume I mean just during war times? I meant through our countries whole history.

Because the US hasn't been at war so much

Regardless, this economic fallacy you are pushing is much older than the US, and was disproven hundreds of years ago. Correlation =/= causation. High taxes always correlate with high government spending, which will by definition increase GDP. This says nothing about the value of the expenditure, nor does it say anything about what was lost, both real and potential, due to the redistribution. All we know is lots of money was moved from one place to another and was counted as an increase in production.

You have attributed a causal effect of improvement in the economy via high taxation. The logical conclusion of this argument is that, ceteris parabus, 100% taxation would cause the absolute optimum economy. Your statement (although I know merely parroted from the likes of HuffPost bloggers) is ridiculous.

 

[Der Morgenstern]

Whatever. That Thanksgiving song is my jam.

 

[King Richard]

I want my taxes back, fucking cunts.

"BUT HOW WILL WE HAVE ROADS AND BRIDGES?!?!?"

......

fuck you

 

[viewerfromnihil]

Why would you assume I mean just during war times? I meant through our countries whole history.

Examples? If you're referring to the Clinton years, then, as dak mentioned, it had nothing to do with taxes. Remember the Dot-Com bubble that burst right before Bush came to office?

 

[damnromulans]

Back from an amazing evening!

Went to 2 metal pubs with Hez and we put on 10 songs on the jukebox and all of them got played. Then went to street food fest with my friends i'm staying with, then to a bar with lights on the dance floor, then to a cool "secret warehouse" party in a basement somewhere with really great techno and lots of dancing. Then epic night bus ride back here with a bunch of shouting Italians. Fuck I hate those guys!

 

[Der Morgenstern]

Babbadee boopee?

 

[damnromulans]

They were stomping and clapping and singing OLE OLE OLE.

 

[Der Morgenstern]

I wanted to find the Peter in the Italian grocery market clip, but this one is way better.

 

[monoxide_child]

how did the "what are you doing this moment thread" turn into a politics thread

didn't we already have some sort of politics thread somewhere??

also
couldn't we just move the politics discusion to the "batshit theory of the week thread"??

and get back to using this thread to actually discussing what goes on in our daily lives

 

[SentinelSlain]

I've got do something. I've just got to do something.

 

[monoxide_child]

going to have to get off line in 16 min
see you guys tmrw afternoon

 

[Dak]

how did the "what are you doing this moment thread" turn into a politics thread

didn't we already have some sort of politics thread somewhere??

also
couldn't we just move the politics discusion to the "batshit theory of the week thread"??

and get back to using this thread to actually discussing what goes on in our daily lives

Politics goes on in your daily life.

Posting on GMD (What I'm currently doing)

 

[SentinelSlain]

I feel a bit bad about making that thread about you. It must really suck to be homeless (idk if you still are) and live with some sluts that only like black dudes. Fuck would that suck. You must feel a lot like the guy in my avatar.

 

[waif]

Drinking a Boreale IPA. This beer is bitter like the tears of the negro.

 

[Krigloch the Furious]

waiting to order thai food
watching Texas A&M vs Alabama
also, sitting here naked

 

[damnromulans]

FUCL I'm super wsted after going to the Crobar again tonight for metal pub fin times, thy played WASTED YEARS and I was like YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH. I had so many whisey cokes and Hez took the bus back to Kennington to make sure I didn't die, I should send him something nice in the mail as a thank you. I am going to miss the Crobar when I go back to America. Fuck its almost 5 AM and I have to get up and be capable of eating the best steak in Britain for Sunday roast tmorrow morning.......

 

[Jimmy... Dead.]

Took the Dog out for a long walk an hour ago. She's now sleeping like a baby. I don't know why but I feel so much more balanced in my life when I have a Dog.

 

[King Richard]

I'md runk and drunk texted annettte, woops

fuck ti, i havd gooe times