Too bad you don't know the only racists are you folks. Check: Examine evangelical churches. Overwhelmingly racially integrated. Counterpoint: Unitarian churches: Overwhelmingly white.

Indeed. If you're healthy at 80, you're likely to make 100. And ... I am curious about her demtia. Natural, or induced by medications? No way to know, of course.

No, actually, I don't want the AI with the bias that someone over the age of 75 isn't worth saving. I can deal with a human who has that but not a computer.

You're twisting my words. If someone feels their work is meaningless, but can work, they shouldn't get welfare because why should people who are perhaps in work that feels meaningless but don't want to be a burden support them? Ultimately, most 'work' is meaningless beyond survival. You're discussing the ultimate first world problem - mostly because first worlders put up with being bled dry by people who should be working because they can. I have ZERO issues paying taxes to support people who are genuinely disabled or are of retirement age. That's what a society does. That's not what you're advocating. You're advocating the same kleptocracy that you likely rail against, with a slightly different focus. Perhaps you simply need to get a job - and no, not 80 hours per week.

Psychosis has taken you over. Have a lovely life and consider voluntary incarceration, please.

What do you know of MAGA or anything else? You're not in the US.

Take your antipsychotics, your insanity is showing.

Why do you think one side of the political divide wants to destroy the electoral college?

There are more reasons than "I want to be able to repair them." If Deere says 'You have to have a tech come out and repair them" and you're in the middle of planting you may (will) lose days. Maybe several days. Which may make the difference between success and failure in a few months. (Harvesting not so much since most of the grain farmers I know have harvesting crews come in and do it. But the same would apply to them, of course.) Then there's the cost. Paying for a trip from Illinois to central Wyoming or Montana is not free. And don't forget "Oh this part must be ordered it'll be here in 3 days" when , if you could repair it, you might know this in 2 hours so it's a 3 day delay, not a 7 day delay.

Doesn't your constant whining get tiresome for you when facts are immediately at hand? In the United States, the wealthiest 1% of earners pay approximately 38% to 40% of all federal individual income taxes. The exact percentage a rich person pays depends heavily on how their wealth is classified—whether it comes from a high-wage salary, business profits, or investment capital gains.Understanding how the "rich" are taxed involves looking at both their share of the total tax burden and their effective tax rates.1. Share of the Total Tax BurdenBecause the U.S. has a progressive tax system, higher-income earners contribute a heavily disproportionate share of total tax revenues.The Top 1% (earning roughly \(\$663,000\) and up) pay about 40% of all federal income taxes.The Top 10% of earners pay over 70% of all federal income taxes.By contrast, the bottom 50% of earners account for only about 3% of federal individual income taxes.2. Effective Tax Rates (How much of their income they pay)While the rich pay a massive share of the nation's total tax bill, their effective tax rate—the actual percentage paid out of their total income—varies widely based on the source of their money.High-Wage Earners: Top wage earners, athletes, and executives pay an effective federal tax rate of roughly 30% to 45% on their income.Investment/Capital Gains Earners: Wealthy individuals whose income comes primarily from investments or selling assets (like stocks or real estate) often pay lower capital gains rates. This can drop their effective tax rate to between 15% and 20% at the federal level.The Ultra-Wealthy: Leaked data and government analyses show that some billionaires have paid much lower "true" effective tax rates—sometimes dropping to under 10% of their total wealth growth—because they can avoid realizing taxable income.When combining federal, state, and local taxes, analyses generally show the highest-income Americans pay on average about one-third (33% or more) of their income to various levels of taxation.To see how your own tax bracket or the historical tax rates for top earners compare, explore the Tax Foundation for detailed economic breakdowns or the USAFacts platform for broader tax revenue statistics.

The Nordic countries are capitalist market economies with a strong welfare state, they aren't socialist. And such can work, with a social consensus that says 'everybody works if they possibly can.' In a nation like the US, where the social contract was shredded by the Boomer generation in the 1960s, good luck on getting that.

You said this better than I. Thank you. Despite the whining of the TDS crowd, the right does not mind paying taxes if the money is well spent. Alas, at the state level (including here), it often (usually) is mostly squandered. And also as you say 'tax the rich' usually means that the definition of rich gets lowered downard until it meets the middle - or even below that.

Because the TDS crowd cannot imagine rational thought except how they define rational thought. That's all. The R crowd says the same thing only in reverse.

I haven't noticed Evangelicals blowing up sh*t lately. Or ever. Nor do I see them running grooming gangs. So, my guess is, you are an idiot.

They aren't 'based in Ireland' they ship their software from Ireland because of Irish tax laws.