COMEDIAN ‘REDISTRIBUTES’ CHILDREN’S CANDY IN HILARIOUS ‘OBAMA-STYLE’ HALLOWEEN PRANK | |
s. d. butler User ID: 974819 United States 10/31/2012 01:54 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | do you want to live a life of slavery and servitude and work all the time and give your money to the government and the rich Quoting: jacksprat or do you want to have a balanced life of redistribution,work, play and spend time with your family we are one from the rich take half their wealth and take their mansion away from them redistribute to the poor or people with families We are one assign work for everyone 20 hours per week, free house, free food, free medical care welcome socialism utopia YES we CAN!!!!!! Yeah, worked REAL well for the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). Government: A group of merciless thugs e sticking a gun in your back demanding all you've got. Get a clue. There have ALWAYS been rich and poor. Anyone telling you otherwise is trying to blow Utopian sunshine up your ass. fuck the rich,devalue the money system, there is no more money we just need visionary enlightened leaders no need for guns or violence this can be completed with love and understanding and you would draw these "visionary enlightened leaders" from where exactly? from the same humankind that you call greedy and selfish? |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 26504403 United States 10/31/2012 01:55 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | OP, like the 'comedian' are simply put, not very intelligent, and much like the GOP talking heads, are simply trying to use a horribly inaccurate, and frankly dishonest analogy to try to appeal to the misguided ideas of those even dumber than they are. Quoting: CleverMoniker 26707174 Allow me to explain; The question of 'redistributing wealth', as stated in the very quotes within that video, is of asking the rich to pay the same share of taxes as everyone else. Their 'fair share'. If you are to make the (again, shockingly unintelligent) analogy of comparing taxes to kids and their Halloween candy, this would be a more accurate setup; ALL the kids are required by pay back a certain percentage of the candy they received to pay for the shuttle van that carried them around all night. The kids who gathered up 1 bag of candy all have to pay 30% of their candy into the van fund. But the kids who gathered up 3 bags of candy only have to pay 15% of their candy into the van fund. Now go ask the kids if that's fair and see what kind of answers you get. You poor people are just so, so dumb. You lack the mental skills to even evaluate the validity of an analogy. You're fucking stupid. The truth is, based on your analogy, the ones with 3 bags of candy would have to pay 50% of their candy to the van fund. Kids that bitch because they have little or no candy would be given candy through the van fund without doing anything to earn their candy. After a few years of this van fund the kids with 3 bags of candy paying 50% start to get pissed. They find ways to keep more of the candy they earned by hiding it in the van. Poor people are just jealous of rich people, that's the basis of everything. |
Renegade (Me too) User ID: 2219387 United States 10/31/2012 02:14 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | it's a lame prank referring to wealth redistribution from the top five percent down, a large part of middle class developement in history. the right wing US media has twisted this into some evil communist notion of wealth redistrubution in a very cynical way, which then gets repeated parrot-style by mindless right-wing people. Wealth redistribution is simply the process of creating a more equitable society with a bigger middle class via higher taxes on the wealthy. Americans really need to stop allowing right wing media interests from fucking their interests big-time. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 14967818 This is wrong. Higher taxes, on anybody, have never helped the middle class. The rich will always be rich (they’ve got the money to pay off who they need to pay off to make sure of it) and the poor will always be poor. The war the government has always waged is on the middle class. The middle class serves no purpose to the government. Forget about party affiliation. I’m neither republican nor democrat. Both parties are a different side of the same coin. Pick your poison, fascism or socialism, either way it’s a very small group controlling everybody else. Forget about the fact that the redistributionist’s are playing on words and ignoring the difference between wage income and investment income. Also forget about trying to figure out what a single dollar bill is worth to the government over its lifetime (how many thousands or millions of times is that same dollar taxed). Lastly forget about the fact that our entire tax system is so broken that any discussion about fixing the tax code should start with a blank sheet. The only thing you have to remember and this was government 101 until about 15 to 20 years ago, is that the government is not here to help or to be trusted and should always be kept at arm’s length. That’s what this country was founded on and the philosophy is even truer today than it was then. I understand the philosophy of an increasing tax burden (percentage) for increasing WAGE income; being that everybody has to pay for basic cost of living (food, water, shelter, clothing, etc.), which is a higher burden of income for lower income earners, if they are taxed at the same rate as higher income earners they will have less % of disposable income than higher income earners. Though I understand it and grudgingly accept it I don’t believe in the broader philosophy. I firmly believe the federal government should stay out of the people’s business, should only pay for defense and upkeep of a national transportation system and everything else should be handled at the state level. The one basic fact that all democrats fail to look square in the face (that is voters, not the politicians, they know this) is that higher taxes hurt the middle class. When companies have to pay more in taxes they have less revenue for new hires, higher salaries, and bonuses for the middle class. When companies have to scale back the first to go are the blue collar positions. Either way you slice it, at the end of the day, government reach hurts only one class. Well said, Measure. Who is John Galt? |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 760857 United States 10/31/2012 02:52 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Those kids didn't earn that candy so how is it unfair to redistribute it? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 11677814 And what's with all of this "me, mine" stuff? It teaches kids to be selfish not to mention look at how attached they get to something so stupid and destructive as candy. Is just silly to teach them to get so attached to anything. Miss the point much??? |
jacksprat User ID: 1420740 Canada 10/31/2012 03:14 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | do you want to live a life of slavery and servitude and work all the time and give your money to the government and the rich Quoting: jacksprat or do you want to have a balanced life of redistribution,work, play and spend time with your family we are one from the rich take half their wealth and take their mansion away from them redistribute to the poor or people with families We are one assign work for everyone 20 hours per week, free house, free food, free medical care welcome socialism utopia YES we CAN!!!!!! been tried before. The folks that came on the Mayflower were sure they could build a better society and 80% starved to death. Read [link to en.wikipedia.org] you should be able to find it online. how did they starve to death? they tried to do the collectivist scheme you advocate the consequence was a few people worked hard but most were freeloaders. the producers stopped working and starvation resulted i wonder why the freeloaders didn't pitch in to help, it boggles my mind why can't everyone be on the same page jacksprat |
jacksprat User ID: 1420740 Canada 10/31/2012 03:16 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | do you want to live a life of slavery and servitude and work all the time and give your money to the government and the rich Quoting: jacksprat or do you want to have a balanced life of redistribution,work, play and spend time with your family we are one from the rich take half their wealth and take their mansion away from them redistribute to the poor or people with families We are one assign work for everyone 20 hours per week, free house, free food, free medical care welcome socialism utopia YES we CAN!!!!!! Yeah, worked REAL well for the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). Government: A group of merciless thugs e sticking a gun in your back demanding all you've got. Get a clue. There have ALWAYS been rich and poor. Anyone telling you otherwise is trying to blow Utopian sunshine up your ass. fuck the rich,devalue the money system, there is no more money we just need visionary enlightened leaders no need for guns or violence this can be completed with love and understanding and you would draw these "visionary enlightened leaders" from where exactly? from the same humankind that you call greedy and selfish? maybe i would hire some Buddhist monks or Muslim priests jacksprat |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 17550066 Denmark 10/31/2012 03:59 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | OP, like the 'comedian' are simply put, not very intelligent, and much like the GOP talking heads, are simply trying to use a horribly inaccurate, and frankly dishonest analogy to try to appeal to the misguided ideas of those even dumber than they are. Quoting: CleverMoniker 26707174 Allow me to explain; The question of 'redistributing wealth', as stated in the very quotes within that video, is of asking the rich to pay the same share of taxes as everyone else. Their 'fair share'. If you are to make the (again, shockingly unintelligent) analogy of comparing taxes to kids and their Halloween candy, this would be a more accurate setup; ALL the kids are required by pay back a certain percentage of the candy they received to pay for the shuttle van that carried them around all night. The kids who gathered up 1 bag of candy all have to pay 30% of their candy into the van fund. But the kids who gathered up 3 bags of candy only have to pay 15% of their candy into the van fund. Now go ask the kids if that's fair and see what kind of answers you get. You poor people are just so, so dumb. You lack the mental skills to even evaluate the validity of an analogy. Well spoken. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 14548715 United States 10/31/2012 04:01 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | This is bullshit. There is more than enough candy for everyone! Trick or treat wouldn't even be an option if it wasn't for the adults (government). The rich wouldn't have what they have if it wasn't for the government. Who is the government? The upper echelon is usually the wealthy. But the bulk of it is the 99%. So it serves in the 1% best interest to hand out that hoarded candy. Otherwise the kids are going leave a trick if they don't get s treat....French revolution style! |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 3694399 United States 10/31/2012 04:10 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | If Obama wins the popular vote it will prove that more Americans would rather have hand outs than earn their way, have self respect, and gain others respect. Quoting: secretninja If Obama wins the pop. vote it will show that the majority of Americans are simply content to exist, not accomplish. This is not the American dream. This is not the America I grew up in. If this happens, for the first time in my life, I will be forced to contemplate if I do or don't want to live here anymore. Throw in those who have been brainwashed to think there is this phony "war on women" crap. Other than that, I completely agree with you. It would be the first time in American history that we choose entitlement over responsibility. This. The left is so stupid they dont know republicans freed slaves and gave women their rights to begin with. By the way the right is just as stupid. If you fall for the left/right paradigm you are a moran |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 19430158 United States 10/31/2012 04:12 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | OP, like the 'comedian' are simply put, not very intelligent, and much like the GOP talking heads, are simply trying to use a horribly inaccurate, and frankly dishonest analogy to try to appeal to the misguided ideas of those even dumber than they are. Quoting: CleverMoniker 26707174 Allow me to explain; The question of 'redistributing wealth', as stated in the very quotes within that video, is of asking the rich to pay the same share of taxes as everyone else. Their 'fair share'. If you are to make the (again, shockingly unintelligent) analogy of comparing taxes to kids and their Halloween candy, this would be a more accurate setup; ALL the kids are required by pay back a certain percentage of the candy they received to pay for the shuttle van that carried them around all night. The kids who gathered up 1 bag of candy all have to pay 30% of their candy into the van fund. But the kids who gathered up 3 bags of candy only have to pay 15% of their candy into the van fund. Now go ask the kids if that's fair and see what kind of answers you get. You poor people are just so, so dumb. You lack the mental skills to even evaluate the validity of an analogy. So many people don't understand our tax system: Everyone pays 30% tax on the candy they collect trick-or-treating. Some peope work very hard trick-or-treating their whole lives and choose to not eat all their candy and instead put as much as they can in the bank. The bank pays them 2 Snicker bars each month so their pile of saved candy continues to grow. They only pay 15% tax on the Snicker bars they did not "earn", not their entire pile of candy. They already paid 30% on the original pile! |
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TurkeyTots User ID: 1487956 United States 10/31/2012 04:29 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | OP, like the 'comedian' are simply put, not very intelligent, and much like the GOP talking heads, are simply trying to use a horribly inaccurate, and frankly dishonest analogy to try to appeal to the misguided ideas of those even dumber than they are. Quoting: CleverMoniker 26707174 Allow me to explain; The question of 'redistributing wealth', as stated in the very quotes within that video, is of asking the rich to pay the same share of taxes as everyone else. Their 'fair share'. If you are to make the (again, shockingly unintelligent) analogy of comparing taxes to kids and their Halloween candy, this would be a more accurate setup; ALL the kids are required by pay back a certain percentage of the candy they received to pay for the shuttle van that carried them around all night. The kids who gathered up 1 bag of candy all have to pay 30% of their candy into the van fund. But the kids who gathered up 3 bags of candy only have to pay 15% of their candy into the van fund. Now go ask the kids if that's fair and see what kind of answers you get. You poor people are just so, so dumb. You lack the mental skills to even evaluate the validity of an analogy. So many people don't understand our tax system: Everyone pays 30% tax on the candy they collect trick-or-treating. Some peope work very hard trick-or-treating their whole lives and choose to not eat all their candy and instead put as much as they can in the bank. The bank pays them 2 Snicker bars each month so their pile of saved candy continues to grow. They only pay 15% tax on the Snicker bars they did not "earn", not their entire pile of candy. They already paid 30% on the original pile! The confusion arises due to the gray area (in general perception) of defining what type of income something is. Take these 3 scenarios: 1) If you keep all your candy at home in your closet, you're not making anything extra. You have no extra income from it, so you pay nothing extra. 2) If you trick or treat every year to get more candy, you're making more than someone that doesn't trick or treat. Since you have extra income from it, you'll pay some sort of tax on it. 3) If you put your huge stash of candy in the bank for 2% interest each year, you are essentially "investing" that candy to make more candy... Once again, you are making some extra income and will pay some sort of tax on it. Should there be an inherent difference between the income in #2 and the income in #3? Should the candy that you "work" for be treated differently than the candy that you "invest" for? Obviously, the current system says YES, but that is where a lot of people disagree. At the end of the day, candy is still candy to them. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 14548715 United States 10/31/2012 04:30 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I think what were forgetting here is that not all kids have the privilege to trick or treat. What about the kids who couldn't afford the costumes to begin with. Or the kids who's parents were too busy working two minimum wage jobs to take them trick or treating all night. Clearly its not a level playing field. Those kids who have the ability to go out and get three bags of candy are usually only able to do so because they had a head start not because they worked that much harder. |
s. d. butler User ID: 974819 United States 10/31/2012 04:32 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | ... Quoting: Kirk been tried before. The folks that came on the Mayflower were sure they could build a better society and 80% starved to death. Read [link to en.wikipedia.org] you should be able to find it online. how did they starve to death? they tried to do the collectivist scheme you advocate the consequence was a few people worked hard but most were freeloaders. the producers stopped working and starvation resulted i wonder why the freeloaders didn't pitch in to help, it boggles my mind why can't everyone be on the same page because it's not human nature. some are smart some are lazy some work hard etc |
s. d. butler User ID: 974819 United States 10/31/2012 04:37 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I think what were forgetting here is that not all kids have the privilege to trick or treat. What about the kids who couldn't afford the costumes to begin with. Or the kids who's parents were too busy working two minimum wage jobs to take them trick or treating all night. Clearly its not a level playing field. Those kids who have the ability to go out and get three bags of candy are usually only able to do so because they had a head start not because they worked that much harder. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 14548715 sounds like the prescription for idiocracy either that or being forced at the point of a gun to level the playing field by the self anointed elite. for whom of course the rules don't apply |
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*Evan* User ID: 21948600 United States 10/31/2012 06:09 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Greedy Kids!! Quoting: Anonymous Coward 11378358 My child came home then gave her candy to other trick or treaters in our building that didn't get as much. That's awesome. That's the spirit we need around here. But notice your kid did that of her own free will because she cared. She didn't go around and steal at gunpoint other kids candy to redistribute to those who hadn't gone trick or treating. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 24909641 Australia 10/31/2012 06:35 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | OP, like the 'comedian' are simply put, not very intelligent, and much like the GOP talking heads, are simply trying to use a horribly inaccurate, and frankly dishonest analogy to try to appeal to the misguided ideas of those even dumber than they are. Quoting: CleverMoniker 26707174 Allow me to explain; The question of 'redistributing wealth', as stated in the very quotes within that video, is of asking the rich to pay the same share of taxes as everyone else. Their 'fair share'. If you are to make the (again, shockingly unintelligent) analogy of comparing taxes to kids and their Halloween candy, this would be a more accurate setup; ALL the kids are required by pay back a certain percentage of the candy they received to pay for the shuttle van that carried them around all night. The kids who gathered up 1 bag of candy all have to pay 30% of their candy into the van fund. But the kids who gathered up 3 bags of candy only have to pay 15% of their candy into the van fund. Now go ask the kids if that's fair and see what kind of answers you get. You poor people are just so, so dumb. You lack the mental skills to even evaluate the validity of an analogy. Why do you want to rob from someone to give to others? The solution is simple. Eliminate every single tax out there. All of them. Replace them with a consumption tax, a VAT. If you consume you pay. If you save, you earn interest. You could all but eliminate the IRS. Then everyone pays their fair share. I agree that would be fair, but here we have both!!! |
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Se7en User ID: 16861825 United States 11/01/2012 11:43 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | That's a really clever way to teach children about taxes. Hell should have taught them income tax at the same time, take their candy and put into your own pocket. Pretty cool video. Quoting: Se7en i can't believe those kids stood up to individual rights..they must be home schoolers Very likely. Or you just don't piss off a bunch of kids by stealing their candy, they'll revolt. Wait.... they're doing the same thing to us with taxation without representation? Oh, well.... let's just do nothing. |
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