As long as we’re wishing, I’m going with bigpox.

It’s really annoying how people confuse cynics with skeptics.

There is nothing “skeptical” about flat-out denying the efficacy or safety of vaccines; there is abundant evidence of both. Refusing to accept plain facts because your livelyhood depends on it is just plain cynical.

Isn’t sinking what submarines are built for?

Satan 2: This time, it’s personal.

BZ Basel also said Thomas was arrested the day after Ms Joksimovic’s body was found, and initially told investigators he had found her dead and dismembered her body in their laundry room in panic.

Let those who have not dismembered a family member in a panic with a jigsaw and garden shears before dissolving their pulped body in a bath of acid throw the first stone.

I’m done pretending you’re a serious person arguing seriously.

Anyone can say “nuh-uh.”

I also never said wealth was taxed. I said his income should be taxed (in response to your question).

You’re misrepresenting my argument at every step like you always do. Your sealion question at the end is irrelevant; you have no idea how much I earn, and I’m not here to impress Internet strangers like you seem to be. Bet you’re real close to that billion though if you keep grinding!

Bet it burns you up that you can’t ban me from here.

I will make it simple for you.

Elon typically earns 1 dollar per year.

How much should he pay in taxes on that 1 dollar?

And I’ll add back in the context that you’re desperate to jettison.

Let’s look at a situation that resembles the real world:

Elon Musk earns about $1.5 billion dollars/year with an estimated net worth of about $150 billion.

The median American income is about $70k/year with an estimated net worth of $193k

Musk should be taxed at 90% like we did for top earners during the biggest economic expansion in our nation’s history.

Your point is invalid. High-income earners already pay more in taxes, not only as a percentage but also as a total of their income.

And that wasn’t my point; you’re trying to change the argument because you know you’re wrong.

You don’t see the irony in wanting others to pay more but not wanting to pay more yourself.

I would love for you to point out where I said I wouldn’t be willing to pay more in taxes. This accusation is a confession, it seems.

If you actually read what I wrote you’d understand my point.

Nothing you said to me is a response to my post.

Try again.

Your peacocking value judgement is adorable, but irrelevant.

Wait, I thought you never said that?

That paper ignores people’s capacity to pay.

Even the Bible recognizes that a poor widow’s mite is a bigger ask than a wealthy person’s contribution of a larger portion of their income. That was written two thousand years ago, but somehow conservatives still haven’t come to the same obvious conclusion.

Our society is specifically set up to funnel money to oligarchs, and then they cry about having to contribute to that system? Boo fucking hoo.

You say that all the time.

Nice lie.

What I have said is the tax system should be fair.

By reducing the amount that the people who benefit most (by orders of magnitude) from our society pay into it. Yeah. That sure sounds fair to me.

What an intelligent and viable solution!

Oh look, the taxes are theft guy (who will vote for Trump) is here to say how little someone else knows about economics.

I’m sure all that wealth will start to trickle down any minute now though.