Comments on: Tax Creep, Liberal Creeps, and the Arkansas Middle Class http://www.offthemarble.com/2009/05/07/tax-creep-liberal-creeps-and-the-arkansas-middle-class/ Arkansas Policy & Politics from the Capitol Floors Fri, 23 Apr 2010 23:09:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Douglas Ward http://www.offthemarble.com/2009/05/07/tax-creep-liberal-creeps-and-the-arkansas-middle-class/comment-page-1/#comment-263 Douglas Ward Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:05:07 +0000 http://www.offthemarble.com/?p=604#comment-263 I think it's better to use the term "flat-rate tax" instead of "flat tax". A flat tax sounds a little ambiguous, and it might be mistaken to mean that everyone pays the same amount, regardless of income. Including the 'rate' makes it clearer that everyone pays the same percentage. Steve Forbes had the right idea: make it simple enough to fit on a postcard. I think it’s better to use the term “flat-rate tax” instead of “flat tax”. A flat tax sounds a little ambiguous, and it might be mistaken to mean that everyone pays the same amount, regardless of income. Including the ‘rate’ makes it clearer that everyone pays the same percentage. Steve Forbes had the right idea: make it simple enough to fit on a postcard.

]]> By: Mark Martin http://www.offthemarble.com/2009/05/07/tax-creep-liberal-creeps-and-the-arkansas-middle-class/comment-page-1/#comment-230 Mark Martin Thu, 14 May 2009 17:14:28 +0000 http://www.offthemarble.com/?p=604#comment-230 Josh,   Thanks. I notice that none of them bothered to explain how this post is either outdated or illogical.   Typical liberals used to be ingenious thinkers, however much I disagree with them. Herbert Marcuse immediately comes to mind. Now however, they have only pseudo-intellectual parrots who have no understanding of the philosophical underpinnings of their worldviews. This is the type of people who overwhelmingly represent the hilarious cast of characters over at the Arkansas Times.   A true intellectual "liberal" like Marcuse practiced self "intueri" (contemplation) to recognize weaknesses to be guarded against. This prevented them from ignorantly slipping into completely accepting fascism and totalitarianism. Liberals today don't do that, which is exactly what makes them both dangerous and frightening.   Take heart in the fact that whatever short-term impact those at Arkansas Times may have, the long-term significance of their comments is equivalent to playground prattle. It is perhaps even less. Josh,
 
Thanks. I notice that none of them bothered to explain how this post is either outdated or illogical.
 
Typical liberals used to be ingenious thinkers, however much I disagree with them. Herbert Marcuse immediately comes to mind. Now however, they have only pseudo-intellectual parrots who have no understanding of the philosophical underpinnings of their worldviews. This is the type of people who overwhelmingly represent the hilarious cast of characters over at the Arkansas Times.
 
A true intellectual “liberal” like Marcuse practiced self “intueri” (contemplation) to recognize weaknesses to be guarded against. This prevented them from ignorantly slipping into completely accepting fascism and totalitarianism. Liberals today don’t do that, which is exactly what makes them both dangerous and frightening.
 
Take heart in the fact that whatever short-term impact those at Arkansas Times may have, the long-term significance of their comments is equivalent to playground prattle. It is perhaps even less.

]]> By: Josh http://www.offthemarble.com/2009/05/07/tax-creep-liberal-creeps-and-the-arkansas-middle-class/comment-page-1/#comment-229 Josh Tue, 12 May 2009 20:37:06 +0000 http://www.offthemarble.com/?p=604#comment-229 Bloggers over at the Arkansas Times are calling your tax ideas "outdated" and "illogical," which is ironic, considering that socialistic policies have been around forever and they're based upon emotion, not logic. If the entire Arkansas Legislature understood real-world economics half as well as you we'd all be better off. Bloggers over at the Arkansas Times are calling your tax ideas “outdated” and “illogical,” which is ironic, considering that socialistic policies have been around forever and they’re based upon emotion, not logic.

If the entire Arkansas Legislature understood real-world economics half as well as you we’d all be better off.

]]> By: Heather Johnson http://www.offthemarble.com/2009/05/07/tax-creep-liberal-creeps-and-the-arkansas-middle-class/comment-page-1/#comment-227 Heather Johnson Sun, 10 May 2009 16:52:49 +0000 http://www.offthemarble.com/?p=604#comment-227 Yes. More than enough. Yes. More than enough.

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