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@ChrisMayLA6 I spend more on council tax than I do on energy. And energy is taxed too. In fact pretty much everything I buy is taxed, and I buy it with money already taxed. #greens #economics #MovingTheGoalPosts

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jtb 13h ago

@ChrisMayLA6 The money you use to buy the house has already been taxed. You then pay council tax because you own it. How many times does the same money have to be taxed? I forgot to mention that inflation is also a tax. #greens #economics #MovingTheGoalPosts

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jtb 15h ago

@ChrisMayLA6 So you work, you earn money, you pay tax on it, and with whats left you invest because there is no interest on savings, and then you are taxed on that. You borrow to buy a house because it is cheaper than renting, then they tax that, then you have to sell it to pay for your care. #greens #economics #MovingTheGoalPosts

Big Blu Gnu Mar 3

A lesson in #logic: You know your argument is on weak footing when your reasoning is circular and rests on faulty premises that not even you can seem to settle on. Case point is the Trump administration finding a casus belli, if there is one.

"President Donald Trump has made overlapping and contradictory claims about the [Iran War]'s aims, and on Tuesday seemed to claim responsibility for initiating Saturday's attack." – Eric Boehm

#fallacy #fallacies #movingTheGoalPosts #TrumpAdministration

Andrew Shields Feb 16

“Calvinball” in politics—and playing Calvinball with my son many years ago. #111Words #PublicNotice #DavidRoberts #Calvinball #USPolitics #ChangingRules #BadFaith #MovingTheGoalposts #CalvinAndHobbes #Games #Laughter #Fun https://111-words.ghost.io/calvinball-in-politics-and-playing-calvinball-with-my-son-many-years-ago/

“Calvinball” in politics—and playing Calvinball with my son many years ago

In an interview with Public Notice, David Roberts characterizes politics in the United States with an expression from the comic strip "Calvin and Hobbes": "Everybody on the right knows that they’re playing Calvinball here." While I am amused at how "Calvinball" has come to refer to situations in which

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