A group claiming responsibility for hacking a Boston Police Dept. website said they support the Occupy Boston movement. “The group claimed they took aim at the Boston Police for their unprovoked brutality.” Barack Alinsky, the Keystone Democrats and the Potemkin media all sympathize with these idiots. Keep repeating that.
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OUTSTANDING (applause). THis should be made to be mandatory reading for all!. Could wwe flash this on the big screeens at the ocuupy whatever sites?
Yeah except that he denies writing it
this is an old email thing
Who cares if its od. Its a solid argument. Let's see how well those college degrees really educated the morons in Zucotti park (and elsewhere.) If they can't grasp this, they are too stupid to pay any attention to anyway.
You think they would, or could, read it?
THE TAX SYSTEM EXPLAINED IN BEER
Suppose that every day, ten men go out for beer and the bill for all ten comes to $100...
If they paid their bill the way we pay our taxes, it would go something like this...
The first four men (the poorest) would pay nothing.
The fifth would pay $1.
The sixth would pay $3.
The seventh would pay $7..
The eighth would pay $12.
The ninth would pay $18.
The tenth man (the richest) would pay $59.
So, that's what they decided to do..
The ten men drank in the bar every day and seemed quite happy with the arrangement, until one day, the owner threw them a curve ball. "Since you are all such good customers," he said, "I'm going to reduce the cost of your daily beer by $20". Drinks for the ten men would now cost just $80.
The group still wanted to pay their bill the way we pay our taxes. So the first four men were unaffected. They would still drink for free. But what about the other six men? The paying customers? How could they divide the $20 windfall so that everyone would get his fair share?
They realized that $20 divided by six is $3.33. But if they subtracted that from everybody's share, then the fifth man and the sixth man would each end up being paid to drink his beer.
So, the bar owner suggested that it would be fair to reduce each man's bill by a higher percentage the poorer he was, to follow the principle of the tax system they had been using, and he proceeded to work out the amounts he suggested that each should now pay.
And so the fifth man, like the first four, now paid nothing (100% saving).
The sixth now paid $2 instead of $3 (33% saving).
The seventh now paid $5 instead of $7 (28% saving).
The eighth now paid $9 instead of $12 (25% saving).
The ninth now paid $14 instead of $18 (22% saving).
The tenth now paid $49 instead of $59 (16% saving).
Each of the six was better off than before. And the first four continued to drink for free. But, once outside the bar, the men began to compare their savings.
"I only got a dollar out of the $20 saving," declared the sixth man. He pointed to the tenth man,"but he got $10!"
"Yeah, that's right," exclaimed the fifth man. "I only saved a dollar too. It's unfair that he got ten times more benefit than me!"
"That's true!" shouted the seventh man. "Why should he get $10 back, when I got only $2? The wealthy get all the breaks!"
"Wait a minute," yelled the first four men in unison, "we didn't get anything at all. This new tax system exploits the poor!"
The nine men surrounded the tenth and beat him up.
The next night the tenth man didn't show up for drinks, so the nine sat down and had their beers without him. But when it came time to pay the bill, they discovered something important. They didn't have enough money between all of them for even half of the bill!
And that, boys and girls, journalists and government ministers, is how our tax system works. The people who already pay the highest taxes will naturally get the most benefit from a tax reduction. Tax them too much, attack them for being wealthy, and they just may not show up anymore. In fact, they might start drinking overseas, where the atmosphere is somewhat friendlier.
David R. Kamerschen, Ph.D.
Professor of Economics.
For those who understand, no explanation is needed.
For those who do not understand, no explanation is possible
Just reading about this hacker bunch recently, I think it was over on Pajamas. They really are dangerous. One of their stunts was that they hacked into websites which were like epilepsy support group sites, and posted up stuff that would flash in a way to trigger epileptic seizures!
Real sweethearts, huh? Betcha never thought hacking could cause actual, direct, physical harm to people. Anyway I hope they're apprehended and "renditioned" to Saudi or Cambodia for some enhanced interrogation.
PsychoDad:"hacked into websites which were like epileptic support group sites, and posted up stuff that would flash in a way to trigger epileptic seizures!"
That's one of the meanest things I've ever heard of a computer being used for. Cold. Heartless.
this type of crap .. damned if they don't DESERVE to be multiple waterboarded.
Knowing this, would we expect them to do anything other than support the "99ers?"
Unprovoked Brutality
Translation:
They wouldn't let us pee in public, use drugs, steal shit and have sex anywhere we wanted......The violated are right to be stupid....