To be sure, he should ask Carter.

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I’m inclined towards a universal sales tax, and elimination of income tax. That cuts out loopholes for billionaires who run around buying property, buildings, and yachts - a 10 or 12% tax would fix that (of course, every solution provides its own set of problems) The other solution is having my employer “tip” me every two weeks.

Edit: Some very good points below, which I’d never considered.

Screw that, he’s elected now. Just do it.

I think for the sake of mixed company and delicate sensibilities we should refer to this as a “BM” rather than a “bullshit machine”. Therefore it could be a LLM BM, or simply a BM.

I’m such an underachiever. Here is “Sleepy Joe Biden”, a doddering fool who even tries to sit where there is no chair, yet who also is the criminal mastermind behind an entire crime family and who easily controls all government and media for his own diabolical schemes. I mean, pick a lane, Republicans!

Sweet! Now all I have to do is have my employer “tip” me every two weeks.

Quite right! Hamas has pulled this shit far too often. For years they’ve attacked and then run and hide on the playground under women’s skirts. Rinse and repeat. Finally, Hamas has done this once too often. Israel has a big job hunting them down. This time, they get smacked down for good. So what’s not to like?

Hamas HAS to go, no two ways about it. The people of Gaza however can have a good discussion with Israel, and quite frankly the assistance of the world, when the war is over.

You make a strong point, and all of it makes sense. This is NOT a simple, black-and-white/either-or situation. Upvoted.

I think the Israeli thought might be along the lines of:

Imagine you see your neighbor supporting a bunch of terrorists in their home. Suddenly their home is bombed and turned into a parking lot. Maybe you’ll think long and hard when a terrorist group knocks on your door and asks to hide there for a while. The only problem is, do they ask or just come in uninvited?

Fixing this would ideally not involve guns, but it doesn’t work this way, at least not well. The only way this can end is if Hamas is destroyed and Gaza is occupied - by Israel or the UN - and rising terrorist groups are infiltrated and nullified before they can reach the stage of endangering their neighbors, until the entire population grasps and can control a self-government process.

If the people of Gaza assist in any way in destroying Hamas, this ends sooner and lives are saved. And the people aren’t there yet - Hamas was their government, so…

Again, not a great solution.

But I find it interesting that almost every comment I receive is “But look what the Israelis did to us years and years ago…” These commenters should grow the fuck up. Get over it. And no, I’m not a Native American so I don’t have a first-hand experience of it. But just as the Native Americans fought for years by using raids, kidnappings, outpost torching… wow, this looks familiar. And they didn’t win either. The same thing is going to happen to Hamas and those who support them.

Again, Hamas has publicly stated that they will not stop killing until Israel is wiped off the map. We can figure it out from there how this has to go.

This happened a lot during the Great Depression. But then I believe the owners found a way to withdraw the auctioned property if the minimum bid didn’t suit them. The French law might bring back the Penny Auction by saying, “You put it up for bid - a sale has to go through.”

That is an excellent analogy to illustrate why this isn’t a black-and-white situation. Well done, have an upvote!

Good. “Hamas” needs to go away.

“Popular culture​​ Hummus is often seen as an unofficial “national dish” of Israel” - Wikipedia. The use of the term does not indicate nationality, but is meant to denigrate “Hamas”. And I would have got away with it, too, if it weren’t for you kids.

You deserve an answer. An acceptable number of innocents, in a perfect world, is Zero. But who is in control of that? Hummus.

As per your P.S. How come you don’t see the same from the Israelis, they’re endangering civilians too?

“Whataboutism” is lame.

The fact is Israel is an apartheid state and they have been stealing land for decades. What would you do if you were a victim of this?

Probably not invade, kill and kidnap innocent people, and run away to hide among women and children. But that’s me. Obviously it’s okay for Hummus /s

What the IDF is doing is terroristic, as is what Hamas has done. So either you’re for terrorism or against it, you can’t say it’s ok for one side and not the other.

See above.

Furthermore, the hostages could have been returned many time with any one of the ceasefire deals on the table, but the Israeli government want blood not the hostages.

It’s too late for that, and Hummus knows it. They could have returned the hostages, but they need to go away. They’ve already stated their goal is to delete Israel, so Israel should just… what? Let the terrorists live and regrow. Also, Israel is proving that if Hummus doesn’t return the hostages, Israel will take them back anyway - and there will be unfortunate casualties because of where Hummus hides, behind women and children. Tough shit for them, I guess, but with Hummus pissing themselves while cowering behind them, they don’t leave much choice.

And let’s not forget, if Hummus is hiding among women and children, women and children could choose to live and turn those assholes in, or overpower them, or… is there an anti-Hummus underground in Gaza? There should be.

Oh, how terrible. If only someone could, I don’t know, return the remaining hostages and end this. Or stop hiding among civilians. But no,…

PS - downvote away, those who wish Hummus to continue endangering civilians.

PPS - “Your boos mean nothing. I’ve seen what makes you cheer.”

Rally at a megaCHURCH? I was under the impression that if they accepted payment for space rental, that breaks their tax-exempt status. If they simply allowed a political rally, same problem. Hmmm…

Sure, specific intellectuals did pursue advancement in science and technology under the wing of religion, but it was often that or be silenced.

Like Copernicus, Galileo, Descartes? Silenced/censured by the church, often with threats. Or Bruno, burned alive…

This is great! This’ll lower prices for everyone else.

One, “Operation Praying Mantis” II coming up. Did you want Freedom Fries with that?

And if they say things like “God bless you”, I take it as a sign of respect

Very different from someone in the South saying “God bless your heart”, which means they think you’re being stupid.