Politics What is your favorite shithole country?

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  1. illmatic99

    illmatic99 formerly yuyuza1

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    Whoopdeedoo

    I can pay taxes for my better infrastructure.
     
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    Ha! Says the man that has never paid 55% income tax and 25% VAT.
    Well you could go try it rather than wishing all that burden on the rest of us.

    The highest Income tax I ever paid was 78% State and Federal. I did not like it.
     
  3. EL PRESIDENTE

    EL PRESIDENTE Username Retired in Honor of Lanny.

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    Ball don't lie.
     
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    EL PRESIDENTE Username Retired in Honor of Lanny.

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    Well, it's more likely they don't wanna go to a country with this many Brown people.
     
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    EL PRESIDENTE Username Retired in Honor of Lanny.

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    Here is the world happiness rankings. See any pattern?

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    All of them are socialist democracies.
     
  7. EL PRESIDENTE

    EL PRESIDENTE Username Retired in Honor of Lanny.

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    And those systems probably works only in counties thst are white and not crowded
     
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    SlyPokerDog Woof! Staff Member Administrator

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    Our country is far from crowded.
     
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  9. bodyman5000 and 1

    bodyman5000 and 1 Lions, Tigers, Me, Bears

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    He most likely thinks Norway's women are hot.

    Educated people of any country are preferred over third world countries. At least they should be.
     
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    EL PRESIDENTE Username Retired in Honor of Lanny.

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    Far from being white too .
     
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    PtldPlatypus Let's go Baby Blazers! Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    Seems pretty clear to me that he's advancing the merit-based immigration mantra--granting immigration to people whose presence will be economically beneficial to the US. That is to say, he doesn't care if the prospective immigrants will benefit from coming to the US, only if the US will benefit from their immigration. According to what I read, he specifically mentioned several Asian countries as well, so it's apparently not only "white" countries that he respects.

    Now, I certainly don't think it's accurate or reasonable to suggest that people from under-developed countries can't be value-adds to the US economy, and don't think it's very humane to dismiss prospective immigrants because they are coming from unpleasant situations, but I think it's important that if we are going to criticize the President's positions, we do so accurately and not based on sensationalization.
     
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  12. bodyman5000 and 1

    bodyman5000 and 1 Lions, Tigers, Me, Bears

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    Land mass doesn't need to be filled just because we have it.

    I have room for a whole family to live in my house with my wife and I. Who wants to move in with me?
     
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    PtldPlatypus Let's go Baby Blazers! Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    That an invitation?
     
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    dviss1 Emcee Referee

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    I'll stay there the next time I go to Vegas.

    I'd need to borrow a car to drive to the strip.
     
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    bodyman5000 and 1 Lions, Tigers, Me, Bears

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    I got two cars.
     
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    bodyman5000 and 1 Lions, Tigers, Me, Bears

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    There's some other stuff in America that happened back then. Times change. You want to go back to that time Exactly?

    When a company advertises job openings and fills them should they just hire more people because they needed some before?

    When a movie theater is half empty with paying customers should they let in people for free to fill it up?

    Oh by the way, you weren't happy with the black unemployment rate. Said it wasn't good enough. How many unskilled workers do you want to add to the competition?
     
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    Swimming pool? Turndown service? Will there be little chocolates on the pillows? What about breakfast? Included or extra?
     
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    bodyman5000 and 1 Lions, Tigers, Me, Bears

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    No pool. Had one when we moved here. Got less and less use. Bought new house 2 years ago and it doesn't pay to put one in long term. We may downsize in a few years and a pool will be on the list.

    The wife does all those things for me.... I'm lucky.
     
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