Nobody pays much attention to The Silmarillion beyond the second or third page..

username/comment synergy points!

Yeah, watch out for those little bat-eared bastards. Bunch of libertarians.

Well, some of us metabolically different people….

Not everybody gets blasted on simple carbon compounds, monkey boy!

blasphemer!

You've never been to northern California, I take it.

"Elections over, deal with it poop." - people who are vague on the whole participatory democracy thing

The problem with libertarianism is it has no answer for how we keep corporations from becoming a new aristocracy. The founders lived in a time when high-tech was a printing press and toxic waste was a molasses spill. Modern industrial technology and the liberalization of knowledge means we need strong government to…

That last paragraph I can agree with completely.

"Death Tax" pretty much says it all. Jefferson (you know one of the founders) was for a very heavy inheritance tax. You see he wanted to avoid creating a aristocracy in America. Something libertarians seem to forget.

Which still has nothing to do with Krugman's calling Obama out as a faux-liberal, troll.

And the zero hedge guys have been predicting that rates are going to skyrocket for how long?

Except that the Republicans really really love being treated like crap by Trump. I think they're all secretly into BDSM.

But, but what about the dastardly Chinese?

affect and effect

Never assume your enemy is stupid, you might be wrong and taht will not end well for you. Assuming your enemies are smart, well organized and fearless leads you to do your best.

39% is considerably lower than any other industrialized nation and only applies to earned income. Note that many of the truly wealthy use many different tactics to arrange to pay at other lower rates. Low is a relative descriptor. Before "Reganomics" the top tax rate was 90%.

Which has absolutely nothing to do with Krugman's calling Obama out as a faux-liberal.

Exactly, read up on the "Overton Window". The right has been methodically pulling the center to the right for more than 30 years. Another wonderful gift of Nixon and his cronies.