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But, Without Police, Who Would Steal Tax-Funded Gun Supplies, and Sell it Back to the Public?

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Ex-Delaware County sheriff’s deputy, Arlan Johnson

Ex-Delaware County sheriff’s deputy, Arlan Johnson

Ex-Deputy Gets Home Detention for Ammo Theft:
http://www.thestarpress.com/story/news/crime/2016/08/11/ex-deputy-gets-home-detention-ammo-theft/88571402/

() A retired Delaware County sheriff’s deputy was sentenced to six months of home detention Thursday after admitting to stealing county-owned ammunition.

“I want to apologize to everybody,” Arlan Johnson said during his sentencing hearing, in U.S. District Court. “I’ve let everybody down.”

Judge Tanya Walton Pratt also ruled that Johnson would serve three years on probation.

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My Commentary: “Hero cop gives back to the community”

Statism: Penalizing Marriage While Incentivizing “Shacking Up”

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IRS Increases “Marriage Penalty,” Unmarried Cohabitants To Get Twice The Mortgage Interest Deduction:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/anthonynitti/2016/08/01/irs-increases-marriage-penalty-unmarried-cohabitants-to-get-twice-the-mortgage-interest-deduction/

(Tony Nitti) There are a thousand good reasons to never get married: in-laws, divorce attorneys, and the inevitable ravages of age on one’s attractiveness come immediately to mind.

But there are also significant tax hits that come with getting hitched, or as they’ve collectively been coined, the “marriage penalty.” For example, the 28% tax bracket kicks in at $91,150 of income if you’re single, but at only $151,900 — an amount basic math tells you is less than double $91,150 — for married taxpayers. In addition, single taxpayers start to lose 3% of itemized deductions when adjusted gross income exceeds $258,250; married taxpayers, however, will lose itemized deductions once adjusted gross income exceeds only $309,900.

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My Commentary: Statism: penalizing marriage while incentivizing “shacking up.”

Debunking Falsehoods About the Homeless

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The following debate originally took place on my Facebook wall, upon my post, “Another Perfect Example of the State Using Public Tax Dollars to ‘Take Care’ of the Homeless“…

Rayn: Is this that “compassion for the poor” y’all imagined your tax dollars pay for? Suckers!

It’s just like those helpful “vagrancy” laws, used by the State to harass, fine and imprison the homeless.

"Without goverment, who will build the spikes where homeless people sleep?"

“Without government, who will build the spikes where homeless people sleep?”

Jonas A.: 😡

Lutz S.: Nastural selection. If you end up homeless, you 90% are either a drunk, junkie, or mentally disordered.

Lutz S.: Those genes need to go tf away

Rayn: Unsubstantiated, accusatory, and patently false…

“Nearly one-quarter of all homeless people (23 percent or 138,149) were homeless children under the age of 18, and 30 percent of sheltered homeless people were children.”

The 2013 Annual Homeless Assessment Report (AHAR) to Congress:
https://www.hudexchange.info/resources/documents/ahar-2013-part1.pdf

For three and a half years, my family and I were homeless, living in the NYC shelter system nightmare. I was twelve when we entered, and fifteen when we finally escaped.

Jesus G.: without government who will be able to read/watch Superman cartoons! Spider-man anyone? 😮

Another Perfect Example of the State Using Public Tax Dollars to “Take Care” of the Homeless

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As I scrolled through my Facebook news feed, I discovered the following artwork here, being shared by the page, “Living in Modern Times,” and originally posted it to my own wall, along with commentary…

"Without goverment, who will build the spikes where homeless people sleep?"

“Without government, who will build the spikes where homeless people sleep?”

My Commentary: Is this that “compassion for the poor” y’all imagined your tax dollars pay for? Suckers!

It’s just like those helpful “vagrancy” laws, used by the State to harass, fine and imprison the homeless.

Elitists Pose the Greatest Threat to Humanity

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An anti-austerity demonstration that took place in central London in April 2016

An anti-austerity demonstration that took place in central London in April 2016

Elites — Not the “Ignorant Masses” — Pose the Greatest Threat to Global Society:
http://www.commondreams.org/views/2016/07/07/elites-not-ignorant-masses-pose-greatest-threat-global-society

(Jake Johnson) In January, at the annual World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland — largely a meeting of corporate elites and political leaders — the billionaire CEO Steve Schwarzman courteously granted an interview to Bloomberg Television.

When asked about the American political scene, Schwarzman responded just as many of his colleagues have: With utter bewilderment.

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My Commentary: *Elitists