Covid - 19

[FriscoDog]

I didn’t say they weren’t facts. I just don’t know what you think they prove.

Two states with zero state income tax have balanced budgets.. Both states have historically been GOP states as opposed to the other two. Two states are in virtual lockdown and have way more covid cases and deaths than the two who are now opening up. Wonder what the difference is.. TX and Florida both have multiple Urban areas with populations greater than 1 million. All of the states shown have large areas of land where population is very dispersed and low. TX has high property taxes but averages only 1 percent more than CA or NY at the state level.

[Guisslapp]

Two states with zero state income tax have balanced budgets.. Both states have historically been GOP states as opposed to the other two. Two states are in virtual lockdown and have way more covid cases and deaths than the two who are now opening up. Wonder what the difference is.. TX and Florida both have multiple Urban areas with populations greater than 1 million. All of the states shown have large areas of land where population is very dispersed and low. TX has high property taxes but averages only 1 percent more than CA or NY at the state level.

Median household family pays way more in taxes in Texas than they do in Cali. The graphic posted by Abbott quotes the highest marginal tax rate, which most residents don’t pay.

Abbott is kind of an idiot.

NY provides way more for services to make NYC the economic powerhouse it is - supplying the US with more GDP than the whole country of South Korea.

The 4 states really are quite different, so it isn’t really an apples to apples comparison.

[dawg80]

You follow the mainstream media while I follow the facts.

Granted! you'll never get the facts from the lame mainstream media. I agree with that.

[Guisslapp]

Granted! you'll never get the facts from the lame mainstream media. I agree with that.

And that includes FoxNews.

[johnnylightnin]

Median household family pays way more in taxes in Texas than they do in Cali. The graphic posted by Abbott quotes the highest marginal tax rate, which most residents don’t pay.

Abbott is kind of an idiot.

NY provides way more for services to make NYC the economic powerhouse it is - supplying the US with more GDP than the whole country of South Korea.

The 4 states really are quite different, so it isn’t really an apples to apples comparison.

My sister lives in Austin and her property taxes are WAY higher than her income taxes would be. I talked with a business owner in Mineral Wells (a dying town if there ever was one), and he said over the past 5 years, his tax valuation had gone up 10% each year!

[PawDawg]

People in Texas actually get something in return for high taxes. Louisiana residents don’t unless they are blessed to live in a good school district. We have it pretty good school wise in Ouachita Parish, but the roads are HORRIBLE and leadership is a joke. Every time I’m in Texas, I’m amazed at what they have compared to our corrupt BS here on EllAye

[Guisslapp]

People in Texas actually get something in return for high taxes. Louisiana residents don’t unless they are blessed to live in a good school district. We have it pretty good school wise in Ouachita Parish, but the roads are HORRIBLE and leadership is a joke. Every time I’m in Texas, I’m amazed at what they have compared to our corrupt BS here on EllAye

They do keep the toll roads pretty well maintained here. The schools, well, I guess that depends on how you like being in the same grade as nearly a thousand other students at your school. 3500 students in one high school would have been quite a bit different than my experience in Louisiana. Guessing the drugs are probably better in our schools than what you would normally find in the ones in Louisiana. Then there is the pressure of knowing that unless you are in the very competitive top 10 percent in your class, you probably aren’t getting into the state university of your choosing.

[PawDawg]

College is not the “be all” unless you are limited on how to pour piss out of a boot.

[Guisslapp]

Pawdawg, Hogdog - are you guys feeling stressed?

https://www.theadvocate.com/acadiana...m_campaign=snd

[dawg80]

Speaking of masks...

there was a British regiment (19th century) that wore black masks, which covered their mouths and noses, as part of their battle attire, meant to intimidate their enemies. There is something psychologically "evil" or mean-looking to people when we see others wearing masks. There are no photos, only a sketch of the regiment. But, there was a modern reenactment of the Battle of New Orleans and about 80-100 reenactors wore the masks as they attacked Line Jackson and it was all captured on video. The real British regiment had about 700 soldiers. Anyway, some fellow has snipped that portion from a documentary and posted it on a historical blog with a caption, "See, when in Louisiana even the British wore masks because of the virus."

Yeah, he was trying to be funny, but it does, I think, remind us why we naturally are put off by masks. It represents people trying to do something bad, criminal. The image of the leftist terrorist group Antifa in their black masks...pure evil. And it's also why we, westerners, don't like muslims covering up, burkas...only people with something to hide wear masks. And of course that is further reinforced by the images from movies of the bad guys in westerns who wore masks when they robbed banks and trains.

[weunice]

Pawdawg, Hogdog - are you guys feeling stressed?

https://www.theadvocate.com/acadiana...m_campaign=snd

Thanks for posting this. It helped me understand my neighbors a little better. I know some people who really think this is all about the government taking control of their freedoms. They are VERY up in arms about this. This article affirms that assessment. They see people who wear masks as ones who would be lock step in line with the government when they come for their freedoms. I get that. I think it is shortsighted, but I get it.

[Guisslapp]

Thanks for posting this. It helped me understand my neighbors a little better. I know some people who really think this is all about the government taking control of their freedoms. They are VERY up in arms about this. This article affirms that assessment. They see people who wear masks as ones who would be lock step in line with the government when they come for their freedoms. I get that. I think it is shortsighted, but I get it.

Yeah, but some of the same people would have folks cited for wearing their pants too low.

[PawDawg]

Yeah, but some of the same people would have folks cited for wearing their pants too low.

Right. A person not wearing a mask is as offensive as a person with his ass showing. Typical left logic.

[Guisslapp]

Right. A person not wearing a mask is as offensive as a person with his ass showing. Typical left logic.

But only one of them could kill someone or make someone very ill from their choice of attire.

The point is that neither is any more of an infringement of someone’s freedom than the other.

Typical crazy conservative logic.

[PawDawg]

But only one of them could kill someone or make someone very ill from their choice of attire.

The point is that neither is any more of an infringement of someone’s freedom than the other.

Typical crazy conservative logic.

Why is it the responsibility of a healthy person to wear a mask in order to "protect" an unhealthy person they may not come into contact with who can protect themselves by staying at home? I get it...it's not really about protection, but the appearance of being protective.