Register | Sign In


Understanding through Discussion


EvC Forum active members: 63 (9162 total)
6 online now:
Newest Member: popoi
Post Volume: Total: 916,352 Year: 3,609/9,624 Month: 480/974 Week: 93/276 Day: 21/23 Hour: 0/0


Thread  Details

Email This Thread
Newer Topic | Older Topic
  
Author Topic:   Is The World Getting Better Or Worse?
Faith 
Suspended Member (Idle past 1463 days)
Posts: 35298
From: Nevada, USA
Joined: 10-06-2001


Message 730 of 762 (866116)
11-06-2019 4:51 AM
Reply to: Message 723 by xongsmith
11-05-2019 8:16 PM


Re: 11,000 Alarm Bells
"Per capita" is deceptive and intended to be deceptive of course. Absolute contribution is what matters when we are talking about greenhouse gases.
Good, let China bring down their ABSOLUTE contribution since on that basis they must be No. 1.

This message is a reply to:
 Message 723 by xongsmith, posted 11-05-2019 8:16 PM xongsmith has not replied

Replies to this message:
 Message 751 by caffeine, posted 11-08-2019 1:15 PM Faith has not replied

  
Faith 
Suspended Member (Idle past 1463 days)
Posts: 35298
From: Nevada, USA
Joined: 10-06-2001


Message 735 of 762 (866129)
11-06-2019 9:47 AM
Reply to: Message 733 by AZPaul3
11-06-2019 8:29 AM


Re: 11,000 Alarm Bells
Yes I thought you'd enjoy being called by the name you call me.
That deficit is mostly built-in entitlements no President can touch.

This message is a reply to:
 Message 733 by AZPaul3, posted 11-06-2019 8:29 AM AZPaul3 has replied

Replies to this message:
 Message 736 by jar, posted 11-06-2019 11:03 AM Faith has not replied
 Message 737 by AZPaul3, posted 11-06-2019 11:09 AM Faith has replied

  
Faith 
Suspended Member (Idle past 1463 days)
Posts: 35298
From: Nevada, USA
Joined: 10-06-2001


Message 738 of 762 (866143)
11-06-2019 11:24 AM
Reply to: Message 737 by AZPaul3
11-06-2019 11:09 AM


Re: 11,000 Alarm Bells
NO, the bulk of the deficit is due to all the entitlements promised to all of us over the last few decades that are protected by law. In other words there is no way to reduce the deficit because these entitlements cannot be reduced. The best that could be done is add nothing to them, but of course every President adds something to them, and even if it's a small amount by most standards it raises the total scarily. As it should. But we can't get rid of those entitlements. So it's all going to go on galloping toward bankruptcy, and it's not Trump's fault though you want so very much for it to be.

This message is a reply to:
 Message 737 by AZPaul3, posted 11-06-2019 11:09 AM AZPaul3 has replied

Replies to this message:
 Message 739 by AZPaul3, posted 11-06-2019 11:32 AM Faith has replied
 Message 744 by Taq, posted 11-06-2019 3:38 PM Faith has not replied

  
Faith 
Suspended Member (Idle past 1463 days)
Posts: 35298
From: Nevada, USA
Joined: 10-06-2001


Message 741 of 762 (866149)
11-06-2019 11:38 AM
Reply to: Message 739 by AZPaul3
11-06-2019 11:32 AM


Re: 11,000 Alarm Bells
Well, I got the economics from a well known right wing pundit, and it's not that I don't know what geology and genetics say, I make use of most of it accurately enough, I just put it to different uses. It does involve rejecting some aspects of the theory about both of course, but I believe I'm truer to the actual facts of both. But about religion, no I do understand the Christian religion and there is only one way to be saved and it's very clear from the Bible as well as spelled out by the Protestant Reformers: trust Christ, that's it, anything we do to add to it is an insult to God.

This message is a reply to:
 Message 739 by AZPaul3, posted 11-06-2019 11:32 AM AZPaul3 has seen this message but not replied

Replies to this message:
 Message 746 by dwise1, posted 11-06-2019 4:33 PM Faith has replied

  
Faith 
Suspended Member (Idle past 1463 days)
Posts: 35298
From: Nevada, USA
Joined: 10-06-2001


Message 742 of 762 (866150)
11-06-2019 11:40 AM
Reply to: Message 740 by Theodoric
11-06-2019 11:32 AM


Re: Did Faith lie? Again?
Hold your horses, cool your jets, when I'm up to the research I'll get your list of dissenting scientists for you.

This message is a reply to:
 Message 740 by Theodoric, posted 11-06-2019 11:32 AM Theodoric has replied

Replies to this message:
 Message 743 by Theodoric, posted 11-06-2019 11:46 AM Faith has not replied

  
Faith 
Suspended Member (Idle past 1463 days)
Posts: 35298
From: Nevada, USA
Joined: 10-06-2001


Message 747 of 762 (866172)
11-06-2019 6:28 PM
Reply to: Message 746 by dwise1
11-06-2019 4:33 PM


Re: How Social Security Actually Works
What you all "tell" me is what is bogus, my sources are good researchers.
I didn't name the entitlements so you are assuming a lot.

This message is a reply to:
 Message 746 by dwise1, posted 11-06-2019 4:33 PM dwise1 has replied

Replies to this message:
 Message 748 by jar, posted 11-06-2019 6:59 PM Faith has not replied
 Message 749 by dwise1, posted 11-06-2019 7:22 PM Faith has not replied
 Message 750 by Theodoric, posted 11-06-2019 11:34 PM Faith has not replied
 Message 752 by Theodoric, posted 11-08-2019 2:24 PM Faith has not replied
 Message 754 by dwise1, posted 11-08-2019 3:17 PM Faith has replied

  
Faith 
Suspended Member (Idle past 1463 days)
Posts: 35298
From: Nevada, USA
Joined: 10-06-2001


Message 755 of 762 (866260)
11-08-2019 4:15 PM
Reply to: Message 754 by dwise1
11-08-2019 3:17 PM


Re: Still Waiting for Faith to Name Those Entitlements
Nobody has ever named the entitlements to me so I can't name them to you. If I find out I'll let you know.

This message is a reply to:
 Message 754 by dwise1, posted 11-08-2019 3:17 PM dwise1 has replied

Replies to this message:
 Message 756 by jar, posted 11-08-2019 4:34 PM Faith has not replied
 Message 757 by dwise1, posted 11-08-2019 5:01 PM Faith has replied

  
Faith 
Suspended Member (Idle past 1463 days)
Posts: 35298
From: Nevada, USA
Joined: 10-06-2001


Message 758 of 762 (866265)
11-08-2019 5:06 PM
Reply to: Message 757 by dwise1
11-08-2019 5:01 PM


Re: Still Waiting for Faith to Name Those Entitlements
It is true I report what I hear from people I trust, and they do muster quite a bit of evidence for what they say. And when I do have the actual facts I do report them here.
And comparing politics with creationism is not a legitimate comparison. There are facts that can be mustered for political issues that i'm just not always up on, but creationism is mostly a matter of interpretation, as is evolutionism. Different category of thought.

This message is a reply to:
 Message 757 by dwise1, posted 11-08-2019 5:01 PM dwise1 has replied

Replies to this message:
 Message 759 by PaulK, posted 11-08-2019 5:23 PM Faith has not replied
 Message 760 by Theodoric, posted 11-08-2019 5:24 PM Faith has not replied
 Message 761 by Taq, posted 11-08-2019 5:55 PM Faith has not replied
 Message 762 by dwise1, posted 11-08-2019 6:00 PM Faith has not replied

  
Newer Topic | Older Topic
Jump to:


Copyright 2001-2023 by EvC Forum, All Rights Reserved

™ Version 4.2
Innovative software from Qwixotic © 2024