A scorpion was wandering along the bank of the river, wondering how to get to the other side. Suddenly he saw a fox. He asked the fox to take him on his back across the river.
The fox said, “No. If I do that, you’ll sting me and I’ll drown.”
The scorpion assured him, “If I did that, we’d both drown.”
So the fox thought about it and finally agreed. So the scorpion climbed up on his back and the fox began to swim. But halfway across the river, the scorpion stung him.
As the poison filled his veins, the fox turned to the scorpion and said, “Why did you do that? Now you’ll drown too.”
“I couldn’t help it,” said the scorpion. “It’s my nature.”
The argument is simple. Many animals, just like humans, are capable of suffering. But humans, unlike many other animals, are
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Capitalist vs Socialist: Debt
cap: Hello, I’m a Capitalist.
soc: And I’m a Socialist.
cap: So Soc, the current unfunded liabilities that the US government owes is around 100 trillion dollars. And that is only covering Social Security and Medicare. How do you propose it pays for this?
soc: That’s easy. We just need to tax the rich more.
cap: Well unfortunately, I don’t think it’s that simple. If you combine all the wealth of every American, you only come up to around 50 trillion dollars. In other words, if the government taxed us all at 100% and took all of our property and auctioned it off to foreigners, it would STILL not have enough money to fund its future obligations for Social Security and Medicare. How could the government possibly pay
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