/sci/ - Science & Math

>>3709305

It is a touch weird, but you're thinking too narrowly. Various myths and beliefs about ghosts, spirits, and other supernatural phenomenon persist whether a cultural society developed also a poly or mono theistic belief structure.

In short, no. Though it is a bit bizarre to state that one particular phenomenon is absolutely non existent while having no evidence to believe so and yet state that another one exists while, again, having no evidence to believe so.

>>3709840 I find it hard to believe that two little planes can bring down a couple of buildings this large.

And that is why you're not worth talking to.

If you cannot even accept the possibility... can't even fathom it enough to form a "belief"... then you're not going to be convinced no matter what science is thrown at you that proves it.

9/11 happened pretty much the way people thought it did. Deal wit hit.

>>3709836

Maybe. I've never personally sipped Mercurian water before, but I've had a can of Coke that sat out in the sun for a while and I imagine it tastes similar.

>>3708223

Since I have never taken advantage of any of those programs and have only instead had money from my earned wages taken out for them, I don't see why this would be the only avenue "I" would want.

>>3708210

You're reading that wrong. That's how much is paid out (budgeted for), not how much revenue came in from it.

Do some math real quick. The average person (per IRS's website) pays roughly 4% of their income in SS taxes. For a 50k a year job, that's ~1200 a year. Over 30 years (say) that's 60k accrued to what should be your SS payment rewards. I guarantee you that the average SS recipient receives more than that. 60k would be barely enough to sustain someone who had been living on a 50k annual income. The rest comes out of general taxation.

The worst part of this is that the Feds have routinely taken the money that had been built up in SS's accounts to pay for other things. So now all 100% of the funds going into SS come from general taxation.

>>3708183 Half of all spending goes to fund the wars.

Not even close. Kindly note this is from 2009.

>>3708177

Per year? Or since the cuts went into place (which is approaching ~10 years or so)?

>>3708150

I'm with you on spending, but I'm trying hard to figure out how taking all profits from the top 500 companies wouldn't amount to a lot of revenue for the government.

Not saying I'd be for it either. I'm just curious as to what the numbers would actually be.

>>3708133 720 billion.

720 billion what?

>>3708127 but there are a lot of people who are concerned with equity of outcomes and a basic level of human decency.

There is no such thing as equality in equality of outcome. You're saying that those who can do uneven levels of work should have the same reward. That's horseshit.

You can scream "human decency" until you're blue in the face, but it doesn't change the fact that you'd be dogging someone for someone else's sake. Believe it or not, that doesn't make the situation more fair.

Since I live in the Columbia Basin area, I am just fine with there not being another major flooding of basalt, thanks.