Comments by "Peter deWolf" (@StoneShards) on "New York Sues Over Tax Deductions While Its Own Taxes Are Sky High" video.

  1. You're clearly a smart guy, hexen. That's why I don't understand your purpose in describing what does and doesn't "make sense", and prescribing particular sensible solutions, as if the way things are is...accidental, people don't know any better, because they're not smart enough. I figure because you're a smart guy that you've long ago considered the possibility that what you think doesn't make sense actually does make (a different order of) sense. The current "nonsensical" could be a designed smoke screen/distraction to cloak the usual treasury-fleecing schemes. And since you're a smart guy, you're familiar with Walter Burien's work, and apparently completely unimpressed, as evidenced by your proposed tax solution. I wonder if your obvious facility with language was flexible enough to allow you to easily understand Burien's peculiar linguistic mannerisms (I had difficulties, but, then, I've never been to New Jersey); but I could also see you just saying fuckit, this guy's a conspiracy nut. I'd be very interested in your assessment of his work, since I haven't been able to find the flaw that you must have; otherwise, you'd be talking very differently.
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