The "Panama Papers"

I gave my answer.

I gave my answer. Originally Posted by CuteOldGuy

You just answered the Cap'n. I'm talking about helping us out on this question:

http://eccie.net/showpost.php?p=1058163948&postcount=16

Ok, I answered *cough, cough*. Happy now?

You see, now this is fun. I post something, refusing to take your bait and get into an endless pissing contest, and you melt down with lies and blather. What will you come up with next, CaptainHalfbright? Lies about my character, or my credentials? Maybe both? What will it be? Inquiring minds want to know. You can no more point to a lie about your honesty or credentials than you can craft a coherent rebuttal to anything I posted earlier about the FairTax.

Once again, exactly my reaction to your claim that you taught university-level economics!
Originally Posted by CuteOldGuy

You don't even have a rudimentary grasp of concepts such as MPC and tax incidence, which are taught to every introductory econ student. I doubt seriously that you ever even took a university-level economics class, much less taught one. There must be some field about which you are reasonably knowledgeable. Law, perhaps? Didn't you say that you're a lawyer?

But regarding economics, you are very uneducated and quite ignorant, as has long been plain for everyone to see.
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Ok, I answered *cough, cough*. Happy now? Originally Posted by CuteOldGuy

Yeah, your girlfriend Debbie wants you to keep it going... and you should look into that cough!

You don't even have a rudimentary grasp of concepts such as MPC and tax incidence, which are taught to every introductory econ student. I doubt seriously that you ever even took a university-level economics class, much less taught one. There must be some field about which you are reasonably knowledgeable. Law, perhaps? Didn't you say that you're a lawyer?

But regarding economics, you are very uneducated and quite ignorant, as has long been plain for everyone to see.
. Originally Posted by CaptainMidnight

You really can't stand it, that I refuse to engage in your pissing contest. If you read carefully, you will know that you simply take my refusal to engage in pointless debate abate about MPC and tax incidence that I do not grasp them. You became much too hostile before we could even enter that discussion. So keep pretending to be smart. It's funny to watch, and you have no idea who I am, what I know, and what I've done. So keep sounding stupid. It's fun. Because I know.


And there are reasons I don't want to engage. For many years, this was my life, my work. This is work for me, and I'm not going to engage with an egomaniac who's only goal is to prove himself smarter than me. I give you full permission to think you're smarter than me. This is a SHMB, so who cares? I don't come here to boost my self esteem. I come here to relax, and have fun. You want to use this as a showcase for your intellect and have the members here ooh and ash over how smart you are. And they do. Good for you! Engage with them. I'm not going to back down. I'm not going to admit things you want me to admit for the reason that your statements about me aren't true. You've resisted every attempt at a civil discussion, so fuck you. Knock yourself out. Lie and distort all you want. I seriously don't care.

You really can't stand it, that I refuse to engage in your pissing contest. Hilarious! If you refuse to engage in a "pissing contest," then why do you keep on pissing? If you read carefully, you will know that you simply take my refusal to engage in pointless debate abate about MPC and tax incidence that I do not grasp them. Wrong! To start with, unlike you, I DO read carefully. You have long claimed that the FairTax is progressive, yet you would realize that the opposite is the case had you even taken a basic introductory economics course, where MPC and MPS have been taught to every student for many generations. And you had certainly never heard of "tax incidence," since when I first brought it up three years ago, you sarcastically and embarrassingly popped off that I must have meant "tax incidents!" If you don't even have a clue as to what that is, you cannot possibly even begin to understand how taxation works. You became much too hostile before we could even enter that discussion. So keep pretending to be smart. It's funny to watch, and you have no idea who I am, what I know, and what I've done. So keep sounding stupid. It's fun. Because I know. You "know" what? Certainly not anything about economics or taxation, that's for sure. You became frustrated and embarrassed after you couldn't coherently rebut a single point I made, so you obnoxiously spouted off with that obviously bogus claim to have taught a subject about which you know virtually nothing. Since you attacked me consistently and with more vitriol than anyone else in this forum ever has, I shoved that bald-faced lie down your throat and forced you to own it. Deal with it!

And there are reasons I don't want to engage. Yes, there certainly are, aren't there? Like the rather glaring fact that you got tired of continually putting your ignorance on such stark display. For many years, this was my life, my work. This is work for me, and I'm not going to engage with an egomaniac who's only goal is to prove himself smarter than me. I give you full permission to think you're smarter than me. Gee, that's mighty kind of you! Not a very high bar, though, is it? This is a SHMB, so who cares? You do, or you wouldn't be so touchy about this! I don't come here to boost my self esteem. I come here to relax, and have fun. You want to use this as a showcase for your intellect and have the members here ooh and ash over how smart you are. And they do. Good for you! Engage with them. I'm not going to back down. I'm not going to admit things you want me to admit for the reason that your statements about me aren't true. Wrong again! Every statement I made is spot on, and every intelligent, well-educated participant in this forum realizes that. You've resisted every attempt at a civil discussion, so fuck you. Charming. Same to you! Knock yourself out. Lie and distort all you want. I distorted nothing. I seriously don't care. Yeah, sure you don't. You're frustrated and embarrassed -- as well you should be, after the way you've directed so much incivility toward me over the last three years, while demonstrating your own cluelessness at virtually every turn. And don't hector me on civil discourse, hypocrite. YOU'RE the one who poisoned the well and began gratuitously attacking me with non-stop insults right out of the gate. You apparently just can't help yourself! Originally Posted by CuteOldGuy

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That all you got, CaptainHalfBright? It was pretty hostile, but I was hoping for a little more vitriol. Bring it on, man!

That all you got, CaptainHalfBright? It was pretty hostile, but I was hoping for a little more vitriol. Bring it on, man! Originally Posted by CuteOldGuy

Sorry to disappoint you. I realize that since you're this forum's master of insults and vitriol, you have high standards! But there's no way I can match the verbal fusillades you've directed my way over the last three years.

Be honest, though. Isn't it terribly embarrassing to be exposed as a weaselly liar as well as an ignoramus of the first rank?

Wear your status proudly!
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Since you failed to do it, I'm not embarrassed at all. But keep trying, it's fun to watch.

Since you failed to do it, I'm not embarrassed at all. (Then you must not have the slightest bit of self-awareness, because just about anyone else sure would be!) But keep trying, it's fun to watch. Originally Posted by CuteOldGuy

You failed to answer the question I posed to you in a couple of previous posts; that is, why did you say that you taught university-level economics?

A non-response may reasonably be deemed a tacit admission that your lie was borne of a combination of frustration and insecurity, since it has long been apparent that you yearn desperately but forlornly to seem smart.
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You failed to answer the question I posed to you in a couple of previous posts; that is, why did you say that you taught university-level economics? Because I did. Happy now?

A non-response may reasonably be deemed a tacit admission that your lie was borne of a combination of frustration and insecurity, since it has long been apparent that you yearn desperately but forlornly to seem smart. I yearn to be entertained. You are now fulfilling that. Thanks!
. Originally Posted by CaptainMidnight

Do you really think I care what people think of me on a SHMB where no one knows who I am? You take this too seriously.

Do you really think I care what people think of me on a SHMB where no one knows who I am? You take this too seriously. Originally Posted by CuteOldGuy

LOL! Uh-huh. Suuuuuure you taught university-level economics! Do you believe for a minute that anyone in this whole forum buys that bullshit? (But given your over-the-top obnoxiousness, I must confess that it is sort of fun to ridicule your stupid ass!)
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I don't care who "buys" it. I did. You seem to care a lot more than me. Self-esteem issues?

I don't care who "buys" it. I did. (You did? You're saying that you fooled yourself? Cool trick!) You seem to care a lot more than me. Self-esteem issues? (Yes, you certainly do seem to have self-esteem issues! Thanks for finally answering my question concerning why you falsely claimed to have taught university-level economics!) Originally Posted by CuteOldGuy

By the way, did I ever mention that I'm a Fields Medal finalist, a FIDE-titled international grandmaster, and a 9 dan Go master? (Hell, as long as you seem to think it's really cool to make any claim imaginable, no matter how laughably ridiculous it may appear to everyone else, I figure I might as well get in on the action, too!)
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