Mr_Phil
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It's interesting to me that Jason, who isn't even a member of the Mountaineers from what I infer from his post, just stated more in their defense, and more eloquently, than many of the previous posts from their own members.
There have been many verbal attacks (some quite nasty) on the Mountaineers on CascadeClimbers. Therefore, club members may feel defensive. And the best defense is a good offense (someone once said.)
Quite simple, really.
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No tax on income below 20 thousand, X percent on 20-40 thousand, a bit more on 40-80 thousand, a bit more on 80-160 thousand, and so on. Deductibilty for health care expenses and retirement contributions - no deductions for anything else. Flat tax on capital gains from all asset classes and dividends.
Why not tax cap gains at same rates as income tax?
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I get taxed every year in a progressive tax system based on my income.
My property is taxed every year for real estate taxes.
After years of paying my taxes, I die. The government has no damn business taxing my estate, when I leave it to my family, no matter how big it is.
you, comrade! 
Currently, capital gains are taxed when realized. When you die, however, your heirs get a stepped up basis and don't have to pay taxes on the unrealized cap gains.
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OMFG! stop it!! take your stupid petty personal dispute to PMs. pick a time and a place to meet behind the monkey bars and settle the matter. don't subject the public to this crap.
This is actually a famous Rush Limbaugh quote.
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Oh my.
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For instance on two seperate occations I've had the chore of rescuing a woman with long hair caught in their rappel device. The rescue involved rapping beside them as they literally hung by their hair (very painfully) and cut their hair with a knife to free them.
If you're squeamish about sharp knives and taut ropes, there's another way to deal with this situation.
Tie a prussik above the belay device, and girth hitch a series of runners so that the victim can tranfer their weight from the belay device by standing on the loop of a runner. Then they can pull hair or clothing out of the belay device and then sit back down and reweight. Remove prussik and away they go.
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the inheritance tax, which is overwhelmingly a tax on the very wealthy ...
Jim here is telling us that poor people don't have multi-milllion dollar estates. I would have never figured this out by myself.
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a cc.com exclusive.
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LOL!
This is a verbatim ripoff of ExtremoMtnDude.
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But it goes well with your Seattle Sombrero.
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I think I got infected on the internet.
It hurts when I pee.
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Apparently the hot shit colour just "isn't me"
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They have a crack just like that at Vertical World.
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Everybody knows that it's spelled
S-A-M-B-U-C-C-A
I see it coming... next will be a comment about bukaki... too late
It's spelled
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Why is it irrational to think that Teresa Heinz Kerry is a dingbat?
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Budweiser?
Obviously a poser.
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Sure. Drill away.
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Fungus
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Contact Jens.
He's the self-appointed expert on climbing educators and mentors in the PNW.
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You forgot "The Mounties".
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I know a lot of great people who are in the mounties, it's the stupid little run-ins and condescending comments that give them a bad rap in my book.
I climbed near a cc.comer on day and he was an asshole.
You are all assholes because it it your culture.
I've been at this game for long enough and had enough encounters to accurately make this correlation. I probably shouldn't have made this post as it is inflammatory in nature but the correlation is so strong that it does make for very interesting food for thought.
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Hey Dwayner!
Who has the higher body count on Rainier? The amateur Mountaineers, or the "professionals" at RMI lead by Lou Whittaker?
You would think Lou could bring em back alive.
What exactly are you trying to point out with that comment?
Jens' initial post on this topic was rather vague (the skill level of Mounties leaders is low) although he is convinced it is accurate. How does one compare skill level of a group among all participants (Mounties vs. non-Mounties)? One way would be to compare against the "Gold Standard", which should be "professionals". Probably the most important goal of a trip leader is to "bring em back alive", so this seems like a reasonable metric. Dwayner, being the knowledgable and educated type that he is, should be able to make a reasonable stab at the comparison whether it be deaths/trip, deaths/season, or deaths/$profit. The numerator is easy, and the denominator a little more troublesome.
Mountaineers Leaders?
in Climber's Board
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Goatboy,
Weren't you the one who went poking through the mounties website to find something to make fun of them about?
Yes, I think you were.