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US House candidate, MI-3

I defend #liberty and explain every vote at http://facebook.com/justinamash  • 'Laws must be general, equal, and certain.' —F.A. Hayek

Third District of Michigan
Joined January 2011

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    Justin Amash‏Verified account @justinamash Jun 28
    US House candidate, MI-3

    Justin Amash Retweeted TheLastRefuge

    This person doesn’t believe in economics. State budgets are balanced. A special tax break for one entity means other taxpayers must pay higher taxes for the same services or receive fewer services for the same tax dollars. A special break is economically equivalent to a subsidy.https://twitter.com/thelastrefuge2/status/1012509488480444416 …

    Justin Amash added,

    TheLastRefuge @TheLastRefuge2
    "Tax breaks" does not equal "costing taxpayers money" unless you believe that all money/income belongs to government. Letting people, or companies, keep more of their own money is not "costing taxpayers". [ps. @justinamash please take a class on liberty -vs- govt ownership] https://twitter.com/thehill/status/1012507968246566912 …
    8:45 PM - 28 Jun 2018
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      1. Indivisible West MI‏ @indivisibleWMI Jun 30
        Replying to @justinamash

        Borrowing trillions to give the top 1% a tax break is something you voted for, Justin. Soaring deficits courtesy of Mr. Amash

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      1. A‏ @callisti2024 Jun 28
        Replying to @justinamash

        Thank you Congressman! I am tired of people saying tax cuts isn’t the gov redistributing money as it sees fit. Targeted tax breaks are nothing but government redistribution. Even across the board cuts are a type of redistribution, unless they are balanced by spending cuts.

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      2. Market Aphorist‏ @MarketAphorist Jun 28
        Replying to @justinamash

        Tax breaks are not morally equivalent to a subsidy in which others are taxed to give to another While expanding said break/loophole to include everyone would surely be better than limiting it to a special few, removing the break is effectively (and economically) a tax *increase*

        2 replies 0 retweets 4 likes
      3. A‏ @callisti2024 Jun 28
        Replying to @MarketAphorist @justinamash

        It is morally and practically the same as a subsidy. There isn’t a difference between handing someone 50 cents back after they paid 1 dollar and just charging them 50 cents to begin with

        2 replies 0 retweets 9 likes
      4. Market Aphorist‏ @MarketAphorist Jun 28
        Replying to @callisti2024 @justinamash

        There is a BIG moral difference between handing me stolen loot and simply declining to steal from me, too.

        3 replies 2 retweets 8 likes
      5. Cancel trump's RealityTV ClownShow Presidency Now‏ @CxlTheClownShow Jun 28
        Replying to @MarketAphorist @callisti2024 @justinamash

        Cancel trump's RealityTV ClownShow Presidency Now Retweeted Market Aphorist

        Their is no moral difference b/w a tax exempted business using govt services other taxpayers paid for and stealing cable tv your neighbors paid forhttps://twitter.com/MarketAphorist/status/1012555830334386176 …

        Cancel trump's RealityTV ClownShow Presidency Now added,

        Market Aphorist @MarketAphorist
        Replying to @callisti2024 @justinamash
        There is a BIG moral difference between handing me stolen loot and simply declining to steal from me, too.
        1 reply 1 retweet 6 likes
      6. Market Aphorist‏ @MarketAphorist Jun 28
        Replying to @CxlTheClownShow @callisti2024 @justinamash

        1. I see a pretty big moral difference between a tax funded service and a voluntarily paid for cable bill. 2. Seems to me the moral solution is cutting the tax-funded services rather than increasing taxes on the one fortunate entity that manages to avoid being stolen from.

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
      7. Cancel trump's RealityTV ClownShow Presidency Now‏ @CxlTheClownShow Jun 28
        Replying to @MarketAphorist @callisti2024 @justinamash

        1 If you're taking for free what others are paying for it makes no difference morality-wise whether you're stealing from other taxpayers or the cable compny 2 When "manages to avoid being stolen from" = highest bidder at the crony corruption auction, there's no moral high ground

        2 replies 1 retweet 2 likes
      8. Market Aphorist‏ @MarketAphorist Jun 28
        Replying to @CxlTheClownShow @callisti2024 @justinamash

        1. Taxpayers are alrdy stolen from as they can't opt out if they don't like their deal, whereas nobody has to pay any particular cable company if they don't like the deal they're getting. If someone else not paying raising the cost of the service you don't have to subsidize them.

        3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      9. Cancel trump's RealityTV ClownShow Presidency Now‏ @CxlTheClownShow Jun 28
        Replying to @MarketAphorist @callisti2024 @justinamash

        Cancel trump's RealityTV ClownShow Presidency Now Retweeted Market Aphorist

        I get the whole "taxation is theft" concept, where we're having trouble is you thinking accepting stolen goods is somehow more "moral" than you being a victim of thefthttps://twitter.com/MarketAphorist/status/1012555830334386176 …

        Cancel trump's RealityTV ClownShow Presidency Now added,

        Market Aphorist @MarketAphorist
        Replying to @callisti2024 @justinamash
        There is a BIG moral difference between handing me stolen loot and simply declining to steal from me, too.
        2 replies 1 retweet 1 like
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      1. Patrick Lothamer‏ @WolverineSentry Jun 29
        Replying to @justinamash

        Taxation is theft no matter how you try to frame it. A balanced budget means you are cutting spending not taking more of our money. Stop going elbow deep into our pockets.

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      1. Cancel trump's RealityTV ClownShow Presidency Now‏ @CxlTheClownShow Jun 28
        Replying to @justinamash

        Cancel trump's RealityTV ClownShow Presidency Now Retweeted TheLastRefuge

        Targeted "tax breaks" are nothing more than govt bestowing an unfair advantage on favored businesses at the expense of the rest [ps @thelastrefuge2 please take a class on free market capitalism -vs-corrupt crony corporatism]https://twitter.com/TheLastRefuge2/status/1012509488480444416 …

        Cancel trump's RealityTV ClownShow Presidency Now added,

        TheLastRefuge @TheLastRefuge2
        "Tax breaks" does not equal "costing taxpayers money" unless you believe that all money/income belongs to government. Letting people, or companies, keep more of their own money is not "costing taxpayers". [ps. @justinamash please take a class on liberty -vs- govt ownership] https://twitter.com/thehill/status/1012507968246566912 …
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      2. 4-D Chess Coach‏ @JWSteel1 Jun 28
        Replying to @justinamash

        Nice socialist answer Amash. Your statement makes absolutely no sense. State budgets are balanced? WTF are you talking about? Amash is a student of the Krugman school of econ when it suits him. Such a fraud

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      3. A‏ @callisti2024 Jun 28
        Replying to @JWSteel1 @justinamash

        Are you insane? Please explain how taking a dollar from someone then giving them 50 cents back is different from taking only 50 cents from them to begin with.

        2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      4. Aph‏ @theLazyAphorist Jun 29
        Replying to @callisti2024 @JWSteel1 @justinamash

        Also just the notion of Justin Amash being a socialist... what ungodly nonsense is this? 😆

        1 reply 1 retweet 1 like
      5. A‏ @callisti2024 Jun 29
        Replying to @theLazyAphorist @JWSteel1 @justinamash

        Pretty sure that’s a troll.

        1 reply 1 retweet 1 like
      6. Aph‏ @theLazyAphorist Jun 29
        Replying to @callisti2024 @JWSteel1 @justinamash

        Beat me to it 😉

        0 replies 2 retweets 1 like
      7. End of conversation
      1. MHullman‏ @MarianHullman Jun 30
        Replying to @justinamash

        Then why would you think giving the "1%" a tax break would be a good idea? #VoteThemOut2018

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      1. Alejandro‏ @gul_garak Jun 28
        Replying to @justinamash

        Maybe ask him how he would feel if gov passed a tax break for only registered Democrats. Selective tax breaks are a form of central planning and crony capitalism. Government shouldn't be picking winners and losers - leave it to the free market.

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      2. Yav Lee (definitely not a Russian bot)‏ @DotardsUnite Jun 29
        Replying to @justinamash @pmarcas_likes

        You’re fundamentally wrong. The state does not need to spend all that money for all of its program.

        1 reply 1 retweet 0 likes
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      4. Yav Lee (definitely not a Russian bot)‏ @DotardsUnite Jun 29

        No, he’s framing tax breaks as a net loss of benefits, when one reality the government didn’t have to have certain programs in the first place

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
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      6. Yav Lee (definitely not a Russian bot)‏ @DotardsUnite Jun 29

        The whole concept of “cutting benefits” is a biased frame, because it assume those benefits should be there. If you gave everyone a free house, then start charging people $250k for houses, that’s going back to the norm, not “cutting benefits”

        1 reply 1 retweet 0 likes
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      8. Yav Lee (definitely not a Russian bot)‏ @DotardsUnite Jun 29

        Not really. People are so complacent with the government confiscating a large % of our incomes that the status quo seems “normal”

        0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      9. End of conversation

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