If you want to move that goalpost that much try not to hurt your back!
It’s 100% clear that “God” in this case is the Abrahamic God and especially the Christian version of God. In the end the problem is still the same, you can’t pretend your country doesn’t have a religious preference and then put God all over the place.
The subtext is clear and not all religions believe in a single God and not believing in God is a religious preference when talking about a state not discriminating against or in favor of a specific religion.
“Our country has no preferential treatment for any religion”
“One nation under God”…
“In God we Trust”…
Eye of God on all 1$ bank notes…
And yet, it won’t keep you from ordering food.
The issue is that there’s still demand for it at that price.
How would they complain that everything is way too expensive nowadays if they didn’t?
If you’re on Jerboa open the image to get the joke…
“surely he’d exempt X from…”
Exact same reflection as all the people who depend on migrant workers that voted for him only for the bubble to burst in their face.
Oh don’t worry, it’s on the table, funny that this shit is happening not long after Quebec started exporting electricity to the US only to realize they should have kept that capacity for themselves because demand is only increasing… The problem might just solve itself!
Trump is considering not taxing oil but it would be very funny if Canada decided to tax the all oil exports to the US as a fuck you to Trump…
“We don’t need the products that they have but we might not tax oil coming from Canada… Because… We… Eeeh… Don’t need it?”
Most things have a 25% sales tax on them + 22% flat rate for income tax. How much taxes are billionaires paying in the US?
Again, blame the fund all you want, in the end the problem is other countries not jumping at the opportunities presented to them to build a similar fund.
It was inspired by Alberta’s heritage fund (which obviously existed before Norway’s), Alberta has a much bigger oil reserve and has extracted way more oil than Norway. How much do they have in their version of the fund? Less than CAD $30B. Instead of investing for the future they decided to cut all sales taxes and to lower income taxes as much as they realistically could while still offering public services.
The same logic can apply to any government that has natural resources to manage and decides not to nationalize it to invest for the future.
They don’t withdraw much from that fund though and have an annual ceiling of 3% of its value, they still pay a good amount of taxes (22% on income, 25% sales tax). Blaming the oil fund just shows how lacking other countries management is.
Meanwhile our Premier just floated the idea to delay the ban on gas car sales… Fun how a new president in the neighboring country makes us give up on our emission goals…
There’s plenty of good restaurants where you don’t have to look or act fancy. I’ve spent 1k on a meal without alcohol for my GF and I in a place where you fit in wearing jeans and a t-shirt and you can talk about whatever the fuck you want with your friends and nobody cares. You could make anyone discover tons of new types of foods without having them feel bad about who they are…
Environmentally viable? Nope!
Yep, started on AMA and it looks like it’s here now as well. I called one out, the person defended themself and then 24h later the account was deleted. Maybe it’s for AI training? 🤔
Last time I went the only thing I finished was the drink I ordered, that was over 10 years ago, never again.
To pay attention or to not pay attention…
So the vast majority?
Sure, all the people who wanted it to be added were christians but they certainly weren’t thinking about the christian God!
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pledge_of_Allegiance
Inspired by the Gettysburg Address (by a christian), first adopted by the Knights of Columbus (a catholic order), first attempt at amending the pledge by a catholic congressman and finally done by Eisenhower (who came from a family with a strong christian background) after hearing a Presbyterian minister’s sermon calling for the addition… And it all happened during a decade where christian church attendance % was the highest it had ever been and increasing!
https://today.usc.edu/the-1950s-powerful-years-for-religion/
https://religionnews.com/2014/12/11/1940s-america-wasnt-religious-think-rise-fall-american-religion/
In a country where even today only a third of the population doesn’t identify itself to an Abrahamic religions, you really need to be ignoring context to believe that’s not the God being referred to in this context.
How about you find me a source quoting the people that wanted it to be added that says it’s a neutral God and that atheists were taken into consideration when making the change even though they don’t believe in God. I think you’ll have a hard time with that second part considering it was a move against the atheist communists.