Cost basis - Warning tax related topic

[Stupe the Second Sacker]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

Take the politics elsewhere; not appropriate here.

That's not politics. It's reality.

[Fred]

Originally Posted by Stupe the Second Sacker

That's not politics. It's reality.

The point being that the moderators of the board don't need anymore train wreck threads than it has to have. Assigning blame to politicians or bringing in/up political views is one of the things frowned on here. Looks like you've got minimal posts so you probably don't know that - I guess you do now.

[Stupe the Second Sacker]

Originally Posted by Fred

The point being that the moderators of the board don't need anymore train wreck threads than it has to have. Assigning blame to politicians or bringing in/up political views is one of the things frowned on here. Looks like you've got minimal posts so you probably don't know that - I guess you do now.

I'd think the hobby being hurt is quite relavent to a hobby forum. The fact that the person who is ruining it is a politician is secondary to the discussion. Are we all supposed to pretend we don't know why it is happening?

There were certainly plenty of "PSA is ruining the hobby" threads here. Those trainwrecks went unchecked as far as I can remember. And where did all that hand wringing get us? Nowhere as far as I can tell. Feels like status quo to me.

This is a topic that is affecting each and every collector in a negative way and rarely is a word mentioned. Why is that?

[Smarti5051]

I think the difference is that politics has become very weaponized. Everybody has a side, and nobody is really budging from their side. So, any discussion of politics devolves into an impossible “tastes great” vs “less filling” screamfest. The TPG debates involve a hobby specific topic that does not generally rest on a poster’s political preference.

So, rather than searching for “fault” regarding taxes, it is far more productive to discuss what the current laws are snd how to navigate them (at least on a vintage card message board).

[raulus]

Originally Posted by Smarti5051

I think the difference is that politics has become very weaponized. Everybody has a side, and nobody is really budging from their side. So, any discussion of politics devolves into an impossible “tastes great” vs “less filling” screamfest. The TPG debates involve a hobby specific topic that does not generally rest on a poster’s political preference.

So, rather than searching for “fault” regarding taxes, it is far more productive to discuss what the current laws are snd how to navigate them (at least on a vintage card message board).

These could be part of the "unwritten rules" of the forum, unless of course they're written somewhere, and I just haven't read them.

It does seem like discussing policy is fine. But once you start mentioning specific politicians and/or political parties by name, even if only in passing and/or in relatively benign fashion, then you're in the danger zone.

And maybe in some ways, as we see politics permeating every other sphere of life, where just about absolutely everything is political nowadays (sadly, including sports), this policy could be an attempt to avoid allowing politics to similarly taint our discourse on this site.

[timzcardz]

Originally Posted by raulus

These could be part of the "unwritten rules" of the forum, unless of course they're written somewhere, and I just haven't read them.

Discussion of politics is not an unwritten rule.

It is explicitly prohibited: https://www.net54baseball.com/faq.ph...testfaq#faq_12
(Things you may not post, 5th line)

[raulus]

Originally Posted by timzcardz

Discussion of politics is not an unwritten rule.

It is explicitly prohibited: https://www.net54baseball.com/faq.ph...testfaq#faq_12
(Things you may not post, 5th line)

There you go. Politics and religion, among other things.

I’ve probably violated most of the rules without realizing they were even rules.

[Stupe the Second Sacker]

Originally Posted by timzcardz

Discussion of politics is not an unwritten rule.

It is explicitly prohibited: https://www.net54baseball.com/faq.ph...testfaq#faq_12
(Things you may not post, 5th line)

This thread is about the impact to collectors and not the idiotic decision that caused the impact...just so we're clear. It's a bigger drag on the hobby than anything PSA has ever done, but talked about 1% as much.