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Progressive income tax

The more money you make, the higher taxes you pay.

Antonym: flat tax
We need to make taxation more progressive and raise taxes on the wealthy.
by The Drafted's guitar player September 6, 2005
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Ralph Nader

Perhaps the most misunderstood politician in the United States. The so-called "liberal" has written books on how to SAVE money and spend your money wisely.
by The Drafted's guitar player September 6, 2005
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George Orwell

Author of:

Down and Out in Paris and London
Burmese Days
A Clergyman's Daughter
Keep the Aspidistra Flying
The Road to Wigan Pier
Homage to Catalonia
Coming Up for Air
Inside the Whale and Other Essays
The Lion and the Unicorn: Socialism and the English Genius
Animal Farm
Dickens, Dali and Others
1984
Shooting and Elephant and Other Essays
Such, Such Were the Joys
Have you read "1984"? Good stuff, man.
by The Drafted's guitar player September 5, 2005
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capitalist

One who believes in or practices capitalism.

Believes he/she should make as much money as inhumanly possible by any means necessary--or unnecessary. Commonly followed by "pig".

Capitalists are not sympathetic to the poor because they believe that because THEY became rich, anyone can. They believe that poor people are just lazy.
by The Drafted's guitar player October 9, 2005
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improvisation

To make something up on the spot.

Improvisation is common in jazz music, when a musician makes up a solo spontaneously, as opposed to playing a written solo.

Sometimes a group of musicians will completely improvise an entire song. This is done almost exclusively by jazz musicians.

All forms of art can be improvised. Art that is improvised may be called "free" or "freestyle", like "free poetry".

A popular form of improvisation is rapping, or flowing.
Miles Davis was a master of improvisation.
by The Drafted's guitar player September 6, 2005
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Jazz

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A much too broad term for music.

Charlie Parker and Kenny G are both called "jazz" musicians, yet they sound nothing alike. That is because "jazz" is not a genre of music, it is a general term that refers to any kind of music that contains chords or rythms that are more complicated than that of conventional pop music.
Various Jazz genres are "ragtime", "bebop", "swing", "latin", "lounge", "funk", "blues", "fusion", etc.
by The Drafted's guitar player October 23, 2005
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