The way we've been doing it in Canada is cut taxes, then put fees on everything. Buy a TV, there's a $20 environmental fee. Doesn't matter if it's a little $100 TV or large $2000 TV, you pay the same fee that goes into general revenue. Most consumer purchases now have some type of flat fee attached, therefore keeping sales tax down and being fair by charging the poor and the rich the same. Latest has been the crown corporations. Government needs money, add a surcharge to the electric bill. My bill just went from $60 to $80 for 2 months even though my power usage is still 34 KW/hrs a month. Once again fair as whether you use no power or 100's of KW/hrs you pay the same extra $10 a month. They now want to put tolls on all bridges to pay for transit as raising the gas tax unfairly makes those with large vehicles pay more and that isn't fair. Many government services that used to be free or a token payment now have large fees, need ID so you can vote and the government has a picture of you for their facial scanning systems, that's now a hundred dollars. The list goes on with the government wanting to add ever more fees and brag about having low taxes with the poor paying a larger percentage of their income to the government then the rich. But this is good as we're continuously reassured that once the rich get rich enough they'll create some jobs.
Fees, not taxes. Fees are much more fair then taxes as everyone pays the same. And fees aren't taxes so you can raise funds in a fair manner without raising taxes. If everyone has to pay $10,000 in fees then that's 2.5 trillion raised, all fairly.
This is the modern right wing Canada. No more food inspectors as obviously industry can self inspect and the free market will take care of any tainted food. Google "beef recall" to see how well it works.
Actually hemp is maybe the most nutritious plant for human consumption. The seed has all the essential oils and more importantly it is one of the two (common?) plants that have all the essential amino acids, slightly less then soy 23% vs 25% protein) The leaves, I'd guess are like most greens, vitamin c, some a and lots of minerals and of course, roughage. With sunshine and a source of B12 you could live a long time on a hemp diet, longer then any other common crop and perhaps any plant.
Hemp seed also contains all the essential amino acids plus all the essential oils. There are good arguments that hemp is the oldest cultivated plant and it has properties that were attractive before cultivation. Hemp seed is also easy to eat (just needs grinding, by rock or tooth) unlike soy that even when correctly prepared doesn't seem to go down easily.
There are religions that ban eating animal flesh (actually I believe killing). Maybe not a majority but still a sizable number of people who have decided to be vegetarians. For most of these, milk is fine as no killing is involved.
Feed a fetus lots of alcohol and you're going to get someone of low intelligence no matter what their genetic makeup is. Lots of other environmental factors like diet as well.
and AFAIK none will instruct a jury on their [still legal] nullification power.
The problem with jury nullification is that it is often used for the wrong reasons. In the States a common use of jury nullification was to prevent the white boy who killed the nigger for looking at or talking to a white women from being convicted of murder.
Of course they did, just not with money but service, much the same as the peasants. The peasant worked a day a week in the lords fields, the lord served time in his lords army. The only ones who didn't pay taxes were the top of the feudal hierarchy, Kings and autonomous Dukes and such. The Church and the international corporations (OK, they weren't actually incorporated) such as the Knights Templar.
Legislation?, that would mean convening the legislature, giving the opposition a chance to question things. Fees are usually regularity in nature so it just takes updating a regulation, usually at the request of the minister in charge.
A leader still needs certain skills. I know myself that I make a crappy manager unless I have a really good crew to manage. I've often thought that the upper house of the legislature should be conscripted at random. Still has problems. Lots of people can't afford to take time from their life to live in the capitol. Advisers and lobbyists could easily have too much power. Hookers, blow and the promise of a really good job afterwards can have a lot of influence. These problems also apply to a leader chosen at random as well.
Around here business gets reimbursed all their goods and services taxes that they pay. Of course with taxes being a no-no the government is now using fees. Much fairer as everyone pays the same fee whether you buy something cheap or expensive. Why should that 60 in TV cost more for disposal (with the fee going into general revenue) then a 17 in TV? It wouldn't be fair to pay a percentage instead of a fixed rate.
More likely it was a by-product of research into the drill. Primitive drills consisted of a stick and bow setup to spin the stick really fast which created heat while making a hole. The other fire starting technique, banging 2 rocks together to make a spark was likewise probably a by-product of researching how to make a sharp rock. As usual research leads to unexpected results.
It doesn't have to be. Heard an interview with the chief of the Osoyoos Indian Band, http://oibdc.ca/ One of the most successful bands in Canada and probably N. America. Philosophy was simple, jobs first. They're running a bunch of successful profitable businesses and everyone in the band has a good job as well as a few hundred people outside the band. Take away the sociopaths (and committees which seem to be social-pathetic be definition) and Capitalism would be really wonderful.
The other advantage is each election is for one level of government. One federal election, each province having their election on different days, and municipal elections at still a different time. While the municipal elections are for multiple positions the other elections are usually for one position. Your Member of Parliament or Member of (Provincial) Legislature. One big advantage of this system is that the Provinces often see new 3rd parties arise. I believe 2nd place went to a brand new party in the recent Quebec election, same with the last Albertan election and in the next BC election the Conservative party will probably return from the dead. The Americans might benefit from a similar setup, the only way a 3rd party is ever going to catch on is from the bottom. Imagine if States legislatures had way more parties then just the Dems and Repubs. Next thing you know, the Congress might have multiple parties as well.
As I said, the collective does not have authority to steal freedoms from the individual, and when it tries, it always backfires and makes whatever the perceived problem is worse.
The collective always has the authority to steal freedoms from individuals. Even the smallest society, one without a government, will deny you the freedom to shit in the communal water supply. They'll shun you, they'll banish you, and they'll ignore the fact that someone just killed you because you had it coming by practicing your freedom to shit in the communal water supply. That's reality, if you're part of a collective, you don't have total freedom.
The problem is finding who is liable. Libertarians usually say let the courts decide but going to court against a rich entity, whether person or corporation is like playing poker with a stacked deck. Whoever has the money can drag things out until the one without money folds. They were talking about the Exxon Valdez on the radio today. Seems that after 25 years it is still in court trying to settle who is liable. The owners of the oil who hired the ship? The owner of the ship, who is a shell corporation but could just as easy be an individual patsy who owns nothing? The people who lent the ship owner the funds? And so on. Taxpayers ended up on the hook to clean it up and without taxpayers a chunk of the coast would have been left toxic.
Gravity and magnetic fields will affect your speed. Apollo, ignoring mid-course corrections, slowed down for the 2 or so days until it got to the point of the Moons gravity being stronger then Earths, then picked up speed again until arrival at the Moon. Magnetic effects are small but might make a difference on a 100 year trip and gravity will mostly affect the start and end of the trip.
In a pure capitalist society without government regulations you can trade a starving man a bowl of soup for their kidney and in the process of harvesting their kidney you're going to leave a wound.
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The way we've been doing it in Canada is cut taxes, then put fees on everything. Buy a TV, there's a $20 environmental fee. Doesn't matter if it's a little $100 TV or large $2000 TV, you pay the same fee that goes into general revenue. Most consumer purchases now have some type of flat fee attached, therefore keeping sales tax down and being fair by charging the poor and the rich the same.
Latest has been the crown corporations. Government needs money, add a surcharge to the electric bill. My bill just went from $60 to $80 for 2 months even though my power usage is still 34 KW/hrs a month. Once again fair as whether you use no power or 100's of KW/hrs you pay the same extra $10 a month.
They now want to put tolls on all bridges to pay for transit as raising the gas tax unfairly makes those with large vehicles pay more and that isn't fair.
Many government services that used to be free or a token payment now have large fees, need ID so you can vote and the government has a picture of you for their facial scanning systems, that's now a hundred dollars.
The list goes on with the government wanting to add ever more fees and brag about having low taxes with the poor paying a larger percentage of their income to the government then the rich. But this is good as we're continuously reassured that once the rich get rich enough they'll create some jobs.
Fees, not taxes. Fees are much more fair then taxes as everyone pays the same. And fees aren't taxes so you can raise funds in a fair manner without raising taxes.
If everyone has to pay $10,000 in fees then that's 2.5 trillion raised, all fairly.
I'd guess that some decide to not vote after hearing the candidates.
What my province (BC) does do is heavily encourage non-smoking with free programs including free nicotine patches.
This is the modern right wing Canada. No more food inspectors as obviously industry can self inspect and the free market will take care of any tainted food.
Google "beef recall" to see how well it works.
Hemp seed is the food crop.
Actually hemp is maybe the most nutritious plant for human consumption. The seed has all the essential oils and more importantly it is one of the two (common?) plants that have all the essential amino acids, slightly less then soy 23% vs 25% protein) The leaves, I'd guess are like most greens, vitamin c, some a and lots of minerals and of course, roughage. With sunshine and a source of B12 you could live a long time on a hemp diet, longer then any other common crop and perhaps any plant.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemp#Nutrition
http://www.thenourishinggourmet.com/2009/03/hemp-seed-nutritional-value-and-thoughts.html
Hemp seed also contains all the essential amino acids plus all the essential oils. There are good arguments that hemp is the oldest cultivated plant and it has properties that were attractive before cultivation.
Hemp seed is also easy to eat (just needs grinding, by rock or tooth) unlike soy that even when correctly prepared doesn't seem to go down easily.
There are religions that ban eating animal flesh (actually I believe killing). Maybe not a majority but still a sizable number of people who have decided to be vegetarians. For most of these, milk is fine as no killing is involved.
Feed a fetus lots of alcohol and you're going to get someone of low intelligence no matter what their genetic makeup is. Lots of other environmental factors like diet as well.
and AFAIK none will instruct a jury on their [still legal] nullification power.
The problem with jury nullification is that it is often used for the wrong reasons. In the States a common use of jury nullification was to prevent the white boy who killed the nigger for looking at or talking to a white women from being convicted of murder.
Of course they did, just not with money but service, much the same as the peasants.
The peasant worked a day a week in the lords fields, the lord served time in his lords army.
The only ones who didn't pay taxes were the top of the feudal hierarchy, Kings and autonomous Dukes and such. The Church and the international corporations (OK, they weren't actually incorporated) such as the Knights Templar.
Legislation?, that would mean convening the legislature, giving the opposition a chance to question things. Fees are usually regularity in nature so it just takes updating a regulation, usually at the request of the minister in charge.
A leader still needs certain skills. I know myself that I make a crappy manager unless I have a really good crew to manage.
I've often thought that the upper house of the legislature should be conscripted at random. Still has problems. Lots of people can't afford to take time from their life to live in the capitol. Advisers and lobbyists could easily have too much power. Hookers, blow and the promise of a really good job afterwards can have a lot of influence.
These problems also apply to a leader chosen at random as well.
Around here business gets reimbursed all their goods and services taxes that they pay. Of course with taxes being a no-no the government is now using fees. Much fairer as everyone pays the same fee whether you buy something cheap or expensive. Why should that 60 in TV cost more for disposal (with the fee going into general revenue) then a 17 in TV? It wouldn't be fair to pay a percentage instead of a fixed rate.
You could also say,
"To summarize: it is a well-known fact that those people who must want to manage people are, ipso facto, those least suited to do it."
More likely it was a by-product of research into the drill. Primitive drills consisted of a stick and bow setup to spin the stick really fast which created heat while making a hole. The other fire starting technique, banging 2 rocks together to make a spark was likewise probably a by-product of researching how to make a sharp rock.
As usual research leads to unexpected results.
Stealing someones land is usually cheaper then a trip to the Moon.
It doesn't have to be. Heard an interview with the chief of the Osoyoos Indian Band, http://oibdc.ca/ One of the most successful bands in Canada and probably N. America. Philosophy was simple, jobs first. They're running a bunch of successful profitable businesses and everyone in the band has a good job as well as a few hundred people outside the band.
Take away the sociopaths (and committees which seem to be social-pathetic be definition) and Capitalism would be really wonderful.
The other advantage is each election is for one level of government. One federal election, each province having their election on different days, and municipal elections at still a different time. While the municipal elections are for multiple positions the other elections are usually for one position. Your Member of Parliament or Member of (Provincial) Legislature.
One big advantage of this system is that the Provinces often see new 3rd parties arise. I believe 2nd place went to a brand new party in the recent Quebec election, same with the last Albertan election and in the next BC election the Conservative party will probably return from the dead.
The Americans might benefit from a similar setup, the only way a 3rd party is ever going to catch on is from the bottom. Imagine if States legislatures had way more parties then just the Dems and Repubs. Next thing you know, the Congress might have multiple parties as well.
As I said, the collective does not have authority to steal freedoms from the individual, and when it tries, it always backfires and makes whatever the perceived problem is worse.
The collective always has the authority to steal freedoms from individuals. Even the smallest society, one without a government, will deny you the freedom to shit in the communal water supply. They'll shun you, they'll banish you, and they'll ignore the fact that someone just killed you because you had it coming by practicing your freedom to shit in the communal water supply.
That's reality, if you're part of a collective, you don't have total freedom.
The problem is finding who is liable. Libertarians usually say let the courts decide but going to court against a rich entity, whether person or corporation is like playing poker with a stacked deck. Whoever has the money can drag things out until the one without money folds.
They were talking about the Exxon Valdez on the radio today. Seems that after 25 years it is still in court trying to settle who is liable. The owners of the oil who hired the ship? The owner of the ship, who is a shell corporation but could just as easy be an individual patsy who owns nothing? The people who lent the ship owner the funds? And so on.
Taxpayers ended up on the hook to clean it up and without taxpayers a chunk of the coast would have been left toxic.
Yes, so does Canada. Of course the current law and order government doesn't mind breaking the law, for the greater good of course.
Gravity and magnetic fields will affect your speed. Apollo, ignoring mid-course corrections, slowed down for the 2 or so days until it got to the point of the Moons gravity being stronger then Earths, then picked up speed again until arrival at the Moon. Magnetic effects are small but might make a difference on a 100 year trip and gravity will mostly affect the start and end of the trip.
In a pure capitalist society without government regulations you can trade a starving man a bowl of soup for their kidney and in the process of harvesting their kidney you're going to leave a wound.