You know, there's been whole countries created on the principle of "no taxation without representation", countries that started out by revolting against their King due to being taxed without a vote on it. One country went on to write a decent Constitution, which didn't mention anything about citizenship and such to vote. Pretty simple, if you pay any type of tax, you get a vote on how it is used.
And all those jobs should have limits on how long of a day those workers are putting in. What those limits should be, I'm unsure of. As for driving tired, that's the most scary driving I've done and there was one job I had where the hours were too long and it was too far away that by the end of the week, I was usually falling asleep at the wheel. Luckily that job didn't last.
Isn't fishing about the most dangerous job? Some jobs, being overtired means making mistakes that you have to waste time tomorrow fixing, other jobs, people die.
Nothing wrong with proposing an alternate hypothesis and testing it, that's how science works, failures are just as important. The problem is getting so emotionally involved that you would bet a large sum instead of a pizza or case of beer and not accept the negative result and change viewpoints.
though I am not one to think the constitution applies to non-citizens.
Do you really believe it is OK to torture green card holders, throw them in jail with no due process, search their homes without a warrant, deny them speech etc? If you read the Constitution, there is a lot of talk about people, persons and such and little about citizens and what there is, is mostly about political stuff like having to be a natural citizen to be President. Even for voting, it doesn't say anything about citizenship and denying the vote to tax paying permanent residents goes against one of the founding principles of America, namely "no taxation without representation"
Haven't you heard of Extraordinary rendition? America is well known for doing it, usually on the quiet. From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Extraordinary rendition, also called irregular rendition or forced rendition, is the government-sponsored abduction and extrajudicial transfer of a person from one country to another that has predominantly been carried out by the United States government with the consent of other countries.[1][2][3]
The first known foreign rendition by the US was that of airline hijacker Fawaz Younis who, in September 1987, was abducted after being lured on a yacht in Italy and brought to the U.S. for trial, authorized by President Ronald Reagan.[4] President Bill Clinton authorized extraordinary rendition to nations known to practice interrogation, which has been called on occasion torture by proxy.[5] The administration of President George W. Bush rendered hundreds of illegal combatants for US detention, and transported detainees to US controlled sites as part of an extensive interrogation program that included torture.[6] Extraordinary rendition continued under the Obama administration; with targets being interrogated and subsequently taken to the US for trial.[7]
The United Nations considers one nation abducting the citizens of another a crime against humanity.[8] In July 2014 the European Court of Human Rights condemned the government of Poland for participating in CIA extraordinary rendition, ordering Poland to pay restitution to men who had been abducted, taken to a CIA black site in Poland, and tortured.[9][10][11]
Are you a troll or stupid. You sound like the 500lb guy bragging because he lost 10lbs while the 140lb guy now weighs 145lbs. And the worst part is that you can't stop bragging about your 10lb lose while still a 490lber.
Are there cities where bicycles can legally use sidewalks? Even as a kid back in the '60's, riding on the sidewalk was illegal, though rarely enforced.
Here, as long as they can't go over 50 km/h (maybe 30 km/h), you don't need a license or insurance and if they have pedals, they don't need lights, signals and such. Just like bicycles, they are supposed to follow the same driving rules.
Huh? While some were written by men thousands of years dead, some are still being written, the Pope for example updates his Churches morals every now and again. The reason being that morals are culture based and change as culture changes. One example is slavery, at one time quite moral, at other times, quite immoral. Most morals are similar.
Is it? There's evidence that humans have evolved to believe in deities for some reason. Every single culture seems to have some kind of religion, usually involving deities and everyone different. If it's normal to believe in non-existent deities, it is not a mental illness. Just something more like the blind spot, weird part of how we have evolved. It seems to me if there was a universal religion, most everyone would be in agreement, with only minor differences.
Why? It's not like he is going to be one of the 90% that can no longer afford beer, instead he has made sure he is in the.01%, or at least has the support of the.001%. Having to worry about the costs of common stuff is for the common folk, not the elite.
The AC lists some ways, others include borrowing a lot of money, going bankrupt and getting a tax credit for years, I believe your current President uses that trick. Listing your businesses residences in strategic jurisdictions for tax purposes where profits happen while you lose money in jurisdictions where taxes are high and various other ways that expensive accountants and lawyers can come up with. You're probably middle class, the ones that have the hardest time avoiding taxes, but it is still possible by incorporating, working as a contractor instead of an employee and doing various other sleight of hand tricks that a good accountant can explain.
Does the government really make you work at a job that pays enough to tax? Seems that working is like going to the grocery store, a voluntary transaction. Used to be stories of people getting dropped off the Alaska highway and going to live in the bush to avoid both. That's a bit extreme but there is no reason that you couldn't cut down on working to the point where you don't pay taxes if you chose, do it right and you can have a high standard of living and never pay taxes.
No, profit is what is left over after paying wages. I know because I have a small business, it pays me a small wage and doesn't currently make a profit after expenses.
No one is taking your money, your paying taxes to have an environment where you can work and earn money. Don't like paying taxes, well it is easy to stop working and paying them. You can also move to a country without taxes such as Somalia or a country with low taxes such as Saudi Arabia and enjoy the freedom that not paying taxes brings. Do you complain about the grocery store demanding money to allow you to walk out with groceries?
3) could include working people who got evicted, through no fault of their own, usually the property getting developed into expensive housing, and can't find somewhere affordable. Where I am that is probably the number one driver of the invisible homeless.
Is it jobs or is it jobs that pay a living wage? Where I am, there is about zero vacancy rates and lots of hidden homeless who are working full time, living in their cars, staying in someones garage, couch surfing etc. If you only make $80,000 a year and have to move, you're very likely to become homeless, at least for a while and even with a home, most of the income goes to housing. There's lots of street people too, who don't work but when someone is working full time and can't afford rent, is it a lack of personal responsibility?
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You know, there's been whole countries created on the principle of "no taxation without representation", countries that started out by revolting against their King due to being taxed without a vote on it.
One country went on to write a decent Constitution, which didn't mention anything about citizenship and such to vote.
Pretty simple, if you pay any type of tax, you get a vote on how it is used.
And all those jobs should have limits on how long of a day those workers are putting in. What those limits should be, I'm unsure of.
As for driving tired, that's the most scary driving I've done and there was one job I had where the hours were too long and it was too far away that by the end of the week, I was usually falling asleep at the wheel. Luckily that job didn't last.
Isn't fishing about the most dangerous job? Some jobs, being overtired means making mistakes that you have to waste time tomorrow fixing, other jobs, people die.
Then they'll be arguing about who gets the interest.
Nothing wrong with proposing an alternate hypothesis and testing it, that's how science works, failures are just as important.
The problem is getting so emotionally involved that you would bet a large sum instead of a pizza or case of beer and not accept the negative result and change viewpoints.
though I am not one to think the constitution applies to non-citizens.
Do you really believe it is OK to torture green card holders, throw them in jail with no due process, search their homes without a warrant, deny them speech etc?
If you read the Constitution, there is a lot of talk about people, persons and such and little about citizens and what there is, is mostly about political stuff like having to be a natural citizen to be President.
Even for voting, it doesn't say anything about citizenship and denying the vote to tax paying permanent residents goes against one of the founding principles of America, namely "no taxation without representation"
Haven't you heard of Extraordinary rendition? America is well known for doing it, usually on the quiet.
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
The important thing is that they are both allies of America and willing to do America's bidding.
Are you a troll or stupid. You sound like the 500lb guy bragging because he lost 10lbs while the 140lb guy now weighs 145lbs. And the worst part is that you can't stop bragging about your 10lb lose while still a 490lber.
Are there cities where bicycles can legally use sidewalks? Even as a kid back in the '60's, riding on the sidewalk was illegal, though rarely enforced.
Here, as long as they can't go over 50 km/h (maybe 30 km/h), you don't need a license or insurance and if they have pedals, they don't need lights, signals and such.
Just like bicycles, they are supposed to follow the same driving rules.
Huh? While some were written by men thousands of years dead, some are still being written, the Pope for example updates his Churches morals every now and again. The reason being that morals are culture based and change as culture changes.
One example is slavery, at one time quite moral, at other times, quite immoral. Most morals are similar.
Is it? There's evidence that humans have evolved to believe in deities for some reason. Every single culture seems to have some kind of religion, usually involving deities and everyone different.
If it's normal to believe in non-existent deities, it is not a mental illness. Just something more like the blind spot, weird part of how we have evolved.
It seems to me if there was a universal religion, most everyone would be in agreement, with only minor differences.
Go to soylentnews if you want to see jmorris's posts.
You should make a trip to the arctic if you want to see a lot of mosquitoes.
It's still your choice, be a hermit or pay taxes and get benefits.
Why? It's not like he is going to be one of the 90% that can no longer afford beer, instead he has made sure he is in the .01%, or at least has the support of the .001%.
Having to worry about the costs of common stuff is for the common folk, not the elite.
The AC lists some ways, others include borrowing a lot of money, going bankrupt and getting a tax credit for years, I believe your current President uses that trick. Listing your businesses residences in strategic jurisdictions for tax purposes where profits happen while you lose money in jurisdictions where taxes are high and various other ways that expensive accountants and lawyers can come up with.
You're probably middle class, the ones that have the hardest time avoiding taxes, but it is still possible by incorporating, working as a contractor instead of an employee and doing various other sleight of hand tricks that a good accountant can explain.
Why? Perhaps they think that going ever further into debt is a bad idea for one example.
I've made tasty cheese out of (goat) milk and lemon.
Does the government really make you work at a job that pays enough to tax? Seems that working is like going to the grocery store, a voluntary transaction. Used to be stories of people getting dropped off the Alaska highway and going to live in the bush to avoid both. That's a bit extreme but there is no reason that you couldn't cut down on working to the point where you don't pay taxes if you chose, do it right and you can have a high standard of living and never pay taxes.
No, profit is what is left over after paying wages. I know because I have a small business, it pays me a small wage and doesn't currently make a profit after expenses.
No one is taking your money, your paying taxes to have an environment where you can work and earn money. Don't like paying taxes, well it is easy to stop working and paying them. You can also move to a country without taxes such as Somalia or a country with low taxes such as Saudi Arabia and enjoy the freedom that not paying taxes brings.
Do you complain about the grocery store demanding money to allow you to walk out with groceries?
3) could include working people who got evicted, through no fault of their own, usually the property getting developed into expensive housing, and can't find somewhere affordable. Where I am that is probably the number one driver of the invisible homeless.
Is it jobs or is it jobs that pay a living wage? Where I am, there is about zero vacancy rates and lots of hidden homeless who are working full time, living in their cars, staying in someones garage, couch surfing etc. If you only make $80,000 a year and have to move, you're very likely to become homeless, at least for a while and even with a home, most of the income goes to housing.
There's lots of street people too, who don't work but when someone is working full time and can't afford rent, is it a lack of personal responsibility?