Taxing income most certainly does discourage earning money. Just as taxing anything reduces the demand. Or are taxes on cigarettes, alcohol, and other things the government wants to discourage a waste of time? Taxing things discourages it, subsidizing things encourages it. That's how economics work.
No, you can't only tax luxury consumption, you tax all sales. Sales tax is not regressive if you have it in combination with a prebate to cover a baseline level of taxes or as I suggested a UBI. I favor a flat sales tax on all goods that is not regressive because I also favor a UBI. The UBI prevents it from being regressive by ensuring that people can afford necessities. Both are very simple, don't require a bureaucracy, and don't require any paperwork or filing of returns. This makes them very hard to exploit and eliminates most lobbying.
I agree with a lot of what Ayn Rand wrote about and I rather enjoyed Atlas Shrugged as a piece of fiction. That being said, I completely agree with the idea of the UBI. Ayn Rand wasn't against the poor, Ayn Rand was against the government. Throw out the tax code and replace it with a simple flat sales tax and institute a UBI and vast swaths of the government can go away. Even better, vast swaths of private corporations can go away too which all are drains on productivity. Most accounting, law, and tax firms can just up and disappear and we'd all be better for it. Even better, a simpler system has less opportunities for abuse. And if there's one thing Ayn Rand hated above all else, it was private companies buying favors from the government and abusing government programs.
He's shuffling a decision off to Congress that was Congress' decision in the first place... I hate Trump, but I can't disagree with his reasoning here.
1: The executive Power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America. He shall hold his Office during the Term of four Years, and, together with the Vice President, chosen for the same Term, be elected, as follows
So the Constitutional authority to determine immigration laws is based on a simple statement that executive power is held by a representative that is elected? How is this marked informative or modded up? Article 2, Section 1 is solely dedicated to the requirements for electing the President and contains no powers at all. Hello mods, don't assume just because a reference is given that a post is informative. Check the damn reference.
You are looking at the Constitution backwards. It enumerates the limited powers of the Federal government. The question should be "What part of the Constitution gives the President power to change immigration laws?" If no part of the Constitution gives the President that power, then it is unconstitutional.
I don't believe a lick of your source... "(automobile repair tools, vulcanizing tools, and wheel alignment tools)" Is this a gas station with a repair shop? I haven't seen one of those in years... "The cost for the purchase of gasoline tanker – $45,000" 1) retail stations don't own tanker trucks, they order deliveries from carrier fleets. 2) There is no way you can buy a gasoline tanker for $45k. "The cost for building and hosting a website – $600" No independent gas station has a website. Any franchise location relies on a corporate website. Any corporate location doesn't need to include that cost as the incremental cost for a new station is nil.
More to the point, if the money system collapses so will the system of property rights. If the dollar becomes worthless all you will have to protect any asset is a gun.
Most of that million dollars for a gas station goes into the retail establishment that sells coffee and hot dogs. The actual fuel dispensing portion isn't the bulk of the expense mainly because the bulk of profit for the stations doesn't come from gasoline sales.
Yep, if you think that companies give these "think tanks" money to come up with ideas and run with them you are crazy. They give money to these to push an agenda. The "news" of this article is that one of the employees of this propaganda machine didn't understand what his job really was.
That was my experience in SC as well. However, once I got north of I-85 in Georgia, even the back roads went to shit... Atlanta metro sucks and it was 10x worse after the eclipse.
I would rather people rationally hold their money than irrationally spend it... But by all means, lets let the central banks control monetary policy...
That's what Facebook wants you to think... I have a collection of probably 30ish screenshots where I say "Block all from ***page***" and yet they keep coming up...
Yep, stamp it on the ground and tilt it up. It's a common construction practice for industrial buildings, could easily be adapted to commercial and residential.
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I don't think he's an idiot, just goofy and awkward on TV. Bill Weld was the more polished guy that should have been the top of the ticket.
You mean like the Associated Press claiming "There are no government rules dictating how tanks [oil storage] are designed." ?
https://www.apnews.com/0485b3c...
Where's the fact checking in that article?
And "loosing" should have been "losing" but you should know that. Yet you used it multiple times...
They were equally bad, but they were both still bad. I voted for the lesser of evils, Gary Johnson.
Taxing income most certainly does discourage earning money. Just as taxing anything reduces the demand. Or are taxes on cigarettes, alcohol, and other things the government wants to discourage a waste of time? Taxing things discourages it, subsidizing things encourages it. That's how economics work.
No, you can't only tax luxury consumption, you tax all sales. Sales tax is not regressive if you have it in combination with a prebate to cover a baseline level of taxes or as I suggested a UBI. I favor a flat sales tax on all goods that is not regressive because I also favor a UBI. The UBI prevents it from being regressive by ensuring that people can afford necessities. Both are very simple, don't require a bureaucracy, and don't require any paperwork or filing of returns. This makes them very hard to exploit and eliminates most lobbying.
I disagree with the concept of taxing income. Why would you discourage earning money? Tax consumption and reduce waste.
Reduced prices*
*only on the limes at the bottom
I agree with a lot of what Ayn Rand wrote about and I rather enjoyed Atlas Shrugged as a piece of fiction. That being said, I completely agree with the idea of the UBI. Ayn Rand wasn't against the poor, Ayn Rand was against the government. Throw out the tax code and replace it with a simple flat sales tax and institute a UBI and vast swaths of the government can go away. Even better, vast swaths of private corporations can go away too which all are drains on productivity. Most accounting, law, and tax firms can just up and disappear and we'd all be better for it. Even better, a simpler system has less opportunities for abuse. And if there's one thing Ayn Rand hated above all else, it was private companies buying favors from the government and abusing government programs.
He's shuffling a decision off to Congress that was Congress' decision in the first place... I hate Trump, but I can't disagree with his reasoning here.
1: The executive Power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America. He shall hold his Office during the Term of four Years, and, together with the Vice President, chosen for the same Term, be elected, as follows
So the Constitutional authority to determine immigration laws is based on a simple statement that executive power is held by a representative that is elected? How is this marked informative or modded up? Article 2, Section 1 is solely dedicated to the requirements for electing the President and contains no powers at all. Hello mods, don't assume just because a reference is given that a post is informative. Check the damn reference.
You are looking at the Constitution backwards. It enumerates the limited powers of the Federal government. The question should be "What part of the Constitution gives the President power to change immigration laws?" If no part of the Constitution gives the President that power, then it is unconstitutional.
My HR department is about a 50-50 split between men and women. And they are all equally useless...
I mean Gal Gadot is pretty bad ass in real life... She was in the Israeli military you know.
Why can't Hollywood come up with a decent parody movie anymore? Where are the Airplane!s and the Spaceballs?
I don't believe a lick of your source...
"(automobile repair tools, vulcanizing tools, and wheel alignment tools)" Is this a gas station with a repair shop? I haven't seen one of those in years...
"The cost for the purchase of gasoline tanker – $45,000" 1) retail stations don't own tanker trucks, they order deliveries from carrier fleets. 2) There is no way you can buy a gasoline tanker for $45k.
"The cost for building and hosting a website – $600" No independent gas station has a website. Any franchise location relies on a corporate website. Any corporate location doesn't need to include that cost as the incremental cost for a new station is nil.
More to the point, if the money system collapses so will the system of property rights. If the dollar becomes worthless all you will have to protect any asset is a gun.
Most of that million dollars for a gas station goes into the retail establishment that sells coffee and hot dogs. The actual fuel dispensing portion isn't the bulk of the expense mainly because the bulk of profit for the stations doesn't come from gasoline sales.
Yep, if you think that companies give these "think tanks" money to come up with ideas and run with them you are crazy. They give money to these to push an agenda. The "news" of this article is that one of the employees of this propaganda machine didn't understand what his job really was.
Carbohydrates are necessary for life, but you can get the nutrients second hand with your fat and protein by eating meat and dairy...
That's because it's always night and it's always raining or at least wet in night shots in movies.
If the story isn't worth $20, more pixels sure isn't going to sell it... Neither will a 3rd dimension.
That was my experience in SC as well. However, once I got north of I-85 in Georgia, even the back roads went to shit... Atlanta metro sucks and it was 10x worse after the eclipse.
I would rather people rationally hold their money than irrationally spend it... But by all means, lets let the central banks control monetary policy...
That's what Facebook wants you to think... I have a collection of probably 30ish screenshots where I say "Block all from ***page***" and yet they keep coming up...
Yep, stamp it on the ground and tilt it up. It's a common construction practice for industrial buildings, could easily be adapted to commercial and residential.