Not to mention the SolarCity self-dealing that's now blowing up. Musk had TSLA shareholders bail out his personal investment in SolarCity and now he's winding down that entire business now that he's whole. SolarCity alone has billions in debt coming due soon.
The proposed "solutions" to climate change would lead to the deaths of millions of people right now instead of the theoretical deaths of millions of people a century from now.
Why not just use the IP6 at your router and then NAT IP4 your local devices? Who in their right mind wants all of their internal devices to have a public-facing IP in the first place?
Or we could imagine a day where people's lives aren't dictated by whether they have a f'ing internet connection or not. Somehow humans have managed just fine for the past 10,000 years without Facebook.
"For instance, the feds have no power to fund healthcare, or the arts, or scientific research, or to own national parks or forests, or even to delegate Congress's lawmaking powers to an unelected regulatory bureaucracy in the Executive branch. But they do."
You just demonstrated the overreach predicted by the founders and the need to limit the powers of federal government. If they would've known such overreach was going to be attempted, much less enacted, then they would've been clearer in their intent.
Also note that the Supreme Court hasn't weighed in on any of those overreaches except for healthcare, and even then they only allowed it by saying it was a tax.
Small businesses now have to navigate several hundred different tax schemes (states have multiple tax zones, etc), That's going to be expensive. This ruling only benefits the big players such as Amazon by placing another burden on their smaller competitors. That's why Bezos dropped his opposition to it.
" But there are parts of socialism as an economic model that make sense in certain situations."
Yes, like roads. Garbage disposal. Running water and sewage. Basically the entire notion of people leaving their caves and combining their resources for common purposes that benefit them all is "socialist". Marxism, on the other hand is a completely different, and evil thing. Socialism as an economic policy is not the same thing as "Marxist socialism" as a political theory.
Nobody ever claimed that capitalism is perfect, it's just better than all the other alternatives.
" The rich have earned their wealth and are entitled to it. "
But what about their offspring who inherit that wealth when the original earners die? I'm very conservative but even I can see the coming problem with the wealth gap and feudal system that will result in thousands of billionaire families lording over us in the next serious downturn (probably in the next 20 years). I would also argue that many in the financial sector who benefited from the $10 trillion bailouts in 2008 didn't earn shit and should've gone to prison instead, but that's not the point. Hundreds if not thousands of billionaires were created by that.
The US should revisit inheritance taxes for extreme estates. Maybe upwards of 95% for billionaires.
Our social services cannot handle the volume of people coming here seeking free stuff. You cannot have both open borders and a welfare state, you must choose one or the other.
Why do you call people names just for disagreeing with you? Do you think that helps your argument?
Waiting until after you've been caught illegally entering the country to claim asylum. Asylum seekers are supposed to file Form I-589 immediately upon entering. Letting them claim asylum after being caught is only creating a loophole that will be abused by every illegal immigrant and open the floodgates to further overwhelm the system.
It's amazing that the same people who tell us that Trump is the next Hitler are now openly advocating for him to ignore laws. What a stupid time to be alive.
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I got to see an M3 that was delivered last week. It's a piece of junk. It was delivered with warranty problems.
It's more analogous to the Delorean story.
Not if GM "absorbs Tesla's technology" by picking the Tesla carcass in bankruptcy.
Not to mention the SolarCity self-dealing that's now blowing up. Musk had TSLA shareholders bail out his personal investment in SolarCity and now he's winding down that entire business now that he's whole. SolarCity alone has billions in debt coming due soon.
They're going to lose their asses on warranty claims for those 5,000 rushed vehicles.
The proposed "solutions" to climate change would lead to the deaths of millions of people right now instead of the theoretical deaths of millions of people a century from now.
Why not just use the IP6 at your router and then NAT IP4 your local devices? Who in their right mind wants all of their internal devices to have a public-facing IP in the first place?
Or we could imagine a day where people's lives aren't dictated by whether they have a f'ing internet connection or not. Somehow humans have managed just fine for the past 10,000 years without Facebook.
You really should get some help.
Well then don't use AT&T for cellular. There's no shortage of competition in the cell space, just switch carriers.
Just as soon as you can explain what the heck this has to do with net neutrality.
"For instance, the feds have no power to fund healthcare, or the arts, or scientific research, or to own national parks or forests, or even to delegate Congress's lawmaking powers to an unelected regulatory bureaucracy in the Executive branch. But they do."
You just demonstrated the overreach predicted by the founders and the need to limit the powers of federal government. If they would've known such overreach was going to be attempted, much less enacted, then they would've been clearer in their intent.
Also note that the Supreme Court hasn't weighed in on any of those overreaches except for healthcare, and even then they only allowed it by saying it was a tax.
Amazon and Apple have the massive infrastructures and legal departments to handle it. Their smaller competitors do not.
Small businesses now have to navigate several hundred different tax schemes (states have multiple tax zones, etc), That's going to be expensive. This ruling only benefits the big players such as Amazon by placing another burden on their smaller competitors. That's why Bezos dropped his opposition to it.
"The constitution doesn't limit federal power, it grants only specific powers to the feds"
By granting only specific powers to the Feds the Constitution is limiting their powers.
The SEC has civil jurisdiction, not criminal. They can only levy fines and even then rarely do so.
Why do you presume to know his economic status and what difference does it make? He might be super-rich. So what?
" But there are parts of socialism as an economic model that make sense in certain situations."
Yes, like roads. Garbage disposal. Running water and sewage. Basically the entire notion of people leaving their caves and combining their resources for common purposes that benefit them all is "socialist". Marxism, on the other hand is a completely different, and evil thing. Socialism as an economic policy is not the same thing as "Marxist socialism" as a political theory.
Nobody ever claimed that capitalism is perfect, it's just better than all the other alternatives.
" The rich have earned their wealth and are entitled to it. "
But what about their offspring who inherit that wealth when the original earners die? I'm very conservative but even I can see the coming problem with the wealth gap and feudal system that will result in thousands of billionaire families lording over us in the next serious downturn (probably in the next 20 years). I would also argue that many in the financial sector who benefited from the $10 trillion bailouts in 2008 didn't earn shit and should've gone to prison instead, but that's not the point. Hundreds if not thousands of billionaires were created by that.
The US should revisit inheritance taxes for extreme estates. Maybe upwards of 95% for billionaires.
Our social services cannot handle the volume of people coming here seeking free stuff. You cannot have both open borders and a welfare state, you must choose one or the other.
Why do you call people names just for disagreeing with you? Do you think that helps your argument?
"This policy is new as of April 2018."
No it is not. The law has been on the books for over a decade and has been enforced for several years prior to Trump.
Whoops, first sentence should read: "Waiting until after you've been caught illegally entering the country to claim asylum is a crime."
Waiting until after you've been caught illegally entering the country to claim asylum. Asylum seekers are supposed to file Form I-589 immediately upon entering. Letting them claim asylum after being caught is only creating a loophole that will be abused by every illegal immigrant and open the floodgates to further overwhelm the system.
It's amazing that the same people who tell us that Trump is the next Hitler are now openly advocating for him to ignore laws. What a stupid time to be alive.
"Not for misdemeanors."
I've seen children placed into the custody of Child Protection Services for truancy.