So if I do not believe in mathematics for religious reasons, that pi does not equal 3.14159..., then I can claim that my children are being tought LIES! and claim freedom of religion? If you really care so much take your kids out of school and teach them what you want; but you should not be suprised when they turn out in a less than intelegent way.
"Taxing corporate prophit decreases the reward in risk v reward calculations that drive the economy (especially in new areas), and that hurts everyone."
I disagree, and yes I do know something about economics. The problem is that we do not live in a society which encourages honesty from executives. This means that *EOs will take as much money as they can from a company, before profit.
"of course dramatically redoing the tax system to a way that makes sense is impossible because in the short run there will be some winners and some losers to get the same amount of revenue, some of the losers could suffer huge."
This I agree with completely. Though not about the VAT mentioned in the next sentence.
I do 'pirate'. And by pirate I mean I download music, programs and books for which I have not paid. I would put downloading and testing programs before you buy them into the same category as listening to a song on the radio before you buy it. It constitutes fair use. Of course the legal technicalities of this I know not; but if fair use is to mean anything then it should allow this.
"And just when I was hoping that the prosecutor would forget about my case I received another letter. When I received the paper, that I had to go pick up the envelope at the post, I became completely depressed and sad. But anyway, I went to the post and picked up the document."
I bet it works different in wherever he is, but in the US, or CA at least, if you ignore the "official notice" in the mail they cannot prove that you knew about the charges against you.
Just pretend you never got it and erase everything.
I can stand the democrats just as much as I can stand the republicans, which is to say not at all.
"I'd rather have a known quantity (even an evil one) than a spineless cretin who is nothing more than a puppet to his financial supporters."
That descibes nearly every politician except the ones not in power. There is no place for idealists in government, they just fuck it up. So too do the pragmatists. Government is a sham, always has been, always will be, and no amount of rhetoric about freedom will change that.
I think it would easy to start making income tax fairer. You could stop deducting tax from the paycheck of anyone who makes minimum wage. They should not have to pay taxes on top of the regressive taxes they already do.
If profit is taxed then it should have absolutely no effect on consumer prices. As for a national sales tax, that is the worst and most regressive form of taxation possible. It hurts the poor, those who need their money most, especially hard.
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I often see acusations about tree spiking hurting people, but I have yet to see any proof.
So if I do not believe in mathematics for religious reasons, that pi does not equal 3.14159..., then I can claim that my children are being tought LIES! and claim freedom of religion? If you really care so much take your kids out of school and teach them what you want; but you should not be suprised when they turn out in a less than intelegent way.
Ok, show me one experiment that can be done to prove ID.
"Taxing corporate prophit decreases the reward in risk v reward calculations that drive the economy (especially in new areas), and that hurts everyone."
I disagree, and yes I do know something about economics. The problem is that we do not live in a society which encourages honesty from executives. This means that *EOs will take as much money as they can from a company, before profit.
"of course dramatically redoing the tax system to a way that makes sense is impossible because in the short run there will be some winners and some losers to get the same amount of revenue, some of the losers could suffer huge."
This I agree with completely. Though not about the VAT mentioned in the next sentence.
Spoofing!
I would beg to differ.
I do 'pirate'. And by pirate I mean I download music, programs and books for which I have not paid. I would put downloading and testing programs before you buy them into the same category as listening to a song on the radio before you buy it. It constitutes fair use. Of course the legal technicalities of this I know not; but if fair use is to mean anything then it should allow this.
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"And just when I was hoping that the prosecutor would forget about my case I received another letter. When I received the paper, that I had to go pick up the envelope at the post, I became completely depressed and sad. But anyway, I went to the post and picked up the document."
I bet it works different in wherever he is, but in the US, or CA at least, if you ignore the "official notice" in the mail they cannot prove that you knew about the charges against you.
Just pretend you never got it and erase everything.
Or they all keep the dollar.
You free market types are incredibly naive.
And so does socialism and most other isms.
I am beginning to think we should give Anarchism a shot, if only because it does NOT look good on paper.
Ok, show me where a mesh net is being set up and I am there.
Are you one of those people that say Communism looks good on paper?
Bet you are.
We have not declared war on anyone since WWII.
Not even once.
Political power flows from the barrel of a gun
-Mao
I can stand the democrats just as much as I can stand the republicans, which is to say not at all.
"I'd rather have a known quantity (even an evil one) than a spineless cretin who is nothing more than a puppet to his financial supporters."
That descibes nearly every politician except the ones not in power. There is no place for idealists in government, they just fuck it up. So too do the pragmatists. Government is a sham, always has been, always will be, and no amount of rhetoric about freedom will change that.
Well, if you got enough of them they could do it.
It is the lack of a descended larynx.
But hey, why quibble?
Well, considering only about 40% of Americans actually vote and less than half voted for Bush, 1/5 sounds about right.
Dependent on which people you think are the crazy ones, of course.
I think it would easy to start making income tax fairer. You could stop deducting tax from the paycheck of anyone who makes minimum wage. They should not have to pay taxes on top of the regressive taxes they already do.
I would say most people think about 1/5 of Americans are irrational and insane, it is just a matter of which fifth that they differ on.
And by Democrats you obviously mean politicians.
And the left is suppose to be loony?
If profit is taxed then it should have absolutely no effect on consumer prices. As for a national sales tax, that is the worst and most regressive form of taxation possible. It hurts the poor, those who need their money most, especially hard.
Come on, you know it's true.
While I cannot disagree that China treats its dissidents worse than the US, I was responding to the allegation that:
"The Chinese military systematically abuses the citizenry."
As does the US. And I know from experience that American police are often not punished for their crimes against citizens.
As do american police; and your point was?