-- proxy known for it's ties, dealings or advocacy for Microsoft or things that only Microsoft would be interested in -- wants anti-trust probe of Google.
The tax code should not be "progressive" at all, stop with the Marxist based taxation rhetoric already!
The problem is that, based on cutting taxes, the government *didn't* cut it's spending accordingly. But **continued** spending more, borrowing more, far beyond the means at hand at the time.
The problem has never been that "taxes weren't ever enough", the problem has *always been* that government has been spending too much and the people in Washington D.C. have been piss-poor or worse when it comes to being stewards of the monies in the public coffers, and nothing more.
The U.S. government needs to be restricted, by Constitutional amendment, to stop spending more than it is making *and* to not spend more than 10 percent or so of the GDP. Those two things are necessary and vital to the survivability of this country. They are also vital and necessary to keep these either A) incompetent or B) intentionally doing the country in financially, so-called Representatives and Senators from driving this country into financial ruin and all the bad things that would follow that (state of emergency, suspension of civil liberties guaranteed by the Constitution, etc.). They are either incompetent or the financial ruin is something they are directly causing and planning to capitalize on. Which is it, smart guy?
"The tax code is the way that it is for a reason; flat taxation leads to stratification of wealth and societal breakdown."
You are joking, right?
The *current tax code* is creating "...stratification of wealth and societal breakdown" right now! For gawd's sake, take a look at U.S. history since about the Great Depression.
The U.S. government needs to learn to live on a lot less money, just like everyone else does when the economy goes sour, get it? And, on top of that, there has to be a strict mechanism to curb or stop every increasing government spending and indebtedness. Those are the sole and only bases for what I wrote, with the side factor of getting the government more extracted from the lives of individual citizens, for the benefit of all concerned.
1) USPS is busted and has been receiving tax payer money recently to prop it up while it "works out how to be solvent".
2) The Federal Reserve takes a request from the U.S. government saying "We want more money!". The Federal Reserve says "O.K., print it. But sign here saying that you owe us the money that is being printed *plus* interest. Thanks". So yes, they do not print the money directly, but they have the say on whether the money gets printed (or credited to an account) or not.
3) As of about a month or so ago, the biggest expenditure is the sum total of government entitlement programs, not the U.S. military, defense research, etc.
The majority were opposed to national health care. In fact, after the law passed, even more are opposed to it now!
The government can do too much, and it has been doing so. The government and its myriad of programs are killing the overall initiative and sense of individual responsibility in this country. The government is no more "by the people", and hasn't been for a long, long time. It is government "by the special interests", to the detriment of the people, their liberties, etc.
The bulk of our representatives, based on passage of the recent health care bill, completely violated their oaths of office to "... support and defend the Constitution...." As a result, they are not representing "the people" in fact.
The reward for investment is earning more money because of successful investment. The penalty is losing your investment. Fair's fair.
As for "the poor", sorry, not buying that, it is more fair to have them also pay at the same tax rate as everyone else, as opposed to A) not paying any and B) as a result getting the bulk of the services and (in some cases) even money because they are "poor". They live and work and earn money just like everyone else, how does them being "poor" make them any different? It doesn't. And, on top of that, there is plenty of help in the form of charitable organizations to help "the poor" with food, medical care and the like if it is needed.
This country needs to stop taking money from people (with the threat of force, incarceration, etc.) so it can just be given to others. That's not freedom or liberty, it makes slaves of the people robbed of their money, as well as slaves of the people then receiving the money. Money, goods, help, etc. freely given where help is needed, is what should be happening, for the benefit of all concerned (giver and receiver).
Wouldn't it make more sense to have sane and very simple (maybe five whole pages at most) tax laws?
The tax return being one page (a single side). Tax rates capped at 10 percent of a person's income, all income levels. You can have up to half of your tax burden removed for charitable contributions, but you *always* have to pay a minimum of 5 percent.
And, on top of this, a constitutional amendment to cap U.S. federal spending to no more than 7.5 to 10 percent of the GDP. And, immediately cut all U.S. Federal government spending by half, across the boards. Audit the Federal Reserve and, where any improprieties are found, prosecute any and all involved individuals to the fullest extent of the law. And, make the Federal Reserve an actual government entity, and not a private entity with so-called government oversight.
The above would be a good start at putting some sanity into our current so-called representative government.
Well, if politicians, as a whole, were sane in the U.S., they wouldn't have been spending us into oblivion, *and then* chastising the majority of U.S. citizens that are protesting the run-away spending *with* the politicians then demanding that taxes be raised.
|| If you RTFA, you'll see that MSOffice claims support for OOXML Transitional (which is still a conformance level in ISO spec). ||
I did RTFA. And, you just proved the point I was making. Microsoft *claims* support, if you take that claim and $2.50, that will buy you a small latte at Starbucks, depending on your area.
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Wait a minute....
|| So, are you saying that Henry Paulson and Ben Bernanke should be arrested? ||
He might not be saying so directly. However, Henry and Ben being arrested would be a good start, I think.
-- anti-trust? I knew you could.
We are not "stuck here", not by any means.
The Federal government needs to be dialed back in scope, influence, money spent, money taken (in the form of taxes, fees, etc.), the whole nine yards.
You might as well stop responding to me, although I see a point or two where I can agree with you, the rest I completely reject.
-- proxy known for it's ties, dealings or advocacy for Microsoft or things that only Microsoft would be interested in -- wants anti-trust probe of Google.
Color me surprised.
The "humidity" I was referring to was when the air conditioning unit went out, in other words, not working at all. Just to clarify. :)
This was at my place of employment, not a swamp cooler in the place, sorry to disappoint.
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Well, O.K., it needs work.
Try, 85F and higher in Florida when your air conditioning goes out in August with all the humidity we have here.
You'll be f*cking crying for ice, a cold shower, anything to make the bad man (heat) stop.
With the current Congress and Administration, they will either do A) nothing or B) something that makes issues like this *even worse*.
The tax code should not be "progressive" at all, stop with the Marxist based taxation rhetoric already!
The problem is that, based on cutting taxes, the government *didn't* cut it's spending accordingly. But **continued** spending more, borrowing more, far beyond the means at hand at the time.
The problem has never been that "taxes weren't ever enough", the problem has *always been* that government has been spending too much and the people in Washington D.C. have been piss-poor or worse when it comes to being stewards of the monies in the public coffers, and nothing more.
The U.S. government needs to be restricted, by Constitutional amendment, to stop spending more than it is making *and* to not spend more than 10 percent or so of the GDP. Those two things are necessary and vital to the survivability of this country. They are also vital and necessary to keep these either A) incompetent or B) intentionally doing the country in financially, so-called Representatives and Senators from driving this country into financial ruin and all the bad things that would follow that (state of emergency, suspension of civil liberties guaranteed by the Constitution, etc.). They are either incompetent or the financial ruin is something they are directly causing and planning to capitalize on. Which is it, smart guy?
HP obviously missed the Prosecutor General's memo that he needed a bigger bribe....
Yeap, "... more of the same, and much MUCH worse!"
Actually, this is not an "octogenarian" problem.
It is a problem of having bloated and pretty much do-nothing administration.
Disclaimer: I live in this hell-hole jokingly called "God's Waiting Room".
"The tax code is the way that it is for a reason; flat taxation leads to stratification of wealth and societal breakdown."
You are joking, right?
The *current tax code* is creating "...stratification of wealth and societal breakdown" right now! For gawd's sake, take a look at U.S. history since about the Great Depression.
The U.S. government needs to learn to live on a lot less money, just like everyone else does when the economy goes sour, get it? And, on top of that, there has to be a strict mechanism to curb or stop every increasing government spending and indebtedness. Those are the sole and only bases for what I wrote, with the side factor of getting the government more extracted from the lives of individual citizens, for the benefit of all concerned.
Try again:
1) USPS is busted and has been receiving tax payer money recently to prop it up while it "works out how to be solvent".
2) The Federal Reserve takes a request from the U.S. government saying "We want more money!". The Federal Reserve says "O.K., print it. But sign here saying that you owe us the money that is being printed *plus* interest. Thanks". So yes, they do not print the money directly, but they have the say on whether the money gets printed (or credited to an account) or not.
3) As of about a month or so ago, the biggest expenditure is the sum total of government entitlement programs, not the U.S. military, defense research, etc.
Are you kidding me?
The majority were opposed to national health care. In fact, after the law passed, even more are opposed to it now!
The government can do too much, and it has been doing so. The government and its myriad of programs are killing the overall initiative and sense of individual responsibility in this country. The government is no more "by the people", and hasn't been for a long, long time. It is government "by the special interests", to the detriment of the people, their liberties, etc.
The bulk of our representatives, based on passage of the recent health care bill, completely violated their oaths of office to "... support and defend the Constitution...." As a result, they are not representing "the people" in fact.
Sorry, but not buying the "unfair" thing at all.
The reward for investment is earning more money because of successful investment. The penalty is losing your investment. Fair's fair.
As for "the poor", sorry, not buying that, it is more fair to have them also pay at the same tax rate as everyone else, as opposed to A) not paying any and B) as a result getting the bulk of the services and (in some cases) even money because they are "poor". They live and work and earn money just like everyone else, how does them being "poor" make them any different? It doesn't. And, on top of that, there is plenty of help in the form of charitable organizations to help "the poor" with food, medical care and the like if it is needed.
This country needs to stop taking money from people (with the threat of force, incarceration, etc.) so it can just be given to others. That's not freedom or liberty, it makes slaves of the people robbed of their money, as well as slaves of the people then receiving the money. Money, goods, help, etc. freely given where help is needed, is what should be happening, for the benefit of all concerned (giver and receiver).
Wouldn't it make more sense to have sane and very simple (maybe five whole pages at most) tax laws?
The tax return being one page (a single side). Tax rates capped at 10 percent of a person's income, all income levels. You can have up to half of your tax burden removed for charitable contributions, but you *always* have to pay a minimum of 5 percent.
And, on top of this, a constitutional amendment to cap U.S. federal spending to no more than 7.5 to 10 percent of the GDP. And, immediately cut all U.S. Federal government spending by half, across the boards. Audit the Federal Reserve and, where any improprieties are found, prosecute any and all involved individuals to the fullest extent of the law. And, make the Federal Reserve an actual government entity, and not a private entity with so-called government oversight.
The above would be a good start at putting some sanity into our current so-called representative government.
The company store already own's my soul!
So, even by accepting your terms, YOU STILL F*CKING LOSE! /cackle
Well, if politicians, as a whole, were sane in the U.S., they wouldn't have been spending us into oblivion, *and then* chastising the majority of U.S. citizens that are protesting the run-away spending *with* the politicians then demanding that taxes be raised.
Hmm, why should I, or anyone for that matter, be skeptical about a claim from Microsoft?
Let me think... quite simply, because Microsoft claims it. That's enough for me to discount it utterly.
"Monad" -- a condition where you have a single (instead of paired) gonad, due to birth defect, accident, etc.
You mean, the data supplied by the **AAs, BSA, IIPA and the like is "not reliable"?
Come on! You're kidding me! That has to be a joke!
|| If you RTFA, you'll see that MSOffice claims support for OOXML Transitional (which is still a conformance level in ISO spec). ||
I did RTFA. And, you just proved the point I was making. Microsoft *claims* support, if you take that claim and $2.50, that will buy you a small latte at Starbucks, depending on your area.