Agreed. The list price for a 6-ft USB cable at the local Best Buy is around $30. My son worked there for a while, he bought this item with his employee discount for $1.87 . Absolutely incredible markup and a serious ripoff.
Lower taxes means less money in governmental pockets.
Not necessarily. It depends on where you are on the unfortunately-named Laffer curve. If every one is taxed at 100%, no one would work, so there would be no tax revenue. With a tax rate of zero, there is also no tax revenue. Somewhere in between is a point where the tax revenue is maximized. If your tax rate is above that point, increasing it has the effect of reducing tax revenue.
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One of Kilgore Trout's novels ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilgore_Trout ) convinces Duane Hoobler (I believe, its been awhile) that the entire world has been created for Duane's stimulation. This drives Duane insane, and he starts treating people as the meaningless automatons that he believes them to be, since they have been put there entirely for Duane's entertainment, etc.
This may be slightly off topic, but I have to take this opportunity to vent...
My son worked for Best Buy for a short while, while he was there he bought some gear with his employee's discount, including a USB cable. The sticker on the cable was over $30, but with the employee discount it was $1.68.
Incredible.
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Enough is enough! I've had it with this motherfucking spam on this motherfucking internet!
This has already been taken care of by Dean Kamen and Steven Spielberg. All cities are being redesigned around the civilization-changing Segway.
Agreed. The list price for a 6-ft USB cable at the local Best Buy is around $30. My son worked there for a while, he bought this item with his employee discount for $1.87 . Absolutely incredible markup and a serious ripoff.
Lower taxes means less money in governmental pockets.
Not necessarily. It depends on where you are on the unfortunately-named Laffer curve. If every one is taxed at 100%, no one would work, so there would be no tax revenue. With a tax rate of zero, there is also no tax revenue. Somewhere in between is a point where the tax revenue is maximized. If your tax rate is above that point, increasing it has the effect of reducing tax revenue.
One of Kilgore Trout's novels ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilgore_Trout ) convinces Duane Hoobler (I believe, its been awhile) that the entire world has been created for Duane's stimulation. This drives Duane insane, and he starts treating people as the meaningless automatons that he believes them to be, since they have been put there entirely for Duane's entertainment, etc.
This may be slightly off topic, but I have to take this opportunity to vent... My son worked for Best Buy for a short while, while he was there he bought some gear with his employee's discount, including a USB cable. The sticker on the cable was over $30, but with the employee discount it was $1.68. Incredible.