No, I totally get your point. I'm saying your point is wrong. Security needs vary from person to person. The President may need guys with M--16s, surface to air missles, grenades, and A-10s. You don't. I don't understand what's so hard to comprehend about that. ANY security professional worth his salt will tell you the same thing.
As for a ruling class...we already have that. It has nothing to do with security though. It has to do with money. Welcome to the United States of Plutocracy where you get all the "equality" money can buy.
I said nothing of the sort. I was simply stating your needs and the needs of the President are wildly different and that a false equivalency was being made. Without security, he'd probably be dead in a week. You (and the masses at large) are not in the same situation. Get over it.
While his solutions to gun violence are largely BS and mostly just an attempt to sate the public's current anti-gun vibe, it's a GIANT false equivalency to compare the President's need for security and yours. Seriously, you watch way too much Fox news if you think those are even remotely similar scenarios.
I wouldn't sweat it. Your government has a history of leaving laptops with millions of records of personal information sitting around. Basically, everyone who wants your information probably already has it.
Inflation is calculated by a lot more than just the cost of your groceries. And yes, I buy my own groceries so I'm well aware of the changes in food prices.
Are you familiar with bucket shops? CDSs are really the modern equivalent to them. They contributed to market crashes in a significant way in the early 1900s so they were made illegal.
As for world wide market stability, do you have a link for that? I looked at UK recession history but their history was MUCH more stable than ours throughout history. So yeah, they were stable too but the were stable before WWII and the depression but that's definitely not the case for the US.
I have my own business and I pay nothing close to this 63% tax rate that you mention and I cannot imagine how you can even get there. If you're paying anywhere near that, then you need a new fucking accountant because your current one is stealing from you. FYI...in the US, over half of all companies pay no taxes (other than their payroll tax).
Hard to imagine? Sure. But that's exactly what's been going on for years now. The reason is there is no other currency the world is worrying to bet their asses on (courtesy of Europe dicking up their own economies and the Euro along with it). So everyone might bite their tongues in the process but they will suck it up in the process. Oh and everyone wants to devalue their currency these days so they can export more.
lol, you can talk about the price of gas but the inflation numbers are not subject to debate. If you refuse to "trust" them, then there's nothing to discuss because reality obviously doesn't mean anything to you.
And FYI...the value of the dollar is based on the value people around the world choose to put into it. There's no automatic adjustment that kicks in because the government prints money.
No one in the financial sector will get any jail time. We can't have any of that. Sure, if you steal a car you can get 10 years but if you rip of billions, it's no big whup.
Actually, the economic state of the US has been very stable since the regulations that were passed as a result of the "Great Depression" (like Glass-Steagall). Yes, we had some recessions but they were very minor by comparison to what came before it. The US used to be a hot-bed of panics, depressions, and recessions prior to these new regulations. We were all doing quite well until the late 90's when a lot of deregulation took place like the introduction of CDSs and passing the GLBA (which basically killed Glass-Steagall). After deregulation, everything went to shit pretty fast. Since this latest recession (which could have very easily turned into a depression), none of the regulations that gave us so much stability have been returned. In ten years (maybe less), we'll be right back where we were in '09 (if not worse because banks are even bigger now).
It's the nature of wealth to concentrate and you have to be very vigilant to prevent it or you will most definitely get fucked. I simply don't accept your cavalier attitude about there being no solution when we had EXACTLY that for many decades.
lol, this is just completely inaccurate. The only time anyone even looks at the degree is for people straight out of school or have less than three years experience. Experience is king and completely dominates any sheet of paper you're going to get from your school.
Umm....are you fucking crazy? Consumption taxes are regressive taxes. They disproportionately affect the poor because the poor have little or no disposable income. All of their income has to be spent just to get by. The rich actually spend a much smaller percentage of the income they take in, so they would be honkey-fucking-dorey with a consumption tax. The lower middle class would probably be driven to poverty and the upper middle class would just dramatically cut their spending. So, if your goal is to kill the economy, then by all means get rid of the income tax and crank up the consumption taxes.
The majority of corporations pay zero taxes in the US (other than payroll taxes). People like to throw out the 35% number but hardly anyone pays anywhere near that amount. The corporate tax rate in the US is really just a red herring and it only amounts to 12% of IRS revenue.
Even if you get rid of corporate taxes completely, you cannot compete on wage or environmental requirements. Asia will ALWAYS offer a much cheaper option on those accounts. So, people thinking eliminating corporate taxes will somehow make the US a place so much more desirable to setup shop is pure poppycock.
P.S., I've been in business for seven years. Take a wild guess how much my corporation has paid in taxes.
But this isn't a copyright violation issue. How this breaks down into actually charges is like so (courtesy of Wikipedia):
"On July 19, 2011, a federal grand jury indictment was unsealed, charging Swartz with wire fraud, computer fraud, unlawfully obtaining information from a protected computer and recklessly damaging a protected computer.[53][54] According to the indictment, Swartz surreptitiously attached a laptop to MIT's computer network, which ran a script named "keepgrabbing.py",[9] allowing him to "rapidly download an extraordinary volume of articles from JSTOR.""
There's a reason why 90%+ of all cases with them are plea bargained out - the US Attorneys have effectively unlimited resources, and can drain you dry fighting them.
Actually, almost all court cases in the US, including local jurisdictions, are plea bargained. There's nothing unique at all about this with the US Attorneys. In my county (Hennepin, MN), the number is well north of 90% for plea bargains. Going to trial is something that largely only happens in movies and TV.
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No, I totally get your point. I'm saying your point is wrong. Security needs vary from person to person. The President may need guys with M--16s, surface to air missles, grenades, and A-10s. You don't. I don't understand what's so hard to comprehend about that. ANY security professional worth his salt will tell you the same thing.
As for a ruling class...we already have that. It has nothing to do with security though. It has to do with money. Welcome to the United States of Plutocracy where you get all the "equality" money can buy.
I said nothing of the sort. I was simply stating your needs and the needs of the President are wildly different and that a false equivalency was being made. Without security, he'd probably be dead in a week. You (and the masses at large) are not in the same situation. Get over it.
What the fuck do kings have to do with it?
It's because lots of people want to kill the President (like 90% of the people in the south). How many people want to kill you?
Sorry but people in the public eye are big fat targets, whereas, nobody knows or gives a shit about you.
While his solutions to gun violence are largely BS and mostly just an attempt to sate the public's current anti-gun vibe, it's a GIANT false equivalency to compare the President's need for security and yours. Seriously, you watch way too much Fox news if you think those are even remotely similar scenarios.
I wouldn't sweat it. Your government has a history of leaving laptops with millions of records of personal information sitting around. Basically, everyone who wants your information probably already has it.
I hate to break this to you but Apple is still getting $1 billion. The only bitch here is Samsung. :)
No, did you?
Inflation is calculated by a lot more than just the cost of your groceries. And yes, I buy my own groceries so I'm well aware of the changes in food prices.
Only Republicans value ignorance. Get your facts straight.
Are you familiar with bucket shops? CDSs are really the modern equivalent to them. They contributed to market crashes in a significant way in the early 1900s so they were made illegal.
As for world wide market stability, do you have a link for that? I looked at UK recession history but their history was MUCH more stable than ours throughout history. So yeah, they were stable too but the were stable before WWII and the depression but that's definitely not the case for the US.
I have my own business and I pay nothing close to this 63% tax rate that you mention and I cannot imagine how you can even get there. If you're paying anywhere near that, then you need a new fucking accountant because your current one is stealing from you. FYI...in the US, over half of all companies pay no taxes (other than their payroll tax).
Hard to imagine? Sure. But that's exactly what's been going on for years now. The reason is there is no other currency the world is worrying to bet their asses on (courtesy of Europe dicking up their own economies and the Euro along with it). So everyone might bite their tongues in the process but they will suck it up in the process. Oh and everyone wants to devalue their currency these days so they can export more.
So you agree inflation isn't a problem. Awesome!
lol, you can talk about the price of gas but the inflation numbers are not subject to debate. If you refuse to "trust" them, then there's nothing to discuss because reality obviously doesn't mean anything to you.
And FYI...the value of the dollar is based on the value people around the world choose to put into it. There's no automatic adjustment that kicks in because the government prints money.
No one in the financial sector will get any jail time. We can't have any of that. Sure, if you steal a car you can get 10 years but if you rip of billions, it's no big whup.
Actually, the economic state of the US has been very stable since the regulations that were passed as a result of the "Great Depression" (like Glass-Steagall). Yes, we had some recessions but they were very minor by comparison to what came before it. The US used to be a hot-bed of panics, depressions, and recessions prior to these new regulations. We were all doing quite well until the late 90's when a lot of deregulation took place like the introduction of CDSs and passing the GLBA (which basically killed Glass-Steagall). After deregulation, everything went to shit pretty fast. Since this latest recession (which could have very easily turned into a depression), none of the regulations that gave us so much stability have been returned. In ten years (maybe less), we'll be right back where we were in '09 (if not worse because banks are even bigger now).
It's the nature of wealth to concentrate and you have to be very vigilant to prevent it or you will most definitely get fucked. I simply don't accept your cavalier attitude about there being no solution when we had EXACTLY that for many decades.
For reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_recessions_in_the_United_States
Really, where's all this inflation you speak of? This quantitative easing has been going on for years now and I'm not seeing the inflation. The inflation rate is actually quite low: http://www.tradingeconomics.com/united-states/inflation-cpi. And here's a link for how all that "high inflation" is helping the economy: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=2&cad=rja&ved=0CD0QFjAB&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hlntv.com%2Farticle%2F2012%2F08%2F09%2Flow-inflation-pushing-us-toward-recovery&ei=EIQIUeKTD4ePrgH23IGQDQ&usg=AFQjCNGRXXnPWulOGPkxyd_0yEvcOCrWPg&sig2=hM2C_h2ubx3eXdzoqXAPzQ&bvm=bv.41642243,d.aWM
And seriously, what fucking exchange pressures? You mean like the dow and s&p being at near record highs?
http://www.wgal.com/news/money/Dow-S-P-500-nearing-all-time-highs/-/9360224/18318560/-/115r051/-/index.html
Who did they buy the iPad from? Just curious.
I use Chrome on Windows 8 and I haven't had any problems with (no crashes or other odd behavior). Maybe it's you.
lol, this is just completely inaccurate. The only time anyone even looks at the degree is for people straight out of school or have less than three years experience. Experience is king and completely dominates any sheet of paper you're going to get from your school.
Translation: your argument doesn't fit within my fucked up world view so it's wrong!
Umm....are you fucking crazy? Consumption taxes are regressive taxes. They disproportionately affect the poor because the poor have little or no disposable income. All of their income has to be spent just to get by. The rich actually spend a much smaller percentage of the income they take in, so they would be honkey-fucking-dorey with a consumption tax. The lower middle class would probably be driven to poverty and the upper middle class would just dramatically cut their spending. So, if your goal is to kill the economy, then by all means get rid of the income tax and crank up the consumption taxes.
The majority of corporations pay zero taxes in the US (other than payroll taxes). People like to throw out the 35% number but hardly anyone pays anywhere near that amount. The corporate tax rate in the US is really just a red herring and it only amounts to 12% of IRS revenue.
Even if you get rid of corporate taxes completely, you cannot compete on wage or environmental requirements. Asia will ALWAYS offer a much cheaper option on those accounts. So, people thinking eliminating corporate taxes will somehow make the US a place so much more desirable to setup shop is pure poppycock.
P.S., I've been in business for seven years. Take a wild guess how much my corporation has paid in taxes.
But this isn't a copyright violation issue. How this breaks down into actually charges is like so (courtesy of Wikipedia):
"On July 19, 2011, a federal grand jury indictment was unsealed, charging Swartz with wire fraud, computer fraud, unlawfully obtaining information from a protected computer and recklessly damaging a protected computer.[53][54] According to the indictment, Swartz surreptitiously attached a laptop to MIT's computer network, which ran a script named "keepgrabbing.py",[9] allowing him to "rapidly download an extraordinary volume of articles from JSTOR.""
Actually, almost all court cases in the US, including local jurisdictions, are plea bargained. There's nothing unique at all about this with the US Attorneys. In my county (Hennepin, MN), the number is well north of 90% for plea bargains. Going to trial is something that largely only happens in movies and TV.