Not capitalism. Nature. If you can't hunt and gather enough food for your family, you all starve and die. It really has nothing to do with any construct of civilization.
This is a pretty rational reaction for anyone with half a functioning brain cell. It retards family sizes even in demographics notorious for large families.
Their example is a bit extreme but not entirely unreasonable.
It's hard to escape from your past when you make the same mistakes. I chose to avoid some of those mistakes myself.
Wal-mart hasn't been about "made in America" since the last century at least. THEY are the ones pushing companies to cut prices at any cost and outsource manufacturing to China to begin with.
They are the LAST place I would go looking for stuff made in the US. They try to drive those kinds of companies out of business.
When I still had DirectTV I was shocked by the number of actual channels we watched. It was in the low 2 digits. It was interesting using MythTV to completely disable and hide channels and show the resulting leftover. Because of the mysql backend I could slice and dice things and see what was actually recorded and from what channels.
Half of the channels we did watch could easily be displaced by Netflix. Some channels had no more than a single show worth watching.
It's a means for you to stockpile your own content so you aren't constantly chipping away at your monthly cap watching "Trouble with Tribbles" for the 110th time.
The same goes for a bought stockpile.
ISP shenanigans don't mean dick. I can put it on any device I want and take it wherever I want.
Besides, some apps are so bad (HBO) that you want your own copy anways
> Also you haven't touched a vagina since you were born
In some cases it's the pussy that wants to cut the cord. Something about subsidizing shows they don't like (Duck Dynasty) that really offends their sensibilities and brings out the deep emotional response.
Also not sure how being a couch potato relates to getting any.
Why just fixate on ONE incident in the West. Islamist terrorists kill other Muslims pretty much daily They are a diverse bunch from many countries. It's not just the Wahabis. The Palestinians themselves were innovators in this area. Anyone that wasn't born yesterday remembers this. The same goes for Libya.
Syria just has a lot of poor fundies that refuse to use a toilet properly and breed like mice.
There's a difference between crass bribery and sound public policy presented in a rational fashion.
That said, this kind of thing should focus on "too big to fail" rather than harm to consumers. The former seems much easier to quantify versus some notion of harm.
We already have an anti-trust act that's largely ignored. The existence of "too big to fail" or "abusive oligopolies" are simply are result of the failure to enforce what laws we have already.
It's your classic "let's create another worthless scrap of paper and pretend that that alone will fix the problem" approach. Half ass it (or less) and then blame everyone else when it fails.
Then hysterically push for some more useless nonsense.
This "living wage" argument is total bullshit. We have NEVER had a living wage by the "having it both ways" definition of Eurotrash-wannabies. They want ALL of the advantages of European social welfare states plus ALL of the benefits of living in a more dynamic economy BOTH at the same time.
No. Being able to do as well as two professionals in Germany on a burger flipper's salary is NOT a what constitutes a "living wage".
Exactly this. Due to better economic conditions and certain tax incentives, adults in the US can choose not to work.
The girl that decided she would rather be a hausfrau than a COBOL programmer is not "unemployed".
Some people also luck out and can retire early. You also have people that can't work. It's misleading to lump people on disability with the unemployed.
I use a 10 year old digicam. We also happen to have an iPod2 that's still in working order. Should I expect these devices to start catching fire now that they are OLD. The fact that a product is moderately not-new by durable goods standards is no excuse to excuse any and all UCC (or other) liability over it.
Actually being a small business is very advantageous. While "rates" may be high, you can deduct pretty much anything. This is in stark contrast to an individual wage earner that has to bear nearly 100% of work related costs.
Corporate tax rates even for small businesses are only relevant to profits after all expenses including wages.
Even lush bennies for low paid employees can be seen as a tax dodge for the business owner.
> Turns out, that's not how it works. Anywhere. Commonly held fallacy though.
That's EXACTLY how it works. Some of us have done this ourselves. I'm sorry you live in some communist shit hole where engineers are paid less than store clerks.
No. They are trying to hijack the ownership rights of works created using software. If this passes legal muster, the implications are very ugly. Like "copyrights on APIs" kind of ugly.
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Not capitalism. Nature. If you can't hunt and gather enough food for your family, you all starve and die. It really has nothing to do with any construct of civilization.
This is a pretty rational reaction for anyone with half a functioning brain cell. It retards family sizes even in demographics notorious for large families.
Their example is a bit extreme but not entirely unreasonable.
It's hard to escape from your past when you make the same mistakes. I chose to avoid some of those mistakes myself.
You can have a family, live large, accumulate investments, and retire early on far less than that in a flyover state like Atlanta.
Although the tax code does kind of ravage W-2 income of that size.
>> We all know how Rich Democrats feel about, "The Help".
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> Right... and Rich Republicans are so much more empathetic towards "The Help".
Rich Republicans don't pretend to and then try to virtue signal about it while demonizing the other side.
You must be joking.
Wal-mart hasn't been about "made in America" since the last century at least. THEY are the ones pushing companies to cut prices at any cost and outsource manufacturing to China to begin with.
They are the LAST place I would go looking for stuff made in the US. They try to drive those kinds of companies out of business.
This is precisely the kind of distorted nonsense that erodes trust when it comes from "professional journalists".
When I still had DirectTV I was shocked by the number of actual channels we watched. It was in the low 2 digits. It was interesting using MythTV to completely disable and hide channels and show the resulting leftover. Because of the mysql backend I could slice and dice things and see what was actually recorded and from what channels.
Half of the channels we did watch could easily be displaced by Netflix. Some channels had no more than a single show worth watching.
Meanwhile, those of us that lived in the Soviet Union or have friends and family that did are laughing at both of you.
That's not something that's provided "on demand".
It's a means for you to stockpile your own content so you aren't constantly chipping away at your monthly cap watching "Trouble with Tribbles" for the 110th time.
The same goes for a bought stockpile.
ISP shenanigans don't mean dick. I can put it on any device I want and take it wherever I want.
Besides, some apps are so bad (HBO) that you want your own copy anways
> Also you haven't touched a vagina since you were born
In some cases it's the pussy that wants to cut the cord. Something about subsidizing shows they don't like (Duck Dynasty) that really offends their sensibilities and brings out the deep emotional response.
Also not sure how being a couch potato relates to getting any.
Why just fixate on ONE incident in the West. Islamist terrorists kill other Muslims pretty much daily They are a diverse bunch from many countries. It's not just the Wahabis. The Palestinians themselves were innovators in this area. Anyone that wasn't born yesterday remembers this. The same goes for Libya.
Syria just has a lot of poor fundies that refuse to use a toilet properly and breed like mice.
There's a difference between crass bribery and sound public policy presented in a rational fashion.
That said, this kind of thing should focus on "too big to fail" rather than harm to consumers. The former seems much easier to quantify versus some notion of harm.
We already have an anti-trust act that's largely ignored. The existence of "too big to fail" or "abusive oligopolies" are simply are result of the failure to enforce what laws we have already.
It's your classic "let's create another worthless scrap of paper and pretend that that alone will fix the problem" approach. Half ass it (or less) and then blame everyone else when it fails.
Then hysterically push for some more useless nonsense.
Their BS response to Cruz getting his PPO canceled (along with every other private insurance customer in the state of Texas).
This "living wage" argument is total bullshit. We have NEVER had a living wage by the "having it both ways" definition of Eurotrash-wannabies. They want ALL of the advantages of European social welfare states plus ALL of the benefits of living in a more dynamic economy BOTH at the same time.
No. Being able to do as well as two professionals in Germany on a burger flipper's salary is NOT a what constitutes a "living wage".
That sounds like the "labor participation rate" which is a different statistic that some countries publish.
Exactly this. Due to better economic conditions and certain tax incentives, adults in the US can choose not to work.
The girl that decided she would rather be a hausfrau than a COBOL programmer is not "unemployed".
Some people also luck out and can retire early. You also have people that can't work. It's misleading to lump people on disability with the unemployed.
Dunno how this translates to the UK.
I use a 10 year old digicam. We also happen to have an iPod2 that's still in working order. Should I expect these devices to start catching fire now that they are OLD. The fact that a product is moderately not-new by durable goods standards is no excuse to excuse any and all UCC (or other) liability over it.
What happened to "Apple longevity"?
A legal settlement creates ZERO precedent other than the one that already exists for tort suits in general.
Furthermore, it's this "evil stuff" that keeps the likes of Apple from grinding you up into green crackers.
Actually being a small business is very advantageous. While "rates" may be high, you can deduct pretty much anything. This is in stark contrast to an individual wage earner that has to bear nearly 100% of work related costs.
Corporate tax rates even for small businesses are only relevant to profits after all expenses including wages.
Even lush bennies for low paid employees can be seen as a tax dodge for the business owner.
Sure. Your car registration is SUCH a burden. If that's all that you can think of then your argument is pants.
> Turns out, that's not how it works. Anywhere. Commonly held fallacy though.
That's EXACTLY how it works. Some of us have done this ourselves. I'm sorry you live in some communist shit hole where engineers are paid less than store clerks.
This eliminates the situation where lawful people don't even ask because it's against company policy
It's much easier to know you are underpaid, and then perhaps do something about it, if there's complete transparency.
Of course it could work both ways.
Nice slippery slope you're building there. You can't talk about illegal activity because it will be presumed you are encouraging it.
Sometimes you want to AVOID the corner with the rug dealer.
No. They are trying to hijack the ownership rights of works created using software. If this passes legal muster, the implications are very ugly. Like "copyrights on APIs" kind of ugly.
All that's missing is chrome spray paint.