...her stolen credit card information was used to make fraudulent iTunes purchases. When asked (by Threatpost) about whether such fraud constitutes a reportable event under the Bay State's strict data breach notification law, Coakley said that her office would be looking into that question and demanding answers from Cupertino,...
Huh? How is this a 'breach' by Apple? Her credit card was stolen by somebody, and then used to buy something from iTunes. Apple wasn't hacked into; they processed what looked to be a valid credit card transaction.
I wish we would just tax all income the same, rather than have 'dividend' income, and 'earned' income, and 'capital gains' income.....
IT'S ALL INCOME!
...some people just aren't good with money, and musicians tend to be some of the worst.
Lots of people aren't good with money. How is that MY problem? And why am I suppose to be OK with copyrights being extended to infinity to support these idiots?
Or, you know, SAVE some of the money they have been making for the last 50 years! Sheesh, artist think they are just too fucking special to live in the same world as everybody else...
Why does your way make any more sense? When you talk to people, do you say, "In 2011, on September the 11th...", or do you say, "On September the 11th, 2011..."? And why in the hell was this modded +5 Insightful?
In an ideal world, you would not have to tax the corporation but each share holder directly for capital gain and dividends.
I've had the same thought myself. Why tax a corporation, since you can just tax the owners of that corporation?
There would have no exception to the tax code except health related condition...
Your system has already failed. Once you make any 'exception', you must now quantify and police this exception. Can I deduct my asprin? Birth control pills? My artificial leg? Then you will have others start complaining that THEY have an important thing that needs to be deducted.
And there should be a luxury taxe around 25% that applies on all alcohol and tobacco, on object worth more that 2000$,...
You are once again opening the door to more taxes. Guess what will be the next 'luxury item'? Guns? Fast food? TVs? You don't 'need' any of those, so they must be a luxury.
This proposition would be a loophole free fair tax code
You have already built in a few loopholes that will be expanded over time. You either keep any exemptions and special taxes out of the plan, or they will expand and corrode the tax system.
Labor represents 80 percent of the agencyâ(TM)s expenses, compared with 53 percent at United Parcel Service and 32 percent at FedEx,
They have too many workers that are paid too much that they can not layoff. They can try all of the tricks and gimmicks that they want, but getting rid of dead weight is the only viable option.
Let's do a simple example to show you why you are completely wrong.
Let's say your grandma dies right in front of me at 12:00 noon. I call you, and leave a message saying what happened. You don't check that message until 6:00 p.m. Are you really going to try and convince people that grandma died at 6:00 p.m.? Of course not.
I have ME and mechatronics degrees, and the added electrical/control/programing really helps. And it only added one year of extra classes to get the 2nd degree.
Gas, electricity and food can be deducted from a business' taxes.
The are getting special treatment for depreciation. That's a really big deal.
I don't know a lot about depreciation, but I always thought depreciation was more for equipment and tangible items. This seems to separate out the intangible costs of the well so they don't get dinged on costs that are lost immediately. A truck always has some salvage value. The salary you paid to a guy to clear out some land has no salvage value.
I don't quite get the fuss on some of these 'subsidies' that are railed against:
a 'domestic manufacturing deduction' that allows oil and gas companies to deduct an extra 6 percent of their taxable income;
This one doesn't really seem specific to oil companies, it appears to apply to any domestic manufacturing (at least the title implies that)
...a deduction for 'intangible costs,' which are costs for investments in oil exploration or production that have no salvage value, such as clearing land to enable an oil well to be drilled; the oil companies are not required to amortize these costs over the entire expected life of the oil well...
Well, if they are paying someone to clear land, why shouldn't they be able to deduct that cost? This doesn't seem to be so much a tax avoidance as getting the tax advantage up front vs. amortizing over the life of the well.
...and last the companies are permitted to deduct royalties they pay to foreign government, on the ground that royalties paid to a government are really a tax.
Well, if it is a cost of business, why shouldn't they be allowed to deduct it? If the foreign governments changed the term from 'royalty' to 'tax' would everyone be OK with it?
I keep hearing about these oil 'subsidies', but have never actually heard what they specifically are. Guaranteed loans? Tax breaks? Refunds? R&D directly paid by the government?
I fail to see how OJ Simpson ties into thi... Oooooh, I see. I'm racist, right? Just like the guy you responded to, right? I must be OK with OJ getting 'convicted' in a civil trial because I'm a mean ol' racist, but I'm not OK with MLJ's 'assassins' getting 'convicted'. Man, it must be easy to pick out the racists when everybody is a racist!
Because of journalistic neglect scarcely anyone else in this land of ours even knows what went on in it.
Well, why would he have if no one reported on the trial? Apparently everybody thought there wasn't much to the trial (since the guy didn't even bother to testify himself). Just because some jury in a civil trial (where the burden of proof is reduced) thinks there was a conspiracy, doesn't mean there was one.
It's far from complete, there's still no engine...
Bah! Details, details.
he's been teaching them how to calculate the distance between planets for example
Why? This thing will be lucky to not fall apart before it reaches the upper atmosphere, let alone travel to another planet.
I asked Chris how he plans to simulate zero gravity: "Easy" he said. "I've got a jet engine on order so I'm planning to build a tunnel, put the engine at one end and when I throw a guy in he'll float in a similar way to how he would in space."
Except for the small fact that you have high velocity air screaming at you and every small movement will change your attitude, direction, etc. due to that wind. And this is the guy in charge.
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...her stolen credit card information was used to make fraudulent iTunes purchases. When asked (by Threatpost) about whether such fraud constitutes a reportable event under the Bay State's strict data breach notification law, Coakley said that her office would be looking into that question and demanding answers from Cupertino,...
Huh? How is this a 'breach' by Apple? Her credit card was stolen by somebody, and then used to buy something from iTunes. Apple wasn't hacked into; they processed what looked to be a valid credit card transaction.
I wish we would just tax all income the same, rather than have 'dividend' income, and 'earned' income, and 'capital gains' income..... IT'S ALL INCOME!
Or you could NOT buy said gadget. Just saying....
...some people just aren't good with money, and musicians tend to be some of the worst.
Lots of people aren't good with money. How is that MY problem? And why am I suppose to be OK with copyrights being extended to infinity to support these idiots?
Or, you know, SAVE some of the money they have been making for the last 50 years! Sheesh, artist think they are just too fucking special to live in the same world as everybody else...
Why? Do you make the assumption that all white people are insensitive to racism? That's... pretty racist.
Why does your way make any more sense? When you talk to people, do you say, "In 2011, on September the 11th...", or do you say, "On September the 11th, 2011..."? And why in the hell was this modded +5 Insightful?
In an ideal world, you would not have to tax the corporation but each share holder directly for capital gain and dividends.
I've had the same thought myself. Why tax a corporation, since you can just tax the owners of that corporation?
There would have no exception to the tax code except health related condition...
Your system has already failed. Once you make any 'exception', you must now quantify and police this exception. Can I deduct my asprin? Birth control pills? My artificial leg? Then you will have others start complaining that THEY have an important thing that needs to be deducted.
And there should be a luxury taxe around 25% that applies on all alcohol and tobacco, on object worth more that 2000$,...
You are once again opening the door to more taxes. Guess what will be the next 'luxury item'? Guns? Fast food? TVs? You don't 'need' any of those, so they must be a luxury.
This proposition would be a loophole free fair tax code
You have already built in a few loopholes that will be expanded over time. You either keep any exemptions and special taxes out of the plan, or they will expand and corrode the tax system.
Why is it that the ultra-rich, mostly Republicans...
Yeah, because all of those Democrats in DC are all dirt poor...
Labor represents 80 percent of the agencyâ(TM)s expenses, compared with 53 percent at United Parcel Service and 32 percent at FedEx,
They have too many workers that are paid too much that they can not layoff. They can try all of the tricks and gimmicks that they want, but getting rid of dead weight is the only viable option.
Let's do a simple example to show you why you are completely wrong.
Let's say your grandma dies right in front of me at 12:00 noon. I call you, and leave a message saying what happened. You don't check that message until 6:00 p.m. Are you really going to try and convince people that grandma died at 6:00 p.m.? Of course not.
I have ME and mechatronics degrees, and the added electrical/control/programing really helps. And it only added one year of extra classes to get the 2nd degree.
Can I deduct the tax I pay to the state from the fed tax?
Um, yes?http://www.wwwebtax.com/deductions_taxes/taxes.htm
How about my gas purchases? electricity? food?
Gas, electricity and food can be deducted from a business' taxes.
The are getting special treatment for depreciation. That's a really big deal.
I don't know a lot about depreciation, but I always thought depreciation was more for equipment and tangible items. This seems to separate out the intangible costs of the well so they don't get dinged on costs that are lost immediately. A truck always has some salvage value. The salary you paid to a guy to clear out some land has no salvage value.
Of some of them I agree with; like oil defense.
Oil defense?
I don't quite get the fuss on some of these 'subsidies' that are railed against:
a 'domestic manufacturing deduction' that allows oil and gas companies to deduct an extra 6 percent of their taxable income;
This one doesn't really seem specific to oil companies, it appears to apply to any domestic manufacturing (at least the title implies that)
...a deduction for 'intangible costs,' which are costs for investments in oil exploration or production that have no salvage value, such as clearing land to enable an oil well to be drilled; the oil companies are not required to amortize these costs over the entire expected life of the oil well...
Well, if they are paying someone to clear land, why shouldn't they be able to deduct that cost? This doesn't seem to be so much a tax avoidance as getting the tax advantage up front vs. amortizing over the life of the well.
...and last the companies are permitted to deduct royalties they pay to foreign government, on the ground that royalties paid to a government are really a tax.
Well, if it is a cost of business, why shouldn't they be allowed to deduct it? If the foreign governments changed the term from 'royalty' to 'tax' would everyone be OK with it?
I keep hearing about these oil 'subsidies', but have never actually heard what they specifically are. Guaranteed loans? Tax breaks? Refunds? R&D directly paid by the government?
I send a big WHOOSH in your general direction, sir.
...but a launch loop seems viable for sending loads up.
A loop that is nearly half the length of the United States and needing 80km+ long cables along this entire length is 'viable'?
Realistically this is the end of the line for the case.
You must be new here.
I fail to see how OJ Simpson ties into thi... Oooooh, I see. I'm racist, right? Just like the guy you responded to, right? I must be OK with OJ getting 'convicted' in a civil trial because I'm a mean ol' racist, but I'm not OK with MLJ's 'assassins' getting 'convicted'. Man, it must be easy to pick out the racists when everybody is a racist!
But you never heard of Lloyd Jowers, have you?
Because of journalistic neglect scarcely anyone else in this land of ours even knows what went on in it.
Well, why would he have if no one reported on the trial? Apparently everybody thought there wasn't much to the trial (since the guy didn't even bother to testify himself). Just because some jury in a civil trial (where the burden of proof is reduced) thinks there was a conspiracy, doesn't mean there was one.
It's far from complete, there's still no engine...
Bah! Details, details.
he's been teaching them how to calculate the distance between planets for example
Why? This thing will be lucky to not fall apart before it reaches the upper atmosphere, let alone travel to another planet.
I asked Chris how he plans to simulate zero gravity: "Easy" he said. "I've got a jet engine on order so I'm planning to build a tunnel, put the engine at one end and when I throw a guy in he'll float in a similar way to how he would in space."
Except for the small fact that you have high velocity air screaming at you and every small movement will change your attitude, direction, etc. due to that wind. And this is the guy in charge.
EXACTLY? You might want to brush up on the definition of that word. Or actually look at the link that you posted.
"...and yet all I found was a tootsie roll and some Chiclets."
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...Bob Dole retired to. I was wondering why I hadn't seen him in a while.