>>>How exactly does whether Amazon has to send details of NC customers to the NC government affect sellers?
Knowing how amazon operates, they'll probably make US do the paperwork ("remember to file your NC list of your customers by April 15"), and I don't feel like it.
>>>A French person pays Polish VAT if they buy something in Poland
Which should not be. Let's suppose the Polish government goes slightly mad, and raises the Polish VAT to 50%. How is the French person supposed to protest that? He has no voice in the polish legislature to say, "That's ridiculously high." The french citizen is powerless to change the law/tax that he is subject to.
QED - no representation == no authority. The polish government has no (legitimate) authority over non-polish residents. At least that's how it works here in the U.S. Only the union government can tax across borders.
We simply need to sell it properly. "In order to save social security and make sure YOU will always be assisted in paying your bills, I propose we eliminate payments to the Rich! The rich don't need help - you do. Time to cut them off from receiving benefits." (crowd cheers) And then install a $5 million cap on lifetime income. If you earned more than that, you are ineligible to receive SS or Medicare checks.
That would help save the system from bankruptcy. Then in 2020, the cap could be lowered to 3 million... again, to save the system for "you the hard-working middle class". Then drop it again in 2030 to 1 million.
Eventually over time it will no longer be viewed as an entitlement, but as a Safety Net that excludes the rich, and is only used as a last resort by middle classes. This is how you make change - not all at once, but progressively over time and over decades.
Why not? We've passed many amendments, including stupid ones. Like the banning of alcohol. How in the world that ever managed to get 75% support is a mystery.
Besides amending the Constitution IS the proper method of extending the US Congresses' authority. Otherwise laws will be nullified by the 10th amendment. (Powers not given to the US are reserved to the States or the People.)
NC Legislature (or Canadian Parliament) (Or Chinese government): "You must compile a list of all your customers and provide them to us."
ME: "No."
The end. These governments have no authority to make me obey their law, because I am not a resident. Neither do I have a voice in their legislature to protest the law. The law I quoted is a nullity. It has zero power over me.
>>>The taxes are paid by the customers, not by the sellers.
Okay yes you're right, but why do I have to comply with NC Law? They are a foreign government to me, and they have ZERO authority to order me to file a tax return. Just as China or Canada has zero authority to order me.
NC might pass a law that says, "You must collect 6% tax and remit the money to us by April 15 each year," but I am not bound to obey. Fuck them.
>>>No, this principle is that one state may not tax the residents & businesses of another state, or force the residents & businesses of another state to comply with its laws.
No? Isn't that what "no taxation without representation" means? Residents of other states have no voice in NC's legislature. Therefore NC has no authority over them.
>>>they do have authority over anything you do in their territory, like transferring goods.
Hence the "use tax". The customers I sell to in North Carolina are subject to NC laws, and are required to pay a use tax (6%) on their purchased items.
I on the other hand, having never set foot in NC and having no representative in their legislature, am NOT subject to their laws. Again: No taxation w/o representation.
The TV companies are dominated by "leaning left" liberals, and therefore their reporting is also left-leaning. ABC, CBS, NBC, PBS, CNN. All pro-"make the government bigger" biased as a reflection of their liberal workers.
>>>You don't get punished, you just pay more taxes. This seems perfectly reasonable.
It violates amendments 9 (right to choose), 10 (powers reserved to the states or people), and 14 (equal treatment of individuals under the law). It is a discriminatory tax against people like me (who prefer to pay cash). What's next? I have to go buy a hybrid, otherwise if I buy a "normal" car I'll be fined/taxes $1000 more per year? I have to install solar panels on my roof, else I'll be fined $500 more per year?
This is not freedom. This is close to serfdom. (Do as the master tells you, or be punished/taxed higher than your neighbors.)
>>>apparently you fail to see the fascism that is rampant with those you elect on the right.
You mean the Republicans. Yeah I see it, but it's far far worse on the left (D) of US politics. After all it was the Democrats who met with Insurance Companies, struck a deal to help the companies boost their bottom line, and then passed this "you must buy insurance" law. It doesn't get any more fascist (corporatist) then that. The insurance companies threw a party.
Now the democrats are colluding with Google, Microsoft, ATT to kill free television and lock it up behind paywalls. (Yes I know you're skeptical but do the research; it's happening.) I could go on and on, but I'll leave you to absorb that first.
Most surgeries are routine (remove an appendix, fix a broken bone, lasik an eye to improve vision, etc). Rather than give that job to ~$100/hour doctors, let's train the nurses to do the job for ~$30/hour. They can handle the routine while the doctors handle the more-advanced cases. And healthcare labor costs would be about 1/3rd cheaper.
This is similar to how technicians do most of the routine work (soldering boards, running shock/vibration tests) while the engineers do the more-advanced tasks. Of course just as engineers oversee technicians, doctors would oversee nurses, in case of complications/emergency.
>>>So when you become too ill to live you will choose to die in the street rather than visit an ER and leave the rest of us stuck with the bill?
No I'll pay cash. Just like I do now. Of course if it's an incurable illness, like Lupis, then I'd just go skydiving...sans parachute. You have to die sometime, and I'd rather "go out" on my own terms. The idea of clinging to every last second of life is ridiculous, especially when the afterlife awaits.
And finally: I support the concept of a safety net, like Welfare, but it should only be used when the citizen runs out of money. It should be a Last Ditch Resort, not an entitlement to pay every little expense, like my annual physicals. Let the citizens pay their own bills, until they are (almost) out of money, and then Welfare/medicare will "catch" them in the safety net, and pay the bills.
Life sucks. None of us get out alive. Accept that fact instead of denying it, and you will live a happier life.
Car insurance is NOT mandatory. Lots of people don't buy car insurance, because they ride a bus or train or walk or bike or own a horse (my amish neighbors) to get to the store, work, church. Therefore it is an Optional plan.
Also there's a difference between a State Government mandating something and the US Government. The States can exercise many and several powers, while the US government is limited by the 9th and 10th amendments. Simply put: It has never been given authority to mandate purchase of insurance (or hybrid cars, or any other product). This is similar in concept to the EU Government, which also lacks the power to mandate european citizens must buy insurance, or be punished.
>>>>>"Buy health insurance or we'll punish you" is pretty leftist. It's lack of freedom >> >>Which has nothing to do with left or right. That would be authoritarianism.
I disagree. Authoritarians are on the Left side of the U.S. political spectrum. The right side of the spectrum is anarchists, libertarians, and constitutionalists.
Let's suppose each FiOS customer is assigned a 10 MHz block on the fiber. That 10 MHz bandwidth can provide 60 Mbit/s of data throughput. My point is rather than configure that block as 30/30, I'd sooner see it configured as 50/10. i.e. Download speed is more important to me than upload speed.
That was the principle behind asymmetric services like 56/33k modems, or 7/1 ADSL..... that most customers would have rather a fat download channel, rather than a 40/40k or 4/4 symmetric service, because web surfing or video viewing is primarily a download activity.
After reading the responses, it sounds complicated and expensive. If I had to go through all that for torrenting, I'd rather just buy the DVD of my favorite show/movie.
Ye are funny but the summary said graphics ads, probably similar to the ads on Hulu right now.
I would happily take a book with ads, especially if it's free. Since my money supply is finite, any opportunity I have not to spend that money is a good one. And it's not as if you have to pay attention to the ad..... oftentimes when hulu plays ads, I do something else during that minute.
The outcome of this case affects not just Amazon, but also its sellers.
"No taxation without representation" is the principle. Why should I be subject to taxation by a foreign government (Carolina) when I have no voice in their legislature? It makes as little sense as saying a Frenchman should have to pay income tax to the Polish government. My allegiance is to MD and US..... any other governments have zero authority over me.
What a coincidence. 14 years is how long the original US Copyright Act endorsed. If they author was still alive, he could "renew" the copyright for another 14 years for 28 total, but records show most authors didn't bother.
In any case, the copyright should never last longer than the original laborer. His children should not be profiting when they did not do any work. That's why Jefferson had originally proposed 19 years - it was the average lifespan from creation of the book to the author's death (in 1790).
My up speed is slow too: Only 128 kbit/s, but even then it interferes with the down channel (slows it down). The practical limit for uploading, without slowing web or torrent downloads, is just 80 kbit/s.
>>>how many people are within 2 city blocks of the local wire center?
Most of the Japanese nation, apparently. Japan uses almost nothing but DSL, and they are the world's second fastest country (average net speed). Just because DSL may not work in the mostly-rural US/Canada, doesn't mean it can't work for other cultures.
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>>>How exactly does whether Amazon has to send details of NC customers to the NC government affect sellers?
Knowing how amazon operates, they'll probably make US do the paperwork ("remember to file your NC list of your customers by April 15"), and I don't feel like it.
>>>A French person pays Polish VAT if they buy something in Poland
Which should not be. Let's suppose the Polish government goes slightly mad, and raises the Polish VAT to 50%. How is the French person supposed to protest that? He has no voice in the polish legislature to say, "That's ridiculously high." The french citizen is powerless to change the law/tax that he is subject to.
QED - no representation == no authority. The polish government has no (legitimate) authority over non-polish residents.
At least that's how it works here in the U.S.
Only the union government can tax across borders.
We don't have to "kill" Medicare or SS.
We simply need to sell it properly. "In order to save social security and make sure YOU will always be assisted in paying your bills, I propose we eliminate payments to the Rich! The rich don't need help - you do. Time to cut them off from receiving benefits." (crowd cheers) And then install a $5 million cap on lifetime income. If you earned more than that, you are ineligible to receive SS or Medicare checks.
That would help save the system from bankruptcy.
Then in 2020, the cap could be lowered to 3 million... again, to save the system for "you the hard-working middle class".
Then drop it again in 2030 to 1 million.
Eventually over time it will no longer be viewed as an entitlement, but as a Safety Net that excludes the rich, and is only used as a last resort by middle classes. This is how you make change - not all at once, but progressively over time and over decades.
Why not? We've passed many amendments, including stupid ones. Like the banning of alcohol. How in the world that ever managed to get 75% support is a mystery.
Besides amending the Constitution IS the proper method of extending the US Congresses' authority. Otherwise laws will be nullified by the 10th amendment. (Powers not given to the US are reserved to the States or the People.)
NC Legislature (or Canadian Parliament) (Or Chinese government): "You must compile a list of all your customers and provide them to us."
ME: "No."
The end. These governments have no authority to make me obey their law, because I am not a resident. Neither do I have a voice in their legislature to protest the law. The law I quoted is a nullity. It has zero power over me.
>>>The taxes are paid by the customers, not by the sellers.
Okay yes you're right, but why do I have to comply with NC Law? They are a foreign government to me, and they have ZERO authority to order me to file a tax return. Just as China or Canada has zero authority to order me.
NC might pass a law that says, "You must collect 6% tax and remit the money to us by April 15 each year," but I am not bound to obey.
Fuck them.
>>>No, this principle is that one state may not tax the residents & businesses of another state, or force the residents & businesses of another state to comply with its laws.
No?
Isn't that what "no taxation without representation" means?
Residents of other states have no voice in NC's legislature.
Therefore NC has no authority over them.
>>>they do have authority over anything you do in their territory, like transferring goods.
Hence the "use tax". The customers I sell to in North Carolina are subject to NC laws, and are required to pay a use tax (6%) on their purchased items.
I on the other hand, having never set foot in NC and having no representative in their legislature, am NOT subject to their laws. Again: No taxation w/o representation.
TV Companies are also like Tech Companies
The TV companies are dominated by "leaning left" liberals, and therefore their reporting is also left-leaning. ABC, CBS, NBC, PBS, CNN. All pro-"make the government bigger" biased as a reflection of their liberal workers.
>>>You don't get punished, you just pay more taxes. This seems perfectly reasonable.
It violates amendments 9 (right to choose), 10 (powers reserved to the states or people), and 14 (equal treatment of individuals under the law). It is a discriminatory tax against people like me (who prefer to pay cash). What's next? I have to go buy a hybrid, otherwise if I buy a "normal" car I'll be fined/taxes $1000 more per year? I have to install solar panels on my roof, else I'll be fined $500 more per year?
This is not freedom.
This is close to serfdom.
(Do as the master tells you, or be punished/taxed higher than your neighbors.)
>>>apparently you fail to see the fascism that is rampant with those you elect on the right.
You mean the Republicans. Yeah I see it, but it's far far worse on the left (D) of US politics. After all it was the Democrats who met with Insurance Companies, struck a deal to help the companies boost their bottom line, and then passed this "you must buy insurance" law. It doesn't get any more fascist (corporatist) then that. The insurance companies threw a party.
Now the democrats are colluding with Google, Microsoft, ATT to kill free television and lock it up behind paywalls. (Yes I know you're skeptical but do the research; it's happening.) I could go on and on, but I'll leave you to absorb that first.
I have a solution:
Most surgeries are routine (remove an appendix, fix a broken bone, lasik an eye to improve vision, etc). Rather than give that job to ~$100/hour doctors, let's train the nurses to do the job for ~$30/hour. They can handle the routine while the doctors handle the more-advanced cases. And healthcare labor costs would be about 1/3rd cheaper.
This is similar to how technicians do most of the routine work (soldering boards, running shock/vibration tests) while the engineers do the more-advanced tasks. Of course just as engineers oversee technicians, doctors would oversee nurses, in case of complications/emergency.
>>>So when you become too ill to live you will choose to die in the street rather than visit an ER and leave the rest of us stuck with the bill?
No I'll pay cash. Just like I do now. Of course if it's an incurable illness, like Lupis, then I'd just go skydiving...sans parachute. You have to die sometime, and I'd rather "go out" on my own terms. The idea of clinging to every last second of life is ridiculous, especially when the afterlife awaits.
And finally: I support the concept of a safety net, like Welfare, but it should only be used when the citizen runs out of money. It should be a Last Ditch Resort, not an entitlement to pay every little expense, like my annual physicals. Let the citizens pay their own bills, until they are (almost) out of money, and then Welfare/medicare will "catch" them in the safety net, and pay the bills.
Life sucks.
None of us get out alive.
Accept that fact instead of denying it, and you will live a happier life.
>>>Do you also oppose mandatory Car Insurance?
Car insurance is NOT mandatory. Lots of people don't buy car insurance, because they ride a bus or train or walk or bike or own a horse (my amish neighbors) to get to the store, work, church. Therefore it is an Optional plan.
Also there's a difference between a State Government mandating something and the US Government. The States can exercise many and several powers, while the US government is limited by the 9th and 10th amendments. Simply put: It has never been given authority to mandate purchase of insurance (or hybrid cars, or any other product). This is similar in concept to the EU Government, which also lacks the power to mandate european citizens must buy insurance, or be punished.
>>>>>"Buy health insurance or we'll punish you" is pretty leftist. It's lack of freedom
>>
>>Which has nothing to do with left or right. That would be authoritarianism.
I disagree. Authoritarians are on the Left side of the U.S. political spectrum. The right side of the spectrum is anarchists, libertarians, and constitutionalists.
Okay:
Let's suppose each FiOS customer is assigned a 10 MHz block on the fiber. That 10 MHz bandwidth can provide 60 Mbit/s of data throughput. My point is rather than configure that block as 30/30, I'd sooner see it configured as 50/10. i.e. Download speed is more important to me than upload speed.
That was the principle behind asymmetric services like 56/33k modems, or 7/1 ADSL..... that most customers would have rather a fat download channel, rather than a 40/40k or 4/4 symmetric service, because web surfing or video viewing is primarily a download activity.
After reading the responses, it sounds complicated and expensive. If I had to go through all that for torrenting, I'd rather just buy the DVD of my favorite show/movie.
Or else just stick with 80k UL limits.
Ye are funny but the summary said graphics ads, probably similar to the ads on Hulu right now.
I would happily take a book with ads, especially if it's free. Since my money supply is finite, any opportunity I have not to spend that money is a good one. And it's not as if you have to pay attention to the ad..... oftentimes when hulu plays ads, I do something else during that minute.
The outcome of this case affects not just Amazon, but also its sellers.
"No taxation without representation" is the principle. Why should I be subject to taxation by a foreign government (Carolina) when I have no voice in their legislature? It makes as little sense as saying a Frenchman should have to pay income tax to the Polish government. My allegiance is to MD and US..... any other governments have zero authority over me.
What a coincidence. 14 years is how long the original US Copyright Act endorsed. If they author was still alive, he could "renew" the copyright for another 14 years for 28 total, but records show most authors didn't bother.
In any case, the copyright should never last longer than the original laborer. His children should not be profiting when they did not do any work. That's why Jefferson had originally proposed 19 years - it was the average lifespan from creation of the book to the author's death (in 1790).
>>>In places like Korea and China, this isn't an issues, as they left behind speeds like this a decade ago.
Bull.
Here's the average speed for these countries using speedtest data:
KOREA 35.6 Mbit/s - much less than 825
CHINA 3.5 Mbit/s - much less than 825
I'd like to but it's not installed here yet.
Plus I don't need symmetric speeds. I'd rather FiOS were configured as 50/10 or 55/5 Mbps.
I believe you.
My up speed is slow too: Only 128 kbit/s, but even then it interferes with the down channel (slows it down). The practical limit for uploading, without slowing web or torrent downloads, is just 80 kbit/s.
>>>The DSLAM is about 2 blocks away from my house.
If your company upgraded from VDSL to VDSL-2 you would be close enough to get 180 Mbit/s down (and 20 up).
>>>how many people are within 2 city blocks of the local wire center?
Most of the Japanese nation, apparently. Japan uses almost nothing but DSL, and they are the world's second fastest country (average net speed). Just because DSL may not work in the mostly-rural US/Canada, doesn't mean it can't work for other cultures.