Issue the fucking subpeona. When he doesn't immediately comply, charge him with inherent contempt of congress and have the sergeant-at-arms drag him forcibly in front of the committee to answer questions and jail him if he doesn't comply.
I know that in the wet dream of Internet users, that sounds really manly... but it doesn't quite work like that...
I'll bet 10 dollars that the FBI doesn't respond to the subpoena properly on Clinton until after the election...
Are we talking the public record where she advocated for child welfare and worked, pro bono, representing children who otherwise would not have had representation?
Even Hitler did something nice once... The weight of evidence against her is not in favor of her...
I know that Trump has went into massive debt, on more than one occasion, and had to declare bankruptcy.
See, you already don't know...
Donald Trump has never declared bankruptcy... That makes the rest of what you wrote pointless...
You of course have used the age old trick of trying to over complicate it and move the goal post and change the focus in order to take away from the original point.
About half of the people in the US do not pay income tax.
The OP above me said that corporate "fair share" was what people pay.
Well, maybe their fair share is zero then, or close to it. It sure as hell isn't 35%.
If you think Trump might be good, I don't know what to tell you. The best case scenario in a Trump presidency is that he basically blows it all up and we have to start over. The worst case scenario is that his buddy Putin spurns him and he decides to launch nukes in retaliation.
You don't know that.
You THINK that.
You GUESS that.
But you don't KNOW that.
The biggest mistake that all people make is thinking that they know what will happen when they really have no idea. You don't know what Trump will do, and neither do I.
But Clinton has 30 years of public record to look at, it isn't hard to figure out the general direction she'll go, and it is not pretty.
some shitty data on my phone and critical and highly sensitive data on a PC.
Your words betray you... You think your phone is worthless and your PC is special, but many people would say you have that backwards...
My statement stands, you were kidding yourself if you thought you were private before, and this goes WAY beyond your phone, you just didn't know any better...
You're talking about income taxes here. The 47% still pay other taxes. If you define taxes as money allocated as payroll that goes to government(s) by law, you'll find they pay about 15% in SS/Medicare/whatever payroll taxes.
That sounds nice, doesn't it?
First, payroll taxes are not 15%, not as far as employees see it anyway...
Second, there are many credits where people actually get a check back, even after paying nothing in, Child Tax credits for example... those can cancel out the payroll taxes...
Third, companies pay taxes other than just corporate taxes, such as real estate taxes, sales taxes, payroll taxes, etc...
This is why I've said over and over... Anyone who complains about Windows 10 thinking that it is the "big bad" when it comes to privacy simply hasn't been paying attention...
That doesn't make Windows 10 spying all good, it just puts it into the same league as Apple and Google...
This is exactly what we have in Bulgaria - 10% flat tax on personal income and 10% flat tax on corporate profits. Flat meaning minimum wages are taxed also at 10%.
Good luck getting that passed in the US... and 10% wouldn't be enough to pay for the US government, it'd have to be 20% (or more)
So if rape and murder were legal, you'd gleefully partake in as much rape and murder as your poochy little brain can handle? Being "legal" doesn't make something right.
Morally, no... but morals are just "opinions", I'm quite sure I can find someone who disagrees with your morals...
Where you go wrong is thinking that your morals are better than other people's morals.
That is the kind of thinking that leads to ISIS...
How much (in %) do you pay. How much does Apple/Corporate America?
You might be surprised what I pay...
My wife and I make in the comfortable 6 figures and I probably pay far less in terms of percentage than you do... Or at least the average person does, because we're both self-employed and thus have much better tax options than most people do...
Therein lies the answer.
No, it really doesn't, because 47% of people in the US pay ZERO percent... Or really close to it...
"FAIR SHARE" might be the same percentage, but then you're asking for a flat tax. Which I'm actually fine with... But it has to be everyone... If you want me and Apple to pay 20%, then min wage workers also have to pay 20%
The moral thing to do is pay your fair share of taxes.
What exactly is my "fair share" of taxes?
Perhaps you don't understand how it works, but the tax code is far more specific than that, such a system where everyone pays whatever they think their "fair share" is wouldn't work.
The EU is ignoring a lot of what makes our justice systems different than 3rd world monarchies, dictatorships or theocracies. If what Apple did was legal in the past, they shouldn't just be able to levy a fine just because the law as written wasn't fair. Sure they can change the laws in place through proper channels but just levying taxes because it "feels right" is just tyranny.
^ And we have a winner...
I agree with the EU in principle, but what they are doing is wrong and worse than what Apple has done... Change the laws going forward, sure, but you can't change the rules after the game has been played...
It's hysterical watching people desperately downplaying Costa Rica's accomplishment so their own country doesn't come off looking as much like a dinosaur mired in a tar pit.
Call me when millions of people are rushing to live in Costa Rica and their high quality of life!
Oh yea, it is largely a shit hole outside of a few resort areas...
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Issue the fucking subpeona. When he doesn't immediately comply, charge him with inherent contempt of congress and have the sergeant-at-arms drag him forcibly in front of the committee to answer questions and jail him if he doesn't comply.
I know that in the wet dream of Internet users, that sounds really manly... but it doesn't quite work like that...
I'll bet 10 dollars that the FBI doesn't respond to the subpoena properly on Clinton until after the election...
If I was General Powell, I would not reuse the same password from my e-mail on ANY site... and it would be complex and random...
Are we talking the public record where she advocated for child welfare and worked, pro bono, representing children who otherwise would not have had representation?
Even Hitler did something nice once... The weight of evidence against her is not in favor of her...
I know that Trump has went into massive debt, on more than one occasion, and had to declare bankruptcy.
See, you already don't know...
Donald Trump has never declared bankruptcy... That makes the rest of what you wrote pointless...
You of course have used the age old trick of trying to over complicate it and move the goal post and change the focus in order to take away from the original point.
About half of the people in the US do not pay income tax.
The OP above me said that corporate "fair share" was what people pay.
Well, maybe their fair share is zero then, or close to it. It sure as hell isn't 35%.
... and better the evil you know, and may be able to impeach, than the potentially catastrophic alernative?
Then you deserve everything bad that happens to you, and you don't deserve your freedom, because you're willing to accept a known evil...
If you think Trump might be good, I don't know what to tell you. The best case scenario in a Trump presidency is that he basically blows it all up and we have to start over. The worst case scenario is that his buddy Putin spurns him and he decides to launch nukes in retaliation.
You don't know that.
You THINK that.
You GUESS that.
But you don't KNOW that.
The biggest mistake that all people make is thinking that they know what will happen when they really have no idea. You don't know what Trump will do, and neither do I.
But Clinton has 30 years of public record to look at, it isn't hard to figure out the general direction she'll go, and it is not pretty.
With Trump being the "alernative' the choice is easy.
When you learn to spell, you can vote...
Trump might be good or bad, but Clinton is evil...
Based on our trajectory in Dev 2008, we are in a better place now, wouldnt you say?
No, I would not...
Yeah. Its not like treason or anything is against the law.
The American Revolution was illegal as well, consider that...
Hero? Not in any world I've ever visited.
From 1939 Germany, are you?
Preesident Obama is probably a bigger man than you give him credit.
Obama is a worthless pile of dog shit that doesn't know crap about the real world and probably does what he is told to do...
some shitty data on my phone and critical and highly sensitive data on a PC.
Your words betray you... You think your phone is worthless and your PC is special, but many people would say you have that backwards...
My statement stands, you were kidding yourself if you thought you were private before, and this goes WAY beyond your phone, you just didn't know any better...
Or did, and lied to yourself...
You're talking about income taxes here. The 47% still pay other taxes. If you define taxes as money allocated as payroll that goes to government(s) by law, you'll find they pay about 15% in SS/Medicare/whatever payroll taxes.
That sounds nice, doesn't it?
First, payroll taxes are not 15%, not as far as employees see it anyway...
Second, there are many credits where people actually get a check back, even after paying nothing in, Child Tax credits for example... those can cancel out the payroll taxes...
Third, companies pay taxes other than just corporate taxes, such as real estate taxes, sales taxes, payroll taxes, etc...
This is why I've said over and over... Anyone who complains about Windows 10 thinking that it is the "big bad" when it comes to privacy simply hasn't been paying attention...
That doesn't make Windows 10 spying all good, it just puts it into the same league as Apple and Google...
All the people who think Windows 10 is the source of all their privacy concerns really have no idea how far lost privacy really is...
This is exactly what we have in Bulgaria - 10% flat tax on personal income and 10% flat tax on corporate profits. Flat meaning minimum wages are taxed also at 10%.
Good luck getting that passed in the US... and 10% wouldn't be enough to pay for the US government, it'd have to be 20% (or more)
Where does the money come from if not the State?
You're either trolling, or an idiot... or both... :)
So if rape and murder were legal, you'd gleefully partake in as much rape and murder as your poochy little brain can handle? Being "legal" doesn't make something right.
Morally, no... but morals are just "opinions", I'm quite sure I can find someone who disagrees with your morals...
Where you go wrong is thinking that your morals are better than other people's morals.
That is the kind of thinking that leads to ISIS...
How much (in %) do you pay. How much does Apple/Corporate America?
You might be surprised what I pay...
My wife and I make in the comfortable 6 figures and I probably pay far less in terms of percentage than you do... Or at least the average person does, because we're both self-employed and thus have much better tax options than most people do...
Therein lies the answer.
No, it really doesn't, because 47% of people in the US pay ZERO percent... Or really close to it...
"FAIR SHARE" might be the same percentage, but then you're asking for a flat tax. Which I'm actually fine with... But it has to be everyone... If you want me and Apple to pay 20%, then min wage workers also have to pay 20%
The moral thing to do is pay your fair share of taxes.
What exactly is my "fair share" of taxes?
Perhaps you don't understand how it works, but the tax code is far more specific than that, such a system where everyone pays whatever they think their "fair share" is wouldn't work.
They didn't change the rules afterwards.
I'm sorry, I don't think you know what the word "change" means... you keep using it wrong...
The EU is ignoring a lot of what makes our justice systems different than 3rd world monarchies, dictatorships or theocracies. If what Apple did was legal in the past, they shouldn't just be able to levy a fine just because the law as written wasn't fair. Sure they can change the laws in place through proper channels but just levying taxes because it "feels right" is just tyranny.
^ And we have a winner...
I agree with the EU in principle, but what they are doing is wrong and worse than what Apple has done... Change the laws going forward, sure, but you can't change the rules after the game has been played...
At current exchange rates, the UK price is the equivalent of 120 USD; that's 33% more.
How much of that $120 goes to VAT?
How much goes to the cost of doing business in the UK?
Almost as bad as your understanding of mathematics.
Shame your understanding is even worse than his...
So basic laws that protect us from underhanded corporate tactics should justify a cash grab and exploitation?
Were you under the delusion that those laws were free?
Why is it that people think they can get such laws passed and there will be no response or cost to them?
It's hysterical watching people desperately downplaying Costa Rica's accomplishment so their own country doesn't come off looking as much like a dinosaur mired in a tar pit.
Call me when millions of people are rushing to live in Costa Rica and their high quality of life!
Oh yea, it is largely a shit hole outside of a few resort areas...