Would you say that the First Amendment rights are limited to the Press? If not, why are you reading the 2nd in a restrictive way and not the first.
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
Both use the phrase "right of the people".
Either the rights belong to the people, of they don't.
The "RIGHT OF THE PEOPLE" is such that the 2nd Amendment only ENSURES that right, not grant it. And since you asked, it is well established case law that "Well Regulated Militia" means every able bodied adult, capable of wielding a weapon, but isn't limited to those people.
And for the record, we allow stupid, drunk, angry persons to vote, and I actually count that as a greater threat than my guns, simply because they are capable of making repeated bad decisions, over and over again.
If they raise pay, much of it is taxed away by payroll taxes
This is an example of an employer following the incentives put into place by the government.
Incentives cause unintended behaviors, we all know and recognize this fact. Welfare incentivizes not getting a job. Now you have competeting incentives that produce the weird unintended consequences of people who when they want to work, end up having much of their income taken away in taxes, that it is either better to not have a job, or have the employer use the the incentives placed by government to help pay the wages of their employees.
The obvious real solution is to make it so that people can't get off welfare and improve their lives by getting a job, that way, they are perpetual victims of the white patriarchy. Oh, and lets increase gas taxes by $.12 a gallon (also not regressive tax) to pay for it all. And we can blame it all on Trump and the evil Republicans and Corporations who aren't paying their Fair Share(tm).
Word salad, with almost no meaning, other than emotional arguments. Clear sign you have nothing useful to actually contribute. Instead, you believe that people are entitled to a "fair wage" (meaningless term) simply for breathing air and maybe showing up to work maybe sober. You have absolutely no idea what it actually takes to pay people a wage, make payroll every month. Fair Wage proponent's basic assumptions of economics are flat out in error.
I happen to know for a fact that people in low to no skill jobs (burger flippers, baristas etc) tend not to be the most reliable people in the world. And the fair wage proponents want to pay them a "living wage" (nebulous term), ignoring all the other complicated economic factors that are involved, simply because it appeals to their emotions. Reality doesn't care about anyone's emotions.
Here is a quick test: What is a "fair wage"? Be specific. What is a "living wage"? Be specific.
If you can't actually answer either question with specificity, then you're not making an argument on facts, but emotions.
social costs of state-subsidized wage-slaves
Basically, you're making the case that the state shouldn't subsidize wages at all. Good for you.
The idea of a "livable wage" for jobs that require almost no skills is laughable. "Entry level" jobs are simply not career choices, and we shouldn't be looking at them that way at all.
Additionally, the real "minimum wage" is always going to be $0. Those people who want higher and higher minimum wages are supporting barriers to entry into job market. Preventing access to the job marketplace to the people who need it most.
The best way to raise wages isn't government mandates, but rather a robust economy that has full employment, which are the real way to raise wages and salaries, across the board.
My boss doesn't have the compelling ability to deprive me of liberty, or come at me with guns, and basically ruin my life. Other than that, you're right!
This is the best example of how Government regulations are tyranny. Not because they do use it tyrannical fashion, but that they always have that as a unspoken threat, "Do as we say or else!"
The issue I have with Crowdfunding is that it is a High Risk Low Reward investment,
That is kind of the point of Crownfunding model. A lot of people risk a little money, and when it pans out, they get their bits, and if it doesn't, no big deal, because it is a RISK.
This is a poor mans version of venture capital. If you want the rewards of success for venture capital, then you'll have to be willing to risk the kinds of money those people invest. Most people don't have the money or the skills to walk a high risk investment to the reward stage, but want to participate "early" in a good idea. Crowdfunding is exactly that.
Money people can afford to loose.
Exactly. If you can't afford to lose the money, save it for when product is actually shipping, or... find a similar product that works well enough. Personally, I won't invest in concept dreams, but will if they have working prototypes but need capital to fund low cost manufacturing, I will.
Because that has worked out so well in all sorts of places. It is like you don't even recognize that failures of the current system are linked to exactly what you're suggesting. I'll give you a big reason why, because you said this yourself.
Universal healthcare is easy.
No, it isn't. It is fraught with all sorts of difficult decisions that make really bad headlines, the most recent being Alfie Evans case in Britain, where the STATE decided to end life support, when there were other viable options outside that system.
The fact that you claim "Universal healthcare is easy" is all the evidence that I need to keep you and anyone like you away from the economy.
innovative hardware crippled by laughably shitty software
It wasn't just the software, it was just about everything that was "soft". The hardware was almost always great, but then it was crippled by some ridiculous idea that involved DRM, ongoing fees, and other proprietary schnanagins that weren't "better". Sony could have been Apple during the iPod days, leading up to the iPhone, but it couldn't get its collective head out of its ass long enough to stop crippling their products with bullshit.
Actually, that is exactly what happened, only less so. There was a collective yawn when it happened, largely because we already believed it to be true.
The tools of socialism are the tools of totalitarianism. The fact that some Socialist states haven't reached that point is irrelevant. But once they do reach a certain state, the process is irreversible, and unstable.
an app (really a giant AI in the background) providing alternative solutions that you can decide between could be Utopian.
I would suggest to you that even this level of choice is going to be largely an Illusion. The AI will simply give you a choice, one that it has identified the most likely decision you will make already (95% confidence level), the choice being an illusion of control, when the reality the AI doesn't really need your input, but asks just to be "nice".
I can confirm, for Older personal Laptops, this is a good option.
If you want commercial version for older laptops (Business accounts), you'd be better off getting an actual Chromebook, which can be had for as little as a couple hundred dollars US. Not a normal computer, but it works for 90+% of what average people need these days.
The OTHER option I offer up, is a Raspberry Pi, which can be had for $35, and a full kit is under $75. All you need is mouse, keyboard and monitor(HDMI) (another $100 maybe) and you have a full computer for under $200. A real, linux, computer. Raspbian is decent Desktop.
It isn't your Debian, Ubuntu, Mint, Red Hat linux, but it is linux. Hell even ChromeOS is linux.
The problem is that people don't know what Linux actually is (kernel). As for desktops, you have quite a number of options for xWindows as well, I hate what Debian is using (Gnome), but it might work for a Newbie. I find Ubuntu reasonably easy for most people.
Also, give kids anything, and they will "figure it out". They don't have the inhibitions adults have with Tech.
Such as how the Supreme Court had ruled that a Tomato is a vegetable, for Tariff and taxing purposes.
People wonder why I am a Libertarian, and this is one of those points that clearly indicate the government is overreaching. And this is such a "silly" point, that it it really doesn't matter, except it does. It is a key indicator of what is wrong with our view of governance.
If it didn't matter, it wouldn't have gone to the SCOTUS. The fact that the SCOTUS ruled on it (taking your word on it), is evidence that it takes itself too seriously, making my point; it is what with our view of governance.
I have watched someone get stuck at a job paying near minimum wage and not get a raise for over 2 years, not because they didn't work hard, they did and they earned it. But because the local job market is crap and most places aren't hiring except for minimum wage as well and they could fire them and replace them same day and get someone else and they don't need the best or even skilled, they just need someone good enough to do the job. And that repeats all over the place.
I've taken this whole bit, and will address this only. THIS may have been the case under Bush/Obama Administrations, which sucked the life engine out of our country for 16 years. And as long as the RINOs and the Socialists are running things, you can expect the Bernies of the world to promise "Free EVERYTHING!!!" and "TAX THE OTHER "RICH" GUY", and "CORPORATIONS ARE EVIL!!!" economy to basically suck. Nobody wants to spend money being threatened to have it all taken away on a whim of the masses. Nor does the economy do well with the Endless Wars on everything.
The Economy stagnated for 16 years. I didn't get much of a pay raise during this time, largely because my job depends on the economy doing well. You know who did do well? All the idiots in DC and your state capitals. They never seem to suffer. And my expected 5% pay raise this year, might cover some of the cost of the increases to my Health Insurance.
But now, the economy is doing well, and growth in the Job market is really starting to put a strain on wages (upward) as there are more people looking to hire than there are in the marketplace. But STILL employers are having a hard time finding people who show up on time, sober, every day. You can't blame the economy for that, you can't blame the employers for that, you can't blame anyone but the untrainable wrecks that need safe spaces because someone assumed their gender.
I'm sure Mental Health is an issue. As is the fact that in a complicated society, around 10% of the Population doesn't have the IQ to do any job.
I have no idea what to do with that information, because institutional housing and control doesn't seem like a good solution for 10% of the population, being free people able to choose what they think is best for themselves, regardless how good they are at choosing.
The problem is, that most of the Homeless are that way, because of the previous jobs they couldn't do right. And By "do right", I mean show up on time, on the days they are supposed to work, be sober, and do their job.
I don't know anyone that makes Min wage forever, if they show up on time and work hard. Usually something you learn when you're 16 or so. If you're 35 and only qualified for Min Wage jobs, that is probably on you.
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Would you say that the First Amendment rights are limited to the Press? If not, why are you reading the 2nd in a restrictive way and not the first.
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
Both use the phrase "right of the people".
Either the rights belong to the people, of they don't.
The "RIGHT OF THE PEOPLE" is such that the 2nd Amendment only ENSURES that right, not grant it. And since you asked, it is well established case law that "Well Regulated Militia" means every able bodied adult, capable of wielding a weapon, but isn't limited to those people.
And for the record, we allow stupid, drunk, angry persons to vote, and I actually count that as a greater threat than my guns, simply because they are capable of making repeated bad decisions, over and over again.
So, your proposal is simply a gilded cage, and you're okay with it.
How is it not an example of regressive taxes?
If they raise pay, much of it is taxed away by payroll taxes
This is an example of an employer following the incentives put into place by the government.
Incentives cause unintended behaviors, we all know and recognize this fact. Welfare incentivizes not getting a job. Now you have competeting incentives that produce the weird unintended consequences of people who when they want to work, end up having much of their income taken away in taxes, that it is either better to not have a job, or have the employer use the the incentives placed by government to help pay the wages of their employees.
The obvious real solution is to make it so that people can't get off welfare and improve their lives by getting a job, that way, they are perpetual victims of the white patriarchy. Oh, and lets increase gas taxes by $.12 a gallon (also not regressive tax) to pay for it all. And we can blame it all on Trump and the evil Republicans and Corporations who aren't paying their Fair Share(tm).
Word salad, with almost no meaning, other than emotional arguments. Clear sign you have nothing useful to actually contribute. Instead, you believe that people are entitled to a "fair wage" (meaningless term) simply for breathing air and maybe showing up to work maybe sober. You have absolutely no idea what it actually takes to pay people a wage, make payroll every month. Fair Wage proponent's basic assumptions of economics are flat out in error.
I happen to know for a fact that people in low to no skill jobs (burger flippers, baristas etc) tend not to be the most reliable people in the world. And the fair wage proponents want to pay them a "living wage" (nebulous term), ignoring all the other complicated economic factors that are involved, simply because it appeals to their emotions. Reality doesn't care about anyone's emotions.
Here is a quick test:
What is a "fair wage"? Be specific.
What is a "living wage"? Be specific.
If you can't actually answer either question with specificity, then you're not making an argument on facts, but emotions.
social costs of state-subsidized wage-slaves
Basically, you're making the case that the state shouldn't subsidize wages at all. Good for you.
The idea of a "livable wage" for jobs that require almost no skills is laughable. "Entry level" jobs are simply not career choices, and we shouldn't be looking at them that way at all.
Additionally, the real "minimum wage" is always going to be $0. Those people who want higher and higher minimum wages are supporting barriers to entry into job market. Preventing access to the job marketplace to the people who need it most.
The best way to raise wages isn't government mandates, but rather a robust economy that has full employment, which are the real way to raise wages and salaries, across the board.
So, what you're saying is taxes are regressive.
My boss doesn't have the compelling ability to deprive me of liberty, or come at me with guns, and basically ruin my life. Other than that, you're right!
This is the best example of how Government regulations are tyranny. Not because they do use it tyrannical fashion, but that they always have that as a unspoken threat, "Do as we say or else!"
They had options, including offers from other places to take and care for the boy. The state (UK) prevented them from leaving.
Yes, they were poor, so now I know what Socialized Medicine really is, state control of poor people. How is that different than now again?
The issue I have with Crowdfunding is that it is a High Risk Low Reward investment,
That is kind of the point of Crownfunding model. A lot of people risk a little money, and when it pans out, they get their bits, and if it doesn't, no big deal, because it is a RISK.
This is a poor mans version of venture capital. If you want the rewards of success for venture capital, then you'll have to be willing to risk the kinds of money those people invest. Most people don't have the money or the skills to walk a high risk investment to the reward stage, but want to participate "early" in a good idea. Crowdfunding is exactly that.
Money people can afford to loose.
Exactly. If you can't afford to lose the money, save it for when product is actually shipping, or ... find a similar product that works well enough. Personally, I won't invest in concept dreams, but will if they have working prototypes but need capital to fund low cost manufacturing, I will.
I've frequently suggested regulating economies
Because that has worked out so well in all sorts of places. It is like you don't even recognize that failures of the current system are linked to exactly what you're suggesting. I'll give you a big reason why, because you said this yourself.
Universal healthcare is easy.
No, it isn't. It is fraught with all sorts of difficult decisions that make really bad headlines, the most recent being Alfie Evans case in Britain, where the STATE decided to end life support, when there were other viable options outside that system.
The fact that you claim "Universal healthcare is easy" is all the evidence that I need to keep you and anyone like you away from the economy.
innovative hardware crippled by laughably shitty software
It wasn't just the software, it was just about everything that was "soft". The hardware was almost always great, but then it was crippled by some ridiculous idea that involved DRM, ongoing fees, and other proprietary schnanagins that weren't "better". Sony could have been Apple during the iPod days, leading up to the iPhone, but it couldn't get its collective head out of its ass long enough to stop crippling their products with bullshit.
Actually, that is exactly what happened, only less so. There was a collective yawn when it happened, largely because we already believed it to be true.
The tools of socialism are the tools of totalitarianism. The fact that some Socialist states haven't reached that point is irrelevant. But once they do reach a certain state, the process is irreversible, and unstable.
an app (really a giant AI in the background) providing alternative solutions that you can decide between could be Utopian.
I would suggest to you that even this level of choice is going to be largely an Illusion. The AI will simply give you a choice, one that it has identified the most likely decision you will make already (95% confidence level), the choice being an illusion of control, when the reality the AI doesn't really need your input, but asks just to be "nice".
I can confirm, for Older personal Laptops, this is a good option.
If you want commercial version for older laptops (Business accounts), you'd be better off getting an actual Chromebook, which can be had for as little as a couple hundred dollars US. Not a normal computer, but it works for 90+% of what average people need these days.
The OTHER option I offer up, is a Raspberry Pi, which can be had for $35, and a full kit is under $75. All you need is mouse, keyboard and monitor(HDMI) (another $100 maybe) and you have a full computer for under $200. A real, linux, computer. Raspbian is decent Desktop.
Android makes a good desktop for Linux.
It isn't your Debian, Ubuntu, Mint, Red Hat linux, but it is linux. Hell even ChromeOS is linux.
The problem is that people don't know what Linux actually is (kernel). As for desktops, you have quite a number of options for xWindows as well, I hate what Debian is using (Gnome), but it might work for a Newbie. I find Ubuntu reasonably easy for most people.
Also, give kids anything, and they will "figure it out". They don't have the inhibitions adults have with Tech.
Such as how the Supreme Court had ruled that a Tomato is a vegetable, for Tariff and taxing purposes.
People wonder why I am a Libertarian, and this is one of those points that clearly indicate the government is overreaching. And this is such a "silly" point, that it it really doesn't matter, except it does. It is a key indicator of what is wrong with our view of governance.
If it didn't matter, it wouldn't have gone to the SCOTUS. The fact that the SCOTUS ruled on it (taking your word on it), is evidence that it takes itself too seriously, making my point; it is what with our view of governance.
I'll be passing on this one. Notch.
I have watched someone get stuck at a job paying near minimum wage and not get a raise for over 2 years, not because they didn't work hard, they did and they earned it. But because the local job market is crap and most places aren't hiring except for minimum wage as well and they could fire them and replace them same day and get someone else and they don't need the best or even skilled, they just need someone good enough to do the job. And that repeats all over the place.
I've taken this whole bit, and will address this only. THIS may have been the case under Bush/Obama Administrations, which sucked the life engine out of our country for 16 years. And as long as the RINOs and the Socialists are running things, you can expect the Bernies of the world to promise "Free EVERYTHING!!!" and "TAX THE OTHER "RICH" GUY", and "CORPORATIONS ARE EVIL!!!" economy to basically suck. Nobody wants to spend money being threatened to have it all taken away on a whim of the masses. Nor does the economy do well with the Endless Wars on everything.
The Economy stagnated for 16 years. I didn't get much of a pay raise during this time, largely because my job depends on the economy doing well. You know who did do well? All the idiots in DC and your state capitals. They never seem to suffer. And my expected 5% pay raise this year, might cover some of the cost of the increases to my Health Insurance.
But now, the economy is doing well, and growth in the Job market is really starting to put a strain on wages (upward) as there are more people looking to hire than there are in the marketplace. But STILL employers are having a hard time finding people who show up on time, sober, every day. You can't blame the economy for that, you can't blame the employers for that, you can't blame anyone but the untrainable wrecks that need safe spaces because someone assumed their gender.
I'm sure Mental Health is an issue. As is the fact that in a complicated society, around 10% of the Population doesn't have the IQ to do any job.
I have no idea what to do with that information, because institutional housing and control doesn't seem like a good solution for 10% of the population, being free people able to choose what they think is best for themselves, regardless how good they are at choosing.
payback period could be less than three weeks
Only if you ignore the ongoing costs of electricity, the workers needed to maintain them, and all the other bits that eat into the "payback period".
My guess is at $2 rental, it is still a loss. But they will make it up with Volume!
still in business.
How many more rounds of investment before it turns a profit?
The problem is, that most of the Homeless are that way, because of the previous jobs they couldn't do right. And By "do right", I mean show up on time, on the days they are supposed to work, be sober, and do their job.
I don't know anyone that makes Min wage forever, if they show up on time and work hard. Usually something you learn when you're 16 or so. If you're 35 and only qualified for Min Wage jobs, that is probably on you.