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I would agree if it were just a logical exercise. But is it possible to delay using that money for an extended period so that it can become wealth? Can you just save your pennies till you have a million and not starve to death?
Right. But you said: "as surely as the USS Monitor was the writing on the wall for the whole British fleet that fateful day 150 years ago next month at Hampton Roads". The British empire didn't scrap all of their wooden ships right away, nor they just got rid of their fleet altogether, so using "was the writing on the wall" was somewhat confusing.
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"Mark Zuckerberg doesn't have to have Facebook headquartered in America. He could have moved the entire business offshore to a more tax friendly environment, and avoided even the $2 billion he will have to pay. " Just one question: does he have to continue being a US citizen?;)
"while they make up five percent of the population, they pay for half of EVERYTHING the government spends." You do remember that _they_ also own ~90% of the wealth, don't you? And the government does whatever _they_ tell it to do.
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Only when it doesn't. Which is often as it turns out.
"Unless you move 20% of world's electronics industry and manufacture everything yourself, long supply lines from China will kill you." Just wait till oil and gas run out.
Well, since corporations are now "people" too and people have an obligation to care what happens to their country... I'll let you finish this yourself.
Who modded up this crap? 1. The Russians were always a majority in USSR and still are in Russia. 2. The Russians killed 30 mil of their own during WW2? Where did you get this?
What a load of crap. I don't usually comment on religious/political rants, but...
"You can't travel where you want. There are plenty of places that are government operated that cannot be gotten to unless you are government personnel, usually of a specific minimum level." Yeah, why not let any person on to a secret government research facility? Or any idiot inside a missile silo? What can possibly happen?
"You cannot work where you want, once the government has completely removed the private sector from every major field." We'll talk when it happens.
"The Judeo-Christian religions are being discriminated in the U.S. at about the level that accusers -say- Muslims are seeing. When the government doesn't allow kids in school to express their Judeo-Christian or other beliefs, yet abide by any Muslim garb or expression, we have a problem. " Source?
"Traditions that include phrases like "In GOD we trust" should not be suppressed" Yeah, the traditions dating from the mid-20th century.
"are you even aware that there are laws that can make you a terrorist for simply asserting your view of a public school's choice of curriculum?" I'm not. Source?
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I would agree if it were just a logical exercise. But is it possible to delay using that money for an extended period so that it can become wealth? Can you just save your pennies till you have a million and not starve to death?
AAAAaaaaaa!!!!!!! This is awesome!!! :D
Right. But you said:
"as surely as the USS Monitor was the writing on the wall for the whole British fleet that fateful day 150 years ago next month at Hampton Roads".
The British empire didn't scrap all of their wooden ships right away, nor they just got rid of their fleet altogether, so using "was the writing on the wall" was somewhat confusing.
So poverty is actually wealth?! Brilliant!!!
"Mark Zuckerberg doesn't have to have Facebook headquartered in America. He could have moved the entire business offshore to a more tax friendly environment, and avoided even the $2 billion he will have to pay. " ;)
Just one question: does he have to continue being a US citizen?
"while they make up five percent of the population, they pay for half of EVERYTHING the government spends."
You do remember that _they_ also own ~90% of the wealth, don't you? And the government does whatever _they_ tell it to do.
Only when it doesn't. Which is often as it turns out.
Just a bit of nitpicking: what does the British fleet have to do with that battle?
"the propellant is electricity"
What will provide electricity and how much storage will that require?
Damn. Where are the points when you need them?!
I'll have this dream tonight please.
"Unless you move 20% of world's electronics industry and manufacture everything yourself, long supply lines from China will kill you."
Just wait till oil and gas run out.
"$3000" :)
Are you that bad at math or just overly dramatic?
Can anyone post those links that I could like them? ASAP please.
Yes, there is. But not big enough to justify punishment.
"it's safest to assume"
Yeah, if you're a fascist or just stupid.
"athletes can get a significant benefit in V02 max and red blood cell count by living at altitude but training at sea level."
It's vice versa IIRC.
Alt+Ctrl+Tab?
Statistical data please?
Well, since corporations are now "people" too and people have an obligation to care what happens to their country... I'll let you finish this yourself.
But at least you won't be beaten or stoned for failing such a 'test'.
If that's not fantastic 'veiled sarcasm' I don't know what is.
Who says anything about "By denying US citizens such education"?
Who modded up this crap?
1. The Russians were always a majority in USSR and still are in Russia.
2. The Russians killed 30 mil of their own during WW2? Where did you get this?
What a load of crap. I don't usually comment on religious/political rants, but...
"You can't travel where you want. There are plenty of places that are government operated that cannot be gotten to unless you are government personnel, usually of a specific minimum level."
Yeah, why not let any person on to a secret government research facility? Or any idiot inside a missile silo? What can possibly happen?
"You cannot work where you want, once the government has completely removed the private sector from every major field."
We'll talk when it happens.
"The Judeo-Christian religions are being discriminated in the U.S. at about the level that accusers -say- Muslims are seeing. When the government doesn't allow kids in school to express their Judeo-Christian or other beliefs, yet abide by any Muslim garb or expression, we have a problem. "
Source?
"Traditions that include phrases like "In GOD we trust" should not be suppressed"
Yeah, the traditions dating from the mid-20th century.
"are you even aware that there are laws that can make you a terrorist for simply asserting your view of a public school's choice of curriculum?"
I'm not. Source?
You're an idiot. Quod erat demonstrandum.