About taxes, I pay my taxes and Im not stupid I know the government needs revenue to run, but Im fed up with stupid spending. Case in point, recently a congressional oversight committee granted 10 million dollars to research obesity. What in the hell? They can give me 10 million dollars so I can make a 4000 page report about how people dont excercise enough or eat too much and are lazy. Also, about auto tags, thats just an example of missuse, how many times have you driven down a poorly kept street? Or do you know that other taxes pay for keeping up the roads too? What about consistency? Of course Iam against a dominant government interference, MS has earned the right, through business savy to be where they are, about monopolies tho, which if you had actually analyzed my post, was that if linux would dump the multiple distro idea and improve user friendliness in their product and use some of the business savy that MS has then windows would have a competitor! But no one has successfully done this yet. We're not talking about AT&T or Standard oil which CONTROLLED the phone lines, which CONTROLLED the oil. We're just talking about a company that made good marketing decisions, a very user friendly product and they have succeeded. They dont CONTROL the OS market. They control a MARKETSHARE. There is a difference here folks. Just because a company is doing VERY well you shouldnt punish them. And I dont mind paying taxes, buying stamps, or even buying a tag for my car. My point was about the taxes, I realize I didnt state this, but I wish the taxes and fees we do pay to our govt. was better spent, and I think you all can agree with me on that.
Websters Collegiate Dictionary: Main Entry: 1welfare Pronunciation: 'wel-"far, -"fer Function: noun Etymology: Middle English, from the phrase wel faren to fare well Date: 14th century 1 : the state of doing well especially in respect to good fortune, happiness, well-being, or prosperity 2 a : aid in the form of money or necessities for those in need b : an agency or program through which such aid is distributed
Now I do not see how you can get "social ills" from that definition. If the government arbitrarily went around saying they were "promoting the general welfare" by violating the rights of private business then I would be very scared to live here. Why? How long do you think it will be before they come to YOUR house telling you what to do on every level? How long do you think it will be before YOU have to goto a government office to get permission to do ANYTHING? I use anything loosely, but we're already neck deep in this. For how many things do you need to have a permit to do stuff to YOUR PRIVATE PROPERTY? Why do we need to get a tag for our cars? And why does some silly piece of metal or some little sticker cost $40? I can see the value of the tag if our cars get stolen or for identification purposes for a cop, but why $40? and why renew it every year? You know why? Revenue...they want YOUR money. All of you praise the government because they're doing this to MS, well what they are doing is illegal and unethical. The last time I checked the country was built on capitalism and free enterprise. That means NO INTERFERENCE by the governemnt. Hence PRIVATE and FREE. If microsoft dominates the OS market, well good for them, and you know what?? THEY WORKED FOR IT. Every week I work hard for my money only to have the government take an illegal portion of it. Oh, I know you'll say but its in the constitution. How many people do you know that can go in your pay check and take out money, other than yourself? The government is doing what normal citizens cant do legally, and frankly Im tired of it. You talk about MS throwing their weight around, well thats exactly what the US govt. is doing with this! I use both MS and Linux, only use MS because most of the programs and games I play arent supported under Linux. So stop whining about some company doing good, if linux really wants to take over the market, and the companies that make linux really want to make a difference then they need to come together to form one company, instead of 10 different ones, and make a linux package that has the usability and user friendliness comparable to windows. Until that happens linux wont move into the computer of a typical desktop buyer(your typical lamer). And instead of cheering on the government they should get back to some good old fashioned competition.
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About taxes, I pay my taxes and Im not stupid I know the government needs revenue to run, but Im fed up with stupid spending. Case in point, recently a congressional oversight committee granted 10 million dollars to research obesity. What in the hell? They can give me 10 million dollars so I can make a 4000 page report about how people dont excercise enough or eat too much and are lazy. Also, about auto tags, thats just an example of missuse, how many times have you driven down a poorly kept street? Or do you know that other taxes pay for keeping up the roads too? What about consistency? Of course Iam against a dominant government interference, MS has earned the right, through business savy to be where they are, about monopolies tho, which if you had actually analyzed my post, was that if linux would dump the multiple distro idea and improve user friendliness in their product and use some of the business savy that MS has then windows would have a competitor! But no one has successfully done this yet. We're not talking about AT&T or Standard oil which CONTROLLED the phone lines, which CONTROLLED the oil. We're just talking about a company that made good marketing decisions, a very user friendly product and they have succeeded. They dont CONTROL the OS market. They control a MARKETSHARE. There is a difference here folks. Just because a company is doing VERY well you shouldnt punish them. And I dont mind paying taxes, buying stamps, or even buying a tag for my car. My point was about the taxes, I realize I didnt state this, but I wish the taxes and fees we do pay to our govt. was better spent, and I think you all can agree with me on that.
Promote the General Welfare?
Websters Collegiate Dictionary:
Main Entry: 1welfare
Pronunciation: 'wel-"far, -"fer
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from the phrase wel faren to fare well
Date: 14th century
1 : the state of doing well especially in respect to good fortune, happiness, well-being, or prosperity
2 a : aid in the form of money or necessities for those in need b : an agency or program through which such aid is distributed
Now I do not see how you can get "social ills" from that definition. If the government arbitrarily went around saying they were "promoting the general welfare" by violating the rights of private business then I would be very scared to live here. Why? How long do you think it will be before they come to YOUR house telling you what to do on every level? How long do you think it will be before YOU have to goto a government office to get permission to do ANYTHING? I use anything loosely, but we're already neck deep in this. For how many things do you need to have a permit to do stuff to YOUR PRIVATE PROPERTY? Why do we need to get a tag for our cars? And why does some silly piece of metal or some little sticker cost $40? I can see the value of the tag if our cars get stolen or for identification purposes for a cop, but why $40? and why renew it every year? You know why? Revenue...they want YOUR money. All of you praise the government because they're doing this to MS, well what they are doing is illegal and unethical. The last time I checked the country was built on capitalism and free enterprise. That means NO INTERFERENCE by the governemnt. Hence PRIVATE and FREE. If microsoft dominates the OS market, well good for them, and you know what?? THEY WORKED FOR IT. Every week I work hard for my money only to have the government take an illegal portion of it. Oh, I know you'll say but its in the constitution. How many people do you know that can go in your pay check and take out money, other than yourself? The government is doing what normal citizens cant do legally, and frankly Im tired of it. You talk about MS throwing their weight around, well thats exactly what the US govt. is doing with this! I use both MS and Linux, only use MS because most of the programs and games I play arent supported under Linux. So stop whining about some company doing good, if linux really wants to take over the market, and the companies that make linux really want to make a difference then they need to come together to form one company, instead of 10 different ones, and make a linux package that has the usability and user friendliness comparable to windows. Until that happens linux wont move into the computer of a typical desktop buyer(your typical lamer). And instead of cheering on the government they should get back to some good old fashioned competition.