Or is Amazon's disruption of the general retail business a destroyer of jobs, moving previously productively employed workers into the unemployment line?
Yup. Same as xerox copying machines moved previously employed secretaries (see the massive secretarial pools in older movies) to the unemployment lines.
And how cranes and bulldozers put laborers out of business.
And how container ships put dockworkers out of business.
And...
The real concern is not Amazon being more efficient and more fun to use than a mom-and-pop bookstore, music store, etc... but what happens when automation in Amazon's warehouses replace 90% of their employees.
The scuttlebutt was that Israel was a courier in the arms deal between the US and Iran to release the hostages. Why don't you look it up for yourself.
Google is Your Friend.
Hey, I even did part of the work for you.
You know it helps to read, and think, and do some research before being snarky.
IRAN-CONTRA REPORT - Arms, Hostages and Contras - How a...
www.nytimes.com/.../iran-contra-report-arms-hostages-contras-secret-foreign-policy-...
Nov 19, 1987 - Col. Oliver L. North, a National Security Council aide, to contra leaders in Honduras.... 20: Israel sends 96 TOW anti-tank missiles to Iran. Sept...
New Israel-iran Revelations - tribunedigital-chicagotribune
articles.chicagotribune.com/.../8703310444_1_private-israeli-arms-dealers-iran-contr...
Dec 4, 1987 - Israel has acknowledged shipping weapons to Iran with U.S. approval in the Iran-contra affair, but has officially denied independent sales to the...
The Iran-Contra Affairs https://www.brown.edu/Research...
However, from these meetings came the idea to sell U.S. arms to Iran via Israel and the suggestion that, to gain the U.S.'s approval for the scheme, American...
Iran–Contra affair - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...–Contra_affair
The Iran–Contra affair also referred to as Irangate, Contragate or the Iran–Contra scandal, was... It was planned that Israel would ship weapons to Iran, and then the United States would resupply Israel and receive the Israeli payment.
You don't need to use Google. In fact, if you're owned lock, stock and barrel by Google you ought to slowly incorporate other platforms.
Vivaldi, Opera, Mozilla instead of Chrome
Duck Duck Go, Dogpile, Yahoo instead of Google
Outlook, Zoho instead of gMail
Zoho has an interesting and useful office suite as well
I'm not saying to eliminate Google - but slowly, surely, incorporate other platforms - especially if you're concerned about monopolistic practices
They "use" palestinian labor to fix roads, pour concrete but are you saying that the palestinians are the true creators of the software and hardware designs coming from Israeli companies?
I'm not saying Israel is ALL GOOD and palestinians are ALL BAD. But clearly the resources sent to Palestine are spent on war (tunnels, etc) rather than building an industrial / technological center.
I never said that Israel supported Hezbollah. Ever.
I said that the scuttlebutt was that in the Arms to Iran deal made by the American government to release hostages that Israel acted as a go between.
I didn't say it was FACT. I said that was the general understanding. It's so common that you find it in numerous articles and in wikipedia, etc...
And - how you got from the above statements to my saying that Israel supporting Hezbollah? I don't know.
You're too busy trying to make a snarky comment that you don't read what's in front of you. It doesn't cross your mind that perhaps Mother Jones of the Huffington Post article you read just might have gotten it wrong.
Tax break is one of the amorphous, ill-defined term.
It's sad that so many have come to think that our money belongs to the government; or that consider, that business expenses should not be immediately deducted.
I've had discussions with business partners who thought it was "fair" and "just" that we couldn't deduct 100% of our newly purchased computers.
WTF? If we lease the computer we get 100% deduction. If we buy the computer it takes 5 years to deduct it. Again, WTF.
So, it's entirely possible that a tax attorney considers this a tax break. I, for one, do not.
No. I think they SHOULD be able to deduct 100% capital expenditures when purchased. (Obviously if they sell the item - car, computer - they have to pay taxes on the proceeds).
So, by that standard if Exxon spends 1 billion dollars on an oil rig they ought to be able to deduct that entire amount the year they spent the money.
I don't consider that to be a tax break and certainly not a subsidy.
Really. I've owned my own businesses. (Yes. I've been a partner in more than one LLC. Been an officer in more than one S corp.) While I'm not an accountant I do have a basic understanding of this part.
So. Stop it. Answer the point raised - how is a writing off building a road and clearing timber a tax break - or even worse - a subsidy?
It's not. Building the road is part of the cost of business. Therefore it's not a subsidy.
So, let me test you now. Do you consider accelerated depreciation a tax break? If so why?
“expensing of intangible drilling costs (IDCs) and dry hole costs” exemption! (Born in 1916.) This tax break allows companies to expense the entire costs related to site improvement and drilling of a well in the year that the costs are incurred.
how is this a subsidy?
Build a house in the woods and you need to clear timber to build a road. The same "intangible" costs hold true for oil and gas exploration. This is not a f**king tax break or subsidy. Building a road, clearing trees, bringing in phone lines (in the old days) are part of the cost of developing a site. Deducting these costs are not "tax breaks."
Re the second quote. I'll have to look into that. It's not clear one way or the other.
So. If the Palestinians get the same amount of money as Israel they would be just as wealthy? Just as industrial? Just as modernized?
And yet the Palestinians amoung the highest per capita recipients of international aide.
Hmmm.
Me smells BS in your post.
Really, can you think of the last time you bought a product or service originating in either place?
Ever by a cellphone? A lot of the hardware and software components come from Israeli factories.
How about the leader in desalination.
Take a look at the increase in trade between Israel and South Korea (Samsung anyone), China and Japan - and have you seen the growth in trade between India and Israel? wow.
If it was simply a matter of money then this would be happening to a lesser degree in Palestinian areas and Jordan.
How do I know this?
Read The Economist or Wall Street Journal once in a while in addition to Hentei. You might find something.
Outside of ad hominem attacks you still haven't said anything.
Oliver North was not a gun runner. The US Government was supplying arms to Iraq against Iran. Good, bad, right, wrong. It's not on Oliver North.
Hezbollah kidnapped Americans. The deal was to send arms to Iran to release them. Good. bad. right. wrong. It doesn't make Oliver North a gun runner.
The constitutional question that was left unanswered was the Bolan Amendment. Can Congress limit the Executive branch regarding where they send weapons? And, if so, to what degree?
These are the issues we ought to be discussing - not the BS that Oliver North was a gun runner and that pro-second Amendment people look to him to get 9 foot dicks (or whatever it was you said).
I brought up points of fact. Debate them if you will.
You didn't answer my question. And I was already in the workforce when Ronald Reagan was elected. Being snarky doesn't help your case. Neither does making unfounded assumptions.
Well, at least you recognize that Communism is a form of economic system.
Unfortunately too many people (both left and right) mess this up.
We should reserve the words "left" and "right" for economic systems or for "political systems" - not both and not bring in moral issues such as abortion or gay rights.
Abortion was illegal in Eastern Europe (and post 1980 required in what was then communist china)
homosexuality was considered a sign of decadent western bourgeoisie. Che killed gays because they were, by definition, counter-revolutionaries.
I had only meant my Capitalist comment in a sardonic manner.
There was a deal made to release hostages. Was it a good deal? A bad deal? A moral deal? An immoral deal? That's not part of the conversation.
Oliver North was a US Government employee and working on the deal. It was legal.
Now, part of the scuttlebutt was that Israel acted as a go between. Take a look. It's in the wiki page. I'm not saying that wikipedia is the fount of all knowledge - only that was part of the over all discussion.
You should stop being snarky especially when you don't have a grasp of the situation.
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Or is Amazon's disruption of the general retail business a destroyer of jobs, moving previously productively employed workers into the unemployment line?
Yup. Same as xerox copying machines moved previously employed secretaries (see the massive secretarial pools in older movies) to the unemployment lines. ...
And how cranes and bulldozers put laborers out of business.
And how container ships put dockworkers out of business.
And
The real concern is not Amazon being more efficient and more fun to use than a mom-and-pop bookstore, music store, etc... but what happens when automation in Amazon's warehouses replace 90% of their employees.
Scuttlebutt referred to Israel being the conduit of arms between the US and Iran.
You need to read more carefully and stop trying to be snarky.
So Libertarians are more violent than socialists?
For example
Stalin,
Mao
Pol Pot
and those nice itty-bitty tin pot dictators in Uganda, Zimbabwe, Venezuela
Google is Your Friend.
Hey, I even did part of the work for you.
You know it helps to read, and think, and do some research before being snarky.
IRAN-CONTRA REPORT - Arms, Hostages and Contras - How a ... ... 20: Israel sends 96 TOW anti-tank missiles to Iran. Sept ...
...
...
Iran–Contra affair - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...–Contra_affair
The Iran–Contra affair also referred to as Irangate, Contragate or the Iran–Contra scandal, was ... It was planned that Israel would ship weapons to Iran, and then the United States would resupply Israel and receive the Israeli payment.
www.nytimes.com/.../iran-contra-report-arms-hostages-contras-secret-foreign-policy-...
Nov 19, 1987 - Col. Oliver L. North, a National Security Council aide, to contra leaders in Honduras.
New Israel-iran Revelations - tribunedigital-chicagotribune
articles.chicagotribune.com/.../8703310444_1_private-israeli-arms-dealers-iran-contr...
Dec 4, 1987 - Israel has acknowledged shipping weapons to Iran with U.S. approval in the Iran-contra affair, but has officially denied independent sales to the
The Iran-Contra Affairs
https://www.brown.edu/Research...
However, from these meetings came the idea to sell U.S. arms to Iran via Israel and the suggestion that, to gain the U.S.'s approval for the scheme, American
You would do much better if you were less snarky.
You don't need to use Google. In fact, if you're owned lock, stock and barrel by Google you ought to slowly incorporate other platforms.
Vivaldi, Opera, Mozilla instead of Chrome
Duck Duck Go, Dogpile, Yahoo instead of Google
Outlook, Zoho instead of gMail
Zoho has an interesting and useful office suite as well
I'm not saying to eliminate Google - but slowly, surely, incorporate other platforms - especially if you're concerned about monopolistic practices
Use "Palestinian labor" is that your argument.
They "use" palestinian labor to fix roads, pour concrete but are you saying that the palestinians are the true creators of the software and hardware designs coming from Israeli companies?
I'm not saying Israel is ALL GOOD and palestinians are ALL BAD. But clearly the resources sent to Palestine are spent on war (tunnels, etc) rather than building an industrial / technological center.
I never said that Israel supported Hezbollah. Ever.
I said that the scuttlebutt was that in the Arms to Iran deal made by the American government to release hostages that Israel acted as a go between.
I didn't say it was FACT. I said that was the general understanding. It's so common that you find it in numerous articles and in wikipedia, etc...
And - how you got from the above statements to my saying that Israel supporting Hezbollah? I don't know.
You're too busy trying to make a snarky comment that you don't read what's in front of you. It doesn't cross your mind that perhaps Mother Jones of the Huffington Post article you read just might have gotten it wrong.
:)
True that. Well said.
Tax break is one of the amorphous, ill-defined term.
It's sad that so many have come to think that our money belongs to the government; or that consider, that business expenses should not be immediately deducted.
I've had discussions with business partners who thought it was "fair" and "just" that we couldn't deduct 100% of our newly purchased computers.
WTF? If we lease the computer we get 100% deduction. If we buy the computer it takes 5 years to deduct it. Again, WTF.
So, it's entirely possible that a tax attorney considers this a tax break. I, for one, do not.
How about we do that on a Federal Level as well.
Limit the Federal budget to military, courts, enforcement agencies and little else.
Let the states pay for roads, HUD, welfare etc...
(Social Security is YOUR money which is beneficently invested for you by the all-knowing, all-loving, all-caring Federal government.)
Me?
No. I think they SHOULD be able to deduct 100% capital expenditures when purchased. (Obviously if they sell the item - car, computer - they have to pay taxes on the proceeds).
So, by that standard if Exxon spends 1 billion dollars on an oil rig they ought to be able to deduct that entire amount the year they spent the money.
I don't consider that to be a tax break and certainly not a subsidy.
Stop that.
Really. I've owned my own businesses. (Yes. I've been a partner in more than one LLC. Been an officer in more than one S corp.) While I'm not an accountant I do have a basic understanding of this part.
So. Stop it. Answer the point raised - how is a writing off building a road and clearing timber a tax break - or even worse - a subsidy?
It's not. Building the road is part of the cost of business. Therefore it's not a subsidy.
So, let me test you now. Do you consider accelerated depreciation a tax break? If so why?
“expensing of intangible drilling costs (IDCs) and dry hole costs” exemption! (Born in 1916.) This tax break allows companies to expense the entire costs related to site improvement and drilling of a well in the year that the costs are incurred.
how is this a subsidy?
Build a house in the woods and you need to clear timber to build a road. The same "intangible" costs hold true for oil and gas exploration. This is not a f**king tax break or subsidy. Building a road, clearing trees, bringing in phone lines (in the old days) are part of the cost of developing a site. Deducting these costs are not "tax breaks."
Re the second quote. I'll have to look into that. It's not clear one way or the other.
And yet the Palestinians amoung the highest per capita recipients of international aide.
Hmmm.
Me smells BS in your post.
Really, can you think of the last time you bought a product or service originating in either place?
Ever by a cellphone? A lot of the hardware and software components come from Israeli factories.
How about the leader in desalination.
Take a look at the increase in trade between Israel and South Korea (Samsung anyone), China and Japan - and have you seen the growth in trade between India and Israel? wow.
If it was simply a matter of money then this would be happening to a lesser degree in Palestinian areas and Jordan.
How do I know this?
Read The Economist or Wall Street Journal once in a while in addition to Hentei. You might find something.
Define subsidies?
I see articles where they include the US military budget as part of the subsidies?
I see others that include accelerated depreciation. That is not a tax break in my humble opinion.
I am looking for these subsidies and I'm not finding them. I'm beginning to doubt it.
So, if you have any that list these subsidies please post them.
By the way I am a 100% supporter of alternative energy. 100% for getting people off the grid. And don't have any love whatsoever for oil companies.
I just don't want to spread BS.
Outside of ad hominem attacks you still haven't said anything.
Oliver North was not a gun runner. The US Government was supplying arms to Iraq against Iran. Good, bad, right, wrong. It's not on Oliver North.
Hezbollah kidnapped Americans. The deal was to send arms to Iran to release them. Good. bad. right. wrong. It doesn't make Oliver North a gun runner.
The constitutional question that was left unanswered was the Bolan Amendment. Can Congress limit the Executive branch regarding where they send weapons? And, if so, to what degree?
These are the issues we ought to be discussing - not the BS that Oliver North was a gun runner and that pro-second Amendment people look to him to get 9 foot dicks (or whatever it was you said).
I brought up points of fact. Debate them if you will.
I did misunderstand.
:)
my bad
Great speech.
He would have had a better chance than Mondale or Dukakis. Don't know if he would have won though.
Your voting records are public information and are currently stored (and sometimes sold) by the state.
What does that letter have to do with the states providing the following information?
Name,
Address,
DOB
DOD if applicable
Dates Voted.
Oh the fact that the letter asked specific questions to State Attorney Generals? And that if they lied they would be subpoenad.
Ahh. That's the f**king problem. Not voter information but having to truthfully answer questions.
Now I get you.
You didn't answer my question. And I was already in the workforce when Ronald Reagan was elected. Being snarky doesn't help your case. Neither does making unfounded assumptions.
That was snarky. I have looked at voter registration records.
Everything there is public information. There isn't any "private" information. That's BS
Have you ever signed up to vote?
What did you give:
Name
Address
DOB
Q: What information do they add to the overall record?:
A: The date you voted.
So. What's the problem?
And, stop being snarky. It doesn't help you make your point.
No. They are not. As far as I know they are asking for Name
DOB
DOD (if applicable)
Address
Years voted.
What other information is there?
Well, at least you recognize that Communism is a form of economic system.
Unfortunately too many people (both left and right) mess this up.
We should reserve the words "left" and "right" for economic systems or for "political systems" - not both and not bring in moral issues such as abortion or gay rights.
Abortion was illegal in Eastern Europe (and post 1980 required in what was then communist china)
homosexuality was considered a sign of decadent western bourgeoisie. Che killed gays because they were, by definition, counter-revolutionaries.
I had only meant my Capitalist comment in a sardonic manner.
There was a deal made to release hostages. Was it a good deal? A bad deal? A moral deal? An immoral deal? That's not part of the conversation.
Oliver North was a US Government employee and working on the deal. It was legal.
Now, part of the scuttlebutt was that Israel acted as a go between. Take a look. It's in the wiki page. I'm not saying that wikipedia is the fount of all knowledge - only that was part of the over all discussion.
You should stop being snarky especially when you don't have a grasp of the situation.
Iran–Contra affair - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...–Contra_affair
I must be missing something. Why is the UK and Belarus laughing at such an idea? (Not trolling. Asking.)
And yes I do consider representative democracy to be roughly synonymous with a republican form of government.