Not to take away from Gagarin and the rest of the Soviet space program's accomplishment of putting a man in space, orbiting the earth, and returning safely, but it's important to remember he may not have been the first man in space.
Considering the memory hole that the Soviet Union was, it's impossible to say if any of those are real or not (some are obviously hoaxes); but it's equally impossible to disprove at least some of them.
You missed the part where I said to hire a competent CPA. Everything he listed is deductible to one degree or another, you just have to know how it works.
I do think it is motherfucking bullshit that I pay a higher percentage of my income in taxes than these companies
First off, the tax in question here is a payroll tax which comes out of the employees' salaries and stock options. So this is a good thing for workers at Twitter.
Second, you only pay income tax on your net income. Of course, when people piss and moan about corporations "not paying their share", they only look at their gross income. Companies can have enough expenses in a year that they essentially have no or little income, and you have to keep that in mind when looking at their tax burden.
Third, a company that is successful and hires lots of workers is going to pay into Social Security and other tax schemes through payroll taxes. So whether the corporation itself pays taxes or not, the government is still getting money from them. No one gets out of paying completely, it just doesn't happen.
Pretty much, yeah. Any thing of value you receive from another party during the year, unless it's specifically a gift (and then that's limited to $10000) counts as "income" and is subject to taxation.
Of course, there are different kinds of income that get taxed at different rates (for instance, bonuses and short-term capital gains get taxed the most, long-term capital gains and dividends the least, to encourage people not to speculate in the stock market). But Uncle Sugar always gets his cut.
My family of five sends about 6000 texts per month. For that, we pay $20 for unlimited texting. If you're too stupid to get that from your carrier, you deserve to get hit with all those extra charges.
Actually, it seems like he's suggesting a closed society, enforced by fascism and violence, and in which your constitution would necessarily be re-written/scrapped to more or less "keep out, shut up, and fuck off" and would go down hill from there.
Uhhh, crossing the border illegally is not a civil offense, it is a criminal felony.
The governing law on this matter is 8 USC 1325 (http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/8/usc_sec_08_00001325----000-.html). Show me where it says "felony" anywhere in there. This is a civil matter, not a felonious one.
And I'll repeat myself again, with a clarification: THERE IS NO LEGAL WAY FOR MEXICAN UNSKILLED WORKERS TO ENTER THE UNITED STATES LEGALLY. Saying "they should play by the rules" assumes there are rules for them to play by, and stating that there are is just nonsense. There are jobs waiting for these people, Americans want to hire them and they want to work. So make it possible for them to do what they're already doing legally, and there will no longer be any reason for them to smuggle guns/drugs in, risk their own lives with coyotes, work under the table and avoid taxes, or do any of the other things that are currently a huge problem.
You guys really need to get your head out of the sand. Millions of people on both sides of the border want there to be unskilled immigrants as a ready labor pool and for a chance of a better life, respectively. It would be best for everyone if we made it possible for them all to work together legally without forcing people into a black market economy.
But of course conservatives don't really care about practical matters like civil rights, human rights, recognizing the reality of a situation, or even fostering economic growth. No, it's just all about control with you people. You think if you just make the laws a little bit harsher, people will start living the way you want them to. Despite all of the evidence that that is not how things work.
And as you saying people from MX or other SA countries can't come here and work legally? Are you fucking kidding me?
Yes, that's what exactly what I'm saying. Do a little research on the subject, it's not hard to look this stuff up. There is no visa for unskilled workers, even though there are obviously jobs waiting for them.
Not bothering to respond to your other drivel, as you are (IMO) grossly ignorant of the current situation. I suggest reading through some of the coverage on the issue at either Mother Jones or Reason to get a better grounding on the facts.
I really hope you're being sarcastic. But just in case you're not, or someone else thinks you're serious and that this is a great idea, here're the problems with this:
1) You're suggesting a capital punishment for a civil offense. That is blatantly unconstitutional. 2) Where do you propose we put these snipers and mines? The border is pretty much all private property, and large sections of it are range land for cattle. Something tells me ranchers won't be too hot about having bombs put out where their property walks around unfettered. 3) This won't stop people from trying to get into the country, it will just funnel them into even more dangerous and desperate situations, leading to even more people ended up dying in horrible conditions (seriously, look into how many people die in the desert every year, it's already incredibly dangerous and yet people still do it, that should tell you something of their desperation). 4) Remember the Berlin Wall? Remember people being horrified at the idea of guards shooting people because they wanted a better life? How is your plan any different from what they did (beyond the superficial one of keeping people in instead of keeping them out). 5) Do you have any idea how much it costs to train and equip a sniper? Do you have any idea of how many you'd need to man the entire border?
Not to mention, all of this would go away if we created a new visa type for migrant and unskilled workers, and then allowed everyone from Central and South America (who can prove their citizenship and law-abiding status in their own country, to keep out undesirables) to get one automatically. There is currently NO LEGAL WAY for migrants from Mexico on south to come into the US.
That bears repeating: THERE IS NO LEGAL WAY for them to do what they're doing. If we were serious about immigration reform, we would at least provide these people a way to comply with the law, before getting all upset that they don't.
People in government and people running corporations are willing to spend billions developing machines so people can kill each other, but if you ask them to put a dime into clean water tech or clean energy tech that's suddenly "socialism".
The US military has: * universal health care * a highly-structured class system * an almost-pure meritocracy * a very high focus on service to others before yourself
In short, the US military is the most socialist organization on the planet. Ironic when you really think about it.
I feel like there's a joke involving robots and stairs in there somewhere, but the coffee just isn't pushing its way into my brain quickly enough this morning. So imagine something funny and that I said it. You're welcome.
Number 1 was my first thought, too. Anyone who proposes using BMI to categorize obese people is either an ignorant fool, or callously willing to lump more people in that category for their purposes. When a cash-strapped state looking for excuses to tax people starts using it, you can guess which set they fall into.
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I can't imagine anything more exciting than watching a hobbit and bunch of dwarfs move slowly through New Zealand.
Or, oh, right, that dude in Jerusalem that a bunch of Romans nailed to a stick and made a scarecrow out of, circa 32 AD
Who?
That's probably the least-pleasurable way of getting a burning sensation in your privates from Hooters.
Nothing involving Congress is ever hot.
Not to take away from Gagarin and the rest of the Soviet space program's accomplishment of putting a man in space, orbiting the earth, and returning safely, but it's important to remember he may not have been the first man in space.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_Cosmonauts
Considering the memory hole that the Soviet Union was, it's impossible to say if any of those are real or not (some are obviously hoaxes); but it's equally impossible to disprove at least some of them.
We've had our differences in the past, but I wanted to go on record as saying I agree with all of the points you've raised in this post.
It's so cute how you think law makers would make laws against the interest of bankers.
You missed the part where I said to hire a competent CPA. Everything he listed is deductible to one degree or another, you just have to know how it works.
You need to hire a competent CPA. Pretty much everything you just listed is tax deductible to one degree or another.
Your mom's not a trustworthy source. After all, she told me she was clean and I still wound up with the clap.
I do think it is motherfucking bullshit that I pay a higher percentage of my income in taxes than these companies
First off, the tax in question here is a payroll tax which comes out of the employees' salaries and stock options. So this is a good thing for workers at Twitter.
Second, you only pay income tax on your net income. Of course, when people piss and moan about corporations "not paying their share", they only look at their gross income. Companies can have enough expenses in a year that they essentially have no or little income, and you have to keep that in mind when looking at their tax burden.
Third, a company that is successful and hires lots of workers is going to pay into Social Security and other tax schemes through payroll taxes. So whether the corporation itself pays taxes or not, the government is still getting money from them. No one gets out of paying completely, it just doesn't happen.
Pretty much, yeah. Any thing of value you receive from another party during the year, unless it's specifically a gift (and then that's limited to $10000) counts as "income" and is subject to taxation.
Of course, there are different kinds of income that get taxed at different rates (for instance, bonuses and short-term capital gains get taxed the most, long-term capital gains and dividends the least, to encourage people not to speculate in the stock market). But Uncle Sugar always gets his cut.
My family of five sends about 6000 texts per month. For that, we pay $20 for unlimited texting. If you're too stupid to get that from your carrier, you deserve to get hit with all those extra charges.
It's called a work visa you fucktard.
There's no such thing for unskilled workers. Now who's the fucktard, fucktard?
Sounds perfectly constitutional
Answer your phone, Inigo Montoya is calling.
Actually, it seems like he's suggesting a closed society, enforced by fascism and violence, and in which your constitution would necessarily be re-written/scrapped to more or less "keep out, shut up, and fuck off" and would go down hill from there.
Yes, I agree.
Uhhh, crossing the border illegally is not a civil offense, it is a criminal felony.
The governing law on this matter is 8 USC 1325 (http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/8/usc_sec_08_00001325----000-.html). Show me where it says "felony" anywhere in there. This is a civil matter, not a felonious one.
And I'll repeat myself again, with a clarification: THERE IS NO LEGAL WAY FOR MEXICAN UNSKILLED WORKERS TO ENTER THE UNITED STATES LEGALLY. Saying "they should play by the rules" assumes there are rules for them to play by, and stating that there are is just nonsense. There are jobs waiting for these people, Americans want to hire them and they want to work. So make it possible for them to do what they're already doing legally, and there will no longer be any reason for them to smuggle guns/drugs in, risk their own lives with coyotes, work under the table and avoid taxes, or do any of the other things that are currently a huge problem.
You guys really need to get your head out of the sand. Millions of people on both sides of the border want there to be unskilled immigrants as a ready labor pool and for a chance of a better life, respectively. It would be best for everyone if we made it possible for them all to work together legally without forcing people into a black market economy.
But of course conservatives don't really care about practical matters like civil rights, human rights, recognizing the reality of a situation, or even fostering economic growth. No, it's just all about control with you people. You think if you just make the laws a little bit harsher, people will start living the way you want them to. Despite all of the evidence that that is not how things work.
And as you saying people from MX or other SA countries can't come here and work legally? Are you fucking kidding me?
Yes, that's what exactly what I'm saying. Do a little research on the subject, it's not hard to look this stuff up. There is no visa for unskilled workers, even though there are obviously jobs waiting for them.
Not bothering to respond to your other drivel, as you are (IMO) grossly ignorant of the current situation. I suggest reading through some of the coverage on the issue at either Mother Jones or Reason to get a better grounding on the facts.
They use the scientific method to prove or disprove hypotheses. So yeah, they're real scientists, they're just not academics.
I really hope you're being sarcastic. But just in case you're not, or someone else thinks you're serious and that this is a great idea, here're the problems with this:
1) You're suggesting a capital punishment for a civil offense. That is blatantly unconstitutional.
2) Where do you propose we put these snipers and mines? The border is pretty much all private property, and large sections of it are range land for cattle. Something tells me ranchers won't be too hot about having bombs put out where their property walks around unfettered.
3) This won't stop people from trying to get into the country, it will just funnel them into even more dangerous and desperate situations, leading to even more people ended up dying in horrible conditions (seriously, look into how many people die in the desert every year, it's already incredibly dangerous and yet people still do it, that should tell you something of their desperation).
4) Remember the Berlin Wall? Remember people being horrified at the idea of guards shooting people because they wanted a better life? How is your plan any different from what they did (beyond the superficial one of keeping people in instead of keeping them out).
5) Do you have any idea how much it costs to train and equip a sniper? Do you have any idea of how many you'd need to man the entire border?
Not to mention, all of this would go away if we created a new visa type for migrant and unskilled workers, and then allowed everyone from Central and South America (who can prove their citizenship and law-abiding status in their own country, to keep out undesirables) to get one automatically. There is currently NO LEGAL WAY for migrants from Mexico on south to come into the US.
That bears repeating: THERE IS NO LEGAL WAY for them to do what they're doing. If we were serious about immigration reform, we would at least provide these people a way to comply with the law, before getting all upset that they don't.
People in government and people running corporations are willing to spend billions developing machines so people can kill each other, but if you ask them to put a dime into clean water tech or clean energy tech that's suddenly "socialism".
The US military has:
* universal health care
* a highly-structured class system
* an almost-pure meritocracy
* a very high focus on service to others before yourself
In short, the US military is the most socialist organization on the planet. Ironic when you really think about it.
I feel like there's a joke involving robots and stairs in there somewhere, but the coffee just isn't pushing its way into my brain quickly enough this morning. So imagine something funny and that I said it. You're welcome.
How about fines for people who eat bacon?
Dude, shut the hell up! Don't give them any ideas!
How about a lying-politician tax? Everytime one lies, they're docked one week's salary. Some of those bastards could pay off the debt in a month!
Number 1 was my first thought, too. Anyone who proposes using BMI to categorize obese people is either an ignorant fool, or callously willing to lump more people in that category for their purposes. When a cash-strapped state looking for excuses to tax people starts using it, you can guess which set they fall into.