It's probably a bad sign that the first thing I thought of when I found some petitions that I wanted to sign was, "I better not because then they'd have my information."
Nokia's Symbian OS has offered a similar feature for years... not that the rest of Symbian was that great. Congrats(?) to AT&T for making it sound like an exciting new idea.
These CEOs are obviously worth hundreds of times what a "normal" employee makes. We should pay them more for their outstanding decision making skills. Also looking at you, Reed Hastings.
No. I mean one simple percentage tax... of something. Tax most purchases? Flat % income tax? Or maybe several simple flat % taxes. I dunno, I'm not a tax expert. But I do know that our current tax code that's over 15,000 pages long, is just ridiculous.
I remember graduating with a couple VERY smart individuals, at least according to school measurements. However, once they entered the "real world" they got quite a shock learning that their high IQ and 4.0 GPAs meant almost nothing because they had very little street smarts. They spent all of their time trying to please their parents and teachers but they had not learned what it takes to actually survive.
My point is, we need to make sure kids like this learn how to do things that translate into a means to not only make a good living for themselves, but also contribute to society in general.
Is there a drug that requires a prescription or some sort of long term "treatment" that goes along with this procedure? If not, then it probably won't catch on in our wonderful privatized health care system, sadly.
I am currently a T-mobile customer and have been happy with them for over 5 years. They have a great selection of plans and phones, good customer service, and their add-ons aren't ridiculously priced. If this merger somehow goes through, I guarantee I will switch to a different carrier on the day it's announced. Again, Fuck You.
The free market will take care of this issue! Pretty soon AT&T will own T-mobile, and the next logical step is for Verizon to buy Sprint, which only leaves us with two choices. We'll get screwed no matter which carrier we're with, but since there won't be anyone else to compare it to, we won't even know we're getting screwed! See? Free market corrects all problems.
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Target practice.
Yes, I'm sure that corporations left to their own devices would never cause us any harm.
It's probably a bad sign that the first thing I thought of when I found some petitions that I wanted to sign was, "I better not because then they'd have my information."
There will be 5,500 mercenaries and 17,000 "individuals," working for the embassy. http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/02/5500-mercs-to-protect-u-s-fortresses-in-iraq/
With all of the corporate money in politics, I am shocked that this is the way things work. And by "shocked" I mean "not surprised at all."
We really, really, really need to get lobbying and corporate money out of our government.
The Government Accountability Office knew about this over three years ago and released this study:
Effective Tax Rates Are Correlated with Where Income Is Reported
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08950.pdf
Comparison of the Reported Tax Liabilities of Foreign- and U.S.-Controlled Corporations, 1998-2005
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08957.pdf
And a CNN Money article from around then:
http://money.cnn.com/2008/08/12/news/economy/corporate_taxes/
Nokia's Symbian OS has offered a similar feature for years... not that the rest of Symbian was that great. Congrats(?) to AT&T for making it sound like an exciting new idea.
I guess I'll start using TOR all the time now.
I wonder how fast software like that would get outlawed if a large number of people start using it... Should we try to find out??
These CEOs are obviously worth hundreds of times what a "normal" employee makes. We should pay them more for their outstanding decision making skills. Also looking at you, Reed Hastings.
Would this the first manned unmanned space plane?? Exciting times!
Gov. Brown of California.
1. End / severely limit corporate spending in politics.
2. Not-for-profit healthcare. I didn't say free, I said not-for-profit.
3. Corporate executive responsibility reform - make CEOs and their ilk personally responsible for their decisions.
4. Extremely simplified tax code with no loop holes.
5. Honest to goodness real welfare reform. No more handouts for people not interested in contributing to society.
I'd be happy with just #1.
No. I mean one simple percentage tax... of something. Tax most purchases? Flat % income tax? Or maybe several simple flat % taxes. I dunno, I'm not a tax expert. But I do know that our current tax code that's over 15,000 pages long, is just ridiculous.
I remember graduating with a couple VERY smart individuals, at least according to school measurements. However, once they entered the "real world" they got quite a shock learning that their high IQ and 4.0 GPAs meant almost nothing because they had very little street smarts. They spent all of their time trying to please their parents and teachers but they had not learned what it takes to actually survive.
My point is, we need to make sure kids like this learn how to do things that translate into a means to not only make a good living for themselves, but also contribute to society in general.
At this point I would have more faith in a group of children running Netflix than I do in their current management team.
When can we just get one simple flat tax for everyone?
My thoughts exactly. Also factor in that Mr. Hastings is doing his best to sink Netflix, so who knows if it will even exist by then...
Because that then opens the door for Verizon to purchase Sprint so that there will be even LESS competition.
In all seriousness, has any other president done as much damage to our country as George W Bush did?
Start here: http://www.opencongress.org/
Is there a drug that requires a prescription or some sort of long term "treatment" that goes along with this procedure? If not, then it probably won't catch on in our wonderful privatized health care system, sadly.
Run a Tor exit node and open up a guest wireless connection that anyone can use.
I am currently a T-mobile customer and have been happy with them for over 5 years. They have a great selection of plans and phones, good customer service, and their add-ons aren't ridiculously priced. If this merger somehow goes through, I guarantee I will switch to a different carrier on the day it's announced. Again, Fuck You.
I HATE the stupid ribbon. It's huge, messy, and unintuitive. Maybe it's time I switch to OSX.... or Linux even.
The free market will take care of this issue! Pretty soon AT&T will own T-mobile, and the next logical step is for Verizon to buy Sprint, which only leaves us with two choices. We'll get screwed no matter which carrier we're with, but since there won't be anyone else to compare it to, we won't even know we're getting screwed! See? Free market corrects all problems.