You're right they can pay more taxes, but this is what really happens:
Rich people see lower returns on new venture investing and they look at alternatives closer. They look at retiring sooner. They look at investing in tax free bonds (if you take that away, less people are loaning money to the government). It has recently become very fashionable to move money overseas.
The only thing the ordinary blue collar worker sees in all these scenarios is there are less and less job openings.
The principle that people can shell out more money to the government is not going to give anyone work.
The cost of labor has only climbed since the 60's (when the last man walked on the Moon, who was from the US btw).
Back in the 1960's NASA didn't have to pay for drug counciling for all its employees. Back then people couldn't hang out in the emergency room and get free health care that everyone else paid for. Back then semi-ordinary people were engineers enough to build bridges. Back then people carried through their work to completion with a commitment to integrity. Back then NASA wasn't saddled with the task of reaching out to Muslim nations.
I wouldn't rule out the cost dropping, but it would mean automating a lot of things and reducing the amount of used fuel.
The politicians (in this case Obama and Bush) come out with their press conferences and say, "Look what we planned to do !!" And they get their headlines.
But when it comes to allocating funds, there is no commitment.
Furthermore people in this generation put in more hours and accomplish less. It's a kind of restless, faithless energy that seeks only to look productive and professional while yielding no returns.
"Do not judge by appearances. Judge according to righteousness"
As Jack Handy once said, I hope that if dogs take over the world they don't just pick their leader based on size because I'll bet there are some chihuahuas with some really good ideas.
US Senator Joe Biden prided himself and campaigned on his pioneering of using political and ideological goals to select judicial nominees, starting with Robert Bork.
I don't think the anti-encryption thing is ubiquitous across the political spectrum.
Despite some demurs against Eric Snowden, Rush Limbaugh (who some of these candidates would pay very dearly for an endorsement from) just said on the radio that he would simplifying things even more: if you want the government to be able to track and listen to you via your phone, then you should oppose what Apple is doing.
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Ethics is based on "Am I treating someone the way I want to be treated?".
They can decide on that.
You're right they can pay more taxes, but this is what really happens:
Rich people see lower returns on new venture investing and they look at alternatives closer. They look at retiring sooner. They look at investing in tax free bonds (if you take that away, less people are loaning money to the government). It has recently become very fashionable to move money overseas.
The only thing the ordinary blue collar worker sees in all these scenarios is there are less and less job openings.
The principle that people can shell out more money to the government is not going to give anyone work.
I read somewhere once that bananas have a radioisotope of potassium because of nuclear activities from humans.
I took that to mean banana trees suck up potassium from their environment and some of it happens to be a radioisotope with a long half life.
You say they don't care, but I saw a study a few months back saying 75% of the occupy wallstreet people had a one percenter in their household.
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Throwing rocks at the people they're mooching off of
If you raise taxes on capital gains, are people going to keep investing the way they do?
If not, less new business, less new jobs, less new tax revenues.
This has been proven many, many times over:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Two questions:
1) When should SCOTUS stop interfering?
2) How many times can a candidate recount the counties they lost until they win?
In this case my question is (2). Your question might be (1).
The only FL counties that were recounted were ones that voted for Bush.
Bush won the original FL vote and 1 recount. Gore only won 1 recount. That's when SCOTUS said you have to stop.
lol ... Ford Religion. Very real for some ...
My Indian friends tell me it's not the general population of India that is corrupt. It's their government.
Where else can you find gang raping done by police departments?
Surely the cult of innovation is as innovative (and tasteful) as innovation itself ?
How could kitschy programming be associated with nausea?
I'm so confused.
They're launching satellites now.
If they can launch satellites they can launch any payload of the equivalent weight.
Life depends on my very arcane research.
Please give me more funding.
The cost of labor has only climbed since the 60's (when the last man walked on the Moon, who was from the US btw).
Back in the 1960's NASA didn't have to pay for drug counciling for all its employees. Back then people couldn't hang out in the emergency room and get free health care that everyone else paid for. Back then semi-ordinary people were engineers enough to build bridges. Back then people carried through their work to completion with a commitment to integrity. Back then NASA wasn't saddled with the task of reaching out to Muslim nations.
I wouldn't rule out the cost dropping, but it would mean automating a lot of things and reducing the amount of used fuel.
Yes !!
Paradoxical isn't it?
The world is becoming more talk and less action.
The politicians (in this case Obama and Bush) come out with their press conferences and say, "Look what we planned to do !!" And they get their headlines.
But when it comes to allocating funds, there is no commitment.
Furthermore people in this generation put in more hours and accomplish less. It's a kind of restless, faithless energy that seeks only to look productive and professional while yielding no returns.
"Do not judge by appearances. Judge according to righteousness"
The more countries that start space programs, the less likely a human will again set foot on the moon.
As Jack Handy once said, I hope that if dogs take over the world they don't just pick their leader based on size because I'll bet there are some chihuahuas with some really good ideas.
Perhaps France should pay back the US for protecting them under the US nuclear umbrella during the Cold War while they were eating crepes.
As your benevolent neighboring country we assure you we would never invade a nation with weapons that destroy themselves.
Don't forget drugs.
I would rather the funds go into solving cancer (immunotherapy is closing in) or a common world wide problem like malaria or systemd
Too lazy to read article ... if Carnegie Melon helped the feds, why are the feds suing them?
If most Apple users don't agree, Apple should oppose gov snooping.
That's simply business.
US Senator Joe Biden prided himself and campaigned on his pioneering of using political and ideological goals to select judicial nominees, starting with Robert Bork.
By the way, Joe Biden is a democrat.
Ask the US gov to make up for systematically targeting and abusing tea party groups.
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Ask the US gov to make up for failing to stop the christmas day bomber, the times square bomber, the boston marathon bombers, etc
Ask the US gov to make up for all the people who lost their jobs because of the ACA.
Is there a single safe federal government?
43% of US voters view federal corruption as their main concern.
I don't think the anti-encryption thing is ubiquitous across the political spectrum.
Despite some demurs against Eric Snowden, Rush Limbaugh (who some of these candidates would pay very dearly for an endorsement from) just said on the radio that he would simplifying things even more: if you want the government to be able to track and listen to you via your phone, then you should oppose what Apple is doing.