Putting aside all of the horrendous mistakes and oversights of that organization, is it not possible that there is a far better alternative way to manage the tug-of-war between resource utilization and resource preservation?
It's not necessarily "a few years" to become a citizen in the U.S. unless you have money, some special skill and/or you come from a country from which not very many people are seeking to come to the U.S..
It can easily take decades for people from Central American countries to gain citizenship in the United States.
The amount of money Soros has provided to Leftist causes and groups in the US is staggering and totally dwarfs what the Koch brothers have given those on the Right in the US.
If you buy your phone on contract, you're getting it 'free' in the sense that you're getting a loan at 50-100% APR
That depends on the carrier. Many give no discount in service for paying the full price of the phone, so as long as you're okay with being "locked in" for two years, taking the subsidized phone makes perfect sense.
Assuming you are not intentionally trying to spread misinformation, please do the world a favor and stop sharing your opinion about tax policy on the internet.
In California, a single person making $61,320 a year (The median household income in California in 2013) with no deductions pays the following:
$11,123.75 in Federal income tax for an effective federal tax rate of 18.14% $4,690.98 in FICA (Social Security and Medicare) for an effective rate of 7.65% $3,177 in state income taxes, for an effective tax rate of 5.18% Sales tax in California is 7.5% As Americans only spend about 32% of their income on taxable goods (that's the number I could find), the effective rate would be %2.39
As for property tax, per Prop 13, it is limited to 1% of assessed value at the time of sale with limits on growth of 2% per year. Your theoretical 10K tax bill would be mean the property is assessed at $1,000,000; hardly realistic for someone in the middle class. A more typical home for someone in that range would be $100K-$200K. To help your argument I'll go with the high-end, $200K. That would mean a $2,000 property tax bill, or 3.2% effective rate
Adding all of those up, you get a 36.63% effective tax rate. And that's literally the *worst* tax situation possible.
Throw in things like the child tax credit and mortgage interest deductions and those federal and state effective rates start dropping like a rock.
The money the United States borrows is not created out of thin air. It is borrowed from investors, banks, investment funds, nation states and local municipalities in the form of bonds.
Apple has done fine on the OSX side with less than 10% share for more than a decade now. Yes, there are many more apps for Windows than OSX, yet their share has been remarkably consistent.
Apple devices are marketed towards a niche segment that is outside of the commodity (Windows/Android) markets. They enjoy *much* higher profit margins than any Android phone maker. Apple users, being more affluent group, are also more likely to pay for apps in the market, which keeps developers attracted to the platform.
To paraphrase Voltaire, If Apple did not exist, it would necessary for the market to create one.
I could see this years ago when Android was still very flaky POS and iOS completely dominated the smart phone landscape. The parallels between the Android/iOS market and Mac/PC market were too many for it turn out any other way.
I wasn't implying that you copied/pasted. I was asking if you are a visitor/member of the site. It has a wealth of information on pool chemistry. It's where I learned how to take care of my pool.
Yes. The Volt is technically a "hybrid", but unlike every other plugin hybrid, it runs as a 100% electric car with no assist needed from the engine while the battery is charged. It's a good bridge to the future until the obvious problem of charging time and access are solved.
The United States has a higher GDP per-capita than it did during the time the boomers came up. There is *plenty* of wealth to go around. What has changed is the distribution of that wealth.
The default settings you speak of have been turned off by default for years now. The appropriate length is around 15 characters, with no complexity required.
The batteries lose very little capacity as long as they are thermally managed and never fully charged or discharged. GM's Gen-1 Volt has a "charge window" of 20% to 85%. They increased a bit with the Gen2 Volt after getting real-world data from Gen-1 Volts in the wild.
There are 2011/2012 Chevy Volts in the wild with around 100K EV miles and no apparent battery degradation.
Here is all-time the leader, "Sparkie",a GM employee from Michigan:
You can browse the leaderboard, sort by "EV miles" and browse others.
As for Tesla, I don't think their batteries are quite up to the level of GM's, but they do employ active battery cooling and a charge window.
The one model that doesn't have active liquid cooling, the Nissan Leaf, is notorious for suffering significant range degradation after only a few years.
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Putting aside all of the horrendous mistakes and oversights of that organization, is it not possible that there is a far better alternative way to manage the tug-of-war between resource utilization and resource preservation?
By all means, share with us that alternative way.
It's not necessarily "a few years" to become a citizen in the U.S. unless you have money, some special skill and/or you come from a country from which not very many people are seeking to come to the U.S..
It can easily take decades for people from Central American countries to gain citizenship in the United States.
Bullshit.
You provided only the part you want to acknowledge.
Where is your detailed list of how much money the Koch brothers have spent?
And why are you ignoring other prominent right-wing sugar daddies like Sheldon Adelson?
There is one exception I know of after 89. The Smashing Pumpkins' 1993 album "Siamese Dream" took full advantage of CD's high available dynamic range.
Annnnnnd of course, on the 2011 reissue/remaster of the album they compressed the shit out of it. :/
The amount of money Soros has provided to Leftist causes and groups in the US is staggering and totally dwarfs what the Koch brothers have given those on the Right in the US.
[citation needed]
Or they could simply make less profit. They've stashed almost a quarter trillion dollars away, not paying people well.
And that end would best be achieved by raising taxes, not lowering them.
Well, there are also many stories talking about the ad, so many millions more will know about it.
If you buy your phone on contract, you're getting it 'free' in the sense that you're getting a loan at 50-100% APR
That depends on the carrier. Many give no discount in service for paying the full price of the phone, so as long as you're okay with being "locked in" for two years, taking the subsidized phone makes perfect sense.
If Macs were 1/3 the cost of PCs, then they would dominate corporate world. But they don't, do they?
Their software works fine for me. Maybe the problem is you.
Ford pardoned Nixon for crimes he hadn't been convicted of yet.
Assuming you are not intentionally trying to spread misinformation, please do the world a favor and stop sharing your opinion about tax policy on the internet.
In California, a single person making $61,320 a year (The median household income in California in 2013) with no deductions pays the following:
$11,123.75 in Federal income tax for an effective federal tax rate of 18.14%
$4,690.98 in FICA (Social Security and Medicare) for an effective rate of 7.65%
$3,177 in state income taxes, for an effective tax rate of 5.18%
Sales tax in California is 7.5% As Americans only spend about 32% of their income on taxable goods (that's the number I could find), the effective rate would be %2.39
As for property tax, per Prop 13, it is limited to 1% of assessed value at the time of sale with limits on growth of 2% per year. Your theoretical 10K tax bill would be mean the property is assessed at $1,000,000; hardly realistic for someone in the middle class. A more typical home for someone in that range would be $100K-$200K. To help your argument I'll go with the high-end, $200K. That would mean a $2,000 property tax bill, or 3.2% effective rate
Adding all of those up, you get a 36.63% effective tax rate. And that's literally the *worst* tax situation possible.
Throw in things like the child tax credit and mortgage interest deductions and those federal and state effective rates start dropping like a rock.
They print money...
The money the United States borrows is not created out of thin air. It is borrowed from investors, banks, investment funds, nation states and local municipalities in the form of bonds.
...and devalue the rest.
Inflation has been near zero for three decades.
Oops. I am guilty of being the typical myopic USian here. Worldwide, I see that you are absolutely right
They dominated in the U.S. market.
Apple has done fine on the OSX side with less than 10% share for more than a decade now. Yes, there are many more apps for Windows than OSX, yet their share has been remarkably consistent.
Apple devices are marketed towards a niche segment that is outside of the commodity (Windows/Android) markets. They enjoy *much* higher profit margins than any Android phone maker. Apple users, being more affluent group, are also more likely to pay for apps in the market, which keeps developers attracted to the platform.
To paraphrase Voltaire, If Apple did not exist, it would necessary for the market to create one.
https://devices.ubports.com/
I could see this years ago when Android was still very flaky POS and iOS completely dominated the smart phone landscape. The parallels between the Android/iOS market and Mac/PC market were too many for it turn out any other way.
They were told it was a "saltwater pool" so it didn't need chlorine.
I wasn't implying that you copied/pasted. I was asking if you are a visitor/member of the site. It has a wealth of information on pool chemistry. It's where I learned how to take care of my pool.
Excellent post.
troublefreepool.com?
I have a 25,000 gallon IG gunnite pool and the few times over the years it has gone green it was my fault for being negligent.
The authorities were probably right about the pool being safe though. A little algae bloom is not dangerous.
Yes. The Volt is technically a "hybrid", but unlike every other plugin hybrid, it runs as a 100% electric car with no assist needed from the engine while the battery is charged. It's a good bridge to the future until the obvious problem of charging time and access are solved.
Please stop shilling for billionaires.
The United States has a higher GDP per-capita than it did during the time the boomers came up. There is *plenty* of wealth to go around. What has changed is the distribution of that wealth.
The default settings you speak of have been turned off by default for years now. The appropriate length is around 15 characters, with no complexity required.
The batteries lose very little capacity as long as they are thermally managed and never fully charged or discharged. GM's Gen-1 Volt has a "charge window" of 20% to 85%. They increased a bit with the Gen2 Volt after getting real-world data from Gen-1 Volts in the wild.
There are 2011/2012 Chevy Volts in the wild with around 100K EV miles and no apparent battery degradation.
Here is all-time the leader, "Sparkie",a GM employee from Michigan:
http://www.voltstats.net/Stats...
And mine... ;) (Yes, I'm totally biased)
http://www.voltstats.net/Stats...
You can browse the leaderboard, sort by "EV miles" and browse others.
As for Tesla, I don't think their batteries are quite up to the level of GM's, but they do employ active battery cooling and a charge window.
The one model that doesn't have active liquid cooling, the Nissan Leaf, is notorious for suffering significant range degradation after only a few years.
AD hashes cannot just be "hacked in 60 days or so" as long as it is properly configured and passwords are of the appropriate length.