One side is powerful and wealthy; the other side isn't. It's not an equal situation. Automatically we side with the underdog against the cruelty of power. You really don't see that?
You didn't even listen to what he said. You just saw the word "tax" and started spewing dogma, like an auto-comment script. He said that state taxes used to be able to be taken off your federal taxes, due to some stupid law. This incentivized high state taxes and no consequences. Now, with the stupid law eliminated, high tax jurisdictions are going to feel the pain of their own taxes instead of passing them off to others.
Besides, it is a standard feature of leftism that those who have the most should share their wealth with the less fortunate. Regardless of "deserving" status. California should be proud to contribute so much.
Expatriates returning to their homes is what expatriation IS. It's not immigration.
By removing these perverse incentives to hire foreigners, companies and universities and orchestras will be forced to hire Americans instead. Oh my, what a tragedy, I can see why you're all broken up over it. This is entirely consistent with Trump's "Buy American, Hire American" agenda.
This attitude nicely sums up California's view of everywhere else; punching down and speaking truth to the powerless:
As a tech professional, I would rather eat glass than live in a so called "flyover" state. I have in-demand skills and I have zero desire to live in places that are small minded, lack diversity, and lack interesting and rich culture. The tech sector is chock full of diverse immigrants and unique people who have no desire to live in a conformist mono-chromatic culture. Top tech talents don't want to eat breakfast at the Waffle House.
Of course they should have closed the road. But the government put a lot of pressure on them to keep the road open, so as not to disrupt traffic. It sounds dumb to take that much risk, but these government people take their jobs extremely seriously and don't really see outside their little fiefdoms. To them, blocking off a street for construction is some kind of awful event that must be avoided, instead of a necessary inconvenience for a few days.
China is doing a big thing now where they're cracking down on quasi-legal and illegal businesses to get them to register and pay taxes and otherwise get under the control of the Communist Party.
That's a high-trust society being abused by low-trust people. One of the things that makes America great is how strangers trust each other, just because we're all Americans. It is a tremendous source of strength. But, Zuckerberg and his ilk were raised to distrust strangers and think that Americanism is nothing but racism. Thus, it is virtuous to abuse them, as Zuckerberg demonstrates here. Unfortunately, trust is declining and I don't believe it will ever come back.
Human suffering today is the lowest it has ever been in history, since the Dawn of Man. Sounds like someone's been lying to you. But why? Have you given it any critical thought?
I mean, we live in a surveillance state. This kind of thing is routine now.
Imagine that instead of criminal acts, you instead were trying to organize against a clearly corrupt government. These exact same weapons would be used against you.
It's been five years since former US spy chief James Clapper lied to Congress about the NSA's giant surveillance program, and the statute of limitations for his crime is coming to end, guaranteeing him a peaceful retirement.
On March 12, 2013, James Clapper, then director of national intelligence, knowingly lied to the US Select Committee on Intelligence, when he was asked by Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) whether the National Security Agency collected "any type of data at all on millions or hundreds of millions of Americans."
"No sir. Not willingly," Clapper said.
The full extent of Clapper's unabashed dishonesty was revealed to the world just three months later, when NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden leaked troves of documents detailing the agency's vast, warrantless surveillance of American citizens.
In 2009, professional baseball player Miguel Tejada pleaded guilty to lying to Congress after giving false testimony about performance-enhancing drug use in Major League Baseball.
"He admitted to lying to Congress and was unremorseful and flippant about it," Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) told the Washington Examiner. "The integrity of our federal government is at stake because his behavior sets the standard for the entire intelligence community." Massie was referring to Clapper, not the baseball player. Just to be clear.
Here's a translation of what Zuckerberg actually said: "I want to run for President in 2020 so please please don't disqualify me because of this. I can totally play ball, I promise, I can be a good member of the ruling class! I know you don't trust us tech people because we're new and scarily talented and would easily supplant you if you let us, but totally just trust me once and I promise to follow orders after I get into office."
The problem is that unless they pay their workers shit and have endless layoffs, they can't make money. These companies shouldn't exist in the first place. They only exist to pay executive salaries and exploit workers. Look at me, Jesus I sound like a Marxist. But here we are.
How many countries has China invaded? Or bombed? Now how many has America invaded and bombed? We'll keep it simple, in the last decade. How many people did America murder at hospitals? Was it more than one?
Unless he can outbid Hillary, he's not getting any nomination. The Democrats went to court to argue that they're a private club that is under no compulsion to obey the results of a vote. Everyone saw the disaster that happened when the Republicans allowed their Party to be hijacked by an outsider. This will never be allowed to happen again.
Trump isn't a politician. He is an outsider to both national and Washington politics. He doesn't represent the interests of the traditional political establishment and when his two terms are up will go back to civilian life, likely never venturing into politics again. He isn't a life long, career politician or bureaucrat like so many others.
The really difficult part of Trump to accept is that he IS representative. That's what you hate so much, that the voters didn't agree with you. Lots of people conclude that the problem isn't that Americans are hurting, the problem is that they were allowed to vote in the first place. Experience has shown that voting often leads to bad decisions, and this is not a controversial statement.
So the solution to their problems is more foreign meddling and warmongering? Yeah, let's let Monsanto into their countries, that will fix things, and if that doesn't do the trick then let's occupy them with peacekeeping troops with a reputation for raping the local children.
This would never be allowed in America because of the racism issue. A weighted scale would be needed to make accurate measurements. People with historical grievances would get extra points. People with a history of being oppressors would get minus points, no matter of they own a home, give to charity, volunteer, etc. A level playing field would be needed.
Yeah, the idea that they should pay more for talent is bizarre to them. That's why H1Bs are so popular. It puts the employer-employee relationship where it should be - with all the power on the employer's side.
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One side is powerful and wealthy; the other side isn't. It's not an equal situation. Automatically we side with the underdog against the cruelty of power. You really don't see that?
You really don't see the bigoted classism and religious intolerance you're engaging in right now? In public?
I guess not...bigots are always loud and proud. They feel they're on the right side.
Wow. Opera has bigger marketshare than Internet Explorer. I thought I'd never see the day.
You didn't even listen to what he said. You just saw the word "tax" and started spewing dogma, like an auto-comment script. He said that state taxes used to be able to be taken off your federal taxes, due to some stupid law. This incentivized high state taxes and no consequences. Now, with the stupid law eliminated, high tax jurisdictions are going to feel the pain of their own taxes instead of passing them off to others.
Besides, it is a standard feature of leftism that those who have the most should share their wealth with the less fortunate. Regardless of "deserving" status. California should be proud to contribute so much.
...and homophobic slurs are suddenly socially acceptable and modded up to +3!
Expatriates returning to their homes is what expatriation IS. It's not immigration.
By removing these perverse incentives to hire foreigners, companies and universities and orchestras will be forced to hire Americans instead. Oh my, what a tragedy, I can see why you're all broken up over it. This is entirely consistent with Trump's "Buy American, Hire American" agenda.
Of course they should have closed the road. But the government put a lot of pressure on them to keep the road open, so as not to disrupt traffic. It sounds dumb to take that much risk, but these government people take their jobs extremely seriously and don't really see outside their little fiefdoms. To them, blocking off a street for construction is some kind of awful event that must be avoided, instead of a necessary inconvenience for a few days.
All Chinese hotels do this for all guests, and it has been this way for a long time. This is just bringing Airbnb in line with the rest. Sometimes the staff doesn't know how to register foreign guests so someone made a tutorial so you could step behind the counter and do it yourself.
China is doing a big thing now where they're cracking down on quasi-legal and illegal businesses to get them to register and pay taxes and otherwise get under the control of the Communist Party.
That's a high-trust society being abused by low-trust people. One of the things that makes America great is how strangers trust each other, just because we're all Americans. It is a tremendous source of strength. But, Zuckerberg and his ilk were raised to distrust strangers and think that Americanism is nothing but racism. Thus, it is virtuous to abuse them, as Zuckerberg demonstrates here. Unfortunately, trust is declining and I don't believe it will ever come back.
Human suffering today is the lowest it has ever been in history, since the Dawn of Man. Sounds like someone's been lying to you. But why? Have you given it any critical thought?
Honey, if you think the mainstream media is some kind of far-right pro-white echo chamber, you're so far to the left that you'd be more at home in a place like Bolivia, Venezuela, or Cuba. On Morning Joe, Mika Brzezinski says of the media "we decipher Democrats and make them sound great. And we make Republicans sound like complete--the word we won't use." The media's job today is no longer to inform, it is to persuade. The media is more interested in creating stories than reporting them.
I mean, we live in a surveillance state. This kind of thing is routine now.
Imagine that instead of criminal acts, you instead were trying to organize against a clearly corrupt government. These exact same weapons would be used against you.
You cross the road at designated crosswalks. Anywhere else, you can get run over. As happened here.
So you're complaining about things that you imagine other people are saying? Are you getting Alzheimers? You might want to go in for a checkup.
Here's a translation of what Zuckerberg actually said: "I want to run for President in 2020 so please please don't disqualify me because of this. I can totally play ball, I promise, I can be a good member of the ruling class! I know you don't trust us tech people because we're new and scarily talented and would easily supplant you if you let us, but totally just trust me once and I promise to follow orders after I get into office."
The problem is that unless they pay their workers shit and have endless layoffs, they can't make money. These companies shouldn't exist in the first place. They only exist to pay executive salaries and exploit workers. Look at me, Jesus I sound like a Marxist. But here we are.
How many countries has China invaded? Or bombed? Now how many has America invaded and bombed? We'll keep it simple, in the last decade. How many people did America murder at hospitals? Was it more than one?
Unless he can outbid Hillary, he's not getting any nomination. The Democrats went to court to argue that they're a private club that is under no compulsion to obey the results of a vote. Everyone saw the disaster that happened when the Republicans allowed their Party to be hijacked by an outsider. This will never be allowed to happen again.
Trump isn't a politician. He is an outsider to both national and Washington politics. He doesn't represent the interests of the traditional political establishment and when his two terms are up will go back to civilian life, likely never venturing into politics again. He isn't a life long, career politician or bureaucrat like so many others.
The really difficult part of Trump to accept is that he IS representative. That's what you hate so much, that the voters didn't agree with you. Lots of people conclude that the problem isn't that Americans are hurting, the problem is that they were allowed to vote in the first place. Experience has shown that voting often leads to bad decisions, and this is not a controversial statement.
So the solution to their problems is more foreign meddling and warmongering? Yeah, let's let Monsanto into their countries, that will fix things, and if that doesn't do the trick then let's occupy them with peacekeeping troops with a reputation for raping the local children.
Obviously they themselves will be exempted.
This would never be allowed in America because of the racism issue. A weighted scale would be needed to make accurate measurements. People with historical grievances would get extra points. People with a history of being oppressors would get minus points, no matter of they own a home, give to charity, volunteer, etc. A level playing field would be needed.
Bill Clinton colluded with the Chinese to win re-election in 1996. This happened, and nobody went to jail.
Yeah, the idea that they should pay more for talent is bizarre to them. That's why H1Bs are so popular. It puts the employer-employee relationship where it should be - with all the power on the employer's side.