You don't have to be a financial expert to know that just ain't right.
A corporation has a duty to its shareholders to increase their equity. If they can save money by relocating, it's entirely appropriate for them to do so.
You might want to ask why the USA has such high corporate tax rates.
That's basically eliminating most taxes for the wealthy
The wealthy buy their tax exemptions from the congress, so forget the class warfare rhetoric. The effect of eliminating taxes on capital gains or dividends would be to 1) encourage the middle class to invest, and 2) make it possible for anyone to start developing a stream of property income by buying shares in companies that pay dividends.
Ok, this is a technical problem begging for a technical solution. What's it take to detect cameras and hit them with a laser? A watt or so should do to fry the image sensor.
One thing I'm really enjoying about Palin's candidacy is the way it exposes the virulent misogyny of the left. Last time it was this obvious was when Maggie Thatcher was pulling Britain back from the brink of financial collapse.
I'm as liberal as they come but I do like the idea of owning a gun.
Like Carl Rowan, Rosie O'Donnel, and Dianne Feinstein?
The hollywood and DC line on gun control tends to be that they want to disarm everyone but themselves (or their goons, if guns are too icky to carry themselves.)
Yes, Steve Jobs claims he personally invented everything at Apple,
Thanks for that example of the rhetorical device know as the "baldfaced lie". This one is easily disproven by searching for all patents for which Apple is the assignee, and all patents on which Steve Jobs is listed as an inventor, and comparing the numbers.
I was intrigued by Obama, but I read his foreign policy statement
I gave up on him back when he first floated the idea of attacking Pakistan. The man is the Deepak Chopra of politics. You really feel good when you listen to him, but once he stops, you have to ask "wait, what?"
There is one thing I'll say in his favor, though. He did a great service for the cause of gender equality by defeating Hillary. If she'd gotten the nomination, it could easily be half a century or more before another woman got a major party nomination for president.
It's the standard pseudointellectual put-down, usually trotted out by those who are arguing for an untenable position. I've gotten it from religious nuts, from pinkos, from fascists, from racists, and many other people who were emotionally attached to their argument.
Gee, you sound just like the religious types who yell at me for not indulging their fantasies. Does insulting me make you feel any better about yourself, you worthless coward?
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You don't have to be a financial expert to know that just ain't right.
A corporation has a duty to its shareholders to increase their equity. If they can save money by relocating, it's entirely appropriate for them to do so.
You might want to ask why the USA has such high corporate tax rates.
-jcr
How are judges hired in NJ? Is this guy answerable to the voters?
-jcr
Seems that I've heard of a few others, like bushes, grass, algae..
Of course, if we manage to sharply reduce the amount of CO2 in the air, we'll get a lot less plant growth.
-jcr
it's probably because your only education in economics comes from the Ludwig von Mises Institute
Try again, pinkbot. Adam Smith and Frederic Bastiat wrote their books long before the LvMI was founded.
and reality offends.
maybe it offends you, but it confirms my positions.
it's really pretentious and boring.
There's nothing more pretentious or boring than a half-assed ad hominem from an AC.
-jcr
This is why the countermeasure devices should be stuck on the back of police cars while they're parked at the doughnut shop.
-jcr
1. People with college degrees get paid more than people without them. No one disagrees with that.
Depends on the degree. I've known an awful lot of english and art majors who were doing temp work a decade after they graduated.
-jcr
-if you're willing to do manual work the pay for carpenters, plumbers, or anyone involved in building trades can be US$40 per hour or more!
Unless we're in a real estate bust, as we are currently.
-jcr
That's basically eliminating most taxes for the wealthy
The wealthy buy their tax exemptions from the congress, so forget the class warfare rhetoric. The effect of eliminating taxes on capital gains or dividends would be to 1) encourage the middle class to invest, and 2) make it possible for anyone to start developing a stream of property income by buying shares in companies that pay dividends.
-jcr
Ok, this is a technical problem begging for a technical solution. What's it take to detect cameras and hit them with a laser? A watt or so should do to fry the image sensor.
-jcr
IIRC, Apple pays $5K to anyone listed on a patent. They also get a plaque when the patent issues.
-jcr
stupid ideas can travel like wildfire.
So can refutations of said stupid ideas.
-jcr
The Irish Rovers song doesn't count
That was a Shel Silverstein song, BTW.
-jcr
Stick a fork in them, they're done.
-jcr
How did the English, who once ruled a vast empire, become such sissified little bitches?
All the tough ones left England to build that empire, and they stayed in their former colonies when the empire collapsed.
-jcr
this crazy bitch
One thing I'm really enjoying about Palin's candidacy is the way it exposes the virulent misogyny of the left. Last time it was this obvious was when Maggie Thatcher was pulling Britain back from the brink of financial collapse.
-jcr
I'm as liberal as they come but I do like the idea of owning a gun.
Like Carl Rowan, Rosie O'Donnel, and Dianne Feinstein?
The hollywood and DC line on gun control tends to be that they want to disarm everyone but themselves (or their goons, if guns are too icky to carry themselves.)
-jcr
Apple paid to be able to use the stuff they saw at Xerox Parc. Paid with stock.
Not to mention, taking a look at a Xerox star and an Apple Lisa side-by-side will show just much Apple added to the mix.
-jcr
Yes, Steve Jobs claims he personally invented everything at Apple,
Thanks for that example of the rhetorical device know as the "baldfaced lie". This one is easily disproven by searching for all patents for which Apple is the assignee, and all patents on which Steve Jobs is listed as an inventor, and comparing the numbers.
-jcr
Obama is a socialist.
They're both socialists. Fascism is just another franchise of socialism.
-jcr
Wow, that's got to be the most incompetent smear attempt I've ever read. I'm John C. Randolph, not Jimmy C Reyes.
-jcr
Does the phrase "fourth amendment" mean anything to you, sunshine?
Invasion of privacy is bad, m'kay? Whether it's the government or a vigilante doing it, it's still wrong.
-jcr
I was intrigued by Obama, but I read his foreign policy statement
I gave up on him back when he first floated the idea of attacking Pakistan. The man is the Deepak Chopra of politics. You really feel good when you listen to him, but once he stops, you have to ask "wait, what?"
There is one thing I'll say in his favor, though. He did a great service for the cause of gender equality by defeating Hillary. If she'd gotten the nomination, it could easily be half a century or more before another woman got a major party nomination for president.
-jcr
you are a condescending shit
It's the standard pseudointellectual put-down, usually trotted out by those who are arguing for an untenable position. I've gotten it from religious nuts, from pinkos, from fascists, from racists, and many other people who were emotionally attached to their argument.
-jcr
Having someone who knows how to play politics, can talk to the right people on your behalf, and understand the balance of favors is a good thing.
Don't mix up "good" and "useful". Biden is a parasite.
Obama wants change in the way the government works,
Heard it before, and he's demonstrated that he doesn't mean it any more than any other politician.
-jcr
Gee, you sound just like the religious types who yell at me for not indulging their fantasies. Does insulting me make you feel any better about yourself, you worthless coward?
-jcr