Breaking up monopolies is orthogonal to the constitution's use of the term "general welfare". The rationale behind anti-trust is that monopolies practice restraint of trade.
It's a limit on the taxing and spending power. The constitution requires that all spending be for the general welfare, not for the specific benefit of any class, region, etc.
It's not the religion that's the problem, it's the crime. If the scientologits just got fleeced and only hurt themselves, that's their own business. It's the child abuse, murder, slander, and so on that makes them an issue.
If you actually believe that the government has collected LESS over the last 13 years, then you are on crack. If we passed the 2000 budget today, government would be running at a comfortable surplus.
Here's a little tip for you, sparky: tossing off terms like "tea bagger" and invoking the anathema name of "fox news" doesn't in any way invalidate what someone is saying.
The real problem is that pinheads like you want to keep pretending that the USA has a revenue problem instead of a spending problem. It's still possible to prevent the USA from having a Soviet-style collapse, but to do that we'd have to immediately cut government spending to less than it collects in tax revenues.
If we actually had a department of justice, the entire NSA would already be behind bars and awaiting trial. What Holder is running is an obedience enforcement persecution agency.
If Micro-USB were any good, Apple would have used it. Apple chose USB for the iMac back in 1988 because it was better than ADB. In fact, it was that decision that really put USB on the map. It wasn't getting much traction in the Wintel world before that.
Engineering time is precious, and Apple doesn't just invent new connectors for shits and giggles. Where there's an existing standard that does what they need, they use it.
Since you allegedly graduated from an American law school, you should recognize the following text:
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
What the NSA is doing is not merely a crime, it is a usurpation of powers explicitly prohibited to the government in the document that is the ENTIRE legal basis for the government's existence. If you expect the American people to put up with it, then with all due respect, fuck you with a red-hot poker, you power-grubbing geriatric cunt.
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Slash and burn is more about clearing forest for cropland.
-jcr
Since when has charcoal been something to bury instead of burn? Plants get carbon out of the air, they don't need to absorb it through their roots.
-jcr
Breaking up monopolies is orthogonal to the constitution's use of the term "general welfare". The rationale behind anti-trust is that monopolies practice restraint of trade.
-jcr
What does promoting general welfare mean?
It's a limit on the taxing and spending power. The constitution requires that all spending be for the general welfare, not for the specific benefit of any class, region, etc.
-jcr
It's not the religion that's the problem, it's the crime. If the scientologits just got fleeced and only hurt themselves, that's their own business. It's the child abuse, murder, slander, and so on that makes them an issue.
-jcr
No, scientology's mode of murder is to tie someone to a bed until they die of starvation and dehydration. Google for "Lisa MacPherson".
-jcr
Not all bureaucrats are managers. Did they count the minions?
-jcr
In the British NHS, bureaucrats outnumber doctors and nurses by a hefty margin.
-jcr
The failure of the court to enforce the fourth amendment doesn't change what it says. The PATRIOT act is unconstitutional.
-jcr
They didn't make it legal. An unconstitutional act of congress isn't a law, it's a usurpation.
-jcr
He's committed billions of counts of illegal wiretapping. He should never be eligible for parole.
-jcr
Government spending reduces when then the economy is booming.
Not in the USA, it doesn't.
-jcr
I saw my GP for about an hour today. I didn't have to pay a thing.
You did pay for it, and you were forcibly prevented from opting out of paying for it.
The biggest problem you're facing down the road is when some bureaucrat decides that keeping you alive is not cost-effective
-jcr
Inflation is not default.
Yes it is. It's a sleazy, underhanded means to default on a debt.
-jcr
Massive government cuts are what drag economies down.
Right, because parasites are good for your health. Did Krugman tell you that?
-jcr
If you actually believe that the government has collected LESS over the last 13 years, then you are on crack. If we passed the 2000 budget today, government would be running at a comfortable surplus.
-jcr
You don't have to lose everything you own. Buy gold.
-jcr
the US will fulfill its obligations to allies and creditors who've played the game in good faith.
Nope, not even close. The USA will default on those debts by inflation.
-jcr
$16.7 trillion is not a partisan issue.
Bingo. The greatest enemy of the Ruling Party is math.
-jcr
Here's a little tip for you, sparky: tossing off terms like "tea bagger" and invoking the anathema name of "fox news" doesn't in any way invalidate what someone is saying.
The real problem is that pinheads like you want to keep pretending that the USA has a revenue problem instead of a spending problem. It's still possible to prevent the USA from having a Soviet-style collapse, but to do that we'd have to immediately cut government spending to less than it collects in tax revenues.
-jcr
If we actually had a department of justice, the entire NSA would already be behind bars and awaiting trial. What Holder is running is an obedience enforcement persecution agency.
-jcr
Bring it on, tough guy.
-jcr
If Micro-USB were any good, Apple would have used it. Apple chose USB for the iMac back in 1988 because it was better than ADB. In fact, it was that decision that really put USB on the map. It wasn't getting much traction in the Wintel world before that.
Engineering time is precious, and Apple doesn't just invent new connectors for shits and giggles. Where there's an existing standard that does what they need, they use it.
-jcr
Apple makes it very difficult for third party manufacturers,
No, they don't. They're very helpful to third party manufacturers who want to build compatible products, including cables.
-jcr
Since you allegedly graduated from an American law school, you should recognize the following text:
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
What the NSA is doing is not merely a crime, it is a usurpation of powers explicitly prohibited to the government in the document that is the ENTIRE legal basis for the government's existence. If you expect the American people to put up with it, then with all due respect, fuck you with a red-hot poker, you power-grubbing geriatric cunt.
-jcr