Legitimately walk into the store with the items and a receipt, intending to return them, they say you can't, so you walk out of the store with the same items.
As far as the yellow marker guy is concerned, it would look the same as if you walked in, snatched some stuff of the shelves that you had a marked receipt for, and simply walked out. That's why many stores have a different entrance for returns which is right next to the front of the store. So you can't just walk in and pluck something off the shelf and return it.
Unless the employee detaining the person actually witnessed the person committing a crime, they have no right to imprison or hold anyone.
"Suspicion" is not enough, and can always be claimed after the fact, to justify a false arrest, which still does not mean that it wasn't illegal and a serious crime to hold or detain a citizen. Aren't they always suspected until they are found guilty in court? You could be right on the first point about having to witness the actual theft. Does that mean I can ignore the door alarm when they forget to deactivate the theft tag?
So.. they're not reading the receipts, then. If they were, they'd notice the date, and wouldn't need the yellow stripe. And what about rejected returns? I don't think the door monkeys read the receipt even though they are probably supposed to. But you could have 5 different people walk out with multiple $300 hard drives in about an hour. Sell on e-bay and you're good.
They detained a suspected shoplifter. It doesn't matter why they detained him. The receipt thing is irrelevant because they can make up any damned reason they like such as they thought they saw him put something in his bag, etc. I'm not saying they are right, just that they are not in any legal trouble.
The cop on the other hand is kind of dumb and that will probably cost the department. How many stories do we need about people getting falsely arrested for not showing ID before it sinks in that this is not a requirement?
And some of them use that ubiquitous yellow highlighter to make a little mark on it -- how THAT accomplishes anything, I don't know. It prevents you from walking out, dropping off the merchandise you purchased, walking back in and picking up another of the same product and leaving with the old receipt. Repeat ad nauseum for instant profit. Probably have to have some accomplices after the third of fourth time!
The other thing that big L libertarians don't understand is that you are going to have a government. It just may not be a government you elect. If the government you elect isn't strong enough to hold its own against large private interests, the private interests will take over and engage in rent seeking behaviour. You will still pay taxes of some kind, but you may not receive any services for them, and you won't be able to fire the bastards. And the police will work for them. This is one thing that Libertarians understand completely! The size of the government doesn't make it any harder for the private interests to take over. It just makes it far worse when they do. Exhibit A: Haliburton.
I hate paper manuals. They take up space and get lost and out of date. Not to mention the wasted resources to print a manual for everyone whether they want it or not. Our landfills are full enough as is thangyouveddymuch. Give me an online manual anyday.
I admit that on rare occasions I want something in hand. I have a nifty device called a printer that, well, prints it for me. I can even tell it to print even/odd pages and swap sides.
It doesn't work that way with non-cash transactions. He lists the bluebook value of the car on his income tax (remember, this is Federal income tax -- same everywhere) or he is underreporting income.
This isn't like the registration on a used car where you can get away with fudging the numbers.
No, he bought the car for the price of the iPhone. You pay taxes on the price you pay. ~7-8% of iPhone price. Wherever in the FSM's name did you get this idea?
Do people under 18 pat taxes? Yes.
Even so, it's not that bad. The first 20K applies as a 'Gift' so no taxes there. How is him trading an iPhone he modified for a car and 8 more iPhones a gift? Believe me, it will not be listed as such on the business owner's return.
He's going to need to take that job just to earn enough by the end of the year to pay the taxes.
You are a bandwidth sink... you're not part of a route to anywhere (for good reason). Any files sent to or "through" your house have to travel down your internet connection and then go right out the same line. Exactly. If the provider sends the data to two recipients they pay to send it twice. If they send it to you and then you send it out to the second person, they pay to send it once.
Slightly OT: It always seemed ridiculous to me how people hoard metals underground waiting for global currency collapse, as if the they expect the demand for jewelry to go up a thousand-fold the day after world-wide economic apocalypse I don't horde gold directly. I hold it in a fund which does it for me. I also think it isn't going to do a bit of good in a world-wife economic pocky-clypse. It is a part of a well-balanced portfolio.
However, given the behavior of the dollar recently (recently including both the last few months and much of the previous century...) this is insurance against the dollars in my wallet and bank account losing their value.
Unfortunately I was there to buy a washer and dryer... If you can't get excited about buying a matching washer/dryer set then you've just lost your taste for life.
Could it be that throwing tax dollars at moral problems when not everyone agrees on whether or not said act is immoral is not the best idea? Only when it's someone else's morals. When it's my morals... well, then it's just common sense to spend every last dime on them.
Probably not as there are many conspiring men who have their hearts set on addicting as many as they can but you can teach your kid never to go looking for it and what to do if he accidentally finds it. And if you can't teach your child not to go looking for it, at least teach them to be smart enough to never have to pay for it. I mean, sheesh, this is 2007 people.
I wonder how many million miles per gallon of propellant these machines have gotten? Damn impressive engineering. Meh. I'm sure even Detroit could get great fuel economy is there was zero friction after you reached cruising speed.
I mean, last time I played I had a fighter and my buddy had a mage and we were killing kobolds and goblins. Our Dungeon Master's Guide had a big poorly drawn demon on it with a hot chick in his hand.
"Blogger and Dragon magazine writer Jonathan Drain is tracking the latest developments on the new D&D edition. Highlights include: Thirty levels instead of twenty, no more XP costs for magic items creation, flexible talent trees replacing feats and prestige classes, a new racial bonuses system that obsoletes ECL, and an end to rubbish skills like Forgery and Use Rope. A quote from the blog: 'Unlike 3.5, all the changes this time around sound like they're definitely for the better... If nothing else, at least they have the opportunity to get rid of Mialee.'
Unfortunately I don't know whether to feel old or cool.
In fact, it seems that the reverse is true. As we've become more hygenic, the immune system, strong as ever, goes looking for soft targets to beat up. It becomes hypersensitive, creating conditions like allergies and athsma. Jeez. Sounds like our government.
Wouldn't heating oxygen and nitrogen in air with lasers to the point of making glowing plasma also create ozone and nitric oxides? This sounds like it would be the same as having dozens of electric arcs going off in mid air. Boy that almost sounds as bad as generating ions just for dubious air purification purposes. Or using nitrogen oxide as a aerosol propellant or packing gas.
Really, crying wolf every time someone invents something hurts the cause of environmentalism.
(1) You do not need to file your expenses. You do it to lower your income tax. I see, so paying for the privilege of keeping my personal financial transactions private is better than having my license plate recorded in a public area. Interesting.
Also, are you asserting that I could prevent my bank from filing a 1098? Or that I don't have to pay withholding taxes for any employees? Or our part-time babysitter?
(2) Regarding "every penny of income" earned, you may also want to take your bank account manager into consideration, or any other person having access to that very database holding your account data. If I dislike my bank manager I can switch banks with 1 visit and a few web forms. I can't recall ever having a government I liked.
...and just because the IRS is already anal-probing you, this shouldn't be the grounds for enabling general full body-cavity searches. And no, people using rebate coupons, customer cards, etc. should neither play a role, because people still do this *voluntary* and may stop using them whenever they want. I'm not trying to justify it. I think the car thing stinks too. But let's start with a Federal law we are all already subject to rather than a city law in a single burrough when we raise the hue and cry.
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But most theft is employees anyway.
Not sure what you mean about rejected returns.
They detained a suspected shoplifter. It doesn't matter why they detained him. The receipt thing is irrelevant because they can make up any damned reason they like such as they thought they saw him put something in his bag, etc. I'm not saying they are right, just that they are not in any legal trouble.
The cop on the other hand is kind of dumb and that will probably cost the department. How many stories do we need about people getting falsely arrested for not showing ID before it sinks in that this is not a requirement?
That was all kinds of awesome. Welcome to my list of favorite people.
I hate paper manuals. They take up space and get lost and out of date. Not to mention the wasted resources to print a manual for everyone whether they want it or not. Our landfills are full enough as is thangyouveddymuch. Give me an online manual anyday.
I admit that on rare occasions I want something in hand. I have a nifty device called a printer that, well, prints it for me. I can even tell it to print even/odd pages and swap sides.
It doesn't work that way with non-cash transactions. He lists the bluebook value of the car on his income tax (remember, this is Federal income tax -- same everywhere) or he is underreporting income.
This isn't like the registration on a used car where you can get away with fudging the numbers.
He's going to need to take that job just to earn enough by the end of the year to pay the taxes.
The poor kid is absolutely boned come tax time.
However, given the behavior of the dollar recently (recently including both the last few months and much of the previous century...) this is insurance against the dollars in my wallet and bank account losing their value.
Ummmm, holy shit?
I mean, last time I played I had a fighter and my buddy had a mage and we were killing kobolds and goblins. Our Dungeon Master's Guide had a big poorly drawn demon on it with a hot chick in his hand.
Wow.
"Blogger and Dragon magazine writer Jonathan Drain is tracking the latest developments on the new D&D edition. Highlights include: Thirty levels instead of twenty, no more XP costs for magic items creation, flexible talent trees replacing feats and prestige classes, a new racial bonuses system that obsoletes ECL, and an end to rubbish skills like Forgery and Use Rope. A quote from the blog: 'Unlike 3.5, all the changes this time around sound like they're definitely for the better... If nothing else, at least they have the opportunity to get rid of Mialee.'
Unfortunately I don't know whether to feel old or cool.
Really, crying wolf every time someone invents something hurts the cause of environmentalism.
Also, are you asserting that I could prevent my bank from filing a 1098? Or that I don't have to pay withholding taxes for any employees? Or our part-time babysitter?
(2) Regarding "every penny of income" earned, you may also want to take your bank account manager into consideration, or any other person having access to that very database holding your account data. If I dislike my bank manager I can switch banks with 1 visit and a few web forms. I can't recall ever having a government I liked.
...and just because the IRS is already anal-probing you, this shouldn't be the grounds for enabling general full body-cavity searches. And no, people using rebate coupons, customer cards, etc. should neither play a role, because people still do this *voluntary* and may stop using them whenever they want. I'm not trying to justify it. I think the car thing stinks too. But let's start with a Federal law we are all already subject to rather than a city law in a single burrough when we raise the hue and cry.I don't understand how people can worry about stuff like this and then defend the income tax to their dying breath.
I really don't care which side you pick as long as you're consistent.