But you've forgotten one important thought in the heads of most of us U.S. citizens. It goes something like this...
I own my house. It's MINE. I DON'T HAVE TO SELL IT TO ANYONE FOR ANY PRICE. Even if that's inconvenient for those who would like to have it. Even if they have a lot of money. If you'd like my property, and I don't feel like selling, TOO FUCKING BAD.
What you're proposing says I have to pay taxes equivalent to whatever the highest bidder would pay, or I lost my home. So if I just want to stay in my house and not be bothered, I have to put a ridiculous price on my house just to prevent it from being sold to the highest bidder AND I have to pay the taxes for that valuation.
I work for a company building a robotic lawnmower for commercial use. I'm in charge of software development. We have a few working proof-of-concept prototypes and are currently taking our design to production. I am in need of a skilled, dedicated embedded software engineer.
If you live in the southeast Michigan area, are interested, and possess several of the skills below, please contact me.
* fluent in C/C++ * embedded programming skills * relational database experience * controls theory, including optimal control, adaptive control, and state estimation * CAN networking * brushless motor control * navigation and path planning
Don't forget about public television and radio stations (PBS, NPR). They're ad-free every day.
I feel their coverage is generally of higher calibre because their funds come from donations of people like me, not advertisers.
(ok once in a while you have to listen to a "funded in part by Company X", but not too often.)
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But you've forgotten one important thought in the heads of most of us U.S. citizens. It goes something like this... I own my house. It's MINE. I DON'T HAVE TO SELL IT TO ANYONE FOR ANY PRICE. Even if that's inconvenient for those who would like to have it. Even if they have a lot of money. If you'd like my property, and I don't feel like selling, TOO FUCKING BAD. What you're proposing says I have to pay taxes equivalent to whatever the highest bidder would pay, or I lost my home. So if I just want to stay in my house and not be bothered, I have to put a ridiculous price on my house just to prevent it from being sold to the highest bidder AND I have to pay the taxes for that valuation.
I work for a company building a robotic lawnmower for commercial use. I'm in charge of software development. We have a few working proof-of-concept prototypes and are currently taking our design to production. I am in need of a skilled, dedicated embedded software engineer.
If you live in the southeast Michigan area, are interested, and possess several of the skills below, please contact me.
* fluent in C/C++
* embedded programming skills
* relational database experience
* controls theory, including optimal control, adaptive control, and state estimation
* CAN networking
* brushless motor control
* navigation and path planning
Regards
Bill
Don't forget about public television and radio stations (PBS, NPR). They're ad-free every day. I feel their coverage is generally of higher calibre because their funds come from donations of people like me, not advertisers. (ok once in a while you have to listen to a "funded in part by Company X", but not too often.)