Insulation keeps heat out in the summer time just as well as it keeps heat in during the winter. I live in the US within walking distance of the Canadian border, between the Great Lakes.. We get both extremes.
The NASDAQ topped 4000. The Dow Jones topped 16,000. The trickle-down should begin at any time now. Corporate America is awash in cash. Everyone can have a good job! All those poor starving corporations can now afford decent group policies, rendering the hated Obamacare moot. If this doesn't happen it will be because corporate taxes are too high, and they don't have enough say in government relative to their taxation! They will be struggling if they have to pay taxes!
Once I was walking on the shore and found a brass tag stamped "US War Dept OSS office of Chemical Warfare" washed up on the beach... Guess what the DoD must have sunken out there during WW2?
If you care to read the LDS church's "Articles of Faith" the very first one states that "We believe in God the Eternal Father, His Son Jesus Christ, and in the Holy Ghost".
So no, your argument regarding Mormons is incorrect. BTW most of them consider themselves to be protestant christians.
In the US anyway (I'm in the US) the cost of healthcare is high because its done for profit - exactly the opposite of the European and UK situation. Its all about the money, and not about healthcare at all. Witness the preceeding discussion regarding negotiated rates. The reason Medicaid is so much cheaper than private/employer coverage is that the US Government does not allow the negotiatyed rates to go much over what it actually costs to perform a procedure. In other words its "medical treatment at cost", not "Medical treatment plus however much we think we can gouge them for". Notice the doctors (and their medical schools) get paid either way.
This is also the reason why "Obamacare" is going to be such a disaster in the States. It codifies the worst of the excesses into law.
I noticed that *all* of your links are from the Heritage foundation. If they had been from the CBO or the OMB then I might have considered your argument credible.
Actually, the House has passed a number of budgets. All have been shot down by the Senate or have not been brought to a vote. Even if they had been accepted by the Senate they would be vetoed by Obama.
Then the House needs to draft something halfway sane, that has a chance of being considered.
Tea party *certainly* doesn't speak for me. I voted for Reagan BTW. He harmonized the capital gains tax rate with normal income. *That* would go a long ways toward actually paying the bills.
Yeah, but how is this any different than what Bush did regarding funding those middle-eastern adventures? And yet I don't recall hearing a peep from the republicans about that.
"You have a promise from the insurance company that, if you're a safe driver, your rates will go down."
I hope you don't actually believe this. They said the same thing when airbags were invented. They said the same thing when daytime driving lights became mandatory, and the seat belt laws too. You would think my rates would be almost zero by now. Nope.
the entire thing is archived in the library of congress. No, seriously. It was some award/recognition for the site. Thios move will hopefully also be archived so historians know where to look
I did not assume any difference between the two parties. The OP did, and that is what I am trying to point out to him/her. Also that the Libertarians, the Tea Party, or flavor du jour isn't any different or better than anyone else.
If a man doesn't want a child, he can keep his pants up. Works every time. Unfortunately very few guys actually have any self control. Even worse, they are allowed to vote and/or hold office.
Hate to break it to you, but all parties have pulled that kind of crap. FWIW, I do in fact remember Nixon and Watergate, just as one example. Your partisanship is showing....
Judge Kimball already ruled on the GPL way back in 2006 or so. Back during the initial discovery phase. The GPL was upheld as being a perfectly legitimate copyright license, and the judge could find nothing wrong with it.
The distinction is simple: one is semi-automatic, meaning that you have to pull the trigger each time to fire. The gun loads itself automatically each time. The other is *fully* automatic, it will keep firing as long as you hold the trigger. This is a "machine gun", which very few people actually own.
I really dunno why we haven't had another revolution yet. It's frankly embarassing. I first became aware of these kind of things in the late 1980's when I was in Uni, and I've been wondering ever since, just when its all gonna blow apart. People know these things go on, and yet they keep voting for the same clowns. *Frustration*
Yah, I'm still waiting for the trickle-down to happen, the same one they've been yammering on about since Reagan. I voted for him, BTW.
Want to solve all this crap? Do away with corporate tax, but then harmonize capital gains and carried interest with regular income. So that they are all taxed the same. The reason why this would solve the issue is simple.
These laws were lobbied for by corporate america, and the C-level executives tend to take their compensation in the form of stock, and in un-taxable forms. Such as borrowing against the value of their stock options - a loan isn't taxable. When they actually do cash out some stock, it gets taxed at the lower rate. Basically we need to re-implement Reagan's 1986 tax reform act. We also need to put the STFU on Congress - they increased spending by 250% during Reagan's first term when they saw the revenue flowing in.
And how much would you like to bet that aple is just one of many companies that paid congress top put those loopholes there in the first place, via campaign "contributions" and general lobbying?
The Lanham act has to do with whether or not corporate officers should be held personally liable for their choices. I think they should, since they seem to want the corporation to have all the rights of a natural person. Therefore they should have all the responsibilities too. Instead of hiding behind the corporate veil.
Nobody said anything about curtailing speech, unless you truly believe that money equals speech.
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Insulation keeps heat out in the summer time just as well as it keeps heat in during the winter. I live in the US within walking distance of the Canadian border, between the Great Lakes.. We get both extremes.
The NASDAQ topped 4000. The Dow Jones topped 16,000. The trickle-down should begin at any time now. Corporate America is awash in cash. Everyone can have a good job! All those poor starving corporations can now afford decent group policies, rendering the hated Obamacare moot. If this doesn't happen it will be because corporate taxes are too high, and they don't have enough say in government relative to their taxation! They will be struggling if they have to pay taxes!
Wouldn't it be nice if there actually was equal opportunity in America?
Once I was walking on the shore and found a brass tag stamped "US War Dept OSS office of Chemical Warfare" washed up on the beach... Guess what the DoD must have sunken out there during WW2?
If you care to read the LDS church's "Articles of Faith" the very first one states that "We believe in God the Eternal Father, His Son Jesus Christ, and in the Holy Ghost".
So no, your argument regarding Mormons is incorrect. BTW most of them consider themselves to be protestant christians.
In the US anyway (I'm in the US) the cost of healthcare is high because its done for profit - exactly the opposite of the European and UK situation. Its all about the money, and not about healthcare at all. Witness the preceeding discussion regarding negotiated rates. The reason Medicaid is so much cheaper than private/employer coverage is that the US Government does not allow the negotiatyed rates to go much over what it actually costs to perform a procedure. In other words its "medical treatment at cost", not "Medical treatment plus however much we think we can gouge them for". Notice the doctors (and their medical schools) get paid either way.
This is also the reason why "Obamacare" is going to be such a disaster in the States. It codifies the worst of the excesses into law.
I noticed that *all* of your links are from the Heritage foundation. If they had been from the CBO or the OMB then I might have considered your argument credible.
Then the House needs to draft something halfway sane, that has a chance of being considered.
News to me. that particular site is a subdomain of the NOAA, seems to be working fine....
Tea party *certainly* doesn't speak for me. I voted for Reagan BTW. He harmonized the capital gains tax rate with normal income. *That* would go a long ways toward actually paying the bills.
Yeah, but how is this any different than what Bush did regarding funding those middle-eastern adventures? And yet I don't recall hearing a peep from the republicans about that.
"You have a promise from the insurance company that, if you're a safe driver, your rates will go down."
I hope you don't actually believe this. They said the same thing when airbags were invented. They said the same thing when daytime driving lights became mandatory, and the seat belt laws too. You would think my rates would be almost zero by now. Nope.
Hey idiot, its called the Tenth Amendment. And nope, I'm not a tea partier, just a bitter ex-republican who actually was awake during high school civics class in 1980. Here's your link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
the entire thing is archived in the library of congress. No, seriously. It was some award/recognition for the site. Thios move will hopefully also be archived so historians know where to look
They don't even have to be smarter - all they have to be is more "lizard" like.
I did not assume any difference between the two parties. The OP did, and that is what I am trying to point out to him/her. Also that the Libertarians, the Tea Party, or flavor du jour isn't any different or better than anyone else.
If a man doesn't want a child, he can keep his pants up. Works every time. Unfortunately very few guys actually have any self control. Even worse, they are allowed to vote and/or hold office.
Hate to break it to you, but all parties have pulled that kind of crap. FWIW, I do in fact remember Nixon and Watergate, just as one example.
Your partisanship is showing....
Judge Kimball already ruled on the GPL way back in 2006 or so. Back during the initial discovery phase. The GPL was upheld as being a perfectly legitimate copyright license, and the judge could find nothing wrong with it.
What is Chris Dodd' sinvolvement in this? Since he left Congress and works for the MPAA now, you can bet he's in it somewhere...
The distinction is simple: one is semi-automatic, meaning that you have to pull the trigger each time to fire. The gun loads itself automatically each time. The other is *fully* automatic, it will keep firing as long as you hold the trigger. This is a "machine gun", which very few people actually own.
I really dunno why we haven't had another revolution yet. It's frankly embarassing. I first became aware of these kind of things in the late 1980's when I was in Uni, and I've been wondering ever since, just when its all gonna blow apart. People know these things go on, and yet they keep voting for the same clowns. *Frustration*
Want to solve all this crap? Do away with corporate tax, but then harmonize capital gains and carried interest with regular income. So that they are all taxed the same. The reason why this would solve the issue is simple.
These laws were lobbied for by corporate america, and the C-level executives tend to take their compensation in the form of stock, and in un-taxable forms. Such as borrowing against the value of their stock options - a loan isn't taxable. When they actually do cash out some stock, it gets taxed at the lower rate. Basically we need to re-implement Reagan's 1986 tax reform act. We also need to put the STFU on Congress - they increased spending by 250% during Reagan's first term when they saw the revenue flowing in.
And how much would you like to bet that aple is just one of many companies that paid congress top put those loopholes there in the first place, via campaign "contributions" and general lobbying?
The Lanham act has to do with whether or not corporate officers should be held personally liable for their choices. I think they should, since they seem to want the corporation to have all the rights of a natural person. Therefore they should have all the responsibilities too. Instead of hiding behind the corporate veil.
Nobody said anything about curtailing speech, unless you truly believe that money equals speech.