Here I thought this was going to be about the safety of the data, i.e. security of wireless encryption (or utter lack thereof). I guess I gave this teacher's union too much credit.
It's not enough for progressives to call a smaller increase from year to year a "cut". Now, they're calling increases that fall short of inflation a "cut". I'm sure you were calling for the budget to be cut in 2010 after we had less than 1% inflation in 2009, right?
Not all all, because this is fiat currency with no inherent value. It is worn out or soiled, and thus its value was removed and it was destroyed. At least the paper is now valuable as fuel.
I'm dismayed at the legs this "Somali Capitalism" meme has on Slashdot, a site where you'd expect most of the posters have heard of "straw men". Somalia is by no means experiencing any kind of credibly free market (which cannot exist unless a government is at least able to maintain peace), yet when anyone tries to cite the horrors of the Soviet Union or China as an example of socialism gone amuck the "no true Scotsman" fallacy is trotted out.
If Warren Buffett was truly selfless, he would just create a foundation as other stupidly wealthy people like John Huntsman have done, and set it up so that his foundation is the heir to his fortune. He wouldn't be "bitching" about how low his taxes were, because the wealthy wouldn't be wealthy without realizing how wasteful and downright evil government is. He has motives other than philanthropy, and frankly as troll-laden as Slashdot is I still believe the intelligence here is above the mean and we really should know better than to take anything some rich guy says for granted. Buffett is saying what you want to hear, so you believe him. What makes him more trustworthy than Bill Gates, or Donald Trump? You should be wary of all these guys.
Did we forget all the wingnut stuff Obama has said over the last 10 years? He was a member of a racist church, criticized the civil rights movement for not being socialist enough, was associated with 1960s terrorists and radicals, and proposed a cap-and-trade plan for carbon dioxide emissions that would cause energy prices to "necessarily skyrocket".
President Obama's latest budget proposal contains a $1 trillion deficit. We all know that we are too far in debt. That kind of stubborn incompetence is a far greater threat to freedom than whatever bigoted politics you're ascribed to Santorum.
The problem is seeing this as a corporate problem instead of a government problem. Remove the corruption from the government and there is no one to give favors to the corporations.
Your country (assuming you're American) was founded by people who were either atheists or had very non-standard (for the time, and even by today's standard) religious views. Certainly not "Religious people" of the kind you imply.
Enlightenment ideas require only the belief in a Creator, not organized religion. And very few of the founders were atheists. If we include him because of his influence, then Thomas Paine, although public opinion seemed to cause him to waffle.
Federal taxes are lower than they've been in my entire life
You must be young then, because the two rates after Reagan were 28% and 15%...
an I'll be sixty in a couple of months
... er, OK.
There is no rational reason whatever for capital gains to be taxed lower than any other income.
... that you'll accept. Keeping the capital gains tax rate a little lower than income tax spurs investment. The economy doesn't grow from workers making stuff, it comes from people having ideas that investors invest in so that factories and shops can be built where workers make stuff.
Ironic; no, hypocritical, that most of the Tea Party folks claim to be Christians, when Jesus Himself, when asked if one should pay taxes, said "render unto Ceasar that which is Ceasar's."
No, actually, Jesus was asked by people who were trying to trap him whether they should pay taxes to Caesar or not. He asked whose face was on the coin, they answered "Caesar", and he concluded that since it was Caesar's coin then Caesar can have it. You, too, are trying to trap your opponents by getting them to accept Jesus's answer as simply "yes." It wasn't "yes". He could have said, "yes" if he wanted to. But "yes" would have meant being subservient to authority, "no" would have meant disrespecting authority, and his answer challenged both the authorities and the people to respect authority as long as it did not conflict with the moral standards of God. This is not a political issue.
Dude, you can't put a wind generator big enough to power a house on its roof. It would be way too big, transmit a loud hum throughout the house... and weren't we talking about safety a minute ago?
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Here I thought this was going to be about the safety of the data, i.e. security of wireless encryption (or utter lack thereof). I guess I gave this teacher's union too much credit.
I've never seen a Catholic wearing a tinfoil hat. Can you provide evidence for this claim?
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It's not enough for progressives to call a smaller increase from year to year a "cut". Now, they're calling increases that fall short of inflation a "cut". I'm sure you were calling for the budget to be cut in 2010 after we had less than 1% inflation in 2009, right?
You're the only fool I see here.
So did W do this?
Not all all, because this is fiat currency with no inherent value. It is worn out or soiled, and thus its value was removed and it was destroyed. At least the paper is now valuable as fuel.
Don't let the truth get in the way of Slashdot moderation.
The problem with that is that lying to the police is an offense. Also, the swearing in part happens in court, not during an investigation.
I'm dismayed at the legs this "Somali Capitalism" meme has on Slashdot, a site where you'd expect most of the posters have heard of "straw men". Somalia is by no means experiencing any kind of credibly free market (which cannot exist unless a government is at least able to maintain peace), yet when anyone tries to cite the horrors of the Soviet Union or China as an example of socialism gone amuck the "no true Scotsman" fallacy is trotted out.
Revenue increased after the tax cuts. And Obama re-signed them into law.
So your point is to give more time, because he deserves it, right?
If Warren Buffett was truly selfless, he would just create a foundation as other stupidly wealthy people like John Huntsman have done, and set it up so that his foundation is the heir to his fortune. He wouldn't be "bitching" about how low his taxes were, because the wealthy wouldn't be wealthy without realizing how wasteful and downright evil government is. He has motives other than philanthropy, and frankly as troll-laden as Slashdot is I still believe the intelligence here is above the mean and we really should know better than to take anything some rich guy says for granted. Buffett is saying what you want to hear, so you believe him. What makes him more trustworthy than Bill Gates, or Donald Trump? You should be wary of all these guys.
Don't be silly. Nancy Pelosi, Chris Dodd, and Charlie Rangel are only millionaires, not billionaires.
You think moral relativism is the solution? Ironic.
Hate is hate. Vengeance is destructive.
Did we forget all the wingnut stuff Obama has said over the last 10 years? He was a member of a racist church, criticized the civil rights movement for not being socialist enough, was associated with 1960s terrorists and radicals, and proposed a cap-and-trade plan for carbon dioxide emissions that would cause energy prices to "necessarily skyrocket".
President Obama's latest budget proposal contains a $1 trillion deficit. We all know that we are too far in debt. That kind of stubborn incompetence is a far greater threat to freedom than whatever bigoted politics you're ascribed to Santorum.
And have done it so well that you get modded down for pointing it out.
The problem is seeing this as a corporate problem instead of a government problem. Remove the corruption from the government and there is no one to give favors to the corporations.
Enlightenment ideas require only the belief in a Creator, not organized religion. And very few of the founders were atheists. If we include him because of his influence, then Thomas Paine, although public opinion seemed to cause him to waffle.
That's not the point, is it?
You must be young then, because the two rates after Reagan were 28% and 15%...
... er, OK.
... that you'll accept. Keeping the capital gains tax rate a little lower than income tax spurs investment. The economy doesn't grow from workers making stuff, it comes from people having ideas that investors invest in so that factories and shops can be built where workers make stuff.
No, actually, Jesus was asked by people who were trying to trap him whether they should pay taxes to Caesar or not. He asked whose face was on the coin, they answered "Caesar", and he concluded that since it was Caesar's coin then Caesar can have it. You, too, are trying to trap your opponents by getting them to accept Jesus's answer as simply "yes." It wasn't "yes". He could have said, "yes" if he wanted to. But "yes" would have meant being subservient to authority, "no" would have meant disrespecting authority, and his answer challenged both the authorities and the people to respect authority as long as it did not conflict with the moral standards of God. This is not a political issue.
Dude, you can't put a wind generator big enough to power a house on its roof. It would be way too big, transmit a loud hum throughout the house... and weren't we talking about safety a minute ago?
Please elaborate.