What happened in this specific case-- a pool-- was that a pool naturally attracts children. So you have to put up fences. And if you don't have kids, that won't get you off-- because kids might trespass in your yard to swim in your pool. THINK OF THE CHILDREN!
Maybe you aren't using Powerchute, because if you were you would definitely need an APC cable. In fact, the smart features require a different cable from the "dumb" Back-Ups.
I'm sure that if we had a system of government payments for radioactive wild boar meat in the U.S.A. that there would be plenty of claims and payments here too.
You couldn't go outside without an orange vest south of the Mason-Dixon.
The USA is covered with radiation and pollution-generating coal power plants-- thanks to the anti-nuclear lobby. But it was worth it, because look at how much radiation all those exploding nuclear plants put out! All ONE of them!
I wonder how we would look at the withdrawal from Vietnam if Nixon hadn't been involved in the Watergate scandal. He regularly ends up near the bottom of US President rankings just because of this scandal-- on occasion, a historian actually takes into account things like the price freeze, ending of the Bretton Woods system, and opening trade to China. Personally, I still think he sucked and was with little moral character. He was honest enough, at least, to admit that he thought the office of the President should be above reproach or ethics. Several other presidents certainly have executed the office that way: Wilson, FDR and both Johnsons.
A minimum-wage mother of three isn't paying any income taxes. She would be in the 10% tax bracket, and exemptions for the kids and EIC would remove all tax liability. In fact, she'd probably get free money back for filing. In addition, in most states the bread would not have sales tax. I don't know what this "embedded 22% tax" is, but every business has to pay tax. If you're saying we should tax businesses less so that they don't have to overcharge the customer, I agree! Our business taxes are the highest in the world: and the President wants to make them higher. BTW, Dollar Tree has king size loaves of bread for $1 and all my local supermarkets have store-brand for $0.89-1.50. Minimum-Wage-Mom needs to go to a different store.
Is it government's right to decide the direction of technology? Are we wrapping that up in the "general welfare" cause, just like every other government wealth redistribution program?
Strangely, I never heard a word out of any of these people when Bush was running up huge deficits
That's because the TEA parties weren't happening yet. Trust me, if you'd listened to talk radio, read the blogs, watched something other than MSNBC or CNN, etc. you would have noticed. By the way, Obama has more than doubled the Bush deficit. Now THAT'S huge, in the way that an elephant's huge until you see a sperm whale.
And now you know why business people pushed to create Corporations in the first place, to shield themselves from personal liability. It is the only reason they exist. I think it is sickening, is not in the best interests of the people and that the protected legal status should be revoked.
Would you feel this way if you started your own company? How would you like to have your creditors take your house and car when your business fails?
The CEO then decides to take a pay cut to $1 a year. He does fine, because he knows to make side investments (including company stock) instead of spending all his money on mansions, cars, TVs, and hookers.
Government run by people who don't understand money is STUPID.
People really ought to stop thinking that they are going to become rich one day.
Well, you certainly won't become rich by buying a bunch of yachts when you only need one. Boats are terrible investments, too. Ask any boat owner: they're a hole in the water, in which you throw money.
Actually, contrary to popular propagande, money does have intrinsic value
No, really, it doesn't. It's paper. The coinage does have some bullion value much less than its face. In a fiat currency system, money is only worth what people agree it is. US currency used to be precious metals or paper backed by gold and silver; the paper could be exchanged for real gold or silver at any time. Seriously, this is not hard to figure out. Try googling "Zimbabwe" or "Weimar republic."
Those homes were overinflated in value. A home is a liability, not an asset. People should not have been buying homes at inflated values assuming they would continue going up in value. Buildings that you don't live in are assets because you can rent them out or sell them at a profit. The money was not "sucked out of the system". It moved away from the houses.
Most people who earn millions per year tend to have sizeable conservative investments, so they are "circulating" this money into things like T-bills, piles of gold, oceanfront estates, and other things that don't directly benefit the population at large.
I'm sure the government knows better what to do with that money.
Disparity in wealth is at 1920's levels again because the rich tend to hand on to their money rather than spend it.
Hmm... maybe that means the rest of us need to learn to buy assets instead of blowing our paychecks on big screen TVs, expensive cars, and a home that's twice as big as we need.
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I do, actually. See, "Declaration of Independence".
No, because that's a silly straw man set up by people who don't know how to have a rational debate.
Yes... IN THE RIGHT OF WAY. Where they don't belong without a phone call and probably a permit.
What happened in this specific case-- a pool-- was that a pool naturally attracts children. So you have to put up fences. And if you don't have kids, that won't get you off-- because kids might trespass in your yard to swim in your pool. THINK OF THE CHILDREN!
Maybe you aren't using Powerchute, because if you were you would definitely need an APC cable. In fact, the smart features require a different cable from the "dumb" Back-Ups.
It's VIRtually impossible to get these jokes unless you read the article.
Yeah, but the chain he reports up to has at least one woman and one black guy!
They have this for volume license customers, but SOHO gets the shaft.
Really? The red light cameras wouldn't generate the needed revenue if they allowed a silly thing like due process.
You couldn't go outside without an orange vest south of the Mason-Dixon.
The USA is covered with radiation and pollution-generating coal power plants-- thanks to the anti-nuclear lobby. But it was worth it, because look at how much radiation all those exploding nuclear plants put out! All ONE of them!
I wonder how we would look at the withdrawal from Vietnam if Nixon hadn't been involved in the Watergate scandal. He regularly ends up near the bottom of US President rankings just because of this scandal-- on occasion, a historian actually takes into account things like the price freeze, ending of the Bretton Woods system, and opening trade to China. Personally, I still think he sucked and was with little moral character. He was honest enough, at least, to admit that he thought the office of the President should be above reproach or ethics. Several other presidents certainly have executed the office that way: Wilson, FDR and both Johnsons.
Really? That *puts on shades* blows my mind.
YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! DAHT DAHT!
Killed when the government took over.
A minimum-wage mother of three isn't paying any income taxes. She would be in the 10% tax bracket, and exemptions for the kids and EIC would remove all tax liability. In fact, she'd probably get free money back for filing. In addition, in most states the bread would not have sales tax. I don't know what this "embedded 22% tax" is, but every business has to pay tax. If you're saying we should tax businesses less so that they don't have to overcharge the customer, I agree! Our business taxes are the highest in the world: and the President wants to make them higher. BTW, Dollar Tree has king size loaves of bread for $1 and all my local supermarkets have store-brand for $0.89-1.50. Minimum-Wage-Mom needs to go to a different store.
Is it government's right to decide the direction of technology? Are we wrapping that up in the "general welfare" cause, just like every other government wealth redistribution program?
We didn't need government subsidies to drive down the price of VCRs, because people really wanted them.
Clearly, black hats don't subscribe to that belief.
That's because the TEA parties weren't happening yet. Trust me, if you'd listened to talk radio, read the blogs, watched something other than MSNBC or CNN, etc. you would have noticed. By the way, Obama has more than doubled the Bush deficit. Now THAT'S huge, in the way that an elephant's huge until you see a sperm whale.
Would you feel this way if you started your own company? How would you like to have your creditors take your house and car when your business fails?
Government run by people who don't understand money is STUPID.
Well, you certainly won't become rich by buying a bunch of yachts when you only need one. Boats are terrible investments, too. Ask any boat owner: they're a hole in the water, in which you throw money.
No, really, it doesn't. It's paper. The coinage does have some bullion value much less than its face. In a fiat currency system, money is only worth what people agree it is. US currency used to be precious metals or paper backed by gold and silver; the paper could be exchanged for real gold or silver at any time. Seriously, this is not hard to figure out. Try googling "Zimbabwe" or "Weimar republic."
Those homes were overinflated in value. A home is a liability, not an asset. People should not have been buying homes at inflated values assuming they would continue going up in value. Buildings that you don't live in are assets because you can rent them out or sell them at a profit. The money was not "sucked out of the system". It moved away from the houses.
I'm sure the government knows better what to do with that money.
Hmm... maybe that means the rest of us need to learn to buy assets instead of blowing our paychecks on big screen TVs, expensive cars, and a home that's twice as big as we need.