And the real payoff will be when Democrats regain the majority in the Senate, and Hillary submits her far-left nominee for the SCOTUS. I'd just love to see the look on McConnell's face when that happens!
And there at that moment, everything the US has stood for and what has made it great over all these years....will disappear, *poof*.
Oh well, I guess the US actually did survive the odds and became great and lasted longer than many has originally predicted.
It was a good ride, I'll miss ya America....you're values and what made you once a great nation full of people that prided themselves on hard work, and self reliance.
Don't count on it. These manufactured scandals never go anywhere.
Manufactureed? Seriously?
If "I" as a normal person, that has in the past done DoD and other Fed work...and basically signed my life away saying I'd not do the same careless type things HRC did, had gotten caught doing even a fraction of what she's been shown to have done, I'd be lucky to not get charged with jail-able offenses, and just get off with super heavy fines and likely a BAN on being able to ever work for the Federal Govt. again.
And...EVEN if you brush away all of what I just said....does it not strike you that if she, the head of the State Dept. cannot see something and know it is highly sensitive, likely classified (from different sources)....and KNOW better than to have those transported, unencrypted outside of designated Federal secure networks, as being a bit strange or at the very least a sign of ineptness?
If she couldn't fathom that...then she's indeed too stupid to be qualified for the highest office in the land.
Just think of the sensitive stuff she'd be working with in THAT office.
I"d dare say many foreign govts are liking their chops at the hope that she'd be so intense about keeping as much of her info away from FOIA access...she might just pull crap like this again.
Jeez, you'd need some soft of device that could keep track of lots of numbers.... maybe even THOUSANDS of numbers, and COMPUTE quickly. I guess you're right. That sounds impossible.
The thing is, there is no central authority that monitors the tax laws/changes for every state, city, municipality, parish, etc...in the US and its territories.
Sure if there were one, it might make it easy to do, the problem is, there is NO authority that tracks and publishes this information for the big and small companies that might be forced to deal with this burden.
I think the appeal of VR is extremely limited. How often do you see people riding a bus or a train while playing a game on their phone, or to a lesser extent, on a portable console? Those same people aren't going to strap a contraption on their face and be ignorant to the outside world just to play a game.
I dunno.
I've never lived anywhere with a train, or where folks rode the bus, but I am sure that on airplane flights, these things would work just fine.
Tons of folks have earphones on to tune out the flight noises (and annoying seat mates), I can imaging quite a lot of folks would opt for the blocking of the sites too and play games or get immersed in a movie with VR headsets on.
I think the VR thing would be nice for most any LONG trip where you just want to tune out the monotony of the sites and circumstances.
If that "set govt. wage" is a competitive six-figure salary, the incentive is still there. Try not to be such a simpleton.
Err...well, perhaps for a simple General Practitioner that might suffice, but I know specialists that PAY 6-figures in taxes annually....they make much more than that....
Taxing those who can afford it more isn't possible in the current US, the very rich and the super-rich can afford to pay for lobbyists and even politicians (often indirectly, avoiding obvious bribes). Even if that factor is ignored the common psyche of the US makes even the poor thinking that the rich shouldn't be taxed harder - as they think that "the American dream" is real and that they someday will be rich too.
Add to that the tax avoidance schemes the rich can afford.
I think 30%-33% taxation or so is PLENTY.
I don't think the problem so much is not taxing enough....the US Feds are bringing in RECORD amounts of tax income. It is how they waste and spend it for the most part.
No one should have to pay half or more of their income in taxes, that just kills incentive.
You pay taxes, they fund the health system. Doctors get paid a set wage,
Well, that certainly takes away a lot of incentive for the best and brightest to study all those years, sacrifice, and go into debt...to become doctors, if in the end, all they can do is make a "set govt. wage".....
We're already seeing a shortage of doctors in the US now...and you want to exacerbate this by making them wage monkeys?
You'd rather have the financial impact of swathes of the population being killed in easily-preventable ways, just so you can feel superior to them?
No, I'd just rather the hoards of idiots that can't even bear to stare way from "their precious" long enough to miss oncoming traffic, get thinned out a bit, so as to allow those of us trying to get somewhere and do something to get on with it, and not have to dodge these mindless zombies.
I was thinking the same thing....what a wonderful opportunity to see natural selection at work, in real time.
I think one of the reasons we're seeing so many inept and stupid people out there (and c'mon, you gotta admit you see them every day)...is that we've been protecting people from themselves WAAAAY too much, and have prevented nature from adding chlorine to the gene pool at appropriate times.
As the previous post alluded to...let nature take care of this situation itself.
Ever been to the DMV lately? I'm not surprised there's only 170 total beautiful people in all of government.
Well, if you're talking the DMV...then you are really limiting yourself to a narrow set of the concept of what beauty is....I mean, the DMV is certainly NOT the bastion of racial diversity.
Well, let's treat it like the US public educational system in the past few decades.
Obviously, the standards are too HIGH as they currently stand, and if most of these cars, like most of our students can no longer past the tests, then we have no choice, but to lower the standards by enough so that everyone can pass and have positive self-esteem and profitable sales!!!
HR? Yea I am an old married guy that goes to dinner with my wife.
It isn't always just what YOU do on FB...but your associations.
You have friends, who have friends who have friends..etc.
Who knows what 2 or more generations down on the friends associations might have people doing?
They might not be quite as vanilla as you in lifestyle, behavior, criminal records, watch lists...as you are.
Stuff does matter like that on security investigations for jobs with clearances and the like.
And frankly, I like to keep as much info as possible (that I can control) out of govt and business' databases. The importance of "not being seen" so to speak.
And with all the recent stories about the Three Letter Agencies (TLA) building huge citizen profiles by mining social media looking for the bad guys...well, I'd just as soon not be on that list, or at least not help them any with my info....
Twenty. No thirty. Read the book, forget the film.
Yep, read the book, it was MUCH better, but I believe the age you had to turn yourself in for "Sleep" was 21.
The crystal in your hand turned colors every 7 years, on your 21st Bday, "Lastday", it would blink. On last day, you got to do just about anything you wanted, but if you were late for "Sleep"...the Sandmen would come to get you.
And, the gun in the book was MUCH more interesting too...
Easy, granddad. You do realise that two decades ago people your age now were saying the exact same thing? You are not even being original with your complaining.
Well, not so much.
I actually did and still DO like most of the music from before my time...back to and before when Rock and Roll began.
But in the 90's...things really started to go downhill and I think the fact you still see little kids wearing AC/DC t-shirts and the like instead of big fans of the modern big group (are there any?).
Not only do I have to agree with that, but I have to point out that Steve Jobs specifically mentioned something about users wanting to pay to own the music they pay for during a Keynote. I can't remember which one though, but it was in the first few years of iTunes.
Well, to be fair, Steve Jobs was likely still in the mindset of the older crowd, thinking back when they grew up, that music put out back then was actually worth buying and owning, to be replayed over and over....
As opposed to the drivel that's come in the the past 2+ decades, which is largely disposable at best...so, sure people would rather stream, listing to something a month, then forget about it.
I was unemployed for 10 months last year, and I didn't file for unemployment - because, as a private 'consultant' (with exactly one client - you do the math), I wasn't eligible. My 'employer' didn't pay unemployment or medical premiums for me - nor did they pay the employer's share of social security taxes. The future of employment in the U.S.
At first I was gonna say same thing, till I got to the part of your not paying Unemployment Insurance. Per another person answering you, it sounds like you need to incorporate.
I have an S-Corp...which is pretty sweet, I pay myself a "reasonable" salary out of my bill rate...and am only paying taxes (SS and medicare) out of that along with state/federal. At EOY, the rest of the money falls through onto my personal taxes, and I just pay state and fed on that, but I save on paying employment taxes on my whole bill rate.
That being said, I DO have to pay UI.
But awhile back I found the state of LA at least...has a catch 22.
In LA, I have to pay UI...however, as the sole employee of my company...by laws there, I could not collect unemployment insurance even though I paid into the system for quite some time?!?!?
If I ever won the lottery and had spare money for lawyers, I"d want to challenge something like that...doesn't seem right.
But yes, if you're working 1099, you REALLY need to incorporate yourself....helps with your liability and ability to save more of your hard earned money from the damned tax man....
It's not that you can't use the word, it's just not a smart thing to call people when you want their business.
But the person on the ad was not calling anyone "Ghetto"...she said the word to describe T-Mobile, a competitor, was Ghetto.
Thinking of the broad definition of the word, things like:
the poorest part of a city...
a situation that resembles a ghetto especially in conferring inferior status or limiting opportunity....
I'd think it would be somewhat of a appropriate word. It isn't even remotely referring to the people that live there, but to the area itself.
But no...everyone has to attach a racist tag to it.
Funny....where is the uproar over the NY Mayor and Clinton's skit the other night, where the mayor said he was late because he was on CP time?
I saw a little blurb about it on the new...and I didn't even know what CP time was...apparently it is "Colored People" time.
It isn't offensive to me...but God help us if a couple of conservative type folks did the exact same thing, there'd be howls in the media for their heads.
But, I digress.
People, just get over it...pretty soon, NOTHING will be able to be said.
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And there at that moment, everything the US has stood for and what has made it great over all these years....will disappear, *poof*.
Oh well, I guess the US actually did survive the odds and became great and lasted longer than many has originally predicted.
It was a good ride, I'll miss ya America....you're values and what made you once a great nation full of people that prided themselves on hard work, and self reliance.
Manufactureed? Seriously?
If "I" as a normal person, that has in the past done DoD and other Fed work...and basically signed my life away saying I'd not do the same careless type things HRC did, had gotten caught doing even a fraction of what she's been shown to have done, I'd be lucky to not get charged with jail-able offenses, and just get off with super heavy fines and likely a BAN on being able to ever work for the Federal Govt. again.
And...EVEN if you brush away all of what I just said....does it not strike you that if she, the head of the State Dept. cannot see something and know it is highly sensitive, likely classified (from different sources)....and KNOW better than to have those transported, unencrypted outside of designated Federal secure networks, as being a bit strange or at the very least a sign of ineptness?
If she couldn't fathom that...then she's indeed too stupid to be qualified for the highest office in the land.
Just think of the sensitive stuff she'd be working with in THAT office.
I"d dare say many foreign govts are liking their chops at the hope that she'd be so intense about keeping as much of her info away from FOIA access...she might just pull crap like this again.
The thing is, there is no central authority that monitors the tax laws/changes for every state, city, municipality, parish, etc...in the US and its territories.
Sure if there were one, it might make it easy to do, the problem is, there is NO authority that tracks and publishes this information for the big and small companies that might be forced to deal with this burden.
Are all the guys over there just publicly all feeling up the women as they walk by them or something?
I dunno.
I've never lived anywhere with a train, or where folks rode the bus, but I am sure that on airplane flights, these things would work just fine.
Tons of folks have earphones on to tune out the flight noises (and annoying seat mates), I can imaging quite a lot of folks would opt for the blocking of the sites too and play games or get immersed in a movie with VR headsets on.
I think the VR thing would be nice for most any LONG trip where you just want to tune out the monotony of the sites and circumstances.
Err...well, perhaps for a simple General Practitioner that might suffice, but I know specialists that PAY 6-figures in taxes annually....they make much more than that....
I think 30%-33% taxation or so is PLENTY.
I don't think the problem so much is not taxing enough....the US Feds are bringing in RECORD amounts of tax income. It is how they waste and spend it for the most part.
No one should have to pay half or more of their income in taxes, that just kills incentive.
I know!!!
I mean, really...there is a scary real chance that cunt might actually win!?!?!?
Well, that certainly takes away a lot of incentive for the best and brightest to study all those years, sacrifice, and go into debt...to become doctors, if in the end, all they can do is make a "set govt. wage".....
We're already seeing a shortage of doctors in the US now...and you want to exacerbate this by making them wage monkeys?
No, I'd just rather the hoards of idiots that can't even bear to stare way from "their precious" long enough to miss oncoming traffic, get thinned out a bit, so as to allow those of us trying to get somewhere and do something to get on with it, and not have to dodge these mindless zombies.
I was thinking the same thing....what a wonderful opportunity to see natural selection at work, in real time.
I think one of the reasons we're seeing so many inept and stupid people out there (and c'mon, you gotta admit you see them every day)...is that we've been protecting people from themselves WAAAAY too much, and have prevented nature from adding chlorine to the gene pool at appropriate times.
As the previous post alluded to...let nature take care of this situation itself.
Well, if you're talking the DMV...then you are really limiting yourself to a narrow set of the concept of what beauty is....I mean, the DMV is certainly NOT the bastion of racial diversity.
Obviously, the standards are too HIGH as they currently stand, and if most of these cars, like most of our students can no longer past the tests, then we have no choice, but to lower the standards by enough so that everyone can pass and have positive self-esteem and profitable sales!!!
Easy-peasy.
Not that there is anything wrong with that.....
It isn't always just what YOU do on FB...but your associations.
You have friends, who have friends who have friends..etc.
Who knows what 2 or more generations down on the friends associations might have people doing?
They might not be quite as vanilla as you in lifestyle, behavior, criminal records, watch lists...as you are.
Stuff does matter like that on security investigations for jobs with clearances and the like.
And frankly, I like to keep as much info as possible (that I can control) out of govt and business' databases. The importance of "not being seen" so to speak.
And with all the recent stories about the Three Letter Agencies (TLA) building huge citizen profiles by mining social media looking for the bad guys...well, I'd just as soon not be on that list, or at least not help them any with my info....
Hmm. I've been through US customs before, and I've never been asked to present a credit card for anything...?
Yep, read the book, it was MUCH better, but I believe the age you had to turn yourself in for "Sleep" was 21.
The crystal in your hand turned colors every 7 years, on your 21st Bday, "Lastday", it would blink. On last day, you got to do just about anything you wanted, but if you were late for "Sleep"...the Sandmen would come to get you.
And, the gun in the book was MUCH more interesting too...
I've been saying it for years now with only 8 words:
"Yet another reason not to be on FaceBook"!!
Thankfully, I live in a state that doesn't require any emissions tests, etc...I often forget there are states that do.
Yeah...like more than a handful of US consumers give a rats ass about emissions....
Most are interested in the actual performance, looks and how well it works over the years.
Well, not so much.
I actually did and still DO like most of the music from before my time...back to and before when Rock and Roll began.
But in the 90's...things really started to go downhill and I think the fact you still see little kids wearing AC/DC t-shirts and the like instead of big fans of the modern big group (are there any?).
Well, to be fair, Steve Jobs was likely still in the mindset of the older crowd, thinking back when they grew up, that music put out back then was actually worth buying and owning, to be replayed over and over....
As opposed to the drivel that's come in the the past 2+ decades, which is largely disposable at best...so, sure people would rather stream, listing to something a month, then forget about it.
At first I was gonna say same thing, till I got to the part of your not paying Unemployment Insurance. Per another person answering you, it sounds like you need to incorporate.
I have an S-Corp...which is pretty sweet, I pay myself a "reasonable" salary out of my bill rate...and am only paying taxes (SS and medicare) out of that along with state/federal. At EOY, the rest of the money falls through onto my personal taxes, and I just pay state and fed on that, but I save on paying employment taxes on my whole bill rate.
That being said, I DO have to pay UI.
But awhile back I found the state of LA at least...has a catch 22.
In LA, I have to pay UI...however, as the sole employee of my company...by laws there, I could not collect unemployment insurance even though I paid into the system for quite some time?!?!?
If I ever won the lottery and had spare money for lawyers, I"d want to challenge something like that...doesn't seem right.
But yes, if you're working 1099, you REALLY need to incorporate yourself....helps with your liability and ability to save more of your hard earned money from the damned tax man....
But the person on the ad was not calling anyone "Ghetto"...she said the word to describe T-Mobile, a competitor, was Ghetto.
Thinking of the broad definition of the word, things like:
the poorest part of a city...
a situation that resembles a ghetto especially in conferring inferior status or limiting opportunity....
I'd think it would be somewhat of a appropriate word. It isn't even remotely referring to the people that live there, but to the area itself.
But no...everyone has to attach a racist tag to it.
Funny....where is the uproar over the NY Mayor and Clinton's skit the other night, where the mayor said he was late because he was on CP time?
I saw a little blurb about it on the new...and I didn't even know what CP time was...apparently it is "Colored People" time.
It isn't offensive to me...but God help us if a couple of conservative type folks did the exact same thing, there'd be howls in the media for their heads.
But, I digress.
People, just get over it...pretty soon, NOTHING will be able to be said.