You sound like a terrible, terrible driver. Why don't you take your toys to the track?
Actually, my driving record of MANY decades would beg to differ with your conclusion. I don't generally bother to look at posted speed limits, no..unless the cops are around or the radar detector goes off. That being said, I drive for what is safe in the current driving conditions. If it is raining, I slow down. If it is a nice road, especially one I'm familiar with, and there is very little to no traffic around me I go as fast as is possibly safe for what my car can handle. I drive based on the conditions around me at that moment in time. I don't care what the posted sign says, I go slower when warranted and go as fast as is safe for me when conditions are right.
I might be interested in one when I"m 80 yrs and likely too old to drive.
In the meantime, I prefer to drive my own cars. I've never owned anything but 2-seater performance and sports cars, and I buy them for a reason, they are FUN to drive.
And since they perform better than most other cars on the road, I've been able to use that to avoid other idiots on the road trying to hit me (i.e. better braking, acceleration as needed to get out of other drivers' way that were coming at me).
Of course you realize that over 99% of "family farms" are completely unaffected by estate taxes.,
Well, you are right, that the true family farm is a fraction of the great thing it used to be, sadly.
But the idea is still the same....in broader terms, the family business.....and upon death, those are often taxed so badly that the offspring often have to sell the business as that they couldn't afford to pay the inheritance taxes on it to keep it and run it and keep it in the family.
We're talking small businesses here...they do make up the majority of companies in the US and provide the majority of jobs to others in the US.
Better yet, make the landlords pay the difference (and prohibit rent increases).
Why would you prohibit increases???
Things happen over time, it costs more for a house to be rented. For instance, after Katrina...home insurance went through the roof. The landlords have to pass that on. As a place ages, the maintenance costs rise and again, the landlord has to factor that into the rent amount too and occasionally it needs to be raised. I mean, the landlord has to cover his costs and still make a bit of profit....after all, no one is renting their properties without a profit motive.
Flat tax is a fail, consumption tax is a fail, not taxing inherited wealth is a fail.
You know..there aren't THAT many super wealthy in the world that this applies to...
What is wrong with inheritance? You think the family farm should not be able to be handed down from father to son, without taxing it into oblivion? This thing being abolished doesn't just hurt the rich like you wish it to...it hits the middle class too. Why should parents not be able to will their lives work, homes and all to their children, without forcing the children to basically give it up if they don't have all the tax money to pay for it? That doesn't seem right.
The trouble is, the rules you want to put in place..hurt more than just the super wealthy.
If we were to have no tax on the necessities of life..food, shelter, utilities, gas...etc. what would be wrong with hitting with a consumption tax? I mean, that just taxes folks on luxury spending of disposable cash, does it not? That would hit the "rich" more than others since they have and spend more disposable cash....
Why not a graduated simple flat tax? I mean, even a poor person should have at least a little skin in the game, no?
Ok...then, exempt the necessities of life, food, utilities and I suppose even housing (although I don't know of any taxes on rental payments at this time).
Let's say you only tax consumption of luxuries, and there ya go....it hits mostly the wealthy and those with disposable income.
you can be sure that the medical MJ movement would have been totally stalled if an R was in office,
You know...about the ONLY thing I really had hopes for Obama doing...was helping those laws, or at the VERY least, having it taken off Schedule 1, so that it could more fully be studied medically. Why didn't they do it when they had full D in both houses, etc?
I mean, the ONE thing I thought he might actually do that would help rather than hurt the US, and he hasn't even done that.
Aside from that one issue....frankly, I think anyone or any THING would have been better in office than Obama. I'd vote a small soap dish in over that fool.
I drive usually well above the posted speed limit, but most of the time, within safe margins of what traffic, conditions and what my cars can do....which is usually well above posted speed limits.
We'll have autonomous driving cars in the US before this type of law widely adopted here.
Geez, I hope that is WAAAY after my time on earth.
I buy sports cars because I like to drive fast and have a car that handles turns and braking well.
Driving every day for me is an adventure. I'd hate to just sit in a "Johnny Car" and snooze or whatever on the way to work or the grocery store...ho hum.
As for your third point, the cops would have to start overenforcing and creating crime against the rich instead of the poor in order to bolster their budgets. Frankly, I think this would be a good change. The rich can fight back better, and we might actually see some meaningful change in the policies of police departments this way.
Wait, wait wait....
Isn't the point of the fine, to enforce the concept of SAFETY?
Let's take revenue generation for the city/police/state OUT of the equation. It is a HUGE conflict of interest for those enforcing this fine to be also the beneficiaries of it.
Why not take all the money that is collected in fines for speeding, jay walking, etc.....and at the end of the year, redistribute it to all the citizens that have NOT gotten a fine that year?
The motto of the police force should not be "To Collect and Serve" after all, but yet it seems to be their primary motivating force these days. I'd venture to guess the high enthusiasm we currently see to enforce speeding laws would drop drastically if the cops didn't directly benefit from it monetarily.
But here's the way it works in most cases I see. They just want the money. In my city and I think in many others, if you are SMART, you do not automatically pay the fine and plea guilty. You take your day in court. I found out how it works at least in New Orleans. If you go to court, just before the judge comes for that day, the asst. DA takes you into his office and gives you a plea deal. Pretty much the same fine, BUT...the charge is reduced to a non-moving violation so that it doesn't go on your driving record.
So, check in your state, it may be VERY much worth your time to go to court rather than pay that fine. Me? I need to get an upgraded detector to catch the one asshole I found out there with a modern LIDAR.
That being said...lets take the direct collection of $$ away from the govt and back to the people, if this is for safety, then lets reward those that drive safely.
Overall...no, I'm not for outrageous fines for folks that are rich. It seems lately, for some reason, so many out there are treating wealth as something evil and bad. Frankly, the only reason I work is to increase my net worth. Money is the thing that allows me to live and have fun on a standard that makes my life fun. Why is everyone so inclined to try to just take as much as possible from others? Ok..maybe that's a whole new thread, but really....let's at least take the direct benefit of pulling people over out of the hands of those enforcing the law and then look at fine "balance".
Na, the US never has, and never will have a national language
Well, maybe we should.
I mean, it IS in the rules there, for becoming a US citizen, that you must show a proficiency in the English language.
Why don't we make it official and pass laws making English the official national language? I can't really see a downside to it....other countries have national official languages, why not us in the US?
Why not just flatten the Ghettos and Slums. Move all govt assisted housing OUT of the main cities into isolated rural areas, and just move the crime element that goes with them OUT.
Kind of like the Escape from NY theme....
If you want free, govt or projects type housing, you move out away from people and take the crime with you.
At the very least, it should save on helicopter fuel.
I mean, we're certainly not having to police the middle class neighborhoods like this really, except the ones not far away or in the traffic flow of the gangland project type areas.
The FCC chairman has said repeatedly the agency does not intend to set rates or add new taxes to broadband bills.
Sure....and how long before they add new TAXES and fees?
I mean, I remember when they put in the seatbelt laws, they emphatically stated "Don't worry, not wearing a seatbelt will NOT be a primary offense reason the cops can pull you over, it will only be a secondary item."
Well, that didn't last long, and I regularly see ads on TV, especially on holiday weekends saying "Click it or Ticket..if you are seen driving without a seatbelt on, you will be pulled over and fined (and it give a reason for us to look you over, possibly search your car, ask you other questions, etc).
You can never trust the govt to not do what they say they won't, unless it is specifically codified.
I do agree with the net neutrality issues, but I'm always guarded by what else they'll eventually try to work in as far as regulation, rules and new means of revenue generation.
Just download and install Kali Linux on a computer. If you get a laptop and want to test wireless, make sure to do a little research for the wireless chip in there to make sure you can put it into full promiscuous mode so you can sniff traffic. If it isn't built in you can buy usb ones that will work but do some research first.
But seriously, this is one of the BEST ways to start learning pen testing, all the tools you need in one place.
Install it and start testing on your own home network first to learn the ins/outs and to see how secure YOUR network is. Then, maybe get permission to run it at work with your boss that suggested you get into this.
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Actually, my driving record of MANY decades would beg to differ with your conclusion. I don't generally bother to look at posted speed limits, no..unless the cops are around or the radar detector goes off. That being said, I drive for what is safe in the current driving conditions. If it is raining, I slow down. If it is a nice road, especially one I'm familiar with, and there is very little to no traffic around me I go as fast as is possibly safe for what my car can handle. I drive based on the conditions around me at that moment in time. I don't care what the posted sign says, I go slower when warranted and go as fast as is safe for me when conditions are right.
I think this one predates you my friend.
That is the CORRECT pronunciation by our old friend Ricky Ricardo....shortly after uttering this, he'd tell Lucy she had some "Splaining to do".....
In the meantime, I prefer to drive my own cars. I've never owned anything but 2-seater performance and sports cars, and I buy them for a reason, they are FUN to drive.
And since they perform better than most other cars on the road, I've been able to use that to avoid other idiots on the road trying to hit me (i.e. better braking, acceleration as needed to get out of other drivers' way that were coming at me).
If you put this on a video on a monetized YouTube channel, would this be permissible?
Well, you are right, that the true family farm is a fraction of the great thing it used to be, sadly.
But the idea is still the same....in broader terms, the family business.....and upon death, those are often taxed so badly that the offspring often have to sell the business as that they couldn't afford to pay the inheritance taxes on it to keep it and run it and keep it in the family.
We're talking small businesses here...they do make up the majority of companies in the US and provide the majority of jobs to others in the US.
Why would you prohibit increases???
Things happen over time, it costs more for a house to be rented. For instance, after Katrina...home insurance went through the roof. The landlords have to pass that on. As a place ages, the maintenance costs rise and again, the landlord has to factor that into the rent amount too and occasionally it needs to be raised. I mean, the landlord has to cover his costs and still make a bit of profit....after all, no one is renting their properties without a profit motive.
You know..there aren't THAT many super wealthy in the world that this applies to...
What is wrong with inheritance? You think the family farm should not be able to be handed down from father to son, without taxing it into oblivion? This thing being abolished doesn't just hurt the rich like you wish it to...it hits the middle class too. Why should parents not be able to will their lives work, homes and all to their children, without forcing the children to basically give it up if they don't have all the tax money to pay for it? That doesn't seem right.
The trouble is, the rules you want to put in place..hurt more than just the super wealthy.
If we were to have no tax on the necessities of life..food, shelter, utilities, gas...etc. what would be wrong with hitting with a consumption tax? I mean, that just taxes folks on luxury spending of disposable cash, does it not? That would hit the "rich" more than others since they have and spend more disposable cash....
Why not a graduated simple flat tax? I mean, even a poor person should have at least a little skin in the game, no?
Ok...then, exempt the necessities of life, food, utilities and I suppose even housing (although I don't know of any taxes on rental payments at this time).
Let's say you only tax consumption of luxuries, and there ya go....it hits mostly the wealthy and those with disposable income.
What would not be fair about that?
Have a nice day!
You know...about the ONLY thing I really had hopes for Obama doing...was helping those laws, or at the VERY least, having it taken off Schedule 1, so that it could more fully be studied medically. Why didn't they do it when they had full D in both houses, etc?
I mean, the ONE thing I thought he might actually do that would help rather than hurt the US, and he hasn't even done that.
Aside from that one issue....frankly, I think anyone or any THING would have been better in office than Obama. I'd vote a small soap dish in over that fool.
And, I think he will. As in :
"Obama....worst president, ever..."
Seriously, I think he has fully displaced both Bush Jr and Carter for bottom rung.
And he still has almost 2x years to go?!!?
Well, I think it was along the lines of "We have to pass it to find out what's in it..."
Oh well....
Right now, with so many illegal immigrants, they are isolating themselves not only by hiding from the law, but by not speaking English.....
A common language requirements would force people to learn and integrate more into a larger society.
The melting pot is disintegrating into more segregation and largely by language.
I drive usually well above the posted speed limit, but most of the time, within safe margins of what traffic, conditions and what my cars can do....which is usually well above posted speed limits.
Fines and the way things are managed vary from city to city and state to state.
Geez, I hope that is WAAAY after my time on earth.
I buy sports cars because I like to drive fast and have a car that handles turns and braking well.
Driving every day for me is an adventure. I'd hate to just sit in a "Johnny Car" and snooze or whatever on the way to work or the grocery store...ho hum.
Wait, wait wait....
Isn't the point of the fine, to enforce the concept of SAFETY?
Let's take revenue generation for the city/police/state OUT of the equation. It is a HUGE conflict of interest for those enforcing this fine to be also the beneficiaries of it.
Why not take all the money that is collected in fines for speeding, jay walking, etc.....and at the end of the year, redistribute it to all the citizens that have NOT gotten a fine that year?
The motto of the police force should not be "To Collect and Serve" after all, but yet it seems to be their primary motivating force these days. I'd venture to guess the high enthusiasm we currently see to enforce speeding laws would drop drastically if the cops didn't directly benefit from it monetarily.
But here's the way it works in most cases I see. They just want the money. In my city and I think in many others, if you are SMART, you do not automatically pay the fine and plea guilty. You take your day in court. I found out how it works at least in New Orleans. If you go to court, just before the judge comes for that day, the asst. DA takes you into his office and gives you a plea deal. Pretty much the same fine, BUT...the charge is reduced to a non-moving violation so that it doesn't go on your driving record.
So, check in your state, it may be VERY much worth your time to go to court rather than pay that fine. Me? I need to get an upgraded detector to catch the one asshole I found out there with a modern LIDAR.
That being said...lets take the direct collection of $$ away from the govt and back to the people, if this is for safety, then lets reward those that drive safely.
Overall...no, I'm not for outrageous fines for folks that are rich. It seems lately, for some reason, so many out there are treating wealth as something evil and bad. Frankly, the only reason I work is to increase my net worth. Money is the thing that allows me to live and have fun on a standard that makes my life fun. Why is everyone so inclined to try to just take as much as possible from others? Ok..maybe that's a whole new thread, but really....let's at least take the direct benefit of pulling people over out of the hands of those enforcing the law and then look at fine "balance".
Well, maybe we should.
I mean, it IS in the rules there, for becoming a US citizen, that you must show a proficiency in the English language.
Why don't we make it official and pass laws making English the official national language? I can't really see a downside to it....other countries have national official languages, why not us in the US?
Perhaps Tesla will now offer discounted scrips for Xanax, to help combat that range anxiety.
Sure, you might still get stranded, but at least you won't be overly stressed about it.
Give it a few more years and the national language of the US will be spanish.
Hell, in many parts of the US it is getting rarer and rarer to actually hear English being spoken when you're out and about walking around.
There aren't many urban places like you describe in the US really.
Kind of like the Escape from NY theme....
If you want free, govt or projects type housing, you move out away from people and take the crime with you.
At the very least, it should save on helicopter fuel.
I mean, we're certainly not having to police the middle class neighborhoods like this really, except the ones not far away or in the traffic flow of the gangland project type areas.
Sure....and how long before they add new TAXES and fees?
I mean, I remember when they put in the seatbelt laws, they emphatically stated "Don't worry, not wearing a seatbelt will NOT be a primary offense reason the cops can pull you over, it will only be a secondary item."
Well, that didn't last long, and I regularly see ads on TV, especially on holiday weekends saying "Click it or Ticket..if you are seen driving without a seatbelt on, you will be pulled over and fined (and it give a reason for us to look you over, possibly search your car, ask you other questions, etc).
You can never trust the govt to not do what they say they won't, unless it is specifically codified.
I do agree with the net neutrality issues, but I'm always guarded by what else they'll eventually try to work in as far as regulation, rules and new means of revenue generation.
But seriously, this is one of the BEST ways to start learning pen testing, all the tools you need in one place.
Install it and start testing on your own home network first to learn the ins/outs and to see how secure YOUR network is. Then, maybe get permission to run it at work with your boss that suggested you get into this.