I live in North America and buy all my movies here. So region codes are the least of my concern.
What I am looking for is a DVD player that doesn't give a damn about what the disc wants or where it came from.
It's my copy of the movie, my DVD player, my TV and home theater system. So, why can't I pull up the DVD menu any time I damn well feel like it?
Does anyone know if there is such a device?
Does everyone think that corporations don't pay taxes? The top corporate tax bracket is 10% higher than the top civilian tax bracket. A mammoth 51%. Granted that is not the realized tax rate due to deductions, etc... However, I would wager that their percentage is still rather large.
What Bill Gates pays in taxes is NOTHING compared to the taxes Microsoft itself pays. It can be argued that the civilian population doesn't carry the tax burden it would like to believe. Simply put, people easily forget that civilian taxes don't account for 100% of taxes paid in this country.
States should spend more time attracting businesses rather than trying to take a slice of pie that isn't theirs.
A highly profitable business yields more collected tax, and successful businesses employ more people, which yields more taxpayers.
Higher corporate state taxes reduce the likelihood that businesses will come to your state. So, lower taxes, both civilian and corporate, drive revenue. Businesses have a cheaper place to do business which increases their profitability, and the more profitable they are, the more tax they pay. (10% of a dime, vs. 10% of a dollar). Civilians increase their spending because of more money to burn which drives corporate profitability as well.
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I live in North America and buy all my movies here. So region codes are the least of my concern. What I am looking for is a DVD player that doesn't give a damn about what the disc wants or where it came from. It's my copy of the movie, my DVD player, my TV and home theater system. So, why can't I pull up the DVD menu any time I damn well feel like it? Does anyone know if there is such a device?
Does everyone think that corporations don't pay taxes? The top corporate tax bracket is 10% higher than the top civilian tax bracket. A mammoth 51%. Granted that is not the realized tax rate due to deductions, etc... However, I would wager that their percentage is still rather large. What Bill Gates pays in taxes is NOTHING compared to the taxes Microsoft itself pays. It can be argued that the civilian population doesn't carry the tax burden it would like to believe. Simply put, people easily forget that civilian taxes don't account for 100% of taxes paid in this country. States should spend more time attracting businesses rather than trying to take a slice of pie that isn't theirs. A highly profitable business yields more collected tax, and successful businesses employ more people, which yields more taxpayers. Higher corporate state taxes reduce the likelihood that businesses will come to your state. So, lower taxes, both civilian and corporate, drive revenue. Businesses have a cheaper place to do business which increases their profitability, and the more profitable they are, the more tax they pay. (10% of a dime, vs. 10% of a dollar). Civilians increase their spending because of more money to burn which drives corporate profitability as well.