Republicans like to talk about ayn rand until they're blue in the face.
As a sixty year old conservative, I've only heard mention of Rand by right leaning people a couple of times. It's the left that constantly harps on it. Your anecdotes and claims of "Most self proclaimed..." are not backed up by anything but your own imagination. Come back with some evidence if you wish to play in the sandbox.
Blacklisting may work in a few specific career fields, but for the most part it's next to impossible to do in this economy when every business is running short of available talent. It's certainly impossible in fields with any significant competition.
The second amendment people are delusional. Their guns do not in any way protect them against the government. The military has weaponry, and armour, far beyond anything available to these people.
No, this frequent argument is delusional. A very large portion of "The second amendment people" are military veterans. I'm one of them. You may get away with ordering the military to attack US citizens in this country once or twice before that all volunteer force tells you to fuck off.
I'm sure you speak for the rest of Europe and Asia. Clearly you have moral superiority (complex). As someone who's lived in both of those for many years, I'll just say you're full of shit. Do you ever wonder why, by a wide margin, the US has the largest immigration of any country on the planet? Yes, Europe and Asia have thousands of years of history, and the US only has a few hundred...so what? That doesn't mean that the US doesn't have Hollywood, Broadway, and great artists of every genre. We have a melting pot of culture.
Exactly. When I lived in Korea ('85-94), my wife used to brag about their ~5000 year old culture. My response back then was that they were still a bunch of backward fucks. Which was true at the time since the economy there didn't really start to expand until after the '88 Olympics, and most everything produced there was simply a copy of something made elsewhere...trademark/patent infringement was common and nobody seemed to care. The interesting thing to me was watching the incomes skyrocket, and jobs move away to China and elsewhere. Similar to what had occurred in Japan. Now that we're seeing the Chinese wages increase, I wonder where the factories will move.
Strangely I don't see interviews with Cisco CEOs asking them about the level of cooperation with the NSA or what steps they took to stop their products being intercepted during shipping for installation of malware implants.
If you steal shit from my house and expect me to buy it back then there's a problem. There are international treaties and China has been a member of WIPO since 1980, so your analogy is dog shit.
So rather than have a gazillion different taxes, the system can actually be optimized by eliminating all taxes except for one.*
While I agree with the general point, this really is an oversimplification. Would you really want to do away with usage taxes/fees, where those who actually use that function of govt. are paying for it instead of peanut buttering it across everyone...I don't. Do you really want to tax investment income at the same rate as normal income...I don't.
Also, do you really consider property tax to be a "behavior-modifying" tax...in nearly every place I've been it's generally used to fund education.
As a fiscal conservative, I'd generally say yes, everyone should have some skin in the game...I'd couch that with "above the poverty line in their region". I do have some compassion for people like my own mother who is living off of her ~$900/mo social security.
There is no tax evasion here. There are just billions in taxes that will not go to NYC along with jobs and tens of thousands of additional jobs that would have been necessary to support them, along with all of those taxes. This is what you and morons like AOC don't understand. That business and tax income is going someplace, and it won't be NYC. AOC thinks NYC should spend the ~$3B on something else, but it's ~$3B you don't have. It's the reason why lowering the corporate tax rate from the highest on the planet made sense...allowing us to keep the jobs and taxes in the U.S.
What you can do is start a company that will employ ~25000 people. You'll have municipalities calling at all hours to offer you oral sex if you put the jobs in their location.
By definition, corporations have an obligation to their shareholders. They have an obligation to follow the law. What they don't have is an obligation to follow your version or anyone else's ethics. If you don't like what they do, then you need to make it illegal, because otherwise, it's their job to find every legal way they can to maximize profits. That doesn't mean they have to be dicks about it...they'll do what they have to in order to avoid pissing off the customers if it's going to affect the bottom line. Otherwise, lower profits affect just about every manager's incentives/take home pay.
For someone from GS to ask such a question, I'm surprised they're still employed there.
I anticipate that they sell the cure at a price that makes it sustainable, or change the model to one where it's like a license... shut it down, or somehow disable it if the income stream stops.
And people wonder why healthcare in the US is so fucking expensive. It's because we don't have any real competition, and one of the primary reasons Obamacare was never going to work. Stop allowing hospitals and pharma hide their costs. Stop the ambulance chasers from driving up the insurance. Get Wall Street out of our healthcare.
They overbook based upon the knowledge of how many people show up. I suppose that if they could count the number of people jumping off early, they could do the math on that, but they don't....otherwise you'd never see an empty seat.
Is it really? Tell us how many times that's occurred. And no, they are not "supposed to". You meet up with your bags at the destination even though they went on a different plane.
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Republicans like to talk about ayn rand until they're blue in the face.
As a sixty year old conservative, I've only heard mention of Rand by right leaning people a couple of times. It's the left that constantly harps on it. Your anecdotes and claims of "Most self proclaimed..." are not backed up by anything but your own imagination. Come back with some evidence if you wish to play in the sandbox.
Blacklisting may work in a few specific career fields, but for the most part it's next to impossible to do in this economy when every business is running short of available talent. It's certainly impossible in fields with any significant competition.
The second amendment people are delusional. Their guns do not in any way protect them against the government. The military has weaponry, and armour, far beyond anything available to these people.
No, this frequent argument is delusional. A very large portion of "The second amendment people" are military veterans. I'm one of them. You may get away with ordering the military to attack US citizens in this country once or twice before that all volunteer force tells you to fuck off.
I'm sure you speak for the rest of Europe and Asia. Clearly you have moral superiority (complex). As someone who's lived in both of those for many years, I'll just say you're full of shit. Do you ever wonder why, by a wide margin, the US has the largest immigration of any country on the planet? Yes, Europe and Asia have thousands of years of history, and the US only has a few hundred...so what? That doesn't mean that the US doesn't have Hollywood, Broadway, and great artists of every genre. We have a melting pot of culture.
A racist supporting someone else doesn't make that someone a racist. But the left continues to push that logic failure.
Don't think they could enforce postal (federal) employees.
Exactly. When I lived in Korea ('85-94), my wife used to brag about their ~5000 year old culture. My response back then was that they were still a bunch of backward fucks. Which was true at the time since the economy there didn't really start to expand until after the '88 Olympics, and most everything produced there was simply a copy of something made elsewhere...trademark/patent infringement was common and nobody seemed to care. The interesting thing to me was watching the incomes skyrocket, and jobs move away to China and elsewhere. Similar to what had occurred in Japan. Now that we're seeing the Chinese wages increase, I wonder where the factories will move.
Strangely I don't see interviews with Cisco CEOs asking them about the level of cooperation with the NSA or what steps they took to stop their products being intercepted during shipping for installation of malware implants.
What about much?
If you steal shit from my house and expect me to buy it back then there's a problem. There are international treaties and China has been a member of WIPO since 1980, so your analogy is dog shit.
We should cut ties because the NSA hacks the planet,
Certainly the UK would never do such a thing. And the UK certainly doesn't have a history of torture...oh no.
If you don't think your country is spying on just about every other country on the planet, you're a simpleton.
It's my new pick up line...Hey baby, want some free penetration testing?
So rather than have a gazillion different taxes, the system can actually be optimized by eliminating all taxes except for one.*
While I agree with the general point, this really is an oversimplification. Would you really want to do away with usage taxes/fees, where those who actually use that function of govt. are paying for it instead of peanut buttering it across everyone...I don't. Do you really want to tax investment income at the same rate as normal income...I don't.
Also, do you really consider property tax to be a "behavior-modifying" tax...in nearly every place I've been it's generally used to fund education.
As a fiscal conservative, I'd generally say yes, everyone should have some skin in the game...I'd couch that with "above the poverty line in their region". I do have some compassion for people like my own mother who is living off of her ~$900/mo social security.
There is no tax evasion here. There are just billions in taxes that will not go to NYC along with jobs and tens of thousands of additional jobs that would have been necessary to support them, along with all of those taxes. This is what you and morons like AOC don't understand. That business and tax income is going someplace, and it won't be NYC. AOC thinks NYC should spend the ~$3B on something else, but it's ~$3B you don't have. It's the reason why lowering the corporate tax rate from the highest on the planet made sense...allowing us to keep the jobs and taxes in the U.S.
They used to be natural monopolies, but in places like VA, you now have options. I can choose my power company.
https://www.scc.virginia.gov/p...
Please define "negative tax deal".
What you can do is start a company that will employ ~25000 people. You'll have municipalities calling at all hours to offer you oral sex if you put the jobs in their location.
By definition, corporations have an obligation to their shareholders. They have an obligation to follow the law. What they don't have is an obligation to follow your version or anyone else's ethics. If you don't like what they do, then you need to make it illegal, because otherwise, it's their job to find every legal way they can to maximize profits. That doesn't mean they have to be dicks about it...they'll do what they have to in order to avoid pissing off the customers if it's going to affect the bottom line. Otherwise, lower profits affect just about every manager's incentives/take home pay.
When was the last time the state voted for an R for president? 1984 Regan v. Mondale. Pockets of rural Rs don't make a D state any less Blue.
For someone from GS to ask such a question, I'm surprised they're still employed there.
I anticipate that they sell the cure at a price that makes it sustainable, or change the model to one where it's like a license... shut it down, or somehow disable it if the income stream stops.
And people wonder why healthcare in the US is so fucking expensive. It's because we don't have any real competition, and one of the primary reasons Obamacare was never going to work. Stop allowing hospitals and pharma hide their costs. Stop the ambulance chasers from driving up the insurance. Get Wall Street out of our healthcare.
Nothing sad or bad about controlled burns
https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail...
My grandmother had a saying..."If your so smart, why ain't you rich?"
Please link evidence that shows Chick-fil-a get's chicken from anywhere outside the U.S. I googled, and find nothing to support that.
They overbook based upon the knowledge of how many people show up. I suppose that if they could count the number of people jumping off early, they could do the math on that, but they don't....otherwise you'd never see an empty seat.
Sorry I didn't read this far down before posting a similar comment above.
Is it really? Tell us how many times that's occurred. And no, they are not "supposed to". You meet up with your bags at the destination even though they went on a different plane.