GERMANY is the fucking size of TEXAS, is the second-largest exporter in the world and has strong unions. It has "socialized medicine", a high standard of living, an excellent education system, and person-for-person is superior to most cultures on the planet.
There was a core group of early avionics software developers located in Seattle in the 70s and 80s that produced the core of the B-1A, B-52 OAS, B-1B, and B-2 Offensive Avionics system. The B-1B and B-2 development groups and resulting Offensive Avionics systems had common elements. Jovial Programing Toolset and IBM Processors used in the B-1B were mature in the mid 80s and provided a relatively low risk development environment for what was largely a very successful Offensive Avionics development.
Realtime Simulation Software that supported the Offensive Avionics System development was written in FORTRAN and Harris Assembly Language running on Harris 800 Computers. Computer card decks, offsite software compiling and linking, front panel switch debugging, etc were the state of things back then...
It would only be a level playing field if the local business had to ask every in store customer where they live and collect and submit the appropriate sales tax for the in store buyers location just as you propose for the online seller.
If you favor a level playing field then either the internet seller should charge sales tax for where their business is located as brick and mortar businesses do now or brick and mortar businesses should have to ask each customer where they live and collect the appropriate sales tax for where the customer lives as is usually proposed for internet sales.
State government funding advocates usually use the phrase "level playing field" to describe their attempts at taxing out of state sales to their residents. Of course it would only be a level playing field if they also require all brick and mortar businesses to ask each walk in customer where they live or are going to use the item purchased (what about gifts?) so that they can collect the correct sales tax as well.
Global climate change certainly seems real. Looking at ice core temperatures over the last 400,000 years there are several significant temperature cycles. Would like to see an explanation of those cycles. That this is now the ideal climate for humans and that humans have the ability to stop all climate change to keep the climate as it is now doesn't seem to be plausible. Lots of good reasons to switch from fossil fuels to alternatives such as hydrogen without the global warming argument. I will know that the various groups advocating for drastic action on CO2 are serious when they begin to advocate for funding of CO2 scrubers in CO2 dense locations that will sequester the carbon and presumably release the oxygen.
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We can prove that CO2 levels have never risen this fast naturally,
In the last 4.5 billion years? You got proof?
You are of course free to start your own business and work for yourself at any wage you can afford to pay yourself.
GERMANY is the fucking size of TEXAS, is the second-largest exporter in the world and has strong unions. It has "socialized medicine", a high standard of living, an excellent education system, and person-for-person is superior to most cultures on the planet.
That's what the Nazi's thought...
Or just go down to the local sporting goods store... http://www.basspro.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Product_10151_-1_10001_9598_425006009_425000000_425006000?cm_ven=bazaarvoice&cm_cat=RLP&cm_pla=9598&cm_ite=productname_link
Why does anyone still have their children in a government school?
At least for the subs it has more to do with shipyards in the NE than anything else...
There was a core group of early avionics software developers located in Seattle in the 70s and 80s that produced the core of the B-1A, B-52 OAS, B-1B, and B-2 Offensive Avionics system. The B-1B and B-2 development groups and resulting Offensive Avionics systems had common elements. Jovial Programing Toolset and IBM Processors used in the B-1B were mature in the mid 80s and provided a relatively low risk development environment for what was largely a very successful Offensive Avionics development. Realtime Simulation Software that supported the Offensive Avionics System development was written in FORTRAN and Harris Assembly Language running on Harris 800 Computers. Computer card decks, offsite software compiling and linking, front panel switch debugging, etc were the state of things back then...
It would only be a level playing field if the local business had to ask every in store customer where they live and collect and submit the appropriate sales tax for the in store buyers location just as you propose for the online seller.
If you favor a level playing field then either the internet seller should charge sales tax for where their business is located as brick and mortar businesses do now or brick and mortar businesses should have to ask each customer where they live and collect the appropriate sales tax for where the customer lives as is usually proposed for internet sales.
State government funding advocates usually use the phrase "level playing field" to describe their attempts at taxing out of state sales to their residents. Of course it would only be a level playing field if they also require all brick and mortar businesses to ask each walk in customer where they live or are going to use the item purchased (what about gifts?) so that they can collect the correct sales tax as well.
And how many times have you cast your vote based upon which candidate spent the most money on TV and radio ads?... or is it just everybody else?
Global climate change certainly seems real. Looking at ice core temperatures over the last 400,000 years there are several significant temperature cycles. Would like to see an explanation of those cycles. That this is now the ideal climate for humans and that humans have the ability to stop all climate change to keep the climate as it is now doesn't seem to be plausible. Lots of good reasons to switch from fossil fuels to alternatives such as hydrogen without the global warming argument. I will know that the various groups advocating for drastic action on CO2 are serious when they begin to advocate for funding of CO2 scrubers in CO2 dense locations that will sequester the carbon and presumably release the oxygen.