All I was saying is that you could easily argue that most citizens are already paying a 40% tax load or better - it's just spread out over different jurisdictions and levels of government.
As for funding a social safety net, I think that you'll find that most Americans are for it - it's just how it's done is where the debate is (government run & funded versus church/social group run & funded).
if you said we are going to go to a 40% tax rate and add the following social benefits,
Just a minor quibble here - we already are at a 40% tax rate - it's just spread out:
- Most people are in the 15% income tax bracket
- Everyone pays 15.2% in FICA taxes (SS and Medicare) - either split with their employer or all on their own as Self Employment taxes
- State income taxes vary between 0% (SD, TX, and FLorida) to 8%-10% (IA & CA)
And, while not directly income taxes:
- Sales taxes - 5%-8% or more on most things
- Property taxes (who do you really think that the housing bubble helps?)
At one of our branches, we have an old 2 story building and only the first floor is occupied.
We had some spring time water "issues" one day - one of the rube goldberg devices used to catch leaking water and get it to a drain failed - and dumped lots of water into three offices and onto three running PCs and monitors.
After drying everything out over a weekend, I lost no machines and no monitors.
If something is out of spec to the customer's favor, I don't think there is anything wrong there. Your analogy is a speedometer out of spec to the customer's disadvantage - which would cause problems.
It's likely illegal because when Asus says it has a 400MHz system bus they are not telling the truth. That would be false advertising (I mean heck, the number is written right on the MB boxes).
I'd disagree here - the consumer of the board is getting a "better" product that has a higher spec than what is on the box. If it was illegal, wouldn't Intel be in trouble for selling slightly out of spec high end chips as slower clock speed chips as they've been doing for years?
That sounds more like a marketing type than an executive type:)
Not sure that a person _can_ go very far in anything in life if they are truly a pathological liar. It doesn't take long for this to become known and the person to be blacklisted.
Personal integrity, while it is difficult and sucks to practice, is better in the long run.
unfortunately a lot of corporations (my father's included) insist on using macros for a lot of things.
Not just corporations. In Iowa, the state mandates how to do municipal budgets and send each town clerk an Excel spreadsheet with macros to do some of the work.
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Bankruptcy.
Which of course raises the costs for everyone else, but that is the way that those costs are typically dealt with.
As for funding a social safety net, I think that you'll find that most Americans are for it - it's just how it's done is where the debate is (government run & funded versus church/social group run & funded).
Just a minor quibble here - we already are at a 40% tax rate - it's just spread out:
- Most people are in the 15% income tax bracket
- Everyone pays 15.2% in FICA taxes (SS and Medicare) - either split with their employer or all on their own as Self Employment taxes
- State income taxes vary between 0% (SD, TX, and FLorida) to 8%-10% (IA & CA)
And, while not directly income taxes:
- Sales taxes - 5%-8% or more on most things
- Property taxes (who do you really think that the housing bubble helps?)
0% - and we're likely to miss out on some decent treatments because of it.
We had some spring time water "issues" one day - one of the rube goldberg devices used to catch leaking water and get it to a drain failed - and dumped lots of water into three offices and onto three running PCs and monitors.
After drying everything out over a weekend, I lost no machines and no monitors.
When airlines go bankrupt, they do it in a big way - the $50K was likely a rounding error as far as the bankruptcy court goes...
That at least makes the diagnosis of the problem fairly straightforward.
Are you suggesting exchanging passwords for sex and cash?
I've had a headache all day - so that may be what I meant :)
Yeah, that's the ticket...
If something is out of spec to the customer's favor, I don't think there is anything wrong there. Your analogy is a speedometer out of spec to the customer's disadvantage - which would cause problems.
I'd disagree here - the consumer of the board is getting a "better" product that has a higher spec than what is on the box. If it was illegal, wouldn't Intel be in trouble for selling slightly out of spec high end chips as slower clock speed chips as they've been doing for years?
(I'm not that old, but I'd imagine that the powers-that-be at school would wig out about that these days.
Your class was just about 10 times larger than my class.
Forcing people to have different passwords for different systems that change on different timetables is just asking for them to break Rule #1.
Pyne Gould Guinness Some outfit from new zealand - apparently has something to do with sheep. Not sure that you should get it or use it...
That sounds more like a marketing type than an executive type :)
Not sure that a person _can_ go very far in anything in life if they are truly a pathological liar. It doesn't take long for this to become known and the person to be blacklisted.
Personal integrity, while it is difficult and sucks to practice, is better in the long run.
You know, those wild places like iowa
Kind of close to Lakota
Those wild and crazy mac rioters
I've not been asked to do so by any of the boards or librarians and have not made it an issue.
That being said, I don't believe that kiddie porn has any place anywhere.
Not just corporations. In Iowa, the state mandates how to do municipal budgets and send each town clerk an Excel spreadsheet with macros to do some of the work.
Don't you mean OSHA guidelines :)
Nah - just some guy named "Darl"
was to try to use that defense in Alabama instead of California.