This is definatley the dream. I was actually doing it for awhile, then budget cut (contractors are first in line). I was out of work for 3 months.... $65/hour is good money, IF you work all year.
i agree with the large contract company shift. I hate it, but it makes sense. It's called the "prefered vendor list". Honda was sending/dealing with over 60 IT contractor houses. Said "skrew that noise" and went down to 3. Non-competes kicking in all over the place, it was a nightmare.
I'm personally not convinced on MMGW. Two well respected smart folks sitting in a room looking at the same raw data (if they are willing to share it, or maybe they just lost it) come up with two different answers. Not discounting it, but just not buying it either. What I have seen with my own little untrained eyes is the before and after pictures of the smog in china around the olympics. Without studies or grants, I know that sucking diesel fumes is mostly likely bad for me and my kids. I'm a huge fan of nuclear/solar. I'm a bigger fan of a gradual approach. Too many times I worry that the cure is worse than the disease. Wrecking the world economy because we "have to do this in the next X years" is just as bad (economy is one steak dinner from a heart attack right now). I'm a huge conservative but I'm all about funding alternative energy research until it becomes a viable free market alternative (no patent for govt. funded research. I'm not about subsidizing AF products that aren't market ready. Would be happy for the GOVT. to put up an X-prize. Solar panel at X cost that generates X power in x number of square feet get's $537 million dollars, not the other way around...
Just real quick about the $50,000/year note.... 20% is a little high.. $50k with family of 4 is ZERO tax liability, so a little off there.
Deductions, credits, loopholes. Please name the ones you want to eliminate. Not theories or whining, give me the rule, statute and a link. Give me that and I will support you 100%. Governments own numbers based on real life stuff in a spread sheet show that the wealthy are paying on overwhelming amount of the taxes in this country. So we distribute the wealth fairly by getting the rich to pay thier fair share. Where you going to come up with the other 85% of the money you need to continue current spending? Then I read these posts that say "rich" don't pay any taxes? It has to be one or the other folks... Is there some special tax code for people making a million or more? Nope.. guess what? If you invest money in GE, you to can get 15% capital gains. There is nothing the "The Buffet" is doing that you can't.
Cheating? They broke ZERO laws.. Someone needs to answer some very simple questions.
Loopholes: Name one. Everything there was written with specific purpose in mind.
Rich not paying thier fair share: How much are they currently paying and how much is "Fair".
I dont' want theory or morals, I want actual numbers and specific statutes.
Tell me we need immigration reform? What parts, name them. What would be the result in enforcing current laws?
I want number damnit, not theories.
Tax the rich at 100% of thier income of any kind. Oh hell, skrew it.. ALL income should go to the government first, it will pay for all the programs it wants, do some nation building and foriegn aid. Then you take what's left, divide it by 340 million and cut everyone a check right (add 20 or so million for "undocumented workers"). Well educated CEO's of multinational corperations would be on "level playing field" with stay at home moms. Of course, you have to ban investing at any point, that would just start the whole mess over again. No company would ever be looked down upon for making a profit, cause, hey, that's good for all of us. Keeping in mind that all funds still in your account at the end of the year would be confiscated. Saving money would give you an economic advantage over the guy next door. Take your card down to the grocery store, grab a number and you will be issued your food rations for the week. There it is, we have tackled obesity. Of course the house you are issued will be the exact same square footage as everyone else with the same number of occupants. All cars wil be chevy volts that will be re-issued every 3 years. Just taking FAIR to it's logical conclusion...
The buffet thing bugs me, not because she pays more. They both fall under the same tax system. She is more than welcome to put her money on the market, and pay the same amount of taxes on her returns. He risks millions of dollars to INVEST in companies that hire people like her. She is more than welcome to use the same system he is. You think she doesn't benefit from his risk? Check your 401k, where do you think that would be if people like buffet stopped investing. She chose to be a secretary, he chose to be a financial buff. People on here aren't complaining that they have it bad, they are complaining because someone else has it better.
"the right scream "YEAH!" when asked if they would just let the poor die without health insurance". You've used this twice so far that I've read, both times you are WAY off (actually completely opposite) what the question asked. The question was to the affect that a young middle income person CHOSE not to purchase health care even though he had to means), do you believe tax payers should be on the hook for his care in a catostrophic event?"
So, when you mentioned "poor", that was completely wrong as they addressed in the question that he has sufficient income, but CHOSE not to purchase healthcare.
The question can be summed up thus: "Do you believe in personal responsibility?"
I've traveled to dozens of states and worked state/local contracts. I disagree with your observations. Half the I.T. folks I worked with just sat around writing bids to get thier own work done.
No one is born a federal employee or a lowely citizen. They are the same people with the same work ethic. Wearing a government badge does not make you smarter or work harder.
Privatizing would work for me. It means that the airlines/airports/passengers would be paying for the screening, not me. I refuse to fly anymore so I get no services.
"Why do you think Republican politicians always favor it?" If government didn't pay for private services/products, wouldn't all services be from the government?
Not sure if the prison anology works for me. It's not like the prisoners were buying tickets to be there. Now if they were actually paying $30,000/year to be in prison, different story.
At the end of the day, it's a simple question. Is commercial air travel a right bound by the Constitution? If not, TSA should be private. I'm okay with laws regulating that industry, just not magically becoming a federal agency.
Company A makes deal with Union.
Company A can't pay for the promises they signed.
I (taxpayer) give 5 billion to Union.
Union gives money to political candidate I disagree with.
This is a good thing why?
Union shop, not allowed to layoff. Just signed new contract in May. Looking at the contract, USPS actually as no real ability to make any changes in thier business plan unless the Union leadership approves. Going to just have to suck it up and hand them 9 billion dollars (the 5+billion they need immediately is for pension payment), the other 4 billion is for little things like gas in the trucks...
Or we can just spend our way into oblivion and provide no services to anyone. Tax the rich at 100% and your still looking at a massive deficit every year. Don't need higher taxes. Need more tax PAYERS.
Yes, I hand the keys to anyone, come on over. Ever let someone borrow your truck? Have kids? Either way, NOT THE POINT. You have no ability to contest. If a police officer gives me a ticket, I can opt for my day in court. I had an instance in virginia where a ticket was dismissed because of the testimony (with pictures) of a mechanic showing the my vehicle was incapable of the speeds I was cited for. Serving in the military at the time, that would have been devestating to have lost my license, Had that been a camera in the current system, I would not have had and avenue for redress. ALL i'm asking for, is with the possibility of JAIL, I WANT MY DAY IN COURT.
I'm okay with all that. I'm not okay with not having an avenue to dispute. That's my problem here in Ohio. License plate picture = ticket to owner. Pay or go to jail. Wasn't you? Pay or go to jail, your name is still on the registration.
It's wasn't a very nice "present"The rules and regulations sent the compliance folks into a tizy. The loan officers were baffled trying to make sense of all the new rules. Making front page of local newspapers that were less than flattering. It was a nightmare.
Even worse than that was trying to pay it back. Sorry, no process in place for that, please continue with all the new regulations and we'll get back to you next year.
I worked for a relatively smaller bank at the time.. 54 billion ish. This part:
"then demand that the government bail them out " may be accurate for a few, but the 1.4 billion we were given was not welcome, but actually forced down our throat. Then we were required to loan that money out (not hoard the cash).
JP Morgan, when they paid thier stimulus back, they paid it back including the profits they made from loaning out that cash.
I feel for the citizens in London. The are desperately awaiting the baseball bats they ordered from Amazon (not kidding), it's the only means they have to defend themselves..
Police rarely protect anyone. They mostly investigate the crime after it has been committed and to gather information for the prosecution. It's not police that keep you safe, it's the courts. Personally, my safety is increased because I believe in the 2nd amendment...
I call troll from this cut and paste job....
3. Talked to Nato about the two wars we were fighting? Must be so proud.
4. Announced plan to responsibly end Iraq war responsibly. How'd that work out for him?
7. Signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act which has created 2.1 million jobs. Government is incapable of creating jobs by spending money. There is no math that can get you there. At over a hundred thousand dollars per job created, you really want to brag about this?
14. Limited lobbyist's access to the White House. Did you actually read this or just cut and paste it from something. Lobbyists are not only crawling around the whitehouse, they are being hired left and right.
28. Played a lead role in G-20 Summit that produced a $1.1 trillion deal to combat the global financial crisis. Read the news lately?
30. Ordered the closure of the prison at Guantanamo Bay and a review of our detention and interrogation policy, and prohibited the use of torture. Seriously, did you read this before cut/paste?
32. Empowered states to enact federal fuel efficiency standards above federal standards. 14th amendment, they already have that but good to get a blessing.
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This is definatley the dream. I was actually doing it for awhile, then budget cut (contractors are first in line). I was out of work for 3 months.... $65/hour is good money, IF you work all year. i agree with the large contract company shift. I hate it, but it makes sense. It's called the "prefered vendor list". Honda was sending/dealing with over 60 IT contractor houses. Said "skrew that noise" and went down to 3. Non-competes kicking in all over the place, it was a nightmare.
just grab a cotton ball and some rubbing alcohol and (lightly and gently) rub all that brown stuff off.
I'm personally not convinced on MMGW. Two well respected smart folks sitting in a room looking at the same raw data (if they are willing to share it, or maybe they just lost it) come up with two different answers. Not discounting it, but just not buying it either. What I have seen with my own little untrained eyes is the before and after pictures of the smog in china around the olympics. Without studies or grants, I know that sucking diesel fumes is mostly likely bad for me and my kids. I'm a huge fan of nuclear/solar. I'm a bigger fan of a gradual approach. Too many times I worry that the cure is worse than the disease. Wrecking the world economy because we "have to do this in the next X years" is just as bad (economy is one steak dinner from a heart attack right now). I'm a huge conservative but I'm all about funding alternative energy research until it becomes a viable free market alternative (no patent for govt. funded research. I'm not about subsidizing AF products that aren't market ready. Would be happy for the GOVT. to put up an X-prize. Solar panel at X cost that generates X power in x number of square feet get's $537 million dollars, not the other way around...
Okay, this will sound weird, but I love you man, right up to the point before it's uncomfortable...
Just real quick about the $50,000/year note.... 20% is a little high.. $50k with family of 4 is ZERO tax liability, so a little off there. Deductions, credits, loopholes. Please name the ones you want to eliminate. Not theories or whining, give me the rule, statute and a link. Give me that and I will support you 100%. Governments own numbers based on real life stuff in a spread sheet show that the wealthy are paying on overwhelming amount of the taxes in this country. So we distribute the wealth fairly by getting the rich to pay thier fair share. Where you going to come up with the other 85% of the money you need to continue current spending? Then I read these posts that say "rich" don't pay any taxes? It has to be one or the other folks... Is there some special tax code for people making a million or more? Nope.. guess what? If you invest money in GE, you to can get 15% capital gains. There is nothing the "The Buffet" is doing that you can't.
Cheating? They broke ZERO laws.. Someone needs to answer some very simple questions. Loopholes: Name one. Everything there was written with specific purpose in mind. Rich not paying thier fair share: How much are they currently paying and how much is "Fair". I dont' want theory or morals, I want actual numbers and specific statutes. Tell me we need immigration reform? What parts, name them. What would be the result in enforcing current laws? I want number damnit, not theories.
Tax the rich at 100% of thier income of any kind. Oh hell, skrew it.. ALL income should go to the government first, it will pay for all the programs it wants, do some nation building and foriegn aid. Then you take what's left, divide it by 340 million and cut everyone a check right (add 20 or so million for "undocumented workers"). Well educated CEO's of multinational corperations would be on "level playing field" with stay at home moms. Of course, you have to ban investing at any point, that would just start the whole mess over again. No company would ever be looked down upon for making a profit, cause, hey, that's good for all of us. Keeping in mind that all funds still in your account at the end of the year would be confiscated. Saving money would give you an economic advantage over the guy next door. Take your card down to the grocery store, grab a number and you will be issued your food rations for the week. There it is, we have tackled obesity. Of course the house you are issued will be the exact same square footage as everyone else with the same number of occupants. All cars wil be chevy volts that will be re-issued every 3 years. Just taking FAIR to it's logical conclusion...
The buffet thing bugs me, not because she pays more. They both fall under the same tax system. She is more than welcome to put her money on the market, and pay the same amount of taxes on her returns. He risks millions of dollars to INVEST in companies that hire people like her. She is more than welcome to use the same system he is. You think she doesn't benefit from his risk? Check your 401k, where do you think that would be if people like buffet stopped investing. She chose to be a secretary, he chose to be a financial buff. People on here aren't complaining that they have it bad, they are complaining because someone else has it better.
"the right scream "YEAH!" when asked if they would just let the poor die without health insurance". You've used this twice so far that I've read, both times you are WAY off (actually completely opposite) what the question asked. The question was to the affect that a young middle income person CHOSE not to purchase health care even though he had to means), do you believe tax payers should be on the hook for his care in a catostrophic event?" So, when you mentioned "poor", that was completely wrong as they addressed in the question that he has sufficient income, but CHOSE not to purchase healthcare. The question can be summed up thus: "Do you believe in personal responsibility?"
I've traveled to dozens of states and worked state/local contracts. I disagree with your observations. Half the I.T. folks I worked with just sat around writing bids to get thier own work done. No one is born a federal employee or a lowely citizen. They are the same people with the same work ethic. Wearing a government badge does not make you smarter or work harder.
Privatizing would work for me. It means that the airlines/airports/passengers would be paying for the screening, not me. I refuse to fly anymore so I get no services. "Why do you think Republican politicians always favor it?" If government didn't pay for private services/products, wouldn't all services be from the government? Not sure if the prison anology works for me. It's not like the prisoners were buying tickets to be there. Now if they were actually paying $30,000/year to be in prison, different story. At the end of the day, it's a simple question. Is commercial air travel a right bound by the Constitution? If not, TSA should be private. I'm okay with laws regulating that industry, just not magically becoming a federal agency.
Data Access in real Time. It's what run the NAS heads..
Company A makes deal with Union. Company A can't pay for the promises they signed. I (taxpayer) give 5 billion to Union. Union gives money to political candidate I disagree with. This is a good thing why?
Your right on, Its the labor costs that is killing them (80%). Cutting delivery to 1 day a week with the same number of people wouldn't help.
Union shop, not allowed to layoff. Just signed new contract in May. Looking at the contract, USPS actually as no real ability to make any changes in thier business plan unless the Union leadership approves. Going to just have to suck it up and hand them 9 billion dollars (the 5+billion they need immediately is for pension payment), the other 4 billion is for little things like gas in the trucks...
Fedex labor cost is 32%, USPS is 80%.
Or we can just spend our way into oblivion and provide no services to anyone. Tax the rich at 100% and your still looking at a massive deficit every year. Don't need higher taxes. Need more tax PAYERS.
Yes, I hand the keys to anyone, come on over. Ever let someone borrow your truck? Have kids? Either way, NOT THE POINT. You have no ability to contest. If a police officer gives me a ticket, I can opt for my day in court. I had an instance in virginia where a ticket was dismissed because of the testimony (with pictures) of a mechanic showing the my vehicle was incapable of the speeds I was cited for. Serving in the military at the time, that would have been devestating to have lost my license, Had that been a camera in the current system, I would not have had and avenue for redress. ALL i'm asking for, is with the possibility of JAIL, I WANT MY DAY IN COURT.
I'm okay with all that. I'm not okay with not having an avenue to dispute. That's my problem here in Ohio. License plate picture = ticket to owner. Pay or go to jail. Wasn't you? Pay or go to jail, your name is still on the registration.
It's wasn't a very nice "present"The rules and regulations sent the compliance folks into a tizy. The loan officers were baffled trying to make sense of all the new rules. Making front page of local newspapers that were less than flattering. It was a nightmare. Even worse than that was trying to pay it back. Sorry, no process in place for that, please continue with all the new regulations and we'll get back to you next year.
I worked for a relatively smaller bank at the time.. 54 billion ish. This part: "then demand that the government bail them out " may be accurate for a few, but the 1.4 billion we were given was not welcome, but actually forced down our throat. Then we were required to loan that money out (not hoard the cash). JP Morgan, when they paid thier stimulus back, they paid it back including the profits they made from loaning out that cash.
I feel for the citizens in London. The are desperately awaiting the baseball bats they ordered from Amazon (not kidding), it's the only means they have to defend themselves..
Two years.. been over 800 days, still not budget. heh.
Police rarely protect anyone. They mostly investigate the crime after it has been committed and to gather information for the prosecution. It's not police that keep you safe, it's the courts. Personally, my safety is increased because I believe in the 2nd amendment...
I call troll from this cut and paste job.... 3. Talked to Nato about the two wars we were fighting? Must be so proud. 4. Announced plan to responsibly end Iraq war responsibly. How'd that work out for him? 7. Signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act which has created 2.1 million jobs. Government is incapable of creating jobs by spending money. There is no math that can get you there. At over a hundred thousand dollars per job created, you really want to brag about this? 14. Limited lobbyist's access to the White House. Did you actually read this or just cut and paste it from something. Lobbyists are not only crawling around the whitehouse, they are being hired left and right. 28. Played a lead role in G-20 Summit that produced a $1.1 trillion deal to combat the global financial crisis. Read the news lately? 30. Ordered the closure of the prison at Guantanamo Bay and a review of our detention and interrogation policy, and prohibited the use of torture. Seriously, did you read this before cut/paste? 32. Empowered states to enact federal fuel efficiency standards above federal standards. 14th amendment, they already have that but good to get a blessing.