Traditional IRA's are tax deffered. Roth IRA's you pay taxes up front. They are intended to give us middle class people a good way to save for our retirement. The government gives us that as an incentive to save for our retirements. The Wealthy have enough money to invest that it really doesn't matter to them if their long term retirement investments get taxed yearly. They can also see reasonable gains come back to them at a high tax level by virtue of the large amounts they can invest.
Your average Scandenavian is both far smaller and more homogeneous than the USA
Both true statements. I really don't get how being smaller helps them. As they have resources to trade with the rest of th world. Yet names like Ikea, Nokia, Siemens , etc are all internationaly recognized Scandanavian brands.
I would say it is more about having a low poverty rate and a system which properly funds the education system. Most countries that are succesful have a large amount of immigration. Immigrants are usually disadvantaged and end up in large city ghettos. Scandanavian countries don't have large amounts of immigration. Thus it was easier to put in place their social systems after WWII. After 50 years they are now reaping the bennefits of that social contract with the people. As they have a high rate of educated people in their population. The problem for us isn't one of race. It is amount of poor we have accumulated over the years. I don't see how a flat tax will help the poor improve their situation.
Also, don't you think that even the current tax system is fairly regressive, given that high-income people can and do shelter large amounts of income? For example, IRA's, tax-free bonds & mutual funds, housing write-offs, etc?
You then tell us that a flax tax is bennificial because...
The point to remember is that when rich people invest their money, that opens up investing for jobs and such.
Your first example was for IRA's, Mutual funds, Homes, etc... All of which are investments.
Please explain how a flat tax will encourage the wealthy to take risks and invest their money? If anything the Flat tax will cement the social classes and make it hard to move up or down in society.
The key is to have a fair distribution of money. Notice I do not say equal distribution as then there is no incentive. To maintain a good society the rich can not be too rich and the poor can not be too poor. Just look at your average Scandenavian country in which you are 2x as likely to move up in the class structure than in the United States.
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You forgot to add that you will fund the roadtrip with the spare change you manage to find.
This will never hapen in 10 years time with the current funding and emphasize placed on the space program. NASA simply won't get the money needed to get to the moon. It's only ment as a distraction from Iraq and to give the country something to rally behind. This way the conservative media can have talking points about what a visionary president we have. Bush seems really pre-occupied with creating a legacy. Taking on Social Security, The largest nation building exercise since WWII (Iraq), Return to the moon, Star Wars... So far his legacy isn't looking very good. Unfortunately , we will be the ones paying for his poorly managed projects.
What ever you do don't concentrate on Iraq.
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You can be very selective, and choose political conservatives who believe in aliens
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In 20 years, no matter what the politicians say, gun control is going to be DEAD.
You simply make it illegal to own the weapons and place heavy penalties on those who make those weapons.
Societies that carry weapons are generally unstable societies. People carry the weapons because they are afraid. I would hope that 20 years from now people will feel safer and thus less inclined to feel the urge to carry a weapon.
I can see your point on assembly. However, we are facing a potential brain drain when highly educated jobs are being shipped out of this country. While it may be good in the short run for the economy it is not good in the long run for the U.S. economy or our position in the world. U.S. companies enjoy the protection and influence of the U.S. government on a global scale. Therefore it would be good for the U.S. companies to keep the brains in the U.S.. However, for that to occur you have to keep some of the less intellectual work domestic. How else will you train the next generation of workers. I like the H1B program and wish they would open the gates a little more. Having highly educated people coming into the U.S. and contributing to our local economies makes us stronger.
I am well aware of the difference of Cost of living having lived in Florida, Atlanta and London. However, we are also comparing the modern world with proper access to food and good labor laws. You can pay some one much less in Missippi than NewYork. However, both locations have good labor practices. What concerns me are the countries that do not have those standards and have no incentive to improve their standards. Having people work in sweat shops in unsafe conditions is not a matter of cost of living it is a matter of regard for life. low regard of life really shouldn't be justified by cheap labor.
Progress has always left some jobs behind. Buggy whip and block ice jobs used to be well paying
These jobs were replaced by technology. Their roles were antiquated. Fortunately, advancments in technology opened up the door for other career paths.
We are seeing something different now. These jobs are not antiquated. Many of the jobs moving overseas are still relevent and will be in the future. They are simply moving out side of the country to cheaper labor. The problem I see regarding this trend is that most of the countries lack labor laws. There for we have to be careful and bring those countries up to our standards and not regress to third world/US circa 1900 standards. I would rather read a Dickens novel not live one.
MS should just take one of the BSDs and write a nice GUI interface and work on a virtual system to run their old WIN32 code.
Apple took a similar approach with NEXT's mach kernel and has been very succesful. It seems as though Apple is now running circles around MS in OS releases ( SP1, Longhorn...) . This new CLI innitiative is another example of MS floundering. MS only number 1 in terms of revenue and not innovation. If Apple is able to crack into the office productivity market it will be bad for MS.
Europe, Japan, and sub-Saharan Africa are not the in the whole. They are the vast minority in terms of population and land. Also, Europe and Japan have had for the most part very organized and capable governments. This is probably why you consider them in the majority. Because like America they are an owner of the majority. Granted we did pump a large amount of money into Europe and Japan after WWII to rebuild their economic power. However, that is the cost of being able to have military bases stationed in another country. I would also hardly call sub-Sahara Africa a model of democracy.
You have to look at things realistically and not fall for propaganda. We are an Empire. Empire's do cruel things to achieve their means. However, I do agree that we are a lot less cruel as previous empires.
I know that many who have not worked either for or around the US government before are shocked at how money is spent (squandered) on projects that never finish or are dead the day they are deployed.
Hey, look what I can do just by changing a couple of words!
I know that many who have not worked either for or around A LARG CORPORATION before are shocked at how money is spent (squandered) on projects that never finish or are dead the day they are deployed.
I am working in the private sector for a large company on a project that should have been shelved. However, the project is still planed to carry through over the next few years. This isn't the first time I have seen a failure nor will it be the last.
I don't like to see money wasted either. However, it does no good to complain about the government without providing a solution as to how the Government can provide us solutions in a more efficient matter. When you get down to it the problem is people. To err is human.
I for one enjoy the roads and highways on which I drive, The power and water from the TVA project, etc. Compared to other countries we live in a very organized way.
Yeah, but then all of those people who drive huge SUV's that have yellow "Support our Troops" stickers will bitch about the inconvience and big government taxing them.
If you believe that school is not in the business of molding the characters of students into strong, self-confident, law-abiding citizens, then I could see how you'd rather they did nothing but play.
He was refering to Europe. There is a much higher percentage of Atheists and Agnostics in Europe than in the U.S. So in a way they already have begun scraping religion. Note: Islam has grown a lot in Europe due to the large number of imigrants. However, religion in the traditional European society is for the most part being put aside and losing relevency.
What does this thing due when it hits rugs? Seems pretty useless if you anything on the floor as most rooms do. As soon as the can invent a vacumm in an intelligent pattern then I will be impressed. Most houses just have to much clutter or corners for these things to work.
I am thinking a few sensors that map out your house layout to a PC. And a bluetooth connection to the vaccum. Then maybe triangulation so the PC knows where the unit is....
You are forgetting about multi disk players. So you want to always go through authentication when you swap your discs in and out? Also, what if someone else wants to take a DVD off your shelf the shelf and play it in your DVD player? It's about useability. No one wants to press a bunch of buttons to unlock their DVD's ability to play.
So were are these million other reasons you speak of? All you are doing is complaining. You are not providing an answer.
Exactly. Am I supposed to walk up to my DVD and authenticate every time I play a movie? Even if they get this thing on a remote (Which opens up exploits) it's still a pain. I say let them try and impliment this. No one will use their product.
Would you *want* to outsource those people?!! Never outsource the police and military. If you do that, you are no longer a nation as far as I'm concerned.
You mean like Kuwait? A country that has done nothing to build their military since the 91 gulf war. They rely on the U.S. to provide the military services. But they do have Oil! So what does that say about countries who outsource their energy needs?
Brittain has a VAT. Legally all advertised prices must include VAT. US prices do not include tax. So add on State Sales tax to 499. State Sales is 7% in my state. So our total comes out to 533.93. I believe VAT is 17% which would put the price at $583.83. That's pretty close to $600.00. So... There is your explenation.
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IRA's and some mutual funds are tax free.
Traditional IRA's are tax deffered. Roth IRA's you pay taxes up front. They are intended to give us middle class people a good way to save for our retirement. The government gives us that as an incentive to save for our retirements. The Wealthy have enough money to invest that it really doesn't matter to them if their long term retirement investments get taxed yearly. They can also see reasonable gains come back to them at a high tax level by virtue of the large amounts they can invest.
Your average Scandenavian is both far smaller and more homogeneous than the USA
Both true statements. I really don't get how being smaller helps them. As they have resources to trade with the rest of th world. Yet names like Ikea, Nokia, Siemens , etc are all internationaly recognized Scandanavian brands. I would say it is more about having a low poverty rate and a system which properly funds the education system. Most countries that are succesful have a large amount of immigration. Immigrants are usually disadvantaged and end up in large city ghettos. Scandanavian countries don't have large amounts of immigration. Thus it was easier to put in place their social systems after WWII. After 50 years they are now reaping the bennefits of that social contract with the people. As they have a high rate of educated people in their population. The problem for us isn't one of race. It is amount of poor we have accumulated over the years. I don't see how a flat tax will help the poor improve their situation.
You contradicted your self on the flat tax.
Also, don't you think that even the current tax system is fairly regressive, given that high-income people can and do shelter large amounts of income? For example, IRA's, tax-free bonds & mutual funds, housing write-offs, etc?
You then tell us that a flax tax is bennificial because...
The point to remember is that when rich people invest their money, that opens up investing for jobs and such.
Your first example was for IRA's, Mutual funds, Homes, etc... All of which are investments. Please explain how a flat tax will encourage the wealthy to take risks and invest their money? If anything the Flat tax will cement the social classes and make it hard to move up or down in society.
The key is to have a fair distribution of money. Notice I do not say equal distribution as then there is no incentive. To maintain a good society the rich can not be too rich and the poor can not be too poor. Just look at your average Scandenavian country in which you are 2x as likely to move up in the class structure than in the United States.
You forgot to add that you will fund the roadtrip with the spare change you manage to find.
This will never hapen in 10 years time with the current funding and emphasize placed on the space program. NASA simply won't get the money needed to get to the moon. It's only ment as a distraction from Iraq and to give the country something to rally behind. This way the conservative media can have talking points about what a visionary president we have. Bush seems really pre-occupied with creating a legacy. Taking on Social Security, The largest nation building exercise since WWII (Iraq), Return to the moon, Star Wars... So far his legacy isn't looking very good. Unfortunately , we will be the ones paying for his poorly managed projects.
What ever you do don't concentrate on Iraq.
You can be very selective, and choose political conservatives who believe in aliens
Oh you mean like Ronald Reagan?
In 20 years, no matter what the politicians say, gun control is going to be DEAD.
You simply make it illegal to own the weapons and place heavy penalties on those who make those weapons.
Societies that carry weapons are generally unstable societies. People carry the weapons because they are afraid. I would hope that 20 years from now people will feel safer and thus less inclined to feel the urge to carry a weapon.
I can see your point on assembly. However, we are facing a potential brain drain when highly educated jobs are being shipped out of this country. While it may be good in the short run for the economy it is not good in the long run for the U.S. economy or our position in the world. U.S. companies enjoy the protection and influence of the U.S. government on a global scale. Therefore it would be good for the U.S. companies to keep the brains in the U.S.. However, for that to occur you have to keep some of the less intellectual work domestic. How else will you train the next generation of workers. I like the H1B program and wish they would open the gates a little more. Having highly educated people coming into the U.S. and contributing to our local economies makes us stronger.
I am well aware of the difference of Cost of living having lived in Florida, Atlanta and London. However, we are also comparing the modern world with proper access to food and good labor laws. You can pay some one much less in Missippi than NewYork. However, both locations have good labor practices. What concerns me are the countries that do not have those standards and have no incentive to improve their standards. Having people work in sweat shops in unsafe conditions is not a matter of cost of living it is a matter of regard for life. low regard of life really shouldn't be justified by cheap labor.
Progress has always left some jobs behind. Buggy whip and block ice jobs used to be well paying
These jobs were replaced by technology. Their roles were antiquated. Fortunately, advancments in technology opened up the door for other career paths.
We are seeing something different now. These jobs are not antiquated. Many of the jobs moving overseas are still relevent and will be in the future. They are simply moving out side of the country to cheaper labor. The problem I see regarding this trend is that most of the countries lack labor laws. There for we have to be careful and bring those countries up to our standards and not regress to third world/US circa 1900 standards. I would rather read a Dickens novel not live one.
MS should just take one of the BSDs and write a nice GUI interface and work on a virtual system to run their old WIN32 code. Apple took a similar approach with NEXT's mach kernel and has been very succesful. It seems as though Apple is now running circles around MS in OS releases ( SP1, Longhorn...) . This new CLI innitiative is another example of MS floundering. MS only number 1 in terms of revenue and not innovation. If Apple is able to crack into the office productivity market it will be bad for MS.
Europe, Japan, and sub-Saharan Africa are not the in the whole. They are the vast minority in terms of population and land. Also, Europe and Japan have had for the most part very organized and capable governments. This is probably why you consider them in the majority. Because like America they are an owner of the majority. Granted we did pump a large amount of money into Europe and Japan after WWII to rebuild their economic power. However, that is the cost of being able to have military bases stationed in another country. I would also hardly call sub-Sahara Africa a model of democracy.
You have to look at things realistically and not fall for propaganda. We are an Empire. Empire's do cruel things to achieve their means. However, I do agree that we are a lot less cruel as previous empires.
I know that many who have not worked either for or around the US government before are shocked at how money is spent (squandered) on projects that never finish or are dead the day they are deployed.
Hey, look what I can do just by changing a couple of words!
I know that many who have not worked either for or around A LARG CORPORATION before are shocked at how money is spent (squandered) on projects that never finish or are dead the day they are deployed.
I am working in the private sector for a large company on a project that should have been shelved. However, the project is still planed to carry through over the next few years. This isn't the first time I have seen a failure nor will it be the last.
I don't like to see money wasted either. However, it does no good to complain about the government without providing a solution as to how the Government can provide us solutions in a more efficient matter. When you get down to it the problem is people. To err is human.
I for one enjoy the roads and highways on which I drive, The power and water from the TVA project, etc. Compared to other countries we live in a very organized way.
Yeah, but then all of those people who drive huge SUV's that have yellow "Support our Troops" stickers will bitch about the inconvience and big government taxing them.
Turn off Fox news and put down the viagra,oxycotin ro other pharm drug of your choice.
But of course, it's not hip these days to acknowledge that, on the whole, the US is a force for human rights, economic progress, and democratization.
Yeah go tell Central and South America that. Get off your ass , visit other countries around the world. Go see how the other 90% lives.
If you believe that school is not in the business of molding the characters of students into strong, self-confident, law-abiding citizens, then I could see how you'd rather they did nothing but play.
Funny, I thought that was the parents job...
He was refering to Europe. There is a much higher percentage of Atheists and Agnostics in Europe than in the U.S. So in a way they already have begun scraping religion. Note: Islam has grown a lot in Europe due to the large number of imigrants. However, religion in the traditional European society is for the most part being put aside and losing relevency.
Are they trying to teach people a specific platform, or are they trying to teach people concepts and theory.
Teaching is not there priority. Making more money is their priority.
1. Create a false mystique around having an MCSE.
2. Charge for certifcations
3. Laugh all the way to the bank.
What does this thing due when it hits rugs? Seems pretty useless if you anything on the floor as most rooms do. As soon as the can invent a vacumm in an intelligent pattern then I will be impressed. Most houses just have to much clutter or corners for these things to work.
I am thinking a few sensors that map out your house layout to a PC. And a bluetooth connection to the vaccum. Then maybe triangulation so the PC knows where the unit is....
Don't forget the Wooomba. It cleans your girls business!
Just a nod to Saturday night Live
You saw "W----s unstable" and your brain said, "WINDOWS!"
Actually my brain interpreted it as a political statement.
You are forgetting about multi disk players. So you want to always go through authentication when you swap your discs in and out? Also, what if someone else wants to take a DVD off your shelf the shelf and play it in your DVD player? It's about useability. No one wants to press a bunch of buttons to unlock their DVD's ability to play. So were are these million other reasons you speak of? All you are doing is complaining. You are not providing an answer.
Exactly. Am I supposed to walk up to my DVD and authenticate every time I play a movie? Even if they get this thing on a remote (Which opens up exploits) it's still a pain. I say let them try and impliment this. No one will use their product.
Would you *want* to outsource those people?!! Never outsource the police and military. If you do that, you are no longer a nation as far as I'm concerned.
You mean like Kuwait? A country that has done nothing to build their military since the 91 gulf war. They rely on the U.S. to provide the military services. But they do have Oil! So what does that say about countries who outsource their energy needs?
Hillarious.
"That's like the NBA unions kicking Shaq out. He may not be the BEST player ever, but he's certainly the biggest gorilla in the room for the moment"
Interesting Choice of words....
Didn't Homer say the last two lines in a Simpsons episode?
Brittain has a VAT. Legally all advertised prices must include VAT. US prices do not include tax. So add on State Sales tax to 499. State Sales is 7% in my state. So our total comes out to 533.93. I believe VAT is 17% which would put the price at $583.83. That's pretty close to $600.00. So... There is your explenation.