Which is why the IRS will rape you if you are a sole proprietor contractor. Particularly with only a few or one client.
Even lush bennies for low paid employees
The IRS gives companies serious tax breaks and leeway on deductions in return for their complicity in enforcing tax regulations on individuals. Actually let your rank and file employees use too many legal tax breaks and your company will get audited into the ground. Lincoln freed the slaves, but our government still isn't happy about seeing people walking around without masters.
There's one that I know of about 15 miles from me. Everything else has gone digital. Or shut down.
I didn't mind the theater release first model. In fact, reviews of movies that have bombed on the big screen have saved me from putting them in my Netflix queue. On the other hand, delay the official streaming release for more than a few weeks and the studio might as well hand a copy to the torrent sites.
Sufficient inflation will make sitting on cash unpleasant
True. But how would we go about creating this inflation?
We don't have a government-controlled central bank. The Federal Reserve is a quasi-government entity. But only to the extent that the gov't gets to nominate the board of directors. In reality, it is run by it's (private) member banks and the chairperson just blows smoke up Congress' collective ass periodically. Look at Greenspan's talent for obfuscation.
The member banks are pretty much controlled by big depositors. Who are highly motivated to keep their holdings from depreciating. The rest of the economy can go fuck itself. Those 'fat cats' you refer to? That is as much CALPERS and other pension funds as it is big corporations. Pension funds for you and me. So we are collectively some of the worst fat cats.
Cars and trucks cross state lines. This is just a rule to keep the likes of Governor Moonbeam from stopping them at the California state border for tax revenue.
My car's nav system is already autonomous, aside from infrequent map updates. All it needs is a clear view of some GPS satellites. Dodging pedestrians and detecting the edge of the road should not require a real time connection.
You take a few months off between jobs. Your ex-employer wants to know where you are going? I'm just going to hang around the house, drink beer and watch daytime soap operas.
You get a job involving a serious security clearance. Want to know where I work now? Sorry, classified. You have an issue with that? People in black government SUVs will be around to kick in your door, take you into custody. And shoot your dog.
Ex-employer being a bit too 'proactive'? Employers aren't stupid. They know when they have hired a key person by the amount of noise the last employer made when they left.
Ex-employer 'introduced' you to a company and now you can't work there? I assume you know your industry and who all the players are. The ex will have to demonstrate otherwise, that you depended on the introduction. It's not like the McDonald's employees can't see the Burger King across the street.
Your face is already visible to the public. And if it's an issue of tracking people _leaving_ the country, there are numerous ways to leave with no supervision whatsoever. The country you are entering may want to run a check, which is perfectly reasonable.
As for the issue of collecting facial scans, I assume that they are capturing an image for the purpose of facial recognition. Meaning that they already have a picture of you on file somewhere. Which has been true since the first person ever sat for a passport or drivers license photo.
Baptist minister in Texas. Nobody will look at you too hard. And having a garage full of Lamborghinis and a few private jets will just blend you in to that crowd.
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Which is why the IRS will rape you if you are a sole proprietor contractor. Particularly with only a few or one client.
Even lush bennies for low paid employees
The IRS gives companies serious tax breaks and leeway on deductions in return for their complicity in enforcing tax regulations on individuals. Actually let your rank and file employees use too many legal tax breaks and your company will get audited into the ground. Lincoln freed the slaves, but our government still isn't happy about seeing people walking around without masters.
There's one that I know of about 15 miles from me. Everything else has gone digital. Or shut down.
I didn't mind the theater release first model. In fact, reviews of movies that have bombed on the big screen have saved me from putting them in my Netflix queue. On the other hand, delay the official streaming release for more than a few weeks and the studio might as well hand a copy to the torrent sites.
Yes. But Fox News is permanently attached to it.
He was the villain in a James Bond movie.
Define 'controls'. Define 'a company with offshore earnings'. Define 'proof of investment in new or existing, unrelated companies'.
You just created the biggest job security program for tax attorneys and accounting firms.
Quantitative Easing was kind of indirect "printing" of cash,
But limited to buying back 'bad paper' that investors were sitting on.
Sufficient inflation will make sitting on cash unpleasant
True. But how would we go about creating this inflation?
We don't have a government-controlled central bank. The Federal Reserve is a quasi-government entity. But only to the extent that the gov't gets to nominate the board of directors. In reality, it is run by it's (private) member banks and the chairperson just blows smoke up Congress' collective ass periodically. Look at Greenspan's talent for obfuscation.
The member banks are pretty much controlled by big depositors. Who are highly motivated to keep their holdings from depreciating. The rest of the economy can go fuck itself. Those 'fat cats' you refer to? That is as much CALPERS and other pension funds as it is big corporations. Pension funds for you and me. So we are collectively some of the worst fat cats.
Cars and trucks cross state lines. This is just a rule to keep the likes of Governor Moonbeam from stopping them at the California state border for tax revenue.
Translated: "I fought the LaWS and the LaWS won."
My car's nav system is already autonomous, aside from infrequent map updates. All it needs is a clear view of some GPS satellites. Dodging pedestrians and detecting the edge of the road should not require a real time connection.
I'd want my car's autopilot to be completely autonomous.
This.
40,000 files is a light day surfing porn.
Heisenberg. They _may_ unveil it.
Also, when it does come out, it will be about two orders of magnitude bigger than it needs to be.
You assume that I use my correct date of birth when signing up for accounts. In some cases, I don't even use my real name.
Unless your face is completely covered for religious reasons
Nope. Just the obligatory colander.
All this will fall apart if:
You take a few months off between jobs. Your ex-employer wants to know where you are going? I'm just going to hang around the house, drink beer and watch daytime soap operas.
You get a job involving a serious security clearance. Want to know where I work now? Sorry, classified. You have an issue with that? People in black government SUVs will be around to kick in your door, take you into custody. And shoot your dog.
Ex-employer being a bit too 'proactive'? Employers aren't stupid. They know when they have hired a key person by the amount of noise the last employer made when they left.
Ex-employer 'introduced' you to a company and now you can't work there? I assume you know your industry and who all the players are. The ex will have to demonstrate otherwise, that you depended on the introduction. It's not like the McDonald's employees can't see the Burger King across the street.
No.
Your face is already visible to the public. And if it's an issue of tracking people _leaving_ the country, there are numerous ways to leave with no supervision whatsoever. The country you are entering may want to run a check, which is perfectly reasonable.
As for the issue of collecting facial scans, I assume that they are capturing an image for the purpose of facial recognition. Meaning that they already have a picture of you on file somewhere. Which has been true since the first person ever sat for a passport or drivers license photo.
So brave...
Explain.
one of those bard coded slips
Ah. 'Tis naught but a comedy of errors.
Printing money is expensive, bad for the environment, and just a pain for everyone involved.
Won't you please think of all the trees that died to make your cash.
;-)
because visa and mastercard don't get their cut
Gee. What makes you say that?
Baptist minister in Texas. Nobody will look at you too hard. And having a garage full of Lamborghinis and a few private jets will just blend you in to that crowd.