I do work out, and not eat processed food. I'm not in that bad shape myself, because I bike to work every day. But thank you for your concern, anonymous stranger.
Most of the time I'm sedentary it's because my job has me sit at a desk typing code(or slashdot comments) all day. This is exacerbated for most people, because they attach an hour or more of sedentary driving onto each end.
And being sedentary is mentally exhausting compared to light exercise. It's no surprise that there's an obesity epidemic.
An unexpected $250 fine REALLY hurts poor people. Taxation by citation is regressive and hell and is only tolerated because it protects safety(a little).
No, as in the stability of 10 and 20 year us government treasuries are a big deal, and there's lots of good reasons they should be issued(just at a rate that expands more or less to match inflation and/or GDP growth). It's actually reasonably pragmatic fiscal policy to borrow at a reasonable rate. 2000-2008 just happened to be a giant balloon in those numbers past what was reasonable, but we're almost entirely within reasonable ranges these days.
The only serious concern would be another unexpected market crash that makes the government miss those targets.
Or we could pretend fantasyland Austrian economics are valid, and then assume that all debt is bad(but that's stupid)
Societies aren't built around what's theoretically possible, with enough freely gained land from magical land fairies. They're built on how things actually work.
Yeah, that's because that's (currently) a stupid thing to be worrying about. And only an irredeemable idiot would seriously compare it to forced servitude.
Yeah, but that's not most of what makes up those contracts.
You get one provision for what they'll provide: 1. The service you're paying money for
They get hundreds of minute and niggling details that you can't actually negotiate, since they have the leverage and the lawyers. AND they get the money.
Sure, there's a "you must have insurance on this thing we have a lien on" clause, which is reasonable, but there's also always a "all disputes are settled by our paid shills" clause.
Actually, there's certainly a case to be made that sense contracts are enforced by law, prohibitions are what laws can contain are essentially prohibitions are contracts.
For example, it's well understood that the 13th amendment prevents you from signing yourself away as a slave.
You're free to do what you want, and the government won't interfere...
Except for the literally tens of thousands of inane and pointless restrictions placed upon you by the one sided contracts that you must sign to take part in modern life.
Want a job so you can pay your expenses? Better sign over your right to intellectual properties you create. Want to get to that job? Better sign over numerous detailed and unnecessary rights as part of your car loan. Want to have shelter? Here comes Mr. Landlord or Mrs. Deed Covenant. Want to use basic tools to communicate? Sure, we'll add limitations to your rights to random websites too.
Oh no. Some pathetic loser might get a few minutes of smug self satisfaction at totally owning me, before returning to their sad unappealing life. How terrible I am to have rewarded them with a trite counter-argument.
The rich aren't actually doing that. Contrary to common belief, rich people are not actually more insightful and aware of things than your typical well-educated person. There isn't a conspiracy to exploit the results of climate change. Why bother when everything is based on next quarters' earnings anyways?
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Wait until they scan your behavior and lower the temperature until you remove the black tape.
Because there's a lot of wildfire expertise, and people pay top dollar to save their mcmansions?
Well, obviously that question is kind of rud---braaaaaaaaaains.
I do work out, and not eat processed food. I'm not in that bad shape myself, because I bike to work every day. But thank you for your concern, anonymous stranger.
Most of the time I'm sedentary it's because my job has me sit at a desk typing code(or slashdot comments) all day. This is exacerbated for most people, because they attach an hour or more of sedentary driving onto each end.
And being sedentary is mentally exhausting compared to light exercise. It's no surprise that there's an obesity epidemic.
An unexpected $250 fine REALLY hurts poor people. Taxation by citation is regressive and hell and is only tolerated because it protects safety(a little).
Not to worry, no one buys GM cars, except by accident anyways.
Let's take a completely random supreme court cases where the first amendment was cited(seriously, randomly selected from wikipedia)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T...
Oh look, that has jack shit to do with congress, because that's not how the fucking thing is interpreted.
Do you feel stupid? Because you look stupid.
No, as in the stability of 10 and 20 year us government treasuries are a big deal, and there's lots of good reasons they should be issued(just at a rate that expands more or less to match inflation and/or GDP growth). It's actually reasonably pragmatic fiscal policy to borrow at a reasonable rate. 2000-2008 just happened to be a giant balloon in those numbers past what was reasonable, but we're almost entirely within reasonable ranges these days.
The only serious concern would be another unexpected market crash that makes the government miss those targets.
Or we could pretend fantasyland Austrian economics are valid, and then assume that all debt is bad(but that's stupid)
I clarified that I was mistaken about "never". But thermal expansion is a big deal.
Okay, now we're getting somewhere.
Societies aren't built around what's theoretically possible, with enough freely gained land from magical land fairies. They're built on how things actually work.
"it is pretty clear" means "I have no idea what actual judicial interpretation includes"
Thanks for the clarification.
Yeah, that's because that's (currently) a stupid thing to be worrying about. And only an irredeemable idiot would seriously compare it to forced servitude.
Yeah, I know how you feel. I'm constantly wanting more tolerance of bad jokes from my inanimate objects.
Also:
Don't get a job.
Don't buy a cell phone and pay for service.
Don't use any website that requires registration
Don't use any software
Wait... this is starting to sound impossible.
Also: you think buying gets you out of restrictive clauses? Have you looked at your damn deed?
Yeah, but that's not most of what makes up those contracts.
You get one provision for what they'll provide:
1. The service you're paying money for
They get hundreds of minute and niggling details that you can't actually negotiate, since they have the leverage and the lawyers.
AND they get the money.
Sure, there's a "you must have insurance on this thing we have a lien on" clause, which is reasonable, but there's also always a "all disputes are settled by our paid shills" clause.
I think you're misunderstanding my position here.
Nope, you're just dumb. Sorry, I said none of the things you're implying I did.
Actually, there's certainly a case to be made that sense contracts are enforced by law, prohibitions are what laws can contain are essentially prohibitions are contracts.
For example, it's well understood that the 13th amendment prevents you from signing yourself away as a slave.
You're free to do what you want, and the government won't interfere...
Except for the literally tens of thousands of inane and pointless restrictions placed upon you by the one sided contracts that you must sign to take part in modern life.
Want a job so you can pay your expenses?
Better sign over your right to intellectual properties you create.
Want to get to that job?
Better sign over numerous detailed and unnecessary rights as part of your car loan.
Want to have shelter?
Here comes Mr. Landlord or Mrs. Deed Covenant.
Want to use basic tools to communicate?
Sure, we'll add limitations to your rights to random websites too.
Oh no. Some pathetic loser might get a few minutes of smug self satisfaction at totally owning me, before returning to their sad unappealing life. How terrible I am to have rewarded them with a trite counter-argument.
No, see, only government intervention can harm an economy. It's right there in their political philosophy, so it must be a true.
Hey, you know what you are? Even stupider than me.
You start an argument by pointing out how much time people spend squabbling. Top tier useless hypocrisy right there.
Interesting. So... I have to admit I made a factual error in my post.
I shouldn't have used the word "never", it was apparently quite hyperbolic.
The rich aren't actually doing that. Contrary to common belief, rich people are not actually more insightful and aware of things than your typical well-educated person. There isn't a conspiracy to exploit the results of climate change. Why bother when everything is based on next quarters' earnings anyways?