Nice theory but I'll disprove it. I gave bad examples of countries but here look at capital gains taxes in some first world countries...
At a 15% long-term capital gains tax rate, the United States ranks higher
than countries with lower, more competitive rates including Canada (14.5%),
Italy (12.5%) and Japan (7%). Many countries have a capital gains tax rate of
zero (0%) including Germany, Mexico, India, Malaysia, Taiwan and Honk Kong.
http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS238560+29-Oct-2008+PRN20081029
As you can see at least half of the countries listed have the same or higher quality of life as we do. Taxes are punishment even though they may not be viewed that way by those who enact them. The disincentivize certain actions. This is a basic economic principle.
Actually by the time an idea makes it to a proposal it's already to late. The public doesn't get a time to comment on the proposal and it will be rammed through before people even know what hit them. The first time many people hear about new laws is when they are being brought up on charges of breaking them or when they get the bill.
A good example of this is the latest "stimulus" (more like spending non-existent money)bill that got rammed through in the United States. Not only did the public not get a chance to read it but most of congress didn't read it either.
This IS google we are talking about. Why don't they just ditch gas powered mowers and use push mowers instead? They could start a fitness class called "mowing" which is kinda of like rowing except in reverse. And then they could offer this class for free to their employees as an incentive for working for such an awesome company.
You miss the point entirely. A good WHOOSH is in order here. The point is that if Politicians even THINK that way then they are seriously f'd up in the head and the public needs to put them in their place!
Its even more ironic to not that since the tax policies of the current administration have actually gone into effect, my taxes have gone DOWN.
How long do you think that will last when the current administration has expanded Government spending more in the first 100 days then any administration in the history of the United States? Of course they don't care because by the time America is about to go bankrupt the current administration will be safely out of office and free from any of the affects of censure or political pressure. In addition raising taxes on Business (Which Obama promises to do) effectively does tax the worker. If I have to explain why then you need a lot more help then I can offer.
I'm pretty sure Netflix pays them to carry their shows on Instant View. So they have a global audience. It's much larger then that tiny island you all live on.
I think you don't quite understand capitalism and even though you got some sort of a degree in order to teach you might want to go back and take economics 101 in college before you open your mouth on the subject again.
Increasing pay WILL increase candidates. You got that part right. But then you can increase the requirements for getting the job. For instance you could make people work as an assist for a year before even allowing them to apply. They would then get a feel for the job and see if they are good at it. You could require that applicants work as a TA at a college or anything else you can think of to separate the wheat from the chaff. The reason people would jump through the hoops is because YOU PAID THEM WELL! It's called CAPITALISM. You might want to learn about it considering you live in a capitalist society. Although given the Socialist Agenda of the current administration and congress it might not be that way for long.
Wow, you are a giant jackass! I can attest to the fact that even in my above average high school there was almost no curriculum which challenged me on a critical thinking level. The one class which did was an elective an hence the curriculum was not handed down from liberals in their Ivory Towers.
Secondly, you don't bother to actually say why the parent is ignorant but you seem to attack the fair tax. Did you know that the founding fathers of this country could not possibly fathom income tax as it exists today? They barely taxed the citizens at all. Congress in all it's evil were the ones to bring back income tax after it was not required. It was after all only created to get the country through the civil war. Now we tax everything and it's a huge drain on the economy. Essentially investment is punished by our current system. So what happens? People invest in China, or Brazil or damn near anywhere else besides here because the government punishes investment here.
Take the microcosm of Los Angeles for example. It has some of the highest business taxes and the highest sales tax in the state at above 10%. Who in their right mind is going to move to smog filled LA and start a business when all the surrounding counties have lower taxes? You are the ignorant one here.
The "University" you work for should grow a pair of balls. I went to a California State University college which I might add is the largest university system in the world. The Freshman dropout rate was sky high like somewhere around 50% because like you mentioned many high schools are horrible. However if you went a whole year and could not "graduate" into college algebra from remedial math then the university kicked you out. End of story. No petitions. So why can't you college do the same? Nobody is willing to stand up for some standards?
I'll respond to point 2 as point 1 already makes my point.
The reason you drill the oil now is because you control it now and it takes 20 years to see a drop (according to you). So you drill it now and save it in the REAL petroleum reserve. This reserve can be released in days not decades when needs arise. It's a matter of national security.
Who said to subsidize oil? No NEVER subsidize oil! Never. But DO allow offshore drilling. DO allow the expansion of well thought out drilling in Alaska. DO allow the pipeline to function. That's all I'm asking. Don't subsidize; just get the fuck out of the way!
The gov't is the leveling factor, by pricing oil artificially higher to encourage a different direction for a better long term result.
Holy fuck! How did you slip that shit in there and get modded insightful? First off the government doesn't not currently do this. However if they ever did it would be the end as we know it to all first world economies. It would literally create famine, war, disease outbreaks, collapse of first world governments, among other undesirable consequences.
No, your idea is WAY the fuck off base. The Solution is not to make Oil more expensive. It is to make it cheaper by harvesting the oil we have RIGHT THE FUCK HERE in the USA! Then the government needs to simulfuckingtaneously (yes it's a word) provide subsidies for development of alternative fuel infrastructure and alternative energy sources. Paris Hilton actually had it right. DO BOTH!
What's fraud is you calling what the GP did fraud. In otherwords the fraud is you and you did it by calling someone else a fraud who wasn't a fraud but actually did report fraud perpetrated upon him by a fraud (the manager). You follow?
Hint : ethics doesn't pay for the shareholders pool.
That is extremely short sighted thinking. What is more important? Making one sell or getting a new customer for life? Don't answer; I can already see your foot in your mouth.
Actually you are absolutely incorrect. I have all kinds of loyalty. I make all the IT purchases for my company and we have over 150 employees. However I will price shop first to find the places who will not price gouge me. Then once I find one I will stick with them through thick and thin if their service is good. I may even buy items through them which cost 5% more because I am loyal. I will not however deal with shitty service and ignoring my requests to actually buy shit.
Or you could sell used laptops which you buy in large quantities but have been refurbished are in great condition. Then you could install XP and a new COA sticker and call it a business plan. I know a company that does this and it's very profitable for them.
The funny article this week comes from Ann Coulter who pointed out that Obama is cutting the amount that a person can write off of their income because they donated it to Charity. The reason Obama is fine with this is because he donates very little money to Charity. In fact almost no Democrats donate any percentage to Charity which requires two digits to express.
The difference is in intuitiveness. You might have to take a course to learn how to ride a motorcycle but you don't need to read a book to figure out which way to lean when you are making a left turn. Linux distributions can be so complex or assume so much that you literally have no idea where to turn when you have a problem because there is no intuitive nature in the UI. Great strides have been made but it is still not there and really not much has changed since 6 months ago when I last played around with Ubuntu.
Here are the latest results I could find. Note that AVG is NOT the worst by far. The free version only suffers in it's lack of detection for malware but the GP did not say the the free version was installed. Now Avira comes out smelling like a rose in these tests so of course they are recommended but AVG is also very good.
Catch-22. Then they'll just say their sales are down because people are pirating their software and put more sneaky DRM in it like the program in question.
When a software company cuts off an operating system at the knees as Microsoft has done with XP in order to promote you to spend more money then the albeit childish acronym of "M$" does indeed apply. The sad part is that Vista STILL isn't ready for primetime and while Windows 7 shows promise as the real Vista SP2; it is not out yet and so you are stuck supporting users on an OS which isn't even for sale anymore.
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http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS238560+29-Oct-2008+PRN20081029 As you can see at least half of the countries listed have the same or higher quality of life as we do. Taxes are punishment even though they may not be viewed that way by those who enact them. The disincentivize certain actions. This is a basic economic principle.
Actually by the time an idea makes it to a proposal it's already to late. The public doesn't get a time to comment on the proposal and it will be rammed through before people even know what hit them. The first time many people hear about new laws is when they are being brought up on charges of breaking them or when they get the bill.
A good example of this is the latest "stimulus" (more like spending non-existent money)bill that got rammed through in the United States. Not only did the public not get a chance to read it but most of congress didn't read it either.
Can we outlaw people who refuse to read before posting? He just said they pay employees who emit carbon.
This IS google we are talking about. Why don't they just ditch gas powered mowers and use push mowers instead? They could start a fitness class called "mowing" which is kinda of like rowing except in reverse. And then they could offer this class for free to their employees as an incentive for working for such an awesome company.
You miss the point entirely. A good WHOOSH is in order here. The point is that if Politicians even THINK that way then they are seriously f'd up in the head and the public needs to put them in their place!
How long do you think that will last when the current administration has expanded Government spending more in the first 100 days then any administration in the history of the United States? Of course they don't care because by the time America is about to go bankrupt the current administration will be safely out of office and free from any of the affects of censure or political pressure. In addition raising taxes on Business (Which Obama promises to do) effectively does tax the worker. If I have to explain why then you need a lot more help then I can offer.
I'm pretty sure Netflix pays them to carry their shows on Instant View. So they have a global audience. It's much larger then that tiny island you all live on.
I think you don't quite understand capitalism and even though you got some sort of a degree in order to teach you might want to go back and take economics 101 in college before you open your mouth on the subject again.
Increasing pay WILL increase candidates. You got that part right. But then you can increase the requirements for getting the job. For instance you could make people work as an assist for a year before even allowing them to apply. They would then get a feel for the job and see if they are good at it. You could require that applicants work as a TA at a college or anything else you can think of to separate the wheat from the chaff. The reason people would jump through the hoops is because YOU PAID THEM WELL! It's called CAPITALISM. You might want to learn about it considering you live in a capitalist society. Although given the Socialist Agenda of the current administration and congress it might not be that way for long.
Wow, you are a giant jackass! I can attest to the fact that even in my above average high school there was almost no curriculum which challenged me on a critical thinking level. The one class which did was an elective an hence the curriculum was not handed down from liberals in their Ivory Towers.
Secondly, you don't bother to actually say why the parent is ignorant but you seem to attack the fair tax. Did you know that the founding fathers of this country could not possibly fathom income tax as it exists today? They barely taxed the citizens at all. Congress in all it's evil were the ones to bring back income tax after it was not required. It was after all only created to get the country through the civil war. Now we tax everything and it's a huge drain on the economy. Essentially investment is punished by our current system. So what happens? People invest in China, or Brazil or damn near anywhere else besides here because the government punishes investment here.
Take the microcosm of Los Angeles for example. It has some of the highest business taxes and the highest sales tax in the state at above 10%. Who in their right mind is going to move to smog filled LA and start a business when all the surrounding counties have lower taxes? You are the ignorant one here.
The "University" you work for should grow a pair of balls. I went to a California State University college which I might add is the largest university system in the world. The Freshman dropout rate was sky high like somewhere around 50% because like you mentioned many high schools are horrible. However if you went a whole year and could not "graduate" into college algebra from remedial math then the university kicked you out. End of story. No petitions. So why can't you college do the same? Nobody is willing to stand up for some standards?
I'll respond to point 2 as point 1 already makes my point.
The reason you drill the oil now is because you control it now and it takes 20 years to see a drop (according to you). So you drill it now and save it in the REAL petroleum reserve. This reserve can be released in days not decades when needs arise. It's a matter of national security.
Who said to subsidize oil? No NEVER subsidize oil! Never. But DO allow offshore drilling. DO allow the expansion of well thought out drilling in Alaska. DO allow the pipeline to function. That's all I'm asking. Don't subsidize; just get the fuck out of the way!
Holy fuck! How did you slip that shit in there and get modded insightful? First off the government doesn't not currently do this. However if they ever did it would be the end as we know it to all first world economies. It would literally create famine, war, disease outbreaks, collapse of first world governments, among other undesirable consequences.
No, your idea is WAY the fuck off base. The Solution is not to make Oil more expensive. It is to make it cheaper by harvesting the oil we have RIGHT THE FUCK HERE in the USA! Then the government needs to simulfuckingtaneously (yes it's a word) provide subsidies for development of alternative fuel infrastructure and alternative energy sources. Paris Hilton actually had it right. DO BOTH!
What's fraud is you calling what the GP did fraud. In otherwords the fraud is you and you did it by calling someone else a fraud who wasn't a fraud but actually did report fraud perpetrated upon him by a fraud (the manager). You follow?
That is extremely short sighted thinking. What is more important? Making one sell or getting a new customer for life? Don't answer; I can already see your foot in your mouth.
Actually you are absolutely incorrect. I have all kinds of loyalty. I make all the IT purchases for my company and we have over 150 employees. However I will price shop first to find the places who will not price gouge me. Then once I find one I will stick with them through thick and thin if their service is good. I may even buy items through them which cost 5% more because I am loyal. I will not however deal with shitty service and ignoring my requests to actually buy shit.
Or you could sell used laptops which you buy in large quantities but have been refurbished are in great condition. Then you could install XP and a new COA sticker and call it a business plan. I know a company that does this and it's very profitable for them.
The funny article this week comes from Ann Coulter who pointed out that Obama is cutting the amount that a person can write off of their income because they donated it to Charity. The reason Obama is fine with this is because he donates very little money to Charity. In fact almost no Democrats donate any percentage to Charity which requires two digits to express.
WRONG! Ever hear of a Network Worm? Ever hear of "Drive-by Downloads"? Ever hear of viri spreading through "Autorun"?
Your ignorance is a very big disservice to the world in general.
The difference is in intuitiveness. You might have to take a course to learn how to ride a motorcycle but you don't need to read a book to figure out which way to lean when you are making a left turn. Linux distributions can be so complex or assume so much that you literally have no idea where to turn when you have a problem because there is no intuitive nature in the UI. Great strides have been made but it is still not there and really not much has changed since 6 months ago when I last played around with Ubuntu.
Actually, last time I installed AVG that was turned off by default.
I fucking just LOVE it when people post "information" which is not backed up by any source or link or anything.
http://www.virusbtn.com/news/2008/09_02
Here are the latest results I could find. Note that AVG is NOT the worst by far. The free version only suffers in it's lack of detection for malware but the GP did not say the the free version was installed. Now Avira comes out smelling like a rose in these tests so of course they are recommended but AVG is also very good.
Catch-22. Then they'll just say their sales are down because people are pirating their software and put more sneaky DRM in it like the program in question.
Maybe this is why Ubuntu is so popular now?
When a software company cuts off an operating system at the knees as Microsoft has done with XP in order to promote you to spend more money then the albeit childish acronym of "M$" does indeed apply. The sad part is that Vista STILL isn't ready for primetime and while Windows 7 shows promise as the real Vista SP2; it is not out yet and so you are stuck supporting users on an OS which isn't even for sale anymore.