When it comes to junkies living in homeless shelters, I'm fine with arbitrary evictions. I'd call it discretion though.
Especially in the age of 'test chems' (legal drug analogs that are changed faster than they can be made illegal), drug tests are a terrible solution and basically don't work. Even the $200 hair tests have a special shampoo.
Doesn't matter how they take it, cap gains or corporate tax. Any study that only looks at one is designed to produce a result (in a very transparent way).
Statistics based on anonymous polling will be much more accurate than high stakes, easy to cheat chemical tests. Comparing one to the other is nonsense.
All drug testing is, more or less, a waste of money. If it's good enough for working stiffs, it's good enough for bums.
Growth*(1-CorporateTax)*(1-CapitalGains) is a fairly competitive number. If you fuck with those numbers capital will leave your economy. Adults understand this and more or less assume it's understood. You'll note that growth is noisy.
America has relatively high corporate tax rates but relatively low capital gains tax rate. Growth is low compared to Asia, but high compared to Europe.
Did you know any rich kids growing up? Being born with money isn't terrible, but being born with money, then losing all or most of it, must suck. Rich kids are the most fucked up, dumb as rocks people I've ever met. 'Birth lottery' isn't anything like justice, but they have the money to get around inheritance taxes etc.
Besides people have the right to do what they want with their assets on death. Spoiled crotch fruit, giant gold statue of self, do gooder foundation etc makes no difference to me.
Depends on the details. I've seen them pull cable and protective conduit in one pass with a plow like thing. I any case the conduit isn't likely big enough for cable to support lots of chargers.
But as I said, pulling cable and conduit isn't that big a deal. It will get done.
I still say the charger parking spots should be the 'bad ones'. If the only good parking spot is a charger spot, I won't hesitate to park my V8 in it. It's not like a cripple spot.
Come on 'Dr. Evil'. You know you want the wood chipper for the junkies.
The problem with your plan is drug tests are easy to cheat on. You'd have to use hair tests (or some other drug test that actually works). Those cost $200 and results take days.
Instant answer drug tests are defeated by drinking lots of water.
The shelter workers know who is a junkie. They have the authority to send them packing. The junkies end up in the homeless camps with the crazies.
If you have $150,000 in itemized deductions, the minimum tax will more or less stop you from taking itemized deductions.
The bastards took itemization away from richers decades ago and left it not inflation indexed. So now it gets lots of working professionals. Soon it will take everybody's itemization. When that happens all the 'social engineering' built into the itemization code will have to be redone somehow or dropped.
Everybody, everywhere does what they can to legally minimize taxes and just about all large, non ego tied costs.
Some nations have simple tax codes, some are more...complicated. When the get too complicated, people cheat more as they realize the code itself is just 'a cheat'.
Than there are nations where everybody just cheats and taxes are for chumps.
You have to take the financially secure retired (which would include 18 year old heirs) out of the denominator. IIRC labor participation rate already removed the kids.
If nobody in your social group can figure out how to cheat on a drug test, you hang with drooling morons.
Which isn't to say there aren't reasonably effective drug tests. But those are expensive and most testers don't really want an effective test. Couldn't stay staffed.
It's simply rent seeking, test corps lobby for workers comp rates based on testing. All corps test some groups for rates, all workers know how to cheat, all testers know workers are cheating. Every 20 years they update the cheap test and workers learn new ways. Until they learn new ways they substitute clean/synthetic pee for a year or two. Some politicians get carried away and forget it was about taxing business to benefit connected people and start to send state money down pit.
The congrsscritter with the 'suggestion' needs go up against the wall. She thinks letting you keep some of your money is the same as the tit. Fuck her. If you haven't already done so, move as much economic activity as possible underground.
Straight to the labor theory of value. Do not pass go, do not collect $200.
Realize your fallacy and be enlightened. Value is set on the market. Including the value of labor and capital. The fact you don't like that, doesn't change it.
If you look at the link, about 1/3 of the USA number is 'Global warming', 1/3 is 'Local Air Pollution' and 1/3 is 'Other Vehicle Externalities'.
IMF is being used to distribute propaganda. Ham fisted and childishly unskilled propaganda. Where is the forth 1/3 for 'Endless war in middle east'? The fifth 1/3 for 'Think of the Children'?
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Proves drug tests are a joke and easy to cheat on. Even bums can do it.
Actual stats on welfare drug use would be interesting. Those aren't.
16 succeeded in cheating on the test.
When it comes to junkies living in homeless shelters, I'm fine with arbitrary evictions. I'd call it discretion though.
Especially in the age of 'test chems' (legal drug analogs that are changed faster than they can be made illegal), drug tests are a terrible solution and basically don't work. Even the $200 hair tests have a special shampoo.
Doesn't matter how they take it, cap gains or corporate tax. Any study that only looks at one is designed to produce a result (in a very transparent way).
Decommissioning trust funds in America are in line with historic plant cleanup costs.
The funds are actually fat because the spent fuel is backing up. Funds for Yucca mountain are sitting.
Results don't show anything of the sort.
Statistics based on anonymous polling will be much more accurate than high stakes, easy to cheat chemical tests. Comparing one to the other is nonsense.
All drug testing is, more or less, a waste of money. If it's good enough for working stiffs, it's good enough for bums.
Capital gains taxes have to compete globally.
Growth*(1-CorporateTax)*(1-CapitalGains) is a fairly competitive number. If you fuck with those numbers capital will leave your economy. Adults understand this and more or less assume it's understood. You'll note that growth is noisy.
America has relatively high corporate tax rates but relatively low capital gains tax rate. Growth is low compared to Asia, but high compared to Europe.
Did you know any rich kids growing up? Being born with money isn't terrible, but being born with money, then losing all or most of it, must suck. Rich kids are the most fucked up, dumb as rocks people I've ever met. 'Birth lottery' isn't anything like justice, but they have the money to get around inheritance taxes etc.
Besides people have the right to do what they want with their assets on death. Spoiled crotch fruit, giant gold statue of self, do gooder foundation etc makes no difference to me.
You set food prices? Own all the food?
That's why they didn't hire you. No moral flexibility.
Depends on the details. I've seen them pull cable and protective conduit in one pass with a plow like thing. I any case the conduit isn't likely big enough for cable to support lots of chargers.
But as I said, pulling cable and conduit isn't that big a deal. It will get done.
I still say the charger parking spots should be the 'bad ones'. If the only good parking spot is a charger spot, I won't hesitate to park my V8 in it. It's not like a cripple spot.
Potent, damaging , addictive drug which is orders of magnitude more dangerous than money is POWER . Congressbitch is spun.
Come on 'Dr. Evil'. You know you want the wood chipper for the junkies.
The problem with your plan is drug tests are easy to cheat on. You'd have to use hair tests (or some other drug test that actually works). Those cost $200 and results take days.
Instant answer drug tests are defeated by drinking lots of water.
The shelter workers know who is a junkie. They have the authority to send them packing. The junkies end up in the homeless camps with the crazies.
You clearly understand ('there are multiple multiple ways to evade drug testing'), but go on a rant about richers.
Anybody can study for a drug test and pass, it's not expensive or hard.
What dark smelly place did you pull that from? The units aren't the same, how do you compare?
Both rates are highly variable and set on markets.
Capitalists invest to earn their living, same as everybody. How does that equal whatever propaganda you started with?
They were testing for required cynicism and street smarts. You failed.
A minutes googling would have shown you how to pass if you took the test while stoned.
She's just trolling.
If you have $150,000 in itemized deductions, the minimum tax will more or less stop you from taking itemized deductions.
The bastards took itemization away from richers decades ago and left it not inflation indexed. So now it gets lots of working professionals. Soon it will take everybody's itemization. When that happens all the 'social engineering' built into the itemization code will have to be redone somehow or dropped.
I have been around the world a time or six.
Everybody, everywhere does what they can to legally minimize taxes and just about all large, non ego tied costs.
Some nations have simple tax codes, some are more...complicated. When the get too complicated, people cheat more as they realize the code itself is just 'a cheat'.
Than there are nations where everybody just cheats and taxes are for chumps.
You have to take the financially secure retired (which would include 18 year old heirs) out of the denominator. IIRC labor participation rate already removed the kids.
Otherwise you're just scaring yourself.
Genuine irony.
'Can't read' AC doesn't know the difference between a deduction and a rebate.
Drug testing is a racket. You can't tell anything about the drug use rates of populations based on their drug tests...If they know the test is coming.
Keeping you money is not a tax benefit. It's part of the calculation of how much you owe. Comparing it to 'the tit' is silly.
The rich aren't exempt from drug testing when applying for welfare (in those states that do). So already done. Our law being a noble institution.
The problem is conflating 'keeping some of your money' with 'the government tit'. If they wanted to do this to beltway bandits, I'd be all for it.
Drug tests are low grade group IQ tests.
If nobody in your social group can figure out how to cheat on a drug test, you hang with drooling morons.
Which isn't to say there aren't reasonably effective drug tests. But those are expensive and most testers don't really want an effective test. Couldn't stay staffed.
It's simply rent seeking, test corps lobby for workers comp rates based on testing. All corps test some groups for rates, all workers know how to cheat, all testers know workers are cheating. Every 20 years they update the cheap test and workers learn new ways. Until they learn new ways they substitute clean/synthetic pee for a year or two. Some politicians get carried away and forget it was about taxing business to benefit connected people and start to send state money down pit.
The congrsscritter with the 'suggestion' needs go up against the wall. She thinks letting you keep some of your money is the same as the tit. Fuck her. If you haven't already done so, move as much economic activity as possible underground.
Straight to the labor theory of value. Do not pass go, do not collect $200.
Realize your fallacy and be enlightened. Value is set on the market. Including the value of labor and capital. The fact you don't like that, doesn't change it.
If you look at the link, about 1/3 of the USA number is 'Global warming', 1/3 is 'Local Air Pollution' and 1/3 is 'Other Vehicle Externalities'.
IMF is being used to distribute propaganda. Ham fisted and childishly unskilled propaganda. Where is the forth 1/3 for 'Endless war in middle east'? The fifth 1/3 for 'Think of the Children'?
Flog it harder. You can get your (milage down/smileage up) if you try.
Put a gear in it, go big. You can remake that into a 'speed'.