You fucking Ayn Rand simpleton. Tax money is spent in many, many ways that lots of people disagree with. It's part of living in a society. Deal with it, and quit being such a selfish prick.
When I use the throw around the phrase "fair share", including in this context, I mean that everybody should pay the same rate. Some companies do need to pay a hell of a lot more, because they're paying significantly less than other companies, true. But some companies don't have to pay any more at all, because they're already following the intent of the law.
The local company can do exactly the same thing the big companies can. It isn't expensive; it just requires having enough incentive to act. I know individuals who benefit from the same loopholes.
Amazon has generally not being paying much tax because it reinvests much if not all of it's profits back into the business to grow it. Nothing even morally wrong about reinvesting "profits" back into the business and thus not paying tax on them. Governments in general even encourage this behaviour.
Not completely true.
The US government, at least, taxes any regular businesses on their profit as income, *even if it's reinvested back in the form of assets.
Amazon really isn't profitable. How do you think that they can afford to sell stuff cheaper than everybody else and eat the shipping?
I don't think that Linux is a secret. Most even marginally geeky people I know are very aware of it's existence. The problem is that nobody wants to use it on the desktop.
You haven't installed Windows in the past few decades, apparently. Windows has a ton of drivers that can, 99% of the time, bootstrap you to Windows Update where you can get the real drivers. This "finding a disk" thing for all of your hardware is not real.
That's not a bad deal, at least for the trial phase. Outlook licenses come with hosted Exchange services now that are generally about $10/month per mailbox. It's certainly worth $10/month/user. Still, I can't believe that MS would undercut their own resellers.
Of course it's an IT problem. IT people always seem to think that every IT problem is a #1 priority issue in every organization. The thing is, IT isn't #1 unless it's an IT company. IT keeping things secure is just as important as keeping the physical doors locked. It's important, but it's not the CEO's job, any more than it's the CEO's job to make sure that the locks are working properly on the company's doors.
IT people need to take their heads OUT of the sand, and realize that what they do, while important, isn't any more important than any other pieces of large organizations.
They absolutely were. "the right of the People to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed."
Funny how the gun nuts always leave out the entire sentence. Here it is in case you forgot: A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
Are they still going to have the interface that looks like my Grandpa's Windows 95 desktop? I can't help but giggle every time I see somebody using one of those things.
New service! Send your paychecks to Amazon directly, and suckle off of the warm, soothing teat of Big Mama Amazon. Why waste time spending money with reputable, responsible companies? Just send it all to Amazon because hey, who really gives a shit?
Hey dipshit. This guy killed three people because he thought they might have parked in a visitor's parking space. Sounds like there's a stupid white guy problem.
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It simply won't happen until there is a compelling financial reason to do so.
You're right. If the US government stopped it's massive oil and gas subsidies, the economy would swing toward renewables quickly.
You fucking Ayn Rand simpleton. Tax money is spent in many, many ways that lots of people disagree with. It's part of living in a society. Deal with it, and quit being such a selfish prick.
When I use the throw around the phrase "fair share", including in this context, I mean that everybody should pay the same rate. Some companies do need to pay a hell of a lot more, because they're paying significantly less than other companies, true. But some companies don't have to pay any more at all, because they're already following the intent of the law.
The local company can do exactly the same thing the big companies can. It isn't expensive; it just requires having enough incentive to act. I know individuals who benefit from the same loopholes.
Bullshit.
Most people are incredibly stupid. They DO want junk food, both figuratively and literally.
... and it didn't end well
Amazon has generally not being paying much tax because it reinvests much if not all of it's profits back into the business to grow it. Nothing even morally wrong about reinvesting "profits" back into the business and thus not paying tax on them. Governments in general even encourage this behaviour.
Not completely true.
The US government, at least, taxes any regular businesses on their profit as income, *even if it's reinvested back in the form of assets.
Amazon really isn't profitable. How do you think that they can afford to sell stuff cheaper than everybody else and eat the shipping?
I don't think that Linux is a secret. Most even marginally geeky people I know are very aware of it's existence. The problem is that nobody wants to use it on the desktop.
The desktop simply doesn't matter any more.
... except to those who need to do WORK with their computers.
You haven't installed Windows in the past few decades, apparently. Windows has a ton of drivers that can, 99% of the time, bootstrap you to Windows Update where you can get the real drivers. This "finding a disk" thing for all of your hardware is not real.
Outlook/Exchange is not just email.
That's not a bad deal, at least for the trial phase. Outlook licenses come with hosted Exchange services now that are generally about $10/month per mailbox. It's certainly worth $10/month/user. Still, I can't believe that MS would undercut their own resellers.
No, fuck you in the face. 90% of companies today ARE IT companies, whether they want to admit it or not.
That makes no sense, whatsoever.
Your post: another great example of gaslighting!
Your post is an excellent example of gaslighting!
You're complaining about moderation, yet you're posting as an AC.
Of course it's an IT problem. IT people always seem to think that every IT problem is a #1 priority issue in every organization. The thing is, IT isn't #1 unless it's an IT company. IT keeping things secure is just as important as keeping the physical doors locked. It's important, but it's not the CEO's job, any more than it's the CEO's job to make sure that the locks are working properly on the company's doors.
IT people need to take their heads OUT of the sand, and realize that what they do, while important, isn't any more important than any other pieces of large organizations.
Paying for email services is miserable, expensive, error prone, and dangerous (spam, DOS, viruses, etc.).
That's bullshit, AC. Paying for email is how one gets *good* service.
They absolutely were. "the right of the People to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed."
Funny how the gun nuts always leave out the entire sentence. Here it is in case you forgot:
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
Are they still going to have the interface that looks like my Grandpa's Windows 95 desktop? I can't help but giggle every time I see somebody using one of those things.
eBay is and always has been 100% traceable. Somebody trying to be anonymous via eBay or any major online retailer isn't all that smart.
You're voting for him because you're a selfish moron.
These are real costs on a business, which are not relevant for card transactions, and also get factored into the costs of goods and services.
Those costs are nowhere NEAR the 2-3% that CC's charge. Not even close.
New service! Send your paychecks to Amazon directly, and suckle off of the warm, soothing teat of Big Mama Amazon. Why waste time spending money with reputable, responsible companies? Just send it all to Amazon because hey, who really gives a shit?
Hey dipshit. This guy killed three people because he thought they might have parked in a visitor's parking space. Sounds like there's a stupid white guy problem.