I hope the story is true. I'd like nothing more than for all those coastal dwellers telling me global warming is going to inundate the coasts to drown so that I no long have to hear such nonsense.
2.6.15 on my Fedora Core 5 Samba server that just won't break! 10 years now, and even then it was created from a used Dell WinDoze machine. The new server that was to replace it in 2013 (3.9) has already lost a hard drive.
Also nice for them because they could record even more of your financial transactions and lock you out of the economy if you step out of line.
Rev 13:16 And it causes all, the small and the great, and the rich and the poor, and the free and the bondmen, that they should give them a mark upon their right hand or upon their forehead;
Rev 13:17 and that no one should be able to buy or sell save he that had the mark, the name of the beast, or the number of its name.
Actually, I want NO ONE to see it. I'd be happier if my car had no 'black box' data recorder, because what I do with my car is no one's business unless I break the law with it.
I think you misunderstand what 501(c)(3)'s are, and how they compare to for-profit corps.Having headed a (c)(3), (c)(4), and for profit companies, maybe I can help.
A not for profit, (any of the (c)'s, they all just exist for differing purposes), is supposed to lose (or more properly use) money for certain purposes for which it is formed. If I form the "Red Wiggler Defense League" to educate people about how modern land use is wiping out that worm, I can incorporate as a (c)(3) educational org and accept donations to fund that effort. I can pay my self a salary as a worker for the org, create worm shaped gimmicks to sell as fund raisers, and even make a profit on them, enough to fund the whole organization, BUT I must put that profit back into the organization and not give it to other people of for profit corps. I can donate some it to the "Earthworm Defense Fund", another (c)(3), or form a (c)(4) that's related and fund it with some of the money, to lobby for changes in the law. I can also abuse the money by giving myself a $250,000 salary, use of an organizationally owned car and home, etc, but you usually only get away with that if you're United Way or the like.
As a (c)(3), my profits are not taxed, because they are all flowing back into my charity work, and not for making me rich. Because I'm a (c)(3), you get to deduct any donations you make to me from your net income for income tax purposes. It's treated just like you didn't make 'X' amount when you file.
As a corporation, all my profits are taxed, but that should not be confused with income. If I spend $600K a year paying for programmers to make my software better, that money is deducted from the income I make to figure my profits. If my company spent 10 million to make 100K, I only got taxed on 100K. I can take that 100K and (after paying corporate taxes on it) return it to investors, buy a competitor, whatever I want. Of course, the Investors will also be taxed on any money they receive from the corp, hence the double taxation of corporate profits.
As a corporation, I can't take donations from others to help make my software better without counting that as income, and possibly adding tax liability to it. As a (c)(3), I can. That's really just about the only advantage of doing my development as a (c)(3) or some other (c) code.
The problem is that during times of good profits, the unions negotiate contracts that say: "Our members don't have to pay into a pension fund, it all comes out of future profits".
That way, the unions don't look like thy're scalping the company because their compensation is "only x dollars". However, since the company sooner or later gets real competition, or the product/business model is no longer valid, profits decrease, and they're stuck with staggering payments to retirees, making less money available for the present day workers.
If the workers want a pension fund that's stable, they need to fund it themselves. Put it into the compensation package like they used to, like the Trade Unions still do. The companies pays so much per hour into the Unions run pension plan, and the union pays the retiree. That way if the company folds, your pension is still safe.
My great granddad delivered to you door with his horse cart - very green! You could go out to the cart and pick out whatever you wanted.
Later, my grandparents had a store. In those days mail was delivered twice a day, so people would send their list in the morning mail, and the store would get it in the afternoon mail. Pop or one my uncles would deliver it by wagon - the kids pull behind type. VERY green!
My grandparents knew each customer, what type of bread, fruit, meat, etc they liked, and that's what they delivered. The old and lessor quality things they consumed themselves. Sometimes, excess of this was donated to the poor, but grandma's best known method of dealing with them was to go over the customer's bills (most ran a tab and paid it off on payday) and sort out those who couldn't pay and tell Dad to "go burn these in the alley before your father find out."
How does this jive with the Jurassic Period when there was warmth everywhere, but so little CO2 because of all the lush, tropical vegetation that created an oxygen rich atmosphere for all of that evolution to take place in?
The system is set up to favor the claimants, with no consideration for any burden of proof other than "because I said so". Because the lobbyists who paid for this law wanted it that way.
Well then, we should give them what they asked for and flood the system with such requests. One sure way to change a law is to show it's supporters how easily it can be turned against them.
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I hope the story is true. I'd like nothing more than for all those coastal dwellers telling me global warming is going to inundate the coasts to drown so that I no long have to hear such nonsense.
2.6.15 on my Fedora Core 5 Samba server that just won't break! 10 years now, and even then it was created from a used Dell WinDoze machine. The new server that was to replace it in 2013 (3.9) has already lost a hard drive.
Also nice for them because they could record even more of your financial transactions and lock you out of the economy if you step out of line.
Rev 13:16 And it causes all, the small and the great, and the rich and the poor, and the free and the bondmen, that they should give them a mark upon their right hand or upon their forehead; Rev 13:17 and that no one should be able to buy or sell save he that had the mark, the name of the beast, or the number of its name.
Just sayin'.
Cheques were phased out in the 90s in most of the world.
Seriously? I was working on check sorters in the early 2000's, and we processed over a billion checks a year at just the one location!
Actually, I want NO ONE to see it. I'd be happier if my car had no 'black box' data recorder, because what I do with my car is no one's business unless I break the law with it.
So... does this mean I learned binary for nothing?
Mandates could be a great thing - to those with a lot of old tech guns!
Just think of all the money they can make selling them after the sale of new old-tech guns are outlawed!
It's all Bush's fault!
I know, I, know, he hasn't been in office for over 5 years now, but that doesn't stop the current administration form blaming everything else on him!
Can I still get a 4 digit id?
...says the guy with a 7 digit ID.
What? There's an Olympics going on?
I guess if I really cared I'd find a way to watch it.
This law was passed in California. Republicans there are as rare as Christians in Saudi Arabia!
Ditto.....times 10 to the 100000.
Also, go fuck yourself. Loser.
No, no no no no! The person is SO messed he/she/it is probably a hermaphrodite, and maybe even so messed up to be a self-fertile one!
We don't need more just like 'em!
Well, we NEED to fix stupid, or else he may reproduce, ant then we'll have more stupids!
This is why I now use an add-in that disables all flash unless and until I activate it. Along with ghostery, DoNotTrackMe, adblock plus....
More to the point, Larry thinks the NSA program of collecting everything is "excellent" and "necessary".
Of course! You can't do big data with out Oracle DB!
Agreed! We want to do everything without getting off of our butts, then complain that we're too fat.
I think you misunderstand what 501(c)(3)'s are, and how they compare to for-profit corps.Having headed a (c)(3), (c)(4), and for profit companies, maybe I can help.
A not for profit, (any of the (c)'s, they all just exist for differing purposes), is supposed to lose (or more properly use) money for certain purposes for which it is formed. If I form the "Red Wiggler Defense League" to educate people about how modern land use is wiping out that worm, I can incorporate as a (c)(3) educational org and accept donations to fund that effort. I can pay my self a salary as a worker for the org, create worm shaped gimmicks to sell as fund raisers, and even make a profit on them, enough to fund the whole organization, BUT I must put that profit back into the organization and not give it to other people of for profit corps. I can donate some it to the "Earthworm Defense Fund", another (c)(3), or form a (c)(4) that's related and fund it with some of the money, to lobby for changes in the law. I can also abuse the money by giving myself a $250,000 salary, use of an organizationally owned car and home, etc, but you usually only get away with that if you're United Way or the like.
As a (c)(3), my profits are not taxed, because they are all flowing back into my charity work, and not for making me rich. Because I'm a (c)(3), you get to deduct any donations you make to me from your net income for income tax purposes. It's treated just like you didn't make 'X' amount when you file.
As a corporation, all my profits are taxed, but that should not be confused with income. If I spend $600K a year paying for programmers to make my software better, that money is deducted from the income I make to figure my profits. If my company spent 10 million to make 100K, I only got taxed on 100K. I can take that 100K and (after paying corporate taxes on it) return it to investors, buy a competitor, whatever I want. Of course, the Investors will also be taxed on any money they receive from the corp, hence the double taxation of corporate profits.
As a corporation, I can't take donations from others to help make my software better without counting that as income, and possibly adding tax liability to it. As a (c)(3), I can. That's really just about the only advantage of doing my development as a (c)(3) or some other (c) code.
The problem is that during times of good profits, the unions negotiate contracts that say: "Our members don't have to pay into a pension fund, it all comes out of future profits".
That way, the unions don't look like thy're scalping the company because their compensation is "only x dollars". However, since the company sooner or later gets real competition, or the product/business model is no longer valid, profits decrease, and they're stuck with staggering payments to retirees, making less money available for the present day workers.
If the workers want a pension fund that's stable, they need to fund it themselves. Put it into the compensation package like they used to, like the Trade Unions still do. The companies pays so much per hour into the Unions run pension plan, and the union pays the retiree. That way if the company folds, your pension is still safe.
Hey! Don't forget Binford Splines! Us old IBM equipment repairmen still have those, too!
If you pile that horse crap on to the garden, it gets very green!
My great granddad delivered to you door with his horse cart - very green! You could go out to the cart and pick out whatever you wanted.
Later, my grandparents had a store. In those days mail was delivered twice a day, so people would send their list in the morning mail, and the store would get it in the afternoon mail. Pop or one my uncles would deliver it by wagon - the kids pull behind type. VERY green!
My grandparents knew each customer, what type of bread, fruit, meat, etc they liked, and that's what they delivered. The old and lessor quality things they consumed themselves. Sometimes, excess of this was donated to the poor, but grandma's best known method of dealing with them was to go over the customer's bills (most ran a tab and paid it off on payday) and sort out those who couldn't pay and tell Dad to "go burn these in the alley before your father find out."
You spelled proof wrong consistently.
But at least he's more consistent than the AWG guys!
How does this jive with the Jurassic Period when there was warmth everywhere, but so little CO2 because of all the lush, tropical vegetation that created an oxygen rich atmosphere for all of that evolution to take place in?
The system is set up to favor the claimants, with no consideration for any burden of proof other than "because I said so". Because the lobbyists who paid for this law wanted it that way.
Well then, we should give them what they asked for and flood the system with such requests. One sure way to change a law is to show it's supporters how easily it can be turned against them.