Somebody, somewhere is subjecting you to propaganda and you are losing.
I wasn't aware I was in a competition. What's the prize?
A crony capitalist is a person who is nominally running a business in a market-based economy who is actually collecting money from the government because of specific actions of a close personal friend actually in the government directing funds via contract.
I guess I would qualify as a crony capitalist because I work in government IT on a contract thanks to a friend (a recruiter I met online).
Again, it would arguably seem to indicate a problem with the rules of the system, since he did find employment (although two years is possibly a bit excessive).
As someone pointed out elsewhere, the purpose of unemployment benefits is for you to find a job with a crony capitalist. It's not to become a crony capitalist yourself.
Not only did I have school paid for when I was a lowly entry level drone, but I can pick any continued learning course I want to enroll into now up to $10k and I don't require approvals even.
That has never been my work experience. Not as a construction worker. Not as a virtual ditch digger in IT.
Because the Wall Street bean counters had declared training as an expense that doesn't contribute directly to the bottom line. The cost of training got shifted from the corporations to the public schools and individuals since the 1980's.
Welders, plumbers, morticians, and other staple trades are not going anywhere.
Those jobs are not going anyway. But the students who need to fill those jobs are being directed to college —.and away from the hard work that can provide a middle class lifestyle.
If you look closely at Trump's appointees so far, he's filling up the swamp with billionaires and retired generals. Plenty of opportunity for crony capitalism, now and later.
However, socialism comes with a price: for every able person who choose not to work, there have to be taxpayers willing to work for that person's welfare.
Were his plans to start a business in some way not a way of finding employment?
The unemployment form explicitly asked if you're looking for work. Nowhere does it ask if you're starting a business, which in most states would be a disqualification to receive unemployment benefits.
If his business was ultimately successful that would be a pretty good indicator that the existing market was not employing all able bodied people to meet demand.
He was an auto body specialist for 30 years and couldn't find a doctor to certify that he was disabled in the knees. A landscape designer is different than a landscaper who mows lawns all day long.
Other then committing perjury for two years without ever being caught, there was some questionable circumstances about how he got his contractor license. Ironically, he did that because he couldn't find a doctor to certify that he was disabled in the knees after being an auto body specialist for 30 years.
Presumably, in a UBI world, high income earners would essentially give all the UBI back in the form of taxes.
George W. signed a $3,000 tax credit for adults to learn new job skills into law after 9/11. I used that tax credit to go back to school to learn computer programming and switched from video game testing to IT. Today I pay more in taxes than I did 15 years ago.
My older brother was out of work for two years (2009-10) and collected 99 weeks of unemployment. He committed perjury by stating that he was actively looking for work when he signed the unemployment form every two weeks. He used his unemployment benefits to start a landscaping design business. Now he's self-employed fulltime. Crony capitalism at work.
Can't wait for another round of Triggered Snowflakes whining about losing.
The electoral college votes today and Congress votes on January 6, 2017. When all is said and done, then the election is finally over. The only reason this is an issue and not a formality is because Trump lost the popular vote by a YUGE margin. And being a founding member of The Friends of Putin Club doesn't help either.
I'll bet it pays well. Thanks for sucking off the taxpayers teat.
I could make 50% more and get a 401k match in the private sector. But a fully funded five-year contract was hard to pass up. Thanks, Obama!
Government IT people are complete fucking morons.
Just because Trump got elected doesn't mean everyone in government is a fucking moron. When it comes to IT, you want assholes who gets the job done than morons who push paperwork around.
You can TRY cut me down but you're SO far below me in this field, even in security, it's NOT funny.
What I'm doing is feeding the troll. What you're doing is pathetic. You claim to be someone important but you spend your time belittling someone on a two-week old Slashdot thread. That's pathetic.
I rarely work from home for my government IT job. When I do, I'm sitting at the kitchen table to keep myself honest. I could have set up my work laptop in my home office and plug into one of my 24" monitors. However, I could easily find myself running scripts on my own systems rather than writing comments on Slashdot while waiting for a work-related script to get done.
Your government IT job must be the most pointless repetitive moronic idiocy imaginable since you fucking love repetition so much.
I don't think you understand how IT works in the real world. Shit rolls down hill from up on high. My job is to deal with it, bury it or roll it downhill. Sometimes I'm turning over the same shit for months at a time. Being a virtual ditch digger is no fun but it pays well.
I'm thinking about adding the Red Hat Certification to my to-do list. Half the staff at my government IT job has Red Hat certification but we work in a Windows shop. Must be in preparation for using bash on Windows 10 when the powers to be decide to roll that out. Someday.
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Somebody, somewhere is subjecting you to propaganda and you are losing.
I wasn't aware I was in a competition. What's the prize?
A crony capitalist is a person who is nominally running a business in a market-based economy who is actually collecting money from the government because of specific actions of a close personal friend actually in the government directing funds via contract.
I guess I would qualify as a crony capitalist because I work in government IT on a contract thanks to a friend (a recruiter I met online).
Again, it would arguably seem to indicate a problem with the rules of the system, since he did find employment (although two years is possibly a bit excessive).
As someone pointed out elsewhere, the purpose of unemployment benefits is for you to find a job with a crony capitalist. It's not to become a crony capitalist yourself.
Not only did I have school paid for when I was a lowly entry level drone, but I can pick any continued learning course I want to enroll into now up to $10k and I don't require approvals even.
That has never been my work experience. Not as a construction worker. Not as a virtual ditch digger in IT.
I don't get why this is not done more often.
Because the Wall Street bean counters had declared training as an expense that doesn't contribute directly to the bottom line. The cost of training got shifted from the corporations to the public schools and individuals since the 1980's.
Welders, plumbers, morticians, and other staple trades are not going anywhere.
Those jobs are not going anyway. But the students who need to fill those jobs are being directed to college — .and away from the hard work that can provide a middle class lifestyle.
Still not cronyism.
To paraphrase George Orwell: "All corruption is equal, but some corruption is more equal than others."
Drain the swamp. Nuf said.
If you look closely at Trump's appointees so far, he's filling up the swamp with billionaires and retired generals. Plenty of opportunity for crony capitalism, now and later.
However, socialism comes with a price: for every able person who choose not to work, there have to be taxpayers willing to work for that person's welfare.
*cough* Social Security *cough*
Were his plans to start a business in some way not a way of finding employment?
The unemployment form explicitly asked if you're looking for work. Nowhere does it ask if you're starting a business, which in most states would be a disqualification to receive unemployment benefits.
If his business was ultimately successful that would be a pretty good indicator that the existing market was not employing all able bodied people to meet demand.
He was an auto body specialist for 30 years and couldn't find a doctor to certify that he was disabled in the knees. A landscape designer is different than a landscaper who mows lawns all day long.
How is that Crony capitalism?
Other then committing perjury for two years without ever being caught, there was some questionable circumstances about how he got his contractor license. Ironically, he did that because he couldn't find a doctor to certify that he was disabled in the knees after being an auto body specialist for 30 years.
Maybe I'm doing it wrong?
Yes. You want to be rich or poor. If you're middle class, you're paying the highest tax rates in the United States.
Presumably, in a UBI world, high income earners would essentially give all the UBI back in the form of taxes.
George W. signed a $3,000 tax credit for adults to learn new job skills into law after 9/11. I used that tax credit to go back to school to learn computer programming and switched from video game testing to IT. Today I pay more in taxes than I did 15 years ago.
My older brother was out of work for two years (2009-10) and collected 99 weeks of unemployment. He committed perjury by stating that he was actively looking for work when he signed the unemployment form every two weeks. He used his unemployment benefits to start a landscaping design business. Now he's self-employed fulltime. Crony capitalism at work.
Can't wait for another round of Triggered Snowflakes whining about losing.
The electoral college votes today and Congress votes on January 6, 2017. When all is said and done, then the election is finally over. The only reason this is an issue and not a formality is because Trump lost the popular vote by a YUGE margin. And being a founding member of The Friends of Putin Club doesn't help either.
chill people, damn
The electoral college is voting today. All the Trump people have their panties in a bunch that he might have to concede to Hillary.
They better not upgrade to the newest CPUs that will require Windows 10 (or Linux).
http://www.techrepublic.com/article/windows-10-the-10-biggest-controversies-and-surprises-in-2016/
Is renting a post office box. UPS, FedEx and other carriers can ship to PO box.
you continue trolling off topic + are pathetic projecting what's in my subject line above as you did...
I think this thread will close out after 200 comments.
I'll bet it pays well. Thanks for sucking off the taxpayers teat.
I could make 50% more and get a 401k match in the private sector. But a fully funded five-year contract was hard to pass up. Thanks, Obama!
Government IT people are complete fucking morons.
Just because Trump got elected doesn't mean everyone in government is a fucking moron. When it comes to IT, you want assholes who gets the job done than morons who push paperwork around.
You can TRY cut me down but you're SO far below me in this field, even in security, it's NOT funny.
What I'm doing is feeding the troll. What you're doing is pathetic. You claim to be someone important but you spend your time belittling someone on a two-week old Slashdot thread. That's pathetic.
helpdesk, lmao
I do computer security these days.
You wouldn't be able to FUNCTION @ all minus guys like myself (programmers/software engineers)
Because of people like you, there will always be people like me to clean up after your messes. That's job security on my end.
I rarely work from home for my government IT job. When I do, I'm sitting at the kitchen table to keep myself honest. I could have set up my work laptop in my home office and plug into one of my 24" monitors. However, I could easily find myself running scripts on my own systems rather than writing comments on Slashdot while waiting for a work-related script to get done.
Tell us more about how you were unemployed for two years.
This post is about Linux. Please stay on topic. ;)
We never get tired of reading your repetitive shit just like you apparently never get fucking tired of repeating yourself.
Just like how Guy Kawasaki talks about the same dog food app in every speech he gives.
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Guy+Kawasaki
Your government IT job must be the most pointless repetitive moronic idiocy imaginable since you fucking love repetition so much.
I don't think you understand how IT works in the real world. Shit rolls down hill from up on high. My job is to deal with it, bury it or roll it downhill. Sometimes I'm turning over the same shit for months at a time. Being a virtual ditch digger is no fun but it pays well.
You repetitive asshole
I wouldn't be working in IT if I wasn't. ;)
Have you noticed how Slashdot Top Deals is at the Bottom of the page? That's false advertising!!
You got a problem scrolling pass all the advertisements pretending to be posts to see a real advertisement? Sheesh... Young people today.
I'm thinking about adding the Red Hat Certification to my to-do list. Half the staff at my government IT job has Red Hat certification but we work in a Windows shop. Must be in preparation for using bash on Windows 10 when the powers to be decide to roll that out. Someday.
I haven't had to work for ANYONE in a decade++!
You're unemployable and posting from an ObamaPhone? That's tough.