I'm not sure to what you refer, but dividends and earnings on regular investments and bonds - even if re-invested - are taxed. If held for more than one year, they are taxed at the long-term/capital-gains rate, else as normal income. I know, I have substantial (non-retirement) investments. Now, retirement investments are only taxed as income when they are withdrawn.
to pay an ever-increasing tax burden so that perfectly able older, wealthier people can enjoy taxpayer-financed retirement and health care for 20 or 30 years
According to my retirement analyst, the average person has the equity in their home and less than 60k in savings at retirement (also see: http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/average-retirement-savings-by-age.html). It's also almost impossible for people of that age to get affordable individual medical insurance. By these accounts, your questions are flawed. Granted, I agree that there is a lot of over spending - like for the "wars" - but not everything is wasted monies.
As for progressive tax rates, the top rate in the US is currently 35%, but no one - not even corporations - pays that. It's almost always quite a bit less. Hell, my official bracket is 28%, but my effective rate after deductions is 21%. In fact, corporations often pay little or no federal income tax. From http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/03/business/economy/03rates.html?_r=1:
A Government Accountability Office study released in 2008 found that 55 percent of United States companies paid no federal income taxes during at least one year in a seven-year period it studied.
I'm not really trying to argue with you, merely pointing out that it's not as simple as you portray.
we can simply solve the problem of irresponsible spending
Of course, what kind of spending is a matter of opinion.
I'd cut everything I fucking could. Here, I'll start it off -- take whatever social security taxes you've milked from me already. Keep it. Don't pay me any benefits when I retire. Disconnect me from that whole system.
That might work for you, but not everyone. You know you're free to return your SSI payments when you get them, if you want. Don't have to accept Medicare either, but good luck getting private insurance.
False. Rich people don't make money from wages. They make money from investments, dividends, and bond interest. That's why the super rich pay almost no tax.... In the US we tax income from work, but we do not tax income from wealth.
Close. Earnings from investments (et al) are taxed as Capital Gains which, I believe, is currently 15%. As an additional "gotcha" those earnings are taxable even if simply re-invested and/or not redeemed. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_gains_tax#United_States
can people expect to wage 2 ground wars, and 1 air war, while giving tax cuts to the wealthy.
Obviously, the wealthy do. I believe this is the first time that the US has participated in an extended war w/o raising tax rates. During WWII, the income tax rate reached 94% on income over $200k, from Income tax in the United States, History of top rates:
During World War I, the top rate rose to 77% and the income threshold to be in this top bracket increased to $1,000,000 ($16 million 2007 dollars); after the war, the top rate was scaled down to a low of 24% and the income threshold for paying this rate fell to a low of $100,000 ($1 million 2007 dollars).
During the Great Depression and World War II, the top income tax rate rose from pre-war levels. In 1939, the top rate was 75% applied to incomes above $5,000,000 ($75 million 2007 dollars). During 1944 and 1945, the top rate was its all-time high at 94% applied to income above $200,000.
and not simply letting the banks loot another time
You do realize that the US debt limit has nothing to do with "the banks", right? It has to do with the US being able to pay its obligations to its citizens. Yes, some of those obligations are to banks, but not just US banks, and they are also to other countries. The US has never defaulted on its financial obligations and I'm sure now would be a bad time to start.
Not everyone agrees that this constitutes tool use, says the article, in part because the "tool" isn't something that the fish can actually manipulate.
Otters whack shellfish against rocks they put on their stomachs while they float on the surface. They have hands to carry the rock around and need to breath air. Fish don't have hands but can breath underwater. Seems like the fish adapted. What would you do without arms and legs?
Having code reviewed by someone less experienced helps catch things where someone new to the codebase would struggle to understand the code. This should prompt additional comments or (ideally) refactoring into a clearer form.
Please don't confuse the purpose of a code review with teaching or, worse, coding to the lowest common denominator. Obviously, if something is coded in a really obscure fashion, it should be checked to see if that's appropriate and, if so, that it's commented well.
Optus today confirmed you could circumvent its filtering technology simply by setting your PC to use a different DNS server than the default. Yup, it's really that easy.
Shouldn't porn sites just start hosting DNS servers? Seriously, isn't that what most of the internet is used for now?
I'm fairly sure if they took porn off the Internet, there'd only be one website left, and it'd be called 'Bring Back the Porn!'"
— Dr. Cox, Scrubs
The critical factor behind InvisiTower is laser power beaming, which involves the wireless delivery of electrical power over long distances via laser beam... In this case, laser light is beamed through the fiber optic cable and converted into electricity at the aerial platform.
Um. The phrase "wireless" must mean something completely new.
The UK must be one of the best places to build nuclear reactors.
Of course, that depends on how they're built. Japan has earthquakes and tsunamis (let's say) more often than the UK and was (recent results notwithstanding) prepared. If reactors are built in the UK with this in mind, then probably fine, otherwise...
Here are the only ways to get healthcare in the U.S.: [1-7]
8. Actually, you can buy also individual coverage that can be less expensive than an employer-sponsored health plan, if you're currently healthy w/no pre-existing conditions. However... (and this is from an insurance agent) While insurance companies are prohibited from raising rates on an individual within a plan, they can raise the rates on the entire plan, or in some cases, groups of people within a plan. What ends up happening is that healthy people then leave that plan for something less expensive, while the remaining participants, who cannot get new insurance due to illness or now pre-existing conditions, are left paying ever increasing rates. Furthermore, insurance companies often practice rescission (unethically) to try and drop "expensive" people.
These things (generally) cannot happen with an employee-sponsored health plan, as they are required to cover anyone at the company. And it's also these sort of practices and situations that the Affordable Health Care Act is suppose to address (like it or not) for all individuals.
Facebook utterly sucks compared to a year ago.. It's fricking turning into MySpace.
Services like this often devolve, eventually catering to the lowest common denominator of popularity and maximum profit for quantity over quality services rests at the center of the bell curve.
Your friends don't step in and save you at the end and there aren't any phoenix tears to make everything instantly better. Lazy plot devices and disney endings are a dime a dozen--am I the only person that feels this way?
Nope. Actions without consequences, success without sacrifice - all too annoyingly Disney for me. Some recent movies do buck this trend. Someone mentioned Black Swan; how about Body Heat (from way back when). For something a bit more classic, read/watch Hamlet (almost everyone dies) or Romeo and Juliet (hero and heroine commit suicide) - sorry "spoiler alert":-)
I also highly recommend the movie Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead - haven't read the play, but imagine it's also good - which is Hamlet from the perspective of the supporting characters Rosencrantz and Guildenstern .
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In other words, persistently and enthusiastically licking her in the wrong place won't work nearly as well as perfectly in the right place.
As I'm sure your former girl friends will attest, that doesn't always help. :-)
...our lawns are less cluttered with errant youngsters. Gives us space to think more clearly.
I'm not sure to what you refer, but dividends and earnings on regular investments and bonds - even if re-invested - are taxed. If held for more than one year, they are taxed at the long-term/capital-gains rate, else as normal income. I know, I have substantial (non-retirement) investments. Now, retirement investments are only taxed as income when they are withdrawn.
According to my retirement analyst, the average person has the equity in their home and less than 60k in savings at retirement (also see: http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/average-retirement-savings-by-age.html). It's also almost impossible for people of that age to get affordable individual medical insurance. By these accounts, your questions are flawed. Granted, I agree that there is a lot of over spending - like for the "wars" - but not everything is wasted monies.
As for progressive tax rates, the top rate in the US is currently 35%, but no one - not even corporations - pays that. It's almost always quite a bit less. Hell, my official bracket is 28%, but my effective rate after deductions is 21%. In fact, corporations often pay little or no federal income tax. From http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/03/business/economy/03rates.html?_r=1 :
I'm not really trying to argue with you, merely pointing out that it's not as simple as you portray.
Of course, what kind of spending is a matter of opinion.
That might work for you, but not everyone. You know you're free to return your SSI payments when you get them, if you want. Don't have to accept Medicare either, but good luck getting private insurance.
Close. Earnings from investments (et al) are taxed as Capital Gains which, I believe, is currently 15%. As an additional "gotcha" those earnings are taxable even if simply re-invested and/or not redeemed. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_gains_tax#United_States
Obviously, the wealthy do. I believe this is the first time that the US has participated in an extended war w/o raising tax rates. During WWII, the income tax rate reached 94% on income over $200k, from Income tax in the United States, History of top rates:
You do realize that the US debt limit has nothing to do with "the banks", right? It has to do with the US being able to pay its obligations to its citizens. Yes, some of those obligations are to banks, but not just US banks, and they are also to other countries. The US has never defaulted on its financial obligations and I'm sure now would be a bad time to start.
Otters whack shellfish against rocks they put on their stomachs while they float on the surface. They have hands to carry the rock around and need to breath air. Fish don't have hands but can breath underwater. Seems like the fish adapted. What would you do without arms and legs?
Please don't confuse the purpose of a code review with teaching or, worse, coding to the lowest common denominator. Obviously, if something is coded in a really obscure fashion, it should be checked to see if that's appropriate and, if so, that it's commented well.
Shouldn't porn sites just start hosting DNS servers? Seriously, isn't that what most of the internet is used for now?
I'm fairly sure if they took porn off the Internet, there'd only be one website left, and it'd be called 'Bring Back the Porn!'"
— Dr. Cox, Scrubs
Yes. Try Dupont Circle in Washington D.C. at rush hours. Yikes!
The critical factor behind InvisiTower is laser power beaming, which involves the wireless delivery of electrical power over long distances via laser beam ... In this case, laser light is beamed through the fiber optic cable and converted into electricity at the aerial platform.
Um. The phrase "wireless" must mean something completely new.
Of course, that depends on how they're built. Japan has earthquakes and tsunamis (let's say) more often than the UK and was (recent results notwithstanding) prepared. If reactors are built in the UK with this in mind, then probably fine, otherwise ...
Probably not, but College and the general education courses allow for a diversity of exposure and experiences and the time to assimilate everything.
“Knowledge without wisdom is a load of books on the back an ass.”
- Japanese Proverb
Damn it. I read "cryptochrome" and now I have the song Kodachrome running through my head...
Um... What? All my watches have been wireless - even the "self-winding" one.
8. Actually, you can buy also individual coverage that can be less expensive than an employer-sponsored health plan, if you're currently healthy w/no pre-existing conditions. However... (and this is from an insurance agent) While insurance companies are prohibited from raising rates on an individual within a plan, they can raise the rates on the entire plan, or in some cases, groups of people within a plan. What ends up happening is that healthy people then leave that plan for something less expensive, while the remaining participants, who cannot get new insurance due to illness or now pre-existing conditions, are left paying ever increasing rates. Furthermore, insurance companies often practice rescission (unethically) to try and drop "expensive" people.
These things (generally) cannot happen with an employee-sponsored health plan, as they are required to cover anyone at the company. And it's also these sort of practices and situations that the Affordable Health Care Act is suppose to address (like it or not) for all individuals.
Services like this often devolve, eventually catering to the lowest common denominator of popularity and maximum profit for quantity over quality services rests at the center of the bell curve.
And LISP has had them since the early 1960's.
...yawn.
You probably need a different plug-in :-)
...to demonstrate "inaudible sound waves"? Okay, here's one too:
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Nope. Actions without consequences, success without sacrifice - all too annoyingly Disney for me. Some recent movies do buck this trend. Someone mentioned Black Swan; how about Body Heat (from way back when). For something a bit more classic, read/watch Hamlet (almost everyone dies) or Romeo and Juliet (hero and heroine commit suicide) - sorry "spoiler alert" :-)
I also highly recommend the movie Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead - haven't read the play, but imagine it's also good - which is Hamlet from the perspective of the supporting characters Rosencrantz and Guildenstern .