Pagers are the near perfect answer to the needs of medical workers, and very affordable - $5.5/month per user, or about 20ÃÂ/day.
The devices are quicker, more reliable than cellphones, and as a mature technology, costs are fairly trivial.
This politician's entire argument is based on ignorance of the problem, the technology involved, and the low cost of the current solution - it needs to be replaced because it's 'ancient', nothing more.
Think NHS can build an 'app' and roll it out for less than $8.5M? What will be the on-going cost to keep the required app servers up 24x7, with 5 mines of availability (99.999% up-time)?
The $8.5M is cheap, the technology is great, and there is no problem.
They didn't sign up to work on gov't projects for the military? Fine, leave - they'll find someone else to do your job. This is a half-billion dollar project, with private market implications and potential, these dozen engineers are replaceable. They replaced Ray Ozzie, they can replace a dozen random engineers fairly quickly.
"Don't let the door hit 'ya where the good lord split 'ya!"
It is not uncommon to harvest fingerprints from gov't employees (police, firemen, emt, teachers, etc), as well as those subject to background checks like child care workers. I've worked in public K-12 education, and such measures are standard.
The new wrinkle is DNA. OK, maybe a good idea, maybe not - worth discussing IMHO - but asking new hires to pay for their background check is, again, standard.
And of course, the headline leaves open exactly who this applies to - "Arizonans" implies everyone, it actually applies to a very small subset of Arizonans, largely those paid by taxpayers to work in a position of trust (PD, FD, EMT, Teachers, Child Care, etc.).
If the Queens deal went thru, Amazon would have paid $27BN in state & local taxes - they had a deal whereby queens and NY state would forgive $3BN if Amazon paid$27BN over the next ten years.
Amazon evades no taxes, it complies with the tax code as written by your elected representatives.
Electricity is paid for with electric utility bills (not taxes).
Amazon, if it moved to NY city, would have paid $27BN in state taxes over the next ten years, that is money NY state won't see because AOC & Company decided they wouldn't allow the state to give a little to get a lot.
Losing Amazon cost Queens/NY State $27BN in lost revenue.
Amazon employed the same loophole Facebook and Apple used in 2012, this 'loophole' generated an amount of personal income that was taxed at the higher personal income tax rates, not the lower corporate levels.
If you have an issue with Amazon )and many other companies) doing nothing more than complying with US tax code as written, ask your elected representatives to change it!
47% of americans either pay no net income taxes or even profit, getting refunds that exceed all monies withheld from paychecks - are they 'ethical'? Do they have a moral obligation to send money into the treasury in excess of that required by law? No, they don, so why does Amazon?
Let's say Amazon never paid incme taxes in NY State, for the sake of argument, so what? Every one of those 25K employees would have paid their income taxes, that alone is a huge net win for NY State and Queens.
NY City and State lost out on $27 BN in new tax revenue over the next ten years because a few vocal economic geniuses were butt hurt over the 10% discount the politicians offered to gain the 90% in actual revenue.
AOC didn't save NYC $3BN, she cost it $27BN - and she wants you to celebrate her achievement. Now Democrats are protesting AGAINST job creation... That's a first.
Amazon got $3 BN in concessions toward what was a projected $30 BN tax bill the first ten years of the agreement.
Amazon was going to pay $27 BN to NY City & State tax collectors, now that money will go to the tax collectors in VA and TN.
But according to AOC, now NY has $3 BN to pay teachers more, medicare for all, etc. Genius. She costs NY City & State $27 BN in revenue and she's thinking of ways to spend the imaginary savings from ending the deal.
NY politicians offered a 10% discount on a projected ten-year $30 BN tax bill. NY State lost out on $27BN in income because AOC didn't like the 10% discount to get the income. Brilliant.
Amazon is complying with the current US tax code as written, they have no obligation to pay taxes you imagine they owe, they do have an obligation to pay what they owe, and according to the tax code, they owe nothing.
Amazon lowered it's tax obligation by giving employees generous stock options, which, when exercised, gave Amazon a great write-off and transferred the tax obligation to the employees that pay a higher rate on their income than the corporation.
Amazon transferred it's tax obligation to it's employees, just as provided for in the tax code your elected representatives wrote. Don't like it, take it up with your elected officials.
In New York City, the top 1% pay about 46% of all income taxes collected in New York State - that's per Gov. Cuomo. After recent tax changes, the rich are leaving New York State, and already the state is running a $23BN tax shortfall, about a 3% deficit so far this tax year.
Yea! Tax the rich! What are they gonna do, leave? Well, yeah, they will.
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Does your farm use GPS for crop management or any other application?
CPU development was originally financed by the military
First CPU, the 4004, was developed for a calculator
Pagers are the near perfect answer to the needs of medical workers, and very affordable - $5.5/month per user, or about 20ÃÂ/day.
The devices are quicker, more reliable than cellphones, and as a mature technology, costs are fairly trivial.
This politician's entire argument is based on ignorance of the problem, the technology involved, and the low cost of the current solution - it needs to be replaced because it's 'ancient', nothing more.
Think NHS can build an 'app' and roll it out for less than $8.5M? What will be the on-going cost to keep the required app servers up 24x7, with 5 mines of availability (99.999% up-time)?
The $8.5M is cheap, the technology is great, and there is no problem.
They didn't sign up to work on gov't projects for the military? Fine, leave - they'll find someone else to do your job. This is a half-billion dollar project, with private market implications and potential, these dozen engineers are replaceable. They replaced Ray Ozzie, they can replace a dozen random engineers fairly quickly.
"Don't let the door hit 'ya where the good lord split 'ya!"
How do you "roast" on a "gas job"?
I roast meat IN an oven, not ON a gas cooktop (hob).
'Take your kids' from foster parents? Better study up on what a foster parent is.
No DNA, no gov't job.
Keep your DNA, no one wants it.
Search and seizure? It's part of a background check that states have done for DECADES.
Don't want to be subject to this, find employment in the private sector.
This is the next logical step after collecting fingerprints since the middle of the last century.
Postal workers are federal, I agree politicians and other/all gov't workers should be subject to same scrutiny.
It is not uncommon to harvest fingerprints from gov't employees (police, firemen, emt, teachers, etc), as well as those subject to background checks like child care workers. I've worked in public K-12 education, and such measures are standard.
The new wrinkle is DNA. OK, maybe a good idea, maybe not - worth discussing IMHO - but asking new hires to pay for their background check is, again, standard.
And of course, the headline leaves open exactly who this applies to - "Arizonans" implies everyone, it actually applies to a very small subset of Arizonans, largely those paid by taxpayers to work in a position of trust (PD, FD, EMT, Teachers, Child Care, etc.).
We spend more on welfare programs than the military.
47% of tax filers pay no federal income tax each year, should they pay more to have 'skin in the game'?
Who's evading taxes?
Amazon pays all the federal income taxes owed.
If the Queens deal went thru, Amazon would have paid $27BN in state & local taxes - they had a deal whereby queens and NY state would forgive $3BN if Amazon paid$27BN over the next ten years.
Amazon evades no taxes, it complies with the tax code as written by your elected representatives.
Roads are paid for with fuel taxes.
Schools are paid for with school taxes.
Electricity is paid for with electric utility bills (not taxes).
Amazon, if it moved to NY city, would have paid $27BN in state taxes over the next ten years, that is money NY state won't see because AOC & Company decided they wouldn't allow the state to give a little to get a lot.
Losing Amazon cost Queens/NY State $27BN in lost revenue.
Amazon employed the same loophole Facebook and Apple used in 2012, this 'loophole' generated an amount of personal income that was taxed at the higher personal income tax rates, not the lower corporate levels.
If you have an issue with Amazon )and many other companies) doing nothing more than complying with US tax code as written, ask your elected representatives to change it!
47% of americans either pay no net income taxes or even profit, getting refunds that exceed all monies withheld from paychecks - are they 'ethical'? Do they have a moral obligation to send money into the treasury in excess of that required by law? No, they don, so why does Amazon?
They are taking those jobs to TN & VA, I'm sure people will be willing to move to either for a good-paying job.
I suggest the name become HQ2/2 to represent half the HQ2 they originally described.
Let's say Amazon never paid incme taxes in NY State, for the sake of argument, so what? Every one of those 25K employees would have paid their income taxes, that alone is a huge net win for NY State and Queens.
NY City and State lost out on $27 BN in new tax revenue over the next ten years because a few vocal economic geniuses were butt hurt over the 10% discount the politicians offered to gain the 90% in actual revenue.
AOC didn't save NYC $3BN, she cost it $27BN - and she wants you to celebrate her achievement. Now Democrats are protesting AGAINST job creation... That's a first.
Amazon got $3 BN in concessions toward what was a projected $30 BN tax bill the first ten years of the agreement.
Amazon was going to pay $27 BN to NY City & State tax collectors, now that money will go to the tax collectors in VA and TN.
But according to AOC, now NY has $3 BN to pay teachers more, medicare for all, etc. Genius. She costs NY City & State $27 BN in revenue and she's thinking of ways to spend the imaginary savings from ending the deal.
NY State is offering companies 10 year tax amnesty to relocate to NY. They aren't getting many takers.
Texas, on the other hand is the latest escape destination for CA corporations, is seeing explosive job growth.
The Queens location would have been good for Amazon and the city, but AOC wanted a scalp, so those 25K jobs are going elsewhere.
Tennessee and VA thank AOC for her help in generating job growth in their states.
NY politicians offered a 10% discount on a projected ten-year $30 BN tax bill. NY State lost out on $27BN in income because AOC didn't like the 10% discount to get the income. Brilliant.
Amazon is complying with the current US tax code as written, they have no obligation to pay taxes you imagine they owe, they do have an obligation to pay what they owe, and according to the tax code, they owe nothing.
Amazon lowered it's tax obligation by giving employees generous stock options, which, when exercised, gave Amazon a great write-off and transferred the tax obligation to the employees that pay a higher rate on their income than the corporation.
Amazon transferred it's tax obligation to it's employees, just as provided for in the tax code your elected representatives wrote. Don't like it, take it up with your elected officials.
In New York City, the top 1% pay about 46% of all income taxes collected in New York State - that's per Gov. Cuomo. After recent tax changes, the rich are leaving New York State, and already the state is running a $23BN tax shortfall, about a 3% deficit so far this tax year.
Yea! Tax the rich! What are they gonna do, leave? Well, yeah, they will.
BTW, we tax INCOME, not WEALTH.