What the hell does slavery have to do with this? They are paid well, can leave whenever they like, and they have total freedom of choice here. If you don't like being watched by the citizens that employ you, feel free to become a private citizen. Until that point, you are a public official, a servant to the people. Nobody is putting a chain on them.
It doesn't even need to be a crisis... they will run for office under the guise that there are developers starving to death on the streets and going bankrupt left and right because of the situation and create a fabricated crisis out of it. Then when they pull on the strings of the sympathetic (aka: charitable) people in the US, they will eat it up hook line and sinker. They'll blame the evil corporations and capitalism and trumpet their ability to create a better system. People will overlook all the other failed programs and insist on change.
For me... it's been the fact that there are just no games coming out that make me go, "Oooh! I need that!"
I've cut my gaming time from over 20 hours a week to about 3 simply because the games that are coming out are simple rehashes. Graphics aren't making the old tricks worth doing anymore.
One could argue that you purchased a loan of a taxable value, just like a home purchase, you'd have to pay taxes on the purchase value of said item. If you buy a home worth $100,000 in either cash or loan value, you'd be asked to pay $125,000, with $25,000 going to the government.
Yes, it raises the cost of items, but you'd be getting more back in income to cover it. If you were an intelligent spender, you could probably afford a better home by analyzing your outtake on everyday goods that you might not REALLY need... I'm looking at you, "Made for TV" marketing. IMO, this is a win for the consumer in overall quality of goods.
I'm not sure what you are saying by altering the Employer/Employee relationship... as in people will feel like they are being paid better for the work they do? That's all I can think of in that regard. That's a good aspect of a sales tax.
Cold and women together does have a certain appeal to some...The only problem is that you are staring at their back in a game and the game doesn't fully monopolize on the effect so you just have to imagine. That's as far as I'm going to go with that.
It wasn't the logging in and out that was a chore, it was the part where you got to level 20 and had to repeat quests 10 times just to get experience or do about 10,000 RVR matches in the same area to get gear to make it easier to hit that level 25 area.
Personally, I don't think this "Slayer" method will stop it from happening. I think it might actually give "purpose" to the ganker: "Hey, you got a free buff out of it when I died... quit yer bitchin. You should be thanking me. I got to have the fun of killing massive amounts of noobs and you got a free buff."
They can already do that today even with income tax. How would it be different with a sales tax? (Except for the fact that it would already be cheaper on the company because they wouldn't need their team of accountants to figure out who paid what to the government before printing the checks.)
I pick up a $1 candy bar. I hand it to the cashier and they charge me $1.25. That's a 25% tax. Now tell me, ow could you change the price of that candy bar and improve profits without increasing the taxes?
Name one. You walk into a store, buy a product and you are taxed. You buy a car and you are taxed. The only loophole would be a company violating tax collection protocols, which I would hope would be stiffly penalized.
in fact.. there is much evidence saying that a capitalist economy cannot survive without a properly calibrated progressive tax regime and economic transfers from top to bottom..
I'd like to see that evidence, because frankly, it sounds a little too contrived and like political banter.
So how would you motivate Joe Sixpack to make more money, get an education, and generally contribute more to the well being of his family and kids? If he's given the same opportunity as someone who makes 14 times as much as him, what's the motivation to make 14 times as much as him? What's the motivation to work harder? What's the motivation for him to get paid more if the fed are only going to take more of that money away?
I think you're underestimating the amount of stuff that is bought by the middle and upper class. The person making less money will most likely be buying a smaller car, a lesser home, and fewer "toys" (like they already do...) so they won't be paying as much tax as someone who just bought a Lexus, Mansion, and a new Jet Ski. There's quite literally no way I can see someone in the $400,000 bracket only buying $6000 worth of goods and services a year. They likely spend that in one month several times over. You know how people like to show off their bling!
Or are you suggesting that we start taxing people in such a way that everyone can afford the same things in life? Or do you prefer the socialist route where I can stop working as hard as I do and just soak off the Government the rest of my life?
Sales tax sucks because it slows down the velocity of money. You pay sales tax whenever the dollar circulates which could be many times in a year.
And an income tax is taken off every time the dollar circulates to the company you bought your item when it pays it's employees... what's the difference?
Or you could move to a sales tax instead, giving the consumer everything they make and letting them make the decision on which company is actually giving them a better product to spend their money on. Domestic and Foreign students all have to buy goods and services and nobody would be left out. Government would have to encourage business to keep the money coming in. Capitalism can start working again. Businesses won't have to hire teams of accountants to figure out which tax brackets every employee falls in and which deductions they need to take. I believe some people call this the flat tax... or is it the fair tax?
(Also, reducing govt. overhead so we aren't paying 50% sales tax would help.)
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What the hell does slavery have to do with this? They are paid well, can leave whenever they like, and they have total freedom of choice here. If you don't like being watched by the citizens that employ you, feel free to become a private citizen. Until that point, you are a public official, a servant to the people. Nobody is putting a chain on them.
It doesn't even need to be a crisis... they will run for office under the guise that there are developers starving to death on the streets and going bankrupt left and right because of the situation and create a fabricated crisis out of it. Then when they pull on the strings of the sympathetic (aka: charitable) people in the US, they will eat it up hook line and sinker. They'll blame the evil corporations and capitalism and trumpet their ability to create a better system. People will overlook all the other failed programs and insist on change.
Canceled... like it should have been a long time ago. ;)
The police, as public servants
That's all you need to say. They work for us. Period.
For me... it's been the fact that there are just no games coming out that make me go, "Oooh! I need that!"
I've cut my gaming time from over 20 hours a week to about 3 simply because the games that are coming out are simple rehashes. Graphics aren't making the old tricks worth doing anymore.
I had ISDN... was expensive as hell for me.
Maybe you should try Iceweasel...(though I thought they had the same code base) mine starts in about 3 seconds, and never once has it crashed.
I know currently a loan is not... but it could be taxed as a sale and amortized over the life of the loan.
I'm not concerned with the "Fair Tax". I'm talking about a flat sales tax.
One could argue that you purchased a loan of a taxable value, just like a home purchase, you'd have to pay taxes on the purchase value of said item. If you buy a home worth $100,000 in either cash or loan value, you'd be asked to pay $125,000, with $25,000 going to the government.
Yes, it raises the cost of items, but you'd be getting more back in income to cover it. If you were an intelligent spender, you could probably afford a better home by analyzing your outtake on everyday goods that you might not REALLY need... I'm looking at you, "Made for TV" marketing. IMO, this is a win for the consumer in overall quality of goods.
I'm not sure what you are saying by altering the Employer/Employee relationship... as in people will feel like they are being paid better for the work they do? That's all I can think of in that regard. That's a good aspect of a sales tax.
Cold and women together does have a certain appeal to some...The only problem is that you are staring at their back in a game and the game doesn't fully monopolize on the effect so you just have to imagine. That's as far as I'm going to go with that.
Worse.
It wasn't the logging in and out that was a chore, it was the part where you got to level 20 and had to repeat quests 10 times just to get experience or do about 10,000 RVR matches in the same area to get gear to make it easier to hit that level 25 area.
This is the primary reason I hate PVP. Ganking.
Personally, I don't think this "Slayer" method will stop it from happening. I think it might actually give "purpose" to the ganker: "Hey, you got a free buff out of it when I died... quit yer bitchin. You should be thanking me. I got to have the fun of killing massive amounts of noobs and you got a free buff."
It has nothing to do with group think... maybe I started off wrong in AOC, but it's not something I would describe as fun.
Someone gave the gold farm owners mod points again?
They can already do that today even with income tax. How would it be different with a sales tax? (Except for the fact that it would already be cheaper on the company because they wouldn't need their team of accountants to figure out who paid what to the government before printing the checks.)
I pick up a $1 candy bar. I hand it to the cashier and they charge me $1.25. That's a 25% tax. Now tell me, ow could you change the price of that candy bar and improve profits without increasing the taxes?
Name one. You walk into a store, buy a product and you are taxed. You buy a car and you are taxed. The only loophole would be a company violating tax collection protocols, which I would hope would be stiffly penalized.
I assume you have evidential proof of this? (And I'm not talking about some political agenda piece.)
Pfft, we don't deserve such things as financial freedom and choice.
I'm sorry. ;)
in fact.. there is much evidence saying that a capitalist economy cannot survive without a properly calibrated progressive tax regime and economic transfers from top to bottom..
I'd like to see that evidence, because frankly, it sounds a little too contrived and like political banter.
So how would you motivate Joe Sixpack to make more money, get an education, and generally contribute more to the well being of his family and kids? If he's given the same opportunity as someone who makes 14 times as much as him, what's the motivation to make 14 times as much as him? What's the motivation to work harder? What's the motivation for him to get paid more if the fed are only going to take more of that money away?
I think you're underestimating the amount of stuff that is bought by the middle and upper class. The person making less money will most likely be buying a smaller car, a lesser home, and fewer "toys" (like they already do...) so they won't be paying as much tax as someone who just bought a Lexus, Mansion, and a new Jet Ski. There's quite literally no way I can see someone in the $400,000 bracket only buying $6000 worth of goods and services a year. They likely spend that in one month several times over. You know how people like to show off their bling!
Or are you suggesting that we start taxing people in such a way that everyone can afford the same things in life? Or do you prefer the socialist route where I can stop working as hard as I do and just soak off the Government the rest of my life?
Sales tax sucks because it slows down the velocity of money. You pay sales tax whenever the dollar circulates which could be many times in a year.
And an income tax is taken off every time the dollar circulates to the company you bought your item when it pays it's employees... what's the difference?
Or you could move to a sales tax instead, giving the consumer everything they make and letting them make the decision on which company is actually giving them a better product to spend their money on. Domestic and Foreign students all have to buy goods and services and nobody would be left out. Government would have to encourage business to keep the money coming in. Capitalism can start working again. Businesses won't have to hire teams of accountants to figure out which tax brackets every employee falls in and which deductions they need to take. I believe some people call this the flat tax... or is it the fair tax?
(Also, reducing govt. overhead so we aren't paying 50% sales tax would help.)