One of the essential duties of government is to ensure a just and stable society, a limited degree of wealth redistribution is part of that process.
I dont disagree to a degree, but at what point do the middle class stand up and say enough is enough. no more welfare, make people work for the state if on welfare (there are jobs that the state does, and pays workers good money to do, but could be done for much less) be it picking up garbage o nthe freeways or parks or other jobs that need to be done. heck even make it so that if someone is good enough at what they are doing it can translate into a fulltime job with the state.
When I was unemployed i was suposed to be "looking for work" or I wouldnt get paid... well an excel spreadsheet with some adjustments to the dates fixed that real quick. why not actually put me to work if im gonna collect?
i dont know what the answer is and i wont pretend to. Being someone who makes enough to not get any help, but makes enough to get taxed it seems as if id be better off people "poor"
Hell id be ok with making everyone pay an electrical tax and giving everyone free electricity, but i find it wrong to only give something out to a small portion of the population on the backs of everyone else.
why do rich and poor people always get things for "free"??? Be it a rich guy who gets a goodie bag at an award show woth thousands of dollars such as at the grammys, Or giving the "poor" free food and electricity. All of this, on the backs of the actual hard working middle class. Its wrong, the government should not be taking money from X and giving it to Y
I think people will remember al-Gore even in the distant future, not unlike Benjamin Franklin or even Charlemagne. He will have statues while the word Bush will mean nothing, but a piece of vegetation too small to be called a tree.
No, I think they will both continue to be laughed out for quite a long time
I was reading some works of hartmann just the other day! Hes one of my favorites. it must have been simply amazing getting to speak with him, let alone work with him
yes it really does. numbers can be misleading. for example the unemployment numbers. although they have been reported the same forever so its no one presidents fault, but they are very misleading when they say we have a 5.6% rate. they are n ot counting people who are no longer collecting unemployment because they have been out of work for "too long" they are not counting people who went from working a 100 grand a year job supporting a family of 3 to working a min wage job. yeah, its a "job" but its not a real job.
I would wager this is the same kind of manipulation at work
while this is the best possible point out there. didnt cops just get in trouble for this not to long ago??? and didnt facebook ban those accts for being against TOS????
well, it could be done right now as is, giving people the option to review. in other words, instead of sending us tax forms to fill out and send to the government to compare with what they have on file, have the govt send us the tax forms they have, and we can reply with a yes - or a no, along with the forms explaining why they got it wrong
or we could do the right thing, eliminate income taxes are we currently know them, and institute a fair or flat tax, thus making the idea of a tax return for an individual moot
easy solution, stop filing taxes. The government gets all that information anyway. why not just have the gov send you a bill/refund every year, and IF you are not happy with the bill/refund, then you can file your taxes yourself. the way we do things is so backwards
I liked them a good 10 years ago, simple, easy. then again i was making minimum wage. This year im thinking about trying taxslayer. I like the reviews ive heard from friends who made the switch years ago. anyone else have any good simple do it yourself methods to share?
well i for one dont want a "smart tv" My blueray player has "smart" capabilities in it, yet 1/2 of the apps are broken, and there is no support whatsoever from panasonic. it hasnt had an update since i got it 3 years ago (new). I would much rather buy a 30 dollar dongle that gives me the functionality, that i can move to difference displays as wanted/needed instead of spending 200 bucks extra on the TV for features that from past experiences will not work within a few years.
There is a market for this kinda thing but as you pointed out, between chromecast and fireTV (in the cheap options side of things) got the area cornered
A clot of places that I use have native apps and i find the web based version, even on mobile is faster than the app. also a lot of time the content is not updated on the app in real time as the website. This is true in a lot of sports news apps and other informational based apps. Games on the other hand are different.
who does the training? who says the training is good enough?
and no, it does not mean a trained militia, it means any able bodies male over 17 who has a gun in working order. (meaning it fires when the trigger is pulled) Thats it, nothing more
look, when you grow up, and educate yourself on a simple meaning of a simple sentence that is the basis of our country, Ill gladly get back into the debate with you. but until you understand what "well regulated" in the time of the writing of the constitution means, any conversation with you is utterly worthless
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i have, its no fun let me tell you.
One of the essential duties of government is to ensure a just and stable society, a limited degree of wealth redistribution is part of that process.
I dont disagree to a degree, but at what point do the middle class stand up and say enough is enough. no more welfare, make people work for the state if on welfare (there are jobs that the state does, and pays workers good money to do, but could be done for much less) be it picking up garbage o nthe freeways or parks or other jobs that need to be done. heck even make it so that if someone is good enough at what they are doing it can translate into a fulltime job with the state.
When I was unemployed i was suposed to be "looking for work" or I wouldnt get paid... well an excel spreadsheet with some adjustments to the dates fixed that real quick. why not actually put me to work if im gonna collect?
i dont know what the answer is and i wont pretend to. Being someone who makes enough to not get any help, but makes enough to get taxed it seems as if id be better off people "poor"
Hell id be ok with making everyone pay an electrical tax and giving everyone free electricity, but i find it wrong to only give something out to a small portion of the population on the backs of everyone else.
LED lights have dramatically dropped the cost (and heat signature)
why do rich and poor people always get things for "free"??? Be it a rich guy who gets a goodie bag at an award show woth thousands of dollars such as at the grammys, Or giving the "poor" free food and electricity. All of this, on the backs of the actual hard working middle class. Its wrong, the government should not be taking money from X and giving it to Y
NERD FIGHTTT!!!!!!
seriously, why would someone care if you can do X in something but not Y, unless you are apple anyway i dont get it
I think people will remember al-Gore even in the distant future, not unlike Benjamin Franklin or even Charlemagne. He will have statues while the word Bush will mean nothing, but a piece of vegetation too small to be called a tree.
No, I think they will both continue to be laughed out for quite a long time
that still happens with some phone signals in cars today
ugh, did you not see where i made the clear cut point that the numbers have ALWAYS been lies??? this has nothing to do with obama
I was reading some works of hartmann just the other day! Hes one of my favorites. it must have been simply amazing getting to speak with him, let alone work with him
yes it really does. numbers can be misleading. for example the unemployment numbers. although they have been reported the same forever so its no one presidents fault, but they are very misleading when they say we have a 5.6% rate. they are n ot counting people who are no longer collecting unemployment because they have been out of work for "too long" they are not counting people who went from working a 100 grand a year job supporting a family of 3 to working a min wage job. yeah, its a "job" but its not a real job.
I would wager this is the same kind of manipulation at work
the photo is of a real person I would assume no? even if the name doesnt match the face its wrong, and against TOS (not that that has ever mattered)
while this is the best possible point out there. didnt cops just get in trouble for this not to long ago??? and didnt facebook ban those accts for being against TOS????
well, it could be done right now as is, giving people the option to review. in other words, instead of sending us tax forms to fill out and send to the government to compare with what they have on file, have the govt send us the tax forms they have, and we can reply with a yes - or a no, along with the forms explaining why they got it wrong
or we could do the right thing, eliminate income taxes are we currently know them, and institute a fair or flat tax, thus making the idea of a tax return for an individual moot
1600 short? Geez, if your gonna steal someones identity, at LEAST get everything you are "entitled" to!
easy solution, stop filing taxes. The government gets all that information anyway. why not just have the gov send you a bill/refund every year, and IF you are not happy with the bill/refund, then you can file your taxes yourself. the way we do things is so backwards
yes
I liked them a good 10 years ago, simple, easy. then again i was making minimum wage. This year im thinking about trying taxslayer. I like the reviews ive heard from friends who made the switch years ago. anyone else have any good simple do it yourself methods to share?
well i for one dont want a "smart tv" My blueray player has "smart" capabilities in it, yet 1/2 of the apps are broken, and there is no support whatsoever from panasonic. it hasnt had an update since i got it 3 years ago (new). I would much rather buy a 30 dollar dongle that gives me the functionality, that i can move to difference displays as wanted/needed instead of spending 200 bucks extra on the TV for features that from past experiences will not work within a few years.
There is a market for this kinda thing but as you pointed out, between chromecast and fireTV (in the cheap options side of things) got the area cornered
not what I was saying at all. Simply saying that im MY use experience, informational apps tend to be slower than the web based access. YMMV
Me and I can be trusted, Myself on the other hand.....
A clot of places that I use have native apps and i find the web based version, even on mobile is faster than the app. also a lot of time the content is not updated on the app in real time as the website. This is true in a lot of sports news apps and other informational based apps. Games on the other hand are different.
oh... ok that must be it.
start the presses, we need to make sure everyone is more scared of cars than guns!!! (actually, im sure environmentalists would LOVE that)
who does the training? who says the training is good enough?
and no, it does not mean a trained militia, it means any able bodies male over 17 who has a gun in working order. (meaning it fires when the trigger is pulled) Thats it, nothing more
im pushing you on falsehoods? bahahhaha
look, when you grow up, and educate yourself on a simple meaning of a simple sentence that is the basis of our country, Ill gladly get back into the debate with you. but until you understand what "well regulated" in the time of the writing of the constitution means, any conversation with you is utterly worthless