If the nazis don't have freedom of speech, we don't have it either,
That's not even close to true. Nazis don't have freedom of speech in Germany, haven't had it for over half a century, but you still hear loud political discourse from all over the ideological spectrum. Nobody was "next".
Slippery slope arguments are for dopes. Don't fall into that trap. Free speech isn't a suicide pact. Societies, like any natural organic system, has the right to reject cancer, harmful bacteria or viruses.
How in the hell did they buy Victoria's Secret items from Lowes? Asking for a friend...
The Victoria's Secret branded tool apron is hot as hell. And who knows what the Victoria's Secret impact drill is actually used for? If you catch my drift.
When a consumer exploits a bug in the system, they get arrested. When a corporation or rich person exploits a bug in the system, it's called, "smart tax planning".
Tax credits are transfer payments, bucky. Cash money payments.
Google "Earned income tax credits".
You're mistaking tax credits with tax abatements or exemptions (which Foxconn is getting, too). That means other companies will have to pay to make up the difference. It's the government picking winners and losers.
Nope it is tax incentives, which means ZERO dollars are actually being lost.
Tax credits are cash payments, like the Earned Income Credit (EIC). That means Wisconsin writes Foxconn a check.
From your link:
That includes up to $1.5 billion in state income tax credits for job creation. up to $1.35 billion in state income tax credits for capital investment, and up to $150 million for the sales and use tax exemption. In all, Foxconn is eligible to earn $3 billion in tax credits over 15 years.
At this point, I doubt the military respects either one. Even people who support the president don't really respect him any more.
The president is the commander in chief. According to the chain of command, his orders will be passed down, and followed.
I don't think anyone, especially the military, expects Donald Trump to be able to give anything like a coherent order. You can't follow an order if it's gibberish.
And as is also stated in the summary, Foxconn will be spending at least 2x that just to build the place.
Oh my. Are you saying that Foxconn is going to have to spend money to build their own goddamn factory? What is the world coming to when a corporation has to actually invest? Is this even America any more when companies are now expected to do something to make money instead of just rent-seeking?
This is truly the last stage of capitalism when someone rationalizes giving a company $3 billion in cash by saying, "Well, they're gonna spend some of their own money, too!"
The $3 billion incentives package includes about $2.85 billion in cash payments from taxpayers and tax breaks valued at about $150 million. The state is also waiving certain environmental rules.
Get that? "Cash payments". Not tax cuts. Straight up baksheesh.
We were told how GOP government in Wisconsin was going to create this great economic boom by "unleashing" the free market. Now they're just trying to prop up a Potemkin president by using corporate welfare.
It's the military and they are acutely aware of the chain of command, and at the moment he's the one in charge. It's their job to tell him whatever shit he needs to hear to get the stuff they want out of him.
That's my point, and it sounds like we agree. Trump is only nominally "commander-in-chief" of the military. They're using him to get what they want.
I don't believe that there's a single general in the military, active or retired, that has any respect for Donald Trump. For the most part, he's their useful idiot.
Does anybody think the military is still paying any attention to anything Donald Trump says? Even if they support him, they've probably decided by now that he's just a figurehead that will keep the budget money flowing and maybe give them a chance to try out their toys. I seriously doubt they're listening to anything he says. Maybe when he calls the Pentagon they put Trump on speakerphone and laugh their asses off.
I keep thinking about General Kelly's body language the other day when Trump was doing his freestyle rap about how there are some "very nice" neo-Nazis and the General Pershing and pig's blood canard. He looked like he'd rather be in Afghanistan driving a humvee blindfolded in Kabul than being responsible for trying to make the flabby sack of cooked oatmeal that is our POTUS look like some facsimile of a competent human being.
The site also hosts controversial right-wing figures like Milo Yiannopoulos, Andrew 'weev' Auernheimer and Andrew Anglin, editor of the neo-Nazi site Daily Stormer.
Sounds like the place you wanna be on a Friday night.
The âoemeth and pornâ activities in the property rented to Bannon, but mainly occupied by his ex-wife and a man who is now serving a 10-year sentence for cocaine trafficking. Neighbors donâ(TM)t seem to recall Bannon ever being around."...and you read that as conclusive evidence it must have been him?
There are still people who come to the house looking for meth and asking for "Steve".
Winning the primary, then Whitehouse against what would otherwise be called a "shoe in" candidate.
Obama did that twice, and with black skin.
Now you routinely hear the left talking about how to fix it
The left talked about fixing Obamacare from the day it was passed.
I thought Trump was a joke at first, but now that I've been watching him for a while I can appreciate how masterfully he manipulates the media and public.
That's what we need in a president: someone who can masterfully manipulate us. Good job.
What does capitalism have to do with this? You should be complaining about the ridiculous duration that the government has set for copyright.
Good question. As predicted 100 years ago, capitalism will inevitably result in the government being completely co-opted by corporate interests, resulting ultimately in policies that are antithetical to freedom, anti-consumer and anti-worker.
This has now happened. Government didn't just wake up one day and decide intellectual property should last forever. It's the result of many decades of concerted effort by capitalists.
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That's not even close to true. Nazis don't have freedom of speech in Germany, haven't had it for over half a century, but you still hear loud political discourse from all over the ideological spectrum. Nobody was "next".
Slippery slope arguments are for dopes. Don't fall into that trap. Free speech isn't a suicide pact. Societies, like any natural organic system, has the right to reject cancer, harmful bacteria or viruses.
The Victoria's Secret branded tool apron is hot as hell. And who knows what the Victoria's Secret impact drill is actually used for? If you catch my drift.
When a consumer exploits a bug in the system, they get arrested. When a corporation or rich person exploits a bug in the system, it's called, "smart tax planning".
My money is on the sharks. I don't think there's any question they're going to win the fish wars.
The Slashdot comments section is all the proof we need.
Tax credits are transfer payments, bucky. Cash money payments.
Google "Earned income tax credits".
You're mistaking tax credits with tax abatements or exemptions (which Foxconn is getting, too). That means other companies will have to pay to make up the difference. It's the government picking winners and losers.
Why do you hate free markets?
Tax credits are cash payments, like the Earned Income Credit (EIC). That means Wisconsin writes Foxconn a check.
From your link:
We don't need any Europeans pissing on the graves of American soldiers. We already have President Trump doing it.
http://www.politifact.com/trut...
http://www.latimes.com/politic...
At this point, I doubt the military respects either one. Even people who support the president don't really respect him any more.
I don't think anyone, especially the military, expects Donald Trump to be able to give anything like a coherent order. You can't follow an order if it's gibberish.
I would have agreed with you up until the last month or so.
Wisconsin -- butter. I see what you did there.
Kudos.
Oh my. Are you saying that Foxconn is going to have to spend money to build their own goddamn factory? What is the world coming to when a corporation has to actually invest? Is this even America any more when companies are now expected to do something to make money instead of just rent-seeking?
This is truly the last stage of capitalism when someone rationalizes giving a company $3 billion in cash by saying, "Well, they're gonna spend some of their own money, too!"
Yes, that was exactly my point.
It's not tax credits. It's cash fucking payments.
Get that? "Cash payments". Not tax cuts. Straight up baksheesh.
We were told how GOP government in Wisconsin was going to create this great economic boom by "unleashing" the free market. Now they're just trying to prop up a Potemkin president by using corporate welfare.
That's my point, and it sounds like we agree. Trump is only nominally "commander-in-chief" of the military. They're using him to get what they want.
I don't believe that there's a single general in the military, active or retired, that has any respect for Donald Trump. For the most part, he's their useful idiot.
I can hear the generals giggling right now.
I'm pretty sure the General Pershing thing capped it as far as how much the military respects Trump.
https://www.rawstory.com/2017/...
Does anybody think the military is still paying any attention to anything Donald Trump says? Even if they support him, they've probably decided by now that he's just a figurehead that will keep the budget money flowing and maybe give them a chance to try out their toys. I seriously doubt they're listening to anything he says. Maybe when he calls the Pentagon they put Trump on speakerphone and laugh their asses off.
I keep thinking about General Kelly's body language the other day when Trump was doing his freestyle rap about how there are some "very nice" neo-Nazis and the General Pershing and pig's blood canard. He looked like he'd rather be in Afghanistan driving a humvee blindfolded in Kabul than being responsible for trying to make the flabby sack of cooked oatmeal that is our POTUS look like some facsimile of a competent human being.
Sounds like the place you wanna be on a Friday night.
There are still people who come to the house looking for meth and asking for "Steve".
You say that as if it were a bad thing.
Now Bannon can go back to cooking meth in his bathtub (not making that up).
https://www.deathandtaxesmag.c...
Obama did that twice, and with black skin.
The left talked about fixing Obamacare from the day it was passed.
That's what we need in a president: someone who can masterfully manipulate us. Good job.
Good question. As predicted 100 years ago, capitalism will inevitably result in the government being completely co-opted by corporate interests, resulting ultimately in policies that are antithetical to freedom, anti-consumer and anti-worker.
This has now happened. Government didn't just wake up one day and decide intellectual property should last forever. It's the result of many decades of concerted effort by capitalists.