> They can't have loans unless they conform to federal rules about pay and benefits. They can't import any of their cars from overseas anymore. No check on whether or not the loan is viable, just imposing rules from a man who has never run a business in his life.
And the businesses do not have to accept those loans if those terms are unacceptable... what's your point?
> No check on whether or not the loan is viable, just imposing rules from a man who has never run a business in his life.
You mean congress? There's more than one man in congress.
> Meanwhile, thousands for dealers are closing their doors forcing thousands more unemployed out onto the street so the government can impose it's version how how a business should operate on those that today can't afford to live without it.
Umm... wouldn't all the dealers have closed if the government wouldn't have given them a loan?
"The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;"
Say what you will about that being to vague, but a loan to a car company to produce affordable, clean transportation definitely qualifies for general welfare... Transportation has become critical for economic success.
Basically, anything found that isn't on the warrant needs to be in plain view and they can't move items looking for it unless moving items might yield what is specified in the warrant.
Having said that, those are some vague rules and I'm sure a cop could justify looking anywhere he damn well pleases.
I guess if they are looking for a dead body but they look inside the books on your bookshelf and find some drugs, it might not hold up.
Haha, you're funny.
On the whole, drug users do commit more crimes than non-drug users. I'll give you that.
On the other hand, poor people commit more crimes than rich people. Young people commit more crimes than old people.
Punish the crime and treat the addict.
Don't ignore illegal drug trafficking, regulate it.
Drug use and sale in and of itself should not be a crime.
Hmm... something tells me a night in the ER is cheaper to society than a couple years in the slammer.
Not that I think we should praise drug abuse, but tolerating it would probably be an improvement. Everyone has a vice.
While there may be changes in evolutionary theory in the future due to us not currently understanding how it all works, no one who has honestly researched it can deny the fact of common descent.
It's not just cost either. It's also growth. I work for an ILEC and our POTS services aren't experiencing any massive growth. If anything, it is shrinking as people move to cell phones and VoIP. On the other hand, our internet services are demanding more bandwidth, more networks, more infrastructure. You can't add all these things without downtime while simultaneously keeping it organized and running well. And as you add things to keep up with demand, you change a lot which has all sorts of unintended consequences.
The same thing applies to our cable television services. Adding more channels, HDTV, more HDTV channels, all digital... this is a lot of change which can not be accommodated without downtime and unintended consequences.
Wow. Stereotype much? Not sure how you got modded up, but we here on the interwebz like people to cite things when they make broad sweeping statements like "Potheads are less productive in normal jobs" or "much more prone to schizophrenia with its attendant expenses". Of course this is utterly false. You'll notice that schizophrenia in the general population has not risen in the last 40 years or so, while marijuana use has increased substantially. Now tell me how that could be exactly. There is certainly a correlation between marijuana use and schizophrenia but it isn't causal. Of course, you won't hear that in the media because it "sends the wrong message".
http://utteroutrage.blogspot.com/2007/05/marijuana-duck-duck-goose-same-old.html
The war on drugs is a tragedy. There are few rosy alternatives but the fact remains that imprisoning drug users has done nothing to reduce demand, supply, or addiction. It has allowed for the creation of criminal organizations, proliferation of drugs that are cut with dangerous chemicals, access to drugs by minors, racial discrimination (crack cocaine, etc...), imprisonment of otherwise law abiding citizens, and blatant abuses of police power. Never mind the economic ramifications. The drug war is a HUGE waste.
But I do agree with you. It's a moot point currently. No politician that is going to get elected will talk about it. The only thing Americans want for drug users is more prison cells. *sigh*
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> They can't have loans unless they conform to federal rules about pay and benefits. They can't import any of their cars from overseas anymore. No check on whether or not the loan is viable, just imposing rules from a man who has never run a business in his life.
And the businesses do not have to accept those loans if those terms are unacceptable... what's your point?
> No check on whether or not the loan is viable, just imposing rules from a man who has never run a business in his life.
You mean congress? There's more than one man in congress.
> Meanwhile, thousands for dealers are closing their doors forcing thousands more unemployed out onto the street so the government can impose it's version how how a business should operate on those that today can't afford to live without it.
Umm... wouldn't all the dealers have closed if the government wouldn't have given them a loan?
"The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;"
Say what you will about that being to vague, but a loan to a car company to produce affordable, clean transportation definitely qualifies for general welfare... Transportation has become critical for economic success.
Telephone service in areas where capital expense is to high is treated the same way: http://www.usda.gov/rus/telecom/telecomact/act.htm
Nah, it's called the Plain View Doctrine.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plain_view_doctrine
Basically, anything found that isn't on the warrant needs to be in plain view and they can't move items looking for it unless moving items might yield what is specified in the warrant.
Having said that, those are some vague rules and I'm sure a cop could justify looking anywhere he damn well pleases.
I guess if they are looking for a dead body but they look inside the books on your bookshelf and find some drugs, it might not hold up.
Haha, you're funny. On the whole, drug users do commit more crimes than non-drug users. I'll give you that. On the other hand, poor people commit more crimes than rich people. Young people commit more crimes than old people. Punish the crime and treat the addict. Don't ignore illegal drug trafficking, regulate it. Drug use and sale in and of itself should not be a crime.
Hmm... something tells me a night in the ER is cheaper to society than a couple years in the slammer. Not that I think we should praise drug abuse, but tolerating it would probably be an improvement. Everyone has a vice.
While there may be changes in evolutionary theory in the future due to us not currently understanding how it all works, no one who has honestly researched it can deny the fact of common descent.
The Short Proof of Evolution
Human Chromosome 2 fusion
Endogenous Retroviruses
It's not just cost either. It's also growth. I work for an ILEC and our POTS services aren't experiencing any massive growth. If anything, it is shrinking as people move to cell phones and VoIP. On the other hand, our internet services are demanding more bandwidth, more networks, more infrastructure. You can't add all these things without downtime while simultaneously keeping it organized and running well. And as you add things to keep up with demand, you change a lot which has all sorts of unintended consequences.
The same thing applies to our cable television services. Adding more channels, HDTV, more HDTV channels, all digital... this is a lot of change which can not be accommodated without downtime and unintended consequences.
Wow. Stereotype much? Not sure how you got modded up, but we here on the interwebz like people to cite things when they make broad sweeping statements like "Potheads are less productive in normal jobs" or "much more prone to schizophrenia with its attendant expenses". Of course this is utterly false. You'll notice that schizophrenia in the general population has not risen in the last 40 years or so, while marijuana use has increased substantially. Now tell me how that could be exactly. There is certainly a correlation between marijuana use and schizophrenia but it isn't causal. Of course, you won't hear that in the media because it "sends the wrong message". http://utteroutrage.blogspot.com/2007/05/marijuana-duck-duck-goose-same-old.html The war on drugs is a tragedy. There are few rosy alternatives but the fact remains that imprisoning drug users has done nothing to reduce demand, supply, or addiction. It has allowed for the creation of criminal organizations, proliferation of drugs that are cut with dangerous chemicals, access to drugs by minors, racial discrimination (crack cocaine, etc...), imprisonment of otherwise law abiding citizens, and blatant abuses of police power. Never mind the economic ramifications. The drug war is a HUGE waste. But I do agree with you. It's a moot point currently. No politician that is going to get elected will talk about it. The only thing Americans want for drug users is more prison cells. *sigh*