My kids love the new My Little Pony show. I sit and watch it from time to time as well. I don't know what it is about the show, but I like it enough to actually get excited about this fan video game project:
the RIAA is ready to insist that a reasonable termination plan under the DMCA would require an ISP to terminate a user once they get to those six strikes
Wait. what? Are the ISPs now required to hire assassins to kill off their own customers? That certainly seems like a sure fire way to go out of business.
I have no problem connecting to a server when I am playing a Flash game or multiplayer. However, when I am playing a single player game, there is no reason to be connected to the internet.
If Blizzard is concerned about cheating in multiplayer or the Auction House, then segregate the offline single player characters from the online multiplayer characters.
You should research the history of farm subsidies.
You should read up on New Zealand and how it ditched its farm subsidies and now it has the best agriculture business in its entire history.
People weren't saving money, they got old and had no money.
Your lack of desire to plan for your future is not my problem.
We have a moral obligation to take care of our elderly.
Same as the above, but with the added note that it is the family's responsibility to take care of their elderly. That was something that was once a well honored tradition but has fallen away because of such programs.
Do you think people work for free?
What does that have to do with anything? I could ask you a different question:
Do you think I work for you?
If you don't learn from the past, your bound to repeat it.
Go read a history book.
I have been researching these things and have learned that personal responsibility is the best way to handle all these issues and more.
All that money you are have paid and are paying into SS is being used to pay the people currently on SS. When you reach retirement age, the money you get from SS will come from the current working class, or debt.
I expect the government to provide for services I have paid for - With my taxes.
Even when those programs are unsustainable in the long run, driving your children and your children's children into more and more debt?
Why not exercise some personal responsibility and plan for your own retirement and health needs?
Welcome to America, you must be new here. We don't 'ever' choose to settle. It's what makes us the best place to live.
It is also one of the major drivers of the housing bubble, the current student loan bubble, the average $10,000 debt ber citizen, and far more problems. People spend more than they can afford, don't plan for the future, then expect someone else to pay when it all hits the fan.
All that money you are have paid and are paying into SS is being used to pay the people currently on SS. When you reach retirement age, the money you get from SS will come from the current working class, or debt.
E. Zachary Knight (profile), 25 Jul 2012 @ 11:11am
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Farm subsidies, Corporate Tax breaks and other incentives, Medicaid/Medicare, Social Security, etc. Basically any program that takes money from one party to simply give it to another.
E. Zachary Knight (profile), 25 Jul 2012 @ 11:00am
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Without a corporate income tax, there would be no need to differentiate and categorize types of businesses. A business is a business whether it employs 5 people or 5000.
E. Zachary Knight (profile), 25 Jul 2012 @ 10:57am
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It worked great for Chile which eliminated their public pension system in favor of a private pension system. It worked great for New Zealand which eliminated its farm subsidy program and ended up with a far stronger agricultural economy and exports. It could work in a number of other areas as well.
Of course this is all still ignoring the fact that the states would be able to pick up where they feel they need to.
E. Zachary Knight (profile), 25 Jul 2012 @ 10:54am
Re: Start with a false premise.
They are only unreasonable because of the massive bloated spending regime the Federal government has established. If we were to actually reduce the size and scope of the Federal government to what is outlined in the US Constitution, then these proposals would make sense. As it stands right now, with so many people and organizations dependent on the Federal government for handouts, we will never be able to implement these proposals. That is what makes these proposals political suicide.
E. Zachary Knight (profile), 25 Jul 2012 @ 10:50am
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I really don't think these economists are basing these policies one warm fuzzies, but rather on the long term national impact. No sane economist would think so shortsightedly. But if you actually listened to the whole show, not just reading Mike's abridgment of it, then you might get some of that context you crave.
E. Zachary Knight (profile), 25 Jul 2012 @ 10:42am
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Not saying I am fully in support of this, but it is a possible solution, but the Fair Tax is proposed along with a "prebate" system in which everyone gets a certain amount of tax free purchasing each month/year to limit the negative impact on the poor.
E. Zachary Knight (profile), 25 Jul 2012 @ 10:40am
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For one, we could combine the lower tax revenue with equivalent reductions in spending. There is no reason why we need to be spending what we are spending on a federal level.
E. Zachary Knight (profile), 25 Jul 2012 @ 10:38am
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And while cutting personal income tax looks nice on the surface, it does have me scratching my head on how this is good for society in general.
You missed the second half of that proposal. We are not getting rid of a tax source, but replacing it with one that has less of a negative impact on the economy.
how does cutting corporate income tax help anyone?
Small businesses employ far more people in aggregate than all the fortune 500 companies combined. By leaving more money in the pockets of small businesses, you leave them more room to expand, higher new people, provide new services etc. By taking money away from them, you artificially restrict their ability to grow and adapt to changes in the market place. More growth means more income and more money to spend, fueling the alternate tax source noted above.
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Wait. what? Are the ISPs now required to hire assassins to kill off their own customers? That certainly seems like a sure fire way to go out of business.
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If Blizzard is concerned about cheating in multiplayer or the Auction House, then segregate the offline single player characters from the online multiplayer characters.
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You should read up on New Zealand and how it ditched its farm subsidies and now it has the best agriculture business in its entire history.
People weren't saving money, they got old and had no money.
Your lack of desire to plan for your future is not my problem.
We have a moral obligation to take care of our elderly.
Same as the above, but with the added note that it is the family's responsibility to take care of their elderly. That was something that was once a well honored tradition but has fallen away because of such programs.
Do you think people work for free?
What does that have to do with anything? I could ask you a different question:
Do you think I work for you?
If you don't learn from the past, your bound to repeat it.
Go read a history book.
I have been researching these things and have learned that personal responsibility is the best way to handle all these issues and more.
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All that money you are have paid and are paying into SS is being used to pay the people currently on SS. When you reach retirement age, the money you get from SS will come from the current working class, or debt.
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Even when those programs are unsustainable in the long run, driving your children and your children's children into more and more debt?
Why not exercise some personal responsibility and plan for your own retirement and health needs?
Welcome to America, you must be new here. We don't 'ever' choose to settle. It's what makes us the best place to live.
It is also one of the major drivers of the housing bubble, the current student loan bubble, the average $10,000 debt ber citizen, and far more problems. People spend more than they can afford, don't plan for the future, then expect someone else to pay when it all hits the fan.
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Of course this is all still ignoring the fact that the states would be able to pick up where they feel they need to.
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Re: Ok - I'm confused.
You missed the second half of that proposal. We are not getting rid of a tax source, but replacing it with one that has less of a negative impact on the economy.
how does cutting corporate income tax help anyone?
Small businesses employ far more people in aggregate than all the fortune 500 companies combined. By leaving more money in the pockets of small businesses, you leave them more room to expand, higher new people, provide new services etc. By taking money away from them, you artificially restrict their ability to grow and adapt to changes in the market place. More growth means more income and more money to spend, fueling the alternate tax source noted above.
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Why not Edison's Wax Cylinders? Aren't those even more real?
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