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by jazzyk 9y ago
Most loopholes are aimed at big corporations and high-income people ($1M+). You and I cannot take advantage of them easily. Loopholes: - obfuscate the fact that "certain" people, who should be paying 35% are not, in fact, paying a
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by jazzyk 9y ago
You are absolutely correct - there has been a collusion of both political parties in the US to serve the globalist elite. With plenty of "useful idiots" among us to look at you (and me) as if we had two heads and argue that we ha
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by jazzyk 9y ago
What if you make the rules so simple that there are NO loopholes and there is no/little possibility for tax avoidance?
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by jazzyk 9y ago
Agree - we would need to introduce term limits in D.C. and a bunch of other changes. Not going to happen until the SHTF.
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by jazzyk 9y ago
Could be tax on profit or % of revenue, if there is no profit.
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by jazzyk 9y ago
The solution is just not that complicated: 1. For individuals, simple tax code which does not distinguish where your income came from, but does keep income brackets (not flat tax). 2. For businesses, distinguish between: - "US-based&qu
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by jazzyk 9y ago
That's because these days it is very hard to get even a starter house (in a good neighborhood) even having a steady job. And I have not seen too many steady jobs in high-tech. The only option to get ahead is to either play the lottery
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by jazzyk 9y ago
I'd rather drive a Lexus (and I actually do own one). I'd rather drive a car that I can use, not a car that needs to spend time in the mechanics garage being repaired. BTW, BMW is not going out of business any time soon (unless we
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by jazzyk 9y ago
They are far from "second to none". They are good, but for the price they command they should be better (Audi markets their cars as "luxury", but their quality is just average, see the latest JD Power study [1], also Hyu
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by jazzyk 9y ago
While taxes in Europe are a bit higher, here is what you get in return: 1. Paid-for healthcare. In the US, I pay close to $2K/month premium for a high-deductible health insurance plan. 2. Subsidized child-care (kindergarten, etc.) 3.
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by jazzyk 9y ago
Lack of gold standard is not sufficient for inflation - you also need reckless monetary/fiscal government policies (abundant in the US, taking full advantage of the dollar being the reserve currency) I was not trying to prove causation
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by jazzyk 9y ago
Correct, but the pundits are also correct, because there are really two different economies in the US: - the "Walmart" economy - no inflation there, regular Joe Schmoes have not had a real raise in years - the "Hamptons"
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by jazzyk 9y ago
The end of the US dollar international convertibility to gold did not happen until August 15, 1971. It is also exactly the year inflation took off like a rocket - see the "Cumulative Inflation" graph. And the standard of living fo
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by jazzyk 9y ago
I am far from rich, and not a banker. I assume by "woman" you meant someone who is at or below poverty line, if so, I (and most people) don't have a problem chipping in. The point you are missing is that right now, 90% of the
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by jazzyk 9y ago
Sadly, it is the recession, not the awareness. It is like with car sales: every time gas prices go up, people start buying Priuses, etc. But the minute gas prices come down, SUVs (the bigger, the better) are all the rage again.
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by jazzyk 9y ago
In the US, Planet Fitness' membership is $100/year (there are others, such as WOW). Hardly a major financial commitment.
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by jazzyk 9y ago
I love Ceylon - it is what Java should have evolved into (had it been managed better). Java replacement would have to introduce something an order of magnitude better than Java, just like Java did, with respect to C/C++ (for business
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by jazzyk 9y ago
ObjectSpace Voyager was a supremely well designed piece of software - it made complicated things simple. It was also a bit ahead of the time, or perhaps not marketed well.
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by jazzyk 9y ago
Like it or not, we have nation-states, not a global labor market. The government of EVERY country in the world is elected to take care of their citizens. Why should the US government worry about wages of Chinese citizens - Chinese people ha
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by jazzyk 9y ago
There is no clear definition of what "hate speech" is. For example, would you categorize this WaPo article: "Segregationists have again assumed their pedestals in the Justice Department, the White House and many other America
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by jazzyk 9y ago
Your statement would have been non-controversial if it had not been made in the context of the parent statements. But it was contextual.
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by jazzyk 9y ago
So importing cheap labor is ethical, opposing that practice - is not ethical?
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by jazzyk 9y ago
1. The statement (politico) you refer to was made 5 days after the incident, in a private meeting, Obama said it was "hate crime", did not use the word "racist", did not mention they were BLM sympathizers. 2. Obama did s
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by jazzyk 9y ago
The rate you quote is not a good indicator of overall unemployment - it only measures the dynamics of layoffs in the last 6 months. The more realistic measure of unemployment, the Civilian Labor Force Participation Rate is at about 63%, bac
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by jazzyk 9y ago
You are conflating action with speech. Showing pornography to minors is an act , not a statement of opinion.
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by jazzyk 9y ago
Google has been doing an excellent job drawing (the wrong kind of) attention to themselves, thank you very much. High-visibility lawsuits have been brewing already: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/aug&#
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by jazzyk 9y ago
So, as a male, should I sue someone who (correctly) points out that I cannot breastfeed for being "sexist", and for "perpetuating gender stereotypes"
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by jazzyk 9y ago
Your analogy to race is wrong. There is no research (to the best of my knowledge) claiming that there are biological differences between the same sex of different races. But there is enough research about biological differences between sexe
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by jazzyk 9y ago
Please see my reply in another sub-thread.
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by jazzyk 9y ago
This is off-topic, so very briefly: The NYT published at least two stories about an "unverified" dossier on Trump. Admitting it is unverified, yet they claim: 1. "consequences have been incalculable and will play out long p

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