landemva

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by landemva 3y ago
Lucky you to have found a place that allows those inquiries. Not many exist anymore.
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by landemva 3y ago
Yes simlified taxes - repeal the personal income tax and replace with consumption-based sales tax. No more W2 withholding, no more individual fed/state filing, no more deduction games, no need for tax prep sites. Maybe the sales tax wo
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by landemva 3y ago
USA munitions, which were bought on credit deficit spending, are really being exploded in Ukraine. Financed by USA tax payers and future tax payers. Yes, this is real physical destruction overseas, monetary destruction of US dollar, and GDP
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by landemva 3y ago
Those communities have mechanisms to censor mis-behaving persons. Participants must agree, when entering the group, to social rules including censure.
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by landemva 3y ago
An online tech community has been experimenting with retroactive public goods. It is fascinating to watch these efforts. https://ethglobal.com/talks/hackathon-kick-off-retroactive-p...
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by landemva 3y ago
Yet Americans vote for religion of government that preaches we will be taken care of by continuous deficit spending. Deficit spending of money/value created out of thin air will eventually reach a mathematical point of no return. Maybe
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by landemva 3y ago
>> as a citizen of the fine and upstanding US of A. If you work as W-2 in USA, your employer, or their payroll company, may be sending your payroll data including itemized withholdings to theworknumber. Some employers don't even
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by landemva 3y ago
Depending on what premium you are willing to pay, there might be a sustainable business. But privacy and cheap probably won't be a sustainable business. If you think you can force it by law, then choose a good jurisdiction for that str
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by landemva 3y ago
>> Then set a price. How about a cell phone service that would not sell any location data connected to you or your phone usage. Would you be willing to pay over $200/month or less? What would you pay? I recognize some folks want
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by landemva 3y ago
1) Those who are willing to pay to get your data vs 2) Those who think it should be easy and convenient to use services and free to keep that data private Which group is in fantasy land? Privacy takes work and meaningful trade-offs.
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by landemva 3y ago
Portugal was previously (1990s) spending money on police, courts, and jails. They had shifted the resources, and it had seemed to be successful until something changed in the past few years.
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by landemva 3y ago
>> They are publicly available data. Plate info is not public to average Jane and Joe. In a State in USA I tried to get owner info of a plate marked 'gvt' and was denied because DMV said I'm not a private investigator o
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by landemva 3y ago
>> connect a person to a license plate number What I drive are owned by trusts and LLCs, so on paper they are not connected to my driver license nor to me. While I understand that cars are designed to be mobile and therefore easy to m
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by landemva 3y ago
>> places where they depend on police for their safety. That is misguided. We should take care of ourselves and voluntarily help our neighbors.
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by landemva 3y ago
We could go back to pre-1998 and allow student loan debt to be discharged in bankruptcy. The law signed by Clinton was a gift to the banksters and college administrative head count. https://thehill.com/blogs/congress-bl
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by landemva 3y ago
A small jurisdiction with dislike of USA hegemony may be a start, like .ch or .se. Somewhere with a Google presence and where you host your website.
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by landemva 3y ago
Set a price list for this type of usage, then pick a jurisdiction friendly to your cause of action.
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by landemva 3y ago
>> I utilize a lot of artificial sweeteners daily to curb my cravings What mechanism makes the cravings subside for you? Is it chemical or also like lifting a cigarette to your lips for nicotine?
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by landemva 3y ago
>> This can only be fixed with legislation >> If only people cared about important stuff like this Most don't care enough and perceive there are benefits like calling police when a crash is detected. Those who do care can f
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by landemva 3y ago
Because it may be considered invasive / untested medical procedure / not have proper privacy safeguards, it is voluntary. There are various ways of politely declining. Try some approaches until they routinely put you through the m
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by landemva 3y ago
I thought Smoky Mountain has no entrance fee, so how are they counting individuals accurately? Yosemite is popular and began to use mandatory busses. That seems reasonable, though unrelated to the topic of junk website fees.
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by landemva 3y ago
>> you've already had to surrender a great amount of personal information just to get the airline ticket. In past couple years in EU and USA, I paid for tickets via debit card with address of a PO Box. And my first name is a nick
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by landemva 3y ago
The tanks for fresh product (gas/diesel) which I saw had 220v electric pumps and were outside. Some had meters like a gas station to track usage to a machine. Fresh oil tanks were pneumatic. Used oil tanks were pumped out by the servic
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by landemva 3y ago
I have been to many industrial sites, and oil/gas/diesel tanks have been above ground. Some had bollards to block physical bumps. Many had spill containment knee walls. There are probably regulations depending on type of tank and
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by landemva 3y ago
El Salvador in the past year is locking up gang members. Supposedly it is working to reduce crime, though I haven't been there to see it. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-65596471
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by landemva 3y ago
And the Swiss have important differences. Compared to many countries, Switzerland is politcally weak at federal level with the power in regional areas.
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Bern Switzerland comes to mind.
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by landemva 3y ago
This is an example of how bad data makes the system less effective. Privacy via purposeful data pollution.
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by landemva 3y ago
>> you agreed to pay that tax. It is not in seller's disclosure. It is not a recorded lien against the property. I did not sign a services contract with county. Most everbody pays the bill because government power.
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by landemva 3y ago
They sell the "tax debt". After some time the purchaser of the debt paper can ask Treasurer to make a special deed for the whole property. Poof it's all gone.

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