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- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1> P.S. Our founding fathers started a revolution over a 1% tax.
Yes, but now we're "represented". What's that? You don't *feel* represented? Well, hell, that's just Un-American(tm). Here's a political hypothetical statement for the day: fradulent voting machines are necessary to perserve the American two party system in election outcomes where ~50% of the population feels that they have not been represented.
> How would they feel about 50%?
I guess we'll cross/burn that bridge, wholesale, when we get to it (and we will). In Japan, where the population demographic is shifting rapidly towards old people who don't earn money (eroding tax base) and have pensions that must be serviced by the goernment, pension tax was just raised by 10x what it was last year. The *exact* same thing is going to happen to your IRA (remember, your IRA account is a hedge that taxes might be the same when you retire as they are now)... and yes, it is a good idea to look at other countries to understand what might happen in your country several years down the road. In the long run, I think America is going to be OK... they don't promoise their old people diddley squat; so, there's not a whole lot of liability encoured when the population demographics goes inverse pear-shaped. - retr0spectiv, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1>"If the .gov is this bad, how can they expect businesses to be better?"
>Who said that government was good at anything?
So True. Buisnesses have motivation to actually serve their customers, because their paycheck depends on it. No matter how terrible government services are, we can't just say "I'm sorry, I don't need your 'services'. I'd rather keep that 50% of income you take in taxes and use it how I see fit."
P.S. Our founding fathers started a revolution over a 1% tax.
How would they feel about 50%? - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0"If the .gov is this bad, how can they expect businesses to be better?"
Who said that government was good at anything? - Mysk, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=175400150 - link to article
- CaptSnuffy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Why not just link to the page with the SSNs?
Damn laws! - TKDWILSON, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0That is all public information that could be obtained other ways, via requests and such. Public information should be easy to obtain not difficult.
Eric Wilson - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0> Seriosuly, do you not see the stupidity in referring to the government as "the .gov"?
Yeah, no joke... I was recently asked to verify if a cert issued for a .gov https site was legit or not (they hadn't used the standard issuing authority for .gov sites).
Personally, I'm wondering when somebody is going to finally realize they should do an inventory of .gov/.mil sites to find out just how many are even hosted in the United States at all.
The United States of American (AKA .gov), powered by India; I guess socialism *does* work.
Just like those "Buy American" flags stuck to the windows of government buildings... what they should really say is "Buy UNICORP".
> No one pays 50%.
Cumulitively? All the nickle and dime taxes US citizens pay? Probably pretty close to that number.
I've lived where there's a 18% GST (sales tax) and anything over ~$30k got taxed at +50%. It's not a pretty sight (...and once the politicians realize they *CAN* get away with it, there's no turning back). - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Ack, that'S bad..
- KillerJ59J, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0Whoa... I think the people that live under rule of these people are *****.
- battybattybatt, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0and SNOPESdot ***** COM, mutha *****!
- Sirocco, on 10/12/2007, -3/+0What this is news? If you snoop around any country's websites you'll eventually find something that should not have been uploaded. British plans for a nuke, anyone?
Reported: Lame.
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