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Actually, it's all the time I should give for an obvious answer. If gnome would have started the thread, he would have gone into greater detail instead of a one-liner just like mine.

Because they can. Those that make the rules....

I can see the robots being taxed. Only difference between bots and humans, the robots would be smart enough to leave the country.

Baker has to know it will not raise that amount of revenue after capital gains and income taxes from lost jobs are reduced. He admits and knows that it will reduce financial activity back to where it was in the 1980's. How will that not hurt the average investor. The Baker types have an...

Dean Baker foaming about "Showdown in Chicago" demonstration, and how the financial transaction tax is the only cure for Wall Street. Baker: "Congress will only consider an FTT, as opposed to more regressive proposals like a national sales tax, if the public demands it." 'If the public...

Tomorrow: international 'Tobin tax' summit New taskforce will study the feasibility of imposing an international levy on foreign exchange deals http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/oct/21/stephen-timms-tobin-tax And then the idiots said something like, 'We need to bail-out...

They kill schoolgirls don't they? ------------------------- Taliban Poison 61 Afghan Schoolgirls From a forgiving Associated Press: Fears of Mass Poisoning of Afghan Schoolgirls By HEIDI VOGT Monday, May 11 CHARIKAR, Afghanistan — Doctors were...

In the article, Stein blames several times only the American people: "They ignored his anti-white writings in his books. They ignored his ultra-left record as a "community organizer," Illinois state legislator, and Senator." etc. etc. The media ignored all that. Stein ignores the...

Geithner says NO 10-15-09 http://www.economist.com/blogs/buttonwood/2009/10/tim_and_tobin.cfm

You answered your own question: "Why should you pay a 5 to 6 percent sales tax for buying the necessities of life"

Chimps, baboons, etc. hunt and eat meat, so their teeth must be suited for meat, not well suited for hunting though, for if they were they would be eating meat all the time because meat is tasty. Try some.

There is too much excess, gluttony, self-abuse. Health care costs will never come down and lifespan will not increase until the denial of the underlying issues are dealt with - 'Whatever happens to me is someone else's fault and problem to fix. You take care of me.' I think most everyone knows...

sunshine killer, please get help, if you cannot afford a therapist, we will start up a collection for you. Fear of Cows / Cows Fears Fear of Cows is a phobia that affects over 250,000 people in America alone. It is defined as a fear of Cows of any form or kind. Some Physical Symptoms of...

95% of "traders" are not able to read a chart.

65 million years of global cooling http://www.paulmacrae.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/glacials-and-interglacials.jpg

Soap opera sent to chit chat. What about lasner's friend, what about lasner?

Taiwan tax commission is discussing reintroducing a stock transaction tax again. 1973 was the first time they introduced the tax, result: the market fell 63% within a year. In 1988 they reintroduced the tax for a second time, result: 19 consecutive losing days, down 43% in less than 3...

"Could my Friend go to Jail" Jail, no. Prison, yes. There is a difference. From 30M to 2M, not everyone can do that, unless they were in Vegas. Rat on your friend, maybe there is a reward. Stop worrying. Think about yourself in times of crisis. That's what I would do. "I'm so...

No, you won't get slammed. Choices of how to survive are becoming more limited everyday. Why destroy another industry. Any individual has the right to do as they wish. People choose what they are good at. What if someone is not capable of being a neurosurgeon, you still want them...

Proponents are throwing anything out there hoping something will stick without as much opposition. Or start with something awful and pare it back, hoping people will say "now that's not so bad".