Recent content by ohnoes

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    Markets Erode Morals

    It's pretty simple right? Individual decisions are 100% owned by you and so you feel entirely responsible. Markets have other actors and responsibility of consequences is shared. If I offered ten bucks to kill a mouse, and someone took me up on it, then the responsibility is shared and you...
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    Bias, lapdogs and the media's dying credibility.

    i'm going to ignore you now because you make no sense.
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    Bias, lapdogs and the media's dying credibility.

    1: I would guess that any unemployment numbers reported by fee media is from the BLS. evidence of bias imo would be selective use of adjusted or non-adjusted numbers to show the trend that you want to. But a quick Google of reports shows that's not the case. NYT reports that unemp...
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    Bias, lapdogs and the media's dying credibility.

    I'd guess that it has to do with reporting facts (ie General consensus) instead of fringe theories. Eg. CNN runs a piece on global warming. This is taken to be bias when it's scientific consensus. In other words, reporting stories contrary to what you believe in equates to bias. Which...
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    Facebook Paid No Taxes For 2012 - gets $429 million from taxpayers

    These were RSU's. "Unlike stock options, which traditionally carry a "strike" price at which recipients can purchase shares, restricted stock units are granted outright at zero cost to employees. The IRS taxes RSUs as ordinary income on their full market value as of the day they vest."
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    Why should we give NY 60Billion for Hurricane victims?

    I'm pretty sure your mind is the consistency of pea soup.
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    Why should we give NY 60Billion for Hurricane victims?

    google is good. but common sense is great. derp derp.
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    Why should we give NY 60Billion for Hurricane victims?

    "Robert Hartwig, president of the Insurance Information Institute, says he isn't aware of private insurance for infrastructure such as roads that were damaged or destroyed during Sandy. They are typically owned by city, county or state governments, he says. Private insurance could be purchased...
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    Why should we give NY 60Billion for Hurricane victims?

    "I'm sure someone would" lol. best answar EVAR!!!!!!!
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    "Liz Fowler, Top Obama Health Care Aide, To Lobby For Johnson & Johnson"

    Is there something similar to a non compete thats for govt employees? Otherwise, how do you stop someone from quitting and joining a lobbying firm? You have no control over what they do after they leave
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    Does Lowering Tax Rates Increase Tax Receipts Collected?

    i don't know, buckshot was pretty successful in this thread. maybe he can spend another hour and tell us the grand unified theory.
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    Does Lowering Tax Rates Increase Tax Receipts Collected?

    simple question. what is the purpose of your spreadsheet? what argument does it try to support or refute? why are you showing us this data? If the answer to these questions are "for discussion", then it's been discussed. your spreadsheet does nothing to show the effect (positive or...
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    Does getting older increase taxes paid?

    Age Taxes Paid 16 $500 17 $500 18 $1000 19 $1250 20 $1300 21 $1400 22 $1500 23 $1600 24 $1700 25 $1700 26 $2000 27 $5000 28 $10000 29 $12000 30 $15000 The data is unambiguous. If you...
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    Does Lowering Tax Rates Increase Tax Receipts Collected?

    you did nothing of the sort. your "normalization" of population only displays your ignorance. did real wage increase along with population? what about worker productivity? what about non-rate tax changes e.g. deductions? again, casio calculator watch trying to solve for trigonometry.