26082 pts ยท February 12, 2018
That's not what's being proposed. This guy claims he agrees he should pay more tax, yet he still avoids paying what he knows he should. Calling out one person's hypocrisy isn't the same as suggesting a general policy solution.
I suspect adding the above incentive would result in your solution.
True, but have you seen one that has items at every price? The example was oversimplified. More realistically, the items you actually want won't actually be priced in a way to perfectly hit your budget. For instance, any store that sells $100 gift cards is more likely to sell items priced between $75 and $125 than it is to sell penny chews. You might be able to buy one item you want and some bit of tat, but you're still giving them money for something you didn't want to buy.
Unless you're in the UK selling houses. Then you can just fraudulently advertise them at 40% below the price you'll even consider accepting, trusting the market to bid it up. And if the market doesn't, you just reject bids anyway.
Given the choice between listening to Beiber or having my fingernails prised off, I'll choose Beiber every time. That doesn't mean I'll pretend it's a good option, that he's a great musician or even that he's a good person. Only that it's the least bad option.I will complain that those were the options I was given, and highlight that I had no real agency in the matter despite being given options.
Does cash expire? No.Do gift cards? Yes.Does this make cash superior to the alleged equivalent value in gift cards? Yes.Plus the silly limitations on what you can spend it on and how you can't get change. A $100 gift card for a store that only sells $60 items is either a 40% markup or a $20 obligation, all with a time limit.
We already interpret what that means in murder cases. And assault. And thievery. Granted, some will slip through by bribing the right officials but that's still better than the current system where they don't even have to pay to bribe anyone.
Somewhat debatable: some of us just have bad taste or an inaccurate body image.For instance, some have such a distorted self image that they'd only feel comfortable in something that not only covers every inch of skin but hides the shape of their body entirely. Meanwhile, there's nothing wrong with them and they'd look great in something more comfortable.Others have the opposite problem entirely. They're the people everyone avoids at the shops.
I want them all tried. There are likely people mentioned who had nothing to do with the crimes being committed, and it's important we find out who. But investigations should be thorough for all, and public figures held to a higher standard than anyone else.If Joe Bloggs would serve 10 years then anyone involved with making or enforcing the law should serve 20. Every decision they ever made should be reviewed, and their known associates blacklisted from any office.
Or simply close all the loopholes. Write common sense into law: "Any individual determined to have acquired finances by means with apparent intent to avoid tax will be subject to a fine proportionate to the tax avoided."There's no similar specificity in murder laws. There, we simply judge whether an individual reasonably knew that a consequence of their actions would kill someone.Making tax law overly specific is an intentional choice to ensure there are always loopholes.
No adjective before a noun is ever intended to define that noun, it's merely a descriptor."The short dog", "the dog that is short", "the vertically challenged dog" and "the dog that is vertically challenged" are all identical in meaning, differing only in that they each sound more ridiculous than the last.I am a white man. I am a nerdy man. I am overweight. I am a board game enthusiast. I am a civil servant. None of these things define me, and none of these sentences imply otherwise.
Hint: it says to show them hospitality and treat them as one of your own.
If anyone claims to love MAGA whilst also claiming Christian values, simply ask them what the bible teaches about immigration. Every time they try to change the topic, no matter how slightly, ask what the Bible teaches.
Not to mention the convenient little expiry date, plus the risk that the store in question closes down.
Super Bowl: roughly 125 million viewers worldwide.World Cup final: roughly 571 million viewers worldwide.The Super Bowl is only a big deal in countries that can't keep up with watching real sports.
It's not a shithole anymore. That implies a space where more shit could be stuffed. They've filled every nook and cranny with the biggest pieces of shit imaginable, then started working on turning everything around them into shit too.
Nah, just strip them of everything they own and let them try to get a real job. The horrors of living in the system their greed created are the most fitting punishment imaginable.
I really like the line about Republicans who have now realised who he is because of this.Compare a public urinator afraid he'll look foolish or weak if he admits his habit is wrong, so he keeps urinating on school buses, playparks etc to preserve his dignity. He fools nobody, and isn't forgiven for his crimes. But at least if he stops doing it and tries to repair the damage he may eventually earn some dignity and pride, rather than forever being a humiliating degenerate.
Even better - the robot uses a boat full of people as a baseball bat, seemingly as a desperate last resort. The needs of the many outweighing the needs of the few justifying the sailors' deaths as collateral damage.Then a few minutes later the robot pulls out a giant sword, implying the pilots just disliked that boat for some reason.
Plus you need to ensure you don't do anything that disrupts the calendar itself. Accidentally mentioning leap years could change everything.
I feel like Buddha was optimistic. How many lies have outlived the truth? How many lies does everyone believe about history?
I'd love to see a sport where you've to throw something as far as possible, then catch it. The object: a tennis ball.
annoys me that it is generally accepted and goes unchallenged - especially by those otherwise against judging people on such grounds.
I would never pretend that the open bigotry against straight, cis, white males compares to the discrimination others have faced. However, it
An approved mortgage application would be preferable to the actual requirements. They want photographic identification, stored by companies who only want it to sell to the highest bidder. Plus, it's not a matter of if that data leaks but when. i.e. anyone willingly identifying themselves is asking to be blackmailed if they have any unusual personal activity.Of course, that's the very reason the government was bribed into making these ridiculous laws.
A non-consensual kiss could reasonably be called the least traumatic type of violence. Note that this isn't intended to undermine the severity of such an act, only to highlight that it is one of the rare types of violence guaranteed not to lead to injury or other physical harm. Whilst it undeniably causes significant mental and emotional harm, that is also true of all other forms of violence. ie: A forced kiss is worse than a deserved strike, but not as bad as an unwarranted injury.
Second Amendment nuts are equivalent to a child complaining when their mother takes their NERF gun off them for shooting cats, claiming they might need them if the Hulk rampages through the city. It's truly pathetic.
There are so many things these rats have done that should have immediate, permanent consequences. Refuse to give up private stakes when taking office: no office for you. Openly and willingly lie: thrown out of office. Try to deny the outcome of an election: banned from ever running again. Impeached: goodbye. Actually being a felon who hasn't served their sentence: straight to jail and all campaign assets seized. Gerrymandering, obstructing voters, and ^THIS^: barred from ever holding any office.
Any three. No matter who you are, statistically, it is really preposterously unlikely that they'll attack you. As in, I'll give you a million to one odds.
Traditionally? Nothing traditionally starts with anything as modern as an American holiday. Thanksgiving is a footnote in the great traditions of Christmas, barely more historic than Elf on the Shelf.Traditionally, the first day of Christmas is the 25th of December (the last is 5th of January). Another traditional option is advent, the 1st of December.Only commercial greed tries to push Christmas back into November at all - though greed is arguably the most honoured of Christmas traditions.
That's not what's being proposed. This guy claims he agrees he should pay more tax, yet he still avoids paying what he knows he should. Calling out one person's hypocrisy isn't the same as suggesting a general policy solution.
I suspect adding the above incentive would result in your solution.
True, but have you seen one that has items at every price? The example was oversimplified. More realistically, the items you actually want won't actually be priced in a way to perfectly hit your budget. For instance, any store that sells $100 gift cards is more likely to sell items priced between $75 and $125 than it is to sell penny chews. You might be able to buy one item you want and some bit of tat, but you're still giving them money for something you didn't want to buy.
Unless you're in the UK selling houses. Then you can just fraudulently advertise them at 40% below the price you'll even consider accepting, trusting the market to bid it up. And if the market doesn't, you just reject bids anyway.
Given the choice between listening to Beiber or having my fingernails prised off, I'll choose Beiber every time. That doesn't mean I'll pretend it's a good option, that he's a great musician or even that he's a good person. Only that it's the least bad option.
I will complain that those were the options I was given, and highlight that I had no real agency in the matter despite being given options.
Does cash expire? No.
Do gift cards? Yes.
Does this make cash superior to the alleged equivalent value in gift cards? Yes.
Plus the silly limitations on what you can spend it on and how you can't get change. A $100 gift card for a store that only sells $60 items is either a 40% markup or a $20 obligation, all with a time limit.
We already interpret what that means in murder cases. And assault. And thievery. Granted, some will slip through by bribing the right officials but that's still better than the current system where they don't even have to pay to bribe anyone.
Somewhat debatable: some of us just have bad taste or an inaccurate body image.
For instance, some have such a distorted self image that they'd only feel comfortable in something that not only covers every inch of skin but hides the shape of their body entirely. Meanwhile, there's nothing wrong with them and they'd look great in something more comfortable.
Others have the opposite problem entirely. They're the people everyone avoids at the shops.
I want them all tried. There are likely people mentioned who had nothing to do with the crimes being committed, and it's important we find out who. But investigations should be thorough for all, and public figures held to a higher standard than anyone else.
If Joe Bloggs would serve 10 years then anyone involved with making or enforcing the law should serve 20. Every decision they ever made should be reviewed, and their known associates blacklisted from any office.
Or simply close all the loopholes. Write common sense into law: "Any individual determined to have acquired finances by means with apparent intent to avoid tax will be subject to a fine proportionate to the tax avoided."
There's no similar specificity in murder laws. There, we simply judge whether an individual reasonably knew that a consequence of their actions would kill someone.Making tax law overly specific is an intentional choice to ensure there are always loopholes.
No adjective before a noun is ever intended to define that noun, it's merely a descriptor.
"The short dog", "the dog that is short", "the vertically challenged dog" and "the dog that is vertically challenged" are all identical in meaning, differing only in that they each sound more ridiculous than the last.
I am a white man. I am a nerdy man. I am overweight. I am a board game enthusiast. I am a civil servant. None of these things define me, and none of these sentences imply otherwise.
Hint: it says to show them hospitality and treat them as one of your own.
If anyone claims to love MAGA whilst also claiming Christian values, simply ask them what the bible teaches about immigration. Every time they try to change the topic, no matter how slightly, ask what the Bible teaches.
Not to mention the convenient little expiry date, plus the risk that the store in question closes down.
Super Bowl: roughly 125 million viewers worldwide.
World Cup final: roughly 571 million viewers worldwide.
The Super Bowl is only a big deal in countries that can't keep up with watching real sports.
It's not a shithole anymore. That implies a space where more shit could be stuffed. They've filled every nook and cranny with the biggest pieces of shit imaginable, then started working on turning everything around them into shit too.
Nah, just strip them of everything they own and let them try to get a real job. The horrors of living in the system their greed created are the most fitting punishment imaginable.
I really like the line about Republicans who have now realised who he is because of this.
Compare a public urinator afraid he'll look foolish or weak if he admits his habit is wrong, so he keeps urinating on school buses, playparks etc to preserve his dignity. He fools nobody, and isn't forgiven for his crimes. But at least if he stops doing it and tries to repair the damage he may eventually earn some dignity and pride, rather than forever being a humiliating degenerate.
Even better - the robot uses a boat full of people as a baseball bat, seemingly as a desperate last resort. The needs of the many outweighing the needs of the few justifying the sailors' deaths as collateral damage.
Then a few minutes later the robot pulls out a giant sword, implying the pilots just disliked that boat for some reason.
Plus you need to ensure you don't do anything that disrupts the calendar itself. Accidentally mentioning leap years could change everything.
I feel like Buddha was optimistic. How many lies have outlived the truth? How many lies does everyone believe about history?
I'd love to see a sport where you've to throw something as far as possible, then catch it. The object: a tennis ball.
annoys me that it is generally accepted and goes unchallenged - especially by those otherwise against judging people on such grounds.
I would never pretend that the open bigotry against straight, cis, white males compares to the discrimination others have faced. However, it
An approved mortgage application would be preferable to the actual requirements. They want photographic identification, stored by companies who only want it to sell to the highest bidder. Plus, it's not a matter of if that data leaks but when. i.e. anyone willingly identifying themselves is asking to be blackmailed if they have any unusual personal activity.
Of course, that's the very reason the government was bribed into making these ridiculous laws.
A non-consensual kiss could reasonably be called the least traumatic type of violence. Note that this isn't intended to undermine the severity of such an act, only to highlight that it is one of the rare types of violence guaranteed not to lead to injury or other physical harm. Whilst it undeniably causes significant mental and emotional harm, that is also true of all other forms of violence. ie: A forced kiss is worse than a deserved strike, but not as bad as an unwarranted injury.
Second Amendment nuts are equivalent to a child complaining when their mother takes their NERF gun off them for shooting cats, claiming they might need them if the Hulk rampages through the city. It's truly pathetic.
There are so many things these rats have done that should have immediate, permanent consequences. Refuse to give up private stakes when taking office: no office for you. Openly and willingly lie: thrown out of office. Try to deny the outcome of an election: banned from ever running again. Impeached: goodbye. Actually being a felon who hasn't served their sentence: straight to jail and all campaign assets seized. Gerrymandering, obstructing voters, and ^THIS^: barred from ever holding any office.
Any three. No matter who you are, statistically, it is really preposterously unlikely that they'll attack you. As in, I'll give you a million to one odds.
Traditionally? Nothing traditionally starts with anything as modern as an American holiday. Thanksgiving is a footnote in the great traditions of Christmas, barely more historic than Elf on the Shelf.
Traditionally, the first day of Christmas is the 25th of December (the last is 5th of January). Another traditional option is advent, the 1st of December.
Only commercial greed tries to push Christmas back into November at all - though greed is arguably the most honoured of Christmas traditions.