oMc
Dec 12, 01:29 PM
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SactoGuy18
Mar 3, 11:02 PM
(getting on soapbox)
In my opinion, it all comes down to this: we need to drastically overhaul taxation on the national and state level to make it very easy to comply with and also have minimum burden on residents and businesses.
This is why I am a fan of the Steve Forbes flat income tax plan, which works this way:
1) A generous income exemption per household for the personal income tax, up to US$42,000 for a family of four.
2) 17% flat-rate income tax with NO other deductions for income above that exemption I described.
3) Corporate income tax rate is now fixed at 17% also with very few other deductions available, perhaps only a simple depreciation schedule for plant and equipment.
4) No more taxation on bank account interest, capital gains and stock dividend payments.
By eliminating most of those undecipherable mountain of exemptions, credits and deductions, income tax compliance costs drop drastically. Indeed, for the personal income tax the tax form will be simpler than the 1040-EZ form, possibly reduced to not much more than a postcard! :D Even corporate income tax filings will require far less paperwork because corporations no longer need to deal with that mountain of rules from now on.
#4 I mentioned above is very important, since it will allow Americans to keep their savings and investments in the USA essentially tax-free. This has another advantage: American residents can now create their own retirement "nest eggs" and/or put money away to pay for future medical bills with no income tax implications, which would end up reducing the need for Social Security and Medicare.
In short, it is WAY past due for a massive overhaul of our income tax system. Put the Forbes tax plan into place as early as the 2011 tax year and all those TRILLIONS in American-owned liquid assets either participating in the cash-only underground economy or sitting in various financial institutions beyond US borders (care to explain all those "banks" in various Caribbean island nations?) as a means of income tax avoidance return to the USA to make full banks, businesses and even government again and also gives all the financial incentive for American businesses to keep as many jobs, factories and even corporate headquarters in the USA, which would go a long way in lowering the unemployment rate.
(getting off soapbox)
In my opinion, it all comes down to this: we need to drastically overhaul taxation on the national and state level to make it very easy to comply with and also have minimum burden on residents and businesses.
This is why I am a fan of the Steve Forbes flat income tax plan, which works this way:
1) A generous income exemption per household for the personal income tax, up to US$42,000 for a family of four.
2) 17% flat-rate income tax with NO other deductions for income above that exemption I described.
3) Corporate income tax rate is now fixed at 17% also with very few other deductions available, perhaps only a simple depreciation schedule for plant and equipment.
4) No more taxation on bank account interest, capital gains and stock dividend payments.
By eliminating most of those undecipherable mountain of exemptions, credits and deductions, income tax compliance costs drop drastically. Indeed, for the personal income tax the tax form will be simpler than the 1040-EZ form, possibly reduced to not much more than a postcard! :D Even corporate income tax filings will require far less paperwork because corporations no longer need to deal with that mountain of rules from now on.
#4 I mentioned above is very important, since it will allow Americans to keep their savings and investments in the USA essentially tax-free. This has another advantage: American residents can now create their own retirement "nest eggs" and/or put money away to pay for future medical bills with no income tax implications, which would end up reducing the need for Social Security and Medicare.
In short, it is WAY past due for a massive overhaul of our income tax system. Put the Forbes tax plan into place as early as the 2011 tax year and all those TRILLIONS in American-owned liquid assets either participating in the cash-only underground economy or sitting in various financial institutions beyond US borders (care to explain all those "banks" in various Caribbean island nations?) as a means of income tax avoidance return to the USA to make full banks, businesses and even government again and also gives all the financial incentive for American businesses to keep as many jobs, factories and even corporate headquarters in the USA, which would go a long way in lowering the unemployment rate.
(getting off soapbox)
oMc
Feb 1, 08:30 PM
sherlockaled, original wallpaper please ?
Thank you.
Thank you.
AmbitiousLemon
Aug 15, 12:36 PM
Originally posted by dukestreet
Arn - is MacBookstore one of you sites?
yes. one of his many lil' projects.
Arn - is MacBookstore one of you sites?
yes. one of his many lil' projects.
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Island Dog
Dec 16, 07:37 AM
My December desktop!
wingnut8
Mar 9, 10:59 PM
I was planning on getting there around 3ish. Hope it's early enough.
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donlphi
Nov 29, 05:49 PM
Tower Records doesn't exist anymore.
sure it does...
http://www.towerrecords.com
sure it does...
http://www.towerrecords.com
Doctor Q
Apr 17, 06:12 PM
Please do not post duplicate threads.
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xPismo
Jan 9, 03:57 PM
I should thank Steve Jobs...Amount to be spent as a result of this keynote - �0
AppleTV - pointless.
iPhone - beautiful. I'm NEVER spending that much on a phone. EVER.
New Airport Extreme - cost twice what it should.
Yeah, I dont have component or an HD TV at the moment, I have a better box for wireless than any airportex, and I'd rather have a cheap phone that wont be janked than such a flash phone with only 8gb ipod ability.
I want my widescreen 80gb iPod please.
AppleTV - pointless.
iPhone - beautiful. I'm NEVER spending that much on a phone. EVER.
New Airport Extreme - cost twice what it should.
Yeah, I dont have component or an HD TV at the moment, I have a better box for wireless than any airportex, and I'd rather have a cheap phone that wont be janked than such a flash phone with only 8gb ipod ability.
I want my widescreen 80gb iPod please.
jackc
Oct 31, 12:45 PM
Do you really think there is a limit to how much storage people want? People would rather shuffle more songs than less.
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emw
Feb 12, 02:39 PM
This is great. I like the addition of European blood into the Moderator folk to help with additional time zones.
mcdj
Mar 28, 08:48 AM
To LOLwinner. Your a law student? If that is true, I hope you never become a lawyer, our world need less people like you in our profession.
OTOH a lawyer who can't spell you're is also troublesome.
OTOH a lawyer who can't spell you're is also troublesome.
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AndrewR23
Mar 27, 06:56 PM
No ... a seller can't leave a negative for a purchaser. The worse he can do is file a non-payment complaint. You need a few of these before Ebay will do anything to you....
Lets have some fun!! Lets start a bidding war and get this sucker up to $10,000,000!!! LMAO!!!
Haha the guy took off the buy it now!
Lets have some fun!! Lets start a bidding war and get this sucker up to $10,000,000!!! LMAO!!!
Haha the guy took off the buy it now!
Doctor Q
Dec 15, 08:12 PM
iphone1105 is correct.
FYI, there's an explanation in the FAQ:
Why are some Apple products missing from the Buyer's Guide?
FYI, there's an explanation in the FAQ:
Why are some Apple products missing from the Buyer's Guide?
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Apple OC
Mar 27, 09:20 PM
someone's going to report screen shots of his eBay scams, his confession posts here on MR etc.
then we will be hearing about Stratocaster Dan on America's Dumbest criminals
then we will be hearing about Stratocaster Dan on America's Dumbest criminals
Deefuzz
Dec 10, 03:42 PM
classic :cool:
damn.
How'd you do the dock like that? I've never messed with my icons or dock before but I like how nice and clean that looks.
damn.
How'd you do the dock like that? I've never messed with my icons or dock before but I like how nice and clean that looks.
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tbobmccoy
Jun 16, 07:44 PM
Use an older version of Handbrake and rip the DVDs to .avi format; the PS3 doesn't like H.264.
DIMEZ
Aug 6, 08:32 AM
http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o222/standup_ent/desk.jpg
angelwatt
Feb 7, 06:49 PM
Do you have a live example you can point us at. Can't help based solely on a description.
Macaddicttt
Sep 24, 08:27 PM
i asked for a REAL reason.
Please don't bring a religious debate into this...
For some people it is a REAL reason, so please respect that and don't turn this into a "religion is stupid" thread. Then we'll be in the Political Forum for sure...
Please don't bring a religious debate into this...
For some people it is a REAL reason, so please respect that and don't turn this into a "religion is stupid" thread. Then we'll be in the Political Forum for sure...
Mitthrawnuruodo
Jan 10, 12:25 PM
I actually voted poor.
Not because I disliked either the iPhone, which I'm definitively am going to get, or the Apple TV, which I might get, but because of the things not mentioned:
- The new AirPort Extreme really exites me and should have been mentioned
- I was hoping for more Leopard info, and - maybe too far fetched, but still - a release date
Not because I disliked either the iPhone, which I'm definitively am going to get, or the Apple TV, which I might get, but because of the things not mentioned:
- The new AirPort Extreme really exites me and should have been mentioned
- I was hoping for more Leopard info, and - maybe too far fetched, but still - a release date
Lincoln
Sep 27, 12:38 AM
As the saying goes, if you don't think its worth it then don't buy it.
Me, my .mac account is up for renewal and this makes me glad to pay for another year. I like my .mac email address, I like the seamless synchronisation between my two macs and don't have a problem (yet) with the current size.
That said, I welcome any improvements to the service.
Me, my .mac account is up for renewal and this makes me glad to pay for another year. I like my .mac email address, I like the seamless synchronisation between my two macs and don't have a problem (yet) with the current size.
That said, I welcome any improvements to the service.
bousozoku
Feb 14, 07:36 PM
In hindsight, I think I may have been high on Vegemite when I posted this. On that note, I'm gonna go eat some Vegemite.
Could we use that on some of the bad users? I've heard that it can also be used as road and roof patch. :p
Could we use that on some of the bad users? I've heard that it can also be used as road and roof patch. :p
TerryJ
Jul 26, 10:44 PM
The problem with that is that without a real HDMI connector HD-DVD or Blue-Ray commercial disks will downsample the video due to the DRM restrictions. You have to have an actual HDMI connector on both ends and they have to support HDCP to get a fully digital, full resolution image on any monitor/HDTV.
--laurence
No movie studios have enabled this feature ("ICT" Image Constraint Token), nor have they stated that they intend to enable this feature in the future (although that is possible). All HD DVDs and Blu-Ray discs AND players currently available can send a full high definition image over analog component outputs as well as HDMI.
Do some research.
http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/27/universal-wont-downsample-hd-dvd-content/
-Terry
--laurence
No movie studios have enabled this feature ("ICT" Image Constraint Token), nor have they stated that they intend to enable this feature in the future (although that is possible). All HD DVDs and Blu-Ray discs AND players currently available can send a full high definition image over analog component outputs as well as HDMI.
Do some research.
http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/27/universal-wont-downsample-hd-dvd-content/
-Terry