"Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo" (rustyvandura)
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If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
> Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
03/16/2020 at 23:30 |
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Congrats, Amazon is now paying my state's minimum wage.
ttyymmnn
> If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
03/17/2020 at 00:03 |
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Bezos can afford it.
someassemblyrequired
> Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
03/17/2020 at 00:21 |
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Back in the aughties when I lived in Seattle and knew a bunch of Amazon folks I used to tell them that “I am neither dumb enough n
or desperate enough to work at Amazon.”
They’re all worth 7+ figures now
and I drive a Chrysler. I stuffed it bad.
Bryan doesn't drive a 1M
> someassemblyrequired
03/17/2020 at 00:37 |
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Not a Chrysler!
Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
> someassemblyrequired
03/17/2020 at 00:55 |
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Yeah I remember when stories would come out about how horrible they are (they could be, sure) and how awful the working conditions were...
Well... seemed to work out fine for a lot of people, didn’t it.
DipodomysDeserti
> Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
03/17/2020 at 00:55 |
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A friend of mine worked corporate security at Amazon hq in Seattle processing all the heinous stuff that happened at warehouses. Pretty terrible stuff.
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Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
> DipodomysDeserti
03/17/2020 at 01:43 |
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I don't doubt it.
415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°)
> ttyymmnn
03/17/2020 at 01:55 |
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SpecsGTP
> 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°)
03/17/2020 at 07:25 |
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Taxing the rich always sounds great until you take all their money away. The highest income tax bracket in the US is a full 33.3%, so even the full $1 6.9 billion is less than how much the US adds to the national debt in one week.
punkgoose17
> SpecsGTP
03/17/2020 at 08:29 |
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It is reasonable to raise the 33.3% a couple percent or add another higher tax bracket. Government spending is another problem.
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someassemblyrequired
> Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
03/17/2020 at 10:07 |
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They did pay quite a price at the time. I’m not sure we were wrong.
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someassemblyrequired
> Bryan doesn't drive a 1M
03/17/2020 at 10:10 |
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Don’t make me go all Flash Gordon on you
GoodIdeaAtTheTime
> 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°)
03/17/2020 at 11:25 |
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I always wondered what would happen if the entire nation took a month off of work? Or if everyone stopped paying their mortgage/taxes? And all
at the same time? I think it would be really really interesting...
BTW, the entire staff on the floor at the psychiatric place I am currently staying at is missing ... playing on the net in a psychiatrist’s private office. Oops, not my fault they left the doors unlocked.
Dogsatemypants
> DipodomysDeserti
03/17/2020 at 11:50 |
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From all the horror stories i have heard told by applicants 10/10 would not work there.
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SpecsGTP
> punkgoose17
03/20/2020 at 09:24 |
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Taxing income at more than 1/3 has diminishing returns. Even though they may be stupidly -filthy rich doesn’t mean they have to be dumb; when 1/3 of your i ncome suddenly disappears they are disincentived to work or invest, which is less money to invest in a company, product, service, to move around, spend, etc.
Also, the ultra rich don’t have gold or money vaults like Scrooge McDuck. Their wealth is in investments, sto cks, bonds, trust funds, tax sheltered annuities, or the like. They already pay massive amounts in taxes but taking all of their money won’t help the government spending issue.
Here’s how I put it to my students: imagine a spoiled brat that always gets their way, spends way too much on whatever they want, and when they want more they complain to everyone around them. Now if this spoiled brat were an entitled college student most would know what to do: have mommy and daddy take away the credit cards, cut the allowance, and make them get a job.
But if that spoiled brat is in Congress then their spending money is our taxes, which they can raise at anytime to get more fu nds. Their credit card is the US Treasury which can issue more bonds. It’s like the spoiled brat having the ability to force mommy and daddy to give more allowance or face jail time, and making the credit card companies keep raising their limit with our any repayment.
The truly scary part is that we are mommy and daddy in this scenario. It’s our money that is being wasted, because government can’t stop or slow it’s spending. It works just fine until the machine stops, such as with Greece not even a decade ago or Venezula currently. Just because the machine is still running doesn’t mean it doesn’t have underlying problems.
To tie this back to an automotive theme, here’s this: the country’s economy is an engine low on oil. Just because it’s still running doesn’t mean it isn’t low or is operating perfectly. The engine’s government decides to top off the oil with oil from all other engines, but without addressing the leaks or over-consumption issues. But no worries, the government will t ake the most oil from the vintage v-12 Ferraris and 427 Cobras because they have the most, and give some of it to those Yaris, Tercels, and the remaining Escorts after taking what the country’s engine needs. So is the real issue that the Ferraris and Cobras have too much oil and are greedy, or is it oil is being wasted, consumed, and not properly managed?