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tallest skil wrote: » And yet it’s not the communist countries who are going around and cleaning up anyone else’s act. Glad to see the cherrypicking’s out in force, though! Kind of scary there are commie defenders anywhere outside their count…
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lord amhran wrote: » If you truly think Apple's going to change the Chinese Government you're seriously deluding yourself. They already are, bit by bit, but a complete turnaround won't happen overnight. Like they say, you can't eat an eleph…
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tallest skil wrote: » Commies tend not to care about such things. Nor do the "civilized" North American corporations / governments who are largely responsible for slow change re: the huge pile of plastic free floating in our oceans, or the wa…
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Since when does maturity equate with the ability to swear?:\
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OK, let me see if I got this right. You had "no problem" understanding his post but you took the time to lecture him about it (two paragraphs yet) to explain how important it is to indicate in the first sentence that his post was meant as sarcasm. Y…
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solipsismy wrote: » In my opinion, when writing in a forum environments where we skim posts quickly, so if your first sentence, much less your first couple sentences, start off in the same manner and tone as the anti-Dilger crowd, with no apparent…
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Quote: Originally Posted by CogitoDexter I knew it was DED the moment I read the headline. It took me a moment to "get" the humour. You'd think the sarcasm tag would have done it for me, but you'd be wrong (I need more coffee). In any case…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Tallest Skil Talk about a delusional fantasy. Communism has only ever existed solely through the strong arm of the government. A "true" delusional fantasy would be believing that the government is actually run b…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Crowley As a white male aged 32 in permanent employment with no disabilities or dependents I don't qualify for a whole lot of tax credits, but if I did I'd only claim them where I felt I had a legitimate claim. Using …
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Marvin, I say: "it is my responsibility to pay the smallest amount possible by using every legal tax break the government gives to me You say: "You're still implying that something being legal means the government wants you to do it". I do…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Marvin Tax avoidance is not your duty at all. Just because it's legal doesn't mean you're expected to do it. Marvin, as I mentioned in post #118, (directly above yours), “Responsibility” would have been a better…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Crowley How could something so intellectually dishonest and selfish possibly be called "one's duty" ? ...... Intellectually dishonest? Really? Seems to me that something is either dishonest or it isn't ... must …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Marvin ..... What needs to change is the idea that tax avoidance is something to promote when it is unpatriotic. ..... Tax avoidance is completely legal and is, in fact, one's duty. Tax evasion, on the other hand,…
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Quote: Originally Posted by BeltsBear Good idea but this part sucks: "None of the funds would be eligible for use in executive compensation, shareholder dividends, or stock buybacks for three years after the repatriation scheme ends." ..... …
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Quote: Originally Posted by cali You didn't see the ?Pay demo did you? Eddie Cue was using ?Pay to buy Beats headphones online. I heard Amazon is even thinking of incorporating ?Pay. I just think they could have been more aggressive wit…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Marvin You're missing out the fingerprint id. This isn't something that every manufacturer could have nor would have done and is a crucial element in ?Pay's security. Apple has a speed advantage in the payment proce…
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Quote: Originally Posted by asdasd Or it's because the dollar has not eroded and is in fact higher valued relativr to most other currencies than it was. Maybe that's because everybody else is also printing currencies but the value of the dolla…
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Quote: Originally Posted by asdasd .... I don't think the dollar has eroded though. That's in all probability because you, like millions of others, look at the increased price of an item as having gone up, when in fact, the value of the dollar ha…
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Quote: Originally Posted by asdasd I'm a long term shareholder. I don't believe in massive salaries for executives ( are they really so much better than a decade ago?) and if you are getting well paid buy your own damn holiday. First of al…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Macky the Macky 'Tis the season to don our gay apparel...tra la la la... " 'Tis the season to be jolly" ..... or ..... "Now we don our gay apparel" .....never heard your particular "mashup" before. As a "traditi…