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On 9/2/2016 at 9:50 AM, NinjaDoc said:

On a side note, y u stop riding? 

 

still got got the two bronze buddies? 

Didn't stop.  Still have them both, but nowadays they're getting trailered everywhere.  One to the dragstrip, the other to MidOh - doesn't even have street fairings on it anymore.

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So, you're a hypocrite with caveats??

Or it just happens *wink wink nudge nudge* that if we Venn diagram your personal rules, they overlap quite well with the established rule of law?

18 minutes ago, Tonik said:

Correct, I follow my own rules. Simply because there is nothing I despise more than a hypocrite.  But fuck other peoples rules.

10 minutes ago, Tonik said:

Blocking porn here is a requirement of Federal Law.  So I am just following the rules.

The irony is rich here, took all of 8 minutes.

Companies will continue to move offshore and do their inversions to whatever country is offering the best deal, but realize it's a race to the bottom where the only winners are the corporations.

And no, I'm not saying "raise the minimum wage" -- I'm saying my tax dollars should not be subsidizing corporate profits.  That's socialism.  If that means Walmart or McDonalds needs to pay their full time workforce more to get off the gov't dole, then so be it.   Currently, it's a redistribution of wealth, except to the already rich -- which apparently people seem to be way more OK with than someone much closer to their own income bracket.  Because psychology.

http://www.albany.edu/~gs149266/Solnick %26 Hemenway (1998) - Positional concerns.pdf

I would propose that whatever the gov't is subsidizing in terms of people on the payroll that work "full-time" -- lets call "full time" 32 hours/week or more -- the corporation should reimburse the gov't for first and foremost, and THEN figure out whatever other tax abatements are due.  

It levels the playing field for all the companies that DO pay enough to full time employees not needing gov't assistance.  My tax dollars shouldn't be used to pay for a private sector labor force so corporations can profit, which in WM's case, is around $6.2B per the link I cited.

Just now, Gump said:

I like mispeling words. It allows you to feel better about yourself. 

The article jumps right into the term "loopholes". Replace that buzzword with legal tax deductions and tax avoidance.

I don't see where number three is validated. 

If you accept EBT / WIC, who do you think pays for that?  It's self-validating if #2 is true.

9 minutes ago, Gump said:

1. Really how? Friggin myth. Because they pay minimum wage and those employees are on assistance? Can't have it both ways honey.

2. What business doesnt? Been to a local grocery store lately? 

3. Site your source

 

http://www.americansfortaxfairness.org/files/Walmart-tax-report-Final-Final.pdf 

And it's cite, not site. As in, the web addess for the site above starts with www, and I'm using it to cite a source of information.

But yea, "friggin' myth"

Same argument for McDonalds or any other large corp that using gov't subsidized labor.

WM has the best business model

1) Get gov't (and us) to subsidize labor force

2) Accept EBT / WIC from labor force

3) Get reimbursed by gov't (us again!) for goods sold

Perfect.  Gov't pays for part of your labor, and whatever your labor makes is spent right back on goods you sell.  Get the gov't to pay you twice.  Taking advantage of every "legal" tax deduction is just gravy.

Who's really taking gov't welfare there?

5 minutes ago, jbot said:

My only exposure to CCW was I made a handful of license plate brackets for them once, and visited them and took a tour of their shop while dropping off parts.  Very cool guys.  Didn't get any more work from them after that though.  This is why I should only exist on the internet.

If the parts are made in America, but they're made by YOU - are they still considered Asian knockoff parts?

Mi scusi Ducati stronzo?

2 hours ago, Uncle Punk said:

An SV1000 is hardly a liter bike. For a bike to be a proper liter bike it has to be an I4, otherwise it's just too slow and not scary.

I don't want to hear about no damn big bore I4 out of your mouth either.

Both statements were independent.  My first bike was a liter bike, just because you only knew me after the Hayabusa and the SV is not my problem -- that's on you old man Punk. 

My first group ride ever was with Uncle Punk.

I also started out on a liter bike.

Respect the anamoly and check your egos.  I'm getting the sniffles with all this nostalgia. 

Why is Casper singling me out in the OP?

56 minutes ago, frosky said:

A good buddy of mine's father works at a Chevy dealer. It is delivered to the dealership without all the body work. A shop mechanic gets the privelage of drilling into the body of a $100k car!

My brother knows a gas station clerk who is friends with the aunt of the tour manager for AC/DC and I have it on good authority that you've been... Thunderstruck.

GTFO here with that nonsense, assembling new cars at the dealership.

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I picked up a Cavalier for cheap and I want to turn it into a dump truck.

I also bought a hammer at a garage sale and I want to turn it into a shovel.

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