What Are You Doing Right Now? (137 Viewers)

[JBF]

Off to watch Inception. Later amigos.

 

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[swag]

As Yakov Smirnov would say, "In Russia, television watch YOU!"

OK, now that I crammed many of today's lessons in one sentence, let me break it down.

In North Korea, there are television monitors placed throughout public spaces and homes that you simply cannot turn off. It's part of the totalitarian state there. So when you say "You are on television here", I had the mental image of citizens being watched by cameras everywhere, broadcast on your television which you cannot turn off.

 

[Bezzy]

As Yakov Smirnov would say, "In Russia, television watch YOU!"

OK, now that I crammed many of today's lessons in one sentence, let me break it down.

In North Korea, there are television monitors placed throughout public spaces and homes that you simply cannot turn off. It's part of the totalitarian state there. So when you say "You are on television here", I had the mental image of citizens being watched by cameras everywhere, broadcast on your television which you cannot turn off.

sounds really to live in such country

 

[.zero]

Off to watch Inception. Later amigos.

Don't waste your time

 

[Sheik Yerbouti]

I'm off. Goodnight folks.

 

[.zero]

Bye bye baby

 

[swag]

Don't waste your time

I think I am still in dream level 7 where I really friggin' hate that movie.

 

[.zero]

I think I am still in dream level 7 where I really friggin' hate that movie.

Yea, I woke up and I still hate that movie

 

[Bezzy]

you gays and cuck make me sleepy so good night i think so

 

[X Æ A-12]

you gays and cuck make me sleepy so good night i think so

What does that mean? You keep saying this?

 

[.zero]

you gays and cuck make me sleepy so good night i think so

Are you drunk?

 

[The Curr]

Are you drunk?

No, she's just Dutch.

 

[Bezzy]

What does that mean? You keep saying this?

ask Burke

and i'm not drunk

 

[swag]

I :heart2: Janna. She should milk this English-as-a-second-language thing for all it's worth.

 

[Bezzy]

I :heart2: Janna. She should milk this English-as-a-second-language thing for all it's worth.

thank you

And Kyle how as your cat doing i found him so cute

 

[.zero]

No, she's just Dutch.

Oh

my sincerest apologies

 

[Bjerknes]

Ahh, good ole capital gains and losses on a tax return.

Capital gains taxes are rubbish. I'm risking my own capital to buy securities, paying my broker trade fees, and adding liquidity to the system in doing so. If the government wants to prop up the stock market, get rid of this nonsense and reinstall Glass-Steagall.

 

[swag]

Capital gains taxes are rubbish. I'm risking my own capital to buy securities, paying my broker trade fees, and adding liquidity to the system in doing so. If the government wants to prop up the stock market, get rid of this nonsense and reinstall Glass-Steagall.

By why should usury be treated unlike any other form of income? If I work in a factory and earn a $10,000 paycheck, I get taxed. If I wrote a book last year and earn a $10,000 royalty check, I get taxed. If I earn a patent a few years ago and earn $10,000 in licensing rights in a given year, I get taxed. If I buy land rights and earn $10k for extracting the oil from it, I get taxed. But if I put $10k into the system and earn back $20k, it's hands off?

 

[.zero]

By why should usury be treated unlike any other form of income? If I work in a factory and earn a $10,000 paycheck, I get taxed. If I wrote a book last year and earn a $10,000 royalty check, I get taxed. If I earn a patent a few years ago and earn $10,000 in licensing rights in a given year, I get taxed. If I buy land rights and earn $10k for extracting the oil from it, I get taxed. But if I put $10k into the system and earn back $20k, it's hands off?

Wesley Snipes thought so

 

[Bjerknes]

By why should usury be treated unlike any other form of income? If I work in a factory and earn a $10,000 paycheck, I get taxed. If I wrote a book last year and earn a $10,000 royalty check, I get taxed. If I earn a patent a few years ago and earn $10,000 in licensing rights in a given year, I get taxed. If I buy land rights and earn $10k for extracting the oil from it, I get taxed. But if I put $10k into the system and earn back $20k, it's hands off?

That's the thing, when you write a book, clock-in at a shoe factory, or code for an internet company, the only thing you're risking is your time. If you're in the market you are risking your own capital... capital that was probably earned and taxed beforehand anyway. So what's the point in buying shares of a company when either way you're going to lose money.

I mean, this is all ridiculous. GE didn't pay a dime in federal taxes in 2010 yet I have to pay a capital gains tax. It's garbage.