This is true and not - the loop-holes shouldn't be able to bring you below the minimum rate is my take. I'd make that 20%, not 15. It should be 30
Have not got the foggiest or interested in American politics but the video interested me as a war is on and they having a good time in the vid
It's EXACTLY what is needed. This monstrosity of a spending bill is the very definition of foolish and crazy.
The major problem with the nuclear power industry right now is the lack of qualified workers. The two plants down south in the US are so behind schedule because the workers have lacked the ability to get the job done at the quality and speed necessary. But are we surprised when an industry goes dormant for nearly 40 years that we don't have current know-how? The IAEA certainly isn't surprised - they were talking about this very issue 20 years ago. https://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/Publications/PDF/te_1399_web.pdf As for disposal, we can just start using Space X's rockets to launch it out of the atmosphere.
Flat tax. 22%, first $35k ($70k for married couple) is tax free. Tax something less and you get more of it. Glad we agree on this.
Utter Nonsense. You CATEGORICALLY don't put crazy people who don't want to do a job in charge of doing a job. That's the most basic sense question involved in running anything. Might as well elect a body of down's syndrome sufferers to run the country. Result would be the same but at least their intentions would be sound and moral...... (Even if the bill for the new spending bill got the exchequer into difficulties as current economics stands, the answer is to make the corporations who have been ripping off the tax base of society for the last 42 years pay what the rest of us pay. That's about 28%.... Also - everything could be balanced by cutting about 1/3 of the 1/2 unnecessary military budget .... This has also been known (and known to be politically impossible) for many long years ... There is no reason why stock dividends have to be artificially propped up. Other then the reasoning of the people and the organizations who own the stock, of course.
What about the last bill? You, I take it, would have preferred to see 20Million + people (that's a conservative estimate) lost their ability to pay the rent in 2021?? brilliant that ...
better living through technology, episode 8,987 .... https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/jul/28/stick-on-ultrasound-patch-revolution-medical-imaging A stick-on patch that can take an ultrasound scan of a person’s insides as they go about their daily life has been hailed as a revolution in medical imaging. The wearable patch, which is the size of a postage stamp, can image blood vessels, the digestive system and internal organs for up to 48 hours, giving doctors a more detailed picture of a patient’s health than the snapshots provided by routine scans. In laboratory tests, researchers used the patches to watch people’s hearts change shape during exercise, their stomachs expand and shrink as they drank and passed drinks, and their muscles pick up microdamage when weightlifting. Prof Xuanhe Zhao at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, who led the research team, said the patches could “revolutionise” medical imaging because existing scans are very brief, sometimes lasting only seconds, and usually have to be performed in hospitals. Ultimately, Zhao envisions people buying boxes of the patches over the counter and using them, with help from smart algorithms on their mobile phones, to monitor their heart, lungs and digestive systems for early signs of disease or infection, or their muscles during rehabilitation or physical training.
FAO anyone thinking of going to Oz ....... you have been warned! https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/...eclared-mcmuffins-found-in-luggage/index.html A passenger traveling from Bali, Indonesia to Australia has found themselves paying a hefty price for a McDonald's breakfast. The unnamed traveler was handed a fine of 2,664 Australian dollars ($1,874) after two undeclared egg and beef sausage McMuffins and a ham croissant were found in their luggage on arriving at Darwin Airport in the country's Northern Territory last week. The incident came about days after Australian authorities brought in tough new biosecurity rules after a Foot and Mouth disease (FMD) outbreak in Indonesia spread to Bali, a popular destination for Australian tourists. Australia's Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry said a "range of undeclared risk products," including the fast food items, were detected in the passenger's rucksack by a biosecurity detector dog named Zinta. "This will be the most expensive Maccas meal this passenger ever has," Murray Watt, minister for agriculture, fisheries and forestry, said in a statement. "This fine is twice the cost of an airfare to Bali, but I have no sympathy for people who choose to disobey Australia's strict biosecurity measures, and recent detections show you will be caught."
Don't they have McDonalds in Darwin?? Who wants to add to the gastro-horror that is McDonalds by eating it hours later cold...???
wow, talk about an expensive fast food meal... Doubt you'd pay that much for a meal at a Michelin 3-star restaurant!
The Republican party in Kansas is up to all kinds of chicanery and trickery to try to pass a law (Abortion Legality Protection) to overturn the state law. It's main methodologies - to try to hoodwink the people. What do they have against putting the issue on the ballot in the General Election? You might well ask? Because they know that they would lose such a long-lead publicized vote. This is not any function of democracy. It is rule by secretive fiat. People need to wake up and vote heavily to decimate this rotten to the core party. If you can;t play the game properly (your only reason being because then you will lose/fail) then you shouldn't be in the game. This goes all the way to the M. McConnell stunts of packing a supreme court with people that the majority of Americans don't have faith in.
Quality article from a fun, "quarky" website that I like to visit occasionally for some offbeat reads. https://3quarksdaily.com/3quarksdaily/2022/08/crude-american-petulance.html#more-217406
The author is the biggest of these petulant children. Production slowed down, yes, but it hasn't ramped up because there are lawsuits and regulations (ie, the EXECUTIVE BRANCH) fighting to keep it in the ground every step of the way. The president begs OPEC to increase production but he's flat out told the oil & gas industry he wants to put them out of business. Refining capacity has been declining steadily and has been strangled by regulation (ie, the EXECUTIVE BRANCH) and lawsuits and it has not been able to redevelop to handle America's crude. Typical liberal - he read a few facts about the industry and scolds 'us' about our lack of knowledge. "Now accept your $6/gallon gas, give up your trucks, get on the bus, and go support Ukraine or else we'll invent some new pandemic to keep you locked down." (I knew within the first paragraph that in this article seemingly about Americans we'd be lectured about Ukraine and Covid - they really can't give it a rest)
Now why would you want to do that when gas prices are falling? Gas Prices Have Fallen for 50 Straight Days, Approach $4 a Gallon - WSJ