But TNG rather often managed to deliver both! (Well, not literaly literary works, of course...) Just remember episodes like "The inner light" (you may want to remove the Star-Trek-Bookends from that one) or "Chain of Command". Pure work of art every now and then.

As I stated above... I have done all three, in addition to holding a TS security clearance. Fingerprints, yes, in some states, are required when purchasing firearms (especially pistols) from a dealer.

In my case, the government already had my DNA (DoD process to provide for identification of remains), fingerprints (DoD, Commonwealth of Kentucky, State of Indiana, State of Illinois - law enforcement jobs), and an FBI file (see above granted security clearance). There is no opt out for me. I cannot petition the government to give me those records.

That was the extent of what I am saying. Obviously, state laws do vary, but with the increases in government oversight of state policies, TFA is only the beginning.

I don't seem to recall the person that you're responding to actually snubbing their nose at you. If you're upset that you're not getting anywhere within your own job markets, maybe you should take a deep look at yourself! If you want to be an executive, get the necessary skill set, work for it, and then market yourself. The person that TFA is talking about has repaid their debt to society. If you did something wrong and repaid your debt to society, wouldn't you want someone to give you a second chance?

And you honestly do sound jealous. Hell, I'm a little jealous. I wish I could embezzle money from a company, go to jail, repay my debt to society through jail time, and then get a high paying job again. If you say you aren't jealous, I think you're deluding yourself.

I do not think so.... Unemployment taxes get pooled into a separate pool and are divided up your $ that you paid into Unemployment does not go to pay for the welfare queen's food stamps.

If this were no so then we would have no problems with the Unemployment fund running out of funds we could just tap into another pool of money that might have just a little surplus.

Thinking about calling this a tax on employers? Do Self Employed workers pay Unemployment Insurance? I know they pay SS Insurance.

Uhhm No Unemployment is paid through unemployment insurance that employers pay to the government.

The higher your rate of claims against you the higher your rates will be.

Actually, Social Security is the biggest chunk of the national budget at 21.05%. The Department of Defense is 16.85%. Actually if you add SS, Medicare, Medicaid, Unemployment and Welfare, Housing and Urban Development, and Health and Human Services

Excuse me for being ignorant but I was taught that birds were not mammals they were more akin to dinosaurs than to mammals. Guess I need to go back to school and get a refresher course or have they changed the laws of physics so would I have to retake that also and does 1+1=3 now because of inflation. Next thing you know they are going to tell me that Columbus didn't discover the North American continent and the world is still flat.

Watching House re-runs lately?