If your tax model is to tax SPENDING, then you have to tax all spending. Anything not taxed is subsidised. If you tax all income, that is money that can not be used for spending. (For example, on Internet) Texas does subsidise unprepared food and other basic necessities, but it does tax goods, and services. It even taxes me selling my services as a consultant. (In specific cases)

If all the people you are shooting voted for that, more power to ya. But Texas sales tax vs income tax is one thing both parties OVERWHELMINGLY support.

One of those loopholes is for states with no income tax, but a VAT on all spending. (This is known to subsidise inventment and saving) From that point of view, the desire is to eliminate the loophole allowing that spending to be untaxed.

Wait a second... There are still "respected, peer-reviewed journals?"

Texas, one of the states that taxes Internet access, does not have a state income tax. All state revinue comes from sales tax. (However it includes services as well) We also like it that way, and any politicinas that mention state income tax are shown the door very quickly.

Taking money and then handing it back to them costs more money than just not taking it at all. Money handeling involves losses, both honest and dishonest.

My point is that the wrong lizard keeps getting elected anyway.

What makes you think they know what they are doing? http://www.dumbocratquotes.com...

I SUPPORT THIS! (as long as you OK my personal exception) Why is it that we all agree that politicians suck, but we keep getting more suckage? If you keep voting for the lesser of two evils, you keep getting evil.

Or m0n0wall, or Untangle, or ddwrt, or.... Shit, anything. Of course changing the fucking password works too, and is easier.

If 2Wire (the worst fucking router manufacturer on the planet) and ATT (if not the worst, in a close race with Comcast) can manage it, ANYONE can!

Never said anything about business. Government does the same thing but worse. They only care about the quarter before the election cycle.

But they are spending in on older and more established researchers, (sure bets) which will eventually retire. Then what? If all the young guys go elsewhere for jobs, in 15 years there will be no one to give the money to.

When the distant future is only next quarter, this kind of thing happens. No one cares about consequences that will only happen after they have left the job... So, be ready to see basic research shift to another country in about 15 years.

Well, you would not want to brag here BEFORE getting banned by the 6241 online casinos, would you?