We all want to have a monopoly on what we do for a living. We want limited competitor and supply s and be able to charge high prices. As consumers we want unlimited choices, lots of supply, and low prices. A free market will provide the latter and a command economy is required for the former. What we have now is the worst of both. Those with political power use it to restrict start up and small competitors while trying to have unlimited supply of cheap labor.

It only takes one predator carrying a pregnant fish from one pond to another to eat it and having the eggs wash into the pond to start. I'm sure they take off pretty quick with no large fish predators in the water.

The difference is that this is the first compile and test of Orion and it costs a couple billion so don't mess up.

I think the original reason is that employee benefits are typically calculated over 40 hours. So after 40 hours the cost of the employee actually goes down to the employer.

In case anyone is interested.
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Especially since those evil men were most likely raised by single women and educated in schools made up almost entirely of women.

If men's lives weren't disposable think how hard it would be to get things done or have wars.

This was a problem with the Air Force rocket not the NASA payload.

NASA doesn't launch these rockets. They are operated by ULA (Boeing and Lockheed).

Not quite. I am talking about in place of the existing tax code.

So take this mine.
http://finance.yahoo.com/q/is?...
Right now they pay $87M in taxes on $2789M in revenue or about 3%. So prices wouldn't go up that much. If anything their costs of tax complience would also go down quite a bit.

Not quite. The price of your labor is $50. That hour is worth less to you than $50 otherwise you wouldn't trade. That hour is worth more to your employer otherwise they wouldn't trade.

Of course they would for a price. But it's hard to compete with free which is what businesses pay today.

We already pay sales tax on cars and houses. It's factored into the price.

I limit my liability for driving by buying insurance. The more risky a driver the higher the rates. The same should apply to businesses. Except since the risk is externalized so companies are better off taking larger risks because they keep the benefits but socialize the risk.

Not if you are an employee. I can't deduct my car that I need to get to work, house to live, utilities, food, medicine, etc. Only if you are self employed.