Comment Re:fracked by interdomestic terrorist can't do wel (Score 1) 284
What is that, neocon word salad?
What is that, neocon word salad?
Meanwhile, I played as a kid, and now I play with my kids. It's actually a convenient parenting tool, because you can let them perish from the consequences of their poor decisions without being arrested for child neglect.
That's why my group uses Pathfinder, a fork of third edition D&D that is still supported and thriving. And all your third edition supplements are compatible.
A Chinese moon base? Like America would let that stand!
What are they going to do, nuke it?
Who did you think the NSA uses as a template?
According to Angela Merkel, the Stasi. And having grown up under them, she would know.
Yes, well, anyone who pays attention to "Anonymous Coward, esq." deserves the consequences.
Why do people even bother making comments this stupid?
Tell that to Boeing, who just lost a major deal with Brazil over this.
Not to be all conspiratorial, but I think it's been a while now since politicians were really in charge of this sort of thing.
You mean the lying liars who lie for a living... lied?
The US federal government is constitutionally restricted from anything that can't be interpreted as an income tax (so my VAT suggestion fails as well).
No it's not. The 16th amendment authorized an income tax, but it's not like the feds subsisted off donations before that. Besides, when was the last time the federal government was meaningfully constrained by the limitations supposedly imposed on it by the constitution?
Ending tax evasion would be easy -- just tax nothing but land. I mean, good luck hiding that, right?
This is reminiscent of how bills in Congress are really decided in committee, with the floor speeches just meant to impress the suckers back home.
This idea is so ridiculous, I can't imagine it's not simply clickbait. And thanks to Slashdot editors, it worked.
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