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Comment Re:I think it's a good idea (Score 1) 613

TurboTax is great for filling in the forms, but a lot of people are scared of math, or the government, or filling in forms, and so they run to a tax preparer.

Not entirely accurate. Filling in the forms is easy, and the math is the easy part. What you're not saying is the law is hard, difficult, and at over 7,500 pages, next to impossible to decipher.

What to deduct, when, do I qualify, etc.

Even the IRS gets it wrong. That's why you use a tax preparer, for the "insurance" that if you get audited, they'll take the heat instead of you.

Comment Re:This is smart. (Score 1) 450

Nah, this administration doesn't need to even give it to Interpol now ...

http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/executive-order-classified-national-security-information

Section 1.7(d):

(d) Information that has not previously been disclosed to the public under proper authority may be classified or reclassified after an agency has received a request for it under the Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552), the Presidential Records Act, 44 U.S.C. 2204(c)(1), the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a) ...

So, basically if a document is NOT classified, and you request it ... they can THEN classify it since you now brought it to their attention.

Comment Another EO to watch as well (Score 1) 450

http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/executive-order-classified-national-security-information

This EO allows various people to classify or reclassify documents.

But most specifically, Section 1.7(d) states:

(d) Information that has not previously been disclosed to the public under proper authority may be classified or reclassified after an agency has received a request for it under the Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552), the Presidential Records Act, 44 U.S.C. 2204(c)(1), the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a)

Comment Re:Cheaper = Worse? (Score 2, Insightful) 264

Very often a less expensive product is indeed equal or even superior to the more expensive one. Whenever anyone says "you get what you pay for," hold on to your wallet. You usually pay for what you get, but you don't always get what you pay for.

Generic naproxen sodium costs 1/4 as much as Aleve, but they are identical except for price. Only fools waste their money on brand name drugs when there is a generic equivalent; naproxin is naproxin regardless of whose brand is on the bottle.

Comment Re:Respect the law (Score 1) 859

Shouldn't you respect a countries laws weather you agree with them or not

No.

But if you want to make that argument, then if I got convicted of underage drinking at 19 in the US, by your logic, I could make the argue to the court I was respecting OTHER countries laws (specifically Canada or Mexico).

Yeah, that would fly far.

Comment Re:How healthcare should be fixed (Score 1) 1698

This is a good start ... how about adding a couple?

11. Allow you to purchase insurance NOT in the state you live .. that is more competition right? and should reduce the price since companies want to be competitive.

12. Don't force me to get coverage for useless procedures that are currently being forced to buy (due to current regulations) ... for instance, I'm a dude ... I do NOT need or want mammogram coverage.

Comment For those who can't understand the article ... (Score 1) 323

From the JiveSpeak Translator

"To 'esist o' not t'exist, dig dis: dat be de query. Slap mah fro! Dat's whut de famous Hamlet soliloquy might look likes if subjected t'Amazon's newly-patented System and Medod fo' Markin' Content, which calls fo' ' honky codematically substitutin' synonyms into distributed text content,' includin' 'scribblin's, sho't sto'ies, product reviews, scribblin' o' movie reviews, news articles, edito'ial articles, technical sheets, scholastic sheets, and so's on' in an effo't t'uniquely identify customers who redistribute material. In its descripshun uh de 'invenshun,' Amazon also touts de use uh 'alternative misspellin's fo' selected wo'ds' as some way t'provide 'evidence uh copyright infrin'ement in some legal acshun.' Afta' all, anti-piracy measho' nuffs should trump kids' ability t'spell co'rectly, shouldn't dey?"

Oops ... just killed the patent.

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