Agreed and this is a strong argument in favor of the Fair Tax. http://fairtax.org/ Elimination of business taxes, payroll taxes, and all the other myriads of taxes that make business owners and their minions spend millions of dollars and hours just to comply means that business can concentrate on business. It's not just a matter of lower taxes (Fair Tax is actually revenue neutral) but a lowering of the cost of operating legally.

Because I don't post often and had never gone to the effort to figure out where I'd change this. Monotype came up. Probably was a default somewhere back when they switched something. I've changed it now. Nothing like a little helpful criticism to get one rolling.

You are the owner of a company called you.  You are experiencing feature creep from your main and only client, your employer.  Assuming you are still responsible for what you were originally hired for, you need to point out that you are now being asked to do a lot more than you originally signed on to do, and that you need to reach a new understanding that will work for both of you.

Be professional.  Be firm.  You might want to read some back blogs by Bob Lewis, as he covers this kind of stuff all the time.

A couple of examples
http://www.infoworld.com/d/adventures-in-it/when-raises-dry-negotiate-hard-get-what-you-deserve-404
http://www.infoworld.com/d/adventures-in-it/be-your-own-boss-even-if-you-have-boss-037

mmmmmm....Pork!

Because human beings in a group (mob rule), or in a situation of anonymity (anonymous coward), or under the direction of authority (just following orders) act VERY differently from human beings in a one-to-one interaction.  There are gobs of studies on this phenomenon.  It is not paranoia to recognize this.

Apparently your notion of fear is more extreme than mine.  My representative represents me (me being a voting majority of his constituency) because he fears that if he doesn't he won't get reelected.  If he ever thought he could get away with not representing enough people to get reelected and would still retain his power and position, he would cease to represent me, and represent his own wishes.  THAT is human nature.
In rare cases, individuals, even in government, transcend that.  However, it is very rare, and not to be counted on.

There's a difference in the way a person treats the people in his life and the way the government treats people in its life.

Original poster's point is that a government that doesn't fear consequences as a result of mistreating the governed will do pretty much what it wants.  There is no other reasonable motivator.  Altruism in government is seen even more rarely than in everyday life, and I'm hoping you won't try to make the point that my government loves me.

In the U.S. we don't measure in "metric fucktons".  We screw up in U.S. fucktons.  Also, in Britain isn't it metric fucktonnes?  Just asking.
Stosh

Real NETBOOKS (not this thing, too big and expensive) are useful for RIAs (Rich Internet Apps) that don't need a lot of screen real estate.  IF they have a lot of battery and IF they are small enough and IF they are cheap enough, you can put these netbooks into the hands of floor workers (retail, medical office) and have all of the access you need.  Most WIFI phones/PDAs are too small for real floor usage.