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the tax code needs to be reformed so that there is a level playing field. Any bets on how likely that is?
The problem with taking that bet is the extremely high probability of not living long enough to collect on it! It might be something to include in your Will.
However, it might require inserting language into the Will of the other party. And I'm not certain how many generations forward a Will can control... In the end, I can see this being a huge bonanza for two or more attorneys!
tacit, you get what you pay for. You obviously didn't pay enough to your 'lobbyists!'
I think the corrolary(?) is, "You have to have money to make money." The "making" part is now called 'lobbying' you representatives. Of course, in other countries, this 'lobbying' cuts out the middleman and is just called a 'bribe.'
kimmer, I think the reaction of your friend's husband is rooted in the same mistaken 'emotional' relationship we too often have with corporations and their products. "Don't confuse me with the facts!"
OT: The concept that a corporation is a person re-enforces these emotional reactions to them. We think we should be seen as their 'friend' because we bought something they make. Why do they not treat us as a 'friend?!' We take any action we consider to be negative toward us as personally directed against us.
Example: Apple just announced the dates for the next WWDC last week. They always have more developers wanting to attend than they have room for. This year, the tickets were put up for sale at 5:30 AM Pacific time. Naturally, not many left coast developers were up at that time. From the hue and cry, you would think Apple made a conscious decision to keep these developers out of the Conference!
Apple
could have made that decision. I think it more likely (and much less emotional?) that an actual person failed to check with a supervisor on when the site would open for sales. Or someone failed to notice the default time setting in whatever form was used to set up the server. Or maybe a dozen other human mistakes could be found. The point is, a corporation is
not a person but the actual people who are the corporation can and often do hide be hide the layers of organization and manage to avoid taking responsibility for mistakes that humans always make.
Most developers, especially those who couldn't get tickets, think it was a mistake, even a huge one. I can understand and even agree with that idea. But reacting on how the mistake was made without knowing the facts is a waste of energy, in my opinion. Refusing to buy a product because of an emotional opinion about an organization with no emotions is simply irrational, again, in my opinion. And that's the
only opinion that counts,
right?!
