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Gabler said:
The way I see it, we all have the right to the fruits of our own labor, but no one can take credit for creating the land itself. If you want exclusive use of the land, you should pay for it, but if you create wealth in the form of chattels, you should be entitled to keep it.

Are you familiar with the work of Henry George? I'm a fan of his idea of taxing the unimproved value of land.
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I've heard of him, but not read anything myself. I've heard of the idea before - base the Treasury on the value of the territory essentially - but starting from the present situation I think it would go horribly ary. It would require shifts in our cultural concepts of business, profit, property rights in general, and also the dismantling of our current economic system. Essentially, it requires that we start from a much more equitable and egalitarian point than we are now.
That said, I am by no means well acquainted the theory. There may be some things I've not thought of.
 
ShadyStump said:
I've heard of him, but not read anything myself. I've heard of the idea before - base the Treasury on the value of the territory essentially - but starting from the present situation I think it would go horribly ary. It would require shifts in our cultural concepts of business, profit, property rights in general, and also the dismantling of our current economic system. Essentially, it requires that we start from a much more equitable and egalitarian point than we are now.
That said, I am by no means well acquainted the theory. There may be some things I've not thought of.
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It's a change that would need to occur over a long span of time. I'd start by instituting a tax on something like 1% of the unimproved value of all U.S. soil, and decrease income tax liability by a commensurate amount. The next year, increase it to 2%, then 3%, etc. A sudden shift would probably be too destabilizing, as you pointed out.

There are a lot of Marxists who rightly point out problems with our current economic system but conveniently forget the massive cost in human lives to shift to a socialist or a communist state. Small changes, like shifting the metric for wealth for taxation purposes, could help to address those problems without tearing the whole system apart.
 
For all those swamp hunters out there in Louisiana, I just saw this hilarious video of a Louisiana woman telling the world how you check a body of water for alligators.

Locate a body of water, in Louisiana, larger than five bathtubs.
First you roll up your sleeve.
Then you get close to the water.
Mind your step!
Now put your hand in the water and make a circling motion for one second.
Take the hand out of the water, take twelve steps back and rub your index finger and thumb together.
If the finger and thumb feel wet, there's alligators in the water.
 
Wires_Guy_wires said:
For all those swamp hunters out there in Louisiana, I just saw this hilarious video of a Louisiana woman telling the world how you check a body of water for alligators.

Locate a body of water, in Louisiana, larger than five bathtubs.
First you roll up your sleeve.
Then you get close to the water.
Mind your step!
Now put your hand in the water and make a circling motion for one second.
Take the hand out of the water, take twelve steps back and rub your index finger and thumb together.
If the finger and thumb feel wet, there's alligators in the water.
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Sometimes there is no need for water.
A few years back a chemical operator at my plant was making a round to checking running condition of equipment. When he went around the corner of a building, he heard something that was "half a snort, half a growl". He stopped and looked. He found a 9ft alligator in between some pressure vessels.
We actually had to create a "work permit" for his removal.
 
So, is are dachshunds impossible to potty train, or just their owners?

Seriously, I've never known a wiener dog who didn't routinely mess in the house, but I've also never known a wiener dog owner who kept a particularly tidy house either. So which is it?
 
ShadyStump said:
So, is are dachshunds impossible to potty train, or just their owners?

Seriously, I've never known a wiener dog who didn't routinely mess in the house, but I've also never known a wiener dog owner who kept a particularly tidy house either. So which is it?
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I think it's both.
 
MY Chihuahua likes to poop in my shoe every once in a while. I suspected she thought of it as a toilet. Last week I was cleaning in the bathroom and left a container of soapy water next to the tub. It kind of backed up to the tub like a little toilet I guess, and so she pooped in it.
 
nuttiest said:
MY Chihuahua likes to poop in my shoe every once in a while. I suspected she thought of it as a toilet. Last week I was cleaning in the bathroom and left a container of soapy water next to the tub. It kind of backed up to the tub like a little toilet I guess, and so she pooped in it.
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This is why I don't do tiny dogs.
 
nuttiest said:
You guys are bad... no making fun of Chihuahuas!
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My Grandma had Chihuahuas all her life. Every one of them were nasty little ankle biters that scared the crap out of me when I was little. But maybe you have the one nice one...
 
Doing market research, need some thoughts on the nutty gritty.

You're hanging out with friends late at night, and someone decides to turn all of the leftovers in your fridge into a midnight snack.

What is the title for that sort of snack?
Must contain the word, "midnights," and indicate that it's made of leftovers.

Edit: And I swear, I'm talking about the dog any more! This is legit!
 
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ShadyStump said:
Doing market research, need some thoughts on the nutty gritty.

You're hanging out with friends late at night, and someone decides to turn all of the leftovers in your fridge into a midnight snack.

What is the title for that sort of snack?
Must contain the word, "midnights," and indicate that it's made of leftovers.

Edit: And I swear, I'm talking about the dog any more! This is legit!
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You could always have a waayback Wednesday, where you look what's in the way back of the fridge. Ever get something rotten out of the fridge then put it back because you don't want to go to the outside trash? :D :D
 
nuttiest said:
You could always have a waayback Wednesday, where you look what's in the way back of the fridge. Ever get something rotten out of the fridge then put it back because you don't want to go to the outside trash? :D :D
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Sure, but I think the county health department would frown on that.
 
ShadyStump said:
Doing market research, need some thoughts on the nutty gritty.

You're hanging out with friends late at night, and someone decides to turn all of the leftovers in your fridge into a midnight snack.

What is the title for that sort of snack?
Must contain the word, "midnights," and indicate that it's made of leftovers.

Edit: And I swear, I'm talking about the dog any more! This is legit!
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A buddy of mine is great at this.
He calls it whatever he makes. The guy made zucchini spaghetti. That 12 year old frozen chicken that's mostly ice crystals? Paleontological goulash.
Some stale hotdogs? Cut them, coat them in batter, deep fry 20 at the same time, hotdogctopus.

Back when I was a kid, my mom used to call it Cowboy food.
Because when you're out in the west, you eat what you can find.
 
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