tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2182962435875556601.post2525266583583809132..comments2023-09-24T08:04:06.909-04:00Comments on FSK's Guide to Reality: The Food Safety Modernization ActFSKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11903396202330950362noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2182962435875556601.post-2136895421039239552010-11-21T13:06:13.619-05:002010-11-21T13:06:13.619-05:00And I do worry! The legislation tries to fix a non...And I do worry! The legislation tries to fix a nonexistent problem. Anonymous, please quote the bill text that prohibits the FDA from arbitrarily closing down smaller farms as a result of this bill?<br /><br />You can't - since every decision will be at the discretion of the FDA. Besides that, I rather not have a visit about my veggie garden by the DHS - which is made entirely possible by this law.Bashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08446295231976505695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2182962435875556601.post-73212068281117071872010-11-21T10:43:08.349-05:002010-11-21T10:43:08.349-05:00The bill exempts food producers who sell half of t...The bill exempts food producers who sell half of their food directly to consumers, have sales of under $500,000 and sell within 500 miles. I wouldn't worry too much.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2182962435875556601.post-89864941879224658932010-10-26T22:18:03.620-04:002010-10-26T22:18:03.620-04:00There's two conflicting things:
1. All taxati...There's two conflicting things:<br /><br />1. All taxation is theft. No matter who you are, it isn't immoral to dodge taxes.<br />2. It's hypocritical when insiders avoid the tax laws they themselves wrote. There are two legal systems, one for insiders and one for everyone else.<br /><br />Most insiders pay *NEGATIVE* tax rate, even if they use no trusts or tricks. The State subsidies they receive are greater than any taxes they pay.<br /><br />For example, Lloyd Blankfein pays a negative taxation rate, no matter what actual dollar amount he pays. His salary is 100% due to State violence.FSKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11903396202330950362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2182962435875556601.post-33382941395031048412010-10-26T19:55:21.668-04:002010-10-26T19:55:21.668-04:00Taxing rich people is as much highway robbery as t...Taxing rich people is as much highway robbery as taxing poor people, maybe even more so.<br /><br />I've never understood this socialist witch hunt against rich people. Rich people paying MORE taxes is unfair, if you think about it for more than a second. Rich people are generally healthier (less pressure on health care system), provide their own transportation (not public transportation), commit fewer crimes, they're not a burden to the welfare state, etc.<br /><br />I do have a problem with rich people buying government force to amass more wealth and power. I don’t have a problem with rich people – who, through innovation and having business sense - have created their own fortune. However few of those there may be nowadays :)Bashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08446295231976505695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2182962435875556601.post-91601648954599971502010-10-26T06:11:56.881-04:002010-10-26T06:11:56.881-04:00In reply for Kata's comment on my K-Pax post.
...In reply for Kata's comment on my K-Pax post.<br /><br />The current situation we have in the United Kingdom is that rich people pay far less tax than poorer people via the following:<br /><br />a) Trusts to avoid inheritance tax<br />b) Payment as dividends instead of wages as dividends have a lower tax rate<br />c) Houses registered in the names of foreign corporations to avoid taxes<br />d) Lots of wheezes to avoid corporation tax such as laundering money through Ireland and then foreign corporations etc.<br /><br />And lots more.<br /><br />The rich can use slimy accountants and dodgy lawyers to avoid tax. Poor people cannot.<br /><br />So we have a system which is an inversion of fairness. Even if taxation is theft, why should rich people pay less than poor people?<br /><br />We have jokers in the government tell us "we are all in it together" when at the same time their families are using trusts to avoid inheritance tax.<br /><br />We have David Cameron telling us before the election that he will raise the threshold of inheritance tax.<br /><br />But it was not raised.<br /><br />Of course it wasn't raised. It doesn't need to be raised if rich people, like David's friend George Osborne, can avoid it with schemes not available to poor people.<br /><br />It is morally reprehensible for government ministers to talk about cracking down on tax avoidance when they themselves are doing it.<br /><br />Do as I say not as I do say the jokers in government.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2182962435875556601.post-75376948873000656242010-10-25T14:39:59.582-04:002010-10-25T14:39:59.582-04:00@ "K-Pax" Anon:
Rich people are using l...@ "K-Pax" Anon:<br /><br />Rich people are using loopholes to escape taxation because:<br /><br />1) there is no such thing as "fair"<br />2) taxation is theft<br />3) what you call "Fair tax" is a progressive tax, and as such is a horrendous theft. But even neutral taxation is theft (where everyone pays same % rate). The only acceptable form of taxation is as prescribed in constitution, same amount from everyone, and even that would be theft to anyone who didn't vote for it.<br /><br />Do you also require your friends to pay more for a pizza you both eat if he makes more than you do? That would only be "fair"!Katanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2182962435875556601.post-73959278444261966522010-10-22T01:52:34.172-04:002010-10-22T01:52:34.172-04:00Homogenized milk is dangerous, it significantly in...Homogenized milk is dangerous, it significantly increases the risk of heart disease due to breaking the bonds between the xanthine oxidase and the fat globules, allowing the XO to pass into the blood system where it damages the lining of the arteries, causing Atherosclerosis. This is why XO inhibitors reduce the incidence of Atherosclerosis, a proven scientific fact.<br /><br />Anyone who says that homogenized milk is safe is scientifically ignorant.Scottnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2182962435875556601.post-69786970958967834362010-10-21T20:00:57.032-04:002010-10-21T20:00:57.032-04:00In the film K-Pax the protagonist said
"Ever...In the film K-Pax the protagonist said<br /><br />"Every being in the universe knows right from wrong, Mark."<br /><br />Just think about this for a bit.<br /><br />On this planet we have books and books of laws. So many laws nobody can possibly know them all.<br /><br />And yet despite all the written laws, LAW IS NO LONGER BACKED BY COMMON SENSE OR MORALITY.<br /><br />If tax is valid, then everyone should pay a fair share.<br /><br />However why should wealthy people pay less tax legally?<br /><br />Why are there legal means to dodge tax for wealthy companies and banks and politicians?<br /><br />But the little man has to pay tax.<br /><br />Why is setting up a trust to avoid inheritance tax legal?<br /><br />If the law WAS BACKED BY MORALITY, then a few pages of typewritten text would not mean the difference between legality and illegality.<br /><br />I believe FSK has said in a different post, judges believe just saying a few magic words makes something legal.<br /><br />Why?<br /><br />Either it is right or wrong, moral or not.<br /><br />A rich clown dodging tax using some secret scheme cooked up by accountants and slimeball lawyers is not moral if a little man cannot do the same thing.<br /><br />I heard the sick clown lawyers make wealthy clients sign contracts saying they will keep the ways to avoid tax they tell them secret.<br /><br />THIS IS SO SLIMY.<br /><br />WHY DO THE LAWYER CLOWNS WANT THEIR MEANS TO DODGE TAX SECRET?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2182962435875556601.post-69490151398703908822010-10-21T17:02:50.445-04:002010-10-21T17:02:50.445-04:00To the poster above:
Really? No, you are incorrec...To the poster above:<br /><br />Really? No, you are incorrect.<br /><br />How do you like this discussion so far?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2182962435875556601.post-34314764418454234602010-10-21T06:03:12.324-04:002010-10-21T06:03:12.324-04:00Recently on the British television Channel 4, ther...Recently on the British television Channel 4, there was a programme on how the clowns in government use "legal" measures to AVOID PAYING TAX such as trusts to avoid inheritance tax.<br /><br />Details have been repeated on<br /><br />http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-1322378/SPENDING-REVIEW-Trouble-ahead-MPs-preach-fairness-exploit-tax-havens.html<br /><br />The television programme (not the Daily Mail article) said how one tax haven island (I can't remember if it was the Caymans or British Virgin Islands) was running short of government money and so had to ask the United Kingdom for a loan or outright donation of money.<br /><br />I think it was granted.<br /><br />So there is an island allowing corporations effectively run in countries such as the UK (annual board meetings in the banana country though, ha!) to register there, avoid paying tax and then when the government runs out of money, they ask the UK for a wodge of cash.<br /><br />So not only do the hedge fund clowns in London NOT PAY CORPORATION TAX, BUT THESE VERY SICK CLOWNS WANT THE TAXPAYER TO BAIL OUT THE COUNTRY THEY HAVE REGISTERED IN.<br /><br />No wonder this clown country has run out of money if nobody pays tax when registered there.<br /><br />It is not enough not to pay tax, these clowns have to take our money as well via the bailout of the island's government.<br /><br />This definitely fails the laugh test.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2182962435875556601.post-80076111139436223802010-10-20T23:58:59.217-04:002010-10-20T23:58:59.217-04:00From the info I found online raw milk is apparentl...From the info I <a href="http://www.realmilk.com/foodborne.html" rel="nofollow">found online</a> raw milk is apparently healthier than people seem to think. Another great example of State brainwashing.Bashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08446295231976505695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2182962435875556601.post-16225249774448300762010-10-20T22:07:20.627-04:002010-10-20T22:07:20.627-04:00What you say about raw milk is incorrect.What you say about raw milk is incorrect.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2182962435875556601.post-76028494059494971822010-10-20T20:21:14.443-04:002010-10-20T20:21:14.443-04:00Interesting also how the Huffington Post stopped a...Interesting also how the Huffington Post stopped all commenting on an article supposedly busting all the "myths" on this act (http://huff.to/9DWEz6) Read the last post by the moderator before he locked it, basically telling all commenters they're idiots! If a website uses a comments feature, you're being hypocritical if you only allow people to post when they follow your views.Bashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08446295231976505695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2182962435875556601.post-73121379565847729862010-10-20T19:30:10.237-04:002010-10-20T19:30:10.237-04:00They say the same about the MEPs in the European P...They say the same about the MEPs in the European Parliament i.e. that the MEPs don't write the laws. Rather it is unelected bureaucrats that write the European law.<br /><br />Some people say the United Kingdom parliament now has no real job to do. The MPs in Parliament are NOT the same as government. MPs should hold government to account, but they don't.<br /><br />The UK parliament does not make the laws anymore. It is the unelected EU bureaucrats.<br /><br />Rompy Pompy the EU President is UNELECTED.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2182962435875556601.post-32915171076622347922010-10-20T15:22:16.037-04:002010-10-20T15:22:16.037-04:00This law makes small vegetable and fruit growers l...This law makes small vegetable and fruit growers like me nervous. Costs and fees will not be fairly proportioned based on the size of the operations, or burdensome record keeping imposed.<br /><br />"Some people say" is a weasel words phrase to be avoided.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com