Taxes

IBdaMann wrote:
I just did my taxes. Now I know how Swan feels when his slavemasters bend him over furniture and ream him.

Several things changed this year for me and I'm not complaining about the good things ... but our government sucks way too much money out of We the People.

High taxes are the root cause of Global Warming and of Climate Change. End the high taxes and you eliminate mankind's existential threat and all the fear-mongering that accompanies them. Guaranteed.

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Swan wrote:

IBdaMann wrote:
I just did my taxes. Now I know how Swan feels when his slavemasters bend him over furniture and ream him.

Several things changed this year for me and I'm not complaining about the good things ... but our government sucks way too much money out of We the People.

High taxes are the root cause of Global Warming and of Climate Change. End the high taxes and you eliminate mankind's existential threat and all the fear-mongering that accompanies them. Guaranteed.

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Only the poor and stupid pay taxes

Swan wrote:Only the poor and stupid pay taxes

IBdaMann wrote:

Swan wrote:Only the poor and stupid pay taxes

... and those who stay out of jail.

How do you buy things without the store collecting taxes from you?

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GasGuzzler wrote:

Swan wrote:

IBdaMann wrote:
I just did my taxes. Now I know how Swan feels when his slavemasters bend him over furniture and ream him.

Several things changed this year for me and I'm not complaining about the good things ... but our government sucks way too much money out of We the People.

High taxes are the root cause of Global Warming and of Climate Change. End the high taxes and you eliminate mankind's existential threat and all the fear-mongering that accompanies them. Guaranteed.

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Only the poor and stupid pay taxes

This goes for any payment, repair, replacement, investment...whatever.

You can pay for it ON the front end or IN the rear end.

HarveyH55 wrote:

IBdaMann wrote:

Swan wrote:Only the poor and stupid pay taxes

... and those who stay out of jail. How do you buy things without the store collecting taxes from you?

He never claimed to be rich, or intelligent (obvious)...

IBdaMann wrote:

HarveyH55 wrote:

IBdaMann wrote:

Swan wrote:Only the poor and stupid pay taxes

... and those who stay out of jail. How do you buy things without the store collecting taxes from you?

He never claimed to be rich, or intelligent (obvious)...

LOL Correct, he never made any such claims LOL but he did Yawn LOL

Yawn.

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Swan wrote:

IBdaMann wrote:

HarveyH55 wrote:

IBdaMann wrote:

Swan wrote:Only the poor and stupid pay taxes

... and those who stay out of jail. How do you buy things without the store collecting taxes from you?

He never claimed to be rich, or intelligent (obvious)...

LOL Correct, he never made any such claims LOL but he did Yawn LOL

Yawn.

Hopefully Alphabet gets broken up sooner than later

IBdaMann wrote:

Swan wrote:

IBdaMann wrote:

HarveyH55 wrote:

IBdaMann wrote:

Swan wrote:Only the poor and stupid pay taxes

... and those who stay out of jail. How do you buy things without the store collecting taxes from you?

He never claimed to be rich, or intelligent (obvious)...

LOL Correct, he never made any such claims LOL but he did Yawn LOL

Yawn.

Hopefully Alphabet gets broken up sooner than later

LOL Alphabets don't get broken up except under antitrust legislation LOL but they do get all broken up over failing relationships LOL

Yawn.

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HarveyH55 wrote:
Whatever happened to GameStop and AMC stocks? It was headlines news, before the Impeachment 2.0 trial. Did the RobinHood app traders make a killing, or just get killed by the professionals?

Swan wrote:

HarveyH55 wrote:
Whatever happened to GameStop and AMC stocks? It was headlines news, before the Impeachment 2.0 trial. Did the RobinHood app traders make a killing, or just get killed by the professionals?

WTF

Federal prosecutors and regulators are investigating whether market manipulation or other types of misconduct fueled the rapid rise last month in prices of stocks such as GameStop Corp. GME -0.39% and AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc., AMC -2.24% according to people familiar with the matter.

The Justice Department's fraud section and the San Francisco U.S. attorney's office have sought information about the activity from brokers and social-media companies that were hubs for the trading frenzy, the people said. Prosecutors have subpoenaed information from brokers such as Robinhood Markets Inc., the popular online brokerage that many individual investors used to trade GameStop and other shares, the people said.

GameStop shares surged from about $20 to $483 over a period of two weeks in January. The stock has since fallen to around $50. It was fueled by an army of bullish individual traders exhorting one another on Reddit to buy the shares and squeeze hedge funds that bet the price would fall. Traders who bet stock prices will decline are known as short sellers.

HarveyH55 wrote:
Whatever happened to GameStop and AMC stocks? It was headlines news, before the Impeachment 2.0 trial. Did the RobinHood app traders make a killing, or just get killed by the professionals?

HarveyH55 wrote:

Swan wrote:

HarveyH55 wrote:
Whatever happened to GameStop and AMC stocks? It was headlines news, before the Impeachment 2.0 trial. Did the RobinHood app traders make a killing, or just get killed by the professionals?

WTF

https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/doj-subpoenas-robinhood-others-in-gamestop-probe-report

Federal prosecutors and regulators are investigating whether market manipulation or other types of misconduct fueled the rapid rise last month in prices of stocks such as GameStop Corp. GME -0.39% and AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc., AMC -2.24% according to people familiar with the matter.

The Justice Department's fraud section and the San Francisco U.S. attorney's office have sought information about the activity from brokers and social-media companies that were hubs for the trading frenzy, the people said. Prosecutors have subpoenaed information from brokers such as Robinhood Markets Inc., the popular online brokerage that many individual investors used to trade GameStop and other shares, the people said.

GameStop shares surged from about $20 to $483 over a period of two weeks in January. The stock has since fallen to around $50. It was fueled by an army of bullish individual traders exhorting one another on Reddit to buy the shares and squeeze hedge funds that bet the price would fall. Traders who bet stock prices will decline are known as short sellers.

GameStop, is a business on it's way out, no chance of shifting to something else. Hedge fund guys were selling it short, and the RobinHood guys were moving the price up, screwing up the short sales. The article linked, goes into a little more detail. Google it, to see how it turned out. Basically, the app blocked sales of certain stocks, and the price dropped. Few people made money, many lost a great deal, lot of pissed off people.

Into the Night wrote:

HarveyH55 wrote:

Swan wrote:

HarveyH55 wrote:
Whatever happened to GameStop and AMC stocks? It was headlines news, before the Impeachment 2.0 trial. Did the RobinHood app traders make a killing, or just get killed by the professionals?

WTF

https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/doj-subpoenas-robinhood-others-in-gamestop-probe-report

Federal prosecutors and regulators are investigating whether market manipulation or other types of misconduct fueled the rapid rise last month in prices of stocks such as GameStop Corp. GME -0.39% and AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc., AMC -2.24% according to people familiar with the matter.

The Justice Department's fraud section and the San Francisco U.S. attorney's office have sought information about the activity from brokers and social-media companies that were hubs for the trading frenzy, the people said. Prosecutors have subpoenaed information from brokers such as Robinhood Markets Inc., the popular online brokerage that many individual investors used to trade GameStop and other shares, the people said.

GameStop shares surged from about $20 to $483 over a period of two weeks in January. The stock has since fallen to around $50. It was fueled by an army of bullish individual traders exhorting one another on Reddit to buy the shares and squeeze hedge funds that bet the price would fall. Traders who bet stock prices will decline are known as short sellers.

GameStop, is a business on it's way out, no chance of shifting to something else. Hedge fund guys were selling it short, and the RobinHood guys were moving the price up, screwing up the short sales. The article linked, goes into a little more detail. Google it, to see how it turned out. Basically, the app blocked sales of certain stocks, and the price dropped. Few people made money, many lost a great deal, lot of pissed off people.

Gamestop is not "on the way out". Indeed, their business is booming more now, as people turn to video games to get through the lockdowns ordered by the Church of Covid.

HarveyH55 wrote:

Into the Night wrote:

HarveyH55 wrote:

Swan wrote:

HarveyH55 wrote:
Whatever happened to GameStop and AMC stocks? It was headlines news, before the Impeachment 2.0 trial. Did the RobinHood app traders make a killing, or just get killed by the professionals?

WTF

https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/doj-subpoenas-robinhood-others-in-gamestop-probe-report

Federal prosecutors and regulators are investigating whether market manipulation or other types of misconduct fueled the rapid rise last month in prices of stocks such as GameStop Corp. GME -0.39% and AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc., AMC -2.24% according to people familiar with the matter.

The Justice Department's fraud section and the San Francisco U.S. attorney's office have sought information about the activity from brokers and social-media companies that were hubs for the trading frenzy, the people said. Prosecutors have subpoenaed information from brokers such as Robinhood Markets Inc., the popular online brokerage that many individual investors used to trade GameStop and other shares, the people said.

GameStop shares surged from about $20 to $483 over a period of two weeks in January. The stock has since fallen to around $50. It was fueled by an army of bullish individual traders exhorting one another on Reddit to buy the shares and squeeze hedge funds that bet the price would fall. Traders who bet stock prices will decline are known as short sellers.

GameStop, is a business on it's way out, no chance of shifting to something else. Hedge fund guys were selling it short, and the RobinHood guys were moving the price up, screwing up the short sales. The article linked, goes into a little more detail. Google it, to see how it turned out. Basically, the app blocked sales of certain stocks, and the price dropped. Few people made money, many lost a great deal, lot of pissed off people.

Gamestop is not "on the way out". Indeed, their business is booming more now, as people turn to video games to get through the lockdowns ordered by the Church of Covid.

But, unfortunately, they aren't buying them at GameStop...

HarveyH55 wrote:
And it's been moving to online games, and downloads for a while.

HarveyH55 wrote:
Little reason to buy physical copies.

HarveyH55 wrote:
It's like video stores, and music stores, they aren't seeing the volume through the doors, that made them profitable. There will still be customers, but barely enough to keep the doors open.

Into the Night wrote:

HarveyH55 wrote:

Into the Night wrote:Gamestop is not "on the way out". Indeed, their business is booming more now, as people turn to video games to get through the lockdowns ordered by the Church of Covid.

But, unfortunately, they aren't buying them at GameStop...

Actually, they are. I see customers in GameStop all the time...buying console, both used and new, buying games, both used and new, buying gaming collectables, both new and used, etc.

IBdaMann wrote:
I just did my taxes. Now I know how Swan feels when his slavemasters bend him over furniture and ream him.

Several things changed this year for me and I'm not complaining about the good things ... but our government sucks way too much money out of We the People.

High taxes are the root cause of Global Warming and of Climate Change. End the high taxes and you eliminate mankind's existential threat and all the fear-mongering that accompanies them. Guaranteed.

.

IBdaMann wrote:

Into the Night wrote:

HarveyH55 wrote:

Into the Night wrote:Gamestop is not "on the way out". Indeed, their business is booming more now, as people turn to video games to get through the lockdowns ordered by the Church of Covid.

But, unfortunately, they aren't buying them at GameStop...

Actually, they are. I see customers in GameStop all the time...buying console, both used and new, buying games, both used and new, buying gaming collectables, both new and used, etc.

As much as I respect the both of you, on this matter I am not an expert and so I need to be very careful who I hold as my authority until I perform my own independent research.

... so I'm going with my son who has been a hardcore online gamer for many years now and he says ...

GameStop is on its way out, that they are the BlockBuster of gaming and that "nobody goes there anymore". Yes, all of the reasons Into the Night listed for going to GameStop still exist and are valid, but my son says that what Harvey stated is more or less the reality of the situation, i.e. that the online downloading is the primary method for transferring game software and is rapidly becoming the only method.

Once again, I'm not going to declare anyone correct or incorrect because I don't know, but my operating assumption going forward is whatever my son says and he says that hedge funds short GameStop for a reason.

We should revisit this in two years to see if we have convergence or divergence.

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IBdaMann wrote:

Into the Night wrote:

HarveyH55 wrote:

Into the Night wrote:Gamestop is not "on the way out". Indeed, their business is booming more now, as people turn to video games to get through the lockdowns ordered by the Church of Covid.

But, unfortunately, they aren't buying them at GameStop...

Actually, they are. I see customers in GameStop all the time...buying console, both used and new, buying games, both used and new, buying gaming collectables, both new and used, etc.

As much as I respect the both of you, on this matter I am not an expert and so I need to be very careful who I hold as my authority until I perform my own independent research.

... so I'm going with my son who has been a hardcore online gamer for many years now and he says ...

GameStop is on its way out, that they are the BlockBuster of gaming and that "nobody goes there anymore". Yes, all of the reasons Into the Night listed for going to GameStop still exist and are valid, but my son says that what Harvey stated is more or less the reality of the situation, i.e. that the online downloading is the primary method for transferring game software and is rapidly becoming the only method.

Once again, I'm not going to declare anyone correct or incorrect because I don't know, but my operating assumption going forward is whatever my son says and he says that hedge funds short GameStop for a reason.

We should revisit this in two years to see if we have convergence or divergence.

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Into the Night wrote:

IBdaMann wrote:

Into the Night wrote:

HarveyH55 wrote:

Into the Night wrote:Gamestop is not "on the way out". Indeed, their business is booming more now, as people turn to video games to get through the lockdowns ordered by the Church of Covid.

But, unfortunately, they aren't buying them at GameStop...

Actually, they are. I see customers in GameStop all the time...buying console, both used and new, buying games, both used and new, buying gaming collectables, both new and used, etc.

As much as I respect the both of you, on this matter I am not an expert and so I need to be very careful who I hold as my authority until I perform my own independent research.

... so I'm going with my son who has been a hardcore online gamer for many years now and he says ...

GameStop is on its way out, that they are the BlockBuster of gaming and that "nobody goes there anymore". Yes, all of the reasons Into the Night listed for going to GameStop still exist and are valid, but my son says that what Harvey stated is more or less the reality of the situation, i.e. that the online downloading is the primary method for transferring game software and is rapidly becoming the only method.

Once again, I'm not going to declare anyone correct or incorrect because I don't know, but my operating assumption going forward is whatever my son says and he says that hedge funds short GameStop for a reason.

We should revisit this in two years to see if we have convergence or divergence.

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It's not about consoles. It's about the game.

If a game someone wants to play runs on a specific console, people will buy that console to play that game.

Steam has a fair number of games, but not all games run on Steam.

Hardcore gamers are willing to drop $2000 into a system. by the time you get the VR headset, the sensors, the chair, the heavy duty graphics card to properly run the headset, and the computer to run the card, that's what it could easily run you.

What's $300 for a Switch with a game you want on it (about %0).
Mario, Zelda, and Pikmin games don't run on Steam.

VRChat and some Skyrim games run on Steam, but they don't run on a Switch (except Skyrim V).

Call of Duty is an Xbox or Playstation console. So is most of the Assassin Creed series (about 6 AS games, all running the Helix game engine, have been transcribed for the Switch, I consider it a vast improvement in reliability. The Helix engine has enough problems. Running it under Windows only makes it much worse.) Most other Assassin's Creed games run only on Xbox or Playstation (Xbox is the preferred console for these, since it will also easily emulate the XBox360 games on XBox 1, allow one to play AS1 and the Ezio series games). The latest AS games, Origins, Odyssey, and Valhalla are designed for the XBox 1, though they will play on PlayStation 5 (or 4, but not recommended).

Some games you can download to a console. Others you cannot.

If you like World of Warcraft, you are basically gaming on your PC. Consoles don't run it.
You get the hardware to run the game you want. You don't get the hardware just to get the hardware, generally.

Oddly enough, GameStop does not sell VR equipment. Maybe they should. Of course, they don't sell the gaming chairs either. I guess they leave the really expensive stuff for other specialist stores to carry.

Into the Night wrote: Hardcore gamers are willing to drop $2000 into a system.

Into the Night wrote: What's $300 for a Switch with a game you want on it

Into the Night wrote: Call of Duty is an Xbox or Playstation console. So is most of the Assassin Creed series (about 6 AS games, all running the Helix game engine, have been transcribed for the Switch, I consider it a vast improvement in reliability.

Into the Night wrote: Some games you can download to a console. Others you cannot.

Into the Night wrote: Oddly enough, GameStop does not sell VR equipment. Maybe they should. Of course, they don't sell the gaming chairs either. I guess they leave the really expensive stuff for other specialist stores to carry.

keepit wrote:Re: game controllers or what ever you call them.
If you play well with a certain controller does that mean you are playing better than the next guy or does it mean that your controller is faster acting? I'm talking about velocity type games here. Is there a difference in reaction time between different controllers?

keepit wrote:
So where do you go to get the best controllers?

keepit wrote:
Re: game controllers or what ever you call them.
If you play well with a certain controller does that mean you are playing better than the next guy or does it mean that your controller is faster acting? I'm talking about velocity type games here. Is there a difference in reaction time between different controllers?

keepit wrote:
So where do you go to get the best controllers?

keepit wrote:
It's just your imagination gfm. Don't let it get the best of you.

SimonPowell wrote: There is a simple reason why rich people pay disproportionately more in taxes than poor people do. The rich can afford to pay more. Poor people can't.

SimonPowell wrote: Economists often talk about the marginal tax rate.

SimonPowell wrote:This rate is usually less than 50 percent,

SimonPowell wrote: ... but the government also taxes people's salaries, capital gains, inheritances, and so on.

IBdaMann wrote:

SimonPowell wrote: There is a simple reason why rich people pay disproportionately more in taxes than poor people do. The rich can afford to pay more. Poor people can't.

This is stupidly-mindless Marxist regurgitation.

The reason rich people get screwed is because Marxism found its way into our laws and disproportionately penalizes them for adding value to society. Marxism does not tolerate that.

SimonPowell wrote: Economists often talk about the marginal tax rate.

... because they're economicsts. They don't talk about sports quite as much.

SimonPowell wrote:This rate is usually less than 50 percent,

This is far too high.

SimonPowell wrote: ... but the government also taxes people's salaries, capital gains, inheritances, and so on.

Exactly. The government is overly abusive of We the People. We should shit-can this Federal government and start over.

keepit wrote: Taxes aren't theft by the govt.

keepit wrote: Get real. Taxes are team work to pay for govt services.

keepit wrote:If you think they're unfair you can thank trump for the latest tax cut on the wealthy but not for the middle class and the poor.

keepit wrote:
Taxes aren't theft by the govt.

keepit wrote:
Get real.

keepit wrote:
Taxes are team work to pay for govt services.

keepit wrote:
If you think they're unfair you can thank trump for the latest tax cut on the wealthy but not for the middle class and the poor.