I don't know but that would be a cool country to live in, don't you think? Rational self-interested people helping each other out. It could be a good thing.
I think this is going to be fun because you will be able to concentrate on one player. Imagine if they had done this while, e.g., Lawrence Taylor, was still playing?
This is a real treat because we will get the see the attributed greatness* that previously only coaches, players and NFL Films could verify.
* The type of players for which coaches make adjustments, a week before the game, to account for.
That is exactly it. And though I do not have the quote in front of me, I can tell you this is how the justice who said it approached every issue.
Maybe "encouraged" and "engrained" were not the right words. How about "endorsed"? I think rational self-interest is a concept that might vary in the degree to which it is adopted into people's behavior as you move from country to country. That's only a theory. Certainly, in the US, reducing tax liability, and doing so vigorously, is believed to be the rational thing to do.
But if I'm the taxing entity, is it rational for me to endorse the idea of paying less? That would seem to lead to a reduction in the amount I will collect as those being taxed adopt and refine their tax reduction strategies.
If I track down a quote from a famous US Justice from the early 1900's where he says every American is expected to try to lower their taxes, would that cause you to reconsider your view?
I think this sums it up quite nicely. The intent, which is encouraged by all branches and is culturally engrained (I will retrieve citations if requested), is "reduce your taxes as low as possible".
With the right advisors, corporations can do this very effectively. This should not be a surprise to anyone. They will pay less, much less. After all, that's what you encouraged them to do.
If your aim is to collect more taxes, then why encourage those being taxed to seek to reduce their tax liability as low as possible?
Forgive me if I am missing the obvious. But this to me has never made sense.
I think what he's saying is if you go outside and look at a tree, then the truth will be revealed to you. No need to do this if you've seen a tree in the last year though. But perhaps I read his comment wrong.
Not sure about the headline but it makes sense what his kids are doing. Reddit and Tumblr allow much more freedom and do not try so blatently hard to profit from traffic.
Facebook is dying a slow death for what it was once used for: fun. They have too much cash on hand to disappear any time soon. But users will grow tired of Facebook as a pleasurable diversion. Because Facebook will keep trying harder and harder to make money. Because the traffic will gradually slow down. When you make all your money from display ads, and the traffic begins to slow, you get desperate. Slowly, Facebook is inching toward this inevitability.