Belgian_Draft

Don't forget income taxes paid in a city where you work but don't reside. HAMMER: Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer nowadays is used as a kind of divining rod to locate the most expensive parts adjacent the object we are trying to hit.

loumeinhart: "Belgian Draft, what IS that thing??" Beligian_Draft: I dunno Louie, looks like it was some kind of animal, maybe even a horse..." Not to much left of it, is there? HAMMER: Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer nowadays is used as a kind of divining rod to locate the most expensive parts adjacent the object we are trying to hit.

as a class they do of course... So we have come full circle. Several people here have shown how you are wrong, you have failed to give even a single example to back your claim. You just keep beating on that horse. HAMMER: Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer nowadays is used as a kind of divining rod to locate the most expensive parts adjacent the object we are trying to hit.

i'm not dead yet... (but i'm willing to pay a fair inheritance/estate tax) The dead don't pay the tax. Their survivors do. HAMMER: Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer nowadays is used as a kind of divining rod to locate the most expensive parts adjacent the object we are trying to hit.

Maybe most of us don't give a shit about something a prophet said 2000 years ago. HAMMER: Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer nowadays is used as a kind of divining rod to locate the most expensive parts adjacent the object we are trying to hit.

Thanks. What countries do you think are a far comparison for US education? Why do you need a comparison? The assertion was made that the US school system is set up to fail people. HAMMER: Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer nowadays is used as a kind of divining rod to locate the most expensive parts adjacent the object we are trying to hit.

Please accept my apology. I thought it was dreamdancer I was responding to. I guess that is one drawback to using a Droid to participate in these forums. BTW, it is an apples/oranges comparison. Just because you fail to understand why doesn't make it not so. HAMMER: Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer nowadays is used as a kind of divining rod to locate the most expensive parts adjacent the object we are trying to hit.

Really? So its good the US ranks 18th in world education? And bad that places like Japan and Denmark have close to a 100% high school education passing rate? Hmm... Their education system, and culture, is very different from the US. It is comparing apples to oranges....or bananas. Care to explain again how rich people dislike educated people even though it is the educated people that make them wealthier? I think it is you who dislikes educated folk. HAMMER: Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer nowadays is used as a kind of divining rod to locate the most expensive parts adjacent the object we are trying to hit.

there's no real point in argueing with you then

Really? So who's the poor person that bought/leased the plane/rigs for your DZ? in the beginning... ...everyone was poor

you're confusing 'companies' with the 'rich'. and i'm really talking about the class of 'super rich' here not so much the poorer rich

Exactly right. The profit to a company from the work done by a worker with a high school education can be expressed in the tens of thousands of dollars a year. In some cases an extremely talented worker can make his employer a couple hundred thousand or so. But an employee with a college education...BA, BS, etc....makes his employer hundreds of thousands of dollars a year and often well over a million. In some cases the amount goes into many miilions. There is a reason companies help pay for college classes taken by their employees. It makes them money! Most companies I deal with will pay a very significant portion of tuition for somebody working on their MBA. If companies treat their educated workers like that when they hate them, imagine what they would do if they liked them. HAMMER: Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer nowadays is used as a kind of divining rod to locate the most expensive parts adjacent the object we are trying to hit.

that's just the reality of their class... (remember educated people are a threat to them) My friendly neighborhood Billionaire employs a bunch of people with PhDs and masters degrees in math and physics. His HOUSEKEEPER has an MS. His childrens' nannies have degrees. You are wrong. there are always exceptions. but in the main, as a class, the reality is educated people are a threat to their position... Yeah, that's why the streets are filled to capacity with homeless PhD's. You do realize, don't you that the sentiment you are expressing has been around as long as one monkey envied another because he had one more banana? "Yeah, those fuckin' two-banana monkeys use us one-banana monkeys. They keep on getting more and more bananas while I'm stuck with my one. Bastards." Could be the monkey with the most bananas worked a little harder and reached higher in the tree. HAMMER: Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer nowadays is used as a kind of divining rod to locate the most expensive parts adjacent the object we are trying to hit.

that's just the reality of their class... (remember educated people are a threat to them) My friendly neighborhood Billionaire employs a bunch of people with PhDs and masters degrees in math and physics. His HOUSEKEEPER has an MS. His childrens' nannies have degrees. You are wrong. A very good friend of mine went to college after high school and got his BS & MS in mechanical engineering. He then taught shop class at a local high school for a couple years before spending the next 20 as a long haul trucker. Imagine that....a trucker with a MSME! If "rich" people really do hate educated people, then why did they ever hire him to drive their trucks? Yep, I'll agree he is wrong. HAMMER: Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer nowadays is used as a kind of divining rod to locate the most expensive parts adjacent the object we are trying to hit.

So we now have three opinions. One says that the schools are set up to fail students, another says the schools are set up to pass those who meet certain standards and fail those that don't, and another that says schools are set up to pass everyone, at least until high school. Very interesting. HAMMER: Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer nowadays is used as a kind of divining rod to locate the most expensive parts adjacent the object we are trying to hit.

Spell any way you wish. I prefer to use commonly accepted forms that show I am an educated person. HAMMER: Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer nowadays is used as a kind of divining rod to locate the most expensive parts adjacent the object we are trying to hit.

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i agree with you that unions are a good thing... In some ways they are. In some ways they aren't. Nice stawman attempt, though. HAMMER: Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer nowadays is used as a kind of divining rod to locate the most expensive parts adjacent the object we are trying to hit.

Wow. You're as far off base as he is. Well it was part of the academic concerns and business discussions 40 years ago and that attitude hasn't changed but feel free to actually bring a counter argument to the table. The school systems are set up to pass those who can achieve a minimum amount of education or, at least, convince their teacher to pass them anyway. If the system were sucha that everybody passed, the courses would have to be so easy that nobody would learn anything and that would be a worse situation than failing those who cannot make the grade. Thankfully education has not reached the point of rewarding the vast majority of people merely for participating regardless of achievement. HAMMER: Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer nowadays is used as a kind of divining rod to locate the most expensive parts adjacent the object we are trying to hit.

then you wouldn't have earnt it... How do you know? Maybe he did as I did and worked side by side with his parents to build their business and assets. Or maybe he worked a low paying part time job so he could stay at home and take care of his parents when they were unable to care for themselves. In that case he would have earned (Not "earnt". Your lack of education shows.) every single penny they left him. HAMMER: Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer nowadays is used as a kind of divining rod to locate the most expensive parts adjacent the object we are trying to hit.

yep, they want all these people to be competent - not educated, that's a threat to their class... And just how do you think those people become competent? By whining about how the wealthy prey upon the poor? you can be competent at your job without being educated - any sort of manual work, taxi driver, bricklayer, fruit picker, builder, gardener etc... And just how do you expect doctors, lawyers, engineers, etc. to become competent without an education? Also, education comes in many forms, not just in a classroom. Somebody had to educate thetaxi driver on how to drive a car and do simple math. Somebody had to educate the bricklayer, fruit picker, builder, gardner..... They didn't just magically wake up one morning with all their knowledge. BTW, did you know that it takes 4 years of apprenticeship to get your journeymans card as a bricklayer? Same with a lot of other unionized trades. HAMMER: Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer nowadays is used as a kind of divining rod to locate the most expensive parts adjacent the object we are trying to hit.

Wow. You're as far off base as he is. HAMMER: Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer nowadays is used as a kind of divining rod to locate the most expensive parts adjacent the object we are trying to hit.

yep, they want all these people to be competent - not educated, that's a threat to their class... And just how do you think those people become competent? By whining about how the wealthy prey upon the poor? HAMMER: Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer nowadays is used as a kind of divining rod to locate the most expensive parts adjacent the object we are trying to hit.

and usually is illegal and unenforcible. You only need to concern yourself with those points if you are not one to keep your word. NCAs are a bit one sided - why must you neuter yourself because one of you (read: the company) ended the employment agreement? NDAs, otoh, are perfectly reasonable agreements between the two parties. Most no compete clauses are null if the employee is released by the company. They are usually only in effect if the employee is the one to initiate separation. Non disclosure agreements are generally permanent and binding regardless of who initiates separation. HAMMER: Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer nowadays is used as a kind of divining rod to locate the most expensive parts adjacent the object we are trying to hit.

and usually is illegal and unenforcible. You only need to concern yourself with those points if you are not one to keep your word. HAMMER: Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer nowadays is used as a kind of divining rod to locate the most expensive parts adjacent the object we are trying to hit.