ElephantStomp
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Grohl is president of Roswell Records, which still owns and licenses all of Foo Fighters' music.
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TerryP
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Which means what?
If the music is available to be purchased, because a group put it on the market to be purchased, and it was purchased under the agreements the group put forth...
Ya can't sue for people doing exactly what you asked them to do. If you buy the license, you can play the music.
ASCAP charged us for Karaoke at the bar(s.) They have their "sticky fingers" in EVERYTHING. Believe you me, the group has already been paid for the use of the music.
Moreover, it's just 'effin stupid. A band
Like I've said, my vote is about policy. Is one of the policy statements revolving around music played at a convention versus...I don't know, the economy?
TerryP
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A case of "tenses." You write as if it's past tense, when it's present as well.
Emphasis mine.A case of "tenses." You write as if it's past tense, when it's present as well.
TerryP
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I got that. We have similar POV's.
TerryP
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I read an article last night I meant to bookmark...forgot, cleared my cache, so I'll have to find it again. It was covering the unrealized capital gains tax implemented in Norway a few years ago.There's all sorts of chaos in that tax proposal, but the unrealized capital gains tax is an estate tax piece:
Major individual, capital gains, and estate tax provisions modeled:
- Expand the base of the net investment income tax (NIIT) to include nonpassive business income and increase the rates for the NIIT and the additional Medicare tax to reach 5 percent on income above $400,000 (effective 2024)
- Increase top individual income tax rate to 39.6 percent on income above $400,000 for single filers and $450,000 for joint filers (effective 2024)
- Tax long-term capital gains and qualified dividends at ordinary income tax rates for taxable income above $1 million and tax unrealized capital gains at death above a $5 million exemption ($10 million for joint filers)
- Limit retirement account contributions for high-income taxpayers with large individual retirement account (IRA) balances
- Tighten rules related to the estate tax
- Tax carried interest as ordinary income for people earning more than $400,000
- Limit 1031 like-kind exchanges to $500,000 in gains
Essentially, it means if you have a rich uncle with a ranch, it'll have to be sold to pay the estate taxes. Passing on family-owned businesses will be that much harder. In the end, much wealth will go to attorneys and trust companies as the well-to-do will find ways around it, and the first generation success stories will have a greater chance of having their heirs getting kicked in the teeth.
President Biden’s FY 2025 Budget Proposal: Details & Analysis
President Biden is proposing extraordinarily large tax hikes on businesses and the top 1 percent of earners that would put the U.S. in a distinctly uncompetitive international position and threaten the health of the U.S. economy.taxfoundation.org
I may get the numbers wrong here, but I'm pretty sure I remember these correctly. Norway expected about $150 million in additional tax revenue when they passed the measure. In the end, almost $55 billion in "wealth" left the country. It ended up costing them a little under $700 million in tax revenue.
I don't have your pedigree when it comes to economics. But, I think I'm pretty damn close to be right when I say that measure, a long with raising corporate tax rates, will make businesses leave the country. We've seen it before (reflected in your mention of over regulations.)
The estate tax piece probably won't affect corporate locations. Corporate tax rates definitely do.
PurlJam
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Tarantino is from Knoxville, brain damage seems to be rampant in that part of the country.
24and7
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It’s a shame.. I was a huge fan of his movies…DeNiro too… who would’ve ever imagined what fruitcakes they are..Tarantino is from Knoxville, brain damage seems to be rampant in that part of the country.
ElephantStomp
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The band didn’t steal anything.
Your vote is about policy, yeah I got it. This lawsuit has nothing to do with the Harris campaign, so not sure why you added this statement
TerryP
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The lyrics off the first verse are from a Cobain bit. Grohl takes his beats from old R&B songs. A LOT of musicians do this. Like I said, I like his music...but it is a rip off of music from two decades ago. It's not a criticism.
I brought it up because of the climate I'm watching.
I think that's the agenda they really want, kill the middle class because that's their only opposition. If you kill it and take guns you make everyone dependent on the government and get to the state they want.
TerryP
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I get what you are thinking. I don't see that as a possibility.
I didn't think it was possible but seeing how people vote now has me wondering. Raising minimum wage by large percentages, pushing out manufacturing, fostering inflation, and promising gun control... it all adds up to eliminating the middle class in my opinion.
This isn’t worth it’s own thread, but one of my favorite social media checkpoints in the last year or so, has been to pop in on Pearl’s timeline and read the replies he gets from auburn fans on his political tweets… it’s like its own little daily meltdown thread…
TerryP
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So, let me get this straight. Any help, is appreciated.
We've seen four years of a party calling an individual "Hitler."
We've just witnessed a convention where the theme was "Joy." "Strength, through Joy."
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We've seen four years of a party calling an individual "Hitler."
We've just witnessed a convention where the theme was "Joy." "Strength, through Joy."
Weimar and Nazi Germany (1918-1939): Strength Through Joy
Strength Through Joy was an organisation set up by the Nazis to promote employees rights in the work place. It was designed to appease workers as the Trade Unions had been banned in Germany, but it was still an organisation that was controlled by the Nazis. It was set up as a division of the...
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Strength Through Joy was an organisation set up by the Nazis to promote employees rights in the work place. It was designed to appease workers as the Trade Unions had been banned in Germany, but it was still an organisation that was controlled by the Nazis. It was set up as a division of the German Labour Front.
The purpose was to inspire the German workers, to encourage them that the work they were completing was for the benefit of the nation. Therefore, Strength Through Joy, attempted to provide activities for the workers of the Reich to enjoy. In order to enjoy these activities, workers had to join the Strength Through Joy programme.
Typical activities included film screenings and trips to the theatre, and attendance at sports events. They also offered holidays and cruises to some workers.
Strength Through Joy also attempted to improve the people’s access to consumer goods. The Nazis promoted the Volkswagen or ‘People’s Car’. It was designed to be affordable for all Germans. Strength Through Joy encouraged people to give five Reichsmarks per week to pay for their car. However, the factories producing the cars became weapons factories during the War.
TerryP
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Is it still a vanity project?
