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I like that you decided to let the coyote be. As a hunter, I've had plenty of opportunities to take out a varmint type critter as I waited for my main prey--pronghorns in western South Dakota. But I far preferred watching them wander past: the foxes with their strange eyes often pausing to simply stare, the giant jackrabbits paying me no mind as I sat amongst the sage, the rough grass, and the cactuses. Sometimes, I even watched the pronghorns just pass by. In all the years I hunted them...
The reason I mention that particular kinglet is because I had a cat growing up that occasionally would escape the house. I don't know how often he got songbirds, but I remember quite clearly once that he came home with this tiny and beautiful bird I'd never seen before and never saw since outside of photos. By the way, he was declawed, too. It's good that you keep an eye on your cats.
If the only consideration in keeping a law in place is to uphold discrimination in order to increase revenue, then there's some serious ethical issues here. So, yeah, finances are no reason to oppose a civil rights issue, and therefore discussion on the unintended consequences shouldn't happen at all. Besides which, it's not like most of the people who are in favor of passing a marriage bill that puts gay couples on the same legal footing as straight couples simply decided that morning "...
What a fascinating story. So many great things came out of the World's Fairs and the general willingness of people at the time to simply blow things up to see what happened.
No surprise from me. Those lands were never set up to make up a huge amount of funding for schools--they never have and never will. However, the push to make them "profitable" will do nothing more than make those natural resources a profit center for others. $20,000 certainly isn't enough to fund schools to any meaningful level. Perhaps there really is a need to destroy some sick trees, but it is likely not coincidence that this move follows closely on the heels of a bill that passed...
Everything has to start somewhere. Setting a lower limit on the value of an item that can be taxed, especially a necessity like clothing, can take a regressive tax and make it progressive. That is the case with clothing valued at $100 or more--and if it makes you happy, bump it up to $150 or $200. You can argue that it's not fair to ask the poor and middle class to pay more while allowing the rich to float by. But it makes little sense to claim that if you can't have one, you shouldn't...
Sometimes what the people want and what they don't want are conflicting. If we want roads without potholes, bridges that don't collapse, to decrease traffic congestion, make sure children are fed and given medical treatment, make sure the working poor aren't living on the streets, then we must find a way to pay for it. If it upsets soccer moms to pay a little extra on their Abercrombie clothing rather than some shirts from Target, it's just a little bit too bad. The overall result of...
It's great to see your efforts being used elsewhere.
I love his answer, which amounted to "I plan to have more supporters."
A $250 million dollar tax break is a far cry from ponying up the cost of a $billion+ stadium. While I'm not a fan of giving tax breaks to the wealthy, there's at least some reasonable expectation that, while private enterprise is spending $1.5 billion and we're forgoing some tax, the project might actually lead to new jobs, a larger income tax base, and probably plenty of sales tax and hospitality tax income. That being said, while a $250 million tax break is no biggie, in the grand...