New reporting requirements for professional photographers

On 2010-08-28 05:47:14 -0700, "Peter" said:


More important question:
If someone goes to a brothel, is it business or pleasure.


....er yes & no, you might say it is a variation of capital outlay.


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On 2010-08-28 05:47:14 -0700, "Peter" said:


More important question:
If someone goes to a brothel, is it business or pleasure.


...er yes & no, you might say it is a variation of capital outlay.



You just made an assumption.

I didn't state the purpose for the visit. It could have been:
to sell them a towel cleaning service;
to go to work for the evening;
or as a potential patron. :-)


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Peter

On 2010-08-28 06:06:26 -0700, "Peter" said:

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On 2010-08-28 05:47:14 -0700, "Peter" said:


More important question:
If someone goes to a brothel, is it business or pleasure.


...er yes & no, you might say it is a variation of capital outlay.



You just made an assumption.

I didn't state the purpose for the visit. It could have been:
to sell them a towel cleaning service;
to go to work for the evening;
or as a potential patron. :-)

All variations of capital outlay. ;-)

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Savageduck

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On 2010-08-28 06:06:26 -0700, "Peter" said:

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On 2010-08-28 05:47:14 -0700, "Peter"
said:


More important question:
If someone goes to a brothel, is it business or pleasure.


...er yes & no, you might say it is a variation of capital outlay.



You just made an assumption.

I didn't state the purpose for the visit. It could have been:
to sell them a towel cleaning service;
to go to work for the evening;
or as a potential patron. :-)

All variations of capital outlay. ;-)



Was a pun intended when you said "outlay."

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Peter

The politicians and bureaucrats still need shooting and the Constitution
still needs an overhaul to do away with the massive amount of
legislation with which we have been bombarded over the years.

No, citizens need to use the authority that they have in the ballot box. The
only change to the Constitution that we need is something to clarify that
corporations don't have the same protection as humans. The idea that
corporate spending on election campaigns is free speech is going to
eliminate any shreds of democracy that remain. If elected officials felt
that they owed anything to the citizens, they would be more responsive to
real needs.

On 2010-08-28 06:19:07 -0700, John A. said:

On Sat, 28 Aug 2010 08:47:14 -0400, "Peter"
wrote:

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On 2010-08-27 18:50:21 -0700, "Peter" said:

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On Fri, 27 Aug 2010 18:29:07 -0400, "J. Clarke"
wrote:


So basically now I have to keep track of how much I tip every server at
Friendlies on the odd chance that the aggregate tips to a given server
in a given year come to more than 600 bucks.

AS usual, TOTAL misunderstanding of the law.

Are you engaged in Trade with that server,
or with the business they work for??

OR, are you just buying lunch as a private person???



Do the math, even if he was doing business and he tips at 20%, that means
he spends over $57 per week at Friendly's. That's a lot of ice cream.

Now, the Rainier Club would be another matter entirely.


They may have a no tipping policy.

We stayed at the Pebble Beach Lodge, where they have such a policy.

We have some local Chinese restaurants that also have a no tip policy.
Besides, as pointed out earlier, tips are usually exempt from the law.

More important question:
If someone goes to a brothel, is it business or pleasure.

Or politics?

Or stupidity, which is usually a combination of all three.

--
Waddling Eagle
World Famous Flight Instructor

On 2010-08-28 12:21:31 -0700, Robert Haar said:


The politicians and bureaucrats still need shooting and the Constitution
still needs an overhaul to do away with the massive amount of
legislation with which we have been bombarded over the years.

No, citizens need to use the authority that they have in the ballot box. The
only change to the Constitution that we need is something to clarify that
corporations don't have the same protection as humans. The idea that
corporate spending on election campaigns is free speech is going to
eliminate any shreds of democracy that remain. If elected officials felt
that they owed anything to the citizens, they would be more responsive to
real needs.

Ah. So much for the traditional liberal value of free speech. Now it is
free speech for some people, but others must be silenced. People can
pool their money and buy ads for the NRA or the Sierra Club, but not
for their business. I fail to see how this protects free speech.

--
Waddling Eagle
World Famous Flight Instructor

On 30/08/2010 09:17, C J Campbell wrote:
On 2010-08-28 12:21:31 -0700, Robert Haar said:


The politicians and bureaucrats still need shooting and the Constitution
still needs an overhaul to do away with the massive amount of
legislation with which we have been bombarded over the years.

No, citizens need to use the authority that they have in the ballot
box. The
only change to the Constitution that we need is something to clarify that
corporations don't have the same protection as humans. The idea that
corporate spending on election campaigns is free speech is going to
eliminate any shreds of democracy that remain. If elected officials felt
that they owed anything to the citizens, they would be more responsive to
real needs.

Ah. So much for the traditional liberal value of free speech. Now it is
free speech for some people, but others must be silenced. People can
pool their money and buy ads for the NRA or the Sierra Club, but not for
their business. I fail to see how this protects free speech.

The interests of big corporations are completely unrelated to the
interests of your country (some, despite American names, actually have a
foreign ownership) and may even be antagonistic.
--
Bertrand

On 8/30/2010 5:37 AM, Ofnuts wrote:
On 30/08/2010 09:17, C J Campbell wrote:
On 2010-08-28 12:21:31 -0700, Robert Haar said:


The politicians and bureaucrats still need shooting and the
Constitution
still needs an overhaul to do away with the massive amount of
legislation with which we have been bombarded over the years.

No, citizens need to use the authority that they have in the ballot
box. The
only change to the Constitution that we need is something to clarify
that
corporations don't have the same protection as humans. The idea that
corporate spending on election campaigns is free speech is going to
eliminate any shreds of democracy that remain. If elected officials felt
that they owed anything to the citizens, they would be more
responsive to
real needs.

Ah. So much for the traditional liberal value of free speech. Now it is
free speech for some people, but others must be silenced. People can
pool their money and buy ads for the NRA or the Sierra Club, but not for
their business. I fail to see how this protects free speech.

The interests of big corporations are completely unrelated to the
interests of your country (some, despite American names, actually have a
foreign ownership) and may even be antagonistic.

The difficulty with democracy is that it dilutes tyranny. If the
corporations really ran the Congress like one bunch of gullible fools
think they do then at least _somebody_ would be benefiting from the
insane morass of legislation with which we are bombarded.

What do legislators do? They legislate. It's their only real power and
so they write laws even when no laws are needed. Their solution to
every problem is "pass a law" and when there are no problems to speak of
they'll make one up and pass a law so that they can go to the voters and
say "See what wonderful thing I did for you".

On 30/08/2010 16:06, J. Clarke wrote:

What do legislators do? They legislate. It's their only real power and
so they write laws even when no laws are needed. Their solution to every
problem is "pass a law" and when there are no problems to speak of
they'll make one up and pass a law so that they can go to the voters and
say "See what wonderful thing I did for you".

If there were no laws the big corporations would find a way to sell you
your own kidneys.


--
Bertrand