Michael Stuart Kelly Posted September 25, 2014 Share Posted September 25, 2014 Welcome to the Horror File CabinetAs many know, The Objectivist Newsletter and The Objectivist contained a "Horror File" where Ayn Rand and Nathaniel Branden published horrors they came across in the culture using Objectivism as a standard.Without any pretension of being a formal extension of it, but with full intention of modeling the idea, welcome to OL's Horror File Cabinet.The very first attempt at this on OL was the thread: Horror File of Objectivist Living. But there is a problem--one that is inherent to forums. People discuss what is posted. This means if readers want to see a list of the horrors, they sometimes have to wade through long discussions between one and the next.By opening up a new section, each horror can now have its own thread.Enjoy, but please do me and the OL community a favor. This is not the Rant section. If you are just sounding off, please put your rant where rants go to live forever. The qualification for a Horror is that an evil philosophical principle is manifest in the item from the culture that is discussed in thread.I know there will be drift at times, so there is no way to enforce this strictly, but lets give it a try.Thanks and let 'er rip.Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Backlighting Posted September 25, 2014 Share Posted September 25, 2014 Well I'll be the first to post here.Crime pays well, for the long term too:http://www.reviewjournal.com/columns-blogs/jane-ann-morrison/crooked-judge-heads-straight-public-retirement-pension Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Backlighting Posted October 13, 2014 Share Posted October 13, 2014 This waste of DNA warrants his own "Horror File"http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/n-korean-leader-kim-jong-un-makes-first-appearance-since-sept-3/ar-BB992BY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selene Posted November 5, 2014 Share Posted November 5, 2014 Now here is a perfect example of real horror...Internal Revenue Service Commissioner John Koskinen warned that close to half the people trying to reach the IRS by phone might not get through during the upcoming 2015 tax filing season. “Phone service could plummet to 53%,” he told an audience of tax practitioners at the AICPA National Tax Conference in Washington, D.C. today. That would be down from an already unacceptable 72% during the 2014 filing season. The average hold time projection: 34 minutes! What’s to blame? Budget woes. “All we can do is try to maximize our services as well as we can; as well as we can is still going to be miserable. You really do get what you pay for,” he said. http://www.forbes.com/sites/ashleaebeling/2014/11/04/irs-commissioner-predicts-miserable-2015-tax-filing-season/I would take a contract wherein I would receive one tenth of one percent of the money I would save as I put state of the art phone centers that would operate at a 90% success rate, as I eliminated about 30% of their total agency personel. I am being conservative in that statement.A... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brant Gaede Posted November 5, 2014 Share Posted November 5, 2014 Now here is a perfect example of real horror...Internal Revenue Service Commissioner John Koskinen warned that close to half the people trying to reach the IRS by phone might not get through during the upcoming 2015 tax filing season. “Phone service could plummet to 53%,” he told an audience of tax practitioners at the AICPA National Tax Conference in Washington, D.C. today. That would be down from an already unacceptable 72% during the 2014 filing season. The average hold time projection: 34 minutes! What’s to blame? Budget woes. “All we can do is try to maximize our services as well as we can; as well as we can is still going to be miserable. You really do get what you pay for,” he said. http://www.forbes.com/sites/ashleaebeling/2014/11/04/irs-commissioner-predicts-miserable-2015-tax-filing-season/I would take a contract wherein I would receive one tenth of one percent of the money I would save as I put state of the art phone centers that would operate at a 90% success rate, as I eliminated about 30% of their total agency personel. I am being conservative in that statement.A...Heck Adam. No one's going to pay for that.--Brant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jules Troy Posted November 6, 2014 Share Posted November 6, 2014 If the government implemented a flat tax with no write offs you could knock down the number of government employees at the IRS by 90%.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selene Posted November 7, 2014 Share Posted November 7, 2014 If the government implemented a flat tax with no write offs you could knock down the number of government employees at the IRS by 90%..Correct.Would certainly shake up the profit centers that attach themselves like pilot fish to that big IRS whale...accountantsattorneysH & R Block services A... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BaalChatzaf Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 If the government implemented a flat tax with no write offs you could knock down the number of government employees at the IRS by 90%..Correct.Would certainly shake up the profit centers that attach themselves like pilot fish to that big IRS whale...accountantsattorneysH & R Block services A...one could file his tax on a post card. By the way, with a flat tax we would need a cut off at the lower end. Some people make so little that even a five or ten percent flat tax would starve them or leave the homeless. We will have to agree that for incomes less than some minimum no income tax will be levied. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jules Troy Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 I agree probably anyone making less than 20k/year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmj Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 Governement consumption/spending is a societal problem, why burden individuals? I'd rather start with a Ben&Jerry's type solution for funding. 1% (of retail?) for civilisation! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jules Troy Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 Baby steps.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selene Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 If the government implemented a flat tax with no write offs you could knock down the number of government employees at the IRS by 90%..Correct.Would certainly shake up the profit centers that attach themselves like pilot fish to that big IRS whale...accountantsattorneysH & R Block services A...one could file his tax on a post card. By the way, with a flat tax we would need a cut off at the lower end. Some people make so little that even a five or ten percent flat tax would starve them or leave the homeless. We will have to agree that for incomes less than some minimum no income tax will be levied.Nice idea Bob, however we could approach it with a minimum citizenship "flat tax" of ten dollars [$10.00] a month. It does make an important point. A... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selene Posted November 28, 2014 Share Posted November 28, 2014 This pathetic piece of priviledge should do the gene pool a service and have himself irreversably sterilized.He continued 'And yet, when a reporter asked whether I was surprised that this happened in Georgetown, I immediately answered: "Not at all." It was so clear to me that we live in the most privileged neighborhood within a city [Washington, D.C.] that has historically been, and continues to be, harshly unequal.''Who am I to stand from my perch of privilege, surrounded by million-dollar homes and paying for a $60,000 education, to condemn these young men as "thugs?"' he argued. 'It’s precisely this kind of "otherization" that fuels the problem.'Friedfeld wrote that though there is always the possibility of choice, 'it's a lot easier for me to choose good than it may be for them to.'He wrote, 'As young people, we need to devote real energy to solving what are collective challenges. Until we do so, we should get comfortable with sporadic muggings and break-ins. I can hardly blame them. The cards are all in our hands, and we’re not playing them.'http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2849716/Georgetown-University-student-mugged-gunpoint-says-unable-criticize-attackers-perch-privilege.htmlA...What an asshole!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brant Gaede Posted November 28, 2014 Share Posted November 28, 2014 From "my perch of privilege" I get to shovel shit on crime victims who in turn are immoral for calling the criminals "thugs."--Brant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Backlighting Posted November 28, 2014 Share Posted November 28, 2014 Fox was showing a video today of a protest @ WALMART. One of the protestors interviewed said "Walmart keeps its employees in poverty" Every time I've been in Walmart I've never noticed their employees in chains.-J Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BaalChatzaf Posted November 29, 2014 Share Posted November 29, 2014 Fox was showing a video today of a protest @ WALMART. One of the protestors interviewed said "Walmart keeps its employees in poverty" Every time I've been in Walmart I've never noticed their employees in chains.-JAnyone who accepts the wage should not complain of the size of the wage. One is not forced to work for Walmart or anyone else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Backlighting Posted November 29, 2014 Share Posted November 29, 2014 Fox was showing a video today of a protest @ WALMART. One of the protestors interviewed said "Walmart keeps its employees in poverty" Every time I've been in Walmart I've never noticed their employees in chains.-JAnyone who accepts the wage should not complain of the size of the wage. One is not forced to work for Walmart or anyone else.Exactly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brant Gaede Posted November 29, 2014 Share Posted November 29, 2014 Fox was showing a video today of a protest @ WALMART. One of the protestors interviewed said "Walmart keeps its employees in poverty" Every time I've been in Walmart I've never noticed their employees in chains.-JAnyone who accepts the wage should not complain of the size of the wage. One is not forced to work for Walmart or anyone else.Exactly.Were they WalMart workers?--Brant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jules Troy Posted December 2, 2014 Share Posted December 2, 2014 On another note the EPA has gone bonkers...http://www.truthandaction.org/epa-we-can-garnish-wages-without-court-approval/I figured this belongs in the horror files... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selene Posted December 2, 2014 Share Posted December 2, 2014 On another note the EPA has gone bonkers...http://www.truthandaction.org/epa-we-can-garnish-wages-without-court-approval/I figured this belongs in the horror files...The Juggernaut of the Administrative State is precisely the "soft tyranny" that Mr. T and Mark Levin is referring too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brant Gaede Posted December 3, 2014 Share Posted December 3, 2014 Generally speaking state and federal government will simply seize your money if they think they've a right to it. Any money you have as an electronic entry associated with your Social Security number can be gone with a snap of the fingers. If you have a safe deposit box your bank will be merely told to deny you access until their access. They will drill it open.--Brant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selene Posted December 3, 2014 Share Posted December 3, 2014 Generally speaking state and federal government will simply seize your money if they think they've a right to it. Any money you have as an electronic entry associated with your Social Security number can be gone with a snap of the fingers. If you have a safe deposit box your bank will be merely told to deny you access until their access. They will drill it open.--BrantAnd without notice...Sewer service is much too popular...A... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jts Posted December 3, 2014 Share Posted December 3, 2014 Generally speaking state and federal government will simply seize your money if they think they've a right to it. Any money you have as an electronic entry associated with your Social Security number can be gone with a snap of the fingers. If you have a safe deposit box your bank will be merely told to deny you access until their access. They will drill it open.--Brant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brant Gaede Posted December 3, 2014 Share Posted December 3, 2014 Nice, Jerry. Real nice. Now we've covered all the bases.--Brant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selene Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 The Police Chief of Beloit [sounds like Detroit], population 39,000+, the "Gateway to Wisconsin" and home the Krispi Kurls, which must be why this asshole is their chief.It one ignorant radio interview, he suggest that the taxpaying citizens of Beloit voluntarily surrender their 4th Amendment rights because:That’s really what we’re looking for. Maybe we’ll find a toy gun that’s been altered by a youngster in the house — and we know the tragedies that can occur there on occasion,” he added.Apparently, a create "youngster" should be given a scholarship to MIT for ingenuity. Perhaps he can lower defense by beating toys into assault weapons. Sounds almost biblical doesn't it?http://lastresistance.com/8986/wisconsin-police-chief-wants-residents-voluntarily-homes-searched-guns/ A... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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