tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post3696178799512873401..comments2023-10-30T09:23:42.803-05:00Comments on Some Assembly Required: SAR #9140Charles Kingsley Michaelson, IIIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04364694465614330540noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-21093640848959469942009-05-20T18:44:14.180-05:002009-05-20T18:44:14.180-05:00Re "Damned if/if Not"
I still say they should sim...Re "Damned if/if Not"<br /><br />I still say they should simultaneously legalize pot and place a tax on its sale. That would pump-up tax receipts by several $billion and save the taxpayers God knows how much when all the non-violent potheads are released from an overcrowded prison system. But wait there's more, all that money flushed on policing to keep Californians "safe" from potheads would no longer need to be spent!kwarknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-81798567592376242202009-05-20T11:56:05.931-05:002009-05-20T11:56:05.931-05:00Re: Thought Experiment
Back in the dot-bomb era, ...Re: Thought Experiment<br /><br />Back in the dot-bomb era, I remember sitting with the founders in a particularly grim meeting: our new overlords (buyers) had decided that we were losing too much money (LOL) and it had to be corrected.<br /><br />The CEO announced loudly, "What we have to do right now is reduce our operating expenses. Period."<br /><br />I answered quietly, "Well, John, that's easy. I can tell you how to reduce our operating expenses zero as of this afternoon."<br /><br />He didn't think that was funny. But most of the engineering staff did.ChrisAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17574929007155402374noreply@blogger.com