Gates is always whitewashing his own future or past actions when he does something philanthropic tbh
Is the opportunity “once in a lifetime” or can you find alternatives like Europe?
Generally speaking, opportunities are difficult to find and if you let go of one, depending on what kind of opportunity it is, you might get another one in a few years, or decades, or never. Depending on what line of work you're in, European opportunities aren't comparable to American ones either. Tech industry in Europe is in a laughable state, for an example.
Who the fuck thought it'd be a good idea to hold the world cup in the US, a country that doesn't even give a fuck about football?
If you piss on Ronald Reagan’s grave in California and are caught by police its a misdemeanor charge carrying a $1000 fine.
I mean if I was a millionaire YouTuber who farms outrage, based somewhere other than the US, I know what I'd spend a hundred thousand on...
As it stands, I'm not American and don't live in the US, so I can't really partake in the fun. I hope some people do, though.
They could always go to the John Oliver Koala Chlamydia ward to get treated tbh.
Yeah I swear cartoons and maybe movies made mirages look like complex hallucinations to me as a kid. An actual mirage, like in the photo, is something I've also noticed ever since I started driving.
Everyone who actually owns one says they're keeping theirs for years and see no need to upgrade, but go on.
You have a valid point if you say this for all smart watches though. None will last half a century like a proper watch.
Idk how it is with the IRS but in my country you could easily do it unless they can show you're trying to avoid taxes on non-business expenses. Putting in your post-tax income is already a sign you're likely not trying to game the system. Setting up some potential income stream would be even better. Doesn't have to turn a profit but you might be able to show you're TRYING to be profitable. Then you could use company income on it.
If your lemmy instance is actually community outreach for some other part of your business, you could run it from pretax income and get reimbursed VAT without having to show it as an attempt at making money.
You can set up an LLC in Estonia without ever visiting the country for under 300 euros. It's pretty nifty. But if you try to do any hardcore tax optimization, they will catch you. You can optimize away small things, but overall if you're making a bunch of money and only have lots of business expenses and pay no salary, they'll start investigating you.
This I believe is more about seizing land from latinos regardless of citizenship status, not the CCP. The CCP is rich, they can carry on.
I mean soon as you add the book, it's an entirely different proposition because now you have entertainment, so you're traveling like a sane person.
Though personally I don't know if I could concentrate with the noise. ANC and podcast for me, I'll just accept that I'm less cultured.
The people who make and sell weapons absolutely do want war. Nations at war need to keep replenishing their stockpiles whereas nations at peace burn through much less. You can use a tank many times in drills but when it's blown up for real, you aren't reusing it.
The dictators and autocrats also want war, but they have their own reason: war distracts people from issues at home. If they can't have a real war, they manufacture an internal enemy instead. Sometimes they do both.