dagblog - Comments for "Conservatives Should Be Angry At Brendan Eich"

Yes - whether a standard

Anonymous PP — Thu, 10 Apr 2014 13:23:22 +0000

In reply to I read somewhere that it was

Yes - whether a standard release of donors to non-profits, or something more sinister/stupid screwup, I don't know - I kinda assumed the former, but then I'm not sure there's a requirement to release all donations down to $1K except as part of the confidential tax filing. (which maybe could come out in an FOIA request?)

I read somewhere that it was

Lurker — Wed, 09 Apr 2014 21:47:28 +0000

In reply to How did it come out?

I read somewhere that it was leaked by the IRS, but I don't have independent confirmation of that.

How did it come out?

Peter Schwartz — Wed, 09 Apr 2014 18:28:32 +0000

In reply to He did this 6 years ago and

How did it come out?

He did this 6 years ago and

Anonymous PP — Wed, 09 Apr 2014 18:00:00 +0000

In reply to CEOs are hired for business

He did this 6 years ago and didn't announce it, probably assuming no one would ever know.

With bated breath, no

EmmaZahn — Wed, 09 Apr 2014 17:33:20 +0000

In reply to Aw, why not? I've been

With bated breath, no doubt.

Sorry. Thunderstorm knocked out my phone/dsl for almost two whole days. Lost my train of thought and not real interested in rereading the thread to recover it.

Maybe next time the topic is in the news.

Aw, why not? I've been

Peter Schwartz — Wed, 09 Apr 2014 17:16:39 +0000

In reply to Not all economic advantages

Aw, why not? I've been waiting!

Not all economic advantages

EmmaZahn — Wed, 09 Apr 2014 15:20:35 +0000

In reply to By "natural economic

Not all economic advantages are tax advantages. For example, rental roommates derive economic but not tax advantages from sharing housing, the benefits of which extend to utilities and furnishings as well. Possible food and general household supplies and services.

Sure the tax code could be tweaked to be fairer. Say by giving every adult individual a housing credit (allowances and credits for children are another debate) but in that case I do not see any reason to keep the mortgage interest deduction which is basically an indirect subsidy to the FIRE sector of the economy anyway. The point of any tax credit, allowance or deduction should be to house people not just to promote homeownership and mortgage purchases.

~~(to be continued)~~ Not.

Correcto. If it's so flawed,

Peter Schwartz — Tue, 08 Apr 2014 12:34:57 +0000

In reply to Here's one example of that.

Correcto. If it's so flawed, then why don't we get rid of it? A LOT of people would complain, not to mention ALL the religions.

CEOs are hired for business

Peter Schwartz — Tue, 08 Apr 2014 12:31:21 +0000

In reply to People and authority always

CEOs are hired for business acumen, track record, and so on.

Some, like Jobs, are assholes and make people's lives miserable.

Some may try to trample on rights in some way, but this is a misguided view of their role and why they've been hired.

Insisting on deciding whom their employees may or may not marry will cause dissension in the ranks and, eventually, get them fired. The smart CEO doesn't attempt to do this because he or she knows it's distraction from what he was hired to do.

Were I gay and working for Eich and knew of his views (unlikely) I would try to be tolerant knowing that his was a common view. Especially if I liked my job for all the usual reasons and the alternatives were worse.

However, knowing that he was working to prevent me from marrying or marrying whom I wanted--while he enjoyed this right--would be hard to swallow. Galling. It might well put a dent in my morale, and this would be a problem for the company for his role as CEO were this drop in morale widely experienced within the company.

Thanks for filling in an

Verified Atheist — Tue, 08 Apr 2014 12:09:30 +0000

In reply to That actually has been a

Thanks for filling in an important detail. I'd thought this was a real issue, so was surprised to find out that it's not so much of an issue at the federal level.