Re: official diagnosis

[Guest guest]

Also, who has a comp cam?

It would be nice to see a picture of your faces.

S.VISIGOTH@... wrote:

In a message dated 8/9/2005 5:48:32 PM Eastern Standard Time, scwmachinations@... writes:

Greed is not good, greed is the destroyer of equality

I partly agree with you here. Greed does make people unequal, but then people are unequal to begin with. There is no way to make people equal in terms of talent, intelligence or even wealth. Rather what should be looked for is equality in the eyes of the law, so that the rich are bound by the same law as the poor and all are treated the same by it.

However, too much wealth in the hand of to few is a bad thing. This is a problem that is developing in the US with these fat cat CEOs making such huge amounts of money. The amount of wealth concentrate in the hands of the top 1% is approaching the same level as in 1929, just before the Great Depression.

The way around this I think is a flat tax for everyone and closing the loopholes and tax shelters for the super rich. I also would not mind seeing a law regarding how CEOs are compensated. I would tie their compensation to a formula based on what percentage of their workforce was in the US and how much of their profits stayed in the US. This is something the State of Virginia does and it works well. Also, I would have 50% of the package held for a variable period of time, from 5 to 15 years. This would be held in escrow and tied to the fortunes of the firm they ran. If the firm continues to do well, then they will get all the money. If it flops, then they lose a portion of the money. This would prevent them from making the company look good then have it crash when they walk out the door.

Also, I would hold the CEOs and such responsible if they drove a firm into the ground. They would pay restitution from the compensation package, golden parachute and other assets until they ran dry or all investors were made good. Repayment would begin with the smallest sharholders and build up to the highest. This would ensure that the people who could least afford to lose the money would be repaid first, while those who could afford to lose it come last. This would also cuase the institutional investors to pay much stricter attention to the internal operations of a firm.

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[Guest guest]

See the problem isnt people making money. The problem is the exploitation of people.

As Westerners we have a common goal of creating a society that is good long term.

But if we rape it now, we will lose long term.

Our fathers cashed in on our ancestors work. They leave us with next to nothing.

Then we support the non greedy olders in decrepidness.

Let's reclaim our heritage and make a just world. Why not?

As an Aspie, I have the ability I feel to see others from a different perspective, a perspective they cant see. Like you all.

There is always a solution to any problem, that solution? is what we can do.

S.S W <scwmachinations@...> wrote:

Also, who has a comp cam?

It would be nice to see a picture of your faces.

S.VISIGOTH@... wrote:

In a message dated 8/9/2005 5:48:32 PM Eastern Standard Time, scwmachinations@... writes:

Greed is not good, greed is the destroyer of equality

I partly agree with you here. Greed does make people unequal, but then people are unequal to begin with. There is no way to make people equal in terms of talent, intelligence or even wealth. Rather what should be looked for is equality in the eyes of the law, so that the rich are bound by the same law as the poor and all are treated the same by it.

However, too much wealth in the hand of to few is a bad thing. This is a problem that is developing in the US with these fat cat CEOs making such huge amounts of money. The amount of wealth concentrate in the hands of the top 1% is approaching the same level as in 1929, just before the Great Depression.

The way around this I think is a flat tax for everyone and closing the loopholes and tax shelters for the super rich. I also would not mind seeing a law regarding how CEOs are compensated. I would tie their compensation to a formula based on what percentage of their workforce was in the US and how much of their profits stayed in the US. This is something the State of Virginia does and it works well. Also, I would have 50% of the package held for a variable period of time, from 5 to 15 years. This would be held in escrow and tied to the fortunes of the firm they ran. If the firm continues to do well, then they will get all the money. If it flops, then they lose a portion of the money. This would prevent them from making the company look good then have it crash when they walk out the door.

Also, I would hold the CEOs and such responsible if they drove a firm into the ground. They would pay restitution from the compensation package, golden parachute and other assets until they ran dry or all investors were made good. Repayment would begin with the smallest sharholders and build up to the highest. This would ensure that the people who could least afford to lose the money would be repaid first, while those who could afford to lose it come last. This would also cuase the institutional investors to pay much stricter attention to the internal operations of a firm.

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[Guest guest]

I put my picture on the files of this list...about a week ago. Put yours there too.

Marilia

Re: Re: Official Diagnosis

Also, who has a comp cam?

It would be nice to see a picture of your faces.

S.VISIGOTH@... wrote:

In a message dated 8/9/2005 5:48:32 PM Eastern Standard Time, scwmachinations@... writes:

Greed is not good, greed is the destroyer of equality

I partly agree with you here. Greed does make people unequal, but then people are unequal to begin with. There is no way to make people equal in terms of talent, intelligence or even wealth. Rather what should be looked for is equality in the eyes of the law, so that the rich are bound by the same law as the poor and all are treated the same by it.

However, too much wealth in the hand of to few is a bad thing. This is a problem that is developing in the US with these fat cat CEOs making such huge amounts of money. The amount of wealth concentrate in the hands of the top 1% is approaching the same level as in 1929, just before the Great Depression.

The way around this I think is a flat tax for everyone and closing the loopholes and tax shelters for the super rich. I also would not mind seeing a law regarding how CEOs are compensated. I would tie their compensation to a formula based on what percentage of their workforce was in the US and how much of their profits stayed in the US. This is something the State of Virginia does and it works well. Also, I would have 50% of the package held for a variable period of time, from 5 to 15 years. This would be held in escrow and tied to the fortunes of the firm they ran. If the firm continues to do well, then they will get all the money. If it flops, then they lose a portion of the money. This would prevent them from making the company look good then have it crash when they walk out the door.

Also, I would hold the CEOs and such responsible if they drove a firm into the ground. They would pay restitution from the compensation package, golden parachute and other assets until they ran dry or all investors were made good. Repayment would begin with the smallest sharholders and build up to the highest. This would ensure that the people who could least afford to lose the money would be repaid first, while those who could afford to lose it come last. This would also cuase the institutional investors to pay much stricter attention to the internal operations of a firm.

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[Guest guest]

Ill pull the comp can out now.

10 minutes.

Shaun.Marilia Tavares <marilia.trp@...> wrote:

I put my picture on the files of this list...about a week ago. Put yours there too.

Marilia

Re: Re: Official Diagnosis

Also, who has a comp cam?

It would be nice to see a picture of your faces.

S.VISIGOTH@... wrote:

In a message dated 8/9/2005 5:48:32 PM Eastern Standard Time, scwmachinations@... writes:

Greed is not good, greed is the destroyer of equality

I partly agree with you here. Greed does make people unequal, but then people are unequal to begin with. There is no way to make people equal in terms of talent, intelligence or even wealth. Rather what should be looked for is equality in the eyes of the law, so that the rich are bound by the same law as the poor and all are treated the same by it.

However, too much wealth in the hand of to few is a bad thing. This is a problem that is developing in the US with these fat cat CEOs making such huge amounts of money. The amount of wealth concentrate in the hands of the top 1% is approaching the same level as in 1929, just before the Great Depression.

The way around this I think is a flat tax for everyone and closing the loopholes and tax shelters for the super rich. I also would not mind seeing a law regarding how CEOs are compensated. I would tie their compensation to a formula based on what percentage of their workforce was in the US and how much of their profits stayed in the US. This is something the State of Virginia does and it works well. Also, I would have 50% of the package held for a variable period of time, from 5 to 15 years. This would be held in escrow and tied to the fortunes of the firm they ran. If the firm continues to do well, then they will get all the money. If it flops, then they lose a portion of the money. This would prevent them from making the company look good then have it crash when they walk out the door.

Also, I would hold the CEOs and such responsible if they drove a firm into the ground. They would pay restitution from the compensation package, golden parachute and other assets until they ran dry or all investors were made good. Repayment would begin with the smallest sharholders and build up to the highest. This would ensure that the people who could least afford to lose the money would be repaid first, while those who could afford to lose it come last. This would also cuase the institutional investors to pay much stricter attention to the internal operations of a firm.

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[Guest guest]

My score was 37, I think. (Long time since I did it.)

Inger

Re: Re: Official Diagnosis

> writes: "So what is the highest one can score on this test?"

One could score one point for each of the fifty questions, or 50 is the highest one can score. My score is 43, I am self-diagnosed.

Rainbow

[Guest guest]

I too tend to react rather calmly to things other people get alarmed about. I just don't see the point in getting upset over things; it's a waste of energy to me. When some physical mishap occurs, my first thought is "how do I solve this?" and then I calmly set about doing what I can to fix the problem. If I can't fix it, I'm still not going to waste any energy getting upset over it; I just shrug my shoulders and move on.

The only exception being unpleasant social situations where I don't have a clear grip on what's going on or where I find myself squeezed between a rock and a hard place; then my mind tends to just shut down and blank it all out, or slow down so that I can get a clue before I proceed.

Inger

Re: Re: Official Diagnosis

In a message dated 8/9/2005 9:58:06 AM Eastern Standard Time, no_reply writes:

Because Aspies APPEAR unemotional and/or dispassionate during certain crisis situations, people tend to gravitate toward them during those particular times. What people want during times of strife is someone more steadfast than they are that they can go to and unload on.The problem is, the sort of stuff that throws US for a loop tends to be dismissed as being unimportant by those we sometimes find ourselves comforting.Tom

Tom,

You are right about this. Very often in stress situations I am very calm, or at least reasonably so. During storms, fire alarms etc. I can usually keep a cool head and think of what to do. Sometimes this is straight out of the WW2 German Infantry manaul where it says, "make a plan and do it then stick to it: doing something even if it is not perfect is better than doing nothing."

I have even found clearing a house if thought someone was in it to be more exciting than stressful. I've done this a few times in different places. Then again, I was planning for the worst after that break in years ago and for Y2K, so I practice CQB (Close Quarters Battle) drills from time to time when my mother isn't around to freak out about it.

You are also right that little things will freak us out. I used to get bent out of shape about little aches and pains most people wouldn't have noticed. Lots of other little things would just make me crazy with worry.

Funny that a choice between several models of computer could really stress me out but looking for potential burglars in the house with gun in hand didn't.