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  • Posted by $ Maphesdus 10 years, 1 month ago
    Passive income is any income that you receive without having to continually work for it. Examples include rent if you're a landlord and own rental property, royalties from book sales if you're a published author, and so forth. Basically anything where you do the work once, and then you keep getting paid, even after you've stopped working.

    And I'm just wondering why stargeezer did what he did. I'm always interested in alternative ways of earning money, and I simply asked out of curiosity. That's all.
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  • Posted by Robbie53024 10 years ago in reply to this comment.
    Well, you and I might agree, and we might also agree that a business owner can discriminate against anyone (excepting protected classes under current law). But the question was for Maph - who seems to believe that no discrimination is allowed, except that he keeps finding exceptions based on some unknown criterion.
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  • Posted by $ Maphesdus 10 years ago in reply to this comment.
    I am opposed to quotas for both race and gender. They were an idea which was initially perceived to be a method of countering discrimination, but experience has shown they don't actually help, and can possibly even make discrimination worse.
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  • Posted by $ Maphesdus 10 years ago in reply to this comment.
    Gender requires a more nuanced approach because there are some situations in which discrimination based on sex/gender is necessary, while there is never any situation where discrimination based on race/ethnicity is necessary.
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  • Posted by $ stargeezer 10 years, 1 month ago in reply to this comment.
    The court (judge) required the probate to be finished, even though the estate was $0.00 value and therefore there was no money in the estate to pay the lawyer. The lawyer became a slave to their job.
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  • Posted by LetsShrug 10 years, 1 month ago in reply to this comment.
    You're changing the subject and attacking star. The topic is 'using force' against business owners and them opting to strike instead, out of principle. Income is NOT the issue. And Star is right...spoiled children have been raised in this country that they think ANYone owes them ANYthing, including business owners. Stick to the point, maph.
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  • Posted by LetsShrug 10 years, 1 month ago in reply to this comment.
    What's passive income? And you sound intrusive and condescending with this line of personal questioning. wth? Why is star's income any of your business, maph? Rude!
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  • Posted by $ winterwind 10 years, 1 month ago in reply to this comment.
    EXCUSE ME? You're chopping away at the very roots of freedom. I would love to see an example of what you mean my "government must use force on occasion..." to perform its essential functions.
    I know I'm not going to get what I'm asking for, but I can still ask.
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  • Posted by $ winterwind 10 years, 1 month ago in reply to this comment.
    you didn't answer all of stargeezer's question; he was specific, while you sidestepped and generalized.
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  • Posted by $ Maphesdus 10 years, 1 month ago in reply to this comment.
    Do you have passive income, or are you just living off savings? Or do you live on a farm where you can just grow your own food and don't have to worry about money?
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  • Posted by $ Maphesdus 10 years, 1 month ago in reply to this comment.
    Okay, let me see if I understand your question correctly. Basically what you're asking is that if sexual orientation is controlled by genetics, then how can two heterosexual parents produce homosexual offspring? Wouldn't the offspring have to have the same genetics as the parents? The answer is yes, but you're forgetting about dominant and recessive genes. That is, someone can be a carrier for a gene without it necessarily being active in them, but it may become active in their children or grandchildren.

    There's also theories about epigenetics, which you can read about here:

    Business Insider - NEW THEORY: The Gay Trait Is Passed Down From Parent To Child:
    http://www.businessinsider.com/evolution...
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