Android's Andy Rubin Shared First Bonus with Staff

[figgus]

[citation][nom]illo[/nom]you are fucking retarded.[/citation]

Yeah, how DARE he make the distinction that charity at gunpoint is not charity at all?

 

[theranish]

[citation][nom]illo[/nom]you are fucking retarded.[/citation]
Great point! You have changed my view.
[citation][nom]sweatlaserxp[/nom]A lot of stuff is socialism you dumbass. It's called living in modern civilization. If you don't like it then move to some libertarian paradise like Somalia.[/citation]
When did I EVER state that other things are not Socialism or conducted under a Socialist view?? I was just explaining how this mans generosity wasn't that, but thanks for being civil too!

 

[Guest]

I used to work for a place that used a Japanese management structure very similar to this and it was absolutely wonderful. It was similar to the base + commission system we have here in America, but without the evil corporate overlord system that base + commission normally comes with. I got a decent hourly rate which was fully enough to sustain myself, but for every billable hour I made the company I got a cut. Also at the end of the year total profits were split up and divided based on how much you made the company. Basically the more you make the company, the more they pay you. Unlike your typical Best Buy which forces you to sell sell sell stuff people don't even want or need all for a pittance of pay.

 

[theranish]

[citation][nom]flybri[/nom]You do realize that for "Obamacare" to be truly considered socialist by any stretch of the imagination it would have had to change U.S. healthcare into a single-payer, government run system, which it didn't do by any means. Actually, it ended up giving more money to the private insurance companies. And I can see based on what you said and how you said it, that you just spout the same rhetoric that you hear, with not much independent thought. Do some independent research first before you just start spouting off news sound bites.[/citation]
Well you have made correct and factual statetments in regards to Obamacare, yet you are leaving out a certain point in which I would consider it Socialist. This is the fact that EVERY citizen has to pay either a health insurance company or pay a "penalty" for not having any. The government does not have the right to enforce that upon the people a mandatory cost towards a service that they may or may not want. This was determined by the federal courts I believe within the last two weeks. Also under the law by 2014 new employees of a company will have to enroll into a health insurance exchange, so while people will have a choice until then, what will start to happen over time is that as new generations of citizens start to become old enough for employement and old citizens retire or pass a way, the conversion towards a single choice will become more and more obvious. Hoping this helps.

 

[alidan]

every member of that team should have pitched in 10% of the bonus and had a gold stature erected, Andy Rubin: LIVING GOD

 

[cybr]

Those discussing politics should go visit a politics site.

 

[QEFX]

[citation][nom]theranish[/nom]Well you have made correct and factual statetments in regards to Obamacare, yet you are leaving out a certain point in which I would consider it Socialist. This is the fact that EVERY citizen has to pay either a health insurance company or pay a "penalty" for not having any. The government does not have the right to enforce that upon the people a mandatory cost towards a service that they may or may not want. This was determined by the federal courts I believe within the last two weeks. Also under the law by 2014 new employees of a company will have to enroll into a health insurance exchange, so while people will have a choice until then, what will start to happen over time is that as new generations of citizens start to become old enough for employement and old citizens retire or pass a way, the conversion towards a single choice will become more and more obvious. Hoping this helps.[/citation]

Not that this has anything to do with Android, Andy Rubin or his bonus, but (and correct me if I'm wrong) don't Americans have to pay for services they may or may not want /use already?

You don't pay taxes on your property to pay for schools, police & fire? No kids, never had a fire or needed a cop? Still paying? Have a fit about paying?

Everyone who makes money above a certain amount pay federal & state (county & muni?) taxes to go towards a pension system, roads, national security (military). Have your own pension? Still have to pay some money to the gov't for a federal pension system? Live on a farm and never use an interstate highway? How much of your taxes pay for the national highways system repairs? Against a certain military conflict? Happy your paying for it?

No sin taxes on fuel, booze & smokes to subsidize the government's various projects? Lucky you.

I hate to point this out, but US of A is a socialist county. I'll give you that it's a small s compared to many others, but it's not a true free market. Not that any system actually works well since it's filled with humans who tend to be irrational (X is good if I benefit but it's bad if I don't).

 

[eddieroolz]

$50,000 to $100,000 per member after splitting? That's one hefty bonus.