"These defendants came together with the sole purpose of waging a holy war in the United States," said Richard Gregorie, an assistant United States attorney.
"The Bushmaster Defendants' militaristic marketing reinforces the image of the AR-15 as a combat weapon used for the purpose of waging war and killing human beings," he writes.
"[A]n enemy combatant who without uniform comes secretly through the lines for the purpose of waging war by destruction of life or property" is an example of a belligerent who is an "offender against the law of war subject to trial and punishment by a military tribunal".
In any case, if there is already some system in place to verify employers' reporting of earnings for tax purposes, that system may suffice for purposes of the wage subsidy.
Its real purpose: to wage war against low-tax entities.
The purpose of the minimum wage is obviously distributional, i.e., to make sure that low-skill workers receive a wage high enough to live on.
"The Goodstart board has decided that this money should be allocated for the original purpose of supporting professional wage rates for Goodstart's educators".
But the purpose of the minimum wage — to reward work, reduce poverty and help ensure that economic growth is broadly shared — would be better met if the federal government was again the standard setter.
If protecting non-union, low-skilled workers from exploitation is the purpose of a minimum wage, the minimum must not be so high that it acts as a punitive tax on legal employment, subsidising the growth of the black labour market.
Due to poor response we do not have actual wages, and argue that the main purpose of reimbursing lost wages is to prevent financial hardship in a sustainable fashion.
