Another Round of HP Layoffs

geekroot's dad writes "AP News is reporting that Palo Alto, California-based Hewlett-Packard is 'fighting to stay competitive with formidable rivals like IBM and Dell' and is announcing 5,900 European job cuts "to safeguard the future" of the company. From the article: 'Michel Destot, the Socialist deputy mayor of the southern France city of Grenoble - where HP has one of its French plants - said the layoffs were "unacceptable" and demanded that HP managers also meet local politicians to discuss scaling back the job cuts.'" This round following the first cut back in July.

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Re:"Free" Healthcare

[Castar]

The thing about these operations is that there's probably about as much demand for them in every developed country. Why don't we have to wait in line in the US? Because many people who need that surgery can't afford it.

If everyone in the US had medical insurance, then our waiting lines would be as long as in a country with government-provided healthcare.

Basically, you get your quick operations at the cost of all those who can't afford them.

Also, I call bullshit on the 6-month waiting period - I have relatives in Norway and they're all very happy with the health care system.