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Zuckerberg Could Run Facebook While Serving in Government Forever (techcrunch.com)
Reader randomErr writes: Closer look at SEC documents reveal that Zuckerberg only needs to own enough Facebook stock or have the board's approval to be allowed to serve in the government. This comes hours after, Facebook co-founder said his 2017 personal challenge is to meet and listen to people in all 50 states, hinting that he may have intentions of getting into politics. Without the limit, Zuckerberg has the opportunity to be appointed or elected to a more significant office and have as much time as he wants to make an impact, rather than just dipping in potentially as a cabinet member whose terms typically last less than two years. Of course, getting elected would require the faith of the people which has been shaken by the fake news scandal. Some would surely view a role in government as a selfish push for power despite Zuckerberg's massive philanthropy initiatives. Certain government offices might have historically required him to give up control of Facebook, but Donald Trump is currently redefining how much ownership of business one can have as President
Since he refuses to hire older workers, and practices age discrimination, why would older people vote for him?
And yet they didn't post the story about how he admitted that being an Atheist was just a phase. That would have made peoples heads explode.
I think a lot of folks who voted Trump and a Republican Congress are about to find that out with Obamacare, as it becomes clearer with each press conference that the Republicans have no actual plan, and are more than likely simply going to tinker with the ACA, and that the "great repeal" is going to be little more than a rebranding,
That's certainly what we're afraid of. But there are some hints the GOP is finding it's long-lost balls, and waking up to the fact that, since a big jump in exchange insurance rates played into last election, a big drop in rates would save their asses in the next.
Otherwise: fuck the GOP. I don't know a single conservative who actually likes the GOP, it's merely the barely lesser evil. The pendulum swing that brought us Trump has just begun, and unless the GOP is nimble, it won't survive as a party to the end of it all. And if the Dems aren't scared by the level of support Bernie got, they should wake up - that wave is still rising, too.
Socialism: a lie told by totalitarians and believed by fools.
Here's a quote from Mark Zuckerberg:
Zuck: Yeah so if you ever need info about anyone at Harvard
Zuck: Just ask
Zuck: I have over 4,000 emails, pictures, addresses, SNS
[Redacted Friend's Name]: What? How'd you manage that one?
Zuck: People just submitted it.
Zuck: I don't know why.
Zuck: They "trust me"
Zuck: Dumb fucks
The fundamental problem is the death spiral: young, healthy people don't want to pay for the high-expense folks, so simply drop insurance, causing rates to rise and more to drop.
The straightforward solution is a high risk pool, as we do for car insurance, but that doesn't stop the death spiral. The only remaining sane options are tax-funded: either medicaid for the high risk (which would be unpopular once people find out how bad doctors that take medicaid are), or, my prediction, government-as-re-insurer.
Single payer is Communism, as everyone knows, but move the solution to re-insurance and it's actually a good trade-off: same taxpayer subsidy, but we keep the variety of choice of insurers and plans.
The right will bitch and moan about the government spending, but since no one in the GOP actually wants to reduce spending, it's hardly a real obstacle.
Socialism: a lie told by totalitarians and believed by fools.