Why not? People without children pay taxes to run elementary schools. People without cars pay taxes to build roads. Living in a civilized society means sometimes making sacrifices for the benefit of the group as a whole.
Uh, no. If the argument cannot stand on its own merits then it is unprincipled and fails. Associating it with something else, whether practiced or not, doesn't make the argument stronger. In fact, the current state of how elementary schools and roads are funded doesn't make their existence right or wrong. If the current manner that these are funded are unprincipled then you have just made an argument for progressing down a slippery slope.
Civilized society is a society where each is able to attach their own value to their own choices - not have some over-arching law that mandates a value to everyone. Don't be afraid to let someone else value something less - or even more - than you do. Regardless of how others value something, you are more than welcome to send your money to the RIAA, the schools and/or the roads whether the rest of society does or not.
Civilized society allows me to be philanthropic, charitable and humane of my own accord. The moment that I am forced to make sacrifices for the benefit of the whole then it is no longer a sacrificed and much of the benefit/growth sacrifice is taken from me.
Why is it that people fear that the sick and poor (and even the RIAA) will not be taken care of unless everyone is forced to do it? My best guess is that those that want to use the threat of force (i.e. government) to cause everyone to do this actually fear themselves. They fear that unless government makes them sacrifice that they wouldn't do it themselves and so they have no expectation that others would sacrifice without the force/threat of government.
Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force; like fire, a troublesome servant and a fearful master. Never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action.
LaTeX Rocks! I just finished moving a bunch of letters and legal documents to it so that they can be auto-generated based on templated input. I wrote it all by hand with some peeks at what OpenOffice LaTeX export did for the documents.
Why must it be an Open XML format? It seems to me that the spirit of the bill(s) is to have something that is open, portable and understood - not to specify a particular technology. Particular implementation decisions should not be made by those that aren't well involved and understanding of the particular trade-offs.
It's been shown in several studies that hours of homework are
unnecessary for good teaching and learning. Usually hours of homework
are a way of extending the school time and segmenting families. This
strategy is part of a goal to turn out trained workers rather than
thinking problem-solvers.
I don't think, however, that this particular school is throwing off
the bondage of excessive homework in order to create better thinkers.
Inflation is silent tax that erodes all of our net worth. If you don't keep your assets moving then you're losing ground to not only inflation but also the many other eroding factors. Net worth is also a terrible way to measure wealth - net worth is simply dormant potential. If that potential is put into production then it will result in more income and growth. Potential means nothing until it is put into production.
It would be interesting to filter what things people could vote on based on if they own property or a business. People that don't own either usually have low understanding of stewardship and tend to have a high desire for entitlement programs. Those without stewardship usually don't understand where the money comes from to pay their entitlement programs. In the end they loose because the taxes are always passed back to them in lower wages, lower benefits and higher prices. Those with stewardship spend even more resources working to improve things for others by creating jobs, services and products.
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Why not? People without children pay taxes to run elementary schools. People without cars pay taxes to build roads. Living in a civilized society means sometimes making sacrifices for the benefit of the group as a whole.
Uh, no. If the argument cannot stand on its own merits then it is unprincipled and fails. Associating it with something else, whether practiced or not, doesn't make the argument stronger. In fact, the current state of how elementary schools and roads are funded doesn't make their existence right or wrong. If the current manner that these are funded are unprincipled then you have just made an argument for progressing down a slippery slope.
Civilized society is a society where each is able to attach their own value to their own choices - not have some over-arching law that mandates a value to everyone. Don't be afraid to let someone else value something less - or even more - than you do. Regardless of how others value something, you are more than welcome to send your money to the RIAA, the schools and/or the roads whether the rest of society does or not.
Civilized society allows me to be philanthropic, charitable and humane of my own accord. The moment that I am forced to make sacrifices for the benefit of the whole then it is no longer a sacrificed and much of the benefit/growth sacrifice is taken from me.
Why is it that people fear that the sick and poor (and even the RIAA) will not be taken care of unless everyone is forced to do it? My best guess is that those that want to use the threat of force (i.e. government) to cause everyone to do this actually fear themselves. They fear that unless government makes them sacrifice that they wouldn't do it themselves and so they have no expectation that others would sacrifice without the force/threat of government.
Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force; like fire, a troublesome servant and a fearful master. Never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action.
-- George Washington
. . . what advantage would a binary format have . . .
I never said anything about binary format - that would be over-restrictive.
LaTeX Rocks! I just finished moving a bunch of letters and legal documents to it so that they can be auto-generated based on templated input. I wrote it all by hand with some peeks at what OpenOffice LaTeX export did for the documents.
Why must it be an Open XML format? It seems to me that the spirit of the bill(s) is to have something that is open, portable and understood - not to specify a particular technology. Particular implementation decisions should not be made by those that aren't well involved and understanding of the particular trade-offs.
It's been shown in several studies that hours of homework are unnecessary for good teaching and learning. Usually hours of homework are a way of extending the school time and segmenting families. This strategy is part of a goal to turn out trained workers rather than thinking problem-solvers.
I don't think, however, that this particular school is throwing off the bondage of excessive homework in order to create better thinkers.
Inflation is silent tax that erodes all of our net worth. If you don't keep your assets moving then you're losing ground to not only inflation but also the many other eroding factors. Net worth is also a terrible way to measure wealth - net worth is simply dormant potential. If that potential is put into production then it will result in more income and growth. Potential means nothing until it is put into production.
It would be interesting to filter what things people could vote on based on if they own property or a business. People that don't own either usually have low understanding of stewardship and tend to have a high desire for entitlement programs. Those without stewardship usually don't understand where the money comes from to pay their entitlement programs. In the end they loose because the taxes are always passed back to them in lower wages, lower benefits and higher prices. Those with stewardship spend even more resources working to improve things for others by creating jobs, services and products.