So you're saying you think that a government can ask you to sign away your rights through terms and conditions? Not a good precedent for a government agency at all, if not outright illegal.
Sure, that Verizon speed is bursty (and congestion constrained) and heavily dependent on conditions and distance. The problem isn't that speed will exceed wired. The problem is that it will end last-mile fiber deployment for the foreseeable future because it's cheaper for Verizon.
Wrist watches on the hand have been on the downward trend in favor of cell phones for a while.
If history is any indicator, we'll be moving back to wristwatches from pocket watches soon enough. A GPS activation once a day wouldn't be a horrible compromise, but requires a lot more complicated reception.
Yeah, sure. And let's replace the National Weather Service with The Weather Channel because hey, it's self-funding. And we could replace libraries with book stores too. And eventually you'll miss the point of why taxpayer-funded projects exist at all.
And nobody's forcing you to ride the subway either. These recipients are also the public. They are also citizens with rights to privacy. They are only looking with reasonable suspicion, but they appear to not be getting a warrant and thinking that's OK just because it's a database that they pay for access to.
Yeah, I think there's nothing wrong with the whole program except for not getting a warrant...and with reasonable suspicion. Everyone has a right to expect privacy. They have the reasonable suspicion grounds, so why not use that to get a warrant?
This is an online banking web site. The system is not designed well enough to use JavaScript for anything else. Just bolted on to the login. Parent post also said they disabled it for only one site.
I understand that what young people want is "Capitalism, but with other people paying for my stuff". But that is not really an "idea".
Then you misunderstand. I'm a little less young. I want to help make sure that everyone has an opportunity in life because that's the kind of society I want to live in. My needs are met, but something bad could happen to me. I pay taxes so that I could help the people who need it now, because I may one day be the person who needs it. I can still earn more money through my own effort - so I still very much embrace capitalism. Social safety nets are really the only thing that could make healthcare affordable - Obamacare is not that.
I also like having public roads and highways. That's no less "socialist" under the current vernacular use of the term. Get over the hangup that it has a domain-specific meaning that's not being referred to by the general public. Just like you can get over the fact I call the music device in my car a radio, when it's actually an FM radio receiver and amplifier.
And companies rising to the top on their own merits and not getting handouts is also a capitalist ideology, so there really should be no conflict. We the people create a government to pool our resources to serve we the people.
So this whole overblown mess over the last few years is that young people wanted to use shorthand to describe an ideology and the word means something else to the old people? And older generations couldn't just accept that language evolves and that slang/vernacular exists? If nobody was talking about the Venezuela model, maybe it's time to just accept that nobody here is using the word to mean that.
It's not for everybody, but he's dead set on getting an education without owing anybody anything.
Who does he think pays for the military? I mean, I'm not criticizing his choice. It's valid and a good way to start a career but it's not somehow morally superior than paying for your own education even if you need student loans.
The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence, and since socialism is on the other side right now,
By that argument, you can only go so far over the fence before self-correcting in the other direction. That's kind of the opposite of what you were saying earlier in the post. Yeah, we might need more socialism in this country. But not at the expense of capitalism. However, the pendulum has already swung too far on the capitalism side. That's why there's a need to rebalance in the first place.
He also had nothing against communism or socialism. They are all aspects of a healthy worldview. They can all be distorted and twisted into whatever you want.
And this is not to mention that a lot of medical bankruptcies hit the deceased's estate. There is no apparent victim, just a transfer of wealth of the poor to the medical industry.
Yep. The only reason it's private is because we implemented it before the citizens could organize. Same as why we have a privatized telecommunications infrastructure. This is always a risk of being the innovator.
Ah, the No True Scotsman argument. Any ideology taken to a logical extreme is bad. This includes both capitalism and socialism. Demonizing one over another is silly, because capitalism, socialism, and communism all have high ideals at their core - and they've all been twisted beyond recognition as a means to an end. It all comes down to who is the one with power - a government, a dictator, or the people themselves. In the US, the people themselves have less power than ever, even when capitalism is what gave them the power in they used to have in the first place.
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I just did.
private schools are so much better that parents are willing to pay absurd amounts of money to send their kids to them
If public schools had access to the same absurd amount of money, they would be better too.
So you're saying you think that a government can ask you to sign away your rights through terms and conditions? Not a good precedent for a government agency at all, if not outright illegal.
Average download speed in the US is 75.94Mbps as of the latter half of last year. The Verizon service has a theoretical limit north of 3Gbps.
Sure, that Verizon speed is bursty (and congestion constrained) and heavily dependent on conditions and distance. The problem isn't that speed will exceed wired. The problem is that it will end last-mile fiber deployment for the foreseeable future because it's cheaper for Verizon.
Wrist watches on the hand have been on the downward trend in favor of cell phones for a while.
If history is any indicator, we'll be moving back to wristwatches from pocket watches soon enough. A GPS activation once a day wouldn't be a horrible compromise, but requires a lot more complicated reception.
Yeah, sure. And let's replace the National Weather Service with The Weather Channel because hey, it's self-funding. And we could replace libraries with book stores too. And eventually you'll miss the point of why taxpayer-funded projects exist at all.
And nobody's forcing you to ride the subway either. These recipients are also the public. They are also citizens with rights to privacy. They are only looking with reasonable suspicion, but they appear to not be getting a warrant and thinking that's OK just because it's a database that they pay for access to.
Yeah, I think there's nothing wrong with the whole program except for not getting a warrant...and with reasonable suspicion. Everyone has a right to expect privacy. They have the reasonable suspicion grounds, so why not use that to get a warrant?
If you ever lose your job and are near-bankrupt...keep your car. It's not going to pay to sell it in the short or long term.
I am neither. I think each situation should be treated as unique and the best tool for the job should be used.
Giant lit up logo is more subtle than a sticker?
This is an online banking web site. The system is not designed well enough to use JavaScript for anything else. Just bolted on to the login. Parent post also said they disabled it for only one site.
I thought that was finished. It was refilled, but that was part of the plan all along.
I understand that what young people want is "Capitalism, but with other people paying for my stuff". But that is not really an "idea".
Then you misunderstand. I'm a little less young. I want to help make sure that everyone has an opportunity in life because that's the kind of society I want to live in. My needs are met, but something bad could happen to me. I pay taxes so that I could help the people who need it now, because I may one day be the person who needs it. I can still earn more money through my own effort - so I still very much embrace capitalism. Social safety nets are really the only thing that could make healthcare affordable - Obamacare is not that.
I also like having public roads and highways. That's no less "socialist" under the current vernacular use of the term. Get over the hangup that it has a domain-specific meaning that's not being referred to by the general public. Just like you can get over the fact I call the music device in my car a radio, when it's actually an FM radio receiver and amplifier.
And companies rising to the top on their own merits and not getting handouts is also a capitalist ideology, so there really should be no conflict. We the people create a government to pool our resources to serve we the people.
So this whole overblown mess over the last few years is that young people wanted to use shorthand to describe an ideology and the word means something else to the old people? And older generations couldn't just accept that language evolves and that slang/vernacular exists? If nobody was talking about the Venezuela model, maybe it's time to just accept that nobody here is using the word to mean that.
If we had some electoral reform that left room for more than two political parties
Ranked-choice voting.
It's not for everybody, but he's dead set on getting an education without owing anybody anything.
Who does he think pays for the military? I mean, I'm not criticizing his choice. It's valid and a good way to start a career but it's not somehow morally superior than paying for your own education even if you need student loans.
The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence, and since socialism is on the other side right now,
By that argument, you can only go so far over the fence before self-correcting in the other direction. That's kind of the opposite of what you were saying earlier in the post. Yeah, we might need more socialism in this country. But not at the expense of capitalism. However, the pendulum has already swung too far on the capitalism side. That's why there's a need to rebalance in the first place.
He also had nothing against communism or socialism. They are all aspects of a healthy worldview. They can all be distorted and twisted into whatever you want.
As they grow up, they find themselves in a better situation and simply don't care anymore except to preserve what they have.
FTFY
And this is not to mention that a lot of medical bankruptcies hit the deceased's estate. There is no apparent victim, just a transfer of wealth of the poor to the medical industry.
Yep. The only reason it's private is because we implemented it before the citizens could organize. Same as why we have a privatized telecommunications infrastructure. This is always a risk of being the innovator.
Think of it as welfare for construction companies and it will seem more reasonable...and that's (sort of) what most of California "socialism" is.
It's also very similar to Trump's economic policies. Tax breaks for corporations, subsidies for coal, etc.
but real socialism looks different. Trust me.
Ah, the No True Scotsman argument. Any ideology taken to a logical extreme is bad. This includes both capitalism and socialism. Demonizing one over another is silly, because capitalism, socialism, and communism all have high ideals at their core - and they've all been twisted beyond recognition as a means to an end. It all comes down to who is the one with power - a government, a dictator, or the people themselves. In the US, the people themselves have less power than ever, even when capitalism is what gave them the power in they used to have in the first place.