And so can a socialized version of it, just like efforts to privatize social security, medicare, and education.
It would also be really difficult to gain support and implement the elimination of an entire industry.
I support the idea in principle, but I don't think it's the most practical solution. The only reason the UK has it is because they had a golden opportunity after WWII.
It doesn't really need to be socialist though, just well regulated. Only a few countries have truly socialized medicine, the rest just have a heavily regulated insurance industry.
Although I agree that socialism is demonized for some pretty bad reasons.
But the legislatures aren't supposed to represent the country, they're supposed to represent their constituents, and the vast majority of them do and have done that with a few exceptions.
It could be that downloading games is a little more of a hassle (takes longer, no guarantee of a stable game, among other things).
Record companies are still stupid though.
Raising taxes to spend more money to spur the economy is a losing game, since the biggest waste of money is the administration of the programs that tax and spend. Every dollar spent on administration is a loss to the GDP.
This is only true when the government doesn't spend the money wisely and taxes those who need it the most, or the consumers, since rich people get rich by saving money, which doesn't stimulate the economy...
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There's a significant difference between cross-pollination and directly inserting the genes from one organism into another.
That's why.
because they're told not to..?
Can't both be true?
And so can a socialized version of it, just like efforts to privatize social security, medicare, and education.
It would also be really difficult to gain support and implement the elimination of an entire industry. I support the idea in principle, but I don't think it's the most practical solution. The only reason the UK has it is because they had a golden opportunity after WWII.
It doesn't really need to be socialist though, just well regulated. Only a few countries have truly socialized medicine, the rest just have a heavily regulated insurance industry.
Although I agree that socialism is demonized for some pretty bad reasons.
But the legislatures aren't supposed to represent the country, they're supposed to represent their constituents, and the vast majority of them do and have done that with a few exceptions.
The engine block isn't the insanely heavy part, the chassis is, since it has to be safe and car companies don't value simplicity.
When i first read the title i thought the concrete was actually green.
I think most drugs are sold to the consumers in grams, using the rough conversion of 28 grams/ounce.
An ounce of pot is a lot...
So why do we pay for the health care and housing and food of people who kill other people and steal things and peddle drugs to our children?
Yeah, most people suck at their jobs.
It could be that downloading games is a little more of a hassle (takes longer, no guarantee of a stable game, among other things).
Record companies are still stupid though.
Raising taxes to spend more money to spur the economy is a losing game, since the biggest waste of money is the administration of the programs that tax and spend. Every dollar spent on administration is a loss to the GDP.
This is only true when the government doesn't spend the money wisely and taxes those who need it the most, or the consumers, since rich people get rich by saving money, which doesn't stimulate the economy...
actually, there are animals that can trick their eggs into starting development without a sperm, resulting in almost identical offspring.
Wouldn't this make RAM effectively useless?
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/04/01/algae.oil/index.html#cnnSTCVideo apparently, you can power all US transportation with 1/10th the area of new mexico.