Uh...because that would be horribly unfair?
Think about it you dope. If tax is 50%, and someone makes 50k a year, they have 25,000 in spending money, maybe barely enough to get through the year.
A person who makes $500,000 ends up with $250,000 in spending money, able to live an infinitely more comfortable life than the peon making a tenth of his salary.
The inequalities simply become more profound the higher up you go on the income bracket.
This is crazy. Why are they giving up majority control? I've heard people complain endlessly about how Google could turn into another mindless, profit-at-all-costs-seeking corporation like Microsoft, but I was always secure in the knowledge that the founders had voting control.
I just don't understand this. Google rakes in billions in pure profit every year. How could they possibly need more money?
Of course, then some people like to fancy themselves as the deciders of truth and justice and want to lead and prod the unwashed masses in certain directions (particularly anti-business directions) but that's no more conducive to freedom than the ignorant masses getting to vote is.
Are you friggin` kidding me? Anti-business directions? Any rational person would be totally anti-business. Just look at the Scandivanian countries and their insanely high standard of living. Free university, universal healthcare, huge safety nets for people who undergo difficult times.
Pro-business is what rich elites who couldn`t care less about the rest of the world are. Businesses are wild, ravenous animals who will devour their masters if not properly controlled. They care only for profit, and once they smell prey nothing will stop them from acquiring it and even more.
They have to upgrade their network whether they throttle or not. The implementation of throttling simply allows them to delay the upgrade cycle once, but they are forced to continue anyways.
Bandwidth increases according to MOore's law. VM is screwing over its customers by claiming they have to throttle in order to manage the network. If they put their money into network investment they would be able to offer everyone truthly advertised, unthrottled connections. Just look at various other European countries with super-fast speeds.
This is very true. In fact Fox News went to court over the ability to legally lie to their viewers. This is one of the biggest problems we have in modern media, and the fact that there are so many trolls who would mod you down speaks to a sort of voluntarily fascist state in which criticism of propaganda machines is shut down by fellow citizens. It`s like a less violent version of Nazi Germany.
I agree, and in fact we should go after any company that charges more than they paid for their products. I understand Apple makes around a 30% profit on every iPod sold. Why do we put up with it? Evil insurance companies are making 3%-6% in profit. Burn them! And don't get me started on Microsoft's profit margins.
Not to mention fishermen. They're getting the fish for free out of the sea. Why do they have to charge us for them?
Seriously, I'm in favor of asking probing question of companies like Comcast, but if you're going to ask why high speed internet is more expensive than dialup, you may want to think about it a little first. There is probably a reason, and you can probably figure it out.
Apple has plenty of competition. If you don`t like the high price of an iPod, you can always choose from a zillion other, lower cost options.
Comcast is either one of 2 choices or the only choice for millions of their customers. It`s hardly an apples to apples comparison.
Also, you can get a triple play of TV, phone, and fiber internet in France for 40 a month. Bandwidth is incredibly cheap and continues to get cheaper as capacity of the internet grows.
Have you even read their mission statement? Why do you think Congress created the FCC? It`s to regulate the freaking telecommunications industry. That`s why they set policies that companies have to follow. They have been empowered by Congress to set these policies.
You`re right that there is no recourse from citizens... until a new President is elected. Tnsane amount of hands-off deregulation by the FCC under the Bush Administration hurt US broadband and gutted the 1996 Telecom Act so severely, and yet no one could do a darn thing to stop them...until a new President was elected. What a shocking turn of events, don`t you think?
The FCC commissioners are chosen by the President and approved by Congress.
The FCC receives daily input from tons and tons of groups. Consumer interest groups, astroturfing corporate-funded groups, various small and large ISPs, etc. etc. There is a long and arduous process to making these rules, and you have no idea what you`re talking about.
You`re a friggin` blithering idiot aren`t you? The vast majority of people don`t have more than 1 or 2 options. Satellite and dialup are not `competitors`. They don`t provide anywhere near the same quality of service as cable or DSL. You obviously haven`t even bothered taking an economics 101 class to understand what free market `competition` actually refers to. Your mindless drivel is sickening to read. I once again recommend you find a bridge to jump off of.
You are such an ignorant twit I don`t even know where to begin. You want to get rid of all regulations? Ok then, no more FDA to protect you from poisoned foods. No more American Medical Association to make sure you don`t get fooled into buying a quack doctor`s services. No more zoning laws, minimal building construction standards, water quality requirements, phone line uptime requirements, electricity production standards, etc. etc.
In the 50s and 60s our capital gains taxes were much, much higher than they are now.
Your comment about `socialism` is so stupid it just boggles the mind. There is no black and white you juvenile-minded fool. EVERYTHING is at least partly socialized. I can`t stress this enough. There is no business, no industry in the world that isn`t at least partly regulated and thus socialized for the benefit of society. The fact that you don`t understand this just demonstrates how much a brainwashed retard you are. Just please, jump off a cliff and relieve this world of your oppressive idiocy.
Do you understand what you`re saying? Without subsidies tuition would be higher, and fewer people would be able to go. College would only be the domain of the affluent. How is a subsidiy a `destabilizing influence`? How do subsidies prevent colleges from trying to minimize costs?
Keep the original data? Do you even understand how science works? How long do you keep the data? Do you understand how enormous the data sets they have are? And new data is constantly being acquired from better and more accurate instruments. Models are always being refined. God... read a freaking scientific journal on the subject.
My god jcr, you are insane. Utterly insane. There are many, many other sources of data out there. If you truly believe they`re all lies, you can analyze a scientific journal article yourself and prove it. You can easily get into the field and prove what you believe to be true, instead of relying on the out-of-context analysis of one webblog.
I used to like reading your comments, but lately you`ve just totally lost it.
God, you are totally misinformed and a complete idiot. The founding fathers ripped apart the original constitution, the Articles of Confederation, because it was way too weak and didn`t allow for a powerful central government. They understood that as times changed so did the need for a larger, more centralized power. You`re an idiot for warping history to fit your own narrow-minded, bizarre belief system.
So you come to post under an article about Glenn Beck, not knowing anything about Glenn Beck, and then whine that it`s too difficult to spend 10 seconds on Google to look up who Glenn Beck actually is? Does that not strike you as irrationally idiotic?
Actually the Japanese IQ, and actually all Orientals` IQ, is higher than Europeans` and white people`s IQ. I hope that makes you feel better about yourself.
Have you ever even taken a course on human intelligence? "legitimacy in gauging intelligence"? Seriously? It`s true that creativity loses its correlation with intelligence after about 120, but your assertion that the results are "culturally biased" to such a degree that it accounts for the huge differences between Africans and other races is ridiculous. We`re talking about averages well below the 120 mark.
Furthermore, Obama is only half African American. Even more so, African Americans` IQ in the US is on average 10 points higher than those in Africa, most likely due to a long history of intermixing with whites.
And I`m really tired of hearing the `correlation does not equal causation` meme. Studies on IQ go to great lengths to control for external variables. Statistical methods are used to eliminate factors that skew results. Moreover, repeated findings of correlation between race and various attributes (which you would learn about if you took a class on human intelligence) can imply a relationship. Otherwise every freaking study every conducted would be unable to draw hypotheses based on correlative data.
Uh, if you can just take them and sell them as your own, as many would do, what reason would the guy have to make the music in the first place?
Sure, there's the love of music, but some people (and I'm not saying this includes you), have to put food on the table.
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Uh...because that would be horribly unfair? Think about it you dope. If tax is 50%, and someone makes 50k a year, they have 25,000 in spending money, maybe barely enough to get through the year. A person who makes $500,000 ends up with $250,000 in spending money, able to live an infinitely more comfortable life than the peon making a tenth of his salary. The inequalities simply become more profound the higher up you go on the income bracket.
This is crazy. Why are they giving up majority control? I've heard people complain endlessly about how Google could turn into another mindless, profit-at-all-costs-seeking corporation like Microsoft, but I was always secure in the knowledge that the founders had voting control. I just don't understand this. Google rakes in billions in pure profit every year. How could they possibly need more money?
Of course, then some people like to fancy themselves as the deciders of truth and justice and want to lead and prod the unwashed masses in certain directions (particularly anti-business directions) but that's no more conducive to freedom than the ignorant masses getting to vote is.
Are you friggin` kidding me? Anti-business directions? Any rational person would be totally anti-business. Just look at the Scandivanian countries and their insanely high standard of living. Free university, universal healthcare, huge safety nets for people who undergo difficult times.
Pro-business is what rich elites who couldn`t care less about the rest of the world are. Businesses are wild, ravenous animals who will devour their masters if not properly controlled. They care only for profit, and once they smell prey nothing will stop them from acquiring it and even more.
They have to upgrade their network whether they throttle or not. The implementation of throttling simply allows them to delay the upgrade cycle once, but they are forced to continue anyways. Bandwidth increases according to MOore's law. VM is screwing over its customers by claiming they have to throttle in order to manage the network. If they put their money into network investment they would be able to offer everyone truthly advertised, unthrottled connections. Just look at various other European countries with super-fast speeds.
This is very true. In fact Fox News went to court over the ability to legally lie to their viewers. This is one of the biggest problems we have in modern media, and the fact that there are so many trolls who would mod you down speaks to a sort of voluntarily fascist state in which criticism of propaganda machines is shut down by fellow citizens. It`s like a less violent version of Nazi Germany.
What an insightful post. I wish I had modpoints.
I agree, and in fact we should go after any company that charges more than they paid for their products. I understand Apple makes around a 30% profit on every iPod sold. Why do we put up with it? Evil insurance companies are making 3%-6% in profit. Burn them! And don't get me started on Microsoft's profit margins.
Not to mention fishermen. They're getting the fish for free out of the sea. Why do they have to charge us for them?
Seriously, I'm in favor of asking probing question of companies like Comcast, but if you're going to ask why high speed internet is more expensive than dialup, you may want to think about it a little first. There is probably a reason, and you can probably figure it out.
Apple has plenty of competition. If you don`t like the high price of an iPod, you can always choose from a zillion other, lower cost options. Comcast is either one of 2 choices or the only choice for millions of their customers. It`s hardly an apples to apples comparison. Also, you can get a triple play of TV, phone, and fiber internet in France for 40 a month. Bandwidth is incredibly cheap and continues to get cheaper as capacity of the internet grows.
Have you even read their mission statement? Why do you think Congress created the FCC? It`s to regulate the freaking telecommunications industry. That`s why they set policies that companies have to follow. They have been empowered by Congress to set these policies. You`re right that there is no recourse from citizens... until a new President is elected. Tnsane amount of hands-off deregulation by the FCC under the Bush Administration hurt US broadband and gutted the 1996 Telecom Act so severely, and yet no one could do a darn thing to stop them...until a new President was elected. What a shocking turn of events, don`t you think?
This is so friggin` awesome and hilarious. Someone with mod points needs to mod this up.
The FCC commissioners are chosen by the President and approved by Congress. The FCC receives daily input from tons and tons of groups. Consumer interest groups, astroturfing corporate-funded groups, various small and large ISPs, etc. etc. There is a long and arduous process to making these rules, and you have no idea what you`re talking about.
You`re a friggin` blithering idiot aren`t you? The vast majority of people don`t have more than 1 or 2 options. Satellite and dialup are not `competitors`. They don`t provide anywhere near the same quality of service as cable or DSL. You obviously haven`t even bothered taking an economics 101 class to understand what free market `competition` actually refers to. Your mindless drivel is sickening to read. I once again recommend you find a bridge to jump off of.
You are such an ignorant twit I don`t even know where to begin. You want to get rid of all regulations? Ok then, no more FDA to protect you from poisoned foods. No more American Medical Association to make sure you don`t get fooled into buying a quack doctor`s services. No more zoning laws, minimal building construction standards, water quality requirements, phone line uptime requirements, electricity production standards, etc. etc. In the 50s and 60s our capital gains taxes were much, much higher than they are now. Your comment about `socialism` is so stupid it just boggles the mind. There is no black and white you juvenile-minded fool. EVERYTHING is at least partly socialized. I can`t stress this enough. There is no business, no industry in the world that isn`t at least partly regulated and thus socialized for the benefit of society. The fact that you don`t understand this just demonstrates how much a brainwashed retard you are. Just please, jump off a cliff and relieve this world of your oppressive idiocy.
Do you understand what you`re saying? Without subsidies tuition would be higher, and fewer people would be able to go. College would only be the domain of the affluent. How is a subsidiy a `destabilizing influence`? How do subsidies prevent colleges from trying to minimize costs?
Keep the original data? Do you even understand how science works? How long do you keep the data? Do you understand how enormous the data sets they have are? And new data is constantly being acquired from better and more accurate instruments. Models are always being refined. God... read a freaking scientific journal on the subject.
My god jcr, you are insane. Utterly insane. There are many, many other sources of data out there. If you truly believe they`re all lies, you can analyze a scientific journal article yourself and prove it. You can easily get into the field and prove what you believe to be true, instead of relying on the out-of-context analysis of one webblog.
I used to like reading your comments, but lately you`ve just totally lost it.
God, you are totally misinformed and a complete idiot. The founding fathers ripped apart the original constitution, the Articles of Confederation, because it was way too weak and didn`t allow for a powerful central government. They understood that as times changed so did the need for a larger, more centralized power. You`re an idiot for warping history to fit your own narrow-minded, bizarre belief system.
So you come to post under an article about Glenn Beck, not knowing anything about Glenn Beck, and then whine that it`s too difficult to spend 10 seconds on Google to look up who Glenn Beck actually is? Does that not strike you as irrationally idiotic?
Actually the Japanese IQ, and actually all Orientals` IQ, is higher than Europeans` and white people`s IQ. I hope that makes you feel better about yourself.
Is there any doubt AT&T is doing this in a feeble attempt to argue to the FCC that net neutrality laws aren`t needed? I have none.
Have you ever even taken a course on human intelligence? "legitimacy in gauging intelligence"? Seriously? It`s true that creativity loses its correlation with intelligence after about 120, but your assertion that the results are "culturally biased" to such a degree that it accounts for the huge differences between Africans and other races is ridiculous. We`re talking about averages well below the 120 mark.
Furthermore, Obama is only half African American. Even more so, African Americans` IQ in the US is on average 10 points higher than those in Africa, most likely due to a long history of intermixing with whites.
And I`m really tired of hearing the `correlation does not equal causation` meme. Studies on IQ go to great lengths to control for external variables. Statistical methods are used to eliminate factors that skew results. Moreover, repeated findings of correlation between race and various attributes (which you would learn about if you took a class on human intelligence) can imply a relationship. Otherwise every freaking study every conducted would be unable to draw hypotheses based on correlative data.
If you think $1/GB is fair, I`ve got a bridge to sell you in Africa. On the whole it likely costs them around a cent/Gb.
I recommend you read up on social psychology in order to understand what drives people a little better.
... do you live on planet Earth with humans? Humans... you know those creatures, right?
Uh, if you can just take them and sell them as your own, as many would do, what reason would the guy have to make the music in the first place? Sure, there's the love of music, but some people (and I'm not saying this includes you), have to put food on the table.
First off, it was a joke. Secondly, if you're not a lawyer, stop thinking so highly of yourself.