I will admit, a child does not have a fully developed mind, and requires guidance. However, it is not the job of the government to provide the guidance, that task falls to the parents. It is not, nor should it be, the job of a government to deem what is right and wrong for our children.
This article makes me sick. I used to be rather anti-capitalist. Then I went on a personal crusade, reading Smith, Marx, Keynes, and, most recently, Schumpeter...
So is it the infamous Keynesian "invisible hand" run amok that created this?
The lack of attention you paid to what you read is appalling. Karl Marx's works were not pro-capitalism, they where pro-socialist. How did you twist the contents of a book entitled "The Communist Manifesto" to be pro-capitalist?
John Keynesian was a famous economist that appeared around the time of the great depression. He believed in the long run we are all dead, so it is the job of government to insure short run economic growth. John did not coin the term the invisible hand, nor did he believe in it. It was the work of Adam Smith in the book entitled "The Wealth of Nations", another author you claim to have read, who created theory of the invisible hand.
Why must we live with oligopolies that "compete" against each other to provide these services. Somehow, the cable companies always seem to show up within months of the DSL offerings in an area with roughly the same service offering at roughly the same price. Yeah, the free market will bring us the best result, sure.
Economists have studied this situation for quite a while. Research the Kinked-Demand Theory if you want a good explanation as to why oligopolies tend to shy away from the raising or lowering of prices.
The US Founding Fathers knew the value of a free people freely communicating. They established the post office to ensure that people could easily communicate over great distances, without regard to their economic status or resources.
Interesting way of looking at things, seeing as how we ignore the large bulk of what the founding fathers believed in.
It's time that government, at all levels, makes sure that all of that unused fiber capacity that's supposedly lying around gets lighted up and serving the people. If we leave this to the oligopolies, that fiber won't get used until it's already obsolete.
It is called excess capacity. The companies that lay the cable understand that in future it would be nice to have more, so they can grow. So rather than laying just enough to meet today's demand, they lay some extra for future demand. I'd imagine it also saves a buck or two.
Here is why am I against our government providing Internet access: government, at all levels, is wasteful and inefficient. Here are some government run programs to serve as a refresher: United States Postal Service (USPS), Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS), Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Federal Communication Commission (FCC), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Social Security Administration (SSA) and locally run school districts. All of which have been on the ball so well, we hardly ever complain about them.
My next-door neighbor is a driver for UPS, one day we where talking and he mentioned how the kids who handle the packages and load the trucks like to try to smash them. Then they stand around and brag to each other, I swear grunt employees.
He said if you want to ship something, and not have it dropped, sat on, damaged in anyway shape or form to write "Biohazard" on it. For the added effect he suggest getting some of those stickers and slapping them on there.
However, you can't sell that in the US, because US consumers are already protected against credit card fraud by law. What's the value to consumers or merchants? They don't have to pay anyway (except through higher interest rates, but do you think the credit card companies are going to promise to lower interest rates? hell no, they want to increase PROFIT).
I do the bookwork for my parents business and this statement is not completely correct. When a consumer reports a fraudulent charge, they send a notice out to the company that charged them asking for a signed receipt. If we are unable to produce one, or the one we produce doesn't match what is on the account. We get stuck with the fraudulent charge, not the consumer, or the credit card company.
I don't think it would be like flying, for the simple reason you are not floating on a pocket of air. Both airplanes, and hovercraft float on a pocket of air, hence why a hovercraft is a lot like flying.
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I will admit, a child does not have a fully developed mind, and requires guidance. However, it is not the job of the government to provide the guidance, that task falls to the parents. It is not, nor should it be, the job of a government to deem what is right and wrong for our children.
This article makes me sick. I used to be rather anti-capitalist. Then I went on a personal crusade, reading Smith, Marx, Keynes, and, most recently, Schumpeter...
So is it the infamous Keynesian "invisible hand" run amok that created this?
The lack of attention you paid to what you read is appalling. Karl Marx's works were not pro-capitalism, they where pro-socialist. How did you twist the contents of a book entitled "The Communist Manifesto" to be pro-capitalist?
John Keynesian was a famous economist that appeared around the time of the great depression. He believed in the long run we are all dead, so it is the job of government to insure short run economic growth. John did not coin the term the invisible hand, nor did he believe in it. It was the work of Adam Smith in the book entitled "The Wealth of Nations", another author you claim to have read, who created theory of the invisible hand.
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Why must we live with oligopolies that "compete" against each other to provide these services. Somehow, the cable companies always seem to show up within months of the DSL offerings in an area with roughly the same service offering at roughly the same price. Yeah, the free market will bring us the best result, sure.
Economists have studied this situation for quite a while. Research the Kinked-Demand Theory if you want a good explanation as to why oligopolies tend to shy away from the raising or lowering of prices.
The US Founding Fathers knew the value of a free people freely communicating. They established the post office to ensure that people could easily communicate over great distances, without regard to their economic status or resources.
Interesting way of looking at things, seeing as how we ignore the large bulk of what the founding fathers believed in.
It's time that government, at all levels, makes sure that all of that unused fiber capacity that's supposedly lying around gets lighted up and serving the people. If we leave this to the oligopolies, that fiber won't get used until it's already obsolete.
It is called excess capacity. The companies that lay the cable understand that in future it would be nice to have more, so they can grow. So rather than laying just enough to meet today's demand, they lay some extra for future demand. I'd imagine it also saves a buck or two.
Here is why am I against our government providing Internet access: government, at all levels, is wasteful and inefficient. Here are some government run programs to serve as a refresher: United States Postal Service (USPS), Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS), Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Federal Communication Commission (FCC), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Social Security Administration (SSA) and locally run school districts. All of which have been on the ball so well, we hardly ever complain about them.
....more central government planning.
Could all of those people who built Y2K shelters have a chance at mocking those who didn't?
70%+60%=130%...
Ether you are not able to do basic math, or archeologist haven't found all the bodies yet.
They should consider donating some computers and software to the red cross. It seems like they were in need of more modern technology.
My next-door neighbor is a driver for UPS, one day we where talking and he mentioned how the kids who handle the packages and load the trucks like to try to smash them. Then they stand around and brag to each other, I swear grunt employees.
He said if you want to ship something, and not have it dropped, sat on, damaged in anyway shape or form to write "Biohazard" on it. For the added effect he suggest getting some of those stickers and slapping them on there.
...less chance of me seeing XML.
...as long as it stops annoying telemarketers from calling me while I'm eating dinner...
However, you can't sell that in the US, because US consumers are already protected against credit card fraud by law. What's the value to consumers or merchants? They don't have to pay anyway (except through higher interest rates, but do you think the credit card companies are going to promise to lower interest rates? hell no, they want to increase PROFIT).
I do the bookwork for my parents business and this statement is not completely correct. When a consumer reports a fraudulent charge, they send a notice out to the company that charged them asking for a signed receipt. If we are unable to produce one, or the one we produce doesn't match what is on the account. We get stuck with the fraudulent charge, not the consumer, or the credit card company.
Retailers would love such technology.
I like my soultion, I put the junk in my girlfriend's purse... it only works though when she has me in tow =\
I don't think it would be like flying, for the simple reason you are not floating on a pocket of air. Both airplanes, and hovercraft float on a pocket of air, hence why a hovercraft is a lot like flying.
So your getting ripped off by how much to hang around at slashdot?