I would imagine the source would be the elimination of the 120+ Federal anti-poverty programs that consume over $670B a year and the corresponding state programs that kick in another $300B or so. However, if it were to be equally distributed among all US households, that would only amount to about $8k a year.
The problem is that "the rich" aren't like Scrooge McDuck and have a basement or bank vault full of money. The bulk of their wealth is tied up in assets (stock, real estate, etc). Even companies like Apple or Google who have a "big cash pile" are still doing something that money (such as loaning it to other corporations).
If most of the rich people that Trump knows are in the entertainment field, I can see why he feels that way. WTF have the Kardashians ever done to deserve their fame & fortune? Do they provide a benefit to the economy other than to stupid gossip magazines/websites?
I'm not sure about disability, but the old age stuff is supposed to be based on ones' contributions a number of years prior to retirement. The Swiss proposal referenced in the Economist article was just a fixed amount sent to all adults. While that would be fair, I think it would also cause a lot of inflation, especially in housing. If this sort of thing was implemented in order to get rid of the 120 or so Federal anti-poverty programs and their corresponding bureaucracies, instead of sending everyone a check for the same amount, I think a "Negative Income Tax" scheme would be better: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
If the Touchpad was a flop, what do you call writing off $5 billion after buying Autonomy?
It's too bad they didn't bother updating the hardware on the Touchpad. It would have been current had it been released a year earlier. The 7" Touchpad Go would have been nice too.:(
This is just an evil plot by project managers to get these young geeks to squander even more of their short lives at the office. Who do you think would get a better response for statement "I really need you to come in to the office this weekend and work on this for me"? A pretty young gal in a mini skirt or some PM that reminds you of Bill Lumbergh?
free wi-fi, pretty girls, free Mountain Dew refills. I've done quite a bit of design & coding work at Hooters over the years. Even just writing stuff out on paper towels. Sometimes the waitress will ask what I'm doing. I tell her, and she replies with an "ooookayyy..." and leaves.
There is no persistent local storage for apps on Apple TV. This means that every app developed for the new Apple TV must be able to store data in iCloud and retrieve it in a way that provides a great customer experience.
Along with the lack of local storage, the maximum size of an Apple TV app is limited to 200MB. Anything beyond this size needs to be packaged and loaded using on-demand resources. Knowing how and when to load new assets while keeping your users engaged is critical to creating a successful app. For information on on-demand resources, see On-Demand Resources Guide.
76? I thought the Cato Institute had identified over 120 different anti-poverty programs totaling about $900B in state and Federal spending as of 2009.
The other $350 million is reinvested. I imagine the amount given out in scholarships has to do with the terms of those scholarships and the number of people applying for them.
I imagine that a lot of it was left to them by wealthy alumni with specific instructions on the types of scholarships that they wanted to fund with that money. If the gifts were just for general funding, it would have likely been spent already.
No, this would eliminate those programs, the bureaucracies associated with them, and just give people cash based on their income. Milton Friedman had proposed such a system in the 60s. A problem at the time was the concern that it would allow people in communes to mooch of the Govt.
Milton Friedman called it the "negative income tax" and it's meant to get rid of all the bureaucracy around all the various social programs.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtpgkX588nM
The government site (http://pvwatts.nrel.gov/) estimated that the value of the energy produced at my house would be about $1600/yr, but of course it didn't say how much the system to generate that much power would actually cost. I'm guessing enough that the break even point would be 20+ years.:(
someone's nice green lawn has little or no contribution to the economy. Like the original poster said, it's an expense that doesn't produce any revenue.
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Does this money just magically appear?
I would imagine the source would be the elimination of the 120+ Federal anti-poverty programs that consume over $670B a year and the corresponding state programs that kick in another $300B or so. However, if it were to be equally distributed among all US households, that would only amount to about $8k a year.
If most of the rich people that Trump knows are in the entertainment field, I can see why he feels that way. WTF have the Kardashians ever done to deserve their fame & fortune? Do they provide a benefit to the economy other than to stupid gossip magazines/websites?
I'm not sure about disability, but the old age stuff is supposed to be based on ones' contributions a number of years prior to retirement. The Swiss proposal referenced in the Economist article was just a fixed amount sent to all adults. While that would be fair, I think it would also cause a lot of inflation, especially in housing. If this sort of thing was implemented in order to get rid of the 120 or so Federal anti-poverty programs and their corresponding bureaucracies, instead of sending everyone a check for the same amount, I think a "Negative Income Tax" scheme would be better: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
If the Touchpad was a flop, what do you call writing off $5 billion after buying Autonomy?
It's too bad they didn't bother updating the hardware on the Touchpad. It would have been current had it been released a year earlier. The 7" Touchpad Go would have been nice too. :(
Apparently what is free can be used for cached content
This is just an evil plot by project managers to get these young geeks to squander even more of their short lives at the office. Who do you think would get a better response for statement "I really need you to come in to the office this weekend and work on this for me"? A pretty young gal in a mini skirt or some PM that reminds you of Bill Lumbergh?
free wi-fi, pretty girls, free Mountain Dew refills. I've done quite a bit of design & coding work at Hooters over the years. Even just writing stuff out on paper towels. Sometimes the waitress will ask what I'm doing. I tell her, and she replies with an "ooookayyy..." and leaves.
There is no persistent local storage for apps on Apple TV. This means that every app developed for the new Apple TV must be able to store data in iCloud and retrieve it in a way that provides a great customer experience.
Along with the lack of local storage, the maximum size of an Apple TV app is limited to 200MB. Anything beyond this size needs to be packaged and loaded using on-demand resources. Knowing how and when to load new assets while keeping your users engaged is critical to creating a successful app. For information on on-demand resources, see On-Demand Resources Guide.
Apparently it will be able to have multiple apps running side by side....kinda like Windows 1.0
What version of emacs ? I'm seeing the problem you're describing in both versions, with the otf being the worst. I'm using 24.3.1
The coal industry can look to using it as a source material for other products instead of just an energy source.
Who else had never heard of this software before?
Sex Kills! Go to Tech and Live Forever! - actual bumper sticker sold by our college bookstore.
76? I thought the Cato Institute had identified over 120 different anti-poverty programs totaling about $900B in state and Federal spending as of 2009.
You're probably still young and sleep deprivation hasn't messed you up yet.
Apparently they didn't mind helping people down on their luck, but balked at supporting a bunch of hippies exploiting the system.
No, you take it into an Apple Store and they replace the old camera with a new one. It is a fix that lasts maybe a couple hours.
The other $350 million is reinvested. I imagine the amount given out in scholarships has to do with the terms of those scholarships and the number of people applying for them.
I imagine that a lot of it was left to them by wealthy alumni with specific instructions on the types of scholarships that they wanted to fund with that money. If the gifts were just for general funding, it would have likely been spent already.
No, this would eliminate those programs, the bureaucracies associated with them, and just give people cash based on their income. Milton Friedman had proposed such a system in the 60s. A problem at the time was the concern that it would allow people in communes to mooch of the Govt.
Milton Friedman called it the "negative income tax" and it's meant to get rid of all the bureaucracy around all the various social programs. www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtpgkX588nM
http://xkcd.com/386/
The government site (http://pvwatts.nrel.gov/) estimated that the value of the energy produced at my house would be about $1600/yr, but of course it didn't say how much the system to generate that much power would actually cost. I'm guessing enough that the break even point would be 20+ years. :(
someone's nice green lawn has little or no contribution to the economy. Like the original poster said, it's an expense that doesn't produce any revenue.
Let Mexico grow the food.
They already do grow a lot of food. Don't you ever check the labels on the produce in the supermarket?