The Japanese don't see their university students as grown-ups, not yet 'shakai-jin' or part of society. So university kids are still... kids. Even more frustrating is; grades are more about attendance than performance.
That's not big government, that's _inefficient_ (and likely corrupt) government.
There have been some rather large paradigm shifts in the past two decades on how governments should operate, commonly referred to as New Public Management. Sounds like your country doesn't even have proper old public management.
Fourth, suggesting that government is less efficient than private industry means you've only seen incompetent, inert and/or corrupt governments.
There is nothing inherent in the concept of government that makes it unable to achieve the same efficiency as private industry. In fact, as government does not aim to make a profit but rather one of providing a service, they're theoretically able to achieve _HIGHER_ efficiency.
Tell me, what country has the highest per capita health care cost in the world, yet still manages to keep a significant portion of their citizens uncovered?
And yet, if I have a man with different skin colour, or even simply different clothing, other men will consider his life worth less than even the smallest dog.
Bah, I'd fuck a nice asian girl any day. What's your point?
Well, in this case you might as well send the $45 to The Pirate Bay, rather than Walmart, as the publisher and game developers won't see a cent of it anyway.
For once I'm glad the U.S. is in 15th place. Normally when we fall behind nations like Norway or Sweden on the internet speeds, I think that's bad, but in this case I'm glad we carry less debt than they do. (By the way, I thought the European Union forbids deficit spending of its member states?)
Wait... What?
The US had public debt at 60.8% of GDP in 2007, while Sweden had 36.5% in 2008. And Norway is somewhere between 50% and 80% of GDP depending on what source you look at.
Norway looks like a basket case, right? Damn that socialist expenditure is ruining the country.
Except Norway has the second largest sovereign wealth fund in the world, after Saudi Arabia. Owning 1.25% of the european stock/equity market and about half of that in the rest of the world. For a population of 4.7M people, that's rather impressive.
Any government in the world would get a hard-on at the thought of having the 'debt' of Norway. Imagine being so 'poor' (read: filthy rich) that you need to take up debt (read: sell governmental bonds) just to keep your own currency and inflation in check.
Sweden? They had some problems in the mid-90's, but that's mostly fixed, so don't really see what you're aiming at there. A bit out-dated information perhaps?
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Except the bikini hides a penis, and we don't really want to see _that_.
The Japanese don't see their university students as grown-ups, not yet 'shakai-jin' or part of society. So university kids are still... kids. Even more frustrating is; grades are more about attendance than performance.
That's not big government, that's _inefficient_ (and likely corrupt) government.
There have been some rather large paradigm shifts in the past two decades on how governments should operate, commonly referred to as New Public Management. Sounds like your country doesn't even have proper old public management.
2000-3000 degrees of what? Perhaps you should look at your post's title to find the answer, it was so close, yet so far.
A polygamous, pedophile horse is the root of all internet piracy? Wow.
Fourth, suggesting that government is less efficient than private industry means you've only seen incompetent, inert and/or corrupt governments.
There is nothing inherent in the concept of government that makes it unable to achieve the same efficiency as private industry. In fact, as government does not aim to make a profit but rather one of providing a service, they're theoretically able to achieve _HIGHER_ efficiency.
Tell me, what country has the highest per capita health care cost in the world, yet still manages to keep a significant portion of their citizens uncovered?
Shit, I live in Japan.
That's why the social democratic system is so popular in Europe... You get most of the benefits of capitalism, with the safety net of communism.
The golden path lies in the middle.
And yet, if I have a man with different skin colour, or even simply different clothing, other men will consider his life worth less than even the smallest dog.
Bah, I'd fuck a nice asian girl any day. What's your point?
You're link is wrong, surely you meant Accelerando, the most sold ero-manga in Japan?
He choose to break the RIAA rules and got judged in a kangaroo court.
Or was that extortion?
Tobacco, no, it's been modified by humans through selective breeding, exactly the same as other crops.
Yeah, but the rest have been modified by a radical selective-breeding revolutionist of the 19th century, named Darwin.
A tin-foil jockstrap, on the other hand...
Why? They won't have the necessary resolution to see anything anyway...
Well, in this case you might as well send the $45 to The Pirate Bay, rather than Walmart, as the publisher and game developers won't see a cent of it anyway.
So we should insert empty loops in code just cause CPU cycles have never been cheaper?
And as such, I'm really looking forward to the game WWIII: Rise of the Cockroaches.
I don't think you're correct.
They managed to ram a patch down my throat eventually.
Shows the quality of First Post'ers... Seriously, the whole article is braindead or just plain childish.
No, it's the even-numbered ones that are crappy. You just have bad taste.
The CSM has no influence in the game world itself, thus totally different things.
Hey, aren't you the guy that keeps posting threads about how salvaging wrecks is theft, and should flag the player?
One man's Shipping Forecasts is another man's Shoelace Industry Weekly.
For once I'm glad the U.S. is in 15th place. Normally when we fall behind nations like Norway or Sweden on the internet speeds, I think that's bad, but in this case I'm glad we carry less debt than they do. (By the way, I thought the European Union forbids deficit spending of its member states?)
Wait... What?
The US had public debt at 60.8% of GDP in 2007, while Sweden had 36.5% in 2008. And Norway is somewhere between 50% and 80% of GDP depending on what source you look at.
Norway looks like a basket case, right? Damn that socialist expenditure is ruining the country.
Except Norway has the second largest sovereign wealth fund in the world, after Saudi Arabia. Owning 1.25% of the european stock/equity market and about half of that in the rest of the world. For a population of 4.7M people, that's rather impressive.
Any government in the world would get a hard-on at the thought of having the 'debt' of Norway. Imagine being so 'poor' (read: filthy rich) that you need to take up debt (read: sell governmental bonds) just to keep your own currency and inflation in check.
Sweden? They had some problems in the mid-90's, but that's mostly fixed, so don't really see what you're aiming at there. A bit out-dated information perhaps?
Yes, how did it ever become such a nerd thing? It used to be here in Japan that it was for normal people.
Uhm, wait, what, who hates tax?