Someone who gets the payoff probably isn't making enough income to get the tax break, but you are correct that AFDC and similar programs probably shell out more than 20k in benefits. But this is a gross number, not a net number. From those benefits, subtract what are used. Does it make sense? I don't know.
The other trick is to remember the mindset of someone who is even contemplating this: they're likely to want the quick buck. $20k can buy a flashy car. $200/month, after you take out the various costs related to the kid, gets you a rental at Blockbuster.
Well this certtainly does not seem like a liberterian ideal. How would you prevent people from reproducing?
Did I claim to be a libertarian? If so, it was a mistake. I'm a pragmatist. Most people would get along far better with a fascist leader than our current setting or under a more libertarian setting. If someone can't take a few seconds to use some birth control, how can they be responsible enough to raise their 5-6 mistakes?
And yet those along with cancer are where most of the health care dollars are spent. Unfortunately there is no way to hold polluters responsible for the cancer they cause.
One of the problems is that you have listed 'cancer' as if it were a single disease. It is not. There are many forms with many levels of treatment. Ovarian cancer, testicular cancer, breast cancer, etc. are treatable. Stomach cancer isn't. So why not put the money spent on 'treating' stomach cancer into... Geez, just about anything else. There is a phenomenal amount of wasted money in medicine.
If my understanding is correct, you are saying that environmental pollutants cause cancer? I'll assume it is (again, just for the sake of argument:) I'd be curious which studies indicate that pollutants from cars, factories, power plants, etc. are a significant cause of any cancer. I'd also like to make sure the methodology takes into account the smoking vs. non-smoking cancer victims. Let me give you one example: black lung disease. Many coal miners claimed they received lung cancer as a result of working in the mines. They won some money (thought not nearly as much as Peter Angelos, one of the attorneys). The problem is, the evidence put forth in court was flawed. Yes, coal miners DID get more cancer than the average citizen. But there were more smokers amongst miners. When you look at the non-smoking miner population compared to the non-smoking general public, the rates of cancer fall within statistical error. Similar results with the smoking miners. Another example is the 'link' between breast augmentation and lupus. Finally, there is the 'link' between MMR and... sorry, forget the disease. CP?
(BTW, these bring up another wasteful area of medicine: malpractice insurance. Unless there is some sanity brought to the courts, expect more strikes like those in WVa. and PA)
Now, if I am correct, the libertarians have a solution to correctly placing costs on polluters: the private lawsuit. I'd rather pay that bill in the purchase of my car and electric bill than in my taxes.
To see how well all of this works, let's look at the tobacco settlement. It was intended to make the states whole from having to foot the bill for various afflicted smokers (ignoring the fact that perhaps private insurance companies should have gotten some money). Have you followed where your state is spending the money? In my state, Maryland, it's being dumped into the general fund to pay for anything and everything. What does that have to do with anything? I'm not sure, but it's probably an important datum.
No sense saying anything, as LordNimon hit it on the head: that person shouldn't have four kids. That person likely isn't going to take a part in the education of the children, so the children are lost already. Who cares what school they go to. That's sorta my point: children whose parents go to the effort to make sure they do homework and make an effort to scrape up the $2k are going to do better, no matter what school they are in.
I suppose that could be one with internet purhases in the U.S. but when it comes to international purchases thewre's only groups like the World Trade Organization (*Shudder*) or local elements such as NAFTA.
Your criticism of school choice largely reduces to my concern with any school 'improvement' plan: it ignores the ability and willingness of the parent to participate. What do I mean? Well, an extra $2k per year isn't much. I am not sure that I've met the person who couldn't find an extra $2k by giving up cigarettes, cable TV, and a host of other 'necessary' things. Yes, there are some, but not in significant numbers. These parents (who should be called 'gene donors') should not be allowed to breed. Plain and simple.
The Depression didn't end because of government investment in the populace. FDR's programs were beginning to fail. After an initial increase in jobs and employment, the weight of the system and inability to pay for it started dragging it back under. What really brought the US out of the Great Depression was war spending. That's one of the reasons why it was so darned important for the US to really want to go to war. FDR's programs were stopgap measure. Ramping every factory in the country up to three shifts per day is what really got things going.
Healthcare. The problem with this is what the government will cover. Unfortunately, the government pays to cover a great deal of unneccessary services and self-inflicted diseases. Were we to eliminate treatment for smokers and those with cirhotic livers, there would be more money to pay for various medications. There's not a slippery slope here. I could go into far more detail, but smoking is clearly a detriment to health. To get liver disease requires you to have done some really heavy drinking (and/or had hepatitis. There would naturally be exceptions for this.) But heart disease and diabetes are not 100% self inflicted in most cases.
I'd love to stay up all night, but this, for me, is just an argument for argument's sake:)
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Just wanted to congratulate you folks on putting together a website that wasn't slashdotted within ten seconds of being announced on the front page.
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Let me add a further thumbs up. I recently dl'ed and installed RH 8.0 just to see what the fuss was about. After installing a plugin for XMMS, I must say I was quite impressed. Everything actually worked!
I'll probably snag a copy of ark linux just to see how that's working out. But for general desktop use, beating RH 8.0 is gonna be tough.
If it's the tech I'm thinking of, the signals are sent over the same towers as pager signals, but sent during off peak hours.
There must be something wrong with your TV. I've had a Guide Plus tv for almost 4 years with no problems related to the Guide. I've had a Guide Plus VCR for 5 years with no Guide related problems.
Sell the service. Install monitors for level of alcohol. When it gets to a certain level, you replace the bottle. They pay for a 'monitoring fee' as well as the booze.
My cell phone has a nifty mode for entering words. You use the abc=1 def=2, etc. But, instead of hitting '2' twice for 'e', you just punch in the numbers. It shows potential words that match. T9 encoding is what sprint calls it anyway.
What planet do you live on where there is a mandatory certification process to work on cars? Is this some socialist French thing?
Many car shops have only one guy with an ASE cert. Just enough to slap the sticker on the front window. I'd sooner trust the guy who has been modding his car (even body kits and so forth, if he did it himself) since he was 14 than some pissant who took an ASE class at 19 or so.
Similarly, I'd sooner trust the case modding doofus to an MCSE to figure out why my computer keeps randomly slowing down. (Real life story. Solution: screwed up power saving settings in the BIOS not matched to the OS. No fewer than four MCSE's looked at this machine with no luck.)
If you don't have a back seat, you are in one of two situations.
First, you are a redneck with a pick'emup truck. You would break the receiver trying to force in your Waylon Jennings 8tracks.
Second, you are driving a sports car, in which case, who cares?
Personally, I'd like one of these for my motorcycle. Would really help keep the wife awake on the back seat. Or if I ever get the sidecar, a TV in there would be pretty cool.
You can switch the display to a 'large letter' mode. Forget how to do it, but flip through the manual. I don't care for it, as it's very ugly compared to the smaller display.
Some folks have attached wifi adapters. Go hit the discussion groups on Yahoo (slimdevices links from their page). All kinds of nifty stuff.
My only problem is how long it takes to rescan files when you add to the library.
Half of the price is for the VFD screen (if I remember correctly). There's not much reason you couldn't buy one, and figure out how to build it with a cheaper LCD screen. Also, if memory serves, there's really only two or three chips.
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Someone who gets the payoff probably isn't making enough income to get the tax break, but you are correct that AFDC and similar programs probably shell out more than 20k in benefits. But this is a gross number, not a net number. From those benefits, subtract what are used. Does it make sense? I don't know.
The other trick is to remember the mindset of someone who is even contemplating this: they're likely to want the quick buck. $20k can buy a flashy car. $200/month, after you take out the various costs related to the kid, gets you a rental at Blockbuster.
Well this certtainly does not seem like a liberterian ideal. How would you prevent people from reproducing?
Did I claim to be a libertarian? If so, it was a mistake. I'm a pragmatist. Most people would get along far better with a fascist leader than our current setting or under a more libertarian setting. If someone can't take a few seconds to use some birth control, how can they be responsible enough to raise their 5-6 mistakes?
And yet those along with cancer are where most of the health care dollars are spent. Unfortunately there is no way to hold polluters responsible for the cancer they cause.
One of the problems is that you have listed 'cancer' as if it were a single disease. It is not. There are many forms with many levels of treatment. Ovarian cancer, testicular cancer, breast cancer, etc. are treatable. Stomach cancer isn't. So why not put the money spent on 'treating' stomach cancer into... Geez, just about anything else. There is a phenomenal amount of wasted money in medicine.
If my understanding is correct, you are saying that environmental pollutants cause cancer? I'll assume it is (again, just for the sake of argument:) I'd be curious which studies indicate that pollutants from cars, factories, power plants, etc. are a significant cause of any cancer. I'd also like to make sure the methodology takes into account the smoking vs. non-smoking cancer victims. Let me give you one example: black lung disease. Many coal miners claimed they received lung cancer as a result of working in the mines. They won some money (thought not nearly as much as Peter Angelos, one of the attorneys). The problem is, the evidence put forth in court was flawed. Yes, coal miners DID get more cancer than the average citizen. But there were more smokers amongst miners. When you look at the non-smoking miner population compared to the non-smoking general public, the rates of cancer fall within statistical error. Similar results with the smoking miners. Another example is the 'link' between breast augmentation and lupus. Finally, there is the 'link' between MMR and... sorry, forget the disease. CP?
(BTW, these bring up another wasteful area of medicine: malpractice insurance. Unless there is some sanity brought to the courts, expect more strikes like those in WVa. and PA)
Now, if I am correct, the libertarians have a solution to correctly placing costs on polluters: the private lawsuit. I'd rather pay that bill in the purchase of my car and electric bill than in my taxes.
To see how well all of this works, let's look at the tobacco settlement. It was intended to make the states whole from having to foot the bill for various afflicted smokers (ignoring the fact that perhaps private insurance companies should have gotten some money). Have you followed where your state is spending the money? In my state, Maryland, it's being dumped into the general fund to pay for anything and everything. What does that have to do with anything? I'm not sure, but it's probably an important datum.
No sense saying anything, as LordNimon hit it on the head: that person shouldn't have four kids. That person likely isn't going to take a part in the education of the children, so the children are lost already. Who cares what school they go to. That's sorta my point: children whose parents go to the effort to make sure they do homework and make an effort to scrape up the $2k are going to do better, no matter what school they are in.
I suppose that could be one with internet purhases in the U.S. but when it comes to international purchases thewre's only groups like the World Trade Organization (*Shudder*) or local elements such as NAFTA.
Shhhh! Don't give them any ideas.
Your criticism of school choice largely reduces to my concern with any school 'improvement' plan: it ignores the ability and willingness of the parent to participate. What do I mean? Well, an extra $2k per year isn't much. I am not sure that I've met the person who couldn't find an extra $2k by giving up cigarettes, cable TV, and a host of other 'necessary' things. Yes, there are some, but not in significant numbers. These parents (who should be called 'gene donors') should not be allowed to breed. Plain and simple.
The Depression didn't end because of government investment in the populace. FDR's programs were beginning to fail. After an initial increase in jobs and employment, the weight of the system and inability to pay for it started dragging it back under. What really brought the US out of the Great Depression was war spending. That's one of the reasons why it was so darned important for the US to really want to go to war. FDR's programs were stopgap measure. Ramping every factory in the country up to three shifts per day is what really got things going.
Healthcare. The problem with this is what the government will cover. Unfortunately, the government pays to cover a great deal of unneccessary services and self-inflicted diseases. Were we to eliminate treatment for smokers and those with cirhotic livers, there would be more money to pay for various medications. There's not a slippery slope here. I could go into far more detail, but smoking is clearly a detriment to health. To get liver disease requires you to have done some really heavy drinking (and/or had hepatitis. There would naturally be exceptions for this.) But heart disease and diabetes are not 100% self inflicted in most cases.
I'd love to stay up all night, but this, for me, is just an argument for argument's sake:)
Thank you for mentioning the multiplier effect. I'm glad to see that someone's studies of economics were more rigourous than the average slashbot.
That's what I get for being lazy. Thanks.
Just wanted to congratulate you folks on putting together a website that wasn't slashdotted within ten seconds of being announced on the front page.
Let me add a further thumbs up. I recently dl'ed and installed RH 8.0 just to see what the fuss was about. After installing a plugin for XMMS, I must say I was quite impressed. Everything actually worked!
I'll probably snag a copy of ark linux just to see how that's working out. But for general desktop use, beating RH 8.0 is gonna be tough.
How do I get the real stream into Linux?
I saw the stuff on cartalk's site, but why must they break it into 15 little segments? Frustrating.
If it's the tech I'm thinking of, the signals are sent over the same towers as pager signals, but sent during off peak hours.
There must be something wrong with your TV. I've had a Guide Plus tv for almost 4 years with no problems related to the Guide. I've had a Guide Plus VCR for 5 years with no Guide related problems.
Excellent idea. Wonder if I can get this set up before the next broadcast of 'Car Talk'?
Sell the service. Install monitors for level of alcohol. When it gets to a certain level, you replace the bottle. They pay for a 'monitoring fee' as well as the booze.
My cell phone has a nifty mode for entering words. You use the abc=1 def=2, etc. But, instead of hitting '2' twice for 'e', you just punch in the numbers. It shows potential words that match. T9 encoding is what sprint calls it anyway.
Maybe no strawberries, but I know the slashdot crowd could provide more than enough cherries.
Wouldn't happen to be SeaWorld in/near Niagra, would it? My mother has a few thoughts on that place...
(BTW, it's been like 17 years since we went.)
What planet do you live on where there is a mandatory certification process to work on cars? Is this some socialist French thing?
Many car shops have only one guy with an ASE cert. Just enough to slap the sticker on the front window. I'd sooner trust the guy who has been modding his car (even body kits and so forth, if he did it himself) since he was 14 than some pissant who took an ASE class at 19 or so.
Similarly, I'd sooner trust the case modding doofus to an MCSE to figure out why my computer keeps randomly slowing down. (Real life story. Solution: screwed up power saving settings in the BIOS not matched to the OS. No fewer than four MCSE's looked at this machine with no luck.)
If you don't have a back seat, you are in one of two situations.
First, you are a redneck with a pick'emup truck. You would break the receiver trying to force in your Waylon Jennings 8tracks.
Second, you are driving a sports car, in which case, who cares?
Personally, I'd like one of these for my motorcycle. Would really help keep the wife awake on the back seat. Or if I ever get the sidecar, a TV in there would be pretty cool.
You also added a picture of a cute girl since the last time I went there. Very nice feature.
You can switch the display to a 'large letter' mode. Forget how to do it, but flip through the manual. I don't care for it, as it's very ugly compared to the smaller display.
Some folks have attached wifi adapters. Go hit the discussion groups on Yahoo (slimdevices links from their page). All kinds of nifty stuff.
My only problem is how long it takes to rescan files when you add to the library.
Half of the price is for the VFD screen (if I remember correctly). There's not much reason you couldn't buy one, and figure out how to build it with a cheaper LCD screen. Also, if memory serves, there's really only two or three chips.
I was wondering if it shouldn't be 'karmawhorier' instead...
CT's responses to feature requests and comments are typical amongst OSS developers: submit a patch.
This is also the first place I remember it. But, was it Mac Write, or Word that had it first?
Also, I'm sure someone will tell how Steve stole it from Xerox, IBM, Santa Clause, or the Tooth Fairy.
I always wondered why it was Command-Z. Thanks for clearing that up.
I'll do it for $499.94. Even cheaper than your solution, and they'll know who to send the check to.