Civfanatics.com already has a huge store of graphics, that as far as I know, are free to use...why don't the developers try to get in touch with some the artists who developed these tile sets?
"Over the long run"? Doesn't that sentence take some hubris to utter? 230 years isn't a very long time, as the lifespan of many governments go, after all.
At some point, for a while, yes, it will have to be fed from the general fund. It has been producing surpluses that feed the general fund for most of my working life. Assuming any growth in productivity at all, this does not constitute a 'crisis'. Assuming any massive drops in productivity, from, oh, say, not preparing for hugely higher oil energy costs in the future, and working around them, will, again, lead to many more problems than just SS. People calling it a "Ponzi Scheme" seem to think that at some point NO funds will be paid in to it. There are 2, maybe 3 ways for that to happen. Everyone suddenly becomes sterile, with no new kids being born. The government defaults on its obligations, and abandons the entire program. Or there is a revolution, or war, that disintegrates the current government completely. Tell me, sir, which scenario of those listed strikes you as (most) likely?
That was exactly the situation before FDR, and the NEW Deal. You might want to google "bonus army". You see, there was almost another revolution, in 1933... Even filthy rich people decided it would be cheaper to pay off the starving, than be slaughtered in their beds...or move to somewhere paradaisacal, with no government at all...like, oh, say, Sudan? Ethiopa, maybe? Hmm, it sure is a mystery to me, why Bill Gates hasn'r moved there, already...
If you can't live on $20k, after your house is paid off (it should be, or nearly so...or don't you plan ahead?) then you have problems. Put down that straw.
And you, sir, are obviously unaware of what of a "Ponzi" actually is, even...you are nothing but a meat sound reproducer for Loudmouth Limbaugh. Or are you seriously suggesting that soon NO more children will be born, to pay into the system? That's going to cause hell with all revenues, in that case, not just SS.
Letting you keep it is irresponsible, if the government isn't paying its debts. Do you use highways? "Support the troops"? Rely on the courts to enforce contracts? Ever dial 911? Myriad other examples, although your mind is probably too narrow to think of them.
If you truly believe we're gonna see 0 new births and infinite lifespans in your lifetime, you've really had too much kool-aid. You're cut off. You're a taxi.
I'm just a humble roofer, but I can spell, and use grammar correctly. People who whine about how they've EARNED their money, by God, are often the most egregious abusers of the language. I wonder what kind of well-paying job doesn't require at least a rudimentary working knowledge of the English language? (In the United Snakes, at least) I mean, sure, for some druggie motormouth like Rush it may not be necessary. It would seem to me that any job that required higher skills than flipping burgers would, though.
I've never worn a suite. Seems like it'd be kind of heavy and awkward... Seriously, so many people here claim to be so smart, and make so much money, and maybe they are, and maybe they do - but... Why can't anyone spell anymore, or use even simple grammar? It's very irritating to read.
Good luck running FF with 16mb ram. I absolutey hate IE, but I could just barely use it, with a 486/dx4 100mhz, and 64 mb ram, Mozilla and FF were simply unusable.
I don't know anyone around here to play chess with anymore, but at one time I was pretty good at it, I probably played at about an ELO rating level of 2000 or so (expert). I liked the older, flashy gambits, just for fun, although most modern masters prefer the queen's-pawn games.
I'm from Springdale, in Washington County, AR. Years ago, I was convicted of public intox in Johnson, when I was stone cold sober. More laws, more cops, there's Paradise a-waitin', just outlaw everything that anyone could possibly object to. Hey, misprescribed prescription drugs kill 400,000 people a year in the U.S., let's outlaw them, and doctors, too, while we're at it.
I talk to a Russian gal, even they know that 'The Land of the Free', isn't anymore. To anyone who still thinks so, let me clue you in: Freedom means the ability to DO something, not being protected FROM being exposed to something that you don't like. Drunk driving shouldn't even be illegal, per se. Having an accident, and damaging someone else's property, or hurting someone, should be what's illegal. Put meaningful penalties on that. Think about it.
The U.S. has a higher percentage of its people locked up than any other nation on Earth, by far. George Orwell could have been looking into a crystal ball, either that, or maybe or maybe our leaders shouldn't have taken '1984' as a training manual...
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Don't play any Civ-type Sid Meier games, if you value sleep...
Civfanatics.com already has a huge store of graphics, that as far as I know, are free to use...why don't the developers try to get in touch with some the artists who developed these tile sets?
"Over the long run"?
Doesn't that sentence take some hubris to utter?
230 years isn't a very long time, as the lifespan of many governments go, after all.
At some point, for a while, yes, it will have to be fed from the general fund. It has been producing surpluses that feed the general fund for most of my working life.
Assuming any growth in productivity at all, this does not constitute a 'crisis'.
Assuming any massive drops in productivity, from, oh, say, not preparing for hugely higher oil energy costs in the future, and working around them, will, again, lead to many more problems than just SS.
People calling it a "Ponzi Scheme" seem to think that at some point NO funds will be paid in to it. There are 2, maybe 3 ways for that to happen. Everyone suddenly becomes sterile, with no new kids being born. The government defaults on its obligations, and abandons the entire program. Or there is a revolution, or war, that disintegrates the current government completely.
Tell me, sir, which scenario of those listed strikes you as (most) likely?
That was exactly the situation before FDR, and the NEW Deal. You might want to google "bonus army". You see, there was almost another revolution, in 1933...
Even filthy rich people decided it would be cheaper to pay off the starving, than be slaughtered in their beds...or move to somewhere paradaisacal, with no government at all...like, oh, say, Sudan? Ethiopa, maybe? Hmm, it sure is a mystery to me, why Bill Gates hasn'r moved there, already...
If you can't live on $20k, after your house is paid off (it should be, or nearly so...or don't you plan ahead?) then you have problems. Put down that straw.
And you, sir, are obviously unaware of what of a "Ponzi" actually is, even...you are nothing but a meat sound reproducer for Loudmouth Limbaugh.
Or are you seriously suggesting that soon NO more children will be born, to pay into the system? That's going to cause hell with all revenues, in that case, not just SS.
Letting you keep it is irresponsible, if the government isn't paying its debts. Do you use highways? "Support the troops"? Rely on the courts to enforce contracts? Ever dial 911?
Myriad other examples, although your mind is probably too narrow to think of them.
If you truly believe we're gonna see 0 new births and infinite lifespans in your lifetime, you've really had too much kool-aid. You're cut off. You're a taxi.
Oh, I guess the cost of huge tax subsidies to non-productive individuals, like trust-fund kids, and wars of opportunity don't count...
Treasury bonds are also IOU's. Think about it.
I'm just a humble roofer, but I can spell, and use grammar correctly. People who whine about how they've EARNED their money, by God, are often the most egregious abusers of the language. I wonder what kind of well-paying job doesn't require at least a rudimentary working knowledge of the English language? (In the United Snakes, at least)
I mean, sure, for some druggie motormouth like Rush it may not be necessary.
It would seem to me that any job that required higher skills than flipping burgers would, though.
Do you ask them if they know the difference between "loose" and "lose"?
Google "bonus army". Republicans and free traders seem not to remember that the US almost had a revolution in 1932.
I've never found a site I needed to use badly enough to fire up IE. If it's not Moz-friendly, I can most likely find a competitor that is.
That's where my Gnome went...
I've never worn a suite. Seems like it'd be kind of heavy and awkward...
Seriously, so many people here claim to be so smart, and make so much money, and maybe they are, and maybe they do - but...
Why can't anyone spell anymore, or use even simple grammar?
It's very irritating to read.
Not to mention the British East India Company. Or the United Fruit Company, from which the term "Banana Republic" is derived...
Ubuntu is fine for your mom. I kind of liked the older versions of Knoppix, I like civ :-P
Good luck running FF with 16mb ram. I absolutey hate IE, but I could just barely use it, with a 486/dx4 100mhz, and 64 mb ram, Mozilla and FF were simply unusable.
I don't know anyone around here to play chess with anymore, but at one time I was pretty good at it, I probably played at about an ELO rating level of 2000 or so (expert). I liked the older, flashy gambits, just for fun, although most modern masters prefer the queen's-pawn games.
I'm from Springdale, in Washington County, AR. Years ago, I was convicted of public intox in Johnson, when I was stone cold sober. More laws, more cops, there's Paradise a-waitin', just outlaw everything that anyone could possibly object to. Hey, misprescribed prescription drugs kill 400,000 people a year in the U.S., let's outlaw them, and doctors, too, while we're at it.
I talk to a Russian gal, even they know that 'The Land of the Free', isn't anymore. To anyone who still thinks so, let me clue you in: Freedom means the ability to DO something, not being protected FROM being exposed to something that you don't like.
Drunk driving shouldn't even be illegal, per se. Having an accident, and damaging someone else's property, or hurting someone, should be what's illegal. Put meaningful penalties on that. Think about it.
Nazi Democrats? Cowards? Wanna have a shoot-off?
The U.S. has a higher percentage of its people locked up than any other nation on Earth, by far. George Orwell could have been looking into a crystal ball, either that, or maybe or maybe our leaders shouldn't have taken '1984' as a training manual...
3rd week of January, 2004...although that's probably giving him 3 weeks more than he'll get, lol.