In Canada total tax and non-tax revenue for every level of government equals about 38.4% of GDP, compared to the U.S. rate of 28.2%.
A significant portion of this tax differential is due to spending differences between the two countries. While the US is running deficits of about 4% of GDP, Canada has consistently posted a budget surplus of around 1% of GDP. Considered in a revenue-neutral context, the differential is much smaller - Canada's total governmental spending was about 36% of GDP vs. 31% in the US. In addition, caution must be used when comparing taxes across countries, due to the different services each offers. Whereas the Canadian healthcare system is 70% government-funded, the US system is just under 50% government-funded (mostly via Medicare and Medicaid); adding the additional healthcare-spending burden to the above figures to obtain comparable numbers (+3% for Canada, +7% for the US) gives adjusted expenditures of 38–39% of GDP for each of the two nations....
The greatest difference in social programs is in health care. Contrary to popular belief, the U.S. Government spends as much on health care, 7% of GDP, as the Canadian government does, and total healthcare spending is much higher - 14.6% of GDP in the US vs. 10% in Canada. Canadians, however, receive comparable care to those Americans who receive treatment, and result measures, such as life expectancy and infant mortality are better in Canada.
Exactly! Most people won't use this, therefore the amount of waste will actual increase. Personally, I just wish Asus would properly document and explain it's motherboards' BIOS settings. Think how much energy and time that would save! Sigh.;~(
In my opinion, overly affluent people are the real problem with the world today. Capitalism actually means all the people have access to the world's capital, not just the few percent. We live in financial despotism and employees are just economic slaves in denial. If democracy is so great why aren't our companies more democratic? From what I can see, greed is the insatiable effect of the law of diminishing returns. If materialism could actually produce happiness, wouldn't rich people stop at some finite point? It never ends because they're addicts. The rich and powerful are in the process of running society into a brick wall and for all of our science, we can't do squat about it.
and we Americans really need to responsibly take out our trash before the whole planet's just one big corporate garbage pile. Funny how America's so big on democracy, but the truth evidently is that America's democracy is useless because corporations like Apple have so corrupted the American government, that there's no real actual accountability to the American people. Evidently, that there is a democracy is just a lie told to we Americans so we'll be more easily turned into mindless consumers. Isn't it amazing just how many Americans, especially affluent ones, will deny that there's even any real problems with corporate America?
Sure Bono, and for the alternative perspective, how about Janis Ian's? "The Internet, and downloading, are here to stay... Anyone who thinks otherwise should prepare themselves to end up on the slagheap of history." ~ http://www.janisian.com/article-internet_debacle.html
Personally, I wonder how much music has been lost and locked up bu the music industry? Or how many musicians don't own their own songs? Or how many CDs were never cut, remain unreleased or are locked up in out of print limbo land? How many fat cat executives live it up while new talent can't pay the rent? and so on and so...
First off, the best books are written because something needed saying, not because some writer needed a perpetual income. Secondly, if a writer writes about things that people feel a need to read, the writer will develop an 'audience', which, in a way, is a perpetual income. Third, and most important, if you don't put in any effort, would you really appreciate what you take out?
In my experience, there's no free ride. You always pay, one way or another.
As well, I find outdoor backpack type gear also work well. Personally, I use a large travel pack from Mountain Equipment Co-op http://tinyurl.com/3lrpae
Yup, those were the days man; download.com was my friend, just like Tom's Hardware. Then along comes some big corporation and soon, the site is but a shadow of its former self.
In fact, it seems to be happening more and more these days. I think I'll give the phenomena a name and call it deja-rue!
clearly, once you've learned to to do anything physical, you shouldn't be over-focusing on what you are physically doing. The real zone is where the physical act happens faster than when you can think about it; just ask any martial artist or race car driver!
"Don't just think your faster, know you're faster!" ~ Morpheus
North side, east side Little Winny, Winny wears the crown, P2Ps the king around town Downloads, uploads Winny drives them silly with its file sharing shimmy shuffle down Way past one, and feeling allright 'Cos with little Winny round they can last all night Hey down, stay down, stay down down
'Cos little Winny, Winny won't go But you can't push Winny round, Winny won't go, try tellin' everybody but, oh no Little Winny, Winny won't go...;~)
The problem, as I understand it, with the "if we use the right parts or the right number of parts" theory is that if the parts have no intelligence in themselves, then no matter which parts, or how many, no real "new" intelligence will exist. It may appear to exist if the parts are "arranged" intelligently, however, this itself is only a reflection of the "arranger's" intelligence.
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You may. ;~) and thank you.
I appreciate your kind words. Please, drop me a line someday.
My sincerest apologies for my grievous error.
The author's surname is Carnegie
There, feel better now?
In terms of success, people skills are more useful than programming skills.
"...just *their* form of government"
as long as you mean less despotic when you say "their" government, I could agree
In Canada total tax and non-tax revenue for every level of government equals about 38.4% of GDP, compared to the U.S. rate of 28.2%.
A significant portion of this tax differential is due to spending differences between the two countries. While the US is running deficits of about 4% of GDP, Canada has consistently posted a budget surplus of around 1% of GDP. Considered in a revenue-neutral context, the differential is much smaller - Canada's total governmental spending was about 36% of GDP vs. 31% in the US. In addition, caution must be used when comparing taxes across countries, due to the different services each offers. Whereas the Canadian healthcare system is 70% government-funded, the US system is just under 50% government-funded (mostly via Medicare and Medicaid); adding the additional healthcare-spending burden to the above figures to obtain comparable numbers (+3% for Canada, +7% for the US) gives adjusted expenditures of 38–39% of GDP for each of the two nations....
The greatest difference in social programs is in health care. Contrary to popular belief, the U.S. Government spends as much on health care, 7% of GDP, as the Canadian government does, and total healthcare spending is much higher - 14.6% of GDP in the US vs. 10% in Canada. Canadians, however, receive comparable care to those Americans who receive treatment, and result measures, such as life expectancy and infant mortality are better in Canada.
https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Comparison_of_Canadian_and_American_economies#Taxation
you can't trust public organizations much, but you can trust private ones even less
Exactly! Most people won't use this, therefore the amount of waste will actual increase. Personally, I just wish Asus would properly document and explain it's motherboards' BIOS settings. Think how much energy and time that would save! Sigh. ;~(
They have nothing to do with safety and everything to do about scamming money from the public in order to support irresponsible bureaucrats.
In my opinion, overly affluent people are the real problem with the world today. Capitalism actually means all the people have access to the world's capital, not just the few percent. We live in financial despotism and employees are just economic slaves in denial. If democracy is so great why aren't our companies more democratic? From what I can see, greed is the insatiable effect of the law of diminishing returns. If materialism could actually produce happiness, wouldn't rich people stop at some finite point? It never ends because they're addicts. The rich and powerful are in the process of running society into a brick wall and for all of our science, we can't do squat about it.
and we Americans really need to responsibly take out our trash before the whole planet's just one big corporate garbage pile. Funny how America's so big on democracy, but the truth evidently is that America's democracy is useless because corporations like Apple have so corrupted the American government, that there's no real actual accountability to the American people. Evidently, that there is a democracy is just a lie told to we Americans so we'll be more easily turned into mindless consumers. Isn't it amazing just how many Americans, especially affluent ones, will deny that there's even any real problems with corporate America?
Sure Bono, and for the alternative perspective, how about Janis Ian's? "The Internet, and downloading, are here to stay... Anyone who thinks otherwise should prepare themselves to end up on the slagheap of history." ~ http://www.janisian.com/article-internet_debacle.html
Personally, I wonder how much music has been lost and locked up bu the music industry? Or how many musicians don't own their own songs? Or how many CDs were never cut, remain unreleased or are locked up in out of print limbo land? How many fat cat executives live it up while new talent can't pay the rent? and so on and so...
First off, the best books are written because something needed saying, not because some writer needed a perpetual income. Secondly, if a writer writes about things that people feel a need to read, the writer will develop an 'audience', which, in a way, is a perpetual income. Third, and most important, if you don't put in any effort, would you really appreciate what you take out?
In my experience, there's no free ride. You always pay, one way or another.
only when it makes Valve money - otherwise those PHBs won't do diddly
sadly, they don't really care about customers or gaming, just how much they can get for how little they can provide
big business sucks when it comes to community and creative efforts as they just won't play fairly with others
personally, I refuse to support evil by buying into corporate schemes
As well, I find outdoor backpack type gear also work well. Personally, I use a large travel pack from Mountain Equipment Co-op http://tinyurl.com/3lrpae
Yup, those were the days man; download.com was my friend, just like Tom's Hardware. Then along comes some big corporation and soon, the site is but a shadow of its former self.
In fact, it seems to be happening more and more these days. I think I'll give the phenomena a name and call it deja-rue!
sigh, even more useless expensive micro-science
clearly, once you've learned to to do anything physical, you shouldn't be over-focusing on what you are physically doing. The real zone is where the physical act happens faster than when you can think about it; just ask any martial artist or race car driver!
"Don't just think your faster, know you're faster!" ~ Morpheus
how about a quake mod?
well, let's see what googles, shall we ...
Wikipedia for Kids:
http://schools-wikipedia.org/
Article on Wikipedia for Kids:
http://www.marrowbones.com/commons/technosocial/2007/12/wikipedia_for_kids_teaching_a.html
NASA for Kids:
http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forkids/kidsclub/flash/index.html
and yes, if you want kids books, ask a librarian at the library, imho
oh, & wikipedia, NASA, etc. yup, that should keep a seven year old busy
as for books, try the library
but no, apparently now downtime is an upgrade!
So, just how is being down getting on?
since we seem to be slashvertising, I vote for M-Audio:
Audiophile, or
http://www.m-audio.com/products/en_us/Audiophile192-main.html
Gamer/Home Theatre
http://www.m-audio.com/products/en_us/Revolution71-main.html
North side, east side
... ;~)
Little Winny, Winny wears the crown,
P2Ps the king around town
Downloads, uploads
Winny drives them silly with its
file sharing shimmy shuffle down
Way past one, and feeling allright
'Cos with little Winny round
they can last all night
Hey down, stay down, stay down down
'Cos little Winny, Winny won't go
But you can't push Winny round, Winny won't go,
try tellin' everybody but, oh no
Little Winny, Winny won't go
the more files will slip through your obstructions
The problem, as I understand it, with the "if we use the right parts or the right number of parts" theory is that if the parts have no intelligence in themselves, then no matter which parts, or how many, no real "new" intelligence will exist. It may appear to exist if the parts are "arranged" intelligently, however, this itself is only a reflection of the "arranger's" intelligence.
for further reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consciousness#Turing_Test