The left doesn't think using the Executive Order process is evil OR bad. They think the executive making use of the process is using it for evil and sometimes bad ends. It's the right that has done an about face on whether the process is good or not.
It's perspective. Some call them conservative, some call them moderate, some call them liberals (by American standards - please refrain from the "they are extreme right for Europe), and some call them sell outs who will go against what they say they believe for some positive press.
They are not even vaguely liberal by any standard, including American standards.
I don't think you're going to find any reform or conservative Jews who think that, and I doubt you'll find more than a handful of orthodox Jews who do. As for Christians, I've only ever seen that sort of thinking from the fundamentalist sects - who I will grant are the most visible and powerful group of Christians in the US. But Catholics, Lutherans, Presbyterians, Episcopalians, Congregationalists, and Methodists generally do not think that way. As for Muslims, I must admit a fair amount of ignorance, but I doubt that the mainline sects are any more apocalyptic than mainline Jews or Christians.
Of course, free market absolutists would do well to remember the phenomenon of the Natural Monopoly. There are situations where competitive forces simply do not, and cannot, apply. In these situations, the only way to avoid rent-seeking and other exploitative behavior is government intervention.
But you are going to have the same customer service as you do for your water bill...
Can I get that in writing? Because my water service has never been interrupted, even briefly. My bill has never changed without notice, and never changed to charge me extra for things I was previously getting as part of my existing payment. The Water utility has never tried to to upsell me, and I don't have to pay for things I'll never use in order to get the water that I need. They don't charge existing customers more than newly signed up customers. I don't have to worry about them throttling my water supply.
If municipal Internet is anything like municipal water, I don't see how that's a bad thing.
So do most Blue States. The difference is in ratio of rural to urban. Urban areas produce much more economic activity than rural areas regardless of which state they are in. Blue States tend to have more and/or larger urban areas, which means that they have more economic activity, which in turn means higher average incomes and higher tax receipts. Rural areas require more funding per capita for infrastructure (including hospitals and clinics), and have a higher percentage of elderly residents and residents in poverty, which means they require more funding per capita for Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and other social safety net programs.
The asteroid belt has plenty of local resources as well, and you don't have to get them out of a gravity well. The cost - not just in resources, but in cargo space - of propellant is the second biggest problem in space exploration after the sheer size of space. Eliminate the need to propel out of a gravity well, and you eliminate the vast majority of that cost.
Typically, politically gerrymandered districts which are elected every two years.
Senators were given 6 year terms for a reason - they are supposed to counter the fickleness of the electorate. The same reason we had the filibuster for so long, and that the Senate, and not the House of Representatives, confirm executive appointees.
Also, if you think state legislators are less corruptible than senators, you haven't spent much time watching state legislators.
The person who drew the map in question was quite open that his intent was to make that as difficult as he could. His quote on the subject: “I think electing Republicans is better than electing Democrats. So I drew this map to help foster what I think is better for the country.”
Why repeal the 17th amendment? How does it advance the interests of citizen governance to allow a legislature to overrule the collective will of the people of the state?
You can't really break up natural monopolies, unfortunately. But your suggestion that you can be ISP or content provider, but not both, is a very good one. I don't think it's the full solution, but it certainly could be a big part.
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Too true!
No, it is not. The voters of a particular state are the constituency, not the government of that state. That's been the case for more than a century.
The left doesn't think using the Executive Order process is evil OR bad. They think the executive making use of the process is using it for evil and sometimes bad ends. It's the right that has done an about face on whether the process is good or not.
It's perspective. Some call them conservative, some call them moderate, some call them liberals (by American standards - please refrain from the "they are extreme right for Europe), and some call them sell outs who will go against what they say they believe for some positive press.
They are not even vaguely liberal by any standard, including American standards.
Where Senators and Representatives should have their loyalty in the following order. To their State, to their Country finally to their Party.
Shouldn't "their constituents" be somewhere on that list?
The solution seems obvious: vote the GOP out of office.
I don't think you're going to find any reform or conservative Jews who think that, and I doubt you'll find more than a handful of orthodox Jews who do. As for Christians, I've only ever seen that sort of thinking from the fundamentalist sects - who I will grant are the most visible and powerful group of Christians in the US. But Catholics, Lutherans, Presbyterians, Episcopalians, Congregationalists, and Methodists generally do not think that way. As for Muslims, I must admit a fair amount of ignorance, but I doubt that the mainline sects are any more apocalyptic than mainline Jews or Christians.
Of course, free market absolutists would do well to remember the phenomenon of the Natural Monopoly. There are situations where competitive forces simply do not, and cannot, apply. In these situations, the only way to avoid rent-seeking and other exploitative behavior is government intervention.
But you are going to have the same customer service as you do for your water bill...
Can I get that in writing? Because my water service has never been interrupted, even briefly. My bill has never changed without notice, and never changed to charge me extra for things I was previously getting as part of my existing payment. The Water utility has never tried to to upsell me, and I don't have to pay for things I'll never use in order to get the water that I need. They don't charge existing customers more than newly signed up customers. I don't have to worry about them throttling my water supply.
If municipal Internet is anything like municipal water, I don't see how that's a bad thing.
So do most Blue States. The difference is in ratio of rural to urban. Urban areas produce much more economic activity than rural areas regardless of which state they are in. Blue States tend to have more and/or larger urban areas, which means that they have more economic activity, which in turn means higher average incomes and higher tax receipts. Rural areas require more funding per capita for infrastructure (including hospitals and clinics), and have a higher percentage of elderly residents and residents in poverty, which means they require more funding per capita for Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and other social safety net programs.
The asteroid belt has plenty of local resources as well, and you don't have to get them out of a gravity well. The cost - not just in resources, but in cargo space - of propellant is the second biggest problem in space exploration after the sheer size of space. Eliminate the need to propel out of a gravity well, and you eliminate the vast majority of that cost.
The Acorn videos leap immediately to mind.
Where does the legislature come from again?
Typically, politically gerrymandered districts which are elected every two years.
Senators were given 6 year terms for a reason - they are supposed to counter the fickleness of the electorate. The same reason we had the filibuster for so long, and that the Senate, and not the House of Representatives, confirm executive appointees.
Also, if you think state legislators are less corruptible than senators, you haven't spent much time watching state legislators.
The person who drew the map in question was quite open that his intent was to make that as difficult as he could. His quote on the subject: “I think electing Republicans is better than electing Democrats. So I drew this map to help foster what I think is better for the country.”
The intent was to create a permanent majority of one party. That's about as antidemocratic as you can get.
Never mind that the third judge was a Bush appointee and concurred on two of the three bases for the decision.
And it has 30.2% of the voters registered as Republicans.
On the Democratic side:
Maryland
Illinois
On the Republican side:
North Carolina
Pennsylvania
Wisconsin
Michigan
Ohio
Florida
Texas
New York
West Virginia
Virginia
Alabama
Why repeal the 17th amendment? How does it advance the interests of citizen governance to allow a legislature to overrule the collective will of the people of the state?
Tax receipts != tax rates
How the fuck did this get modded as insightful?
And helmet to helmet hits are generally illegal in the NFL. Shit happens.
So you're saying that you're okay with police murdering citizens as long as other citizens murder more citizens than the police?
I'm sure you have sources for all of your claims.
You can't really break up natural monopolies, unfortunately. But your suggestion that you can be ISP or content provider, but not both, is a very good one. I don't think it's the full solution, but it certainly could be a big part.