When the rich move out of the city, it is called "White flight", which is bad.
If you don't think it's bad, look at Detroit and tell me how the city benefited from it.
When the rich move into the city, it is called "Gentrification", which is bad.
That's not entirely accurate. Gentrification is when new development raises existing rents such that the people already living there are unable to remain. There are ways for cities to redevelop in such a way that this doesn't happen (for example, by requiring any new developments to have a certain percentage of units that will rent for similar amounts as existing housing), but that does require us to admit that a purely free market doesn't meet the needs of large numbers of people when it comes to things like housing.
STEM in high school means nothing without the college degree to back it up and if LeBron isn't going to fund these kids THROUGH college its a fruitless endeavor.
That's a fair point. Or, it would be if not for the fact that "If [students at the school] successfully complete the school program and graduate from high school, James will cover their full tuition at the local public college, University of Akron." But given that fact, it's actually a pretty piss poor point that seems more aimed at shitting on someone doing something good than at contributing to a solution.
Comparing within the class isn't a good way of looking at it. An electric supercar that competes with a Koenigsegg Regera, but costs only a quarter as much is not actually affordable, as most people can't afford a half million dollar car. Similarly, I don't think a car that sells for a minimum of 49,000 qualifies as "affordable" in the real world. That's nearly twice the median personal income in the US.
Capital purchases of tangible equipment are depreciated, not amortized. Functionally the same thing really but just being pedantic about the proper words. You would amortize an intangible asset like a patent purchase. Why they make the distinction has never been entirely clear to me since functionally it is the same activity. Finance and accounting are weird that way.
Don't forget depletion! Same concept applied to natural resource extraction (mines, wells, etc.)
The vast majority of states don't have mail-in voting, so #1 seems necessary in most of the country.
We have #2 in my state. It's not chaotic in the least. No provisional ballots are necessary. You just show the documentation, they look it over and verify you're in the correct precinct, add your name to the rolls, and give you a ballot.
When was that right given to "the people"? Seems to me that "the people" had that right from time immemorial right up until the development of modern copyright law.
No, you have to make a car that buyers will perceive to be a better driver than *themselves*. People aren't buying the car for the idiots they see on the road - they're buying it for themselves. Given that most people think they are far better drivers than the examples that you give, that's a much higher bar to clear than you present.
That's idiotic. City planning is about avoiding tragedies of the commons which inevitably occur when you don't plan. It's about making a city the best possible place to live for its residents, which you will note is the exact opposite of forcing people to do what they don't want to do.
Only when those fuel taxes A) are sufficient to pay for the full cost of externalities, and B) are actually spent on mitigating the externalities. In the US at least, fuel taxes are nowhere near enough to cover externalities, nor are the proceeds thereof used to mitigate them (outside of an insufficient level of maintenance).
This is not correct. Every major airport in the US is owned and operated by a public body, be it the city, county, state, or a public airports commission formed by multiple cities/counties/states.
ORD: Chicago Department of Aviation
ATL: Atlanta Department of Aviation
LAX: Los Angeles World Airports
DFW: DFW Airport Board
DEN: City and County of Denver Department of Aviation
JFK: Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
SFO: San Francisco Airport Commission
LAS: Clark County Department of Aviation
SEA: Seattle Port Authority
CLT: Charlotte Aviation Department
MCO: Greater Orlando Aviation Authority
MIA: Miami-Dade Aviation Department
PHX: Phoenix Airport System
EWR: Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
IAH: Houston Airport System
MSP: Metropolitan Airports Commission
MEM: Memphis–Shelby County Airport Authority
IAD: Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority
DCA: Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority
I could go on, but it's just more of the same. Most are operated by a department of the city. A few are county level, at least one (MSP) is state level, and the NYC and DC area ones are operated by multi-state public entities. All public bodies.
The cost of labor should cover the housing, food, clothing, medical, educational, and transportation expenses of the people doing that labor. The notion that there is, or even can be, a free market in labor ignores the principles of what makes a market free - in particular, the fact that a market isn't a free market if participants cannot realistically walk away from a deal.
No, the ninth amendment says nothing about the states. It says exactly what I posted - which is to say that the rights need not be enumerated in the constitution to exist.
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When the rich move out of the city, it is called "White flight", which is bad.
If you don't think it's bad, look at Detroit and tell me how the city benefited from it.
When the rich move into the city, it is called "Gentrification", which is bad.
That's not entirely accurate. Gentrification is when new development raises existing rents such that the people already living there are unable to remain. There are ways for cities to redevelop in such a way that this doesn't happen (for example, by requiring any new developments to have a certain percentage of units that will rent for similar amounts as existing housing), but that does require us to admit that a purely free market doesn't meet the needs of large numbers of people when it comes to things like housing.
STEM in high school means nothing without the college degree to back it up and if LeBron isn't going to fund these kids THROUGH college its a fruitless endeavor.
That's a fair point. Or, it would be if not for the fact that "If [students at the school] successfully complete the school program and graduate from high school, James will cover their full tuition at the local public college, University of Akron." But given that fact, it's actually a pretty piss poor point that seems more aimed at shitting on someone doing something good than at contributing to a solution.
Comparing within the class isn't a good way of looking at it. An electric supercar that competes with a Koenigsegg Regera, but costs only a quarter as much is not actually affordable, as most people can't afford a half million dollar car. Similarly, I don't think a car that sells for a minimum of 49,000 qualifies as "affordable" in the real world. That's nearly twice the median personal income in the US.
Capital purchases of tangible equipment are depreciated, not amortized. Functionally the same thing really but just being pedantic about the proper words. You would amortize an intangible asset like a patent purchase. Why they make the distinction has never been entirely clear to me since functionally it is the same activity. Finance and accounting are weird that way.
Don't forget depletion! Same concept applied to natural resource extraction (mines, wells, etc.)
The vast majority of states don't have mail-in voting, so #1 seems necessary in most of the country.
We have #2 in my state. It's not chaotic in the least. No provisional ballots are necessary. You just show the documentation, they look it over and verify you're in the correct precinct, add your name to the rolls, and give you a ballot.
When was that right given to "the people"? Seems to me that "the people" had that right from time immemorial right up until the development of modern copyright law.
On what grounds? A city has every right to determine what conditions it puts on tax break deals with companies.
I don't think this ordinance has a chance in hell of passing constitutional muster ...
I think it actually will, and with no problem at all. Tying preferential taxation to specified behavior is well within any jurisdiction's authority.
The threat of losing students (and revenue) causes the public schools to rapidly improve ...
Source?
That, and it's also a natural monopoly.
No, you have to make a car that buyers will perceive to be a better driver than *themselves*. People aren't buying the car for the idiots they see on the road - they're buying it for themselves. Given that most people think they are far better drivers than the examples that you give, that's a much higher bar to clear than you present.
That's idiotic. City planning is about avoiding tragedies of the commons which inevitably occur when you don't plan. It's about making a city the best possible place to live for its residents, which you will note is the exact opposite of forcing people to do what they don't want to do.
You're referring to direct democracy which, like representative democracy, is one form of the larger category of democracy.
A Tesla spokesman declined to provide MarketWatch with a copy of the memo reportedly sent to some vendors that was referenced in the report.
That must be why Tesla is asking suppliers to refund payments made over the last two years, something GM and Chrysler have done while trying (unsuccessfully) to avoid bankruptcy.
Did we say "Overhaul"? We meant "Keelhaul".
Only when those fuel taxes A) are sufficient to pay for the full cost of externalities, and B) are actually spent on mitigating the externalities. In the US at least, fuel taxes are nowhere near enough to cover externalities, nor are the proceeds thereof used to mitigate them (outside of an insufficient level of maintenance).
This is not correct. Every major airport in the US is owned and operated by a public body, be it the city, county, state, or a public airports commission formed by multiple cities/counties/states.
ORD: Chicago Department of Aviation
ATL: Atlanta Department of Aviation
LAX: Los Angeles World Airports
DFW: DFW Airport Board
DEN: City and County of Denver Department of Aviation
JFK: Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
SFO: San Francisco Airport Commission
LAS: Clark County Department of Aviation
SEA: Seattle Port Authority
CLT: Charlotte Aviation Department
MCO: Greater Orlando Aviation Authority
MIA: Miami-Dade Aviation Department
PHX: Phoenix Airport System
EWR: Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
IAH: Houston Airport System
MSP: Metropolitan Airports Commission
MEM: Memphis–Shelby County Airport Authority
IAD: Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority
DCA: Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority
I could go on, but it's just more of the same. Most are operated by a department of the city. A few are county level, at least one (MSP) is state level, and the NYC and DC area ones are operated by multi-state public entities. All public bodies.
I don't know - that's still a lot of dead weight.
The cost of labor should cover the housing, food, clothing, medical, educational, and transportation expenses of the people doing that labor. The notion that there is, or even can be, a free market in labor ignores the principles of what makes a market free - in particular, the fact that a market isn't a free market if participants cannot realistically walk away from a deal.
No, the ninth amendment says nothing about the states. It says exactly what I posted - which is to say that the rights need not be enumerated in the constitution to exist.
My sex life was great after getting married - maybe even better than before. The we had the kid ...
Edison thought to himself, "These still porn pictures aren't doing it for me anymore. I need video."
The Trump Administration's intentional acts to undermine Obamacare are responsible for skyrocketing costs and a massive shrinking of services.
Fixed it for you.
I'm not at all convinced that any such definition is necessary. After all, what exactly is an ISP if NOT a communication provider?