Well, the queen doesn't actually do anything, does she? And the prime minister doesn't have anywhere near the authority or responsibilities that the POTUS does.
The Queen is commander in chief of the British military, and the prime minster requires Parliament to allow him to go to war, the same way that the President requires Congress to allow him to go to war.
The President is literally the Commander in Chief of the military; he goes incommunicado and before you know it you got Alexander Haig firing missles at Kazakhistan.
This reminds me of the Nazis losing the D-Day landings because they needed Hitler's permission to so much as move the tanks. Maybe there's a lesson there in deifying politicians. Every other country manages its defence without needing a head of state in communication 24/7, unable to so much as take a shit without fifty aides and cabinet members on duty in case the toilet paper runs out. Maybe this is good old fashioned American exceptionalism.
Obviously the Pentagon cannot function in an emergency without the benefit of Obama's vast military experience...
Most were fought during times of poverty. WWI and WWII were both started by impoverished nations.
Germany was prosperous when they started the second world war. There's a reason they had such a powerful military infrastructure. Japan was also a powerhouse of its region.
Maybe then the problem is putting so much power and responsibility into one single person. I'm not sure what the president does that is worth a million dollars an hour, that couldn't be done by someone worth a thousand dollars an hour.
There's an argument to be made that politicians who have every whim catered for and who live in a bubble surrounded by thousands of servants, aides and sycophants cannot possibly understand the real world, and end up making all sorts of ridiculous decisions influenced by lobbyists (the only people who get to regularly interact with them), simply because they know no better.
This may not have any use in Japan or Europe, but in America, just think about how much money you'd save on tips if this was implemented. The cost of drinking would be dramatically slashed.
None of your post refutes anything I've said, in fact you actually back me up in the existence of the race to the bottom. Of course, if companies all move to run-down low-tax economies, there won't be any customers left for them at all.
Another flaw in your post is that there is no correlation between low taxation and wealth creation.
I like how he assumes a full plane, but an empty car. Even then, he's assuming a car that gets only 21mpg. I just suggest you ask a pilot with more knowledge.
The logic is that it's a race to the bottom. If you're competing on cost, there will always be somewhere in the world that is even cheaper. Then the only way to compete is to cut taxes again and again until your country falls apart.
The solution is "fair trade" instead - place tariffs on any and all imported goods from countries whose labor protection and environmental laws are inferior to our own, such that the cost to produce them there and them import is the same (or better yet, slightly more expensive) as doing the production either here, or in a country with proper worker and environmental protection standards.
American labour conditions and environmental regulations are worse than in Europe. Does this mean Europe can place tariffs on American exports due to your low minimum wage, high oil consumption, lack of vacation time or health care, weak labour laws that allow business to completely shaft employees, low levels of recycling, weak consumer protection, a broken legal and penal system etc?
When you suggest things like that, you should work out if you're in a glass house.
The really unskilled are, in my estimation, less then 20% of the population and would not be missed if they ever did decide to take up arms.
First you'd need to define 'really unskilled'. Then realise that many of these people are violent and with criminal records. Denied employment or welfare, they will have no qualms in simply taking what they like.
What I want to know is how the actual players know where the first-down line is. When I'm playing madden the yellow line lets me know when I'm over the line and can just take a tackle or run out of bounds, how do they see it when they're actually playing and the line isn't there?
No, you know your sport is due for a re-think when its fans riot in the streets and generate massive amounts of property damage.
If Palm wants to do so, they're going to have to do everything the iPhone does and do it better. That means the interface and the integration, as well. The past decade of iPod dominance has proven beyond a shadow of a doubt that neither a laundry list of features nor a very appealing price can compete with cool factor and a really nice user experience.
Translation: no matter how good it is, it won't sell unless it's shiny and has 'Apple' written on it?
When will people figure out that the "what a waste, any money I spend beyond helping [myself] is pointless" attitude is slowly killing society?
Be an adult and see beyond yourself.
That may be a good argument for public services, vital health care, education etc. But not Red Dwarf. Especially series 8. I mean seriously, not being able to watch a tv show for free is killing society?
Nah, they'll just cap what Doctors and Hospitals can charge for their services, thus shifting the problem from one of overpaying to one of people not deciding to enter the medical field......
Yes, which is why in the UK with socialised medicine and half the health-care spending per head as the US we have a shortage of doctors entering the field, and a shortage of applicants to medical school.
Oh wait, medical school is still massively oversubscribed, and doctors still get paid huge salaries. Must be that American exceptionalism striking again.
If he can't afford $40 on a box how did he afford hundreds for a TV, never mind the electricity needed to run it? The digital switchover has been coming for years, he could have saved up by now.
Then what an earth did people do before TV? If people are that obsessed with watching braindead sitcoms for six hours each evening then they can put aside $1 for 40 weeks to afford a fucking digibox. I don't see why technology should be held back by a few Luddites.
This is all rubbish anyway, GTA doesn't teach you how to drive. I played driving games, but when I stepped into a car it took me about ten minutes to make the thing move at all, and that's with an instructor.
You must have really shitty lighting then, because everywhere else has seen a drop in crime with an increase in lighting. And I don't see what that crooked city of Chicago has to do with anything.
In this case, they're banning horses and carts in favour of these newfangled 'cars'. People are upset at how much money they're going to have to spend.
I'm feeling very ambivalent about this study. Sure, walking down a busy street requires concentration. And? If you look at it this way, it's actively improving your concentration.
Except the more things you have to concentrate on and worry about at once, the lower your attention span becomes.
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The Queen is commander in chief of the British military, and the prime minster requires Parliament to allow him to go to war, the same way that the President requires Congress to allow him to go to war.
This reminds me of the Nazis losing the D-Day landings because they needed Hitler's permission to so much as move the tanks. Maybe there's a lesson there in deifying politicians. Every other country manages its defence without needing a head of state in communication 24/7, unable to so much as take a shit without fifty aides and cabinet members on duty in case the toilet paper runs out. Maybe this is good old fashioned American exceptionalism.
Obviously the Pentagon cannot function in an emergency without the benefit of Obama's vast military experience...
Germany was prosperous when they started the second world war. There's a reason they had such a powerful military infrastructure. Japan was also a powerhouse of its region.
They care enough about Palestine to bankroll its destruction.
Maybe then the problem is putting so much power and responsibility into one single person. I'm not sure what the president does that is worth a million dollars an hour, that couldn't be done by someone worth a thousand dollars an hour.
There's an argument to be made that politicians who have every whim catered for and who live in a bubble surrounded by thousands of servants, aides and sycophants cannot possibly understand the real world, and end up making all sorts of ridiculous decisions influenced by lobbyists (the only people who get to regularly interact with them), simply because they know no better.
This may not have any use in Japan or Europe, but in America, just think about how much money you'd save on tips if this was implemented. The cost of drinking would be dramatically slashed.
None of your post refutes anything I've said, in fact you actually back me up in the existence of the race to the bottom. Of course, if companies all move to run-down low-tax economies, there won't be any customers left for them at all.
Another flaw in your post is that there is no correlation between low taxation and wealth creation.
I like how he assumes a full plane, but an empty car. Even then, he's assuming a car that gets only 21mpg. I just suggest you ask a pilot with more knowledge.
Then no company ever starts up or relocates to Ireland again, ever.
What sort of salary do you expect for unskilled labour that anyone could do?
The logic is that it's a race to the bottom. If you're competing on cost, there will always be somewhere in the world that is even cheaper. Then the only way to compete is to cut taxes again and again until your country falls apart.
If free trade worked, Europe would be doing better today than they were before the Common Market.
Oh wait...
American labour conditions and environmental regulations are worse than in Europe. Does this mean Europe can place tariffs on American exports due to your low minimum wage, high oil consumption, lack of vacation time or health care, weak labour laws that allow business to completely shaft employees, low levels of recycling, weak consumer protection, a broken legal and penal system etc?
When you suggest things like that, you should work out if you're in a glass house.
First you'd need to define 'really unskilled'. Then realise that many of these people are violent and with criminal records. Denied employment or welfare, they will have no qualms in simply taking what they like.
What I want to know is how the actual players know where the first-down line is. When I'm playing madden the yellow line lets me know when I'm over the line and can just take a tackle or run out of bounds, how do they see it when they're actually playing and the line isn't there?
Isn't that basically all popular sports?
Translation: no matter how good it is, it won't sell unless it's shiny and has 'Apple' written on it?
That may be a good argument for public services, vital health care, education etc. But not Red Dwarf. Especially series 8. I mean seriously, not being able to watch a tv show for free is killing society?
Yes, which is why in the UK with socialised medicine and half the health-care spending per head as the US we have a shortage of doctors entering the field, and a shortage of applicants to medical school.
Oh wait, medical school is still massively oversubscribed, and doctors still get paid huge salaries. Must be that American exceptionalism striking again.
If he can't afford $40 on a box how did he afford hundreds for a TV, never mind the electricity needed to run it? The digital switchover has been coming for years, he could have saved up by now.
Then what an earth did people do before TV? If people are that obsessed with watching braindead sitcoms for six hours each evening then they can put aside $1 for 40 weeks to afford a fucking digibox. I don't see why technology should be held back by a few Luddites.
This is all rubbish anyway, GTA doesn't teach you how to drive. I played driving games, but when I stepped into a car it took me about ten minutes to make the thing move at all, and that's with an instructor.
You must have really shitty lighting then, because everywhere else has seen a drop in crime with an increase in lighting. And I don't see what that crooked city of Chicago has to do with anything.
The statistics and facts disagree with you, and modern lighting doesn't have shadowed areas, it lights everything.
Digital TV signals are free and unencrypted, anyone can watch them with the right receiving equipment. Just like analogue...
In this case, they're banning horses and carts in favour of these newfangled 'cars'. People are upset at how much money they're going to have to spend.
Except the more things you have to concentrate on and worry about at once, the lower your attention span becomes.