If National Health Care is such an economic drag, how the hell does the EU actually able to export its goods to the USA and not the other way around? Why is a BMW so frigging cheap?
America does export plenty of goods. There are American fast-food franchises in every British town, there are Fords on every British road, there is American software on nearly every British computer.
The British economy is almost entirely based on debt. It's not a good example to follow. We have millions of people employed by the government doing non-jobs, their wages paid by private finance-initiatives, which means jobs otherwise done by the public sector are done by the private sector, at much higher cost and much less efficiency, but it looks good on the books as the cost can be deferred for twenty years, by which time all the current politicians will have retired and won't have to deal with it. Millions of people in Britain are buying things they can't afford on credit cards. It's a huge ticking time-bomb waiting to explode.
Our 'sceptred' isle is overpopulated, millions of pensioners unable to work, but Gordon Brown has raped the pension fund, so we need millions of immigrants just to make ends meet. Once the supply of cheap labour runs out, the shit is going to hit the fan.
In fact I'd say that Britain is the world's biggest pyramid scheme.
You're posting this on an American website on an American Internet in (most likely) an American web browser?
By that browser you mean IE, made by a company that's desperate to bring in people from abroad because there aren't enough smart Americans? And the browser that's inferior to something written by hobbyists? And the website, on a British-designed web, and an Internet developed by people all over the world?
Of course Americans are clever, just look at their universities. Packed to the gills with foreigners.
This article is about American education. I'm sure there are plenty of third world countries where schoolkids are regularly killed by gangs, but it's not relevant here.
Surely if you were a genius you'd be able to make up better excuses for your lame social skills rather than 'waaaaah no-one appreciates me because I'm so fucking clever'.
A lot of it is just the specialization of our times. Gone are the days of generalized education...Hell, they're trying to make you major in high school now, so don't worry about ever being forced to do something outside of your narrow speciality.
You should see how it works in England, at 16 you drop all but three or four subjects.
Because you want to improve the nation you live in.
And we do that by bankrolling the marketing of the exports and tourism industries? If that's your logic, we may as well bankroll all of the country's marketing. Pay a thousand pounds a year for a licence, and the BBC can spread propaganda around the world.
That's the total of license fee contributions to the BBC, it doesn't change if access to people outside the UK is blocked.
It doesn't change if they stop people in Britain with no licence fee watching it, what's the difference? Why should a Brit with no licence fee not be able to view content than an American with no licence fee can?
Basically you're being extremely selfish
I'm selfish for not wanting to pay for things that others get for free? Maybe you'd like to buy me some DVDs so I don't have to pay for them. It'd be good for your country's exports and tourism.
I don't think it will have the same effect for the BBC. People will switch TV providers so they can get premium imported content. They won't do the same for reality TV shows, house buying shows and Top Gear repeats.
It costs the same whether someone without a licence fee in the UK watches it or not, so why shouldn't someone who isn't paying for a licence in the UK not get to watch the BBC without fear of prosecution?
A person in America watches BBC content for free, gets away with it. Someone in England watches the same content for free, thousand pound fine. Why are we subsidising other people's entertainment? If they want it, let them pay for it like the rest of us.
So you might complain about foreigners watching shows paid for by your tax £'s, but consider the tax money the export and tourism industry will make back from a greater awareness of British culture.
Why the hell should I subsidise the export and tourism industry? Of course a few people might buy things they see on TV, but will that offset the THREE BILLION POUNDS a year we are taxed for the BBC?
Given how poorly the Tories do in the polls even after years of Labour disillusionment and given how left-wing the UK is in comparison to the US, perhaps such a bias would just reflect the bias of the British people?
Believe me, the BBC do not represent the average person in Britain. In fact your statement assumes the BBC actually has to care what British people think. Considering they're not dependent on ratings or revenue, they can say what they like whether anyone agrees with it or not.
The BBC bias is completely incongruent to the average British citizen. Most people over here are not the middle-class, politically-correct, Guardian-reading, latte-drinking, dinner-party attending, winebar-frequenting, trendy inner-city apartment dwelling, liberal-arts studying, chattering, self-important, elitist, and any number of other stereotypical-adjectives that make up the BBC's payroll.
They pretend to be anti-establishment, despite being very much part of the establishment. They pretend to be left-wing, despite all being from well-off backgrounds and never having ever met someone who wasn't middle-class. They pretend to be anti-corporate, despite themselves being a huge megacorporation with powers that most multi-nationals could only dream of, not to mention treating their low-rung workers worse than any private corporation treats their workers. They pretend to be environmentalist, despite their stars and executives all being chaufferred round London in luxury cars. If you want an image of the BBC, think Starbucks with microphones and cameras.
As a Linux-using licence-payer, I demand that they release their content in a format I can view. Either that, or they refund my licence fee and exist on the free market like all their rivals have to.
Domes are incredibly inefficient shapes. Think of all the corners that now aren't being used, both inside and outside. There would be barely any upstairs, bedrooms would be tiny and cramped just to make room for 'air' outside.
But it wouldn't work like that, as Europe wouldn't be able to do business with anyone else unless they changed their laws to match everyone else. In fact there would be no business at all unless there's a World Government.
How are Americans barred from having manfucaturing jobs? Believe it or not there are factories in America. Maybe you should try working harder, or better, or learn new skills that Chinese peasants don't have.
Or you could join a union and whine when you don't get eight coffee breaks per three-hour shift. It worked for France.
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What's wrong with HBO? I thought that was the channel that makes all those expensive glossy dramas.
The British economy is almost entirely based on debt. It's not a good example to follow. We have millions of people employed by the government doing non-jobs, their wages paid by private finance-initiatives, which means jobs otherwise done by the public sector are done by the private sector, at much higher cost and much less efficiency, but it looks good on the books as the cost can be deferred for twenty years, by which time all the current politicians will have retired and won't have to deal with it. Millions of people in Britain are buying things they can't afford on credit cards. It's a huge ticking time-bomb waiting to explode.
Our 'sceptred' isle is overpopulated, millions of pensioners unable to work, but Gordon Brown has raped the pension fund, so we need millions of immigrants just to make ends meet. Once the supply of cheap labour runs out, the shit is going to hit the fan.
In fact I'd say that Britain is the world's biggest pyramid scheme.
What's to stop it being done by a President who's already been elected?
Of course Americans are clever, just look at their universities. Packed to the gills with foreigners.
This article is about American education. I'm sure there are plenty of third world countries where schoolkids are regularly killed by gangs, but it's not relevant here.
Surely if you were a genius you'd be able to make up better excuses for your lame social skills rather than 'waaaaah no-one appreciates me because I'm so fucking clever'.
Let's bookmark this article for when the shuttle disintegrates upon re-entry.
I don't think it will have the same effect for the BBC. People will switch TV providers so they can get premium imported content. They won't do the same for reality TV shows, house buying shows and Top Gear repeats.
It costs the same whether someone without a licence fee in the UK watches it or not, so why shouldn't someone who isn't paying for a licence in the UK not get to watch the BBC without fear of prosecution?
A person in America watches BBC content for free, gets away with it. Someone in England watches the same content for free, thousand pound fine. Why are we subsidising other people's entertainment? If they want it, let them pay for it like the rest of us.
A more accurate analogy would be needing a Sony TV to watch BBC1.
The BBC bias is completely incongruent to the average British citizen. Most people over here are not the middle-class, politically-correct, Guardian-reading, latte-drinking, dinner-party attending, winebar-frequenting, trendy inner-city apartment dwelling, liberal-arts studying, chattering, self-important, elitist, and any number of other stereotypical-adjectives that make up the BBC's payroll.
They pretend to be anti-establishment, despite being very much part of the establishment. They pretend to be left-wing, despite all being from well-off backgrounds and never having ever met someone who wasn't middle-class. They pretend to be anti-corporate, despite themselves being a huge megacorporation with powers that most multi-nationals could only dream of, not to mention treating their low-rung workers worse than any private corporation treats their workers. They pretend to be environmentalist, despite their stars and executives all being chaufferred round London in luxury cars. If you want an image of the BBC, think Starbucks with microphones and cameras.
As a Linux-using licence-payer, I demand that they release their content in a format I can view. Either that, or they refund my licence fee and exist on the free market like all their rivals have to.
So in the summer, you need the lights on 24/7, or walk around in the dark. What's the point in even having summer then? May as well live underground.
Domes are incredibly inefficient shapes. Think of all the corners that now aren't being used, both inside and outside. There would be barely any upstairs, bedrooms would be tiny and cramped just to make room for 'air' outside.
But it wouldn't work like that, as Europe wouldn't be able to do business with anyone else unless they changed their laws to match everyone else. In fact there would be no business at all unless there's a World Government.
If they're being paid American wages, then the cost will mean that no-one can afford to buy them, so they're all out of work.
How are Americans barred from having manfucaturing jobs? Believe it or not there are factories in America. Maybe you should try working harder, or better, or learn new skills that Chinese peasants don't have.
Or you could join a union and whine when you don't get eight coffee breaks per three-hour shift. It worked for France.
What does that have to do with the price of fish? The US only takes up a fifth of the world's economy, no matter how many people are there.
And with the plummeting dollar combined with the credit crunch, American imports will plummet.