If you really want to know, go ask your local librarian to help you find a book at your knowledge level. Really, they're educated people (usually Master's degree or better), and that's what they're there for.
But in brief, modern economies need a money supply that can be adjusted to meet current conditions.
Credit Unions can and do provide all services banks do. Taxation isn't an issue. Corporate taxes apply mostly to profit, which is the issue. Credit Unions break even, returning any excess to their members. Banks are taxed on that percentage of revenue they embezzle from their members.
22 days isn't very long, and it sounds like they're not entirely sure where they stand. Let them get proper legal advice, and then plan out what they'll release. The alternative is that they'll clamp down, pull the feature, and release nothing.
I don't want anything at all to do with for profit insurance companies. If you patronize them and get into an accident with me, you're forcing that interaction on me.
Under a government run insurance program, there is a single responsible party. Hit by someone without insurance? The government insurance agency is still responsible. The stingyness of the agency is set by public choice through democracy, which is far more efficient than market choice.
The market has no input on who I get in an accident with.
But not others. "Free" markets do not exist in any civilized context, and aren't of much use for anything. Well regulated markets can often outperform command economies, and they should be utilized in those cases. Where command economies outperform markets, command economies should be used.
Roads, emergency services/health services, public utitlites and education are some things that don't fair very well in a market. Dogmatic insistence on one system for everything is asinine, and is about as sensible as driving in a nail with a screwdriver.
What does this mean? Should the gov't provide securities brokerage, or financial instruments like loans or annuities? The government *does* provide those things. What do you think they're talking about when they say the national interest rate has been raised or lowered? That's the rate at which the government loans money to banks, who then pass it along to individuals, at a profit.
I'm not suggesting government should open retail banking establishments, but I do think for-profit banks should have their charters revoked. Credit unions and other non profit organizations can perform this function without the inherent conflict of interest banks have.
Government insurance programs do charge higher risk drivers more. They don't have to make a profit, but the government doesn't like to take a loss either. Government insurance costs less on average, and it's been proven so in Canada.
In fact, for profit insurance is stuck in a fundamental conflict of interest; they will be most successful by finding ways to weasel out of their obligations. Government insurance, on the other hand, is beholden to the voters, and doesn't embezzle premiums off into profit. Further, it greatly simplifies the system. If there's an accident, there's only one party to make payments, not 2 or more who will fight about who should pay what percent.
A well regulated market has many useful places in society, but financial services is not one of them.
The police analogy is more apt than I think you realize. Like all victimless crimes, it's nearly impossible to enforce, because there's no one to complain to police.
Unless you're going to make an appeal to racism, there's no reason to believe the immigrant employee isn't more qualified, especially since the employer is willing to go to so much trouble to hire them.
Non developers never use kernel interfaces. You have an API, work within it unless you absolutely can't. Simple coding style is not justification to make changes in the kernel which may silently cause bugs for thousands or millions of people.
Alberta has somewhat substandard care because you voted in a bunch of yokels who promised to do just that. You made the choice to shit were you sleep, so don't go blaming everyone else when you stink in the morning.
My lifetime of Canadian citizenship can't match that.
The people who wait 6 months are those who don't really need the scan, but might as well get thrown in the mix when the machine isn't in use. People who have a legitimate need, as decided by doctors, get them promptly.
We frown on people bribing their way past people with legitimate needs up here.
Health care is administered by the provinces, so the number of MRI or PET machines put into service is a local decision. People who need them get them.
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If you really want to know, go ask your local librarian to help you find a book at your knowledge level. Really, they're educated people (usually Master's degree or better), and that's what they're there for.
But in brief, modern economies need a money supply that can be adjusted to meet current conditions.
Credit Unions can and do provide all services banks do. Taxation isn't an issue. Corporate taxes apply mostly to profit, which is the issue. Credit Unions break even, returning any excess to their members. Banks are taxed on that percentage of revenue they embezzle from their members.
22 days isn't very long, and it sounds like they're not entirely sure where they stand. Let them get proper legal advice, and then plan out what they'll release. The alternative is that they'll clamp down, pull the feature, and release nothing.
Anyone who seriously makes an arguement against fiat currency simply betrays a lack of education.
There's absolutely nothing banks do that couldn't be done more efficiently by credit unions.
Private insurance charges the highest price they competitively can, and then tries to weasel out of their obligations.
Government insurers are demonstrably cheaper, and aren't subsidized. In fact, it's the opposite, they provide funding back to the government.
I don't want anything at all to do with for profit insurance companies. If you patronize them and get into an accident with me, you're forcing that interaction on me.
To lobby my government to revoke their charters.
I use credit unions.
Under a government run insurance program, there is a single responsible party. Hit by someone without insurance? The government insurance agency is still responsible. The stingyness of the agency is set by public choice through democracy, which is far more efficient than market choice.
The market has no input on who I get in an accident with.
But not others. "Free" markets do not exist in any civilized context, and aren't of much use for anything. Well regulated markets can often outperform command economies, and they should be utilized in those cases. Where command economies outperform markets, command economies should be used.
Roads, emergency services/health services, public utitlites and education are some things that don't fair very well in a market. Dogmatic insistence on one system for everything is asinine, and is about as sensible as driving in a nail with a screwdriver.
I'm not suggesting government should open retail banking establishments, but I do think for-profit banks should have their charters revoked. Credit unions and other non profit organizations can perform this function without the inherent conflict of interest banks have.
Government insurance programs do charge higher risk drivers more. They don't have to make a profit, but the government doesn't like to take a loss either. Government insurance costs less on average, and it's been proven so in Canada.
In fact, for profit insurance is stuck in a fundamental conflict of interest; they will be most successful by finding ways to weasel out of their obligations. Government insurance, on the other hand, is beholden to the voters, and doesn't embezzle premiums off into profit. Further, it greatly simplifies the system. If there's an accident, there's only one party to make payments, not 2 or more who will fight about who should pay what percent.
A well regulated market has many useful places in society, but financial services is not one of them.
What with so many of them being dead and all.
It's your good right to select another country to do business in.
The police analogy is more apt than I think you realize. Like all victimless crimes, it's nearly impossible to enforce, because there's no one to complain to police.
Unless you're going to make an appeal to racism, there's no reason to believe the immigrant employee isn't more qualified, especially since the employer is willing to go to so much trouble to hire them.
Non developers never use kernel interfaces. You have an API, work within it unless you absolutely can't. Simple coding style is not justification to make changes in the kernel which may silently cause bugs for thousands or millions of people.
Elitism is not always a bad thing.
Or suck it up and deal with the fact that you've been trained for call centre work.
You're far better off shooing the sub par off than giving them even a small job.
Why should the kernel adapt to a misbehaving module? Wouldn't it make *far* more sense to shorten the symbols in the NI module to something sensible?
Sorry :P
Alberta has somewhat substandard care because you voted in a bunch of yokels who promised to do just that. You made the choice to shit were you sleep, so don't go blaming everyone else when you stink in the morning.
My lifetime of Canadian citizenship can't match that.
The people who wait 6 months are those who don't really need the scan, but might as well get thrown in the mix when the machine isn't in use. People who have a legitimate need, as decided by doctors, get them promptly.
We frown on people bribing their way past people with legitimate needs up here.
Health care is administered by the provinces, so the number of MRI or PET machines put into service is a local decision. People who need them get them.
The mafiaa aren't stupid. They know they can't completely destroy filesharing. Most of their activity is intended to be a chilling effect.