or the big bad bureaucrat (which is part of the sub-text to your post, whether you realize it or not).
The reason new housing isn't getting built is we stopped building infrastructure. e.g. new roads, water and gas lines, etc. The government built all that (they also graded and prepped the land for it). The government used to do all the really expensive work involved with getting land ready for homes. It was basically a massive subsidy to home builders.
Starting in the 80s we wanted to cut taxes (especially on top earners) and that meant cutting services. Infrastructure suffered because it was one of the biggest expenditures we had. It took a while for things to catch up (the gov't had prepped a _lot_ of land already) but, well, here we are.
Like most things enjoyed by the working class you can thank government for affordable, comfortable housing.
Without collapsing? Either they've got some Amazing automation coming online or their gearing up for a buy out. Either way the employees are gonna get screwed.
and nobody wants to look at regular people when fantasy is on parade. Folks either have to be really attractive (Brad Pitt/Megan Fox) or really not (Danny Davito/John Goodman). I don't need to see my coworkers in a bloody film.
If I lose one $50k worker and save $10 million a year then yes, there's $10 million in the economy. But now that worker is out a job and is desperate to get one. Our complete lack of a social safety net and/or a dole means the cost of that worker doesn't fall on society at large, but on the workforce (in the form of lower wages as labor supply climbs).
In practice you're $50k worker takes a pay cut, which depresses everyone's wages. That $1 dollar doesn't make it into the economy at large because of wage suppression. Instead it's pocketed by the owner class and we take another step towards wealth inequality & oligarchy. This has been going on since the cold war ended and folks started feeling comfortable with moving factories overseas again. Marx predicted all this, but all anyone can remember about him is that a couple of right wing dictators used his books for rabble rousing rhetoric...
tl;dr; you can't compete with slave labor. That's why you have tariffs.
I'll play devil's advocate here. What right do you have to take money from somebody and give it to somebody else? That's essentially what you're doing. If somebody who has money wants to give it away shouldn't that be up to them?
I actually support UBI, but those are the kinds of things you'll have to have an answer for. And "But it's only fair" doesn't really fly. An appeal to fairness falls on deaf ears since taking money from me and giving it to somebody who doesn't work never 'feels' fair.
our president just froze funding for tracking and monitoring these kind of groups.
And no, these groups aren't hard to track. They're public groups actively recruiting members. But when the highest authority in the country says step off you can bet everybody will.
they're on Tor. They're not that hard to find. If they were it would just be a bunch of numbskulls writing particularly nasty fan fiction in their parent's basement. The real reason we can't track them if our president froze funding to track right wing terror groups.
these are _literal_ Nazis. This is calling a spade a spade.
If they wanted to advocate for something peaceful they could do so without flying Swastikas. By calling themselves Nazis and flying their colors they automatically imply their intention to act violently because _Nazis_solve_their_problems_with_violence_! This is not up for debate. You might just as well argue grass is blue and the sky green. Hell, you'd have a better chance of proving that because at least color on some level is subjective. The only way you can argue that Nazis are non-violent is if you're arguing against facts from the get go.
Also, when the hell has the left ever argued against free speech? Go Daddy not doing business with Nazis is as much a freedom issue for them as it is for the Nazis. It only becomes a free speech issue when access to _government_ services is denied. And so far as I know it has not.
You and your goofy sig have been on/. for at least a year. You know all this. Are you trolling or cherry picking your facts to preserve your own world view?
I thought that was obvious from context but I guess not. It doesn't matter if you're black, white, male, female. What matters is this: will you work for $17/hr or less. Because that's what I see most of the h-1bs doing with their low salaries and 70 hour work weeks...
With a CS degree who can't find work as a programmer. It's got nothing to do with skin color or sex. None of us can compete with India. Sad thing is a lot of us voted Trump because he at least have IT workers lip service. Last I heard his plan was to cut back on low skill immigrants in favor of high skill ones. E.g. the ones gunning for the same jobs as me and everyone else reading this post...
are holding up the price. It's funny to think that if drugs were legalized the value of bitcoin would probably halve and if (when?) the governments get around to cracking down on ransomeware that'll take the other half.
it's kinda like climate change. Yes, they are technically accused, just like climate change is technically a theory, in the sense that every expert in the field who isn't a paid shill agrees: they hacked the DNC and yes, our planet it getting warmer. So yes, a proper journalistic source wouldn't have run with a headline like that. But/. is a lot of things, and a proper source of journalism isn't one of them. That's why/. links articles instead of writing them.
because it doesn't seem practical. You generally teach critical thinking with English and humanities courses. But more and more we're cutting back on those because of expense. Sure, you can teach critical thinking in math & science to the smarter kids, but it's not the smarter kids you're worried about, is it?
That's a serious question. I can't tell you the number of times I've read some nonsense on/. that would be completely debunked by credible sources by highlighting the post, right clicking and choosing "Search Google for XYZ...". It's not just ignorance. It's wilful ignorance. I guess you could call it faith. Reminds me of this
with automation and productivity improvements it's going to get hard to find enough work to go around. For example, with Trump & co blocking farm immigration farmers are finally implementing the kinds of labor saving practices (like growing food at waist height so it's easier to pick) that Europe's had for 20 years.
That IT shortage is a lie. I've got a guy at my job with a CS degree from a public University who's doing crap IT work instead of programming for a living. 20 years ago he would have been snapped up a day after graduation. But 20 years ago the H1-B program was in it's infancy.
There's plenty of money to go around. You're being lied to so a small group of lucky assholes can take everything. Not that I know what to do about it.
and productivity increases (did you know that if minimum wage kept pace with productivity it'd be $23/hr) why don't we all just work less hours? I seem to remember hearing I'd work less than my parents. I'm working more, and my kids are on track to work more than me. Yeah, I got a bloody smart phone ($225 LG) and that's nice and all, but I also don't drink and smoke (and neither do my kids) which more than makes up for that expense.
Is it just me or are these just new fangled ways to get me to work harder and longer for less?
unless you a) very, very lucky or b) willing to eat a bullet the moment you need something more complicated than a set bone. Healthcare is needed to live. Human bodies need regular maintenance past the age of about 50 (40 if you're unlucky). We're machines made of meat. And like any machine we break down over time. How well built you are is largely due to chance. Genetics, upbringing. You can't control those (no, you can't control upbringing because you can't pick your parents).
Healthcare is a right, not a privilege. Like any necessity for basic life.
I know it's not going to change the outcome (we elected a member of the oligarchy for Pete's sake) but I want to help remind the voting public that our wishes are being ignored.
ticket sales are down in the US because the movies are geared to the Chinese market. They're less desirable (weaker dialog so it's easier to dub, watered down plots to make it through Chinese censors) but folks still go see them, they just don't keep going again and again. Profits in the States are down but that's dwarfed by the profits in the US.
you're not going to get away from corruption of power by burying your head in the sand and declaring the end of government. If you fail to create powerful centralized organizations for regulating civilization somebody else will. Maybe they won't call it a government (that'll make you feel better). Maybe they'll call it an anarcho-conglomerate or some other nonsense. But it'll be a government just the same. The differnece is you'll have zero say in how it's run.
Think of government like any other powerful, dangerous tool. Imagine a box of loaded guns lying around. If you don't pick up those guns someone else will. In this case we all need to be armed. That's what democracy is.
you hand it tasks. Then you use Democracy to make sure those tasks don't turn into power. Now, here's another thought experiement:
Every time you think to yourself "the government should [fill-in-the-blank],"
then say "maybe they government shouldnt..."
Now remind yourself of the power vacuum you just created and how the mega corporations just rushed in to fill it. Stop to realized you're going to have a government whether you like it or not, and that the only real question is are you going to take part in it...
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or the big bad bureaucrat (which is part of the sub-text to your post, whether you realize it or not).
The reason new housing isn't getting built is we stopped building infrastructure. e.g. new roads, water and gas lines, etc. The government built all that (they also graded and prepped the land for it). The government used to do all the really expensive work involved with getting land ready for homes. It was basically a massive subsidy to home builders.
Starting in the 80s we wanted to cut taxes (especially on top earners) and that meant cutting services. Infrastructure suffered because it was one of the biggest expenditures we had. It took a while for things to catch up (the gov't had prepped a _lot_ of land already) but, well, here we are.
Like most things enjoyed by the working class you can thank government for affordable, comfortable housing.
Without collapsing? Either they've got some Amazing automation coming online or their gearing up for a buy out. Either way the employees are gonna get screwed.
and nobody wants to look at regular people when fantasy is on parade. Folks either have to be really attractive (Brad Pitt/Megan Fox) or really not (Danny Davito/John Goodman). I don't need to see my coworkers in a bloody film.
If I lose one $50k worker and save $10 million a year then yes, there's $10 million in the economy. But now that worker is out a job and is desperate to get one. Our complete lack of a social safety net and/or a dole means the cost of that worker doesn't fall on society at large, but on the workforce (in the form of lower wages as labor supply climbs).
In practice you're $50k worker takes a pay cut, which depresses everyone's wages. That $1 dollar doesn't make it into the economy at large because of wage suppression. Instead it's pocketed by the owner class and we take another step towards wealth inequality & oligarchy. This has been going on since the cold war ended and folks started feeling comfortable with moving factories overseas again. Marx predicted all this, but all anyone can remember about him is that a couple of right wing dictators used his books for rabble rousing rhetoric...
tl;dr; you can't compete with slave labor. That's why you have tariffs.
that if minimum wage had kept pace with productivity it'd be $23/hr.
I'll play devil's advocate here. What right do you have to take money from somebody and give it to somebody else? That's essentially what you're doing. If somebody who has money wants to give it away shouldn't that be up to them?
I actually support UBI, but those are the kinds of things you'll have to have an answer for. And "But it's only fair" doesn't really fly. An appeal to fairness falls on deaf ears since taking money from me and giving it to somebody who doesn't work never 'feels' fair.
and the pillars were ridiculous. It felt like I was boxed in driving the damn thing. The itty bitty windows didn't help either.
our president just froze funding for tracking and monitoring these kind of groups.
And no, these groups aren't hard to track. They're public groups actively recruiting members. But when the highest authority in the country says step off you can bet everybody will.
they're on Tor. They're not that hard to find. If they were it would just be a bunch of numbskulls writing particularly nasty fan fiction in their parent's basement. The real reason we can't track them if our president froze funding to track right wing terror groups.
these are _literal_ Nazis. This is calling a spade a spade.
/. for at least a year. You know all this. Are you trolling or cherry picking your facts to preserve your own world view?
If they wanted to advocate for something peaceful they could do so without flying Swastikas. By calling themselves Nazis and flying their colors they automatically imply their intention to act violently because _Nazis_solve_their_problems_with_violence_! This is not up for debate. You might just as well argue grass is blue and the sky green. Hell, you'd have a better chance of proving that because at least color on some level is subjective. The only way you can argue that Nazis are non-violent is if you're arguing against facts from the get go.
Also, when the hell has the left ever argued against free speech? Go Daddy not doing business with Nazis is as much a freedom issue for them as it is for the Nazis. It only becomes a free speech issue when access to _government_ services is denied. And so far as I know it has not.
You and your goofy sig have been on
it's sexist.
I thought that was obvious from context but I guess not. It doesn't matter if you're black, white, male, female. What matters is this: will you work for $17/hr or less. Because that's what I see most of the h-1bs doing with their low salaries and 70 hour work weeks...
The kind that have vanished. There's nothing more dangerous than a man, any man, with no job prospects and therefore no marriage prospects.
With a CS degree who can't find work as a programmer. It's got nothing to do with skin color or sex. None of us can compete with India. Sad thing is a lot of us voted Trump because he at least have IT workers lip service. Last I heard his plan was to cut back on low skill immigrants in favor of high skill ones. E.g. the ones gunning for the same jobs as me and everyone else reading this post...
are holding up the price. It's funny to think that if drugs were legalized the value of bitcoin would probably halve and if (when?) the governments get around to cracking down on ransomeware that'll take the other half.
it's kinda like climate change. Yes, they are technically accused, just like climate change is technically a theory, in the sense that every expert in the field who isn't a paid shill agrees: they hacked the DNC and yes, our planet it getting warmer. So yes, a proper journalistic source wouldn't have run with a headline like that. But /. is a lot of things, and a proper source of journalism isn't one of them. That's why /. links articles instead of writing them.
because it doesn't seem practical. You generally teach critical thinking with English and humanities courses. But more and more we're cutting back on those because of expense. Sure, you can teach critical thinking in math & science to the smarter kids, but it's not the smarter kids you're worried about, is it?
That's a serious question. I can't tell you the number of times I've read some nonsense on /. that would be completely debunked by credible sources by highlighting the post, right clicking and choosing "Search Google for XYZ...". It's not just ignorance. It's wilful ignorance. I guess you could call it faith. Reminds me of this
with automation and productivity improvements it's going to get hard to find enough work to go around. For example, with Trump & co blocking farm immigration farmers are finally implementing the kinds of labor saving practices (like growing food at waist height so it's easier to pick) that Europe's had for 20 years.
That IT shortage is a lie. I've got a guy at my job with a CS degree from a public University who's doing crap IT work instead of programming for a living. 20 years ago he would have been snapped up a day after graduation. But 20 years ago the H1-B program was in it's infancy.
There's plenty of money to go around. You're being lied to so a small group of lucky assholes can take everything. Not that I know what to do about it.
and productivity increases (did you know that if minimum wage kept pace with productivity it'd be $23/hr) why don't we all just work less hours? I seem to remember hearing I'd work less than my parents. I'm working more, and my kids are on track to work more than me. Yeah, I got a bloody smart phone ($225 LG) and that's nice and all, but I also don't drink and smoke (and neither do my kids) which more than makes up for that expense.
Is it just me or are these just new fangled ways to get me to work harder and longer for less?
unless you a) very, very lucky or b) willing to eat a bullet the moment you need something more complicated than a set bone. Healthcare is needed to live. Human bodies need regular maintenance past the age of about 50 (40 if you're unlucky). We're machines made of meat. And like any machine we break down over time. How well built you are is largely due to chance. Genetics, upbringing. You can't control those (no, you can't control upbringing because you can't pick your parents).
Healthcare is a right, not a privilege. Like any necessity for basic life.
I know it's not going to change the outcome (we elected a member of the oligarchy for Pete's sake) but I want to help remind the voting public that our wishes are being ignored.
ticket sales are down in the US because the movies are geared to the Chinese market. They're less desirable (weaker dialog so it's easier to dub, watered down plots to make it through Chinese censors) but folks still go see them, they just don't keep going again and again. Profits in the States are down but that's dwarfed by the profits in the US.
you're not going to get away from corruption of power by burying your head in the sand and declaring the end of government. If you fail to create powerful centralized organizations for regulating civilization somebody else will. Maybe they won't call it a government (that'll make you feel better). Maybe they'll call it an anarcho-conglomerate or some other nonsense. But it'll be a government just the same. The differnece is you'll have zero say in how it's run.
Think of government like any other powerful, dangerous tool. Imagine a box of loaded guns lying around. If you don't pick up those guns someone else will. In this case we all need to be armed. That's what democracy is.
you hand it tasks. Then you use Democracy to make sure those tasks don't turn into power. Now, here's another thought experiement:
Every time you think to yourself "the government should [fill-in-the-blank],"
then say "maybe they government shouldnt..."
Now remind yourself of the power vacuum you just created and how the mega corporations just rushed in to fill it. Stop to realized you're going to have a government whether you like it or not, and that the only real question is are you going to take part in it...