You're saying that the poor are too stupid to get their voter-ID card, and the "depressed minorities via disenfranchisement" are too incompetent to get a voter-ID card.
You are the first person in this thread to call them such hurtful names.
Because scalpers first create an artificial shortage and then gouge.
That's funny because Wikipedia says shortages are caused by laws against price gouging!
If you and Wikipedia are both correct, then scalpers cause or take advantage of laws against gouging to cause shortages. Then if shortages cause gouging ("scalpers first create an artificial shortage and then gouge"), one could say that laws against gouging cause gouging. Is your head spinning yet?
Nice try, but variable express tolls permanently eliminate traffic congestion on expressways without overcharging anyone. Parking demand management has a similar effect on surface streets. It should be possible to make some of our roads at least 50% efficient without creating gridlock.
Here in the USA, I don't know of any road that moves more cars per day than about 1/3rd of its maximum daily capacity. This tells me our road system is massively overbuilt!
It's the same with parking. Infrastructure for cars have gutted our cities and harmed their economic productivity.
People must move. Walking, biking, Trains, airplanes/ports, Cars, boats... all take up space and have varying speeds and utility.
If people really want to get from A to B, why can't the free market provide that service in exchange for money?
Or maybe the reason people go from A to B so much is because of the transportation subsidies. Which one's the chicken and which one's the egg?
If McDonald's gave away 100 free burgers a day and people lined up outside waiting for the store to open, did they line up because they really need those burgers or is it because they are priced below market?
I can guarantee you that Beltway 8 around Houston was paid off LONG AGO.
Including all future maintenance and lighting costs, lost tax revenue from businesses that can't be built on that land, and lost income from other, more cost-effective uses of your tax money?
If freeways are such a wise use of money, then why doesn't the free market build more of them?
Are roads any different? Texas couldn't find even one road that pays for itself. How can you expect transit to compete with that?
Yes, roads benefit people who don't use them, but so does transit by making room for more cars on the road. (People say that transit reduces traffic congestion but this is just as false as the idea that road projects reduce traffic congestion.)
It's funny when people oppose a project because the developer isn't building enough parking, then they oppose it because of the traffic all that parking will bring. Seriously, you can't make this up!
We are also using groundwater faster than nature can replace it. Wells are running dry, so we've been digging them deeper and deeper.
Saying that technological advancements will fix the problem places the burden on our children and grandchildren to solve it. That's an astonishingly selfish thing to do.
The 2nd Amendment to the US Constitution PROHIBITS the states from infringing upon the right of the people...
No, the Bill of Rights does not apply to state governments, only the federal government. The 14th Amendment adds some of the same restrictions onto state governments but it is silent on the topic of firearms.
It lists ONE of many possible reasons why the right of THE PEOPLE (not "the militia") to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.
The 2nd Amendment explains that the reason for "the right of the people to keep and bear Arms" is for "A well regulated Militia", and the purpose of well-regulated militias is for "the security of a free State". Those are conditions.
If you don't believe me, compare that with the 1st Amendment which places no conditions on freedom of speech. If the Founding Fathers had intended the right to keep and bear arms to be unconditional, they would have made the 2nd Amendment more like the 1st by writing simply, "The right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed." The fact that they carefully and deliberately added these conditions to the 2nd Amendment should not be taken lightly.
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You are the first person in this thread to call them such hurtful names.
That's funny because Wikipedia says shortages are caused by laws against price gouging!
If you and Wikipedia are both correct, then scalpers cause or take advantage of laws against gouging to cause shortages. Then if shortages cause gouging ("scalpers first create an artificial shortage and then gouge"), one could say that laws against gouging cause gouging. Is your head spinning yet?
Nice try, but variable express tolls permanently eliminate traffic congestion on expressways without overcharging anyone. Parking demand management has a similar effect on surface streets. It should be possible to make some of our roads at least 50% efficient without creating gridlock.
Here in the USA, I don't know of any road that moves more cars per day than about 1/3rd of its maximum daily capacity. This tells me our road system is massively overbuilt!
It's the same with parking. Infrastructure for cars have gutted our cities and harmed their economic productivity.
Nope!
Don't you think it's ironic that we expect freeways to be free for anyone wealthy enough to afford a car, but we expect transit for the poor to pay for itself with no subsidies?
If people really want to get from A to B, why can't the free market provide that service in exchange for money?
Or maybe the reason people go from A to B so much is because of the transportation subsidies. Which one's the chicken and which one's the egg?
If McDonald's gave away 100 free burgers a day and people lined up outside waiting for the store to open, did they line up because they really need those burgers or is it because they are priced below market?
Including all future maintenance and lighting costs, lost tax revenue from businesses that can't be built on that land, and lost income from other, more cost-effective uses of your tax money?
If freeways are such a wise use of money, then why doesn't the free market build more of them?
Are roads any different? Texas couldn't find even one road that pays for itself. How can you expect transit to compete with that?
Yes, roads benefit people who don't use them, but so does transit by making room for more cars on the road. (People say that transit reduces traffic congestion but this is just as false as the idea that road projects reduce traffic congestion.)
On the "bright" side, there's a lot of sun right now for the PV panels!
Yes, please continue.
That's a good description of the H-1B program also. If you lose your job, you get booted out of the country. How's that for modern day slavery?
It's funny when people oppose a project because the developer isn't building enough parking, then they oppose it because of the traffic all that parking will bring. Seriously, you can't make this up!
Maybe I didn't have that problem because I put the rear facing seat on the passenger side.
I did not have that problem in my Prius c. Which car are you referring to?
If it were so easy, everyone would be doing it!
False.
We are also using groundwater faster than nature can replace it. Wells are running dry, so we've been digging them deeper and deeper.
Saying that technological advancements will fix the problem places the burden on our children and grandchildren to solve it. That's an astonishingly selfish thing to do.
Like if some states used U2F security keys and others used SMS?
You and I agree with Barron v. Baltimore (1833) that the 2nd Amendment only limits Congress' power, but others here disagree.
They were alerted. They did nothing.
"So reduced financial aid makes liberals sick and drop out of school? What's the downside?" asks the current administration.
No, the Bill of Rights does not apply to state governments, only the federal government. The 14th Amendment adds some of the same restrictions onto state governments but it is silent on the topic of firearms.
Yes, the state in that case decided it would be a pro-gun state, with or without a militia, thanks to the 10th Amendment giving it the right to be so!
The 2nd Amendment explains that the reason for "the right of the people to keep and bear Arms" is for "A well regulated Militia", and the purpose of well-regulated militias is for "the security of a free State". Those are conditions.
If you don't believe me, compare that with the 1st Amendment which places no conditions on freedom of speech. If the Founding Fathers had intended the right to keep and bear arms to be unconditional, they would have made the 2nd Amendment more like the 1st by writing simply, "The right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed." The fact that they carefully and deliberately added these conditions to the 2nd Amendment should not be taken lightly.
"May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one."
--Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds