what happens when governments don't have a plan to deal with large masses of unemployed
So speaks the collectivist, the man who can think of no way of fixing things that doesn't involve government.
It is the responsibility of the individual, not the government, to find a way to feed, clothe, and shelter himself. The responsibilities of the government in that regard are limited to 2 things: getting out of the way and protecting property rights.
The government does hundreds of things that cause unemployment. Let's say I find a way to provide excellent haircuts in 2 minutes and choose to charge $2 per haircut. It's probably illegal in every state for me to do that; I'd need a license, probably multiple licenses, and I might even be required to take classes and be certified by the state. I'd need to file and pay personal and business taxes. I'd be subject to inspections and probably fined for trivial things. I'd have to post my license on the wall, and post copies of certain federal and state laws on a wall.
One thing that guarantees unemployment is minimum wage laws. That violation of rights keeps both potential employers and employees from reaching a profitable agreement if the potential employee can't do work worth the minimum wage.
If you can run a vacuum cleaner, scrub a floor, rake leaves, or keep a child from hurting himself, you're capable of doing work that you can get paid for in a free society. Hell, I've seen Walmart greeters that can just barely breathe and even they have a job. In a society encumbered by government shackles, not so much.
I don't understand what you mean by "how much screen real estate your desktop environment takes up". KDE can be configured to have an empty screen. Are you counting window decorations?
replacing existing units takes up the entire budget
The average school budget in the US is between $10000 and $20000 per student-year. An adequate computer shouldn't cost over $500 and most of the software needed is available in "close-enough" form as freeware. Your claim is off by a factor of 20 to 40.
These are P3 gamut monitors, about halfway between sRGB and Adobe 1998. This helps justify the higher price, although it really should be Adobe 1998 to justify the premium.
Your characterization of Barry Goldwater is astonishingly dishonest. He was probably the most honorable major party candidate for President in the last 90 years. His opposition to the civil rights act of 1964 was based of the grounds that it was unconstitutional.
Good catch; but regardless of the source it's a good observation.
For a guy, looking at people often means looking at women with an eye to sexual properties. That's not a path to great accomplishments; that's why the people watchers are poor. Looking at things involves thinking "I can buy that", or better, "I can make that", and that leads to productive activity. The rich person thinks "I can improve that", he's in the realm of ideas with the potential to make things better for a lot of people and profit on the improvement.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I think that windmills look graceful and attractive, although the relentless "hwoof" sound within about a half mile is long-term annoying. Solar panels are butt-ugly, but fortunately they needn't stick up very far.
The oil revenue is a "gift" (at gunpoint) from the oil companies to Alaska. The government of Alaska didn't drill those wells. The general population didn't, and neither did the Eskimos. Oil companies found, drilled for, pumped, and piped the oil, paid for the infrastructure, maintained and run it.
We'll just distribute the power through the worldwide superconductor grid. You know the one, built at a cost of 75 quadrillion dollars and requiring a constant supply of liquid nitrogen through the worldwide liquid nitrogen pipeline.
Even if your assertion is true, it does not account for the price of the alternative, the severely reduced availability of oil in the US. How much would even higher oil prices cost US people and businesses? How many people would have died from a lack of heating oil?
Colonialism involves colonies, where the inhabitants of the area in question are citizens of the mother country. Are you serious in claiming that the inhabitants of various middle-eastern countries are U.S. citizens?
Given the vagueness of the estimates and the proposed distance and orbital period, can we actually say with a good probability that this object is actually orbiting the sun? We haven't been doing really precise measurements of planet's orbits all that long. Couldn't it just be an object passing by the solar system that isn't even orbiting?
It seems to me that the requirement for clearing its orbit is unreasonable, given the eccentricity of Pluto's orbit. Pluto would have to clear a ring 2 billion miles wide. Also, Pluto's orbit is inclined 17 degrees off the orbital plane of other planets, so it would also have to clear the ring of the other planets' orbital disk at the diameter where it intersects Pluto's. A planet in an non-inclined circular orbit only has to clear a ring of a few tens of thousands of miles.
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They can get jobs from George Soros to participate in riots and cast multiple votes.
So speaks the collectivist, the man who can think of no way of fixing things that doesn't involve government.
It is the responsibility of the individual, not the government, to find a way to feed, clothe, and shelter himself. The responsibilities of the government in that regard are limited to 2 things: getting out of the way and protecting property rights.
The government does hundreds of things that cause unemployment. Let's say I find a way to provide excellent haircuts in 2 minutes and choose to charge $2 per haircut. It's probably illegal in every state for me to do that; I'd need a license, probably multiple licenses, and I might even be required to take classes and be certified by the state. I'd need to file and pay personal and business taxes. I'd be subject to inspections and probably fined for trivial things. I'd have to post my license on the wall, and post copies of certain federal and state laws on a wall.
One thing that guarantees unemployment is minimum wage laws. That violation of rights keeps both potential employers and employees from reaching a profitable agreement if the potential employee can't do work worth the minimum wage.
If you can run a vacuum cleaner, scrub a floor, rake leaves, or keep a child from hurting himself, you're capable of doing work that you can get paid for in a free society. Hell, I've seen Walmart greeters that can just barely breathe and even they have a job. In a society encumbered by government shackles, not so much.
I don't understand what you mean by "how much screen real estate your desktop environment takes up". KDE can be configured to have an empty screen. Are you counting window decorations?
The average school budget in the US is between $10000 and $20000 per student-year. An adequate computer shouldn't cost over $500 and most of the software needed is available in "close-enough" form as freeware. Your claim is off by a factor of 20 to 40.
These are P3 gamut monitors, about halfway between sRGB and Adobe 1998. This helps justify the higher price, although it really should be Adobe 1998 to justify the premium.
Let's see, light speed is about 1 foot per nanosecond. So you've made sure all your cables are as short as possible, right?
In other words, bullshit.
At least it's not coming From Russia, With Love.
Your characterization of Barry Goldwater is astonishingly dishonest. He was probably the most honorable major party candidate for President in the last 90 years. His opposition to the civil rights act of 1964 was based of the grounds that it was unconstitutional.
NYC has a great number of neighborhoods. Tourist areas and some other places are moderately friendly.
Good catch; but regardless of the source it's a good observation.
For a guy, looking at people often means looking at women with an eye to sexual properties. That's not a path to great accomplishments; that's why the people watchers are poor. Looking at things involves thinking "I can buy that", or better, "I can make that", and that leads to productive activity. The rich person thinks "I can improve that", he's in the realm of ideas with the potential to make things better for a lot of people and profit on the improvement.
Just think of all the skyscrapers made from natural stone and renewable wood.
Money is a good proxy for energy. If an energy source is dollar-profitable without subsidies, it should also be energy-profitable by a wider margin.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I think that windmills look graceful and attractive, although the relentless "hwoof" sound within about a half mile is long-term annoying. Solar panels are butt-ugly, but fortunately they needn't stick up very far.
The oil revenue is a "gift" (at gunpoint) from the oil companies to Alaska. The government of Alaska didn't drill those wells. The general population didn't, and neither did the Eskimos. Oil companies found, drilled for, pumped, and piped the oil, paid for the infrastructure, maintained and run it.
And snow never has partial melts that form rock-like sheets.
Do what Tesla Motors did early on, just use a lot of small batteries. I believe Samsung has some available at really good prices.
We'll just distribute the power through the worldwide superconductor grid. You know the one, built at a cost of 75 quadrillion dollars and requiring a constant supply of liquid nitrogen through the worldwide liquid nitrogen pipeline.
Even if your assertion is true, it does not account for the price of the alternative, the severely reduced availability of oil in the US. How much would even higher oil prices cost US people and businesses? How many people would have died from a lack of heating oil?
Protecting the freedom of the seas benefits all countries engaged in seafaring. Piracy should be tolerated by no one.
Colonialism involves colonies, where the inhabitants of the area in question are citizens of the mother country. Are you serious in claiming that the inhabitants of various middle-eastern countries are U.S. citizens?
Given the vagueness of the estimates and the proposed distance and orbital period, can we actually say with a good probability that this object is actually orbiting the sun? We haven't been doing really precise measurements of planet's orbits all that long. Couldn't it just be an object passing by the solar system that isn't even orbiting?
You want a planet named "Anonymous Coward"?
I approve.
Good humorous observation.
It seems to me that the requirement for clearing its orbit is unreasonable, given the eccentricity of Pluto's orbit. Pluto would have to clear a ring 2 billion miles wide. Also, Pluto's orbit is inclined 17 degrees off the orbital plane of other planets, so it would also have to clear the ring of the other planets' orbital disk at the diameter where it intersects Pluto's. A planet in an non-inclined circular orbit only has to clear a ring of a few tens of thousands of miles.
Take a page out of Microsoft's book. MS added a microsoft key, Apple should add an apple key.
"Make an example" is an example of injustice.