Stockholders who bought VW at a market cap of $65B are not happy. Book value of VW - closer to the actual worth of the company, not worth based on assumptions of future earnings - is $54B. That leaves a company with a real worth of $4B and a very severe cash flow problem, and an overhanging threat of further "legal" action. It's time for the German government to step up and say "Fick dich" (google translation) to the US court system and negotiate a more reasonable settlement based on actual damages.
You may not like traditional religious cultural values because they restrict your behavior, but they worked. They got us here.
There is a broad range of behaviors in accord with "traditional religious cultural values". Does the ritual human sacrifice of several primitive religions qualify as worthy of continuation because they're part of what "got us here"? Or apply the same question to Muslim clitorectomies.
Careful removal of bad practices is essential to the improvement of human behavior. Especially important is the removal of the religious justification of all commands, "because I told you so.". Bullying is implicit in the word "command", and it encourages the person receiving the command to find ways to become the giver of commands, i.e. to become a bully.
Moral teaching needs to pay more attention to doing things that are demonstrably good for all concerned. Be productive, make quality products, advance knowledge, create understanding. Accentuating things that shouldn't be done makes those things a temptation, and when those things are presented they should be shown as self-destructive, rather that just pointing and saying "BAD. Don't do that!". Conventional morality needs closer examination so that damaging aspects can be pointed out. (For instance charity may temporarily help the recipient and make you feel warm and pious and self-righteous, but it has a negative side including dependence of the recipient and making you poorer by the amount of your gift.)
"they worked. They got us here." Think how much better off we would be now without the cultural flaws that led to the fall of Rome and the Dark Ages. We might now have a civilization benefiting from an effective 500 to 1000 years of scientific advancement. "Here" is a place that includes the effects of bad religious practices including persecution of witches and beheading of non-believers.
Here are some key phrases for you to use: "roughly speaking", "approximately", "for most practical purposes", "usually", "often", "overall", "in most cases". If you are not attempting to mislead, it's enough to say that your statement has conditions or exceptions. It isn't necessary to say what those are if you're not asked.
Almost all non-desktop computer battery chargers are either too stupid to handle batteries properly, or their intelligent charging profile tries to maintain too high a level of charge. Either destroys batteries. Although the best technique varies with battery technology, if you seldom use the battery but want it available for occasional use, do this: Don't have the battery installed whenever the computer is plugged in. Once a month, attach the battery and bring the charge up to 50%. Only charge the battery fully when you know you'll need an extended period of battery usage soon.
Do you know what it takes to flee to another country? Go to the Mexico border at any of the well established public border crossings and walk across, along with hundreds of other people. No fuss, no problem.
There's a difference between the OP's stop funding all wars and your defunding the military.
No (federal) social programs means a number of things. Lazy but capable people will have the choice of work or die. Truly incapable people will have to rely on charity and state and local programs. Charitable giving will increase because the end of social programs will mean that working people have more money, and more working people means more available goods. As people realize they are responsible for their own well-being, troublemakers like rioters and Soros-funded protesters will get less respect and will be more likely to be shot when they try to steal from honest folk. This will tend to put a lid on rioting.
The US dollar is already destroyed, having lost about 98% of its value over the last century. Other countries' governments and people in responsible positions in large financial institutions recognize that fact. Making the fact public will hurt short term public confidence, but if it results in US finances being put on a sound basis (a political decision) then the dollar will become a stable standard at perhaps 50% of its current value.
With regard to Atlas Shrugged, the book acknowledges the necessity of a military. Some libertarians are fools who think that minimal government means almost no government.
Actually, TFA gives no clue as to efficiency. The stated figure is for yield, i.e. the amount of ethanol out versus the theoretical ethanol out if every carbon atom in the CO2 input were incorporated into ethanol. Whether the remainder is unconverted or converted into something other than ethanol is also unstated.
That free college education is worth what you pay for it. Don't be surprised when your kid gets his doctorate in transgender studies with a minor in basket weaving.
Inflation has averaged 7% over the last decade, the Consumer Price Index about 2.5%. That is stagflation when the stagnation is taken into account. The 4.5% difference per year is 45% over the decade, and it's going to hurt when that 45% comes back into the market - such as from China, when it demands products for the dollars it has been saving.
Go to the supermarket and buy the house brand water in gallon plastic jugs if the stuff from the tap isn't good enough. The high price of designer water is possible due to fools.
You'd force the Amish, who by religious belief cannot receive Social Security payouts, to pay into Social Security. That only solves a problem if you think the government isn't being abusive enough.
Pay people to work, so that they earn what they consume. Neither taxes nor murder is required, nor should those government-inspired practices be a part of a civilized society.
40 hours/week is what most people consider a reasonable tradeoff between free time and being able to buy more nice stuff. It's also an indication to your employer that you're serious about your job, that you're worth pouring more resources into and worth being considered for promotion.
Somebody working 30 hours a week is a dilettante, not serious about his job and not invested in the success of his employer's business.
"Public benefit" will be things like signing up people to campaign for the party in power, and doing such campaigning. "Public benefit" includes things like enrolling illegal aliens in welfare programs. It's a political smokescreen.
There would be nothing wrong with guaranteeing that your citizens can never go hungry.
A fundamental violation of justice is what's wrong. "Get what you pay for, and pay for what you get." is justice. Taking food I've paid for and giving it to someone who refuses to work for it is injustice. Once the principle of injustice is established for food, there is nothing to stop injustice from applying to everything else.
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Stockholders who bought VW at a market cap of $65B are not happy. Book value of VW - closer to the actual worth of the company, not worth based on assumptions of future earnings - is $54B. That leaves a company with a real worth of $4B and a very severe cash flow problem, and an overhanging threat of further "legal" action. It's time for the German government to step up and say "Fick dich" (google translation) to the US court system and negotiate a more reasonable settlement based on actual damages.
It's been a long time since the US invaded Canada.
There is a broad range of behaviors in accord with "traditional religious cultural values". Does the ritual human sacrifice of several primitive religions qualify as worthy of continuation because they're part of what "got us here"? Or apply the same question to Muslim clitorectomies.
Careful removal of bad practices is essential to the improvement of human behavior. Especially important is the removal of the religious justification of all commands, "because I told you so.". Bullying is implicit in the word "command", and it encourages the person receiving the command to find ways to become the giver of commands, i.e. to become a bully.
Moral teaching needs to pay more attention to doing things that are demonstrably good for all concerned. Be productive, make quality products, advance knowledge, create understanding. Accentuating things that shouldn't be done makes those things a temptation, and when those things are presented they should be shown as self-destructive, rather that just pointing and saying "BAD. Don't do that!". Conventional morality needs closer examination so that damaging aspects can be pointed out. (For instance charity may temporarily help the recipient and make you feel warm and pious and self-righteous, but it has a negative side including dependence of the recipient and making you poorer by the amount of your gift.)
"they worked. They got us here." Think how much better off we would be now without the cultural flaws that led to the fall of Rome and the Dark Ages. We might now have a civilization benefiting from an effective 500 to 1000 years of scientific advancement. "Here" is a place that includes the effects of bad religious practices including persecution of witches and beheading of non-believers.
When did you stop beating you wife?
Here are some key phrases for you to use: "roughly speaking", "approximately", "for most practical purposes", "usually", "often", "overall", "in most cases". If you are not attempting to mislead, it's enough to say that your statement has conditions or exceptions. It isn't necessary to say what those are if you're not asked.
Saturday, February 11, 3015. See you there!
Just keep on pushing the hoax. By the way - are you a dupe, or do you get paid for this?
You can do the same thing with the stock market, and many people do. It works until it stops working.
Then a new system is announced, to great fanfare. Lather, rinse, repeat endlessly.
Almost all non-desktop computer battery chargers are either too stupid to handle batteries properly, or their intelligent charging profile tries to maintain too high a level of charge. Either destroys batteries. Although the best technique varies with battery technology, if you seldom use the battery but want it available for occasional use, do this: Don't have the battery installed whenever the computer is plugged in. Once a month, attach the battery and bring the charge up to 50%. Only charge the battery fully when you know you'll need an extended period of battery usage soon.
You Martians can't even count. I've seen 4 of them running for President.
Do you know what it takes to flee to another country? Go to the Mexico border at any of the well established public border crossings and walk across, along with hundreds of other people. No fuss, no problem.
Insecure email setups matter if you handle classified material; insecure email setups matter when their use is illegal.
There's a difference between the OP's stop funding all wars and your defunding the military.
No (federal) social programs means a number of things. Lazy but capable people will have the choice of work or die. Truly incapable people will have to rely on charity and state and local programs. Charitable giving will increase because the end of social programs will mean that working people have more money, and more working people means more available goods. As people realize they are responsible for their own well-being, troublemakers like rioters and Soros-funded protesters will get less respect and will be more likely to be shot when they try to steal from honest folk. This will tend to put a lid on rioting.
The US dollar is already destroyed, having lost about 98% of its value over the last century. Other countries' governments and people in responsible positions in large financial institutions recognize that fact. Making the fact public will hurt short term public confidence, but if it results in US finances being put on a sound basis (a political decision) then the dollar will become a stable standard at perhaps 50% of its current value.
With regard to Atlas Shrugged, the book acknowledges the necessity of a military. Some libertarians are fools who think that minimal government means almost no government.
FWIW, before common usage overwhelmed the original creation, "jigga" was the correct pronunciation of "giga".
Actually, TFA gives no clue as to efficiency. The stated figure is for yield, i.e. the amount of ethanol out versus the theoretical ethanol out if every carbon atom in the CO2 input were incorporated into ethanol. Whether the remainder is unconverted or converted into something other than ethanol is also unstated.
That free college education is worth what you pay for it. Don't be surprised when your kid gets his doctorate in transgender studies with a minor in basket weaving.
Inflation has averaged 7% over the last decade, the Consumer Price Index about 2.5%. That is stagflation when the stagnation is taken into account. The 4.5% difference per year is 45% over the decade, and it's going to hurt when that 45% comes back into the market - such as from China, when it demands products for the dollars it has been saving.
"It won't" is the perfect answer for questions than involve unicorn farts.
Go to the supermarket and buy the house brand water in gallon plastic jugs if the stuff from the tap isn't good enough. The high price of designer water is possible due to fools.
That welfare keeps growing does not make it a good thing. Making the world safe for couch potatoes does not make the world a better place.
You'd force the Amish, who by religious belief cannot receive Social Security payouts, to pay into Social Security. That only solves a problem if you think the government isn't being abusive enough.
False alternative.
Pay people to work, so that they earn what they consume. Neither taxes nor murder is required, nor should those government-inspired practices be a part of a civilized society.
40 hours/week is what most people consider a reasonable tradeoff between free time and being able to buy more nice stuff. It's also an indication to your employer that you're serious about your job, that you're worth pouring more resources into and worth being considered for promotion.
Somebody working 30 hours a week is a dilettante, not serious about his job and not invested in the success of his employer's business.
As an employer, who do you want working for you?
"Public benefit" will be things like signing up people to campaign for the party in power, and doing such campaigning. "Public benefit" includes things like enrolling illegal aliens in welfare programs. It's a political smokescreen.
A fundamental violation of justice is what's wrong. "Get what you pay for, and pay for what you get." is justice. Taking food I've paid for and giving it to someone who refuses to work for it is injustice. Once the principle of injustice is established for food, there is nothing to stop injustice from applying to everything else.