The point is that since taxes are ultimately collected by the threat of, or actual use of, gunfire, that any use of tax money should be so important that it not using it would be worse than the way it is obtained. This should be considered in full context of all human activity and with respect to the amount of money involved.
The context for your cancer patient includes such things as most people have health insurance, not all cancers can be cured, long-term care differs from emergency care, not all people get cancer, and some cancers are a result of lifestyle choices. This contrasts with national defense, which is essential to all people and which would be extraordinarily difficult to achieve on an individual scale. It also contrasts with roads, which benefit almost everyone
Where I live roads are particularly vulnerable to heavy vehicles during the spring thaw, and potentially damaging users are required to post a bond against damage. Thus, at least some cost of road maintenance gets paid for by the people responsible. Similarly for new residential developments, the deveolpers put in and pay for the new roads, before they get turned over to the town for snow-plowing and long term maintenance.
I think that the work required to make a competitive GPU company would cost far beyond $1e9, and just isn't going to happen until several years after semiconductor technology becomes stagnant, if ever.
A mortgage is secured by your house. Fail to pay, lose your house. Credit cards are unsecured, and it's much more difficult for the lender to get its money back.
Most toys are going to work down to 1 V anyway, at which point the alkaline battery is for all practical purposes exhausted. Although nominally primary cells, alkalines can be recharged if it's done gently. That will provide more life than a booster.
Government health care is stealing from the healthy and careful to support the sick and careless.
If you smoke crack while fucking syphilitic lepers, government health care is there to support your lifestyle. If you maintain a wise diet and exercise moderately, government health care is there to punish you. Government health care is evil, unconstitutional, and not the will of the people.
There are many different sorts of government that feature "extreme concentration of power in the hands of very few people", and that condition is not at all the defining characteristic of fascism (which is a particular variety of regimented society).
Of all major politicians of the last 50 years, the Pauls stand out as the obvious promoters of freedom, enemies of regimentation and concentration of power.
The cult has favored restructuring power in many ways to exclude many people.
Your complete absence of understanding is on display here; the goal is to remove power because power causes abuse.
"for I have sworn upon the altar of god eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man." - Thomas Jefferson - illustrates the proper attitude.
I bought a house without a loan, a damn nice house. I worked hard, saved money, and waited until I had enough.
Keynesian economics is the primary fraud that regards deficit spending as a good idea, and I'm certainly not going to cripple my mind by taking an economic course that promotes Keynes' hoax.
Given that Kinkade galleries are full of mechanically reproduced work, even mundane art is being mass produced. Nonetheless, original one-off paintings scratch an itch, and faking paint strokes to modify a photograph does not satisfy the "selective re-creation" that art requires.
In music, live human performances are irreplaceable.
When currencies are allowed to float, a trade deficit in country A causes the value of the A's currency to fall. Eventually, The lowered value of A's currency makes A's labor cheap, and it will be worth while to employ people in country A. Thus, the trade deficit causes economic growth, measured in units of A's currency.
Trade deficits stop being a self-correcting problem when the government interferes with the exchange rates.
In passing, I'll note that you deflect the "How?" question, which asks for a mechanism, by providing an insult and an evaluation of "bad", which is irrelevant.
The money not going to truck drivers goes to rail employees and owners and the employees and owners of companies shipping by lower-cost rail (if it weren't lower cost, they wouldn't be doing it.) Those people spend the money that the ex-truck drivers would have spent. In the overall economy, very little changes besides a slight increase in efficiency.
Economic fallacies are easily generated by focusing on only a few of the effects of an action.
Most stocks don't pay dividends, and most of those that do don't pay very much, although it's better than bank interest rates. It takes money to buy stocks, and for the average worker it's going to take over 30 years of working and saving to accumulate enough dividend-paying stocks to live on.
They were farm workers and they didn't really have skills to work in factories.
Factory work - by which I mean most production line jobs - is dead simple. By and large, a farmer needs to be more competent both mentally and physically than a factory worker.
Assuming pay every 2 weeks, if you were not paid for your final 2 months, you worked there 6 weeks too long. A company's first responsibility is to pay its employees. When it fails to do so, you should be out the door like a bullet.
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The point is that since taxes are ultimately collected by the threat of, or actual use of, gunfire, that any use of tax money should be so important that it not using it would be worse than the way it is obtained. This should be considered in full context of all human activity and with respect to the amount of money involved.
The context for your cancer patient includes such things as most people have health insurance, not all cancers can be cured, long-term care differs from emergency care, not all people get cancer, and some cancers are a result of lifestyle choices. This contrasts with national defense, which is essential to all people and which would be extraordinarily difficult to achieve on an individual scale. It also contrasts with roads, which benefit almost everyone
Where I live roads are particularly vulnerable to heavy vehicles during the spring thaw, and potentially damaging users are required to post a bond against damage. Thus, at least some cost of road maintenance gets paid for by the people responsible. Similarly for new residential developments, the deveolpers put in and pay for the new roads, before they get turned over to the town for snow-plowing and long term maintenance.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Graphics_Project. My recollection is they eventually put out an overpriced, underperforming card, and in the following 5 years progress has passed them by.
I think that the work required to make a competitive GPU company would cost far beyond $1e9, and just isn't going to happen until several years after semiconductor technology becomes stagnant, if ever.
That limpet is mine!
If you think females can't be sophisticated thieves, you've never heard of divorce.
Non sequitur
The intent of building a road is that it be available for innocent use. Generally, for an act to be a crime requires criminal intent.
"Fail" is a verb. The word you need is "failure".
A mortgage is secured by your house. Fail to pay, lose your house. Credit cards are unsecured, and it's much more difficult for the lender to get its money back.
Most toys are going to work down to 1 V anyway, at which point the alkaline battery is for all practical purposes exhausted. Although nominally primary cells, alkalines can be recharged if it's done gently. That will provide more life than a booster.
Oh good grief. Take a good look at the many photos available on the internet. She's not larger than average.
Government health care is stealing from the healthy and careful to support the sick and careless.
If you smoke crack while fucking syphilitic lepers, government health care is there to support your lifestyle. If you maintain a wise diet and exercise moderately, government health care is there to punish you. Government health care is evil, unconstitutional, and not the will of the people.
There are many different sorts of government that feature "extreme concentration of power in the hands of very few people", and that condition is not at all the defining characteristic of fascism (which is a particular variety of regimented society).
Of all major politicians of the last 50 years, the Pauls stand out as the obvious promoters of freedom, enemies of regimentation and concentration of power.
Your complete absence of understanding is on display here; the goal is to remove power because power causes abuse.
"for I have sworn upon the altar of god eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man." - Thomas Jefferson - illustrates the proper attitude.
I bought a house without a loan, a damn nice house. I worked hard, saved money, and waited until I had enough.
Keynesian economics is the primary fraud that regards deficit spending as a good idea, and I'm certainly not going to cripple my mind by taking an economic course that promotes Keynes' hoax.
You lie. Spending cuts have worked well on the state level in recent years, and nationally circa 1923.
I'm self-employed. I became more productive, so I fired myself. -- Or perhaps you need to reconsider your reasoning.
Given that Kinkade galleries are full of mechanically reproduced work, even mundane art is being mass produced. Nonetheless, original one-off paintings scratch an itch, and faking paint strokes to modify a photograph does not satisfy the "selective re-creation" that art requires.
In music, live human performances are irreplaceable.
Whoosh!
When currencies are allowed to float, a trade deficit in country A causes the value of the A's currency to fall. Eventually, The lowered value of A's currency makes A's labor cheap, and it will be worth while to employ people in country A. Thus, the trade deficit causes economic growth, measured in units of A's currency.
Trade deficits stop being a self-correcting problem when the government interferes with the exchange rates.
In passing, I'll note that you deflect the "How?" question, which asks for a mechanism, by providing an insult and an evaluation of "bad", which is irrelevant.
The money not going to truck drivers goes to rail employees and owners and the employees and owners of companies shipping by lower-cost rail (if it weren't lower cost, they wouldn't be doing it.) Those people spend the money that the ex-truck drivers would have spent. In the overall economy, very little changes besides a slight increase in efficiency.
Economic fallacies are easily generated by focusing on only a few of the effects of an action.
Most stocks don't pay dividends, and most of those that do don't pay very much, although it's better than bank interest rates. It takes money to buy stocks, and for the average worker it's going to take over 30 years of working and saving to accumulate enough dividend-paying stocks to live on.
Factory work - by which I mean most production line jobs - is dead simple. By and large, a farmer needs to be more competent both mentally and physically than a factory worker.
The requirements for mental health workers vary by state. Some have no requirements; anyone willing to fleece unhappy people can open an office.
An incompetent plumber doesn't cause many deaths.
No roof, no walls, no floor. Take your chalkboard and jumbo chalk, go sit in the middle of a cow pasture.
And then there's the 30 year old infant with the laser pointer who gets bored and points it at your eye.
Assuming pay every 2 weeks, if you were not paid for your final 2 months, you worked there 6 weeks too long. A company's first responsibility is to pay its employees. When it fails to do so, you should be out the door like a bullet.