China (I don't know if it's the government or other Chinese entities) is already a significant purchaser of US bonds. China would be unwise to continue that practice, and wise use the money locally.
Historical advantage from pillaging just doesn't last. If it did, Spain would be a world leader from its 16th century activities in the Americas. For a more modern example, compare Hong Kong to any other major city in China. Or Japan after being destroyed in WWII.
Wealth comes from production, and production occurs when producers believe the results of their production won't be stolen from them.
The US is not the US government. Individuals have rights. Governments do not have rights. Proper governments are instituted to protect the rights of men.
The US government does not have the right to decide under what terms it will lend money, or to lend any money at all, because the US government does not have rights. The government does not have the rights that belong to those who reside within its borders.
Most Americans have a pretty high opinion of England, Canada, Australia, Germany, and Japan. Do those countries send foreign aid to the US, to curry good will among Americans? Of course not. Trying to buy goodwill is like paying a blackmailer. It doesn't work, won't work, can't work, and only the morally bankrupt think otherwise.
Government overspending is caused by Obama's intention to destroy the country in every way possible, so that he can be proclaimed Infallible Ruler in the carnage that follows. The particular details are just window dressing.
Obama is currently replacing military leaders with his cronies. The only sensible explanation for this is that he's preparing to ignite and win a civil war. (Consider also his arming of seemingly irrelevant agencies like the FDA.) The US will have neither the will nor the ability to assert itself internationally when that happens.
We LET them have financing for power plants which is what the story is about.
You win the Pulitzer Prize for most horrific misuse of English. Taking the reality of stealing from millions of individual United States taxpayers to benefit foreigners, and translating to "We LET them have financing for power plants" is astounding.
Let's assume for a moment that your lying claim that Reagan set solar cell technology back 20 years is true.
In the last 20 years, the best single crystal silicon cells have improved by about 0.6% to 27.6% efficiency. The big improvements have been in too-expensive-for-mass-production three and four junction cells, now up to 38.8% if used without a concentrator. Single junction unconcentrated GaAs has improved by less that 1% to 26.4%. Garbage technologies - thin-film, amorphous, organic, etc. - have improved from about 16.4% to 20.8% (unconcentrated). All those numbers are laboratory best, not production, which improves more slowly. This is the dramatic improvement that would make an important difference in the world?
Capturing and compressing CO2 may increase the fuel needs of a coal-fired CCS plant by 25–40%.[4] These and other system costs are estimated to increase the cost of the energy produced by 21–91% for purpose built plants. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_capture Additionally, carbon capture produces solid waste products weighing even more than the fuel, and that garbage has to be transported and stored somewhere. Only in the politics of power production can this be considered an improvement.
Your wikipedia citation shows several sets of data with some degree of disagreement among them. A summary might read: Natural gas is cheapest where available, followed by hydropower. Coal and wind are significantly more expensive than natgas or water, with the winner among them determined by local conditions.
The Peace Corps has allegedly been doing what you suggest, for 52 years. Although it claims some success, if it really were effective it would have no continuing need for existence.
We aren't building power plants at the rate the developing world is. If you want that business, you need to be prepared make deals that include financing.
If GE wants the business, GE can damn well make the loans without taxpayer assistance. GE's profit for the last 12 months was somewhere between 14 and 29 billion, depending on which criterion of profit is used. The taxpayers of this country should not be funding GE's business, and thereby GE's officers and the bribes it pays to congressmen through campaign contributions.
Sending money through government for any purpose guarantees it will be used inefficiently.
The US is not the same as the US government. It is the US government that engages in foreign aid. And if you think foreign aid is all loans, you are well and truly deceived. If the money came back to the US government with interest, the program would be a money source, and would never need increased funding once established. Foreign aid is a money sink, and bleeds all Americans.
There's a lot more than just 'accidentally "getting it" at a young age'. Some are brilliant quite young, Gauss for example.
While aptitude tests don't truly test potential, there's a lot more to getting correct answers on a math test than just repeating what's been shown. Most people don't remember even a small fraction of what they've seen and heard in school, even multiple times. At the other extreme, some, myself included, have come across material in a math aptitude test unrelated to anything seen before, grasped the new concept and answered the question correctly.
Both inborn ability and good enough teaching are important, and those who deny it have an axe to grind.
The ugly part of eugenics is association with racism.
The ugliest part of eugenics as it has been practiced is the use of force, followed close behind by the often arbitrary (mis)identification of many people as inferior. The potential of eugenics includes fixing inheritable diseases and improving some human characteristics, whether by direct atomic manipulation of genes or other means. The critical thing is, as with all activities, not to violate human rights in the process.
Fine, if you spend all your time in the dark or hiding under your desk. If you actually get outdoors during the day, hair protects your head from sunburn (and skin cancer) and helps keep you warm.
Oil extraction is done by companies (not by governments except in the country of that government, sometimes) under the terms that the government of the area sets. That government has complete control of the terms and payment for the oil extraction, and frequently (Venezuela, most mideast countries) will seize the equipment once it's been established. Your leftist claptrap - "stealing fossil fuels from 3-rd world countries by western powers" - is almost to stupid to be understandable, once some thought is applied.
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Food: $1500/year, eating very well but preparing your own food.
Clothing: $200/year, tops. WalMart
Housing plus utilities: $3000/year/person, 4 people renting a house in a rural area and sharing expenses.
Transportation: varies too much with location, but call it $2000/year.
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That leaves $11,300/year to be split among jollies, preparation for emergencies, and building a future.
China (I don't know if it's the government or other Chinese entities) is already a significant purchaser of US bonds. China would be unwise to continue that practice, and wise use the money locally.
So you don't think cars and trains are better than mules?
Historical advantage from pillaging just doesn't last. If it did, Spain would be a world leader from its 16th century activities in the Americas. For a more modern example, compare Hong Kong to any other major city in China. Or Japan after being destroyed in WWII.
Wealth comes from production, and production occurs when producers believe the results of their production won't be stolen from them.
The US is not the US government. Individuals have rights. Governments do not have rights. Proper governments are instituted to protect the rights of men.
The US government does not have the right to decide under what terms it will lend money, or to lend any money at all, because the US government does not have rights. The government does not have the rights that belong to those who reside within its borders.
Most Americans have a pretty high opinion of England, Canada, Australia, Germany, and Japan. Do those countries send foreign aid to the US, to curry good will among Americans? Of course not. Trying to buy goodwill is like paying a blackmailer. It doesn't work, won't work, can't work, and only the morally bankrupt think otherwise.
You should learn English before posting.
Government overspending is caused by Obama's intention to destroy the country in every way possible, so that he can be proclaimed Infallible Ruler in the carnage that follows. The particular details are just window dressing.
Obama is currently replacing military leaders with his cronies. The only sensible explanation for this is that he's preparing to ignite and win a civil war. (Consider also his arming of seemingly irrelevant agencies like the FDA.) The US will have neither the will nor the ability to assert itself internationally when that happens.
Your argument is equivalent to saying, "Bankruptcy can't kill me, I'll commit suicide first." There's little practical difference in the result.
You win the Pulitzer Prize for most horrific misuse of English. Taking the reality of stealing from millions of individual United States taxpayers to benefit foreigners, and translating to "We LET them have financing for power plants" is astounding.
Let's assume for a moment that your lying claim that Reagan set solar cell technology back 20 years is true.
In the last 20 years, the best single crystal silicon cells have improved by about 0.6% to 27.6% efficiency. The big improvements have been in too-expensive-for-mass-production three and four junction cells, now up to 38.8% if used without a concentrator. Single junction unconcentrated GaAs has improved by less that 1% to 26.4%. Garbage technologies - thin-film, amorphous, organic, etc. - have improved from about 16.4% to 20.8% (unconcentrated). All those numbers are laboratory best, not production, which improves more slowly. This is the dramatic improvement that would make an important difference in the world?
Please explain how 100 miles of copper wire and poles to support it are cheaper than 10 square meters of solar cells.
Capturing and compressing CO2 may increase the fuel needs of a coal-fired CCS plant by 25–40%.[4] These and other system costs are estimated to increase the cost of the energy produced by 21–91% for purpose built plants. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_capture Additionally, carbon capture produces solid waste products weighing even more than the fuel, and that garbage has to be transported and stored somewhere. Only in the politics of power production can this be considered an improvement.
Your wikipedia citation shows several sets of data with some degree of disagreement among them. A summary might read: Natural gas is cheapest where available, followed by hydropower. Coal and wind are significantly more expensive than natgas or water, with the winner among them determined by local conditions.
The Peace Corps has allegedly been doing what you suggest, for 52 years. Although it claims some success, if it really were effective it would have no continuing need for existence.
If GE wants the business, GE can damn well make the loans without taxpayer assistance. GE's profit for the last 12 months was somewhere between 14 and 29 billion, depending on which criterion of profit is used. The taxpayers of this country should not be funding GE's business, and thereby GE's officers and the bribes it pays to congressmen through campaign contributions.
Sending money through government for any purpose guarantees it will be used inefficiently.
The US is not the same as the US government. It is the US government that engages in foreign aid. And if you think foreign aid is all loans, you are well and truly deceived. If the money came back to the US government with interest, the program would be a money source, and would never need increased funding once established. Foreign aid is a money sink, and bleeds all Americans.
There's a lot more than just 'accidentally "getting it" at a young age'. Some are brilliant quite young, Gauss for example.
While aptitude tests don't truly test potential, there's a lot more to getting correct answers on a math test than just repeating what's been shown. Most people don't remember even a small fraction of what they've seen and heard in school, even multiple times. At the other extreme, some, myself included, have come across material in a math aptitude test unrelated to anything seen before, grasped the new concept and answered the question correctly.
Both inborn ability and good enough teaching are important, and those who deny it have an axe to grind.
The ugliest part of eugenics as it has been practiced is the use of force, followed close behind by the often arbitrary (mis)identification of many people as inferior. The potential of eugenics includes fixing inheritable diseases and improving some human characteristics, whether by direct atomic manipulation of genes or other means. The critical thing is, as with all activities, not to violate human rights in the process.
Fine, if you spend all your time in the dark or hiding under your desk. If you actually get outdoors during the day, hair protects your head from sunburn (and skin cancer) and helps keep you warm.
Oil extraction is done by companies (not by governments except in the country of that government, sometimes) under the terms that the government of the area sets. That government has complete control of the terms and payment for the oil extraction, and frequently (Venezuela, most mideast countries) will seize the equipment once it's been established. Your leftist claptrap - "stealing fossil fuels from 3-rd world countries by western powers" - is almost to stupid to be understandable, once some thought is applied.
Wrong is wrong. It doesn't matter where it happens.
Don't vote for tyrants.
It says a great deal about you, to think that not being vile or threatening is "a horrible, fearful, shuttered way to live your life."