I'm sure this is an old question, but if you have time to answer...
Why is it that Walmart pays their employees about $11 a day in Mexico and this is considered a *good* wage as the Mexican minimum wage is about $4 a day? They have the exact same crap in their stores in Mexico that they have in the states.
Furthermore, if there are many people working for less than $10 a day, where do they get the money to buy cars from?
My thoughts exactly.
I don't want the same government that takes 8% off the top of my wage before any other tax is paid ( plus an additional 8% "matching contribution" from the company ) to pay for "Social Security" that is immediately put aside to pay for current expenses. Bernie Madoff would be proud to be a member of Congress today.
For those of you who don't know, "Social Security" deductions are immediately used to pay current beneficiaries and whatever else the current crop of congresscritters wants to spend it on. There is nothing put aside to pay for my "Social Security". The bottom has to fall out of this system eventually.
I don't want the same bunch criminally mismanaging my health insurance.
Now, please tell me all about how health insurance companies are already criminally mismanaging my health insurance.
AC, I will give you the benefit of the doubt that you are not trolling. My post, though inflammatory, was not meant to be a troll, but a criticism of the names.net and mono.
Both names have in common that when you hear them, you immediately think of something that has nothing to do with what the name means..net is a TLD to most of us here. Mono is usually short for mononucleosis. Even though we all know that Mono is not named after a disease, I content that most everyone who hears it thinks about a disease every time they see the name.
I don't believe that there is a sane entrepreneur out there who would give his business a name like "Mono". and expect everyone to want to buy his product.
Why did this platform have to be named ".net" Oh, Microsoft.net, let me point my browser at that. As if there couldn't be a worse name than.net, we come out with Mono? Mono??? Seriously, freaking mono? That sounds like something that's going to make me sick!!! Why don't we have open source aids and flu libraries while we're at it?
Thank you. I get so sick and tired of hearing the flat-earth, no growthers telling everyone to do without while they fly around in their private jets for their circus^Wconvention in Copenhagen. I just saw in the news yesterday that some schmuck in the British government wants to tax Brits who take too many flights because it allegedly is destroying the planet. Give me a break!
The theory is that laws against polygamy serve as a stabilizing force in society.
I don't have the data right at my fingertips, but the idea is that if rich, powerful men are allowed to keep harems of women for their personal enjoyment, then there will necessarily be a large number of single men who have to chance to have a mate, unless of course, you also allow for young men to be castrated and sold as slaves.
Does having a society full of horny men who will never ever score sound like a good idea?
I recently took a trip to Mexico. I speak a small amount of Spanish, but when someone approached me in a parking lot wanting to sell me a car-wash for my cheap rental car, all I said was "No hablo espanol" ( I don't speak Spanish ). How convenient!
You're focusing on genetic evolution but ignoring memetic evolution. The beliefs you're promoting were the default for centuries; the ones you're denigrating evolved from your beliefs, because people saw how much squalor and human suffering comes from crapping out kids willy-nilly.
My name is Charles Darwin, and I want you to know that I said that natural selection does not necessarily favor those who are the strongest or the smartest ( or for that matter, those who avoid squalor and suffering ). It favors those who survive and reproduce.
Asking to buy health insurance when you're sick is like asking to buy car insurance after you've already wrecked your car. If you want to have coverage, you must begin paying for it before you need it. By the way, I'm certain that there are abuses that go on in the insurance industry, but if you want health insurance, the general idea is that you sign up for it before you need it.
If you leave a long message, put your phone number at the *beginning* of the message so if they need to hear it again, they don't have to play the whole message.
My professor back in the day said, "Most computer science professors will teach you a programming language. A good professor will teach you to program." Looking back, he sure taught me to program; to him, the language he used to teach was irrelevant.
You've gotta be kidding. The N64 controller sucked! Unless you were very very gentle with it, the control stick would grind down and the plastic parts would jam up in short order.
Do you not remember seeing the games on display at the store and not being able to play them because the display controller was worn out?
Has anyone else noticed that there has not been a peep from the Democratic party about the PATRIOT Act since the Democratic party took control of both the executive and legislative branches of our government in the recent election? During both terms President Bush's ( a Republican ) Presidency, the Democrats loudly demanded that the PATRIOT Act be scaled back or repealed.
That's only half the story. The other half is how the insurance company manages and invests the money between when you pay your premium until the company inevitably has to pay claims.
Back in my college dorm days, they used to call me at the dorms ( which had their own separate contiguous block of phone numbers ) to refinance my house. No kidding!
I once presented my passport in the bar to get a drink after the barkeep refused to serve me when I showed him my driver's license. He says that Texas has state law prohibiting them from accepting a driver's license from another state as ID. I have no idea how this could stand up if someone took Texas to court for violating the "full faith and credit" section of the US Constitution.
For those of you in the northeast, I recommend shopping at "Wegman's" if Whole Foods is too high for you. I've lived all over the country and I've never seen a place with such a great selection of unprocess, raw, whole foods for such a reasonable cost.
Suppose that they propose to do just what you propose. Then, along comes Algore and company complaining that the project will result in global desalination... Of course, humanity's contribution to changes in the salination of the ocean will be very small, but that very small change will doom the earth to ecological disaster...
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OK, Off-topic, but, there in Mexico...
I'm sure this is an old question, but if you have time to answer...
Why is it that Walmart pays their employees about $11 a day in Mexico and this is considered a *good* wage as the Mexican minimum wage is about $4 a day? They have the exact same crap in their stores in Mexico that they have in the states.
Furthermore, if there are many people working for less than $10 a day, where do they get the money to buy cars from?
My thoughts exactly. I don't want the same government that takes 8% off the top of my wage before any other tax is paid ( plus an additional 8% "matching contribution" from the company ) to pay for "Social Security" that is immediately put aside to pay for current expenses. Bernie Madoff would be proud to be a member of Congress today. For those of you who don't know, "Social Security" deductions are immediately used to pay current beneficiaries and whatever else the current crop of congresscritters wants to spend it on. There is nothing put aside to pay for my "Social Security". The bottom has to fall out of this system eventually. I don't want the same bunch criminally mismanaging my health insurance. Now, please tell me all about how health insurance companies are already criminally mismanaging my health insurance.
Give us your tired, your weak, your huddled masses, yearning to be unemployed.
Normally I don't reply to .sigs. However, in case you don't know, you might look up what the minimum wage is in Mexico some time.
Both names have in common that when you hear them, you immediately think of something that has nothing to do with what the name means. .net is a TLD to most of us here. Mono is usually short for mononucleosis. Even though we all know that Mono is not named after a disease, I content that most everyone who hears it thinks about a disease every time they see the name.
I don't believe that there is a sane entrepreneur out there who would give his business a name like "Mono". and expect everyone to want to buy his product.
Why did this platform have to be named ".net" Oh, Microsoft .net, let me point my browser at that. As if there couldn't be a worse name than .net, we come out with Mono? Mono??? Seriously, freaking mono? That sounds like something that's going to make me sick!!! Why don't we have open source aids and flu libraries while we're at it?
Remain exactly where you are! THINKPOL is on the way to take you to MINILUV for rehabilitation.
...end up electing the scientific ignoramuses who dominate one of the US national political parties.
Which political party?
Thank you. I get so sick and tired of hearing the flat-earth, no growthers telling everyone to do without while they fly around in their private jets for their circus^Wconvention in Copenhagen. I just saw in the news yesterday that some schmuck in the British government wants to tax Brits who take too many flights because it allegedly is destroying the planet. Give me a break!
I don't have the data right at my fingertips, but the idea is that if rich, powerful men are allowed to keep harems of women for their personal enjoyment, then there will necessarily be a large number of single men who have to chance to have a mate, unless of course, you also allow for young men to be castrated and sold as slaves.
Does having a society full of horny men who will never ever score sound like a good idea?
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I have gluten sensitivity, so I don't eat it anyways. Now where is my nickel?
I recently took a trip to Mexico. I speak a small amount of Spanish, but when someone approached me in a parking lot wanting to sell me a car-wash for my cheap rental car, all I said was "No hablo espanol" ( I don't speak Spanish ). How convenient!
You're focusing on genetic evolution but ignoring memetic evolution. The beliefs you're promoting were the default for centuries; the ones you're denigrating evolved from your beliefs, because people saw how much squalor and human suffering comes from crapping out kids willy-nilly.
My name is Charles Darwin, and I want you to know that I said that natural selection does not necessarily favor those who are the strongest or the smartest ( or for that matter, those who avoid squalor and suffering ). It favors those who survive and reproduce.
Thank you.
Asking to buy health insurance when you're sick is like asking to buy car insurance after you've already wrecked your car. If you want to have coverage, you must begin paying for it before you need it. By the way, I'm certain that there are abuses that go on in the insurance industry, but if you want health insurance, the general idea is that you sign up for it before you need it.
If you leave a long message, put your phone number at the *beginning* of the message so if they need to hear it again, they don't have to play the whole message.
My professor back in the day said, "Most computer science professors will teach you a programming language. A good professor will teach you to program." Looking back, he sure taught me to program; to him, the language he used to teach was irrelevant.
Do you not remember seeing the games on display at the store and not being able to play them because the display controller was worn out?
Has anyone else noticed that there has not been a peep from the Democratic party about the PATRIOT Act since the Democratic party took control of both the executive and legislative branches of our government in the recent election?
During both terms President Bush's ( a Republican ) Presidency, the Democrats loudly demanded that the PATRIOT Act be scaled back or repealed.
That's only half the story. The other half is how the insurance company manages and invests the money between when you pay your premium until the company inevitably has to pay claims.
OMG! Someone call Barack Obama and tell him that we found $16 T to balance his budget for the next ten years.
Back in my college dorm days, they used to call me at the dorms ( which had their own separate contiguous block of phone numbers ) to refinance my house. No kidding!
I once presented my passport in the bar to get a drink after the barkeep refused to serve me when I showed him my driver's license. He says that Texas has state law prohibiting them from accepting a driver's license from another state as ID. I have no idea how this could stand up if someone took Texas to court for violating the "full faith and credit" section of the US Constitution.
I saw one on display at a mall. The sound quality was fairly good to my ear, but the price was astronomical. I'd never pay full price for one.
For those of you in the northeast, I recommend shopping at "Wegman's" if Whole Foods is too high for you. I've lived all over the country and I've never seen a place with such a great selection of unprocess, raw, whole foods for such a reasonable cost.
Suppose that they propose to do just what you propose.
Then, along comes Algore and company complaining that the project will result in global desalination... Of course, humanity's contribution to changes in the salination of the ocean will be very small, but that very small change will doom the earth to ecological disaster...