Perhaps it was overvalued to begin with and already inaccurately reflected the actual value of the company. Maybe now it's closer to its "actual" value.
So what happens when one day in the (hopefully) distant future, steam's servers go dark permanently. Will you still be able to play the games that you've bought, or are you really just renting them?
This presupposes that states matter. I don't see why they should.
Perhaps they matter because this country was founded upon federalism, and that generally implies subnational units like states. So congratulations you just created a unitary system. Good luck with that constitutional convention, I guess, because you would have to rewrite the constitution to make that kind of change.
Being from rural West Virginia, I'd hardly agree with your characterization of people from smaller states as "a net drain on the government". I don't think those people from country towns are any more likely than people from cities to be welfare cases or whatever.
The system you propose would likely eliminate all representation in the Senate for the smaller states. People would still be inclined to vote for people from their state, and people from the larger states would have an obvious advantage.
I would agree that the Senate has some serious problems, but the equal representation for every state isn't one of them. It's one of the few protections smaller states have in the federal system.
So what do you propose instead of the Senate? Direct democracy? A unicameral, population based legislature? I don't think the equal representation for every state in the Senate is the primary problem with the federal government.
(Senators are not required to be elected by the people)
I believe the 17th Amendment would say otherwise:
"The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, elected by the people thereof, for six years; and each Senator shall have one vote."
Could you please list some specific examples of this spyware that come with Dell computers? The dell i bought this summer sure didn't contain any spyware that i'm aware of. Everyone seems to think the spyware comes with dell computers but no one seems to know what the spyware specifically is.
Any one else think this guy is a little schizophrenic? He karma whores and then replies to his own post about how anonymous coword is a karma whore and you should mod him down!
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Perhaps it was overvalued to begin with and already inaccurately reflected the actual value of the company. Maybe now it's closer to its "actual" value.
So what happens when one day in the (hopefully) distant future, steam's servers go dark permanently. Will you still be able to play the games that you've bought, or are you really just renting them?
I think the word you were looking for is precise, not accurate.
Being from rural West Virginia, I'd hardly agree with your characterization of people from smaller states as "a net drain on the government". I don't think those people from country towns are any more likely than people from cities to be welfare cases or whatever.
The system you propose would likely eliminate all representation in the Senate for the smaller states. People would still be inclined to vote for people from their state, and people from the larger states would have an obvious advantage.
I would agree that the Senate has some serious problems, but the equal representation for every state isn't one of them. It's one of the few protections smaller states have in the federal system.
So what do you propose instead of the Senate? Direct democracy? A unicameral, population based legislature? I don't think the equal representation for every state in the Senate is the primary problem with the federal government.
"The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, elected by the people thereof, for six years; and each Senator shall have one vote."
I'd really appreciate an invite. zack_hutzell@hotmail.com
I'd love to have an invite! zack_hutzell@hotmail.com
please zack_hutzell@hotmail.com
zack_hutzell@hotmail.com
Obviously not too many people since they have a 2 person LUG
Could you please list some specific examples of this spyware that come with Dell computers? The dell i bought this summer sure didn't contain any spyware that i'm aware of. Everyone seems to think the spyware comes with dell computers but no one seems to know what the spyware specifically is.
Any one else think this guy is a little schizophrenic? He karma whores and then replies to his own post about how anonymous coword is a karma whore and you should mod him down!