An IRA or 401k plan is far better than any pension plan. The only problem with them is that they take some discipline to make the contributions instead of letting the company be your Mom.
When I was a kid there was a small grocery store nearby where everyone in the neighborhood had an account. We could walk in, grab a soft drink out of the cooler, and tell the owner to "put it on our account". All Amazon did was use that same model "on the Internet".
That's the problem. They only have excess power for a few minutes on some days. It doesn't make sense to build a desalinization plant to deal with that.
That's the problem with UBI and communism. I wouldn't build the house for cash in that circumstance, there's no motivation for me to do any work for you.
If I paint someone's house, and they can't immediately provide a value in exchange, they can give me money and provide the value later.
Huh? If they give you money the debt has been paid; they don't owe you anything more. If they provide something of value later, you have incurred a debt which you can then repay from your wealth (money).
Take $1 million to a deserted island, and you'll find that the money is worthless.
Still wrong. You having money doesn't mean anyone is indebted to you.
Money represents something you *might* (pay attention to that word), might be able to trade because it represents wealth - until nobody *wants* to trade for it (e.g. you're on a deserted island or your economy simply isn't producing goods and services). If it was a debt you could force people to trade.
People need things, and other people/businesses provide those things.
That only happens in a capitalist system where producing/providing those things is rewarded. Take away the reward and production stops.
No, it's not. Money is wealth, i.e. something that you might be able to trade for something else.
Of course if everyone has money and nothing is available to trade for it, the money becomes worthless. That's why economic models based on UBI and communism fail, eventually inflation causes the system to collapse.
For anything more important than a twinkie you need an organized response, i.e. the government.
And yet we keep hearing about how wonderful socialized medicine is in countries that have it.
Why do those countries expect private pharmaceutical companies to develop drugs instead of funding the development themselves? And why do people in those countries expect to get the drugs at deep discounts compared to what the drugs sell for in the US? It's time for other countries around the world to open their wallets and pay for some of the R&D.
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Too easily manipulated by a small but vocal/fanatic minority.
Cuts in military spending (and hence training) between 2008 and 2016 are the problem.
An IRA or 401k plan is far better than any pension plan. The only problem with them is that they take some discipline to make the contributions instead of letting the company be your Mom.
More like a shortage of workers who will work for a salary instead of living on government handouts.
Conspiracy theories aside, the evidence points to him being killed when he bailed out of the plane. Some mastermind.
It wasn't innovative at all.
When I was a kid there was a small grocery store nearby where everyone in the neighborhood had an account. We could walk in, grab a soft drink out of the cooler, and tell the owner to "put it on our account". All Amazon did was use that same model "on the Internet".
This patent exemplifies everything that's wrong with software patents.
RPG or bazooka wouldn't do anything besides blister the paint.
Chinese drones would need to get past the US's Drone Swarm first
It wasn't hype. If he can land a Phantom drone on the carrier and take a picture unchallenged, he can land a bigger drone and deliver a payload.
Did the sudden absence of these two services cause increased car usage and/or ownership, or did things remain unaffected?
Swapping miles on your own car for miles on an uber is zero sum. It might reduce car purchases and parking though.
The comment above about him dumping his wife for another woman appears to be correct and the source of his troubles.
A brand name makes better clickbait, which is all the only thing EditorDavid posts..
Trump bashing is all that's left at WaPo. Real journalism is dead there.
solar energy is only available during the day and sunny days are more productive than cloudy ones
Yes, that's the problem. Why you would pay for such an inconsistent source, then pay again to cover up that problem is what you need to explain.
so there will also be use for storage
Not necessarily. As long as it's cheaper to give the electricity away or dump it to ground then there's no use for storage.
even on a part time basis
That's the problem. They only have excess power for a few minutes on some days. It doesn't make sense to build a desalinization plant to deal with that.
The Amish don't need money
You haven't been around many Amish, have you? They're all about money; more of them are millionaires than you would guess.
That's the problem with UBI and communism. I wouldn't build the house for cash in that circumstance, there's no motivation for me to do any work for you.
That would cost more than giving it away or dumping it to ground.
If I paint someone's house, and they can't immediately provide a value in exchange, they can give me money and provide the value later.
Huh? If they give you money the debt has been paid; they don't owe you anything more. If they provide something of value later, you have incurred a debt which you can then repay from your wealth (money).
Take $1 million to a deserted island, and you'll find that the money is worthless.
Still wrong. You having money doesn't mean anyone is indebted to you.
Money represents something you *might* (pay attention to that word), might be able to trade because it represents wealth - until nobody *wants* to trade for it (e.g. you're on a deserted island or your economy simply isn't producing goods and services). If it was a debt you could force people to trade.
People need things, and other people/businesses provide those things.
That only happens in a capitalist system where producing/providing those things is rewarded. Take away the reward and production stops.
Money as debt is a more accurate description.
No, it's not. Money is wealth, i.e. something that you might be able to trade for something else.
Of course if everyone has money and nothing is available to trade for it, the money becomes worthless. That's why economic models based on UBI and communism fail, eventually inflation causes the system to collapse.
Four years ago their market cap was $240 Billion. Yeah, that is sinking...
For anything more important than a twinkie you need an organized response, i.e. the government.
And yet we keep hearing about how wonderful socialized medicine is in countries that have it.
Why do those countries expect private pharmaceutical companies to develop drugs instead of funding the development themselves? And why do people in those countries expect to get the drugs at deep discounts compared to what the drugs sell for in the US? It's time for other countries around the world to open their wallets and pay for some of the R&D.