Capitalism requires that increased productivity should cause increased wages. When the 10 Luddites are replaced by a machine (that costs the same as paying 4 Luddites) and 1 Luddite, does the remaining Luddite's pay increase 10 fold, 4 fold, or 2 fold? Where does the money go? This is the riddle of the robot menace, and why Capitalism can't solve the problem by itself.
Dems call for compromise and idiot Republicans agree to part of the outrageous program.
When you say outrageous program in this context, you mean *how every other civilized country runs their healthcare program*. When you say agree to part of the outrageous program, you mean *force private for-profit to run the program even though there is no evidence that it will save money, but because it is necessary for someone to turn a profit on any financial transaction*.
Considering the key part to ACA is forcing people to buy private health insurance (or pay a penalty tax), it is more corporatist than socialist. A socialist program wouldn't farm out healthcare to a for-profit business.
The Republicans are the ones that were using the government shutdown as a hostage situation to cut healthcare reform, which had nothing to do with the budget shorfall. The ACA actually lowers the deficit according to independent auditors. Let's not forget that when the GOP passed the initial rounds of tax cuts that led to this deficit, they promised that they would grow the economy and wouldn't increase the deficit. There was a gentleman's agreement that if the deficit got out of control, the tax cuts would expire. The reason we are here now is because the GOP reneged on that deal. This is totally their fault.
The Iraq war intelligence is obviously fake to everyone, seeing as the man that manufactured it admitted to faking them. http://www2.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB234/index.htm
There is no evidence that the actions of Bush I or Clinton were based on false evidence.
Both Bush administrations lined up international support from multiple countries (false childish cries of "unilateral" notwithstanding...), actually held a public debate, then got UN and Congressional approval.
Obama in Syria? One fumble after another. Issuing a "red line" that could not be enforced. When that red line was crossed, futz around for weeks. Have the UN, NATO, and everyone else pretty much tell Obama to pound sand. Be about to get his ass handed to him in Congress. Then get snookered by Putin/Assad.
Just because Obama probably isn't on the level here doesn't mean that going to war in Iraq based on obviously fake evidence was any better, no matter how many people fell for it.
The plan for Obamacare was actually drafted by the conservative think-tank the Heritage Foundation (the same group that is now lobbying against it). It was first implemented by the Republican governor Mitt Romney. The fact that they are against it now is pure theater. These 40+ votes to repeal it are so that less favorable legislation doesn't even get considered.
If the Democrats were different, there would be a public option for single payer healthcare.
Real science requires reproducible results. There were no studies published showing that smoking was harmless because you can't duplicate that result, the controversy was that numerous studies proving that smoking was harmful were either suppressed or blocked.
Although I have largely abandoned Yahoo for mail and most news, Yahoo sports (mostly driven by fantasy sports) is one of the only things still driving me to use Yahoo (I also use finance, though the commentary is horrid). Seems like they would be better served by allowing signed in users to theme the site as they like.
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This is true because monopolies tend to draw money out of the market by demanding excess profits beyond what they would get with fair competition. Unfortunately, the common economic wisdom is that fostering competition by market regulations against monopolies are "punishing success".
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Praise for chromecast among whom? I think the corporate media really pushed the thing to where it got initial traction, but it appears that the development community is turning against it with the lockdown on unauthorized streaming content.
War profiteers all of them! I don't think anyone in the establishment will oppose this so long as it is contracted out to a company that they could work for, receive campaign contributions for, or invest in to receive dividends. We will be in danger so long as it is profitable for these assholes.
Why the hate? This campaign is not on Kickstarter, it's on Indiegogo. Secondly, if they don't raise enough money to make it happen, contributors get their money back.
Yes, it means that the lazy software developers will for many years hence tailor their PC releases (actually console ports) to whatever outdated hardware is set for these next-gen consoles.
In the US we have a system called checks and balances. For this specific example, the legislature has failed by passing the Patriot Act and the executive has failed by launching the surveillance program. It is up to the courts to declare these acts unconstitutional.
Each branch has their own part in each aspect of the government, if only to be a watch dog.
Don't they teach kids civics anymore? The number of representatives in the house per state is determined by the census results. It's required by the constitution. You're wrong about the tax system, also.
There isn't anything wrong with the 4th Amendment. The problem is that Congress has authorized and re-authorized the PATRIOT act that allows this type of surveillance. If we have an amendment, it should be for Congress to start representing Americans instead of donors, who pick up these fat contracts to spy on us.
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Capitalism requires that increased productivity should cause increased wages. When the 10 Luddites are replaced by a machine (that costs the same as paying 4 Luddites) and 1 Luddite, does the remaining Luddite's pay increase 10 fold, 4 fold, or 2 fold? Where does the money go? This is the riddle of the robot menace, and why Capitalism can't solve the problem by itself.
Let's not repeat the fiction that the American people have representation in the federal government.
Dems call for compromise and idiot Republicans agree to part of the outrageous program.
When you say outrageous program in this context, you mean *how every other civilized country runs their healthcare program*. When you say agree to part of the outrageous program, you mean *force private for-profit to run the program even though there is no evidence that it will save money, but because it is necessary for someone to turn a profit on any financial transaction*.
Considering the key part to ACA is forcing people to buy private health insurance (or pay a penalty tax), it is more corporatist than socialist. A socialist program wouldn't farm out healthcare to a for-profit business.
The Republicans are the ones that were using the government shutdown as a hostage situation to cut healthcare reform, which had nothing to do with the budget shorfall. The ACA actually lowers the deficit according to independent auditors. Let's not forget that when the GOP passed the initial rounds of tax cuts that led to this deficit, they promised that they would grow the economy and wouldn't increase the deficit. There was a gentleman's agreement that if the deficit got out of control, the tax cuts would expire. The reason we are here now is because the GOP reneged on that deal. This is totally their fault.
It seems obvious that the picture is a prototype built before the specs on the touch screen were finalized. Everything else on the thing is the same.
The Iraq war intelligence is obviously fake to everyone, seeing as the man that manufactured it admitted to faking them. http://www2.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB234/index.htm There is no evidence that the actions of Bush I or Clinton were based on false evidence.
Both Bush administrations lined up international support from multiple countries (false childish cries of "unilateral" notwithstanding...), actually held a public debate, then got UN and Congressional approval.
Obama in Syria? One fumble after another. Issuing a "red line" that could not be enforced. When that red line was crossed, futz around for weeks. Have the UN, NATO, and everyone else pretty much tell Obama to pound sand. Be about to get his ass handed to him in Congress. Then get snookered by Putin/Assad.
Just because Obama probably isn't on the level here doesn't mean that going to war in Iraq based on obviously fake evidence was any better, no matter how many people fell for it.
The plan for Obamacare was actually drafted by the conservative think-tank the Heritage Foundation (the same group that is now lobbying against it). It was first implemented by the Republican governor Mitt Romney. The fact that they are against it now is pure theater. These 40+ votes to repeal it are so that less favorable legislation doesn't even get considered. If the Democrats were different, there would be a public option for single payer healthcare.
If we put the speech in the public domain, what incentive would MLK, Jr. have to make more speeches. This is about protecting the artists people!
Do you know what really brings stuff to the masses? Public roads and highways.
Real science requires reproducible results. There were no studies published showing that smoking was harmless because you can't duplicate that result, the controversy was that numerous studies proving that smoking was harmful were either suppressed or blocked.
Although I have largely abandoned Yahoo for mail and most news, Yahoo sports (mostly driven by fantasy sports) is one of the only things still driving me to use Yahoo (I also use finance, though the commentary is horrid). Seems like they would be better served by allowing signed in users to theme the site as they like.
This is true because monopolies tend to draw money out of the market by demanding excess profits beyond what they would get with fair competition. Unfortunately, the common economic wisdom is that fostering competition by market regulations against monopolies are "punishing success".
Praise for chromecast among whom? I think the corporate media really pushed the thing to where it got initial traction, but it appears that the development community is turning against it with the lockdown on unauthorized streaming content.
War profiteers all of them! I don't think anyone in the establishment will oppose this so long as it is contracted out to a company that they could work for, receive campaign contributions for, or invest in to receive dividends. We will be in danger so long as it is profitable for these assholes.
It seems as though the microSD medium is now depreciated. Don't expect any of the new phones to have removable media slots.
Why the hate? This campaign is not on Kickstarter, it's on Indiegogo. Secondly, if they don't raise enough money to make it happen, contributors get their money back.
Government representatives are supposed to represent their constituents, not multinational corporations. Make it illegal for foreign entities to fund domestic campaigns and we can avoid these conflicts.
Yes, it means that the lazy software developers will for many years hence tailor their PC releases (actually console ports) to whatever outdated hardware is set for these next-gen consoles.
In the US we have a system called checks and balances. For this specific example, the legislature has failed by passing the Patriot Act and the executive has failed by launching the surveillance program. It is up to the courts to declare these acts unconstitutional. Each branch has their own part in each aspect of the government, if only to be a watch dog.
Art appreciation is always subjective. One person's trash is another's treasure.
I think they can and will.
Don't they teach kids civics anymore? The number of representatives in the house per state is determined by the census results. It's required by the constitution. You're wrong about the tax system, also.
There isn't anything wrong with the 4th Amendment. The problem is that Congress has authorized and re-authorized the PATRIOT act that allows this type of surveillance. If we have an amendment, it should be for Congress to start representing Americans instead of donors, who pick up these fat contracts to spy on us.