People complain that the government is evil and only caters to the rich. And you want the government to run healthcare? If that's the case, people with government connections will be first in line to get heathcare.
John Doe: I need to be put on a list for kidney transplant. Government worker: Have you made any political contributions to our president/governer/mayor? John Doe: No Government worker: It looks like we'll be able to find you a kidney in 326 years. Now just fill out 20 different forms with unfriendly instructions.
I'm not saying that the insurance companies are champions of good, but the answer isn't simple as "just let the government take care of it".
Who says you can't sue? And how would you feel in the Democrat plan when you can't afford the health care in the first place?
My boss told me (we are in a health care related organization) that there is a doctor who was interested in becoming a surgical assistant because his assistant had more take home pay after factoring in the malpractice insurance.
I guess you are unaware about this lawsuit between SCO and IBM in tune of 5 billion dollars? How about all those silly patent lawsuits?
Insurance comapnies determine rates but higher coverage requires higher rates.
I'm so goddamn sick of people whining about medical system without knowing anything aobut it. And I'm willing to bet that you are not a lawyer or a doctor.
But the liberals will never allow caps on malpractice suits. Republicans, insurance and doctors groups wanted to impose a cap but the Democrats and trial lawyers groups opposed them. I believe they had a show down in Florida last year.
If U.S. was to export all the illegal immigrants to Canada, will Canada be able to support all of them? I don't think so. Many hospitals near the Mexican border going bankrupt due to this problem. It's so easy to blab about universal when you don't have to deal with as many freeloaders.
As for the life expectancy goes, you don't think that factors such as less population density or pollution doesn't matter?
If those Indian programmers are as good as Indian tech support, the Office software they create will be loaded with bugs and full of security holes... That will be a perfect port after all.
I'm sorry for blowing a lot of people but you have to realize that most of us will required to do boring things for the rest of our lives. For example, I'm a sys admin and my job requires that I maintain detailed documentation even though I find them boring.
It all depends. I managed to snag 12 college credits hours and many of my friends also received credits for college and AP classes in high school. There are intelligent kids who are open minded and when they feel that the regular classes are cake, they find ways challenge themselves further. Most colleges around this area allow concurrent admissions to high school students. One of my classmates took advantage of that to finish Calculus 3 (also counts as a math credit for high school as well) during his first half of his senior year. Sliding by is just pure laziness.
First of all, I wasn't comparing post-secondary system. Besides, a student who does bad during K-12 years doesn't suddendly become a model student in college without a significant lifestyle change.
Remember all those people who majored in IT related majors during the economic boom just for the sake of money? I worked with many of them and most of them are idots (at least when it comes to IT stuff). High numbers doesn't mean quality and while U.S. may have many fine Universities, it also have its share of paper mills.
What educational edge? U.S. students has some of the worst scores in math and science among the first world countries.
I've had some experience with Asian school system and the reason why maybe Asian students out score U.S. students with less money spent on the education is that;
1. They allocate more resources toward math and science than other subjects. I'd say their math level is closer to two years ahead of U.S. students.
2. Teachers can administer corporal punishments. Students respect (or fear) teachers more in general, which means less disruptive students ruining the learning experience for the rest of the class.
3. They eat their lunches in their classroom and clean after themselves, including the hallways and restrooms. Less money spent on staff.
4. Asian students study for longer on the average than the U.S. students.
As the "defunding" goes, education is not the only program that is getting reduced funding, and the cuts in education has been targeted towards subjects like arts and music while perserving math and science related subjects.
How is this different from IT people putting people out of jobs in the name of cost cutting? IT people who programs OCR software puts typists out of work. Accounting software puts accounting clerks out of work. Databases put filing clerks out of work. Getting news from the Internet puts local newspapers and their staff out of work. Online insurance companies put insurance agents out of work. And how can local mom and pop computer shops compete with online stores selling products at close to half price? My friend's mom got laid off because she was replaced by a robot in the air bag manufacturing factory. Of course, the playing field is not level or even close to being level. How do you expect her to out perform a robot?
You can blame the tariffs and labor/environmental issues but our own beloved industry - IT - destroied plenty of jobs on its own.
But don't people like you claim that media is not to be trusted because they are controlled by the conservatives? It's funny how people bash the media when it reports something that they dislike, but embrace it if it resports something that supports their cause.
Give me a break, that movie is blantly anti-gun. I've watched Moore's movies before and it's always has the same message, "It's everyone elses fault, except for mine".
I did, and found that he counted shootings by cops and in self defense as gun murders. That's just one of many misrepresentations in that movie. I bet you didn't know about that.
Critics argue that violent games should be banned because:
1. They are meant for adults but kids still get hold of them.
2. They cause violence.
By same arguement, you'd figure they'll also call for the banning of alcohol for the same above reasens, not to mention the various health issues. However, I doubt that it will happen because:
1. Many of the critics probably enjoy alcohol and most people are all for banning everything except for things that they enjoy.
2. Alcohol industry lobbiests gets paid more than the gaming industry lobbiests.
The true problem U.S. faces is not with the gun, but with people getting "facts" from fictions like "Bowling for Columbine" insteading of doing the actual research.
Besides, doesn't Cananda have as much or even more guns than U.S. per capita?
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People complain that the government is evil and only caters to the rich. And you want the government to run healthcare? If that's the case, people with government connections will be first in line to get heathcare.
John Doe: I need to be put on a list for kidney transplant.
Government worker: Have you made any political contributions to our president/governer/mayor?
John Doe: No
Government worker: It looks like we'll be able to find you a kidney in 326 years. Now just fill out 20 different forms with unfriendly instructions.
I'm not saying that the insurance companies are champions of good, but the answer isn't simple as "just let the government take care of it".
Who says you can't sue? And how would you feel in the Democrat plan when you can't afford the health care in the first place?
My boss told me (we are in a health care related organization) that there is a doctor who was interested in becoming a surgical assistant because his assistant had more take home pay after factoring in the malpractice insurance.
I guess you are unaware about this lawsuit between SCO and IBM in tune of 5 billion dollars? How about all those silly patent lawsuits?
Insurance comapnies determine rates but higher coverage requires higher rates.
I'm so goddamn sick of people whining about medical system without knowing anything aobut it. And I'm willing to bet that you are not a lawyer or a doctor.
But the liberals will never allow caps on malpractice suits. Republicans, insurance and doctors groups wanted to impose a cap but the Democrats and trial lawyers groups opposed them. I believe they had a show down in Florida last year.
If U.S. was to export all the illegal immigrants to Canada, will Canada be able to support all of them? I don't think so. Many hospitals near the Mexican border going bankrupt due to this problem. It's so easy to blab about universal when you don't have to deal with as many freeloaders.
As for the life expectancy goes, you don't think that factors such as less population density or pollution doesn't matter?
If those Indian programmers are as good as Indian tech support, the Office software they create will be loaded with bugs and full of security holes... That will be a perfect port after all.
I'm sorry for blowing a lot of people but you have to realize that most of us will required to do boring things for the rest of our lives. For example, I'm a sys admin and my job requires that I maintain detailed documentation even though I find them boring.
It all depends. I managed to snag 12 college credits hours and many of my friends also received credits for college and AP classes in high school. There are intelligent kids who are open minded and when they feel that the regular classes are cake, they find ways challenge themselves further. Most colleges around this area allow concurrent admissions to high school students. One of my classmates took advantage of that to finish Calculus 3 (also counts as a math credit for high school as well) during his first half of his senior year. Sliding by is just pure laziness.
First of all, I wasn't comparing post-secondary system. Besides, a student who does bad during K-12 years doesn't suddendly become a model student in college without a significant lifestyle change.
Remember all those people who majored in IT related majors during the economic boom just for the sake of money? I worked with many of them and most of them are idots (at least when it comes to IT stuff). High numbers doesn't mean quality and while U.S. may have many fine Universities, it also have its share of paper mills.
What educational edge? U.S. students has some of the worst scores in math and science among the first world countries.
I've had some experience with Asian school system and the reason why maybe Asian students out score U.S. students with less money spent on the education is that;
1. They allocate more resources toward math and science than other subjects. I'd say their math level is closer to two years ahead of U.S. students.
2. Teachers can administer corporal punishments. Students respect (or fear) teachers more in general, which means less disruptive students ruining the learning experience for the rest of the class.
3. They eat their lunches in their classroom and clean after themselves, including the hallways and restrooms. Less money spent on staff.
4. Asian students study for longer on the average than the U.S. students.
As the "defunding" goes, education is not the only program that is getting reduced funding, and the cuts in education has been targeted towards subjects like arts and music while perserving math and science related subjects.
It's kind of interesting that the "The Real Nutshell" didn't even mention military.
I'd figure it would've been Microsoft, MSN, and the newly created MikeRoweSoft who bought those three Linux licenses.
Maybe IBM will use the licences to create GNU/UNIX to spite RMS.
Now I don't have to rent it when it comes out in video.
How is this different from IT people putting people out of jobs in the name of cost cutting? IT people who programs OCR software puts typists out of work. Accounting software puts accounting clerks out of work. Databases put filing clerks out of work. Getting news from the Internet puts local newspapers and their staff out of work. Online insurance companies put insurance agents out of work. And how can local mom and pop computer shops compete with online stores selling products at close to half price? My friend's mom got laid off because she was replaced by a robot in the air bag manufacturing factory. Of course, the playing field is not level or even close to being level. How do you expect her to out perform a robot?
You can blame the tariffs and labor/environmental issues but our own beloved industry - IT - destroied plenty of jobs on its own.
If Canada boardered Mexico, I'll bet that you'll have to pay more for government subsidies for just about everything.
It's because Gates cares more about PR than the Chinese Government, and thus is easier to blame Gates into changing his behavior.
But don't people like you claim that media is not to be trusted because they are controlled by the conservatives? It's funny how people bash the media when it reports something that they dislike, but embrace it if it resports something that supports their cause.
Not to mention that you may not be able to get a refund after SCO goes bankrupt.
And by doing the right thing, he gets Karma-helping Informative mod.
Give me a break, that movie is blantly anti-gun. I've watched Moore's movies before and it's always has the same message, "It's everyone elses fault, except for mine".
I did, and found that he counted shootings by cops and in self defense as gun murders. That's just one of many misrepresentations in that movie. I bet you didn't know about that.
Critics argue that violent games should be banned because:
1. They are meant for adults but kids still get hold of them.
2. They cause violence.
By same arguement, you'd figure they'll also call for the banning of alcohol for the same above reasens, not to mention the various health issues. However, I doubt that it will happen because:
1. Many of the critics probably enjoy alcohol and most people are all for banning everything except for things that they enjoy.
2. Alcohol industry lobbiests gets paid more than the gaming industry lobbiests.
The true problem U.S. faces is not with the gun, but with people getting "facts" from fictions like "Bowling for Columbine" insteading of doing the actual research.
Besides, doesn't Cananda have as much or even more guns than U.S. per capita?
So Clinton gets all the credit for the economic boom, but if anything bad came out of Clinton era, it's all Republican Congress' fault, right?