Quality is lower for ERP? Yes.
Complexity is lower for ERP? Not true.
That 90% of things that no one uses in commercial software? Doesn't always apply to ERP.
The dependency graphs on large ERP implementations is just huge.
Taxing gasoline is a straightforward way to address negative externalities associated with gasoline consumption. By increasing the price of gasoline, demand for gasoline is theoretically decreased, while the revenue of the tax is used to fund other programs, or even the externalities themselves.
The exernalities associated with the amount of "road miles I drove this week" is a much harder externality to address.
I assume the goal is to pay for the road you use; how much should I pay? What if I drove to Tahoe this weekend? The roads up in the Sierras cost a lot more to maintain than the flat portions of I-80 between Sacramento and Davis. If I live in Davis and drive a similar amount as someone in Tahoe, why should I pay the same?
Roads, with the exception of toll roads, are generally considered a bona-fide public good, like public schools and national defense. People are more willing to share the costs of the externalities of these goods, I would hope. Investing in them via taxes not tied to usage rates is the better approach. Should we start charging someone in New York city more for national defense/homeland security than someone in Kansas?
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... if they're my standards that is. And rest assured, they are low.
See: google suggest / google maps.
Perish the thought.
I've heard enough of :
Yet, I still keep reading...
It's nice to have monkey-controlled robots and Jon Stewart to break the cycle?
Quality is lower for ERP? Yes. Complexity is lower for ERP? Not true. That 90% of things that no one uses in commercial software? Doesn't always apply to ERP. The dependency graphs on large ERP implementations is just huge.
Taxing gasoline is a straightforward way to address negative externalities associated with gasoline consumption. By increasing the price of gasoline, demand for gasoline is theoretically decreased, while the revenue of the tax is used to fund other programs, or even the externalities themselves.
The exernalities associated with the amount of "road miles I drove this week" is a much harder externality to address.
I assume the goal is to pay for the road you use; how much should I pay? What if I drove to Tahoe this weekend? The roads up in the Sierras cost a lot more to maintain than the flat portions of I-80 between Sacramento and Davis. If I live in Davis and drive a similar amount as someone in Tahoe, why should I pay the same?
Roads, with the exception of toll roads, are generally considered a bona-fide public good, like public schools and national defense. People are more willing to share the costs of the externalities of these goods, I would hope. Investing in them via taxes not tied to usage rates is the better approach. Should we start charging someone in New York city more for national defense/homeland security than someone in Kansas?