Well he fired the guy investigating him...that's usually a bad sign, but most damningly he pulled out of the Paris climate deal to help some corporations profit at the expense of destroying the world
Except Opera mini(?) which was a front end for a remote browser (good for slow connections). Not as necessary these days when most sites have mobile versions
Well there's also "Voat.co" which is I guess is where the "anti-social-justice" warriors go to hang out. It's also running into funding issues and might shut down.
It sounds like you're a little clear how the government works. We pay taxes to the government and in return we get things like roads, protection, and other services that benefit society. A gas tax is a great way to pay for roads because it means the people that use the roads contribute the most. As an added benefit, it means more efficient vehicles pay less, so it's basically a win-win on that front.
We pay income tax because the government needs money to pay for all the great things it does. You don't always tax things that you want to go away - that would be just stupid as you'd run out of tax money
Then you might be interested in the Chevy Bolt which has a >200mile range. Or when it finally comes out, the Tesla model 3 which should have sometime similar.
Cars are so small that you could really only fit ~1,000w of solar panels - and that's blanketing the thing. To put that in perspective, my car uses about 250w/mile. It would raise the price of the car a few thousand and not have much benefit - especially for those that don't have sun
But having wireless abilities isn't all that helpful alone. It can't use my wifi so it has to be going through a cell tower which requires a good size antenna
Most home automation devices are paired with a hub, not directly over wifi. The main use of my echo is to turn on/off lights (sometimes to get weather or train times). It was very easy to set up - pretty much simple and just worked. If for some reason the hub died, the light switches will work.
Also, for my lock at least, there's an independent sensor that detects if the door is locked
The echo doesn't record you unless you say the trigger word.
Also, if you visited anyone sensible the response you'd get is "Please say your PIN to confirm order"
Ok, set UBI to be above the official poverty line and we've solved that first issue.
People will still need to save, invest, budget, etc. We're not giving them infinite money, just enough for basics.
Presumably most people will still want a job and there are lots of places to interact with other people. Stay at home moms tend to be functional members of society and have been for decades of modern history. Showing up regularly for work is already becoming outdated as the "gig economy" is becoming more prevalent.
I think it's appropriate to ask people who receive UBI to contribute to society in some way - it could be raising children or hosting a book group or lots of other things. Enforcing that on the other hand would be expensive and unnecessary.
I think the problem is you define "poverty" as "not having a 9-5 job". The point of UBI is that no one is in poverty because they have a basic income that brings them out of it. You say "by definition it can never be", but that doesn't really make any sense - by definition is IS enough for that. Once you get the definitions and understand what UBI is you'll see it makes sense.
What's the point in having out dated skills to pass on to your children?
What if we make robots that can clean the streets, maintain parks and take censuses (or just have enough people)? What if we say a person's job is to create an art project? What makes you think people actually need to hold a regular job and show up to a normal work place?
Actually in the previous Mincome experiment it was shown that people stopped working to do things like spend time with children or get an education. When people have money they're also not in poverty so your "fact" is obviously an "alternative fact"
I just used the word "Influence" and a quick search shows half a million news stories that do as well. The US interfering in other countries' elections is not in question so there's no reason to talk about it.
What Russia did was slowly release information in a way to make things look bad for the Clinton campaign and turn off Clinton voters in order to tip the election. Whether or not you agree that it's a fair argument makes no difference to the intent or effect.
If the House investigations had found any credible wrong doings, they would have published it and taken action. Instead, the worst they could say was "The State Department didn't tell us the truth for a couple days". Imagine if Trump were held to the same standards on the truth by his followers!
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Only attempted obstruction
They are, despite Trump's efforts
Well he said he fired him because of the Russia thing. Sort of like saying the President of volkswagon is responsible for the emission scandal.
You're the type that sees a pile of garbage on the street and throws your empty cup there instead of walking 50ft to the empty garbage can aren't you?
Well he fired the guy investigating him...that's usually a bad sign, but most damningly he pulled out of the Paris climate deal to help some corporations profit at the expense of destroying the world
Except Opera mini(?) which was a front end for a remote browser (good for slow connections). Not as necessary these days when most sites have mobile versions
Looks like it's expected to keep them open a few months and then they'll run into the same problem again
Well there's also "Voat.co" which is I guess is where the "anti-social-justice" warriors go to hang out. It's also running into funding issues and might shut down.
It sounds like you're a little clear how the government works. We pay taxes to the government and in return we get things like roads, protection, and other services that benefit society. A gas tax is a great way to pay for roads because it means the people that use the roads contribute the most. As an added benefit, it means more efficient vehicles pay less, so it's basically a win-win on that front.
We pay income tax because the government needs money to pay for all the great things it does. You don't always tax things that you want to go away - that would be just stupid as you'd run out of tax money
Then you might be interested in the Chevy Bolt which has a >200mile range. Or when it finally comes out, the Tesla model 3 which should have sometime similar.
Cars are so small that you could really only fit ~1,000w of solar panels - and that's blanketing the thing. To put that in perspective, my car uses about 250w/mile. It would raise the price of the car a few thousand and not have much benefit - especially for those that don't have sun
Well it's literally the first sentence of the article if you wanted to go that far...
But having wireless abilities isn't all that helpful alone. It can't use my wifi so it has to be going through a cell tower which requires a good size antenna
Well it obviously already has a WiFi connection - a 4G one seems unlikely given the cost
Well in theory that's true, but it's pretty easy to monitor the network traffic since it doesn't have a mobile connection or anything.
Most home automation devices are paired with a hub, not directly over wifi. The main use of my echo is to turn on/off lights (sometimes to get weather or train times). It was very easy to set up - pretty much simple and just worked. If for some reason the hub died, the light switches will work.
Also, for my lock at least, there's an independent sensor that detects if the door is locked
The echo doesn't record you unless you say the trigger word.
Also, if you visited anyone sensible the response you'd get is "Please say your PIN to confirm order"
Err...what DO you use your credit card for in that case?
Ok, set UBI to be above the official poverty line and we've solved that first issue.
People will still need to save, invest, budget, etc. We're not giving them infinite money, just enough for basics.
Presumably most people will still want a job and there are lots of places to interact with other people. Stay at home moms tend to be functional members of society and have been for decades of modern history. Showing up regularly for work is already becoming outdated as the "gig economy" is becoming more prevalent.
Why wouldn't it be able to function that way?
I think it's appropriate to ask people who receive UBI to contribute to society in some way - it could be raising children or hosting a book group or lots of other things. Enforcing that on the other hand would be expensive and unnecessary.
I think the problem is you define "poverty" as "not having a 9-5 job". The point of UBI is that no one is in poverty because they have a basic income that brings them out of it. You say "by definition it can never be", but that doesn't really make any sense - by definition is IS enough for that. Once you get the definitions and understand what UBI is you'll see it makes sense.
What's the point in having out dated skills to pass on to your children?
What if we make robots that can clean the streets, maintain parks and take censuses (or just have enough people)? What if we say a person's job is to create an art project? What makes you think people actually need to hold a regular job and show up to a normal work place?
Actually in the previous Mincome experiment it was shown that people stopped working to do things like spend time with children or get an education. When people have money they're also not in poverty so your "fact" is obviously an "alternative fact"
Granted I don't go into banks much but I'm pretty sure they can't give you money without power to see what your account balance is these days.
I just used the word "Influence" and a quick search shows half a million news stories that do as well. The US interfering in other countries' elections is not in question so there's no reason to talk about it.
What Russia did was slowly release information in a way to make things look bad for the Clinton campaign and turn off Clinton voters in order to tip the election. Whether or not you agree that it's a fair argument makes no difference to the intent or effect.
If the House investigations had found any credible wrong doings, they would have published it and taken action. Instead, the worst they could say was "The State Department didn't tell us the truth for a couple days". Imagine if Trump were held to the same standards on the truth by his followers!