Amen! If one thinks O should have done x and y to improve the economy, then what is x and y?
Tax-cuts for the rich and deregulation? That's largely what got us into the hole & debt to begin with. Canada didn't have significant banking problems because they had decent mortgage regulations.
Democrats quake with the knowledge that people will be able to live away from the big cities, draining their tax revenue, while still fully participating in the information workforce.
I suspect most people come to populated areas for career reasons, not necessarily because they prefer crowds and density.
It seems outsourcing and technology have shifted the jobs to more populated areas for some reason, good or bad. Rural areas recovered slower from the slump, and this is partly why T was elected: they felt slighted.
I believe the shift is partly due to farming automation, and partly due to the fact if your job is easy to do remotely, it's also easy to outsource to a cheap-labor country. Those jobs left here tend to require heavier teamwork and personal interaction. In the late 90's I thought telecommuting would take off and relieve population density. I was wrong.
He's known to personally reward loyalty and punish non-loyalty above personal doctrine or dogma. Even though he's pro-infrastructure, he still may avoid blue-state infrastructure as punishment for not voting for him and/or giving him poor ratings.
The recent tax bill also tilts toward red states in that state and local taxes cannot be deducted as much as before from the total taxed. (Some may claim this is "more fair", but blue states already pay a disproportionate amount of money to the Federal Gov't, per population.)
That's more about trade policy (or lack of) than general economic system. I agree trade is a factor, but not the only factor to consider here. If another country refuses to trade with you, then whether you have a capitalist system, socialistic system, or something in-between, it probably won't change trade policy. But it will probably hamper your economy in many ways.
Private companies often have political views such as "diversity", and if you badmouth or go against such a policy, you are going against company policy, and can be terminated. It's not illegal in the general sense to have politics-related policy in a private company.
Lets flip this. What if a big oil co. had the policy that climate change is a hoax or unproven, and any employee who states otherwise on company time is terminated.
Employees are not typically protected by free-speech laws at work. You may argue the laws should be changed, but as they are now, the co. mostly dictates what you can talk about at work.
As far as what it "should be", as a compromise I personally would like to see a limit on the penalty to say 2 weeks without pay for the first offense, and termination on the second. It's probably easier to pass such at the state level.
Practical? Almost 0% of accounting and administrative offices in the industrial world use those for desktops. Those who tried run into tons of compatibility problems.
"Windows 10 is the most secure OS ever, beliebe me! I know more about OS's and The Webs than Mark Gates and Steve Bezos glued together. That foreigner Linus Tribbles is a fake-news loser. Open Sauce is an un-American commie plot. So sad. MWGA!"
Cuba is not a good example of "no free market" because they are not a democracy. In a socialistic democracy, you can vote for candidates who fix bad systems/products. In a dictatorial system, you can't.
Political and economic systems are now different things. We have dictatorial capitalism and socialist democracies. Our political vocabulary was created when they were mostly related several decades ago, and it causes confusion.
Note that a semi-socialistic system can create MORE competition by breaking up big companies into multiple smaller ones. I've never met a good oligopoly (except maybe when they are young companies who haven't learned to slack yet.)
The Free Market allows you to have a practical choice between Windows 10 and Windows 10 Pro. If you don't like one, you can use the other. It's almost as good as being able to choose between Comcast and AT&T. I love the smell of choice in the morning. Viva Choice!
It causes the Flux Capacitor to revert to 2D matrix transformations, creating more matrices than normal to compensate for dimension loss, which triggers overflows in the TRXR precision-damper register. Next question?
If you advertise "security" without sufficient caveats, then you'd be liable. It's not the customer's fault thieves got smarter. It will probably come down to a "battle of the fine print" in court.
If the browser can be configured to trick sites into thinking it's a phone, then maybe one can browse without getting the JavaScript-happy eye-candy version of the site that slows the browser down.
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Amen! If one thinks O should have done x and y to improve the economy, then what is x and y?
Tax-cuts for the rich and deregulation? That's largely what got us into the hole & debt to begin with. Canada didn't have significant banking problems because they had decent mortgage regulations.
Please clarify with specifics. What O economic policies tilted blue?
I suspect most people come to populated areas for career reasons, not necessarily because they prefer crowds and density.
It seems outsourcing and technology have shifted the jobs to more populated areas for some reason, good or bad. Rural areas recovered slower from the slump, and this is partly why T was elected: they felt slighted.
I believe the shift is partly due to farming automation, and partly due to the fact if your job is easy to do remotely, it's also easy to outsource to a cheap-labor country. Those jobs left here tend to require heavier teamwork and personal interaction. In the late 90's I thought telecommuting would take off and relieve population density. I was wrong.
Some suspect he's rewarding those who voted for him and punishing blue states and their infrastructure projects.
He's known to personally reward loyalty and punish non-loyalty above personal doctrine or dogma. Even though he's pro-infrastructure, he still may avoid blue-state infrastructure as punishment for not voting for him and/or giving him poor ratings.
The recent tax bill also tilts toward red states in that state and local taxes cannot be deducted as much as before from the total taxed. (Some may claim this is "more fair", but blue states already pay a disproportionate amount of money to the Federal Gov't, per population.)
You must know him; you both share similar people skills.
Dammit Jim, I'm a doctor, not a MCSE! Jack your headphones into your own nanocode.
You mean this dude? If so, we are fscked.
You mean they'll become Fox anchors? ;-P
That's more about trade policy (or lack of) than general economic system. I agree trade is a factor, but not the only factor to consider here. If another country refuses to trade with you, then whether you have a capitalist system, socialistic system, or something in-between, it probably won't change trade policy. But it will probably hamper your economy in many ways.
Yo Bo zo troll, go, low blow foe
A Chinese company called DJI is clobbering every other competitor.
Some say it grew suspiciously fast and suspect gov't-backed cheating & subsidizing. But at this point there's no solid evidence.
This is Slashdot, it's what we do.
Private companies often have political views such as "diversity", and if you badmouth or go against such a policy, you are going against company policy, and can be terminated. It's not illegal in the general sense to have politics-related policy in a private company.
Lets flip this. What if a big oil co. had the policy that climate change is a hoax or unproven, and any employee who states otherwise on company time is terminated.
Employees are not typically protected by free-speech laws at work. You may argue the laws should be changed, but as they are now, the co. mostly dictates what you can talk about at work.
As far as what it "should be", as a compromise I personally would like to see a limit on the penalty to say 2 weeks without pay for the first offense, and termination on the second. It's probably easier to pass such at the state level.
A lot of other good technology comes out of Sweden, just not CPU's. Two bad example countries in a row.
Tried that, it burnt my toast. Can't have that.
Practical? Almost 0% of accounting and administrative offices in the industrial world use those for desktops. Those who tried run into tons of compatibility problems.
You mean how much did Intel pay to not be bricked. Reversing the bribery equation is more profitable: you get money from both sides.
"Windows 10 is the most secure OS ever, beliebe me! I know more about OS's and The Webs than Mark Gates and Steve Bezos glued together. That foreigner Linus Tribbles is a fake-news loser. Open Sauce is an un-American commie plot. So sad. MWGA!"
Cuba is not a good example of "no free market" because they are not a democracy. In a socialistic democracy, you can vote for candidates who fix bad systems/products. In a dictatorial system, you can't.
Political and economic systems are now different things. We have dictatorial capitalism and socialist democracies. Our political vocabulary was created when they were mostly related several decades ago, and it causes confusion.
Note that a semi-socialistic system can create MORE competition by breaking up big companies into multiple smaller ones. I've never met a good oligopoly (except maybe when they are young companies who haven't learned to slack yet.)
The Free Market allows you to have a practical choice between Windows 10 and Windows 10 Pro. If you don't like one, you can use the other. It's almost as good as being able to choose between Comcast and AT&T. I love the smell of choice in the morning. Viva Choice!
It causes the Flux Capacitor to revert to 2D matrix transformations, creating more matrices than normal to compensate for dimension loss, which triggers overflows in the TRXR precision-damper register. Next question?
If you advertise "security" without sufficient caveats, then you'd be liable. It's not the customer's fault thieves got smarter. It will probably come down to a "battle of the fine print" in court.
If the browser can be configured to trick sites into thinking it's a phone, then maybe one can browse without getting the JavaScript-happy eye-candy version of the site that slows the browser down.
That's like saying if I purchase a door and the door-knob falls off, I cannot be reimbursed until burglarized or robbed.
Why does it have to be a legal person to enter into a contract?
"Recognize"? You mean invented.