Did you type that with a straight face? The sociological and economic impact from alcohol and drug abuse is so massive and ubiquitous it's pretty much impossible to be quantified.

What you are saying is: "I'm ok with these things when I remove the horrific aspects of them, but not with smoking."

There's like a million arrests per year for DUI (just the people who get caught), but let's focus on that terrible smoker doing things that you don't like.

Well there's an angle I haven't seen before. What is alcohol then, like polio?

Your thought process is scary at a minimum. It does give some insight into how horrible ideas take root once you demonize something/someone though.

Pay whoever runs the ads some money?

"And nobody found it problematic back then."

Umm yea, people did they just couldn't conceive of a better solution until wireless came around.

Wired phones weren't found problematic and now people scoff at the thought of using such barbaric technology.

I'm already using both of them for my Gamepad and soup warmer.

I was told bitcoin was perfect conceptually the only issue is with the businesses/exchanges/etc? What gives?

Then again this guy sounds like he knows what he's talking about, I'm all in!

Pretty much:

http://www.fool.com/retirement...

That's a good question. I would think it wouldn't be a large percentage.

Sure like 50% of Americans have 401k's etc, but actual capital gains/losses? I would guess that number is pretty low and probably a large part of the development for the software since it can be so complex versus your straight 1040a/ez filer.

...or if 40$ hurts that bad maybe reconsider your self employment and/or investments.

Well at least I can directly profit from my vote instead of giving it to an R or D to sell to the highest bidder.

Why would they do all that instead of just put access lists at the edges?

AMC.

  I highly doubt Breaking Bad would have been the show it was had any other network taken it. AMC floundered for years until they had the eyeballs enough to justify investment in a show.

Is exactly the type of "nickle and dime you to death" he is speaking of. You have to pay for baggage, seat choice, etc, etc. Just because there are worse things doesn't make spirit a good example. Their seats are abysmal and they are champions of the race to the bottom.

...work to prevent that nonsense. It's not a perfect system but the good thing is that there is a regulatory body that can fix the bad parts (if it wants to by choice or by will of the people).

With bitcoin it's "love it or leave it".

Sure you can say bitcoin is not the problem it's the businesses handling them but when the defacto standard is amass and implode it's a symptom of bitcoin because other currencies don't seem to have that issue.