There is no other solution (aside from changing work schedule).
This is what I would recommend. Productivity drops off anyway past 8 consecutive hours of work. If the company needs 24/7 coverage, then get 3 techs per 24 hour period. You get better results from your workers, and promote a healthier work environment.
How many of us would read magazines if there was a paragraph of text on each page, and the rest were ads.
Have you been the one stealing my Popular Mechanics? (or any computer mag)
Head on over to Baltimore City then. The sad fact is that people that don't have routine jobs don't pay income taxes. Also, a large portion of income is non-taxable (drug deals).
I oppose my paycheck going to pay for someone's health care, when s/he doesn't work, doesn't try for an education, and in general depends on social security checks.
Am I condemning those who can't get jobs and depend on social security in interim periods? Not necessarily. My family had to depend on social security for a few months after my dad died. My mother was still able to get a job and raise 3 kids (and send them to a private school for decent education). It isn't impossible to get off social security, it's just the large majority of inner city folk who live off of it have no desire to get a job.
That is what I take issue with.
Our only health care problem is the way we pay for it. The answer is simple: Do what every civilized country has done and nationalize it. Get rid of private insurance; the free market only works when the person paying has choices, and we have none in our system.
The problem is our "leaders" don't have the balls to stand up to the insurance companies, none of whom should even be in business. The conservatives claim to be for "personal responsibility", insurance companies' primary purpose is to negate personal responsibility. Drive like a moron and cause a wreck, the insurance company pays, not you. Operate on your patient while you're drunk, or after being awake for 36 hours and maim or kill him, the insurance company pays, not the doctor.
I would just like to note, that they do pay for it. There is a reason certain demographics have to pay a premium for any insurance: they are high risk. That is part of the business model, otherwise they would be hard-pressed to stay solvent.
Also, not every civilized country has nationalized health care. With nationalized health care comes higher payments for everyone, not necessarily the high-risk users. Even now, with the limited Medicare/Medicaid programs we have, the government doesn't sufficiently pay for the health services it gets from hospitals/private practices. Doctors have lost the incentive to accept Medicare because they don't know if the gov't can follow through with their promises.
Have fun living in your dream world where you see everyone getting free (lol), quality health care, because it isn't going to happen with our current government's policies.
Dumping fertilizer into the sea would also work to absorb CO2 by promoting the growth of sea plant life.
Which leads to algal blooms, which prevent sunlight from reaching submerged aquatic vegetation, which leads to plant die-off which leads to lack of oxygen production, which leads to fish kills. Look up submerged aquatic vegetation (SAVs) in the chesapeake bay for examples of this happening (and excessive oyster dredging).
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