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"large scale government subsidized build-out" - and right there, half of America just started sharpening the pitchforks.
Every country has its challenges; in the USA, political polarization will scuttle most good plans.
Except that she's only a figurehead. The real power resides in Westminster and the Prime Minister.
That's nothing new. It was already old when Paula Deen shared one with some half-Alien lady on her TV show.
+1 Insightful
"At least the US isn't ruled by a great-grandma"??
It could only improve it. My great-grandma was a remarkable woman, practical, restrained & wise.
Same can't be said for most of the occupants of the Oval Office for the past 40 years.
"but merchant shipping is lucky to not have a hull covered in rust and bilge pumps running constantly to keep the ship from foundering" - the (not so) invisible hand of the free market is manning the pumps?
It's been a long time since I've heard someone other than Carly blamed for the demise of HP.
They should treat them like most industries treat sales - you get a modest salary and anything else depends on hitting your numbers.
You can build some flexibility into it but that's better than spending hundreds of thousands to millions while waiting to see if your high-ranking hire pans out.
Better yet, hire two or three - or more, depending on the target & timeline - give them a graded pay scale depending on performance and tell them that the best performing person after 6mths to 1 yr gets a contract of x years and the rest get a modest severance.
Where would they run to, if no one was handing out multimillion dollar salaries & bonuses, especially when it's not tied to company performance?
The tobacco companies went after servicemen in WW1 & WW2; got several generations addicted to smoking.
They would have upchucked their freedom fries?
Absolutely. Yes. Just shovel that coal into the bus's engine just like your grandpa used to do.
That's how we roll with electric buses in the 21st; no need for solar, wind, nuclear, hydro, right?
I'd said that those numbers were old but I highly doubt that it's been less than 1 year payback time for the past 20 yrs.
Do you have numbers to back up that claim?
That's not America, dumbass.
And it didn't shut down the French nuclear industry at all.
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