"Just" put more money into those programs?

How many more votes will that give the party in power in the next election? Probably none, so it won't happen.

Democracy works hard to please the 51% -- not the 5% of parents that have a gifted child.

Of course those parents pay taxes just like other parents, but that doesn't mean the state has to give a damn.

Democracy doesn't require that the state please everyone -- it only must please 51%. And the system is constantly adjusting to figure out how to screw the 49% to please the 51%. Public education gets caught up in the process like everything else touched by the democratic process.

These sorts of announcements have the effect of freezing developers and keeping them from moving to superior technology.

They would have done nothing if not for AMD and now they're going to steal AMD's thunder.

This sort of thing makes my blood boil.

If you're a developer out there, please, don't let Microsoft get away with this.

After years of decline, US oil production began to rise again in 2009 with fracking technology and the increases since have been astounding.

This oil boom has kept gasoline prices in check and has probably helped the economy from slipping back into recession.

If all that money didn't increase total employment, then GDP could go up while the same number of people stayed home out of work.

The increase in congestion is actually a good sign. It suggests that the employment situation might finally be improving.

And later went on to liberate almost all of Europe. Do your point is ?

You exaggerate (probably because you're some sort of Soviet apologist).

The Soviets were doomed without the help of the rest of the Allies. The entire world would have been better off if the Soviets and Nazis had just been allowed to kill each other off. They were made for each other.

Communists, Nazis -- how anyone could pick one as better than the other is beyond reason.

Well the Russians joined the Nazi invasion of Poland on September 17th, 1939, so there's that, too.

Tell me again why college in the US costs sooooo much? It's not like you are getting a super special top notch education that is not comparable to top Canadian universities for example.

The same reason health care costs so much: the more money that's made available, the higher the price that can be asked.

In supply and demand terms, prices rise to balance the supply of education services with the demand for those services until demand is restrained or supply is increases.

What's happened in education and health care tells us that supply isn't keeping up with demand and so we have rationing based on price to match supply with demand. High prices keep some out of school or out of the doctor's office so that the available services match those able to pay for them.

Running something at the speed it was designed and verified to run at by the maker isn't overclocking.

I have issues with them, too; but I'd rather a non-corporate entity build out and even own our infrastructure than profitmongers!

I have news for you: local governments are incorporated, too.

And don't think for a second that the people involved in local government aren't interested in making decisions that personally profit themselves and their friends.

There were actually two visible skid marks. One track from normal braking and another from pulling up the emergency brake.

It wasn't enough.