Yes, high taxes could be used to build a quality school system and good infrastructure to make life better.

Or it could be spent to buy votes and enrich the politically connected. Rochester school district does spend $15,614 per a pupil. Way above the national average. http://www.newyorkschools.com/districts/rochester-city-school-district.html What does that buy? Good pay for political powerful unions members. The district was very proud that in 2010 the graduation rate was 46.1%, up from 42.1%
http://www.whec.com/news/stories/s2155841.shtml

Throwing money does in its self make it a better place. Outputs are what is important.

I am personally getting ready to start a business with my PhD research. The high taxes

The white verse blue shirt is also related to the terms white collar and blue collar. Though currently not nearly as rigid of a class distinction as it was in the past. Basically, you "high" status of doing desk work was publicly shown by wearing white clothing that you could not keep unstained if you were to preform manual labor. Blue coveralls are often issued those engaged dirty work. Such as an auto mechanic. Google searching "mechanic coveralls." The top link: http://www.automotiveworkwear.com/Merchant2/coveralls.html Out of 12 garments shown, 9 are variations of blue and 3 are variations of Khaki.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White-collar_worker
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue-collar_worker

Tell me what do you think the phrase "Remote Sensing" refers to?

I'm guessing that you are confusing it with "Remote Viewing."

Sounds like it was hard to published it on its merits alone. The last line of the paper is a bit cryptic.

"The project was funded privately by Lottolab Studio, as the referees argued that young people cannot do real science."

What does the funding source have to do with the referees' prejudices? Was some extra funding needed to resolve their concerns?

Personally, I am going to look for an excuse to cite their paper.

... a big magnifying glass and the ants were free.

There is another station 3 to 4 miles away on RIT campus and another one at the GM facility.

http://www.rit.edu/research/sustainability_story.php?id=26

About a year ago the dispenser listed the price as being $1 per GGE. I assume that was a subsidized price. Unfortunately it did not take regular credit cards only cards issued specifically for the station.

The press conference said she had ear pain.

The primary interface for most people is X. There needs to a way to switch between multiple X sessions as seamlessly as switching between console sessions.