It's not like he didn't know what he was doing. He voted for the law. He was advised by his bank that he was breaking the law. All he had to do was file some paperwork about his withdrawals. He deliberately avoided the law instead, and is now being prosecuted for it. Seems like everything is working okay to me.

He voted for this law. He broke the law. He was advised by his bank that he was breaking it, so it's not like he was ignorant. If you don't like the security state, change the damn law, but I think this is a perfectly valid prosecution.

Have you considered that for many of these people, if not most, the non-monetary rewards outweigh the low pay? Altruism and satisfaction from helping others does exist.

The hospital admins are most likely to blame, not the poor nurses who were thrust into a life-threatening situation with inadequate resources and support: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/nu...

There are a lot of research labs in more out of the way locations. Oak Ridge National Laboratory, for example, isn't exactly close to any fun cities. It's in the Knoxville area, but separate, and Knoxville isn't exactly a great draw.

That is a remarkably well thought out answer and it's nice to not see a one-size-fits-all approach. Thank you!

Wow, thank you. That matches pretty well my own understanding, and it's nice to see a good familiarity of the counter arguments (eg Chicago school and Austrian).

If you want inflation protected 100% guarranteed savings, buy the inflation protected T-bonds. I maintain my savings in mutual fund and stock accounts, with only enough liquid assets for a 3 month long emergency fund. I have a mortgage, my wife has student and car loans. We are middle class with a normal amount of debt. Inflation decreases the size of our debt over time, while having no impact on salary or savings. So considering a typical inflation that's 5%, or more normally way less, what's the problem again?

What the hell do you expect the US government to do with the currency that's "evil"? Small amounts of inflation are desirable from a citizen standpoint and from an economic growth standpoint, not just from a deficit spending standpoint.

I don't know why this is considered controversial. Small amounts of inflation can actually be desirable. What other "manipulations" are people ACTUALLY worried about the US government doing?

I don't really understand what the problem with quantitative easing is. Inflation is running at record low levels, and beyond that inflation in the 2-5% regime can actually be desirable for us.

Your math is idiotically incorrect. 0.18 parts per trillion = 0.00018 parts per billion. 0.18 parts per trillion * 7000 = 400 parts per billion, or 0.4 parts per million.

Holy shit, how did I not know about Miracast already?

Coolness has been less of a factor for a while. The iPad was far and away an excellent piece of hardware. It was the first time I started to think we could really use the "third device", instead of thinking that the three-device paradigm was a corporate marketing scheme. There is a lot to be said for well executed tables for content consumption (different than those for productivity). The iPad was fantastic, and its hardware and OS excellence is what opened the consumer market. Advertising and coolness got more attention, but the product itself closed the deal. If they can continue to make the best hardware around, they have a sound business strategy.

I'm sorry, but this is a sick attitude. We have the resources to keep these people alive, any person saved from suffering and death is a success story - full stop.