If instead of 1 political division, or even 50 political divisions, most of the power were in 10000 political divisions then government would represent its people better. The only "right" government is one where the judge, jury, and executioner is the only person in that system. A political division of 1 person. Once you add a 2nd person, a single disagreement makes for a "wrong" government.

As the GP post, I agree. I am just stating that it was still beneficial...albeit stupid policy.

That is assuming that income is more of a function of the benefit than consumption. Also keep in mind that all income comes from consumption.

If you made $1,000,000, you or your descendants or their descendants (to infinity) would eventually spend that $1,000,000. So you will owe as a function of the income anyway. It is just harder for the US government to project revenue. But when you can borrow money at 2%, why the hell would you care?

Actually "equal" would measure in the millions for you.

That is pretty hilarious. I don't understand why a company can't do the architecture themselves and then outsource the components. The money saved would actually allow you outsource each components 3 times. Then use the 1 of the 3 that works best.

Companies lost faith in their internal organizations? No, chicken shit unknowledgeable managers (not companies) don't want to take responsibility for doing anything more complex than a CRUD service, so they send it to Accenture and IBM. It is a big blame game and a web of CYAs.

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And yet they still benefited. Several people had jobs and were paid for 10 years and they paid income taxes and spent their money mostly in local places, which was sales taxed. The area didn't benefit as much as it could have, but it still benefited.

I realize it is illegal in places. It is just an argument along the same lines. The argument shows how making suicide illegal can be a slippery slope condition. It falls under the guise of government protect you from yourself.

This is like arguing suicide should be illegal. The government wants to step in to prevent you from violating your own rights.

Yes, it is politics at its finest. Alongthe lines of "it depends on what your definition of 'is' is."

I've had two different colds in the last month...which is very very odd. One of them was quite powerful. Many people would call it the flu. Some out of ignorance and others to make their situation sound worse than it really is...for pity. Others will say that to solidify to their bosses that they aren't going to work.

The scientists aren't the ones working as the middle man between their work and the media.

The same idea can be used to find mass shooters before they fire a bullet. We'll start arresting people based on their search and CC usage history. And mainstream America will be happy "because we're safer".

The GP is confusing libertarianism with anarchy. Libertarian are FOR government, but only when dealing with force and fraud. So that covers the police and the courts.

Except as the price of food increases, more people want to make food to get in on the profit train. You will literally see an increase in farms around the world. Same for water. As it gets more expensive, mechanisms to clean the water become not only feasible but profitable. Then supply increases.

Now if you are talking about there being no arable land or water literally escapes our atmosphere; that is a different story.