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Comment Re:No. (Score 1) 56

They supported them, but I do not think that they ever actually made a formal declaration of war as required by the Constitution. It has been suggested that the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution was an effective declaration of war in Viet Nam, but that is certainly debatable. Korea, for example, was a "police action" under the cover of the UN. The US has also done any number of "interventions" in Central America, but none of them involved a declaration of war. In fact, the whole idea could be considered a dead letter, because the Congress has abdicated its authority in this as in so many other matters.

Comment Re: Yes (Score 1) 202

The problem is short term thinking. Maximizing short term profit at the cost of long term is a stupid game, but the system incentivizes it. I was working for a company that used a lot of contract people in the lab (their abuse of that is a different story). One quarter, we failed to meet the income goals that they had promised Wall Street (we still making tons of money, just not as much as they projected). Our CEO immediately ordered that all contract employees where to be immediately laid off. I was doing a time critical project with the assistance of one contract employee. Friday evening, I get a call from them that they have been laid off. Monday my immediate boss asks me, if this will affect the project. What was I supposed to tell him, the person had already been told they had been laid off. Within a few weeks almost all of the contract people had been rehired or replaced, because the work could not be done without them.

Comment Re:No. (Score 1) 56

Actually, I did read it. As far as I can determine, the Congress has never actually appropriated any money specifically for the Iran whatever it is. The military has been using up its ready supplies of material, and everyone is wondering how we are going to replace it. Not just the cost, but also the manufacturing capacity. The War Powers Act was put in place on the theory that in case of a nuclear attack, there would be no time to consult the Congress, not for this sort of conflict. Unfortunately, the Congress is so spineless and incompetent, that they have allowed Presidents (not just the current one) to do whatever they like without consquence.

Comment Yes (Score 5, Insightful) 202

MBAs have ruined more companies than any other cause. They are just glorified accountants and typically have no understanding of the actual business, products, or customers. They are the heart of the consulting firms that are constantly selling (at a very high price) the latest management fad. That is one profession that I expect could be replaced with an AI and no one would notice.

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