The idea that there is no room for private insurance with a public option is ludicrous. I live in Australia where we have Medicare. This allows anybody to get treatment for most things but has a very long queue for elective surgery. The private insurance companies allow you to use the private hospitals to jump the queue in the public version. Also private health cover in Australia will allow you to charge for 'extras' such as Physiotherapy, Chiropractor and alternate medicines (acupuncture etc). The government has also introduced a levy on high income earners that they have to pay towards medicare if they do not have insurance. I am not sure how the USA is going about the introduction of public option but the public and private options can definitely co-exist.

See that's why Venice can do this. They don't have to waste taxes on the roads!

They are actually looking at deep packet inspection techniques to allow them to look at the content.

Well unfortunately he can't RIP MJ!

How do you know he has not done this already? My wife and I just installed a set of solar panels and to assist in electricity reduction we have ensured our house is fully insulated, have also had our roof restored and painted lighter colour (we live in a hot climate) and are now saving to install double glazed windows. With the Australian governments 8000 AUD rebate we calculated that with the savings in usage it was still a good return on investment. Additionally in Australia the government has mandated a 40c/kW payment by electricity companies (so I get more tax dollars back) and the company I am with will pay the same as the charge me (19c/kW) on top of that. Also we worked out that it changes your usage habit we turn everything off at home during the day except for the fridge.

You will find that it is the publishers that price the books and it is usually priced on how many will sell. Unfortunately textbooks for universities don't sell very many copies. Thus the higher price.

Only if the dessert was ice cream. If it were a hot apple pie they would hardly be frozen.