Originally posted by Sunsnail
I bet you have the other mods in your back pocket.
That place is unmoderated :p
Only Swamper can edit polls there now, I guess, and he's too big for my back pocket :(
Dervish
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Originally posted by Krypton
No, the parents decide which are the best places by the number of schools who reach maximum capacity. Basically, the "market" chooses, because the parents choose the school they want their child in.
But who decides who gets into these maxed out schools?
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First off, the only bail out done would be in the event of a possible systemic collapse. And a company whose existence is depended on by an entire economic system is one worth more than nothing.
As for the defense industry....Their perfect market is a nation which is always at war. How do these company's make a profit if the world is at peace? Very very dangerous when this military-industrial complex has such power with our own government.
Complete economic collapse or vote losing market correction? This will need to be paid for in due time and the numbers involved are staggering.
I understand the point but still how would you realign such a large proportion of the countrie's industry?.
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SO because I'm not an electrical engineer, I can't have an opinion it? I've seen houses with solar panels on the roof. It's already a reality. In California, there is a company which manufactures a special type of solar cell which can be installed on any surface, as long its facing the sun.
Even the latest photovoltic solar panels require more energy to make them than they provide over their entire life. And nuclear power provides less carbon producing units of electricity.
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Not able to answer the very direct questions? So many countries have bases in other countries? Please, name them off. Better yet, name a country other than America which has over 700 bases in 130 countries...and then tell me thats not overdoing it.
The UK would give the US a run for its money. The assuming we have one in each Commonwealth country (former colonies of us) that would be 53 countries just for a start.
I would even contest your numbers, Airbases (excluding the UK ones having been to some of them it is only a presence, not total ownership):
Aviano Air Base AVB Italy
Incirlik Air Base ADA Turkey
NATO Air Base Geilenkirchen GKE Germany
Joint Force Command Brunssum Netherlands
Kadena Air Base DNA Okinawa, Japan
Kunsan Air Base KUN South Korea
Lajes Field TER Portugal
Manas Air Base FRU Kyrgyzstan
Misawa Air Base MSJ Japan
Morón Air Base OZP Spain
Osan Air Base OSN South Korea
Ramstein Air Base RMS Germany
Spangdahlem Air Base SMP Germany
Yokota Air Base OKO Tokyo, Japan
Or permanent airbases in ten countries including the UK. The ones in the other 120 countries must all be army or navy ones eh?
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So tell me how the Taliban, who were still fighting just to take control of Afghanistan (remember the Northern Alliance?), were involved in 9/11, or any other terrorist plots. And did you know that when the Taliban were in power, opium production was basically wiped out? Under the puppet Afghan government, the country has become a narco-state. Well done Bush/Blair, well done.
Point one, if it was wiped out how come that's exactly where most of the supply to the UK came from?
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The UN sanctions which have now been imposed on the country make it even less likely that the Taleban will gain that recognition.
The sanctions are intended to force the Taleban to hand over the Saudi-born militant Osama Bin Laden, who is accused by the United States of plotting the 1998 bombings of US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, which killed more than 250 people.
I'm very sure a system can be created to bring health costs down, and thus, making insurance more affordable. The Japanese have done it, and I would probably model such a system after them.
At this point you making the state responsible for peoples health.
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The penalty is damage to one's health and life. You don't need the government to stick its nose where it doesn't belong and tell people they can't do with their bodies what they want, whilst not hurting anyone else. Our declaration of independence states we have a right to, life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Well, people getting high is surely done according to their own liberty and pursuit of happiness by getting high.
While here you declare they are "not hurting anyone else" what about your pocket? Booze is taxed, tobacco is taxed this is all to pay for the health care costs in the UK in your system this wouldn't happen as people would be using things you wouldn't be able to tax, as the supply is illegal.
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Well, I want to redevelop the "downtown" areas into something where middle to upper class people would like to live. Why shouldn't we do such a thing? Especially when these people commute to downtown skyscrapers from 20-40 miles away in the suburbs.
The process is called "gentrification" and has been around since forever.
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Where there is a sale, there is a tax. Except for the sale of alternative energy components. Why have an import tax to begin with? You do that, you start a tariff war, because the other country will likewise, raise its own import tax. What does that do? It stifles trade.
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Why pay cost+sale tax when you can import and get it for cost?
Magnetonium
I've been monitoring the polls every day since the beginning. I can tell you that I am not impressed. One day Dervish received 5 votes (to his 3), and Lira the next day got 12 (to his 6). Krypton only got 1 vote since last week. I can only suspect that lobbying is heavy (folks asking everyone to vote for them) or even perhaps some poll skills. George is the only consistent vote getter, receiving a vote every couple days. George, you're not lobbying hard enough for people from your UK forum to come and vote for you here! Stop slacking.
As I said, I'll vote on the last day.
Dervish
I really think my policies are the only ones that make sense. If you want a dose of realist honest policy vote Dervish. :D
(just glad I went up from 0 votes lol)
stren
look at you PDD! you have your own version of COR whore-off
so cute
Lira
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Originally posted by Magnetonium
I can only suspect that lobbying is heavy (folks asking everyone to vote for them) or even perhaps some poll skills.
You could also suspect a link was posted in the CORe (wasn't me, by the way). I'm here to represent the rights and needs of all Coreans and it wouldn't surprise me if half of my votes came from people that have never talked about politics here.
I really think my policies are the only ones that please Coreans and PDD'ers alike. If you want a dose of pragmatic minimal policy vote Lira! :D
Krypton
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Originally posted by Lira
You could also suspect a link was posted in the CORe (wasn't me, by the way). I'm here to represent the rights and needs of all Coreans and it wouldn't surprise me if half of my votes came from people that have never talked about politics here.
I really think my policies are the only ones that please Coreans and PDD'ers alike. If you want a dose of pragmatic minimal policy vote Lira! :D
You is a laissez-faire capitalist!!
Capitalizt
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Originally posted by Krypton
You is a laissez-faire capitalist!!
You say that like it's a bad thing. ;)
We could use a little laissez faire. We've never really had it. For every area in the economy where the government stays out of the way, it has always been involved in another (but related) area...distorting the fundamentals preventing the system from running efficiently. The feds are always subsidizing failures and penalizing successes...They are always passing new regulations that alter people's behavior. Government intervention distorts supply and demand and makes it impossible for businesses to make rational decisions based on the future. The uncertainty caused by government meddling is one of the prime reasons we've seen so many bubbles in recent decades...people chasing return, trying to make quick bets and quick wins rather than making prudent long term investments. It's hard to plan for the long haul when the government is so short sighted..and so willing to change the rules of the game in the middle of a play.
Krypton
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Originally posted by Capitalizt
You say that like it's a bad thing. ;)
We could use a little laissez faire. We've never really had it. For every area in the economy where the government stays out of the way, it has always been involved in another (but related) area...distorting the fundamentals preventing the system from running efficiently. The feds are always subsidizing failures and penalizing successes...They are always passing new regulations that alter people's behavior. Government intervention distorts supply and demand and makes it impossible for businesses to make rational decisions based on the future. The uncertainty caused by government meddling is one of the prime reasons we've seen so many bubbles in recent decades...people chasing return, trying to make quick bets and quick wins rather than making prudent long term investments. It's hard to plan for the long haul when the government is so short sighted..and so willing to change the rules of the game in the middle of a play.
Dude, what do you call the last 8 years? It's the closest thing to laissez-faire capitalism we've ever been. Capitalism without limit always leads to corruption. That's why i say a little moderation is the best course of action.
Capitalizt
OMG Krypt, you think the last 8 years have been laissez faire? Dubya has grown government spending at more than TRIPLE the rate Bill Clinton grew it. Federal regulation/intervention/control of the markets is at record levels. We've had the largest expansion of the welfare state in history and the largest expansion of the warfare state in history.. Politicians may pay lip service to free markets, but we are really living under a soft blend of fascism and socialism today...the opposite of laissez-faire.
Krypton
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Originally posted by Capitalizt
OMG Krypt, you think the last 8 years have been laissez faire? Dubya has grown government spending at more than TRIPLE the rate Bill Clinton grew it. Federal regulation/intervention/control of the markets is at record levels. We've had the largest expansion of the welfare state in history and the largest expansion of the warfare state in history.. Politicians may pay lip service to free markets, but we are really living under a soft blend of fascism and socialism today...the opposite of laissez-faire.
Laissez-Faire capitalism is not defined as any level of government expenditures. It's defined as the market having little to no oversight. Think England during the Industrial Revolution when 9 year olds were employed to do back breaking labor. Our version of it is a government asleep at the wheel as the financial sector threw risk management out the window and ultimately hurt consumers. It's the "hands off" approach to the economy. Our economy isn't in the trouble its in because of government interference. It's in trouble because the rules which had been applied since the Great Depression were no longer in effect, and so it was party time on Wall Street.
Lira
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Originally posted by Krypton
You is a laissez-faire capitalist!!
