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Diogenes wrote:Providing perverse incentives with recursive bad consequences should not be a function of government.

And if government restricted itself like this in reality, would you still want to control what other people do in their bedroom?

The part that pays people to have children at my expense would come out of the General fund for the State, and with augmentation from Federal funds, so the primary method by which the people who can't keep their bedroom out of my wallet gain access to my money would be through State Sales tax, Stat...

"Out Of My Bedroom" is a strawman argument. The problem is, people won't keep their bedrooms out of my wallet and out of my life. And by what means do they do that? Government, maybe? If by "Government", you mean Governmental inaction, then yes. Unfortunately the government is all too active in pro...

Diogenes wrote:"Out Of My Bedroom" is a strawman argument. The problem is, people won't keep their bedrooms out of my wallet and out of my life.

And by what means do they do that? Government, maybe?

If, like me, you got confused by "only a decade or so ago", note that the article is from 2006. I do share some of the sentiments expressed in the article. Mainly that more could be done to teach programming and how a basic computer works. But the past was never that rosy to begin with. I took my fi...

First flight - indoors.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNulEa8LTHI
http://www.e-volo.com/entwicklungs-news ... helicopter

But you've got to decide for yourself what you want to pay for. Frankly, a policy that provides maternity coverage and contraception is pretty much useless to me - a middle-aged male. When I was younger, what would have sufficed was a plan with dental insurance and catastrophic coverage. The proble...

That's not how free market works. That natural price balance only works for commodities and optional services, things that the consumer has the choice to walk away from and vote with their wallet. Health isn't something you can walk away from. Instead what you get is a form of highway robbery. Your...

Jobs don't stop losing value relative to others in the absence of inflation. I'm not sure what "relative to others" means, but relative to actual buying power is what matters. The cost of a loaf of bread as compared to the average wage is the issue. Both the middle and lower class have vastly reduc...

To return to Palin's point however, the one noted by others above--when we borrow, print money, etc. in order to fuel a lifestyle we cannot afford and hand that debt to our children (which is what we are doing) we devalue the dollar through inflation. This means that all incomes that do not rise at...

Well this might be of some interest to you: http://www.ncsociology.org/sociationtoday/v22/crowding.htm Interesting, sure, but not a direct translation of rodent behavior to human behavior. Persons per room is not the first measure I'd be thinking of when considering crowding in cities. It's also di...

MSimon wrote:It is more than obvious that the two parties represent the two ends of the spectrum

The ends of the spectrum? Hardly.

The behavior of rats and mice does not translate directly to human behavior. Take those studies with a huge grain of salt.

Now as to why free market healthcare can't work. For anything to work in a free market supply and demand need to have a natural method to equalize. In commodities this is simple, you vote with your dollar. If something is priced to high you simply chose to not buy it or pay for an alternative. In h...

And what should they spend it on? Anything they want, really. Ideally something that creates a lasting legacy for them and helps the rest of society. But that's not a requirement. It could be space tech, Polywell, cancer research, an art gallery, scholarships, prizes, or any number of worthwhile th...

More lending at best gives temporary relief and creates another debt bubble. The best thing the wealthy could do to improve both their own and other people's quality of life would be to spend.