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mcd
17y ago
Sorry for being naive. How would saving company money in a private account increase savings?
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mcd
17y ago
This is probably a regulation forced by the unions to ensure pay equality (i.e. people on the same level are paid the same).
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mcd
17y ago
The police in Botswana also doesn't carry guns...
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mcd
17y ago
> Perhaps you could ask some women. Quite a few women I know would rather be at home with their children than work. I hear that same complaining line from a family member often. It is not torture for someone to stay at home and raise ki
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mcd
17y ago
That is what I also thought. From the article: > Many of the specially designed bikes, which cost $3,500 each, They have thought extremely hard how to make the bike so expensive. A fancy normal bike costs $200. How the hell do you pay t
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mcd
17y ago
> If Crocs hadn't saturated the market, then all those knock-offs would have stolen more of the total money to be made on the idea. That is true. I think the total amount of crocs sold is the same - the only difference is that 90% of th
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mcd
17y ago
> Was the development of the a225 overkill? Nope. They went for the awesomeness factor.
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mcd
17y ago
Then again, my dirty fan only cost $20 (2 meters high fan, made in China).
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mcd
17y ago
I personally feel that killing is almost never warranted. Gandhi did not kill anyone and Desmond Tutu never advocated for violence. The problem with violence is that everyone feels that their cause justifies it.
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17y ago
Just a few comments (this whole thread is contrary to YCNews policies). > Nelson Mandela . . . yeah . . . ditto. Oh, did I mention 27 years in a notorious prison for 'enemies of the state'. Nelson Mandela was convicted of trying to over