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17y ago
There's a great parody of this kind of teaching by Mark Steele (UK Broadcaster). Teacher> What did the Vikings come in? Student>Ships miss? Teacher>Wrong Student>Long boats? Teacher>No they came in hoards, that's what it
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rfghjhbg
17y ago
Or it results in the run-down no-investment nationalized industries of europe in the 70s. Look at airports that are owned by the municipality, they have no construction, no investment - because that would look like a deficit. Then look at
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rfghjhbg
17y ago
No - they were mostly just housing suburbs. That brings in income from fees when the houses are built - but you have roads, sewer/water, schools, hospitals to fund forever. That's fine as long as the people living in those houses are tax-pr
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17y ago
And is based on having the HQs of global corps there. As soon as another city offers a better tax break those HQs will move in a nano-second. Look at Ireland when the bank crash hit the US
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17y ago
Knowing that it was half a century after the reformation but before the English civil war, yet after the establishment of other colonies is important. Knowing that it was 1620 rather than 1619/1621 isn't important - but that's all you are t