yaok

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by yaok 13y ago
Agreed. My point is just that each person tends to favor one or the other. In truth, it's a false dichotomy for everyone except the super-rich. People could have both low taxes and good social services if they would be willing to tax the su
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by yaok 13y ago
Did you read the article? They prefer giving small amounts of merit aid to many rich students than large amounts of merit aid to fewer poor students. The result is that, for the same level of merit, the rich get a subsidy and the poor are d
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by yaok 13y ago
>everyone wants good public services but low taxes. Everyone?? Typical right-winger: I want low taxes and don't care about public services (although naturally I'd prefer public services to no services). Typical left-winger: I want publi
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by yaok 13y ago
His comment was perfectly clear, enjoyable, valuable, relevant, and came with a link to a great article. The fact that you're insulting him for his valuable and interesting contribution is an outrage. Why don't you go pick on someone else,
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by yaok 13y ago
The parent's point was that AA has a bad track record for honoring their deals. The linked article was fascinating and shows how, if the contract/promotion/product they owe you is used too much despite not violating any of the terms, they w
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by yaok 13y ago
In the future, only programmers have money. >I never learned to skateboard. I can’t dance. I can’t play a musical instrument. I struggle learning foreign languages. I know people who can do those things well. The reason people need to b
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by yaok 13y ago
Are you sure the democrats want to seen as the party that, during a time of record unemployment, brought in foreign workers to fill job openings?
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by yaok 13y ago
You're just being pedantic. The thrust of his comment was clear while not perfectly correct. "Fund" is well understood as a euphemism for "control" It would be ideal if science were "funded" (read: controlled) by the public in the interest
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by yaok 13y ago
Those are government entities, and the government's parent company is the corporatocracy that owns all the politicians and media. Science is a business in the service of global capitalism. Truth hurts. I will give you the MacArthur foundati