TXRob
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Take the "profit out of community infrastructure" --
What does that even mean? Move to China - you will be happier.
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What does that even mean? Move to China - you will be happier.
_caleb
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It means that we should rethink our practice of allowing private companies to control things that our society needs everyone to have access to. But you already knew that.
Your comment makes me think you don’t understand China, communism, or capitalism.
Sirwalterraleigh
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You’re not playing with my ball on the playground today...
And it wasn’t a suggestion...it was a recognition of the near impossibility of the scenario.
On another note...are you still flying your flag at half staff? Or is it listed on eBay now?
Sirwalterraleigh
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...shocking, isn’t it?
...I’ll get the AED out and we’ll charge the paddles to get you jumpstarted again
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DisneyCane
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Take the profit motive out of health and you get the VA. Don't need to take all profit out of education, just don't allow federally backed student loans without maximum loan amounts. The free flow of loans leads to schools being able to raise tuition as much as they want because everyone can "afford" to pay by taking out a loan.
Sirwalterraleigh
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I wasn’t advocating it...just calling it impractical
GoofGoof
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New restrictions going in place in PA through New Years:
news.yahoo.com
Indoor dining and gyms are closed, takeout and outdoor dining still OK. Retail stores at 50% capacity, indoor group gatherings limited to 10 people. All youth sports and extracurricular activities are suspended.
The good news is they are keeping schools open, or at least allowing it to be a district by district decision. I know for my kid’s schools they have had cases, but none can be traced to in school spread, the cases they had were mostly linked to family members or after school activities/sports and social gatherings (mainly at the high school level). I think it’s smart to limit those activities known to be causing the spread without just cancelling school altogether. We have learned from past mistakes. I do think that if community spread gets much worse it’s possible they will have to go back to all virtual schools again
PA Announces New COVID Restrictions Through Early 2021
Gov. Tom Wolf on Thursday announced several temporary coronavirus mitigation measures that will be in place through early 2021.
Indoor dining and gyms are closed, takeout and outdoor dining still OK. Retail stores at 50% capacity, indoor group gatherings limited to 10 people. All youth sports and extracurricular activities are suspended.
The good news is they are keeping schools open, or at least allowing it to be a district by district decision. I know for my kid’s schools they have had cases, but none can be traced to in school spread, the cases they had were mostly linked to family members or after school activities/sports and social gatherings (mainly at the high school level). I think it’s smart to limit those activities known to be causing the spread without just cancelling school altogether. We have learned from past mistakes. I do think that if community spread gets much worse it’s possible they will have to go back to all virtual schools again
DisneyDebRob
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My neighbor is still waving it proudly, right below the American flag.. and election yard signs...now I know what Alice in wonderland must have felt like.
Disstevefan1
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Ya know what’s great? I had to scroll down a bit to see this COVID thread when I sorted on latest, and the latest post in the thread was not about COVID. I am optimistic 
_caleb
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It's a clear indication that the pandemic is over!Ya know what’s great? I had to scroll down a bit to see this COVID thread when I sorted on latest, and the latest post in the thread was not about COVID. I am optimistic
DisneyCane
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I misunderstood you and agree it's impractical.
Chi84
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Or that people are over the pandemic.
DisneyDebRob
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I think that started the first week of April.
Sirwalterraleigh
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...yeah...but they had their shot. And came up short of the deans list (That’s a thing at those evil, useless colleges
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Sirwalterraleigh
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Lewis Carrol couldn’t get enough mushrooms to get high enough to write this
I haven't seen a study on this, but it's always the example I think should be studied when talking about MMT and "just print money" to pay for stuff.
To me, this is an example of printing money that's bad. We're throwing in huge amounts of extra government money directly competing with private money for the same demand. Which has the obvious side effect of that competition, huge inflation and increased costs.
All of which makes this a bad way to "allow everyone to get a college education". More state school funding and directly providing people an education would work better than giving everyone money to compete with in private institutions. Might have a different side effect, it could drive a huge demand for more staff, creating salary pressure which raises costs, and then causes tuition to increase anyway. There's more layers involved in that math with more indirection which probably dampens the impact some.
It would still be a good study to read and how it compares to other things we spend money on like a firehose. In case anyone has some "light" reading to share.
SamusAranX
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I haven't seen a study on this, but it's always the example I think should be studied when talking about MMT and "just print money" to pay for stuff.
To me, this is an example of printing money that's bad. We're throwing in huge amounts of extra government money directly competing with private money for the same demand. Which has the obvious side effect of that competition, huge inflation and increased costs.
All of which makes this a bad way to "allow everyone to get a college education". More state school funding and directly providing people an education would work better than giving everyone money to compete with in private institutions. Might have a different side effect, it could drive a huge demand for more staff, creating salary pressure which raises costs, and then causes tuition to increase anyway. There's more layers involved in that math with more indirection which probably dampens the impact some.
It would still be a good study to read and how it compares to other things we spend money on like a firehose. In case anyone has some "light" reading to share.
Er... Wow. Top of the website WAPO story following personal stories from Disney layoffs:
SamusAranX
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Reading it punches me in the gut. Most magical place on earth huh? Disney deserves every media black eye it gets from this
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