This. The real irony about the banks is that by heavily regulating banks and explicitly backing them, we also implicitly allow this sort of abusive behavior towards customers.
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Requiring employers to shop for and provide health insurance is only going to complicate the already complex system and lead to crappier less competitive outcomes.
Sure he established the trend and legitimized Wikileaks, but most of what he released was tactically valuable to enemies of the U.S. Arguably Manning did endanger the lives of U.S. service members and for that I will have a hard time forgiving her/him.
http://www.npr.org/sections/money/2013/02/12/171814201/episo...
Somehow the US still managed to become a superpower. China will be fine if it can transition to a better system of government. Globalization doesn't seem necessary for a country with a huge domestic market.
Demanding better working conditions for Foxconn employees is called having a conscience not hypocrisy.
^ I was listening to this earlier and I can't help but point out the creeping government overreach in all aspects of our lives. We drop bombs at the drop of a hat, and send people to prison for thought crimes.
I really hope everyone can see that we must roll back the powers of the federal government, or it is going to roll over us.
There are many examples of duopolies who do just fine. I think you are ignoring the negative influence of ambitious countries in this industry.
I seriously question how many Comcast customers will opt to use any more services than they absolutely have to from an abusive cable monopoly. Maybe I am missing something here?
Fighting nuclear proliferation is important, but ultimately it is a losing battle. In 100 years will less countries have nuclear weapons or will more? Regimes will aggressively pursue it because they can see how things shook out for Qaddafi and Saddam vs Kim.
I think the reality is that MAD has kind of worked. As scary as it is, nobody (sane) wants to push the button because they understand that these are very different weapons, and it would mean the end of life as we know it. Pressing that button ever means total ostracism. So far anyway..
The other interesting question in my mind is does this lead to a lot of stratified borders/countries?
Former Marine here. I thought this article was funny when it recirculated just prior to the recent election. But I also sort of thought to myself "Yeah I would vote for him over HRC or Trump."
Now I worry. A few thoughts:
1. If the military remains the most-trusted branch of government that's a bad thing. We need to take steps to reduce its power now.
2. If the Freedom Caucus is really committed to reducing the powers (and spending) of government they should be fervently resisting budget plans to expand the armed forces and pull us back from pointless non-productive conflict in the Middle East.
3. It is critical that Congress finds ways to reverse the rise in income disparity or we're going to have an even more dissatisfied and formerly middle-class voter base next cycle.
4. If Congress remains gridlocked by partisanship we are surely heading down the Road to Serfdom, and voters will either cede more power to Trump, or perhaps worse, be dissatisfied and demand an even stronger strong man.
College is not (and should not be) required for everyone who wants a decent middle class job.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/p-gs-gillette-sues-dollar-shave...
I would guess that this influenced their decision to sell to P&G, thus protecting the razor duopoly.
If you don't like BABA then you should probably sell?
Frankly, if you are asking strangers what to do with some stocks you bought, you might consider simply buying a broad market ETF like the SPY, VTI, or VT with the proceeds.
Rather than assuming motives you should assess the actual cost/benefit.