lamarpye

Choo-choo or no choo-choo, bankruptcy is coming. Just look at the amount of unfunded pension liabilities.

Then look at the Governor and Legislature, can anyone even imagine that crew solving any real problems?

I get the sense that detecting sarcasm isn't your strong suit.

Yes. That is what I was implying. Every single one.

Or I was providing context, showing that Hezbollah connections to Venezuela are not implausible in this particular reality

Interesting. Are you a domain expert in this area? Did you do some research before posting?

http://articles.latimes.com/2008/oct/22/world/fg-cocainering...

From Wikipedia: "There are small but influential Muslim, Buddhist, and Jewish communities. The Muslim community of more than 100,000 is concentrated among persons of Lebanese and Syrian descent living in Nueva Esparta State, Punto Fijo and the Caracas area."

Is it hard to imagine a terrorist organization would expand it's operations into drug smuggling?

Pick a side, hipster.

China wants tech and equipment from the China-based companies to be the standard across the world because it would allow more influence over those countries. They would also be able to intercept the equipment as it leaves the US.

Or vote buying.

I thought that was the plan, but it is rarely mentioned in public forums.

Interesting information. Do you know if the bonuses are part of the union contract?

"Approximately two-thirds of PG&E’s employees are covered by collective bargaining agreements with three labor unions: the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 1245, the Engineers and Scientists of California (ESC) IFPTE Local 20 and the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) United Service Workers West."

http://www.pgecorp.com/corp_responsibility/reports/2010/em06...

Maybe paying those bonuses is required.

There isn't zero risk the shareholders of PG&E lost 80% of the value of the stock since 2017.

Since I analysis systems for a living and for fun, it would be interesting to look at PG&E books. How much maintenance was deferred? It is possible to properly maintain their equipment with the current rate structure?

Maybe the company was put in an impossible situation by the Public Utilities Comission.

I think you missed part of the article:

"The utility company’s stock has lost more than 80% of its value since the 2017 fires broke out, and its credit rating has been downgraded to junk status."

How was the downside risk of the shareholders socialized?

PG&E doesn't have carte blanche, it is a regulated monopoly, any changes to the rate structure has to be approved.

As for the company dying, people in California will probably prefer to continue having the electricity

This whole thing seems so tacky and cheap. It reminds me of a rich old person holding up the line so he can get his Senior discount and save $1.47. Is Huawei so poor and T-Mobile charging so much to use the robot?

Perhaps you could clarify about what "take power away from those who own housing means". Does it mean, own a house, lose the right to vote?

I want a wall because I think the reducing the supply of unskilled labor will tend to raised wages for unskilled workers in the United States.

I would guess close to all of them. A large percentage of people that work for the Federal Government really don't add much value and not employable outside of that setting.

Of course, I could be wrong, but I am willing to bet on it, if anyone is interested.

I stand corrected.

True, all the public has to do is pay back the money the government didn't make from gambling. That is a win, not in my book, but in some book.

That is funny. Illinois has some of the highest taxes in country.

https://www.google.com

The good people at Huawei would never allow/enable the evil government of Iran to spy on the Iranian people.

So a company's business practices should supersede a country's laws. Does this apply to only to sanctions? How about environmental laws?

Replace Iran with South Africa under apartheid and ask the same question.

Good point, someone with their qualifications would have no trouble finding a top-flight job in either the food service or housekeeping industries

It doesn't sound fair to me, but to be fair, you probably get your news from the Daily Show.

Jack didn't get where he was by mouthing off to the Chinese government.

Maybe and Hope are the usually the best plans.

Probably because it is work and the police don't care. In California with Prop 47, it might not even be a crime to steal packages.

How can this be? So many times I read in the comments on HN, that the US isn't a great place for entrepreneurs because of health care or something.

China is always in favor of making it easier to steal IP. I hope I live long enough to see them complaining that other nations don't respect their inventions.

You should have your eyes wide open about the ROI from any job. IMO working long hours for a big payoff can be worth it, a lot of fortunes and great things have been done with this method.

Yes, there is.