Venezuela’s Socialist Government Seizes Electronics Chain, Orders Them To Offer “Fair” Prices…Update: Video Of People Storming Store
Thousands of Venezuelans lined up outside the country’s equivalent of Best Buy, a chain of electronics stores known as Daka, hoping for a bargain after the socialist government forced the company to charge customers “fair” prices.
President Nicolás Maduro ordered a military “occupation” of the company’s five stores as he continues the government’s crackdown on an “economic war” it says is being waged against the country, with the help of Washington.
There is a limit to what you can take put of the economy with taxes. It is about 20% to 25% of GDP. Past that people avoid taxes and avoid working on the books as much as possible.
I don't understand why you think this is relevant. And the rest of you post makes no sense without it, clearly.
We need a directorate of science, and we need it to be voted on only by scientists. You don't get to vote on reality. Get over it. Elected officials that deny the findings of the Science Directorate are subject to immediate impeachment for incompetence.
The problem with big institutions is that the information requirements to manage the growing number of requirements grows exponentially faster than the number of resource required to make it work: http://www.aei-ideas.org/2013/06/why-na ... tems-fail/
There is simply no way that the information flows work. It's time to use 21st Century techniques on medicine: http://www.discovery.org/a/22081
Not the failed central planning approaches that have caused so much havoc.
“I completely get how upsetting this can be for a lot of Americans.”
“It is a complex process.”
“I was not informed directly [How about indirectly?!] that the Web site would not be working. . . . I don’t think I’m stupid enough to go around saying this is going to be like shopping on Amazon or Travelocity, a week before the Web site opens, if I thought that it wasn’t going to work.”
“With respect to the pledge I made that if you like your plan you can keep it. . . that there is no doubt that the way I put that forward unequivocally ended up not being accurate.”
“The Affordable Care Act is not going to be the reason why insurers have to cancel your plans.”
“The federal government does a lot of things really well. One of those things it does not do well is information technology procurement.”
“In terms of what happens on Nov. 30th or Dec. 1st, I think it’s fair to say that the improvement will be marked and noticeable.”
“What we are also discovering is insurance is complicated to buy.”
“There is no doubt that our failure to roll out the ACA smoothly has put a burden on Democrats, whether they’re running or not.”
“There have been times where I thought we were … slapped around a little bit unjustly. This one’s deserved, all right?”
“These are two fumbles on something that — on a big game which — but the game’s not over.”
Engineering is the art of making what you want from what you can get at a profit.
We need a directorate of science, and we need it to be voted on only by scientists. You don't get to vote on reality. Get over it. Elected officials that deny the findings of the Science Directorate are subject to immediate impeachment for incompetence.
MSimon wrote:“We fumbled the rollout on this health-care law.”
“I completely get how upsetting this can be for a lot of Americans.”
“It is a complex process.”
“I was not informed directly [How about indirectly?!] that the Web site would not be working. . . . I don’t think I’m stupid enough to go around saying this is going to be like shopping on Amazon or Travelocity, a week before the Web site opens, if I thought that it wasn’t going to work.”
“With respect to the pledge I made that if you like your plan you can keep it. . . that there is no doubt that the way I put that forward unequivocally ended up not being accurate.”
“The Affordable Care Act is not going to be the reason why insurers have to cancel your plans.”
“The federal government does a lot of things really well. One of those things it does not do well is information technology procurement.”
“In terms of what happens on Nov. 30th or Dec. 1st, I think it’s fair to say that the improvement will be marked and noticeable.”
“What we are also discovering is insurance is complicated to buy.”
“There is no doubt that our failure to roll out the ACA smoothly has put a burden on Democrats, whether they’re running or not.”
“There have been times where I thought we were … slapped around a little bit unjustly. This one’s deserved, all right?”
“These are two fumbles on something that — on a big game which — but the game’s not over.”
But he doesn't get that it's not a 'game'. Games don't have (usually) lasting effects that will directly impact millions upon millions of people.
All he was looking at was a big ego-stroking - basking in all the 'love' garnered from a wonderful program that gave everyone everything at little to no cost to anyone.
And the program was PERFECT, until it had to actually be implemented.
Then it crashed and burned... as is his Presidency.
When opinion and reality conflict - guess which one is going to win in the long run.
Healthcare.gov does NOT have a payment system. Let me repeat, does NOT have a payment calculator and billing setup: http://patterico.com/2013/11/19/wait-wh ... built-yet/
Not even built yet. Is there any bottom to this?
“Hackers are definitely after it,” said David Kennedy, CEO of information security firm TrustedSEC before a House Science, Space, and Technology committee hearing on security concerns surrounding the problematic Healthcare.gov website.
“And if I had to guess, based on what I can see … I would say the website is either hacked already or will be soon.
SQL injection vulnerabilities, prevention of which is well known to competent web developers.
The daylight is uncomfortably bright for eyes so long in the dark.
Thinking about it, I'm not sure there's a downside if "Bobby Tables" struck. Certainly far better than some other things that could happen with the data.
The daylight is uncomfortably bright for eyes so long in the dark.
