tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post349309238429702385..comments2024-01-13T18:57:18.243-05:00Comments on Information Processing: Fear and loathing and hollowing outSteve Hsuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02428333897272913660noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-8284713118362556012011-02-27T20:47:31.549-05:002011-02-27T20:47:31.549-05:00That is funny in a laughing-at-myself kind of way....That is funny in a laughing-at-myself kind of way. We bill the government at 3.2x the cost of labor, which is pretty uniform in my industry [sellers of government specific goods and services to the government].Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-49474325465160459612011-02-27T14:46:36.800-05:002011-02-27T14:46:36.800-05:00There are no union workers at investment banks, an...There are no union workers at investment banks, and the policy making branches of the government are either elected or patronage - and certainly non-union - jobs. Exactly what do the teachers' unions do to check the plutocracy? Last I checked, they spend the record high $ per student amount in the OECD to produce kids with the lowest competitive standardized test scores. How is this LondonYoungnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-73045699367254041642011-02-27T10:41:34.180-05:002011-02-27T10:41:34.180-05:00Nice article, thanks for the information.Nice article, thanks for the information.sewa mobilhttp://griyamobilkita.webs.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-55950921363939082232011-02-27T06:52:39.070-05:002011-02-27T06:52:39.070-05:00"While public companies that did this have go..."While public companies that did this have gone bankrupt, the states enjoy monopoly pricing power in their taxes."<br /><br />All of them? Even those without third world competition? <br /><br />Do public utilities' enjoy less monopoly pricing power than government? Are their prices more effectively regulated than government budgets? <br /><br />The pullulating masses of subhumanityJorge_Videlanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-80049869585351438812011-02-26T06:58:32.473-05:002011-02-26T06:58:32.473-05:00The "you have something I don't" the...The "you have something I don't" theme alone isn't enough - you gotta add the tax-payer angle. It is like the banker/bonus bashing - "bankers were bailed out with my tax money, so I don't want to see them getting a bonus when I don't". Similarly "public servants are paid out of my tax dollars, so I don't want them having better employment terms than LondonYoungnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-13947625298062900212011-02-26T04:49:17.664-05:002011-02-26T04:49:17.664-05:00“It shows a hopelessness,” he said. “It used to be...“It shows a hopelessness,” he said. “It used to be, ‘You have something I don’t have; I’ll go to my employer to get it, too.'"<br /><br />Emphatically No. A more accurate statement would be, "I have something the niggers don't have; my friends with the bats agree." <br /><br />The more interesting aspect of all public policy debates to me is the role of the internet. Sidd Finchnoreply@blogger.com