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Accenture. Why am I not surprised?
pretty depressing that you're better off buying politicians rather than actually building a good business if you want to get rich
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The US spends $10200 a year per head on healthcare, most of it ($8k a year) government or compulsory spending. Canada spends $4800 a year on healthcare in total -- under half that of the U.S. Israel spends $2800. That's a sign of a broken system. Use Canada's system, cut your mediacare/aid tax, and your companies no longer need to spend money on healthcare when employing them. Using Canada's system removes the tax on…
You act as though "invading Iraq" is the only thing the US military has ever done. That's a little myopic, don't you think? Again, your numbers don't really have any meaning on the healthcare thing. It's a far more complex discussion than you are attempting to make it.
The U.S. military doesn't seem to protect anyone against modern threats - terrorism, propaganda, rigging elections, etc.
Reminds me of this FEMA contracting failure: >FEMA Contract Called for 30 Million Meals for Puerto Ricans. 50,000 Were Delivered. >For this huge task, FEMA tapped Tiffany Brown, an Atlanta entrepreneur with no experience in large-scale disaster relief and at least five canceled government contracts in her past. FEMA awarded her $156 million for the job, and Ms. Brown, who is the sole owner and employee of her company…
How do people like these not get prosecuted?
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That’s a theory, but in practice that’s not what you see happen. Companies build a lot of really bad roads when they need them to get from A - B for example logging. But, individual roads fit into a larger context. If you want to get from A to B and there is a road from A to C and from C to B then the utility is limited to time saved. Companies rarely build such roads and it’s even rarer to see them turned into publi…
> "That’s a theory, but in practice that’s not what you see happen. Companies build a lot of really bad roads when they need them to get from A - B for example logging. [...] Companies rarely build such roads and it’s even rarer to see them turned into public toll roads. [...] The US interstate highway system" Why would companies be building roads like that when there is no need to do it? > "Worldwide you don’t see c…
Need is a poor way of looking at investments. Having a more direct route reduces travel costs. Which is while people use Toll Road‘s even when their are generally other options.
If you want to make the suggestion that companies will make toll roads you need to explain why the don’t even when their are many profitable bridges etc. Toll bridges could be profitable in many places yet they are not built largely becase the cost is so extreme.
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> "That’s a theory, but in practice that’s not what you see happen. Companies build a lot of really bad roads when they need them to get from A - B for example logging. [...] Companies rarely build such roads and it’s even rarer to see them turned into public toll roads. [...] The US interstate highway system" Why would companies be building roads like that when there is no need to do it? > "Worldwide you don’t see c…
> Why would companies be building roads like that when there is no need to do it? Need is a poor way of looking at investments. Having a more direct route reduces travel costs. Which is while people use Toll Road‘s even when their are generally other options. If you want to make the suggestion that companies will make toll roads you need to explain why the don’t even when their are many profitable bridges etc. Toll b…
As a result, people are not willing to pay much for more roads, so they aren't going to be built. It may not even be legally possible in many cases under current regulations.
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Still, the question remains: Can we say a priori that the funds for R&D military spending wouldn't have been spent better by the private sector?
Unequivocally, no, the reasons are stated in the post you're replying to. Which private, for profit, company would spend five (5) billion dollars (unadjusted for inflation) to launch GPS satellites into space and then allow their unlimited use free of cost to anyone in the world who has a receiver? That cost doesn't even account for ongoing maintenance.
And there is nothing free about using those satellites. Tax payers pay for their launch and subsequent maintenance and running costs.
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> Why would companies be building roads like that when there is no need to do it? Need is a poor way of looking at investments. Having a more direct route reduces travel costs. Which is while people use Toll Road‘s even when their are generally other options. If you want to make the suggestion that companies will make toll roads you need to explain why the don’t even when their are many profitable bridges etc. Toll b…
I meant that in the US everyone expects the government will provide roads, and there are already many good roads to use for free (eg the Interstate Highway system). As a result, people are not willing to pay much for more roads, so they aren't going to be built. It may not even be legally possible in many cases under current regulations.
Reminds me of this FEMA contracting failure: >FEMA Contract Called for 30 Million Meals for Puerto Ricans. 50,000 Were Delivered. >For this huge task, FEMA tapped Tiffany Brown, an Atlanta entrepreneur with no experience in large-scale disaster relief and at least five canceled government contracts in her past. FEMA awarded her $156 million for the job, and Ms. Brown, who is the sole owner and employee of her company…
How do people like these not get prosecuted?
Unfortunately, the contractor can dispute the contract termination in a lawsuit. Lawsuits are expensive, so this may force FEMA into a settlement. This happens all the time with government contracts. People that know the system can exploit it.
The FEMA contracting officer bears much of the blame for this outcome. The company had no prior experience in disaster relief, had a track record of failing to fulfil contracts, and did not have sufficient funds to fulfil the contract. These are all things that should have been considered before awarding the contract.
Reminds me of this FEMA contracting failure: >FEMA Contract Called for 30 Million Meals for Puerto Ricans. 50,000 Were Delivered. >For this huge task, FEMA tapped Tiffany Brown, an Atlanta entrepreneur with no experience in large-scale disaster relief and at least five canceled government contracts in her past. FEMA awarded her $156 million for the job, and Ms. Brown, who is the sole owner and employee of her company…
How do people like these not get prosecuted?
If anything, the fault is more on the government than it is on the person bidding for the contract.
We should see this for what it really is - hidden unemployment benefit for people "working" at Accenture. Or hidden basic income, call it whatever you want. Our level of economic development and accumulated wealth is so great that without these sorts of "stimulus" the majority of the population would be unemployed or work just a couple of days per week [0]. And the conspiracy theorist inside me suspects that the gove…
How can inefficiency help poor people in the long run? Your logic doesn't pass the common sense test.