The Pledge
Heading the list of billionaires giving away their money are Warren Buffett and Bill & Melinda Gates. 119 more billionaires or near billionaires have signed the pledge of noblesse oblige. Some are...
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SavannahBadger wrote:Ol Badger wrote:Public roads: There are some privately-owned roads in the US (e.g., Virginia's Greenway, an extension of the public Dulles Toll Road). But the private sector never...
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SavannahBadger wrote:Ol Badger wrote:Public roads: There are some privately-owned roads in the US (e.g., Virginia's Greenway, an extension of the public Dulles Toll Road). But the private sector never...
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blockski wrote:SavannahBadger wrote:Ol Badger wrote:Public roads: There are some privately-owned roads in the US (e.g., Virginia's Greenway, an extension of the public Dulles Toll Road). But the...
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blockski wrote:Private roads and bridges work, but only when they have a monopoly or other advantages over the alternatives. Actually one of the primary reasons privatizing roads doesn't work is that...
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Bobadger wrote:Everything the Gates foundations has done has been at or above the level of the the government (if the government is even attempting to solve the same thing). Translation: "I have no...
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AbeFroman wrote:Eugenics would not be the right word... I'm not talking about creating some sort of genetic master race- I'm talking about only allowing people that care enough to get training and a...
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BadgerConvert wrote:blockski wrote:Private roads and bridges work, but only when they have a monopoly or other advantages over the alternatives. Actually one of the primary reasons privatizing roads...
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Ol Badger wrote:Bobadger wrote:Everything the Gates foundations has done has been at or above the level of the the government (if the government is even attempting to solve the same thing)....
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blockski wrote:BadgerConvert wrote:blockski wrote:Private roads and bridges work, but only when they have a monopoly or other advantages over the alternatives. Actually one of the primary reasons...
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Bobadger wrote:Translation: "You are correct and I have no examples that say otherwise, so I'll just say "game over" and pretend like that means I'm right." LOL! OK, so it's intentional obtuseness. I...
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BadgerConvert wrote:blockski wrote:BadgerConvert wrote:Actually one of the primary reasons privatizing roads doesn't work is that they are run by monopolies. Tolls on the Indiana turnpike have more...
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Ol Badger wrote:Bobadger wrote:Translation: "You are correct and I have no examples that say otherwise, so I'll just say "game over" and pretend like that means I'm right." LOL! OK, so it's...
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Bobadger wrote:What does this have to do the Gates foundation, again? I'm simply asking for one example of where the government has done something better than the Gates foundation has done it. Still...
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Roads are almost always built by private contractors who are the low bidder based a plan and specifications to ensure everybody is pricing the exact same work. I'm not sure how you get much more...
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AbeFroman wrote:Roads are almost always built by private contractors who are the low bidder based a plan and specifications to ensure everybody is pricing the exact same work. I'm not sure how you...
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blockski wrote:AbeFroman wrote:Roads are almost always built by private contractors who are the low bidder based a plan and specifications to ensure everybody is pricing the exact same work. I'm not...
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AbeFroman wrote:Correct. They find the best/cheapest way to build the roads in terms of schedule, means, and methods... they do not determine what gets built or where. Uh, no. Where did you get the...
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Ol Badger wrote:AbeFroman wrote:Correct. They find the best/cheapest way to build the roads in terms of schedule, means, and methods... they do not determine what gets built or where. Uh, no. Where...
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AbeFroman wrote:Re-read what I wrote...."They" was referring to contractors. We're on the same page there. The thing about pronouns is that you need to be clear what the antecedent now is. In this...
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Ol Badger wrote:AbeFroman wrote:Re-read what I wrote...."They" was referring to contractors. We're on the same page there. The thing about pronouns is that you need to be clear what the antecedent...
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