This economy sucks. It sucks even harder for the people who are already poor.
22. The state has the power to protect its citizenry from actual harm, and thus has the power to outlaw one yelling “Fire!” in a crowded theatre. See, Schenck v. United States, 249 U.S. 47 (1919). However, yelling “Fuck!” in a crowded theatre does not create a clear and present danger to anyone and thus cannot be outlawed. Although they are both four letter words that start with F, the distinction is constitutionally significant.— Motion to Dismiss: The Constitutionality of Fuck, “Fucker”, and “Fucking Fag”
Oh my God end the fucking pain!” Howard wailed, a curious mix of helpless venom and ridicule peaking into an entertaining and piercing note, punctuating his dizzied dance atop the tumbling columns of capitalism.— The Bankers Who Sold the World by Simon Drake, first sentence
Let’s say you start a business. In this business, you provide a service to people.
Let’s say there are only two to four providers of this service in any given area. Now people who need this service can’t reject it. If they reject it, they will probably die. They can’t choose which provider they go to most of the time, because someone else takes them there and decides which one to go to. Often, they won’t let you say no to the service.
Now let’s say, in return for this service, you charge them all of their money.
Why wouldn’t you? The law says you can charge what you want to provide a service, and the free market says that if you charge too much, they would go somewhere else or simply forgo the service. But they keep coming to you, so obviously your prices are usual, conventional, and reasonable.
This is the fundamental problem with health care in America.
We learned a lot about you from your submissions. You know a lot, you have some interesting theories on the English language, and you can be very funny.— Xbox.com | 1 vs 100 Blogs - VostokNine, “The Final Questions”
I really can’t review it. I just encourage it to be read.
DRM sells less than no DRM, free books help sell more books, and if you treat people as customers instead of as thieves, they pay back with loyalty and free promotion.— Baen’s Webscriptions turns ten - MobileRead Forums
