MrFantastic

More toll roads is the market based way.

Even libertarians hate toll roads in practice but it would reduce traffic in big cities. The suburban commuters flood the interstates but don't pay for infrastructure.

The Hindenberg had a ~ 60% survival rate. Plane crashes have close to 0% survivorship.

It shows the persistence of bad PR and the power of video.

Then you should be familiar with how generations were lied to and told that Fat caused heart disease and low-fat/high carb was the best way to eat.

Research funded by the Sugar Industry.

If enriching yourself is the goal they do a fantastic job of it. It's a plutocracy.

Shareholders vote on the BOD candidates after they have been selected by the Board.

Do you really think the Board will nominate someone is going to cut their compensation?

The GOP will not allow this because it would tip the scales towards the Dems.

In many European nations if you start a business and fail you will never get another chance.

The USA financial system that allow for bankruptcy is part of the reason that we are an entrepreneurial nation.

Failure is part of innovation.

All the examples of small ISPs not spending on infrastructure were small rural areas where the ISPs had a monopoly.

Why would they invest in improvements when they have no competition?

It's a total spin job.

The public paid for the ISP infrastructure via Tax credits we should own it.

It's a lot easier to lose other peoples money when you get a bit cut of the upside.

ISP's are not a free market in most rural areas. They were subsidized by taxpayers and given sweet non-compete contracts in return for Lobby money.

Climbing, dance, biking. You barely dipped your toe in the water.

Who decides the CEO compensation? The Board of Directors.

Who decided the Board of Directors compensation? The CEO.

Follow the money.

I see little chance or Glyphosate being banned while Trump and Pruit are gangbanging the EPA.

We are such a short sighted species.

My number is wrong, I just made it up. I think that actually number is more like 99.95% for a person with a .08.

My point is that if you didn't care about moral hazard, the odds are overwhelming that you will make it home safe even if you drive drunk.

I'm not condoning, just explaining drunk driving logic.

That 1/3 road deaths is artificially inflated because if you had 1 drink and well under the legal limit it still counts as alcohol related fatality.

I don't drive drunk, it's not worth the risk; BUT millions of people drive drunk every day and 99.999% get home safely so in their minds it seems safe enough.

It's not as if the instant your BAC goes over .08 you are driving like bumper cars.

Car batteries have value to provide peak power backups for electric companies.

The reason is that private health insurance companies suffer from the Classic Agency Problem.

They want their costs to increase at a sustainable rate so that they can keep growing their Net Income.

Historically, private health insurance companies earn ~ 6% of their total revenue as profit. To justify an increase in their premiums they have to "miss" their payout ratio slightly every year.

Drugs that patients will take for life are a great way off locking in that increased cost in a "controlled" way.

As an adult, i've found 100hrs of deliberate practice makes you fairly competent in most hobbies.

Do you want orks? Because that's how we get orcs.

I would think a trampoline would work even better.

Medicare Part D played a huge role in the opiod epidemic.

Patients were given $3 bottles of Oxy with a street value of $10k in areas targeted by the drug companies because of high unemployment.

http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2017/01/sam_quinones_on.htm...

Capitalism cuts both ways.

If cannabis actually caused mental issues why isn't there a huge increase in these problems in CO, CA, WA and OR where it's freely available?

The worst thing that can happen if you smoke cannabis is to get arrested and to never be able to get a good job or get a scholarship to school

Short term equity is speculation. Long term equity is more of an investment.

I think bonds are considered investment although to the price sell them before term fluctuates.

The problem is lots of people want to live in the same areas.

J6P can demand equal treatment. Ultimately politicians have finite time and will listen/comply to wishes of the people that can help the politicians the most. 20% of a politicians time is spent raising money for their next campaign.

That means wealthy people reap the benefits.

Don't you need souther exposure too?

Narrow lanes decrease car speeds and reduce accidents and fatalities.

Winning sports championships dramatically increase alumni donations and applications to the school.

A painter creates value when they add color to a blank canvas. Some colored canvases are worth millions of dollars.

US healthcare is natural local monopoly. There is no price transparency for medical treatments. Even surgeons don't know what the patient will be billed.

Plus most patients are not qualified to make medical decisions about whether a procedure is correct.