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Issa introduces bill to thwart H-1B abuse
I think Gen Smedley Butler had some good proposals in "War is a Racket" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_Is_a_Racket Basically he says make those who profit from the war pay for the war, and only those who are actually fighting can decide on whether or not to fight.— July 31, 2016 10:16 p.m.
Never mind Bullock’s — Target is the future of dying malls
Yes - the 7/11 boxes work great but not all 7/11's have them so you might have to drive several miles to get to one. It does seem like USPS should offer that service as well.— July 30, 2016 4:47 a.m.
Never mind Bullock’s — Target is the future of dying malls
One thing that needs to change for Amazon is that homes need to have large locked delivery boxes to accommodate package delivery without risk of theft. I'm surprised this isn't standard in new home construction yet.— July 29, 2016 7:05 a.m.
Never mind Bullock’s — Target is the future of dying malls
I haven't seen an analysis, but it would seem to me that UPS and FedEx use much less gas per item delivering than an individual driver going to the mall would use to buy the item.— July 29, 2016 6:59 a.m.
Issa introduces bill to thwart H-1B abuse
I completely agree that Friedman (and Greenspan and other economists) grossly underestimated the corruption and lack of integrity in the financial industry and the government. I think what we have now is far from "free market capitalism" but is better referred to as "crony capitalism". In theory, free market capialism improves productivity and efficiency by rewarding good ideas and punishing inefficient ideas. In practice some amount of government is needed to prevent trusts and to place restrictions and limits on activities of corporations which can be harmful to society, e.g. setting minimum wages, limiting environmental impact, etc. And government is SUPPOSED to prosecute and punish those who willfully violate those laws or commit fraud or theft. There are tradeoffs between the inefficiencies to business caused by regulations vs. many ways that regulations protect society. However, in my opinion governement is NEVER needed to invest in, bail out, stimulate, or otherwise promote businesses or corporations. That's not part of free market capilism. The strongest and most powerful opponents to free market capitalism are Wall Street investment firms - as was seen in the bailouts after the 2008 mortgage meltdown. Clearly any corporation which had even a grain of belief in free market capitalism would have vigourously opposed bailouts for investment firms but we didn't see from that. Any high-ranking executive of one of the failing Wall Street firms would have accepted at least some responsibility for his / her firm's failure and resigned. But I don't think we saw much of that either. Wall Street firms and many other large and powerful corporations keep our "crony capitalism" system intact.— July 27, 2016 6:27 p.m.
Never mind Bullock’s — Target is the future of dying malls
Great headline! I'm not sure how brick-and-mortars will compete with Amazon long term unless they also have strong online presences. Amazon's distribution system is clearly highly efficient and difficult to compete with. I'm not sure Marvin Harrison's vision will completely come true but I would think things will trend that way. For anything that I don't need within a day personally I usually just go right to Amazon. For me I think it's a waste of gas and time to actually go into a store and buy something when I can just buy it online in a couple of minutes. I think brick-and-mortars need to evolve somehow but time will tell what they evolve into.— July 27, 2016 5:47 p.m.
Issa introduces bill to thwart H-1B abuse
I think perfect is the enemy of good. The bill is flawed but sounds like a step in the right direction.— July 21, 2016 7:10 p.m.
Brexit — what do San Diego analysts think?
There is almost no policy choice which is good for everyone. The establishment holds that global free trade is good and unchecked legal (and illegal) immigration are good. Well maybe they're good for society as a whole, maybe they're noble goals to attain - I don't know. But I do know they are not good for EVERYONE. Every policy choice has winners and losers. The winners from globalism - free trade and unlimited immigration - seem to be shocked that the losers of globalism don't embrace policies that favor the winners. Win-win is (almost) always a lie.— July 16, 2016 3:21 p.m.
Brexit — what do San Diego analysts think?
Yes, as I say France has a difficult problem.— July 16, 2016 3:10 p.m.
Brexit — what do San Diego analysts think?
France has a big problem. They have a large population of immigrants - largely African Muslims who have not assimilated into French society for various reasons. I'm not sure how they move forward from here. I think they somehow need to become more welcoming to the African Muslim immigrant community while at the same time increasing investigation and scrutiny of the immigrant community to search for potential terrorists.— July 15, 2016 8:12 p.m.