Tag: government
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7000 Words About The Dubious Refragmentation Of The Economy
One advantage of being old is that you can see change happen in your lifetime. A lot of the change I’ve seen is fragmentation. For example, US politics and now Canadian politics are much more polarized than they used to be. Culturally we have ever less common ground and though inclusiveness is preached by the…
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Former Russian President Medvedev Said Off Air That Aliens Visit Our Planet
A few years ago, Dimitry Anatolyevich Medvedev was the tenth Prime Minister of Russia- the incumbent since 2012. Before that, he previously served as the third President of Russia, from 2008 to 2012. The Russian Prime Minister has the second highest position in the government, after President Vladimir Putin. Medvedev, the Prime Minister of the…
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People In Japan, Spain, France Are Unhappy With Government COVID Response
Paris, France May, 2020 — Sentiment over whether governments are doing a good job of containing the coronavirus pandemic has swung in a number of countries over a month, according to the latest Ipsos poll. A majority of people in nine out of 13 countries feel their government is doing a good job of containing the…
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Ministers Call On More Countries To Put Forward Stepped-Up Climate Crisis Education Plan
Madrid, December 2019–Two pioneering countries this week committed to stepped-up climate and environmental education in order to equip a new generation with the knowledge, awareness and skills needed to navigate the emerging challenges of the 21st C. Italy and Mexico, speaking at a press conference at COP25 in Madrid, urged other countries to follow suit in…
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Current State of Cybersecurity Doesn’t Work
“You pay your money, as the saying goes, and you take your chances.” says Falkowitz, CEO of Area 1 Security. “More and more these days, it seems like this ‘policy’ is the rule rather than the exception, in everything from health care insurance to the commuter parking lot. Even though you’ve paid for the product or service,…
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Silo Reader Says All Products And Services Should Compete In A “Free Market”
The [ image that is shown with Toby Barrett’s recent letter ] is certainly worth a thousand words. Government is consuming too much. But why do we continue to feed government? Why would we participate in any political or economic system that is not serving our best interests? Government is basically unproductive and can only…