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Re:Americans Are Paying $38 to Collect $1 of Student Debt
on Friday May 19, 2017 @09:10PM (#14380470)
If you think people will pay nevertheless government should declare the payment voluntary and see how many people pay.
Re:Americans Are Paying $38 to Collect $1 of Student Debt
on Friday May 19, 2017 @08:51PM (#14380403)
This is why a media studies degree is useless (assuming thats what the journalist writing this story got) as they probably don't teach basic math.
The point of collection is that it also acts a deterrent. So the $38 spent are not just to get the $1 back but also to tell others that government will go out of the way to get back that debt.
That $38 needs to be compared with the total $s that come in as repayments.
Also this is the reason why government should not be in the business of giving loans.
Re:Ukraine bans its top social networks because they are Russian
on Friday May 19, 2017 @02:58PM (#14378433)
It could be a problem if Russian government is getting all the data. A rising concern about Facebook in India remains the same.
Re:Apple has told several social-networking apps to disable their ‘tip...
on Friday May 19, 2017 @02:20PM (#14378145)
Apple Pay is a move in that direction. The question is at what point developer and users will abandon their platform.
Re:Apple has told several social-networking apps to disable their ‘tip...
on Friday May 19, 2017 @02:19PM (#14378141)
> have a duopoly on mobile platforms
There ARE dozens of app stores. These two are very very strong ones. The thing is how long Apple and Google and continue to squeeze people until someone will come up with a clever trick to bypass their payment system.
Re:Unemployment in the U.S. Is Falling, So Why Isn’t Pay Rising?
on Friday May 19, 2017 @11:57AM (#14376917)
> ...for the price they are offering.
True. But then question is whether money saved by offering the lower pay is worth the additional productivity brought in by new employee or not. If it is not then it is fair to say there is a shortage of people in Tech industry.
Re:America’s Cars Are Getting Faster and More Efficient
on Thursday May 18, 2017 @06:35PM (#14371650)
The arbitrary speed limits on US highways have hurt US Auto industry and world auto industry a lot in terms of kinds of roads we build and the kind of cars we built.
Imagine how much innovation that could not happen there.
Re:One Step Closer to a Closed Internet
on Thursday May 18, 2017 @03:31PM (#14370332)
Is there any evidence anywhere that non-neutral net actually makes money for ISPs ?
Re:US Household Debt Surpasses 2008 High
on Wednesday May 17, 2017 @08:31PM (#14364017)
Then these people probably should not go to college in first place and instead become plumbers or car mechanics.
Re:US Household Debt Surpasses 2008 High
on Wednesday May 17, 2017 @08:30PM (#14364012)
> Because it doesn't necessarily have to cost that much.
Makes no sense to me. Any person who thinks something is more expensive than it can be; can start his own college and win over the market while making a lot of money.
How can a person claim to know the value of other people's labor ?
Re:US Household Debt Surpasses 2008 High
on Wednesday May 17, 2017 @07:35PM (#14363740)
If it is worth it then why complain so much ?
Re:US Household Debt Surpasses 2008 High
on Wednesday May 17, 2017 @07:21PM (#14363654)
This is one thing about USA I do not understand. Why pay $200K for a degree that can not pay that money off in couple of years ? Just why ?