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A 20% corporate tax rate would be nothing all that special. Solid business ecosystems can be found in many places. And money moves across borders quite fast and easy nowadays at the touch of a button. As to nationalisation, some of the US actions during the bailouts did hint something to that...

Would this thread be a good place to discuss the relative merits of the republican proposals, as outlined in the article?

You mean to tell me the US military uses toilet paper when out on maneuvres? If not, then fall back to your training, soldier.

That's a rather interesting platform to run with. I do wonder if it is more about energising the base than an actual plan of how to manage public affairs, though. Of course, I lack sufficient knowledge of US/Texas domestic politics to accurately evaluate whether parties there are really...

Most people would agree that, other things being equal, a worker who puts in more man hours is more valuable to the company, and more likely to get a raise or promotion or something.

As you said, the logic is the same, but I might go quite far in saying the two cases are very much the same. For an employer, hiring is an investment where they purchase the skills and time of the employee, in return for a salary. The company is essentially buying a service, so I'd say they are...

I do like this thinking when it is applied to society or intra-group mechanics in general. It's the reason why I for instance give to charity and pay a little higher taxes to provide basic welfare, if the alternative is a rocketing crime rate or the least well-off section of society dying on the...

I think the point I'm trying to make is a fairly simple one. A male worker statistically will provide an employer with more man-hours than a female due to parental issues, and this imbalance will be pronounced in the ~10 years after graduation when women generally have babies. Say ages 25-35...

Irrelevant as to there being a difference between men and women quitting their jobs. Not irrelevant as to how a maternity/paternity leave affects the employer. As I said, that's the way it is here and I believe in most places. If you can honestly claim that in your country (which is, by the...

Yes, women never quit their jobs... An employee taking two weeks off is nothing a robust enough organisation can't handle. An employee taking 3-10 months off requires recruiting and training somebody to fill in for them. Please clarify the point you are making. Do you think I'm off base?

Didn't miss, actually. As you can read from my quote of your post, I was focussing on the 'no reason to pay a woman different than a man' part.

While I agree with you on moral grounds, I suppose the practise depends on the system and how it is used. Over here, when a couple has a child, the employer of the mother stands to lose more than the employer of the father (maternity leave 3 months, paternity leave 1-18 days). Any other optional...

So the guy at the top changes. Business as usual for the rest of us. Well, costs in China will rise in time, of course. But I'm sure the employees are currently getting paid what their contract says, which would be the market rate for what their skills are worth there. I'm not sure it is...

I guess that's the way it is then, at least for the current while. Does sound a bit excessive to me, though. It might be difficult enough as it is for Europe to dig it's way out of this hole and improve productivity, even without an effective ~10% increase in health-related absences from work.

Frown: an expression of displeasure - noun.

Beware, for too much interest in the moon will turn you into a loon.

By repeating what has already been said, you make the discussion go round and round. As restitution for the fault, like the Jew of Venice we demand flesh, but merely a pound.

Yet your interest has awoken, and you find yourself bound.

Like faeries of legend, hide inside a mound.

*sigh*