short-sighted‚ for the reasons I gave above. Maybe Obama is just under too much stress to see the benefits of continued space travel‚ so I’ll give him that. (At least Congress still supports the Constellation program.) Another problem I have with the privatization of space travel is that it will‚ as I said above‚ just turn into competition for contracts from NASA. Private companies are extremely short sighted and for the most part‚ only care about immediate gains. Studying Titan and Europa is not going to
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Privatisation: The Kennett government used privatization as means for reforming Victorian public sector on an unprecedented scale. The purpose of the privatisation program was to bring responsible economic management in government enterprises‚ utilities and operation with greater efficiency‚ accountability and competition. Two leading tools of privatization policy have been the sale of State’s Government Business Enterprises (GBEs) and assets‚ and the contracting out of public services. To provide
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state government. They help with the problem of overcrowding in the prison system lower operating costs and avoid lawsuits targeted at state officials and employees. But not everything is as helpful as it seems. There are a few barriers due to privatization which include old state laws that prohibit private involvement in correctional management‚ strikes by correctional officers and state liability will not transfer to private corrections. Private prison main goal is to profit which means the quality
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Media is a mixed blessing/How ethical is media? Points to be known:- * Media is about all the ways you can get information — books‚ e-media‚ magazines‚ newspapers‚ radio‚ and television. * In present generation media is playing a very important role. * Media is a freedom of speech especially in democratic countries. In Against:- * Media played a big role in getting independence to India as it created awareness in people. * Through media‚ we can know the happenings around
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During the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries‚ the economic theory utilized by Great Britain towards its empire was known as mercantilism. The idea behind mercantilism was to amass wealth through a favorable balance of trade‚ or exporting more goods than were imported. Within the idea of mercantilism‚ the colonies were meant to be a source of raw materials and a market for manufactured products. Even though the mercantile theory seemed to prosper between England and the colonies‚ the underlying
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millions of Canadians ask themselves every day. A large amount of Canadians are concerned with the future of our countries healthcare. Lots of Canadian citizens have different opinions on privatization of healthcare‚ including economist. In this essay I am going to talk about the history involved with privatization of healthcare‚ economic perspectives‚ stakeholders involved‚ positives & negatives‚ and also my own opinion. Canada’s health care system has been one of the main subjects in political
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Royal Mail Privatization According to the Business News on ‘BBC’ which was updated on 8 October 2013‚ the government intended in privatizing Royal Mail as this had been planned for many years. Royal Mail employees have been given 10% of the shares as part of a stock market flotation. Business Secretary Vince Cable described it as “the biggest employee share scheme for almost 30 years”. Meanwhile‚ the public have been given the opportunity to apply to buy shares online until 8 October. An amount
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Is privatization of Social Security the long-term solution to "saving Social Security"? Will you be willing to pay more taxes and give up benefits to save Social Security? “Social Security is a social insurance program officially called "Old-Age‚ Survivors‚ and Disability Insurance" (OASDI)‚” It is funded through a payroll tax that workers pay today for workers who have paid in the past; during their working years. In 2008‚ total benefits of $625 billion were paid out versus income (taxes and
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Women: Blessing‚ curse or victim? What are we turning into? Keeping in mind the distinctive roles or men and women I would like to discuss a few things that have been on my mind for quite some time now. Things aren’t getting better as we can see; the least we can do is to be expressive and raise our voice. I am in no way playing blame games. I just want to get this message across to the world‚ loud and clear. Women in Pakistan are still in the process of discovering their identity. In doing
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Amanda McLain Dr. Harbour POSC 150-05 October 8‚ 2013 Obamacare: Blessing or a Curse? On October 1‚ 2013 insurance exchanges opened for individuals buying their own insurance with assistance from the government. This program commonly referred to‚ as Obamacare is formally known as The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). Since 2009‚ when legislation was still in the debate stage‚ people have been beating down bogus claims about the Affordable Care Act. But in the recent months
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