RE: Do IT consultants have a right to reuse software?
Damn right I do have a right. I wrote it. I thought it up. So long as I didnt copy it or steal it from someone else, then its my brain that came up with it. I'd like to see someone tell me that my...
View ArticleThe ugly realities
With many employers, you sign away your "rights" to your work product as a condition of employment. This usually means any code you write for them.In fact, many tech firms over the last few years have...
View ArticleSample contract wording:
One of our readers named Josh sent me the following wording from his contracts. He didn't want to post it himself for fear of having to act as an attorney to answer questions. Here it is:Code Reuse and...
View ArticleCorporate Hold On Power
We are told that unions are bad by Corporations ( who spin the news ) because they give power back to the workers. Remember, we are in a fear-based economy. Oh, don't fight for decent wages and...
View ArticleI'm sorry, but are we living in the same country?
It?s not as though unions in this country have not been playing the same game. For examples, they?ve been very effective at getting the media to parrot their line against non-union companies such as...
View ArticleAnd one last point...
Do you honestly think that you'd be any more "free" under a purely socialist system than you are now? At least now you can quit your corporate job if you are feeling oppressed. You can?t ?quit? the...
View ArticleI hardly need to reply...
... you did such a good job, John.I'll add one more thought. Yes, private enterprise will screw you over in any way they can to make money. But does anyone believe that government or union control can...
View ArticleClarification
"Your comment over socialized medicine makes no sense" Kind of. Pharmaceutical and Insurance companies oppose it. Others oppose paying for it. My previous employer cut health care benefits in 2007 and...
View ArticleThe state does such a good job with the post office and the DMV...
...so why shouldn't they be in charge of my health as well??Kind of. Pharmaceutical and Insurance companies oppose it. Others oppose paying for it.?Of course they oppose it. They see little future for...
View ArticleFine examples of how "Socialized Education" is working
The other day, I said that "50% of those who do graduate are functionally illiterate". Well, I apologize; I was wrong. In some districts, it's closer to 75%:...
View ArticleI agree, but...
... the existing system is also broken. We pay out the nose for insurance that covers almost nothing. The insurance companies are making a killing off the fear engendered by the rare cases of extreme...
View ArticleGive the funding to the private sector ..
.. and reward them for doing a good job. Replace them if they screw up.I do not see why it cannot be that simple.I have lived with a national health service (NHS) and now live with private health care...
View ArticleThe current system is "broken" because...
...for the most part you are not the customer for insurance and health care. For most people, their employer is. Providers are not responsive to the end consumer because they not the customer. Whoever...
View ArticleI buy my own insurance direct
... from the insurance company.I can tell you, I was better off for the five years that I had no insurance whatsoever. But I was single then. I was willing to take the chance that I could get toasted...
View ArticleThe current system is "broken" because...
...for the most part you are not the customer for insurance and health care. This is what I am discovering to be true. I have been working in the health insurance industry (in the US) for about 9...
View ArticleChip, it sounds like you are then amongst the few who understand...
...how expensive health care really is. Most people really do not, since they are so far insulated from it beyond some line-item deduction on their paystub and a $20 co-pay.With the exception of a few...
View ArticlePreaching to the choir
I know that government-run health care would probably be more costly in the long run and provide less service. That's not what I want.I sincerely hope lmunday is correct in saying that free-market...
View ArticleWant to know what it feels like to be a slave?
We just might find out:The more the government gets involved, the more enslaved we will become to politicians. Once the system is ?socialized?, then as a country we will literally be held hostage, just...
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