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THanks Brazos. well, now I have another question. WHen does the ball pass from state to national?At one time, the Supreme Court would not have permitted Congress to enact a law such as a foreclosure moratorium, reasoning that it was beyond the power of the federal government. However, beginning with the New Deal and onward, the power of the federal government has expanded, and the Supreme Court has upheld most laws as long as they touch upon some part of interstate commerce. Traditionally, laws governing real property would not have been considered part of interstate commerce, but with the securitization of mortgages, that argument is gone.
Also, where does “equal protection†laws come into play? I was not protected, nor would I be treated in the same manner for not paying my rent, as these non-buyers. And what if a person were removed from their home last Thursday. They may have a reason to bring suit — I mean if the only reason a person is still in their home at this time is because some lazy person at the bank did not get thier file completed on time, but another hard working employee got their work done and that resulted in a non-buyer getting tossed out under the deadline … I think we have an issue.First, equal protection only precludes laws that have "no rational basis" -- which essentially is no prohibition at all -- unless the law singles people out on the basis of race, religion, or gender, at least at the federal level. In CA, sexual orientation is also included. But equal protection has never required that all laws treat everyone the same. A bank not foreclosing, however, does not implicate equal protection. Generally speaking, our constitutional rights only protect us from state action, not actions by private parties. E.g., Patrick deleting your posts would not be a First Amendment violation, because he is not a state actor. Obviously, constitutional law is a bit more complex than the above summary, but these are the basic concepts.
“I’m from the Government and I’m here to help you…†Ironic that the person who uttered those words (sarcastically) was responsible for the biggest increase in government spending in history, only to be outdone by George W. Bush. More like: “I’m from the government and I’m here to bankrupt the country.â€Dont get me started on that. Even today he embraced the same shithole policy from Bush not allowing CREW access to who lobbies to him directly? What f*** change?
THanks Brazos. well, now I have another question. WHen does the ball pass from state to national?At one time, the Supreme Court would not have permitted Congress to enact a law such as a foreclosure moratorium, reasoning that it was beyond the power of the federal government. However, beginning with the New Deal and onward, the power of the federal government has expanded, and the Supreme Court has upheld most laws as long as they touch upon some part of interstate commerce. Traditionally, laws governing real property would not have been considered part of interstate commerce, but with the securitization of mortgages, that argument is gone.
Also, where does “equal protection†laws come into play? I was not protected, nor would I be treated in the same manner for not paying my rent, as these non-buyers. And what if a person were removed from their home last Thursday. They may have a reason to bring suit — I mean if the only reason a person is still in their home at this time is because some lazy person at the bank did not get thier file completed on time, but another hard working employee got their work done and that resulted in a non-buyer getting tossed out under the deadline … I think we have an issue.First, equal protection only precludes laws that have “no rational basis†— which essentially is no prohibition at all — unless the law singles people out on the basis of race, religion, or gender, at least at the federal level. In CA, sexual orientation is also included. But equal protection has never required that all laws treat everyone the same. A bank not foreclosing, however, does not implicate equal protection. Generally speaking, our constitutional rights only protect us from state action, not actions by private parties. E.g., Patrick deleting your posts would not be a First Amendment violation, because he is not a state actor. Obviously, constitutional law is a bit more complex than the above summary, but these are the basic concepts. You need to go back further than the New Deal. The big shift in attitude about federal power happened during the Civil War. Going from "the united states are" to "the united states is" was the massive shift in authority. Everything since then has been incremental. Of course, most of this was inevitable. What we have today is just frustrating -- we have a big federal government that sucks up a lot of money and is responsible for doing a lot, and we still have big state governments doing the same. The amount of redundancy between the two is just staggering. I'd much prefer either state governments with a very thin layer of federal glue to hold them together, or a strong federal government with states mostly being responsible for issues like land use policies. Either way would work equally well from my perspective.
Uh, you're kidding about this right? There is a reason that America (along w/ the West in general) is the CENTER of innovation in the world. Our patent and trademark and system definitely needs work but it is what ALLOWS the small guy to actually be able to beat the big companies. Without that protection innovation would cease. No one will work on anything new and innovative if it can just be stolen.
How many NEW products (ie not modifications of existing technology) has China produced in the last 20 years vs the US?
There's also a whole other discussion about how the West vs East teach their kids which results in different skillsets in this area.
Plus your arguments are contradictory. In one paragraph you say that we need to be more like China and then later you say that govt taking over business doesn't solve the problems. Hello!? In China the govt owns everything.
Riley is correct in that the best ideas are sometimes bought up by big corporations and shelved, usually if the invention in question is a threat to their industry. One example would be the special electric battery designed for the proto-electric car that was bought by one of the big petroleum companies. But I would cite such as examples as more of a shortcoming of free industry - almost a trifle compared to the drudgery of draconian rule, which seems like it would be an impediment to the very fundamentals of invention.
Because of our corruptable form of government,
Holy shit, there's a form of goverment that isn't? Sign me up!
Uh, you’re kidding about this right? There is a reason that America (along w/ the West in general) is the CENTER of innovation in the world. Our patent and trademark and system definitely needs work but it is what ALLOWS the small guy to actually be able to beat the big companies. Without that protection innovation would cease. No one will work on anything new and innovative if it can just be stolen.
Yeah! Who would work on technology if they couldn't prevent people from "stealing" what they're doing? People who want to fix the IP system make me so mad that I almost crash firefox!
Laws must be put in place to make sure that a patent cannot be slightly modified and resubmitted, creating perpetual patents.
That "slight modification" has beem plagueing us for a long time. I can see a patent on a transister, but not on the Darlington Circuit which is really just two transisters stuck together. That Darlington patent is from the early 50's.
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