I’ve been hesitant to post any more of my meeting records since the last one inexplicably disappeared, but today’s discussion was (in my unqualified opinion) a good one, so I’m going to put it up lest it appear I have been shirking my secretarial duties. This week’s topic: Network neutrality.
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JN: Basically, proponents of net neutrality [...]
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Meeting Overview 04/01/08
Published by April 1st, 2008 in Meeting Records and Technology & Innovation. Closed[ This post fell victim to a continuing security problem at Awkward Utopia. ]
Meeting Overview 02/05/08
Published by February 24th, 2008 in Meeting Records and Policy. 8 CommentsI apologize for my abysmal performance in (not) getting these records up. For this entry, I’ll be availing myself of my right, in the name of expediency, to summarize (rather than transcribe) a meeting’s contents. The topic: the Fair Tax.
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VR began by explaining the Fair Tax as “a piece of legislation drafted by Congressman John [...]
This week’s topic: illegal immigration.
FC: This issue has become political ping-pong. I’m all for it.
Gabriel : With respect to the illegals who are already here, certain candidates have suggested deportation. I think the lesser of evils would be to grant them amnesty. Anything else (eg. building a wall across the entire border) would be [...]
Meeting Overview 11/27/07
Published by November 28th, 2007 in Law, Meeting Records and Technology & Innovation. 3 CommentsThis week’s topic: Intellectual Property Rights & Music Piracy
AB: Anybody who illegally downloads [here, d/l's] music should have his computer forfeited and be sent to jail. Without a trial.
MM: That’s a bit harsh. Lawsuits count the songs people have illegally distributed and fine them that way. That sounds good, although it overstates their losses.
SC: The [...]
Meeting Overview 11/13/07
Published by November 15th, 2007 in Meeting Records, UES and University of Florida. 4 CommentsI really have almost nothing from this week’s meeting, so instead I’m posting our article for the Warrington Times:
Another eventful year is barreling to a close for the University Economics Society.
Last spring, UES said goodbye to its graduating seniors, to include outgoing President Mike Redondo. Under the direction of Acting President Matt Masten, the summer [...]
Meeting Overview 11/06/07
Published by November 9th, 2007 in Education, Meeting Records and Miscellaneous. 4 CommentsThis week’s topic: college loans.
AB: The increasing interest rates will have an impact on the economy because, for example, less people will be able to take low-paying teaching positions, and more people will have to wait before purchasing a home. The cost has far outpaced inflation.
JN: It’s not that big a deal. Sure, it delays [...]
This week’s topic: Global Warming and Gore’s Peace Prize
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Jimmy G: There is fuzzy math/faulty logic employed in giving Gore a Peace Prize.
Harsha: Correction: He only won $700,000.
FC: According to Colbert, the market has spoken. The movie made money, global warming [gw] is real.
MM: The prize was political in nature. What has Al Gore done [...]
This week’s topic: Roam Towing.
MM: We have a conflict, because we all hate towers, but we also hate regulations. But when you park on private property you are subject to the owner’s policies, which are posted there on signs.
BL: As an anarcho-libertarian capitalist, you would probably be happy if property owners had the ability to [...]
Meeting Overview 10/02/07
Published by October 8th, 2007 in International Affairs, Meeting Records and Policy. 0 CommentsThis week’s topic: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s speech, and how to deal with Iran.
We began with debates over such questions as: What is terrorism? Who has been the bigger supporter of terrorism, Iran or Iraq? In what country does the most terrorism take place? And ultimately: Should we attack Iran, and should we have let [...]
Meeting Overview 09/25/07, Part II
Published by October 5th, 2007 in Education, Meeting Records and Policy. 5 CommentsNow that we’ve seen what the state is hoping to do in the realm of property tax reform, and why, let’s turn our attention to just exactly how these changes will impact the funding of our schools. This past Tuesday, Dr. Dewey took time away from grading tests to speak with me about this problem. [...]
Meeting Overview 09/25/07, Part I
Published by September 28th, 2007 in Education, Meeting Records and Policy. 1 CommentThis week, UES welcomed Dr. Dewey of UF’s Bureau of Economic and Business Research to our meeting. He spoke on the topic of Florida’s proposed property tax reforms and their relation to education financing. With his permission and in lieu of our usual meeting minutes, I’ve decided to turn this topic into a pseudo-scholarly project [...]
Meeting Overview 09/18/07
Published by September 19th, 2007 in Americas and Meeting Records. 0 CommentsThis week’s topic: A North American [here, NA for convenience] Union
BL: Whackos on the Right are concerned about a “loss of sovereignty” that would result from a union between Canada, the United States and Mexico. For example, they think NAFTA subsumes our independence.
Mark: How would a NA Union be different from NAFTA?
BL: It would be [...]
This week’s topic: Universal Healthcare!
Amanda B: Healthcare [here, HC for the sake of convenience] is a basic human right.
Dardan T: HC is NOT a basic human right. Something that must be paid for can not be called a right.
Harsha: That depends on the country. It would be difficult to make HC a right in [...]
Meeting Overview 8/28/07
Published by September 1st, 2007 in Economics, Meeting Records and Policy. 1 CommentLet me start by saying that I was excited to see unfamiliar faces participating in this week’s discussion. So long as that remains the case, though, detailed note-taking is going to be somewhat impractical. Assuming there are no objections, I’d like to plan to post brief summaries of certain weeks’ topics and the various arguments [...]
