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Doubtful. Private property includes residential and commercial holdings of people in government.

Again, this works fine until retirement.

I have no notion of where the threshold is, but theoretically there's a point (different for each country's circumstances) at which potential bond buyers have no desire to buy any more, even at higher rates of return (interest) up to whatever ceiling the country thinks it can manage. When that...

This is the actual flaw. What governments might do in future is beside the point and unpredictable. But whenever governments undertake obligations, those already in the business reassess their positions. Insurance companies drop coverages; businesses change plans to reduce costs if they are...

Yes, and that reminds me of another factor. Some units want to have a long look at potential officers before they use up a slot. That means a few years NCM to demonstrate potential, but not necessarily enough time and training to qualify for CFR.

What happens depends on what is built and who is attracted to live there. Most of the time, rezoning for increased density should just increase property values. Nevertheless, where there are losses, they should be compensated. I don't mean that everyone should be able to claim a loss for...

Love me, love me, love me, I'm a liberal.

Reports of attempts to take down a vital bridge foiled by some guy named Horatius.

If you want officer, start with that path. As others have said, CFR is not guaranteed. One of the usual reasons for CFR is to fill need, not because NCMs decide they want to be officers. And in a few cases, regimental politics may impede you.

Not very interesting. They come up with some other mechanism for paying the lender's profit and risk premium, which is all that interest is for, and reportedly the alternatives are all more expensive (because the risk is greater). If it happens that any of the products is actually cheaper, I'd...

Whether or not that's true is irrelevant. Israel may be a colonial project by your lights, but here's the reality from the point of view of some Jews: they were nearly exterminated in much of Europe, and their Arab neighbours tried repeatedly to do something that might have ended up as ethnic...

0. Demilitarization of Iran. Necessary for the other 4, and about as likely as 1, 2, and 3.

Yes, within the constraints of predictable/stable contracts and the associated laws. Yes. If there are real losses to anyone, those should be "socialized". Governments have a bad habit of allowing costs of their policies to be privatized.

Well, there goes the support of much of the left. They hate that "Axis of Evil" stuff.

The market doesn't decide zoning restrictions, which are "the rules" when people buy into a neighbourhood. And then changes are political decisions.

They don't face re-election. What you propose - that people read and listen - may be entirely true. But if "party interests >> country interests", we get the results we see.

It's not exactly the same thing in means. But the ends - things that erode property values - are the same, and that's the point.

That might be all that it is (ie. your case is strong). Example: Adam Schiff (the US House member) was notorious for leaks, mostly untruthful ones, which is why briefings were switched from oral to written (to be able to deny creative interpretations). Obviously declining the information give...

Regardless how well the specific instance fits, the use of classified briefings to muzzle political opponents isn't new and certainly not unknown. As soon as a page is included in a document dump, the material on it is covered. "Oh, that wasn't supposed to be there. Nevertheless, we must...

It's difficult to protect freedoms of conscience and expression. The easy part is to forbid governments from getting involved, and even then people will be pushing the extreme cases, and using "wins" to move the Overton window and start on the next encroachment. Beyond government, the only...