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    Why Concern Over Targeted Ads?
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    Why Concern Over Targeted Ads?

    Robert Hamill 27 Mar 201814 Oct 20241 Comment

    For the sake of elections based on facts, dark advertising must be brought into the light.

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    Representation Must Match Votes
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    Representation Must Match Votes

    Robert Hamill 14 Mar 201830 Nov 20234 Comments

    Pennsylvanian House representation (13 R, 5 D) reflected the views of the minority, not the majority.

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    Elections
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    Elections

    Robert Hamill 10 Mar 201828 Dec 2023Leave a comment

    This cluster of political posts examines our election process. How well does it support majority rule in the United States?

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    Flash Mob and the Social Contract
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    Flash Mob and the Social Contract

    Robert Hamill 20 Jan 201830 Nov 20234 Comments

    ... every US citizen should have an equal opportunity to achieve success and prosperity. If people grow up without that equal opportunity, it

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    Status Quo and Political Inertia
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    Status Quo and Political Inertia

    Robert Hamill 19 Jan 201830 Nov 2023Leave a comment

    Status quo is the political inertia of social sciences. To change any situation, force must be applied.

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    The Invisible Hand’s Scar
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    The Invisible Hand’s Scar

    Robert Hamill 10 Jan 201830 May 20222 Comments

    We all pay more for less when enterprises violate the integrity of the free market.

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    Missing Side of Budget Debates
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    Missing Side of Budget Debates

    Robert Hamill 17 Dec 201726 Jan 20253 Comments

    In making budgetary decisions, the change in net worth is at least as important as a yearly deficit.

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    Bottom-Up Tax Cut
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    Bottom-Up Tax Cut

    Robert Hamill 14 Nov 201726 Jan 2025Leave a comment

    Tax Cuts. Bottom Up, not Top Down

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    Three-Tier Architecture
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    Three-Tier Architecture

    Robert Hamill 22 Oct 201729 May 2022Leave a comment

    My tool kit programs were mostly restricted to individual tiers. In debugging, there now are less moving parts to confuse any issue.

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    Gas Explosion and Speed of Recovery
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    Gas Explosion and Speed of Recovery

    Robert Hamill 26 Sep 201730 May 2022Leave a comment

    Probably two years before the replacement townhouses are ready for occupancy. Such is the speed (or lack thereof) for an isolated disaster. Unfortunately, that is…

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    Tabulators separate ballots into piles for each presidential candidate during a recount in Dane County (Wis.) on December 1, 2016 in Madison, Wisconsin. (Getty)