I'm sure that a lot of books people are assigned to read turn them off of reading, and that's unfortunate. Being home-schooled, I've had a little bit more freedom in book selection, though I actually did read Brave New World last year I liked it all right, but I liked 1984 better. And of course there are some books that I read when younger (like "To Kill a Mockingbird", which I read at 13), that I wouldn't mind reading again at an older age--I'm sure I'd get more out of them.

The USA could change the laws to make this type of tax evasion illegal. There was a loophole used by Apple that let them register in Ireland without paying Irish taxes either, in effect going untaxed on a sizable portion of their income. My ideal solution is to enact pollution taxes and presume everything is made with dirty coal unless proven otherwise. The EPA regulations are a type of proof and EPA inspectors could inspect various factories around the world or allow local governments to inspect for them. If the EPA disallowed tax havens from using their own inspectors and put their priority on inspections behind willing collaborators (who want EPA inspectors), well... you get the point. I know that the Netherlands is a really clean/green/eco-friendly country but a 5-year punitive pollution tax (since many countries would probably opt to use American inspectors) could get tax havens under control along with polluters.

If the percentage of working-age persons in the USA who are women is the same as the percentage of minimum-wage workers who are women, that proves nothing about the wage gap. Also men earn no more than 10% above women in the same field for equivalent jobs with equivalent non-monetary benefits and can be as high as 2% in the female workers' favors in certain (STEM+Med) fields. The media is responsible for all the issues (it loves to blame on corporations and governments) because advertising reinforces gender roles. FYI, elementary school teachers and social workers are paid far less than engineers. Corporations are wasting money on outsourcing (offshore) and insourcing (visas) foreign engineers, that both corporations and governments are investing billions on encouraging more children to pursue STEMM fields, especially girls.   Did you watch my video? I am not mongering fear; I'm rather satisfied with technological innovations. I just hope this puts more money into skilled or educated workers instead of lining the pockets of the Elites or worse (decreasing the purchasing power of workers through tax breaks & subsidies for the rich and public assistance for the non-workers). There will never be an increase in total quantity of man-made work in the USA. The only way to increase percentage is through destruction (economic collapse, bad economic policy, or war). Many people love working with technology and enjoying higher quality of lives than their manual laborer parents (or grandparents). Excuse me while I do my engineering homework while sipping a 500mL triple shot Mayan Mocha from Briggo.