Society
Exploring "Why" questions about Society
481 articles
Why does a taxi license cost €240,000 in France?
Taxi medallions in NYC are nearly $1M. The reason they are so expensive is that cities limit the number of taxis that are allowed to operate. They don't want 500 cabs clogging the streets if 100 can g
Why they don’t teach how to do taxes, credit cards, insurance(health and auto), loans, investments in general public schools.
They teach the underlying skills you need to figure these things out on your own. Reading comprehension, a bit of research, and some basic math is all you really need to figure out how all this stuff
Why do some really popular reddit posts suddenly lose thousands of upvotes?
There's an algorithm in place to equalize stupidly high karma scores; i imagine the intent is to prevent hugely popular posts from dominating the front page for more than a few hours. gotta keep the c
Why is the Swiss National Bank saying it will buy all other currencies in unlimited quantities? ELI5
The Swiss Franc is actually too strong verses other currencies right now. This sounds like it would be a good thing and too a degree it is but Switzerland relies on exports as a major part of its econ
Why is College in America so expensive?
Government subsidies. As the government has increased aid for tuition (10x as much is spent helping students as in 1960), the colleges have factored this aid in and [raised their prices accordingly](_
Why does the government tax income much more heavily than spending?
Because the economy runs on spending not on earning. So we want to reward spending and encourage it. There is no reason for the government to encourage earning more money.
Why does the Westboro Baptist Church pickets funerals?
When people do very rude things, it makes a lot of people angry. And it gets a lot of attention from the news. Westboro Baptist Church wants attention, because they are trying to get people to listen
Why do Americans that get angry about the Government spending money on social services often not care about the massive amounts spent on the military?
Most do care about the massive amnt of money spent onthe military. Your premise is flawed.
Why Adam Lanza’s school and house were torn down?
It's not really unheard of for such structures to be torn down. Ariel Castro's house was torn down as a [stipulation to his plea bargain](_URL_0_). It's just a way for those involved or otherwise clos
Why can’t people withdraw their money from a bank that goes bankrupt? Specifically those regular savings accounts? That supposedly have no such risk as it’s a saving, not an investment.
Any money you put into a bank they use to lend to others. If they go bankrupt then they have absolutely nothing left and your money is gone