They understand that banks had caused the 2008 crisis; but then they saw billions going to save the banks, and trivial amounts to save their homes and jobs.
The City Council president, Eric Garcetti, who represents the Hollywood neighborhood, said his office had been frustrated in efforts to get studios to donate even small amounts to save a popular Hollywood Christmas parade.
One might expect that, relative to other activities, digesting cooked foods as opposed to raw can't amount to saving that much energy.
Achieving that, and perhaps rebooting the International Monetary Fund, may not quite amount to saving the world; but it would be a start.
Through a series of quizzes that present unpalatable options that amount to saving or sacrificing yourself — and the lives of fellow passengers who may be family members — to spare others, the researchers, not surprisingly, found that people would rather stay alive.
(For perspective, a 30percentt reduction in the annual $80 billion federal IT budget would amount to saving taxpayers $24 billion per year).
Using what Arnold describes as a "dynamic intelligence algorithm," Clinc promises to track your current account spending and analyse the results to find the optimum amount to save each month, which is then automatically deposited into your Clinc savings account underpinned by the startup's partner bank.
"Forty dollars is an appreciable amount to save," he said.
Indeed, a survey conducted this year by the American Animal Hospital Association found that 47percentt of pet owners surveyed would spend any amount to save a pet's life.
By choosing "new bill" users will be able to set the amount to save and due date for the bill.
