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There have been several different budgets mentioned in this line of discussion. You initially talked here about "the budget proposed by the Obama administration that was unanimously voted down in the Senate." When Sentios asked for clarification, you said, "I was referring to this one, actually: http://www.newenglandcouncil.com/assets ... -Final.pdf" If you instead want to talk about the one voted down in the House, that was actually a Republican proposal intended as a political stunt very much like the one in Sentios's link above. As for your most recent link, that's the same event described in the article Sentios linked earlier, which includes this bit: "Just as they did in March in the House of Representatives, Republicans forced a vote on a bill that was supposed to resemble the president's budget, but wasn't actually the president's budget. A Republican Senator submitted it, and called for the vote." Why did they do that? So that people would talk about "Obama's budget" being rejected unanimously as if that was actually what had happened. So I'm still curious about what budget / vote you're talking about.Rough Giraffe wrote:I was referring to the vote in February of this year, in which the House of Representatives voted down Obama's budget 414-0. But actually, it turns out there's a more recent vote on it. Here: http://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2012/05/16/breaking_the_senate_rejects_obamas_horrific_budget_990Valhallen wrote:I'm still curious about which budget you're talking about (the one which was unanimously voted down in the Senate, if it's not the one in Sentios's link), since the one described in the New England Council review never made it to a vote.
It is not imagined. It is unprecedented.Rough Giraffe wrote:I find it rather telling that although the House and Senate Democrats want to try and call out the Repubicans on some kind of imagined obstructionism,
So since the FY2010 budget, you don't think there have been budgets passed? Yet money continues to be spent, and the government hasn't shut down. Perhaps that's because budgets actually have been passed. Just not the Democratic proposals, because Republicans control the House and enough of the Senate to hold the country hostage. Don't you remember all those fights where Democrats caved almost entirely to Republican budgetary demands to avoid various manufactured catastrophes?Rough Giraffe wrote:that they haven't been able to propose or pass an actual budget since 2009. They've all voted no on nearly every budget the GOP presents; how's that for obstructionism?
Rough Giraffe wrote:I most certainly did. You don't have to link it again, I got the idea the first time. Perhaps you're just not grasping my point.Valhallen wrote:When I link something to support my points, it's not just to fill space or to look pretty in purple. I'd appreciate it if you would carefully consider what they say.
Nothing that they told their employees is illegal or even immoral. They simply issued a warning to their employees regarding what they may do or might have to do if President Obama's policies (tax hikes, expensive regulations, etc.) are put in place. The fact that a few employees felt "threatened" is inconsequential. If Mr. Seigel wants to close his company and move to the Bahamas, that's his right. And it's a direct result of excessive taxation. Now we're getting first-hand evidence why it's such a bad thing.
I wasn't arguing legality. In case you missed it:Rough Giraffe wrote:But anyway, as regards to employers telling their employees that if Obama's policies go through they may lose their jobs, if were related to party affiliation (i.e., "Vote Republican or you're fired"), I would agree that it is fucked up--and possibly illegal.
I have been pointing out that something you described as "fucked up" (which I interpreted as a criticism of the morality involved) has actually been going on. If you carefully read the links I gave, or even the excerpts I posted earlier, you would see that threats have actually been made along partisan lines, and some companies have given employees lists of approved candidates (who all happen to belong to a particular party).The third link wrote:Bosses have little to fear from knowingly misinforming or threatening workers during election season. Calculated and determined efforts at worker intimidation are as brazen as ever this year. Professor Ferguson notes that the waning power of unions, along with non-enforcement of laws, has emboldened employers. CEOs are feeling quite comfortable putting their intimidation efforts into writing and making them public. There is no federal election law that specifically blocks bosses from telling workers they could lose their jobs if they vote for a particular person.
As for "getting first-hand evidence why [excessive taxation] is such a bad thing," consider David Siegel and his company, the subjects of the first link I gave about this. Supposedly, if Romney weren't elected, Siegel might have to downsize his company (which had just had its best year ever) or even close it and retire. In the real world, not only has Siegel not downsized his company, he recently gave a blanket 5% raise to his employees. Since events have conformed more to my statements than Siegel's in this matter, will you reconsider your thoughts on the new relationship between corporate personhood and political speech?
As it happens, the recent fiscal cliff deal includes an increase in the top rate. If the next year has more revenue from the personal income tax than this last year, I don't want you to ever again claim that cutting taxes increases revenue or that raising taxes reduces revenue without first presenting evidence to BR or myself and getting approval to do so on a case by case basis. Deal? Or do you not want to stake a claim against reality's well-known liberal bias? Because I'm getting tired of repeating myself.Rough Giraffe wrote:If Obama wants to raise taxes, we're going to see a significant drop in revenue in the first year.
Aggregate demand is the total demand for goods and services in an economy. I'm not sure what you're getting at with saying that it "affects" people differently, but if you read that link, you will see the formulation that aggregate demand = consumption (just about everyone, with lower-income people spending more of their incomes here) + investment (where wealthier people and corporations tend to spend more) + government spending (which is actually itself consumption and investment) + net exports (which accounts for consumption of domestic goods elsewhere and foreign goods here). Note that savings are not a part of this. By way of banks, savings can be used for consumption and investment, but that only works when there is sufficient demand to justify either. In recessions, savings rates tend to increase, reducing aggregate demand and amplifying the recession. Also, the propensity to save increases with income, so a given amount of money distributed among low-income people increases aggregate demand more than if that money were distributed among high-income people.Rough Giraffe wrote:As I understand it, aggregate demand is a macro-economic concept, which affects middle and higher-income business owners the most.Valhallen wrote:Ironically, despite the protests of the people writing these memos, Obama's policies would be better for business, as Romney's proposed cuts in spending and social services would reduce aggregate demand.
A recession is itself a macroeconomic concept. Microeconomics deals with individual households and firms (whatever their income level). Macroeconomics is what you get when you consider a lot of households and firms acting together to form an economy. So it's not that microeconomic factors don't have anything to do with recessions, but in discussions of recessions, what causes them, and how to fix them, it is macroeconomic factors that are directly applicable. E.g. if the discussion is about the actions of Lehman Brothers that led to its bankruptcy, it's microeconomics. If the discussion is about the actions of the financial sector that led to the recent recession, it's macroeconomics. Because Lehman Brothers' actions were so big and influential, both micro and macro concepts can be discussed in the same context, but there is still a difference in the level of aggregation involved, which affects what factors are in play for particular entities.Rough Giraffe wrote:Recessions---such as the one we are in---are caused by a number of micro-economic factors, as they affect middle and lower-income households more greatly.
A note on this regarding recessions. Technically, a recession in most contexts these days refers to a contraction in GDP for at least two successive quarters. As such, a recession could in principle mostly involve economic troubles of higher-income households. It's just that recessions in the real world usually affect lower-income people the most, as you said.
Decoupling health insurance from employment would be good for the labor market, but some ways of doing it are better than others. A single-payer system would remove the direct costs from businesses, immediately giving a large reduction in operating expenses (thereby increasing their global competitiveness) while having national risk sharing and price bargaining for the best possible economies of scale and systemic efficiency. Romney's proposal would remove the tax deduction for group (i.e. employer) health insurance, with the idea that many individuals would switch to high-deductible personal plans (and receive some kind of tax favor for doing so). This would have several drawbacks. The move from group to individual plans gives purchasers less bargaining power, which is a recipe for higher premiums. The stickiness of wages combined with cutting benefits which must be replaced out of pocket reduces discretionary income, reducing private consumption and the economy's aggregate demand. The emphasis on high-deductible plans, lack of guaranteed issue, and no insurance mandate shift costs to those least able to afford it and discourage preventative care. And Romney didn't give enough details to determine whether or not his proposals would actually be capable of functionally decoupling health insurance from employment. Private insurers don't want a single payer system, but they weren't very enthusiastic about Romney's plan either.Rough Giraffe wrote:Romney's policies appear to be targeting not just the problems at the top end, but also the problems of lower-income households, including---something I note that you advocated in another post---the decoupling of employee health insurance plans from the labor market. Often, these problems are things that go hand-in-hand. Would that not be better for both employers and employees alike due to increased flexibility in the job market?
No. As I've mentioned before, business income taxes are applied to profits, and the money that goes to pay employees is not profit but a tax-deductible business expense. Businesses usually try to hire the right number of people to meet the demand they face (in order to be most profitable - see microeconomics), and the tax rate that the profit is subject to does not change that consideration. This is another point we've gone over several times.Rough Giraffe wrote:Also there's the fact that if employers are taxed higher, as Obama desires them to be, wouldn't that make it harder for them to hire more employees (thus lessening the overall burden of unemployment on the society) and still maintain their profits? If nothing else, wouldn't that hurt businesses more?
Government spending is a basic component of aggregate demand. If the government cuts spending while the private parts of the economy remain the same, the economy's aggregate demand falls, and the economy contracts (perhaps going into a recession, as was the concern with the fiscal cliff). Tying the overall performance of the economy to particular sectors can be complex, but in this case, the demand for real estate and timeshares aligns rather closely with the overall performance of the economy, so a policy that is good for the economy as a whole would very likely be good for David Siegel's company.Rough Giraffe wrote:When you say it would reduce aggregate demand if he cut spending (reducing government waste and subsidies/tax breaks to businesses, etc.), and social services (reforming Medicare and Social Security, etc.) are you simply calling into question whether these policies would help or hurt businesses, or are you hinting at something else?
What prompted me to think that was the original budget proposal which put Ryan on the national political map as the Republican budget guy. Look on pages vi and 57. Elimination of taxes on capital gains, interest, dividends, and estates. After people got wind that it would almost completely eliminate the tax burdens of people like Mitt Romney, Ryan proposed the version you linked to, which does not mention capital gains taxes apart from their being a bad thing.Rough Giraffe wrote:Considering that what you mentioned about cutting the capital gains tax is completely false... then no.Valhallen wrote:Look at the situation in the first link, for example. David Siegel is the boss of a real estate and time share business, and like the rest of the real estate sector, his company took a large hit in the housing / financial crash before Obama was elected. Now, they're doing better than ever:If this is so, why would he tell his employees to vote for Romney? Perhaps because Ryan's proposed cutting of the capital gains tax rate to zero would eliminate nearly all of Siegel's tax obligations, netting him personally more money even if his company would not do as well as it would under Obama. Does any of this prompt you to reconsider your thoughts on the new relationship between corporate personhood and political speech?David Siegel, last week wrote:Westgate is operating at the highest profit levels in the history of the company,
Eliminating the Capital Gains tax is not a stipulation of the Ryan plan. I don't know what prompted you to think that, but perhaps you'd like to take a look at the actual plan proposed by Ryan and point out where it says that the Capital gains tax will be eliminated?
Spoiler: It doesn't.
This is nearly the same language used to describe it as in the original 2010 proposal. The difference is that the 2012 proposal doesn't describe what policies would follow from that statement, when it's pretty clear what he's getting at (while campaigning, Ryan simply refused to say what he would propose regarding capital gains taxes). So since Ryan actually HAS proposed cutting the capital gains tax rate to zero, have my statements prompted you to reconsider your thoughts on the new relationship between corporate personhood and free speech?The 'Blueprint' 2012 proposal you linked wrote:Raising taxes on capital is another idea that purports to affect the wealthy but actually hurts all participants in the economy. Mainstream economics, not to mention common sense, teaches that raising taxes on any activity generally results in less of it. Economics and common sense also teach that the size of a nation's capital stock — the pool of saved money available for investment and job creation — has an effect on employment, productivity, and wages. Tax reform should promote savings and investment because more savings and more investment mean a larger stock of capital available for job creation. That means more jobs, more productivity, and higher wages for all American workers.
And the 2001 tax cuts came into effect for Fiscal Year 2002, which began on October 1, 2001. You were saying?Rough Giraffe wrote:Ah, I apologize. I should have been more specific. I was talking about late 2001, when congress actually began spending more than it took in. Post-9/11. Please excuse me.Valhallen wrote:That's not what happened in 2001. In 2001, the tech bubble was deflating, resulting in some economic disruption (without 9/11 and its economic fallout, it probably wouldn't have technically qualified as a recession, but it was still a major issue at the time).Rough Giraffe wrote:What happens when congress starts spending BEYOND the surplus, and we have a deficit again (as happened in 2001)?
I'm suggesting that it did something like this. It wasn't the only thing Bush did to expand the deficit, but it was an important thing. Also, the Bush tax cuts on capital gains*, dividends**, and the estate tax*** were rather larger percentage-wise than the cuts on personal income (where that 4.6% reduction to the top bracket represented an 11.6% reduction in taxes owed in that bracket). The most optimistic estimate I've seen for the budgetary effects of the 2001 cut was $1.1T in reduced revenue over the originally-planned run. So will you stop claiming that the Bush tax cuts raised revenue and acknowledge that they significantly lowered it? Do you have any evidence to support your point besides a misguided interpretation of the Laffer Curve?Rough Giraffe wrote:Top tax rates were cut from a 39.5% to 35%. What exactly and how much did a 4.5% drop in taxes supposedly harm? Considering that by the end of the fiscal year, before 9/11, as you said, the economy was doing pretty well and basically coming off of a high. A 4.5% drop wouldn't have done what you are suggesting it did.Valhallen wrote:The government was still running a surplus, and instead of directing it toward paying off the debt as Clinton had proposed, it was decided that a tax cut would be preferable by way of stimulating the economy. However, the supply-side tax cuts in a demand-loss period of economic difficulty not only turned the surplus into a deficit, they failed to stimulate the economy.
*20% to 15% (25% reduction)
**39.6% to 15% (62% reduction)
***55% to 45% (18% reduction)
See, the thing about a scatter plot is that the data points are scattered to represent raw data, and the presence or absence of any trends may not be immediately apparent (you can see that the ones towards the right tend to be a bit higher than the ones on the left though, right?). One way to extract trends from raw data like that is to use regression analysis to find a curve that fits the data reasonably well. When you do that for GDP growth vs. top tax rate, you get something like this, where an analysis of the data for most of the last century says that a top rate in the sixties correlates with the best growth. Note the descriptions of the strength of this correlation, where the models described predict about a sixth to a third of the variance in GDP. So while there are definitely other factors involved, there is apparently an identifiable relationship (whatever its causes may be) between the top tax rate and GDP growth.Rough Giraffe wrote:Actually they don't seem to correlate with growth of any kind at all. Regarding the scatter plot, the data points are all over the place without any actual trend. The data does not actually support that claim. Rather, I think a multitude of other economic factors are involved,Valhallen wrote: W. Bush's administration had the worst growth since Hoover's (And also the second lowest top marginal income tax rate since Hoover's. HW Bush had the lowest top rate and the second worst growth.).Probably, and no, at least not a hard limit. The rates should reflect the circumstances of the situation at hand and the priorities of the government / society. Just to point out how remote concerns involving the downslope of the Laffer curve are, consider this: In 1942, when the top income tax rate was 88% (near its highest ever), the real GDP growth rate was 18.5% (its highest ever). The top rate was over 90% for nearly twenty years following that (initially in order to deal with the deficit and debt from WWII), and those years overall had unusually good growth by the standards of the century. Consider that all years since the Great Depression with 10% or better real annual growth had a top rate above 60%, and all but three of the years with 5% or better had a top rate of 70% or more. In the real world, not only do much higher top marginal rates than at present not impair the economy, they correlate with better growth.Rough Giraffe wrote:Are we going to raise taxes again? Should there be an upper limit for taxation?
For reference, I first linked to that analysis here over a year and a half ago, and it seems that you have not yet read it seriously. This is what I've been getting at with my statements that I don't really care what of my arguments you respond to if your time is limited, but I ask that whatever arguments you do make are solid. If you don't read what I link or address what I actually say when making statements specifically defeated by what you are replying to, I feel compelled to explode things like this to explain things more clearly.
Look at what I've actually said*. I didn't say that increased taxation was a definitive positive influence, I said that a much higher top marginal income tax rate than at present (particularly around 60-70%) correlates with better economic growth. There is an important saying about statistics, that correlation does not imply causation. As I've mentioned before, it's not that a higher top tax rate magically triggers better growth, but that things associated with a high top rate (encouraging productive investment, reducing income inequality, lowering the low-income tax burden, and major infrastructure spending) are themselves good for growth. There is another consideration in statistics, that causation usually does imply correlation. So while the information I've presented doesn't conclusively prove that higher top tax rates cause better economic growth, it does disprove the inverse, that higher top tax rates harm economic growth. So please don't make that argument any more.Rough Giraffe wrote:and I don't see increased government taxation as a definitive positive influence.
The conclusions you draw from these graphs appears to only take partial data and accept it as the whole picture. It's like you're taking examples when we had peace (lower demand for goods and services) and lower taxes, then we have a war and everyone's rushing to produce products to support the country while congress hikes taxes to pay for the war effort, and you say "look, higher taxes means better growth."
As for the rest of what you said there, it's nice that you agree that governments can increase spending and raise taxes (to pay for that spending) while stimulating economic growth. The ability of Keynsian economics to explain what happens during wars AND peace, booms AND busts, is why it rose to prominence and why its formulation of aggregate demand and supply underlies modern macroeconomic models. If your model of the effects of a high top tax rate doesn't apply to large swaths of history**, perhaps it's time to get a new model. Also, keep in mind that we do have a war now.
*Seriously, we've been going over the same stuff for quite a while. Please have a look at that post
**I could color points on that scatterplot to identify major wars. There have been plenty of peacetime years with both a higher top rate and better growth than the last decade.
Then we'd have a deficit again, only one which would be easy to solve by cutting spending to previous levels (as opposed to the current situation where bringing previous tax levels back would mostly fix things, now that the wars are winding down). From your statements on this topic, you seem to regard it as axiomatic that the government will respond to a surplus by increasing spending, so therefore closing deficits by increasing revenue is pointless. Let's look at the last surplus we had. Clinton's tax increase and good economy shrunk deficits and eventually produced a surplus, which he proposed using to pay down the debt. When W. Bush came into office, he thought it was more important to use the surplus to cut taxes. Then, when major new expenses came along, he opted to let them increase the deficit rather than raise taxes to pay for them. That was neither inevitable nor caused by the same people who established the policies that produced the surplus. In your and my lifetimes, Democrats have been the party of fiscal responsibility, and Republicans have been the party of spending without regard to the state of the budget. Even if Democrats tend to want robust government services paid for by highly progressive taxation.Rough Giraffe wrote:Also, you did not answer my question. Let's say we raise taxes and it abolishes the deficit. Let's say that we are taxing at the rate indicated by the Laffer curve to most positively stimulate growth. What happens if government then continues spending beyond what we take in and we have a deficit again?
Also, the Laffer curve isn't directly about growth. It's about tax revenue at different rates, with the idea that too-high rates will bring in less revenue due to inhibiting economic activity. This would have the effect of inhibiting growth, but the Laffer Curve can apply to classical economic scenarios where all taxes inhibit activity and growth period. Since the peak of the rate-growth curve is around 60-70%, the peak of the Laffer curve cannot be below that, but instead lies somewhat above that at a rate with a lower growth but higher short-term tax revenue. Which helps explain how the federal government more than quintupled its revenue in three years during World War II in part by raising the top rate to about 90%.
Actually, it kind of does as a matter of definition. Suppose the government gives a dude $100. If he spends any of that at all, or if he puts any of it in a bank (which will loan or invest it), that's economic activity. If the government hires the dude to do something, that's a job. Do you disagree? Do you have some kind of rationale for why economic activity and jobs that result from government actions aren't really economic activity or jobs? As a matter of economic stimulus, there's simply no arguing that the government can't do that, since it's blatantly obvious that it can. As a matter of general policy, it is best for the government to focus its efforts on what it does better while letting private markets take care of what they do better. In that sense, a tax-supported government job can result in less economic activity than forgoing the job and the taxes that paid for it. But that's an issue involving nuance and detailed analysis, and it relies on the idea that the budget should be balanced, which in real life is not true. There are times when it is appropriate for the government to hire people to do important stuff even if taxes shouldn't be raised, and there are times when taxes should be raised even if there isn't a need for the government to hire more people or spend more money.Rough Giraffe wrote:That way of thinking assumes that government spending unquestioningly equals either more economic activity or more jobs, which is an idea that has been proven false time and time again. Just because jobs exist as a result of some forms of government expenditure does not mean that government spending itself is tied to economic prosperity.Valhallen wrote:Because in the recovery from a demand-loss recession, reducing government spending would lower aggregate demand and weaken the economy, possibly triggering a second recession, as happened in 1937 when a lot of New Deal spending was cut off. Cuts to government spending (if warranted) should come gradually after the general economy has returned to normal (which it might have already if state and local governments hadn't laid off so many of their workers).Rough Giraffe wrote:Why is your first concern not instead to reduce spending?
Just what do you think has been "proven false time and time again" and where do you think I said that? I'm not making up the 1937 stuff - that's really what happened. Do you think that unemployment and GDP would be higher or lower than they are now if state and local governments had kept their workforces the same size?
I wasn't suggesting that Medicare Part D should be simply cut, which would leave lots of people without prescription drug coverage. I was suggesting that the waste should be cut. As in, it should be modified to allow the government to negotiate with drug companies for lower prices. The VA system, for example, pays about half as much as Medicare does for the same prescription drugs. It's a rather big difference.Rough Giraffe wrote:Sure, I agree. Let's cut that.Valhallen wrote:Sure. How about Bush's Medicare Part D, which prevents the government from negotiating prescription drug prices for Medicare patients (as it does with other medical care), resulting in a huge handout to drug companies. That alone is projected to be a major part of future budget problems.Rough Giraffe wrote:Surely there is waste in the government we can cut, or programs that can be lessened, or things that the government owns that can be sold and privatized (Amtrak, public schools, etc.)?
You mean Sesame Workshop? That's a separate (private, non-profit) organization. Most of the CPB's money (which comes from the federal government, not "personal income") is used to subsidize broadcast stations and pay for programming (such as that produced by Sesame Workshop). And I happen to like things like Nova, Nature, The New Yankee Workshop, and The Red Green Show. Well worth a few dollars per year IMO, but you're free to disagree.Rough Giraffe wrote:Then can we agree to cut all funding to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, seeing as they have their own personal income that eclipses what the government gives them?
Not really. The cost reductions aren't secret, and they focus on reductions in payments to providers for wasteful service (like Medicare Advantage insurers and hospitals with poor care) while maintaining the level of care for patients. The cost really is reduced - the producer surplus clearly shrinks for the targets of the cuts.Rough Giraffe wrote:Actually, the cost don't really change under his plan. They stay the same---they're just hidden and redistributed, and nothing is done to address the underlying causes of high health care costs to hospitals. He's really just pandering with this bill and putting a nice name on it (the "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act").Valhallen wrote:Obamacare's "cuts" to Medicare are of this type, which maintain services while reducing the cost to provide them.
I've already talked about several parts of Obamacare that address health care costs. Is there some aspect in particular that you want to discuss?Rough Giraffe wrote:Heck, if we want to have a separate discussion on exactly how we might go about fixing the underlying causes of high health care costs, let's have that discussion. But I don't think we're going to get anywhere by saying "costs sure are high" and then putting forth a plan that says "We're going to cut costs by separating them into several different pieces of legislation and say the problem is fixed."
See this speech Secretary of Defense Robert Gates gave two years ago.Rough Giraffe wrote:I'm not seeing that one. Setting ship numbers aside, what kind of waste are you suggesting that Obama has cut?Valhallen wrote:Similarly, Obama's efforts to reform military spending have focused on eliminating waste, increasing capabilities while keeping the overall budget rather flat (ship numbers are on the upswing, for example, after bottoming out under Bush).
See around the middle of my post here where I've already talked about this (it starts at the quote above "Has it occurred to you that there are probably very good reasons for that?"). You're again missing my point. Both government-run and privately-run schools can be run well or poorly, and the difference is not usually about the amount of money spent, so I was not talking about that. I was talking about the importance of government funding of education, regardless of who actually runs the schools. Education is a textbook example of basic externalities used in economics 101 because it is so obvious that education has enormous benefits to the economy that are hard to capture during education. As such, a private market for education would provide much less education than the socially-optimal amount. This is what actually happened before governments provided public education, and poor families couldn't afford formal education for their children until governments subsidized it. Back here, this line of discussion got started when you suggested that "making education more privatized" would shrink the size of the government and put power back into the hands of the people. If the funding of education remains socialized, not much would change in those areas whether or not privately-run schools became more popular. If the funding of education were privatized, the government would shrink, but a lot of people would face drastically reduced options for educating their children because poorer people would have a hard time paying the costs of education from their relatively tight family budgets. As a practical matter, if all children are to have education available to them, there has to be a government-paid option available to cover those children that a private market would not.Rough Giraffe wrote:I would argue the opposite; that it matters a lot more more who operates the school than how much is actually spent on it, as evidenced by how spending for public schools has increased by a large amount over time with little to no improvement in test scores. Why don't we privatize failing schools and make the education market more competitive? Recall my argument for government assistance on lower-income earners. Children in families below the poverty line could FINALLY get a good education.Valhallen wrote:Regarding public schools, please recall the previously-explained economics which says that public funding is necessary, regardless of who actually operates the schools.
You're missing the point. Amtrak recovers more of its costs in fees than any private railroad. All private railroads rely on government subsidies to do business. If a private company took over Amtrak and provided the same service at typical private-sector efficiency, it would cost the federal government more, not less, than it does now.Rough Giraffe wrote:Fine, but since it's owned by the Federal government and runs at a deficit, let's sell the company to a private investor. What would be the problem with that? That's another $2 billion we can save; maybe more if the stock is worth anything at this point.Valhallen wrote:Regarding Amtrak, it is operated separately from the government as a for-profit company already, and it operates more efficiently than any private railroad in the US.
Then cutting the program would cut waste, service, and spending. I hope you realize that this is entirely consistent with my point that waste, service, and spending are different things, and that some programs are capable of providing services efficiently, and some services can reduce systemic waste. Therefore, programs must be evaluated case by case, and the cutting of spending and services does not necessarily result in reduced waste.Rough Giraffe wrote:What if the service itself constitutes wasteful spending?Valhallen wrote:Cutting waste is not the same thing as cutting service or even spending.
That article and its links explained (did you read them?). Things like the Medicaid expansion would improve health care while reducing waste and increasing economic wellbeing (which would more than cover the cost of the expansion). Literally every party involved would benefit, but those Republican governors didn't want those services for ideological rather than practical reasons, to the detriment of every party involved. State governments lose out on federal funding, increased tax revenue from economic gains, and a healthier population requiring less state-funded care; state residents lose out on insurance cost savings, better care, and general economic benefits; the federal government loses out on systemic uniformity and efficiency that would save money and generate more revenue in the long run; and residents of other states face the economic fallout from the states that refused those programs.Rough Giraffe wrote:Maybe they didn't feel they wanted those services. What exactly is the problem with that?Valhallen wrote:For example, there are policies which would reduce waste while increasing services, which have been rejected by certain Republicans.
If you were arguing that free markets were the end-all of prosperity*, and I said, "No, they aren't," it does not imply that I think that government is the end-all of prosperity. In case you haven't been paying attention, I've been saying that mixed capitalism is the most effective economic system found to date. Some things are done better by governments, and some things are done better by markets. If a market is failing to work efficiently, a government can (and often should) intervene to correct it (usually through various kinds of regulation, but occasionally more action is warranted**). This means that neither the government nor private markets are the end-all for prosperity, but that economies are most prosperous with the right combination of the two. By saying that I saw government as the end-all of prosperity, you were implicitly labeling me a Communist because it is Communists*** who believe that prosperity is best achieved through complete governmental control of the economy.Rough Giraffe wrote:I'm not calling you a Communist. I'm pointing out that nearly every time I suggest that the influence of government is too high, you seem to imply that it's not high enough and seem to be advocating policies which would increase the ability of the government to intervene in our every-day lives. That's certainly not Communism, and I wouldn't try to label you as anything anyway, out of respect.Valhallen wrote:I don't. I'm not a Communist. Have you been paying attention what I've been saying?Rough Giraffe wrote:Why do you see government as the end-all for prosperity?
*I'm not saying that you are, but some of what you've said has come rather close.
**This is why, for example, local governments now usually handle fire protection themselves rather than relying on the private sector.
***No modern Communsitic governments, even North Korea, have completely government-run or -planned economies, as they have allocated some functions to private markets despite the objections of traditional Communist ideology.
For several years now, it has been a Republican talking point that "voter fraud" was a widespread and significant problem, that strict voter ID was necessary to fight it, and that Democrats opposed such measures because they relied on "voter fraud" to win elections. In the real world, the alleged "voter fraud" is vanishingly rare, the proposed voter IDs would fail to stop virtually all the fraud that does take place, and the Democratic claims that several voter ID laws would disenfranchise a lot of people are correct. In my election update post here, I pointed out that, in a schadenfreude-laden turn of events, the national and some state Republican parties actually hired people who appear to have systematically carried out voting-related fraud. And the Democrats don't appear to have done that. As you pointed out, some Democrats have acted alone or with immediate family to commit small-scale fraud, but that is so rare that it doesn't appear to actually matter for any election anywhere (other things are more important). Given the information I've presented so far in our discussion about "voter fraud", do you think that it is actually a significant problem anywhere in the US at any level?Rough Giraffe wrote:I'm not doing that at all. I recognize that voter fraud exists on both sides of the isle. You were expressly focusing on one side of the isle, which is bound to make people think that it's more of an issue with Republicans than it is with Democrats.Valhallen wrote:I did that to discourage you from dismissing the information out of hand.Rough Giraffe wrote:Furthermore, you touched on alleged GOP voter fraud. First, three of the links you posted there relate to the same event---no need to post multiple links of the same story.
And then you proceeded to dismiss my claims that voter fraud was a problem on the Democrat side at all. I wonder if I should bother discussing this particular topic if you're not willing to show my argument the same respect that I show yours.
Back here, you asked "are you just going to ignore the fact that Democrats have publicly admitted that voter fraud is a common political strategy?" The "Democrat" who "admitted" that was actually a Republican repeating Republican talking points. I was pointing out that the source of that statement being a single Republican (not multiple Democrats) makes your statement wrong, not his. His statement is wrong independently of his identity because voter ID laws would not prevent absentee ballot fraud, which is usually done by using the information of real voters to cast improper ballots.Rough Giraffe wrote:In all honesty, and in spite of what you might think, I do respect you and the arguments you make. I'm not very good at conveying my points adequately most of the time (communication is one of my weakest traits, both in text and in real life). You have a very strong hand at debate, but I feel you are very quick to dismiss arguments made by those on the Right. I at least take the argument seriously but I try to provide a counterpoint based in fact. You just called one of my pieces of evidence regarding voter fraud into question because it was a remark by "one man" who used to be a Democrat and is now a Republican. How does that, in and of itself mean that his testimony is false? I see arguments like those as a sign of disrespect; if I used a similar tactic on you, how would you respond?


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My mother was diagnosed with breast cancer in '99. She had a lumpectomy followed by 4 cycles of chemo (Taxol) and radiation therapy. The doctor told her the cancer was gone and she regularly did checkups. About 2 months ago my mother noticed her breast becoming red, swollen, and a rash developing. She had a biopsy done and she was diagnosed with Inflammatory Breast Cancer.
She did a CAT scan and the cancer is in her right breast and right lung. My question to you is what is the best and most effective treatment for this? She is now on 2 types of chemo: Taxol and 1 other that I cannot recall. I am anxiously waiting for your response.
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Although I have not reviewed the pathology and it is beyond the scope of this service to give medical advice, assuming the limited clinical information given here is correct you seem to be describing a situation of metastatic cancer to breast and lung. This should be treated as metastatic breast cancer, and possibly not "inflammatory" cancer per se. Generally in our practice she would receive some chemotherapy regimen. A "best" regimen has not been described, but some combination of taxotere/adriamycin or taxol/adriamycin might be considered. Tumor tissue should be checked for "HER-2" over expression if it hasn't already been done.
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greeney2 wrote:He directly defied an order to return them as stolen from the United States of America. He and Wikileaks were in possession of stolen documnets, which is a crime. He knowingly posted them defying orders not to. Illegal possession of stolen property is a crime in every country I know of. You yourself admit they were stolen, and admit Assange had possession of them.
greeney2 wrote:And you do not know that he did. You know he had them because he was in months of contacts with Washington. He never denied having them, he admitted it, the issue was if he would not post them all over the internet. Here you go again, defending his innocence, when you do not know a single thing about what really happened.
greeney2 wrote:No, I did not make it up, it was well publized during all this and a fact. Look it up for yourself, I could care less, his womanizing ways was well known. Deny all you like about this jerk, he is now running.
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Totally messed up; Strange and out of place; not working properly.
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The White Wing comes complete with everything the shooter needs and throws a consistent 65 to 85 yard clay target. With heavy-duty, powder coated steel construction frame, this trap is built to last. A strong steel leg base and pivoting base comes stock on the trap. This leg base guarantees a sturdy, smooth release of every target, and the pivot pivoting base allows the shooter to adjust the height of the target. Powered by a 12 volt marine battery, the trap will run for up to twenty-four hours. It is lightweight and portable with a removable 25 target magazine.
The White Wing has a twenty five target auto feeder that delivers the targets directly to the throwing arm. The arm is made of steel, which offers strength and consistency. This makes sure that every target release is smooth and stable. The motor is quiet, durable, and puts out a 2 second cycle time. It assembles in minutes and comes with instructions and customer service you can count on.
The White Wing Auto Trap has so many innovative features, one being the adjustable foot pedal release. The solution we created was to break the foot pedal into two parts, one five foot cord off the back of the trap, and one twenty foot cord off the foot pedal. These cords break allowing the customer to add as many extension cords in the middle as they would like. So out of the box there is a twenty-five-foot cord with and endless amount of extension. The White Wing Auto Trap offers the complete package for one retail price
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The compact Xuma Dual USB Wall Charger is an AC adapter with dual USB ports that allow you to charge up two USB-powered devices at once. The adapter outputs a total of 2.1 amps when one device is charging or 1 amp per outlet when two devices are charging simultaneously. The adapter eliminates the need to use precious USB ports on your computer for charging, and even charges devices faster than most computer ports. An LED light glows red when devices are charging, and blue to let you know they are fully charged. The non-polarized plug fits most outlets and folds flat for storage. Additionally, the charger is compatible with universal 100-240 VAC voltage standards.
Ports | 2 x USB |
Input | 100-240 VAC, 50/60 Hz |
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2.1A total 1A each when two devices are charging |
Dimensions | 1.25 x 1.25 x 2.75" (3.2 x 3.2 x 7.0 cm) |
Weight | 2.4 oz (68 g) |


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Catalina Cottage Bedroom Set
- Overview
Delivery Discount – Save up to $150 on delivery when you purchase one of our Catalina Cottage Bedroom Sets. Pricing below reflects discounted delivery surcharge.
This solid mahogany bed mirrors all the fine craftsmanship and lasting charm that our Catalina Collection is known for – from the tongue-and-groove joinery to the rich multistep finish. The dresser is made to match with a simple, well-built profile, clean lines and bun feet.
- Twin Bed: 42" wide x 81" long x 42" high
- Full Bed: 57" wide x 81" long x 42" high
- Dresser: 37.5" wide x 18" deep x 30.5" high
- Both are expertly crafted with a solid wood frame.
- Dresser is equipped with two small and two larger drawers, and easily converts to a changing table with the addition of our Changing Topper (sold separately).
- Dresser is detailed with solid wood bun feet and oversized wooden knobs that are easy for kids to grasp.
- Bed has classic ball finials, beadboard paneling and lathe-turned feet complete the look.
- Mattress platform can be raised to accommodate our trundle, or lowered to create a comfortable height for small children.
- Slat-roll foundation is designed for use with or without a box spring.
- Optional trundle can be used without a mattress for extra storage.
- Our exclusive finishes are applied by hand for exceptional richness, durability and depth of color.
- Wood swatches, below, are available for $20 each. We will provide a merchandise refund for swatches if they're returned within 30 days.
- Dimensions & Care
- Rigorously tested to meet or exceed the highest industry safety standards.
- Masterfully crafted with mortise-and-tenon construction, and tongue-and-groove joinery for structural integrity.
- Built from solid wood, wood veneers and MDF, an engineered wood that lends exceptional strength and ensures structural integrity over time.
- Drawers feature English dovetail joinery, and waxed wooden glides, which ensure smooth motion. Sturdy half-moon safety stops keep drawers securely in place.
- All wood is kiln dried for added strength and lasting beauty.
- The use of veneers results in high-quality furniture with flawless surfaces and consistent color tones.
- Our finishes were developed exclusively for Pottery Barn Kids and are sealed with a final coat of lacquer for extra durability.
- Overall: 42" wide x 81" long x 42" high
- Footboard: 31.5" high
- Legs: 2.5" diameter
- Finials: 3" diameter, 3.5" high
- Side Rails: 75" long x 5" high x 1" thick
- Clearance Under Adjustable Side Rails (2 positions): 7.5", 9.5"
- Slats: 16
- Weight: 83 pounds
- Overall: 57" wide x 81" long x 42" high
- Footboard: 31.5" high
- Legs: 2.5" diameter
- Finials: 3"diameter, 3.5" high
- Side Rails: 75" long x 5" high x 1" thick
- Clearance Under Adjustable Side Rails (2 positions): 7.5", 9.5"
- Slats: 16
- Weight: 90 pounds
- Overall: 37.5" wide x 18" deep x 30.5" high
- Small Drawer Interior (2): 14" wide x 13" deep x 3.5" high
- Large Drawer Interior (2): 31.5" wide x 13" deep x 5.5" high
- Feet: 3.5" diameter, 3" high
- Weight: 82 pounds
- Dust often using a soft, dry cloth.
- Protect from direct sunlight and extreme temperatures.
- Blot spills immediately with a clean, damp cloth.
- We do not recommend the use of chemical cleansers, abrasives, furniture polish or wax.
- Shipping Info
In-stock items will usually ship within 7-10 business days for the cities listed below.
- San Francisco, Los Angeles, Dallas, Chicago, Detroit, Columbus, New York City, Baltimore, Boston, Cromwell, Atlanta, Raleigh, Charlotte, Tampa, Fort Meyers, Orlando, Miami, Fort Lauderdale
For other areas, your items will be delivered within 2-3 weeks.
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- Items showing this symbol are delivered by our White Glove Delivery service. With White Glove Delivery, items are brought into your home, most are unpacked and assembled*, and the packaging is removed. White Glove delivery is only available in the contiguous 48 states
- Delivery is by appointment Tuesday – Saturday in most major metropolitan areas, with Monday delivery available in some areas. Service to outlying areas may be restricted based on geographic location. Our delivery service will contact you to arrange a delivery date and confirm the appointment timeframe.
*: Exceptions include outdoor patio structures, marble or stone sink consoles, lighting, mirrors, rugs, headboards attached to a metal frame and any items requiring home installation. Please call Customer Service at 1.888.779.5176 for further delivery details.
Standard Delivery and Processing Charges
Pre-Tax Order Total Total Charges Up to $15.00 $4.95 $15.01 - $25.00 $6.00 $25.01 - $45.00 $8.00 $45.01 - $65.00 $11.00 $65.01 - $90.00 $14.00 $90.01 - $125.00 $17.00 $125.01 - $200.00 $21.00 $200.01 & over 10% $3,000.01 & over Now 5% Add $6.00 for each gift wrap. For rush delivery, add $15.00 per address. Items shipped directly from the manufacturer and oversized items are not eligible for rush delivery.
Select oversized items have an additional delivery and processing surcharge; this charge is listed in parentheses after the item price.
Certain shipping restrictions apply. Items 150 lbs. or less that does not exceed 165 inches in length and girth can be shipped via UPS. At this time, we cannot ship oversized items with an in-home delivery icon to Hawaii. This includes large furniture items that exceed UPS shipping restrictions mentioned. Please call 1.888.779.5176 for more information.
- Guides and Tools
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quote:I think RS is FOS.
quote:If he can get tackled by his shoelaces in college, I can't wait to see what he can do in the NFL.
quote:Rs sogmed FA contract before the draft ended
quote:No he didnt
quote:he claimed to on Mascona's show, not sure how it could be inked however until last name is called
quote:How anyone cares anymore is beyond me.
quote: Dude is a former Tiger and loved LSU. Do you really NOT care to see him do well?
quote:Shep talked like they already had packages in place for him. Came off mighty cocky for a UDFA. If the Eagles get in trouble for this, RS may not make it to camp.


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Zurich wins 2-1 and celebrates like they just won the Stanley Cup.
I want to say this is the first time a European Club team has beaten an NHL team...at least that is what I thought they said on the NHL Network last night.
Hawks fall in Victoria Cup finale
September 30, 2009
BY ADAM L. JAHNS, Sun-Times News Group
A day before shipping off to Europe, Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville referred to the match-up Tuesday with the ZSC Zurich Lions as a ''meaningful'' game.
In many ways, he was right.
Not only was the Victoria Cup at stake, but many of the Hawks' regulars got one final chance to tune up before the regular season starts. Injured players Dustin Byfuglien (groin) and Kris Versteeg (upper body) also got a chance to play for the first time in more than a week, while on-the-bubble players such as Jack Skille and Radek Smolenak got one last chance to make an impression.
But perhaps most important, the Hawks received a much-needed wake-up call in a humbling 2-1 loss before the opener Friday against the Florida Panthers in Helsinki, Finland.
''We tried to probably make too many fancy plays early in the game, and then we were in a real hockey game,'' Quenneville told chicagoblackhawks.com. ''They got some speed. They got some skill, and they worked hard. It's kind of like what we would like to do as a team.''
The New York Rangers won the inaugural Victoria Cup last year with a 4-3 victory over Russia's Metallurg Magnitogorsk. With the Hawks playing many of their regulars, the NHL was expected to go 2-0.
But the game against Zurich, the defending European club champion, was nothing like the Hawks' 9-2 rout Monday of HC Davos. Although they were outshot by the Hawks 35-22, the Lions, who have players from Canada and other European countries, took advantage of the larger international ice, played physical and capitalized on their chances.
As a result, the Hawks closed the preseason with a 2-3-1 record.
''They're the champions of their league for a reason,'' Hawks winger Patrick Sharp said. ''They played well as a team. I think they played a little better of a team game than we did. And that was the difference. It was clear that they wanted it more than we did today.''
Cam Barker scored the lone goal for the Hawks on a shot from the blue line at 6:13 in the first period. Zurich tied it six minutes later on Patrik Bartschi's breakaway.
Lukas Grauwiler notched the eventual game-winner in the second on a rebound in front of Hawks goalie Cristobal Huet (20 saves).
Zurich's Ari Sulander made 34 saves for the victory.
''(The loss is) definitely tough to swallow,'' Hawks winger Patrick Kane said. ''It's something we have to move on from and learn from.''
The Hawks depart today for Finland, where the Panthers had a shock of their own Monday. They lost to Finnish Elite team Tappara 3-2 in a shootout despite putting 50 shots on goal. Like the Hawks, the Panthers had some of their regulars in the lineup.
''We've got bigger and better things ahead with the regular season starting now,'' Kane said. ''We've got to gear up for Florida.''


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Gio Gonzalez was dominant over seven innings of 1-run ball.
Game in a nutshell: With Gio Gonzalez and Tim Hudson on the mound, you knew there was a good chance of this turning into a pitchers' duel. The two hurlers didn't disappoint, each allowing only one run on three hits over at least seven innings. The Braves pushed across their run early on a walk, single and RBI groundout. The Nationals countered with an unearned run off Hudson, with Steve Lombardozzi hustling from first to third on Ryan Zimmerman's groundout and then scoring on Ian Desmond's two-out single to center. But it was all pitching after that, with each bullpen ultimately taking over and trying to keep the other club from scoring the go-ahead run. The Nationals had a great chance against Craig Kimbrel in the top of the ninth but squandered it. Fernando Abad came up big in the bottom of the ninth, sending this one to extra innings. But with the Nationals unable to push across a run, Henry Rodriguez surrendered the game-winner in the bottom of the 10th. Rodriguez issued two walks, let Jordan Schafer steal second without drawing a throw and then surrendered the game-winning single to the .145-hitting B.J. Upton. Thus the Nationals fell back to the .500 mark and 5 1/2 games behind Atlanta heading into Sunday's series finale.
Hitting lowlight: It's not often you get a golden opportunity against Kimbrel, so you've got to make the most of it. TheRead more »
- Manassas Nats' Fan - Jun 2, 2013 at 6:08 AM
Only one with fat fingers too.
- Unknown - Jun 2, 2013 at 9:34 AM
Those guys played as hard as they could. Plenty of effort by an offense hampered by injuries.Could be, Rendon won't be enough, and they have waited too long.
- Unknown - Jun 2, 2013 at 10:05 AM
NatsLady is right…..again.
- JayB - Jun 2, 2013 at 10:24 AM
NJACK SAYS…….Both you and Davey need to check your ego at the door and do the things necessary to make this franchise perform up to it's maximum capability.Very Interesting Take….so you are seeing that that as a problem now………That is the first I have heard that……thanks for the deep insight….
- JayB - Jun 2, 2013 at 10:28 AM
Njack also has a problem with Davey's endless support of Danny and HROD….amazingly insightful comments that only someone with his connections and experience could see this early in in just a few 1000 AB's and 100 MBL appearances. Man I wish I had that eye.
- Curly W - Jun 2, 2013 at 10:41 AM
Very nicely said!
- Curly W - Jun 2, 2013 at 10:43 AM
H Rod being the " best " option IS the problem!


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La Vecchia Dispensa 8 yr Balsamic - 250ml
Country of Origin: Italy
Region: Emilia-Romagna
City / Village: Modena
Since 1975, La Vecchia Dispensa in Emilia-Romagna, Italy has been producing some of the world's finest vinegars. This is a middle-aged balasmic made in the traditional manner with cooked and acetified grape must and a small proportion of wine vinegar - both made from local grape varieties. This vinegar has a medium viscosity and a sweet but tart flavor that we love using on fresh figs or grilled pork.
For more information, please follow our education link http://www.formaggiokitchen.com/education/balsamic_vinegar
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