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The purpose of the Military to Mountaineer Mentor Program is to create proactive services and transitional support so that the responsibility for a successful transition need not fall upon the returning individual alone. Student veterans frequently seek contacts with other veterans as a way to validate their experiences and aid in the successful transition to college. By creating the Military to Mountaineer Mentor Program, faculty and staff are provided opportunities and tools to better understand the kinds of military experiences that may be absent from their own set of experiences or knowledge base. In turn, learning about a servicemembers experiences compliment a campuses' broader commitment to diversity and social understanding.
As the needs of veterans transitioning from the military to college extend beyond required documentation and making sure educational benefits are assessed, mentoring student veterans will provide the much needed partnership that can:
Military to Mountaineer volunteers are needed. Student veterans, faculty, staff, and alumni can assist incoming and current student veterans and military members' transition into the university through individual meetings and e-mail correspondence. This is an informal mentoring program that matches veteran students to faculty and staff members. Your time and care are the only requirements. The amount of time you commit is at your discretion! Mentors will have their names and contact information posted on the veteran's website for the student to select the mentor that best fits them.
The Military to Mountaineer Mentorship Program was established to ensure that student veterans have the proper guidance through their educational journey by being connect with experienced student staff and faculty members at WVU. Mentoring is an extremely powerful tool for student development. A mentor can assist in expanding educational, career and personal goals while helping to resolve issues and problems before they become serious. This program will assist in reducing achievement gaps that exist for student veterans, increase diversity awareness at WVU, its mission, and the importance of student veterans as members of our campus community.
The programming series offered to the student veterans include a variety of group activities, discussion, and events committed to bringing about mutual understanding and respect among all individuals and groups at West Virginia University. Each of the 11 programs will focus on a theme related to the goals of the project and are described as follows:
Participants meet in the WVU Mountainlair to familiarize themselves with peers, faculty and staff
Mentors and mentees should meet two times a month during the semester. Address short-term and long-term goals/progress/challenges
Identify areas of effectiveness and improvement and modify program accordingly
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Designed to be fun, fast, and challenging. Promotes organizational, teamwork, and leadership skills
Participants meet to celebrate the end of their semester and to reflect on their experiences
Students will choose a program to attend during diversity week and discuss with mentor
Identify areas of effectiveness and improvement and modify program accordingly
Mentors and mentees should meet two times a month during the semester and continue to address short-term and long-term goals/progress/challenges
Course made up of various high and low rope problems that create solving initiatives. In turn, every obstacle can be related to a challenge to a college experience
Students work as a team and choose a service activity in the Morgantown or surrounding community. Groups will then research the type of social issue or problem that their community service project is focused upon.
All participants will have an end of the semester cook-out at "Operation Welcome Home" location at Mylan Park. This will allow them to reflect on their experiences during their first year at WVU
In order to measure the extent to which the Military to Mountaineer Mentoring Program achieves its goals, several different methods will be used. Details are below:
The Military to Mountaineer Mentoring Program will initially consist of a planning phase for the summer 2014 semester and implementation phase in fall 2014. It will offer a series of six programs over the course of the 2014-2015 academic year (September – May). The goals, expected outcomes, and completion timeframe of the programming series are as follows:
The programming series will have a positive impact on retention rates of student veterans
Expected Outcome: At least 80% of students will report that they plan to return to WVU the following fall semester
Timeframe for Completion: This will be self-reported by students in May 2015
The programming series will have a positive impact on a student veterans academic standing
Expected Outcome: At least 80% of students will have cumulative grade point averages of at least 2.0 by the end of the spring 2015 semester
Timeframe for Completion: May 24, 2015
Student veterans will report that participation in the mentorship program and the programming series helped them to be successful
Expected Outcome: At least 80% of student veterans will report that their participation in the mentorship program helped them to be more successful as a student
Timeframe for Completion: May 24, 2015


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Sydney airport ranked country's worst again
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has slammed Sydney Airport for raising prices despite ranking as the worst-performing airport in the country.
The ACCC's league table has ranked Sydney last in performance for the fourth year in a row, trailing Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth and Melbourne.
Sydney was the only one of the five airports to record a drop in passenger numbers, but it still managed to increase profits in the past financial year.
ACCC chairman Graeme Samuel says Sydney's services are simply not up to the national standard.
"It's showing some very high margins, very high profitability relative to the other airports," he said.
"But in terms of quality of service, quality of facilities, and particularly what we perceive to be tardiness in the redevelopment of the international airport, it's performing well below par.
"I think the report speaks for itself - it indicates that there are very high charges that are being imposed by Sydney Airport [and] the quality of service is not good compared to the other airports.
"It is a matter for Sydney Airport to deal with the issue, unless it believes that being a monopolist it frankly doesn't have to respond to these types of reports."
Sydney recorded the highest average per-passenger charge at $13.63, while Melbourne is Australia's cheapest airport at just under $8.
Sydney's car parking is also the most expensive in the country, levying $15 per car for a one-hour stay, compared to $4 in Adelaide, and charging $110 for seven days as opposed to $69 at Melbourne.
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The airlines were not happy in Sydney either, with an ACCC survey finding it to be the least responsive of the airports when it came to service delivery and quality.
Sydney Airport's general manager of corporate affairs, Rod Gilmour, says the ACCC is behind the times.
"The report's out of date," he said.
"It covers the period up to June 2009, nearly nine months ago, when the airport was at the peak of the $500 million upgrade of the international terminal," he said.
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It's a fact. Apple without Steve Jobs, it's less Apple. But that won't stop some interesting projects to be released, as the one I found on Bitbucket this morning.
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Are you looking for Pokemon GO in Spain? Take a look at this location list!
[UPDATE] It's a fact, Pokemon GO fever is everywhere. We are at holidays right now in South Spain, Malaga Beach, and people are like crazy here. Young and not that young, I must say. So I did my homework -before my son starts asking- looking for some "helps", and those aids are called pokecoins. Trying to improve my Spanish -there's always room for improvement- I found an interesting project called Pokemonedas. I'll give a closer look when I get home, but it looks promising.
Happy holidays!
If you're an entrepreneur or self-employed, you've probably had your fair share of having to deal with an unpredictable cash flow. This may include facing a low-income over holiday periods, especially if you're a freelancer.
Managing cash flow begins with setting your minimum financial goals. What do you need every month to cover your expenses? Do you have a six-month emergency fund that you can draw on during the lean times? Do you have a savings plan?
You could use a zero-based budgeting approach. This method starts with a zero base and every expense has to be justified over a given period of time. What this means is that every need and associated cost has to be analysed. A budget can then be drawn up accordingly. This could be higher or lower than one's previous budget.
Luxuries are not permitted until there is enough hard cash to pay for them.
The amount you can save will depend on what your financial goals and earnings are. When you receive large payments in one go, put that money away so that you save it rather than spend it. Keep working at your spartan budgeting approach and reward yourself when you feel it is appropriate. The more you get used to living on a freelancer's budget, the better you'll feel about sticking to it.
Allow for a fixed amount of savings every month. Arrange with your bank to facilitate an automatic transfer to your savings account. By doing this you get to treat your savings as a fixed bill. Start small and increase your savings over time. When you have a fair amount to invest, look at putting your money into a good investment.You could invest in the money market over the short term or buy CDs on three- or six-month terms. Do this regularly and you'll soon be earning interest which you can then re-invest. When you're feeling more confident, explore other investment options according to your risk and time preferences.
You could invest in the money market over the short term or buy CDs on three- or six-month terms. Do this regularly and you'll soon be earning interest which you can then re-invest. When you're feeling more confident, explore other investment options according to your risk and time preferences.
In a previous article we spoke about how to repair blistered veneer. Broken edges are also a common problem with veneered furniture. This is particularly the case with corners but it's possible to patch up the damaged section. It may take some effort to get an exact match with the original, though.
To begin with, you'll need a piece of veneer that is a little bigger than the missing section. Once you've secured your patch it's all up to your finishing.
Place some replacement veneer over the damaged section. Allow for an inch of extra veneer all around. Now prepare to cut through both the new veneer and the old veneer at the same time. It's important that the grain of your patch follows the grain of the furniture's body. Cut with the grain along one side and in a straight line when you cut across the grain.
Once you've carefully cut through the veneers, remove all the scraps as well as the old and new sections. Your new patch should be a perfect fit for the section that has been cut out of the old veneer.
If your new veneer is much thinner than the old veneer, you'll have to build it up to the level of the old veneer. Do this by cutting a few more sections to the exact same size as your new patch until you reach the correct level.
The next step is to remove any glue in the area that you're going to patch up. You can do this by sanding the old glue away. Once it is clean, you can spread a layer of yellow wood glue over the base wood. Position your new veneer patch onto the glued area. Clamp it down or tape it down with masking tape.If you have to build up the veneer to the correct level, spread yellow wood glue on your base patch and lay the next patch over that, and so forth.
Wipe off any excess glue and then leave the glue to set for two hours. Use a razor blade to trim the edges if you need to. The next task is to lightly sand the surface so that it is smooth and blends in with the original surface. Use fine sandpaper for this job.
The success of your repair job may well depend on how you finish it. You may have to apply several coats of finishing oil stain to the repair in order to get the right shade. What you're obviously aiming for here is a good match with the original.
Use extra-fine steel wool to gently rub each new coat of finishing oil stain. Continue to do this between the coats. The new repair should start blending in with the old piece. This may be a lengthy process but you might just end up with a perfect match.
Fact: if you want more cash on hand, you either have to spend less of the cash you already have, or make more cash. While in a recent post we spoke on the rather draining prospect of saving money by spending less, in this post we will explore a few simple ways to increase your income.
Some of these tips could lead to dramatic increases in your income in the long run, such that they actually become your primary way of making money, while some of these other ways are more tedious, yet bring it trickles of money. Let's explore.
'Well, thank you, Captain Obvious!' some of you are no doubt thinking. Well, the truth is taking on a second job, if your current occupation allows for it, is a brilliant way of making more money. People world over have been moonlighting as waitresses, or security, or any number of occupation that are simple, and have accommodating hours, for years. If you want to increase your income, learn to not be above other jobs on offer, and see if your schedule allows for two occupations.
This task is slightly more complex to moonlight with than working a second job, since you will have to actually sell and market your skills but moonlighting as a freelancer is a great way of making extra money if you have commercial skills. The most marketable freelance skills are those that do not require direct one-to-one interaction with your client, thus allowing you to perform your tasks at whatever time suits you. So if you're a graphic designer, programmer, or anyone who relies on just a good computer and an internet connection to make money, you're in luck, since you can start freelancing immediately to increase your income, insofar as you can get the customers.
If, however, your work is less technologically inclined, but you can package your skills, you can increase your income by making products and selling them. People who are handy with their umm, hands, can sell products at craft markets, flea markets, and through online services.
The French bean, which is quite common in all our meals, is originally from the United States and not France as its name indicates. Beans are easy to grow and when the seeds are planted into the warm earth between the months of April and middle of May, the bean plants bring forth lovely long tender beans.
After the planting, you will be surprised at how fast the new plants have sprouted. Soon you will have them as climbers or as bushes. Bean plants can be grown in pots or small containers or in carefully prepared vegetable plots in your backyard. The soil should be slightly acidic in nature and beans require shade to grow well. The soil for growing the beans needs to be full of nutrients, and the texture should be light. You might want to use something like the Wolf-Garten spreader Perfect WE 430 to prepare the soil and make sure everything is evenly placed beforehand. The time of the year and soil temperature, have to be taken into account if you plan to grow your bean plant outdoors.
Cold and wet weather is not conducive to growing beans, as the sowed seeds would rot immediately. Warm soil and temperature are ideal for the seeds to germinate and grow into plants. You can grow your bean seeds in glass jars and trays indoors and then have them transplanted into your backyard when the weather is conducive and favorable. The bean seeds need to be sown at a depth of one and a half inches and at intervals of eight inches apart in rows that are spaced nine inches. Support the bean plants with pea sticks. Regular watering, feeding, and mulching helps the plant to flower and turn into seeds. Beans have to be picked at regular intervals when they are four to five inches long.
Garden lovers have a wrong notion that it is much easier to grow plants in containers than in a garden. Well, they are wrong. It is more difficult growing them in containers than in the garden.
In places, which feature extremely hot summers, the pots tend to heat up and this can cause the soil inside to absorb the heat and be very warm thereby causing considerable damage to the roots. When you grow plants in pots, water fed to them is not retained in the soil as it is drained out. In summers, when you want the water to remain longer in the soil to cool the plant, it becomes impossible. Frequent watering will wash out the fertilizers and your plants will be starved of nourishment.
If your potted plants are undernourished then bugs attack them and diseases can affect them causing them to wilt. It is best you use large pots or containers for growing your plants so they get plenty of root space to help them grow better and healthier. When the roots are better spaced out the upper part of the plant tends to grow better. One advantage of potted plants, however, is that you don't need to use tools like the Wolf-Garten DR-M30 rake, to care for them; indeed indoor potted plants are much more manageable than a regular garden.
Have your container plants fed with good fertilizers regularly as it helps keep the plants cool and moist during the summer. You can add up to 25 % of fertilizer to the potting soil. Adding mulch to the top soil helps keep the soil moist too. Water should not be left to stagnate in the containers.
Many people are put off by the idea of growing orchids, as they are convinced orchids are difficult to grow. This is a myth and with the right care orchids can be grown quite easily. There are 25,000 species and 100,000 different hybrids to choose from, so with some research, you'll be able to find a plant that's well suited to the environment you will be growing it in.
Picking an orchid can be a difficult task, as you need to be aware of your orchid's needs. Choose an orchid that fits into your environment at home, while also choosing one that will blossom into a colour of your liking. Next, you need to manage the amount of light that your orchid is receiving, whether the light is natural or artificial. Some orchids can bloom for up to three months, given the right amount of light, and placing your orchids near a window will give them the maximum amount of light needed. Direct sunlight can damage your orchid, as the leaves can burn easily, so try and set up a curtain or a schedule to reduce the amount of light the orchid receives.
Another important factor in growing an orchid is temperature regulation. The ideal temperature for an orchid is anywhere from 13-27 degrees Celsius, with the exact temperature depending on the orchid itself. If the growing temperature is higher than recommended, the buds will drop and the orchid won't bloom. Watering the plant will help cool the temperature if needed, and air circulation will do wonders for your orchid.
The final factor to remember is nourishment for your orchid. Orchids receive the energy from both sunlight and food, and needs to be fed regularly just before they bloom. A solution of water and fertiliser is usual, and be sure to water the soil before feeding it. A healthy orchid will blossom magnificently, and make the effort worthwhile.
All it took was a quote on a silly souvenir from the dentist's office to remind me just how important and easily negligible oral hygiene can be. It simply said: 'Smile, it improves face value.'
Why it took a recent visit to my dentist to remind of this unforgettable fact is beyond me. Perhaps it was the graphic images of what gingivitis other oral diseases look like I saw. Either way, here are some tips on how to get a brighter, healthier smile.
The road to a brighter healthier smile is largely dependent on our diet and habits. Roadblocks to great oral hygiene or things that discolour teeth and aid decay are: Foods/drinks such as coffee, tea, colas, wines, and certain fruits and vegetables (for example, apples and potatoes), and smoking.Poor dental hygiene due to insufficient brushing and flossing to remove plaque and stain-producing substances such as some of those food/drinks is very common. Some medications such as antibiotics are known to discolour teeth, especially when they are given to children whose teeth are still developing (before the age of eight).
It goes without saying that if you don't have the proper tools to maintain great oral hygiene all of this will have been written in vain. You like your brush old-school? A manual does the job just fine. However an electric toothbrush is really what you want to be polishing that smile – electric toothbrushes have longer life spans, more durable bristles, and their multiple brush heads offer more variety to your oral hygiene regiment and needs. The oscillating power of an electric toothbrush is far more powerful than your hand action. Remember, brushing violently does more harm on your gums and teeth, so go for the electric toothbrush to do all the gentle scrubbing for you. Another must-have in your kit is dental floss, to be used twice a day or in between meals when you're struggling with the stubborn remnants of your previous meal. Dental floss is small and can easily fit in your pocket or bag. Finally, mouthwash should accompany each brushing and flossing mission to make sure your oral hygiene regiment is complete.
Don't forget to change your manual toothbrush once every three months; their bristles are much more fragile than that of your electric toothbrush. Your electric toothbrush heads can be changed every six months. A biannual visit to your dentist is a must to ensure excellent oral hygiene. While you're at it, why not add a fresh white look to your teeth with an easy to use teeth whitening kit to make that smile even brighter?


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Both current Presidential candidates are bandying about this question, with differing answers: "Are you better off than four years ago?" An illuminating interview with an economic journalist on Terri Gross' Fresh Air program answered that the nation was better off as a whole, whereas many individuals were worse off. Thanks to a trick of wording: both campaigns are right.
We don't need to subscribe to one party or another to ask, "am I better or worse off?" And, "how do I know?"
How do you spell success?
A lot of this is in how you define "better"; what does your "success" look like? My success probably wouldn't be measured very highly by an economist; I was making a lot more money in 2008 (about $80,000 a year, plus my husband's less regular pay of about $20,000 a year). Here in 2012, I'm making less than my husband was in 2008; he's making about $45,000 as a sergeant in the Army.
But in so many ways, we're better. Thanks to our greatly reduced expenses with me working freelance jobs (so I don't need a nanny) and my husband being overseas where he can't take part in expensive activities (like traveling, eating out, drinking, etc.), we've been able to pay off some debts and we've both opened IRAs.
Most of all, I feel I'm successful because I'm happy with my chosen career, and happy that I'm spending money where I get the most value. You know, really great coffee and bicycles! My garden is more lush, my living room more organized, and my dining room more well-used than in 2008.
I've got a variety of rewarding volunteer jobs. I've done something crazy I've always dreamed of — started a literary magazine for parents — and I've had some successes in my literary writing. I may not be rich in income, but I'm rich in friends and ideas and experiences.
It's about emotional as much as financial security
What we are worried about, when we kvetch over our financial security, is really our emotional security. It's why economists aren't surprised that sometimes our economic measures can be falling while our "consumer sentiment" rises. Here's how you might measure your own emotional/financial security:
- Do I have a job that gives me a sense of creation, or contribution to society, or well-being? It's not just having a paycheck that makes us feel secure; it's having a paycheck in return for doing something that feels meaningful to us. Everyone's "meaningful" is different; I actually felt great as an investment banker back in the 1990s. You can feel a sense of creation serving great tacos to customers of a food truck. How is your job satisfaction compared to four years ago?
- Do I have enough money in the bank to meet my immediate needs and a few thousand dollars' cushion for an emergency? A surprisingly high number of Americans don't have access to $2,000 in the case of an urgent need; having just this amount can greatly increase your emotional security (and save a lot of stress and bank fees, as well).
- Do I have adequate health insurance? The lack of health insurance stability is almost equal to job instability in creating stress and financial insecurity. Even for those with employer-sponsored health care, lots of Americans have been losing health insurance — one in six between 2006 and 2008. Without health insurance, we're more susceptible to financial crises. One study indicated that over half of bankruptcies are tied to medical debt.
- Is my housing situation stable? With the huge number of foreclosures over the past four years finally dipping, more of us are not in the predicament of being potentially weeks away from losing our home. It is, to put it mildly, hard to feel financially secure if your largest asset (and/or debt, depending on the circumstance) could disappear. You needn't own a home to have housing stability, of course; if you're secure in a lease agreement you know you can afford, this can be financial security, too.
- Are my most important personal relationships stable? While it's not something we typically think of as a financial concern, most of our worst financial crises come at the hands of the people closest to us. Divorce is the biggest financial blow most people ever endure; and when siblings and older parents are in financial crisis, it often comes to us to help them out.
So, are you better off?
I'm curious: where have you come in the last four years? I'm skeptical that the President can have a lot of impact on our personal outcomes, though certainly I feel more secure in #3, health insurance, thanks to the moves taken by our current leaders. I doubt either major party's candidate would do much to affect my next four years on any of these measures.
Are you better or worse off? Either way, do you think the leadership in Washington D.C. had anything to do with it?
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http://pjmedia.com/instapundit/151575/Comment by Anonymous — Sep 25th 2012 @ 3:33 pm
Much better off now. This time 4 years ago: the nation was losing over 600,000 jobs a month, EVERY month!Comment by Anonymous — Sep 25th 2012 @ 11:09 pm
I moved to another state and I'm making 250% of my previous income with no state income tax now and a 5% cola increase.
It's a big country people have to go where the jobs are.Comment by Anonymous — Sep 26th 2012 @ 5:28 am
We're doing pretty well and so are most people we know. I am a 47yo SAHM, my 50yo husband works in the oil & gas industry and we have 3 kids, one each in high school, middle and elementary.
#1 and #4 – We moved to CO 4 years ago (Oct 31st!) after accepting a job promotion/relocation (in a very secure industry; we have never had to worry about job security. Business is good so we've gotten a bonus each year. Our old home sold for a profit because we bought at a normal price, had a 15yr fixed and there was also a small job boom happening in the area. We were able to buy a similar type new-to-us home even though the cost of living is higher here. Almost everyone in the neighborhood painted their homes this summer; a few made outside upgrades; only one foreclosure. After 2yrs of home values holding steady this house is now worth conservatively 10-12% more. If we had to sell right now then we would get back our 20% down, be able to pay selling costs and get back most if not all of the improvement $ we've spent (break even probably). Thanks to refinancing twice this year we switched from a 30yr to a 15yr fixed for about the same $. I'd say we're doing well in these areas. Grade A-.
#2 – About 10yrs ago (in our late 30's!) we finally got the hang of keeping some $ in liquid savings. I save annually for big expenses: Xmas, auto insurance, etc. That part is going well. However, we don't save for kids college and can't "afford" both 401k and Roth's (so we do 6% match to 401k only and have a couple of small pensions). On the other hand, we chose to spend a portion of $ on kid stuff like Karate & music lessons, and on DIY home upgrades and small local vacations. But we don't eat out much, drive a 13yo car (year younger than our oldest child!), husband takes the bus to work and I shop carefully. We're grateful to have choices but of course would like to be able to do all of it. Grade C.
#3 – I have to admit to not paying much attention to this. Employer provides the insurance and we take advantage of the tax free spending account. I haven't noticed any significant decrease in coverage or increase in costs. We pay an average of $20co-pay for the monthly scrips some of us need and both of us adults had surgeries during this 4yr time. We are happy with our coverage, can pay our health/hospital bills but could do better at knowing exactly what we're getting and paying for re insurance. Grade B+.
#5 – All is good here though adjusting to more work travel was difficult at first. Grade A. Good friends divorced last year and they are both still trying to recover financially; it can be a very serious problem.
I do *NOT* think my vote for Obama or my husband's vote for McCain 4 yrs ago made one bit of difference in our financial lives. WE, my husband and I, are responsible for the choices we've made. But we are just one family, we know a few who have suffered financially due to the economy (ex. my electrician brother's small business, though it is recovering over the last 1.5yr) and government funding cuts (ex. my social worker aunt; she ended up "retiring" at 63, teaches sewing classes now).
Did anyone see the Dateline or some such show about the "new middle class poverty"? Living in a two-story home in a safe neighborhood with good schools while applying for jobs on a computer and cell phone and driving to the food bank in a newer SUV. There sure are all types of people making all types of financial decisions in "this economy".
Obama is getting both our votes this time but not for financial reasons. I hope we are part of CO swinging the vote to another 4 years of a Democrat president!Comment by Anonymous — Sep 26th 2012 @ 7:25 am
"Since the economic recovery started in June 2009, household incomes are down 5.7%, the Sentier data show, and they are down more than 8% since Obama took office."
http://news.investors.com/092512-626958-household-income-down-82-under-president-obama.aspxComment by Anonymous — Sep 26th 2012 @ 9:23 am
Absolutely not. With the way the United States is moving it could be many years before the average middle class recovers, not improves their life and becomes "better off than four years ago."Comment by Anonymous — Sep 26th 2012 @ 12:03 pm
While my wife and I have been fortunate to see our earnings increase over the past 4 years, most of this has been eaten up with higher gasoline, food, trash, water, sewer, and other things that have risen dramatically. The only reason I'd say we are better off is that we've paid off much of our debt and refinanced our mortgate at 2.625% which will allow us to save money that we'll need to replace aging vehicles, appliances, etc. I know many folks have seen their earnings stay flat or even decrease in recent years, and many are out of work. Those are the folks that I would imagine would say are not so well off. If our country had followed a prudent course and reduced spending (less money on rediculous research, less money to foreign governments that actively promote hatred of the U.S., etc.), paid down debt, promoted long-term job growth, and reformed entitlement programs, I think we'd be in better shape than we are now. Unfortunately this hasn't happened. For these reasons, and because Mitt Romney has proven that he has been a "difference maker" through his past positions, my wife and I will gladly be voting for him in Pennsylvania.Comment by Anonymous — Sep 26th 2012 @ 1:09 pm
My family is doing much better than we were four years ago. My partner's income is up 40% and in that time I graduated and started a freelancing business that has been pretty amazing to me. Almost everyone I know is doing better, but we are all pretty much keeping spending at reduced levels compared to '07. I've seen more people start spending on things like home upgrades, cars, going back to school and vacations again.Comment by Anonymous — Sep 26th 2012 @ 9:57 pm
Darin #5 said) "Since the economic recovery started in June 2009,…."
Bank Failures are down 56.4%…
The S&P 500 is up 56%…
Consumer Confidence is up 42.3%…
Natural Gas Prices are down 24.7%…
Mortgage rates are down 22.7%…
Outstanding Credit-Card Debt is down 15.9%…
Unemployment rate has dropped 15%…
Household debt rate is down 14%….
Median Home Sale Price is up 11.5%…
Labor Productivity is up 7.2%…
Annual Federal deficit is down 5.6%….
See how anyone can cherry-pick stats to "prove" their side?Comment by Anonymous — Sep 27th 2012 @ 9:45 am
Why was my comment marked as spam when I edited it?
here it is again…
I'm doing much better than I was 4 years ago:
*My income is higher than it was 4 years ago
*My house (which I bought last year) is larger (and in much better shape) than the one I lived in 4 years ago – and I've got over 20% equity in it
*I am completely debt free except for the mortgage (and I am prepaying that a little every month)
*My car is only 4 years old (vs the 13 year old car I was driving 4 years ago) and is completely paid off
*My retirement accounts have a LOT more in them than they did 4 years ago
*My job is stable and provides great health insurance for me and my kids at minimal cost
*The EF is about half of what I would like it to be – I had been adding about $1K/month, but switched gears to pay for my wedding (I am getting married in March – and we will NOT incur any debt in the process!)
*oh, AND I have been able to splurge on things I was never able to splurge on before (for example, I got my first pedicure EVER two years ago – at the age of 34! Now I take my daughters with me to get pedicures together 🙂 )
But my improved situation has nothing to do with the president.
Rather, it's all because of God's blessings 🙂 (I also tithe the full 10% now – something else I was not doing 4 years ago)
Oh…and the fact that I divorced the man who was holding me back. $30K of my prior EF went to divorce lawyers (oh, the X made it VERY ugly!), which is one of the reasons why my EF is still not where I would like it to be right now. But it was money very well spent! (and thanks to that EF, I was able to pay CASH for the lawyer bills and still have money left for a downpayment on a new-to-me house).
Rather than whine and complain and mooch off of (or blame) the government, I bettered my situation on my own by making wise choices (and sacrifices).
On the other hand, my ex husband just applied for public assistance. He refuses to believe any of his current situation is his own fault, but I'm not sure whether he places more blame on me or Obama for it. I think he hates us both equally as much…Comment by Anonymous — Sep 28th 2012 @ 10:55 am
Better than 4 years ago? Nope. Worse. And it's Obama's fault too. His government spending has created such a large deficit that it is now being monetized by the Federal Reserve resulting in inflation increasing faster than my paychecks.Comment by Anonymous — Oct 4th 2012 @ 1:53 pm
Tommy, Obama's current yearly federal deficit is 5.6% lower than the levels he inherited from GW Bush.
Blame Obama for not lowering the deficit fast enough, but dont claim he increased it, as that is factually incorrect.Comment by Anonymous — Oct 6th 2012 @ 9:23 am
Read my comment again. I never said he increased the deficit, I said he "created such a large deficit." He created a deficit every single year in his 4 year term. The debt increased every single year in his 4 year term.
Bush's deficit was bad and Obama's is too. Going on a diet and gaining only 5 lbs/month instead of 10 lbs/month is not what I would call success. It is failure.
You simply have to be a fool to keep voting for the evil GOP/DNC. I'm either voting for Gary Johnson or writing in Ron Paul.Comment by Anonymous — Oct 6th 2012 @ 12:54 pm
How did he "create" it, if he inherited it?
The large deficits were created over 8 years by Bush (who inherited a surplus). So whomever became president after Bush was screwed, even if that were Ron Paul instead of Obama; just like the next president is going to be screwed too (because they will again be inheriting a large deficit, though smaller than Obama did).Comment by Anonymous — Oct 8th 2012 @ 5:17 pm
Bush did not inherit a surplus. There was no surplus under Clinton – if there was, the national debt would not have increased on Clinton's watch.
The deficit is created every year – it's an annual deficit. The politicians choose to spend more than they take in. In any given year, Obama could veto spending that exceeded revenues, but he did not. As a result, he shares in the responsibility for creating the deficit.Comment by Anonymous — Oct 10th 2012 @ 12:01 am
Instead of ignoring FACTS and history, why don't you just research this stuff yourself?
Article about the Debt Clock in NYC, published Sept 7, 2000.
"Much to the bewilderment of passers-by, the clock began ticking down shortly after the government — flush with surplus funds from America's decade-long economic boom — announced in August 1999 it would start paying off its debts.
The government has paid off roughly $100 billion of the national debt so far this year.
Vice President and Democratic presidential nominee Al Gore has outlined a plan that he says would eliminate the debt by 2012.
Senior economic advisers to Texas Governor and Republican presidential candidate George W. Bush agree with the principle of paying down the debt but have not committed to a specific date for eliminating it."
Yeah, we know how that turned out.Comment by Anonymous — Oct 10th 2012 @ 7:15 pm
Go back to school BG and read this:
http://www.craigsteiner.us/articles/16Comment by Anonymous — Oct 10th 2012 @ 10:38 pm
There are two main parts of the Total National Debt: public debt (to outside parties), and the intergovernmental holdings (social security trust fund as an example).
Congress could eliminate the debt owed to the SS trust fund tomorrow, and there wouldn't be any repercussions from that act (ie: it is just accounting BS).
If your left hand defaults on your right hand, is anybody (besides you) ever going to care?
The fact still remains that Clinton oversaw the period in time where total federal government revenues were higher than total federal government spending — the definition of the word "surplus". The surplus was used to pay down the outstanding "debt held by the public" (ie, debt held by people and foreign countries): that is a fact.
The fact still remains that Bush inherited the budget in that state (surpluses).
The fact still remains that Obama inherited a budget from Bush with over $1.2 trillion yearly deficits locked in.
The fact remains that the 2013 federal budget is currently projected to have a $0.9 trillion yearly deficit (still bad, but improving).Comment by Anonymous — Oct 11th 2012 @ 8:53 am
Correct – there is public debt and intergovernmental holdings like the social security trust fund. You are also correct that Congress could default on the social security trust fund, but to answer your question if "anybody is ever going to care," I would say absolutely.
If congress defaults on SS and medicare tomorrow, you will see riots in the streets within minutes.
While I do not disagree with you that Bush had a deficit, even worse than Clinton, Obama did not inherit it. He ASKED for it and campaigned for it. He wanted the job and America gave it to him.
While I do not hold Obama responsible for any debt or deficits accumulated by previous administrations – except those in which he was a senator and voted in favor of the reckless spending – he is ultimately responsible for all the annual deficits created under his watch – not Bush.
When Romney takes over in January, if he runs a deficit as well (and he will), I will blame him – not Obama. At least Ron Paul proposed to cut $1 trillion – but Ron Paul will not be president in January unless something very unforeseen happens between now and then.Comment by Anonymous — Oct 12th 2012 @ 1:45 pm
"If congress defaults on SS and medicare tomorrow, you will see riots in the streets within minutes."
No such thing — the money is spent in the same year the taxes are paid, that is how the system is designed to work. There is no "lockbox" full of cash. The FICA yearly surpluses, by law, are used to purchased US Treasuries, which the Fed Gov uses to fund itself. It is a tax and nothing more, the Supreme Court has already decided that you are not gauranteed a penny for paying these taxes your entire lives. IT IS A TAX!
"Obama did not inherit it. He ASKED for it and campaigned for it. He wanted the job and America gave it to him."
Now that is funny. How about he both inherited the horrendous budget, and he also asked for the job of being the president? — as that is more accurate. Under Obama's watch, he has taken the Bush deficit from $1.2-$1.4 trillion, down to $0.9 trillion, I'd say Obama is doing a decent job (the boat is finally sailing in the correct direction after Bush took us off course for 8 years).
"….he (Obama) is ultimately responsible for all the annual deficits created under his watch – not Bush."
So you are saying that Obama is responsible for the unpaid for Bush tax cuts (tax cuts, without reciprocal spending cuts, so funded on the national credit card), and the unpaid for wars in Iraq and Afghanistan (starting wars and not raising taxes to fund them) — because these unpaid obligations have carried over into his term?
You do realize that Obama has been trying to balance the budget, but the Republican House Of Representatives (HOR) have been blocking every attempt to roll-back (let expire) the un-funded Bush tax cuts — let alone raising rates higher than they were under Clinton to finally start funding our wars. So which is it: Obama wants to raise taxes or not? How exactly do you think the $1 trillion yearly deficit is going to magically go away? With the Romney/Ryan budget which plans to slash tax rates even further (slashing rates another 20%), while at the same time increasing military spending even more? Yeah, that'll work just like it did under Bush, lol.
I love how you pretend that the decisions made by earlier administrations have no effect on later administrations. You can't go and purchase a one-million dollar house on credit this year, and then pretend next year that you didn't do that.
Regardless, all revenue bills must originate in the House of Representatives (per the US Constitution) — which is currently controlled by Republicans — so maybe you should look in the mirror once in a while.
It is squarely on the shoulders of the HOR to balance
the national budget, as the president can only "propose" a budget. The president's proposed budget has always been available on the whitehouse.gov website.
"When Romney takes over in January, if he runs a deficit as well (and he will), I will blame him – not Obama."
You still don't get it. It makes no difference who is president next term (Obama or Romney) — a $900 billion deficit doesn't just magically go away. There is no magic wand a president can wave to fix this. Our only hope is to get the hell out of the un-funded wars we have been fighting for 10 years, not start another war with Iran, undo the Bush tax cuts (for everyone), undo the Bush Medicare-PartD, and then (and ONLY then), will we even have a slight chance of balancing the budget in the NEXT DECADE.Comment by Anonymous — Oct 13th 2012 @ 4:48 pm
I agree that there is no lockbox full of cash to pay social security and medicare benefits. It's a darn shame the government didn't let people keep that money for their own retirement and/or invest it in the stock market. Heck, even if the market crashes 80%, we'd still have 20% left compared to the 0% we have now.
"So you are saying that Obama is responsible for the unpaid for Bush tax cuts (tax cuts, without reciprocal spending cuts, so funded on the national credit card), and the unpaid for wars in Iraq and Afghanistan (starting wars and not raising taxes to fund them) — because these unpaid obligations have carried over into his term?"
The Bush tax cuts are now the Obama tax cuts because he choose to keep them. So from that perspective, these are Obama's tax rates now – not Bush. While Obama wasn't elected to national office when the two wars began, he did vote to borrow money from China to pay for them – because he said he wanted to "support the troops." So, it's not like he is completely blameless when it comes to war spending…if he really cared about America's fiscal house, he would have done something to significantly reduced the war spending when he was elected president and his party controlled congress.
Obama's attempts to balance the budget with higher taxes is fraud. There simply is not enough money that can be raised via taxation. We're so far beyond that. The only solution now is to cut spending.
Even though the president does not originate the budgets/bills, he ultimately gets to sign-off…and if he disagrees, he can veto. Congress can over-ride his veto…but if he doesn't veto, then it is fair to hold Obama accountable.
A $900 billion deficit is not likely to disappear in year 1, but it is possible. If Gary Johnson is elected, you won't be able to blame him if the deficit is that high because he will veto that spending.Comment by Anonymous — Oct 13th 2012 @ 5:43 pm
"…if he (Obama) really cared about America's fiscal house, he would have done something to significantly reduced the war spending when he was elected president and his party controlled congress…"
And your excuse for the past two years for the Republican controlled house? I think it is fair to say that Congress, regardless of which party is in control, is incapable of reducing spending.
It would be better to have a balanced budget amendment in the constitution, that empowers the IRS to raise taxes automatically to fund whatever spending congress has written into law.
Also the complete elimination of every tax loophole/deduction/exemption so Congress would be unable to "spend" via the tax code. Every tax loophole for one group is the same as "spending", that must be made up by taxing everyone else more.
"There simply is not enough money that can be raised via taxation."
There is something like $1.1 trillion in potential yearly revenue that the fed gov doesn't collect due to all the tax loopholes/deductions. So I disagree with you, there is plenty of taxes that can be raised to cover even todays congress ridiculous spending levels.Comment by Anonymous — Oct 13th 2012 @ 11:10 pm
I have no excuse regarding the past 2 years of a GOP controlled house. Both parties deserve blame, but I think they are a few individuals that vote their principles over party lines like Ron Paul and Rand Paul. You can through Gary Johnson and Virgil Goode into that category too.
Would I support a balanced budget amendment? Yes. However, if congress just simply refused to raise the debt limit, that effectively would have the same effect.
If the balanced budget simply allowed taxes to be raised automatically with spending, that may or may not work. It might work by pissing off enough Americans to force their politicians to stop spending…or it might just give the government more money to spend and increase it even faster…I'm not sure…but certainly something worth thinking about.
I do not believe tax loopholes are true "spending." The only way you can consider it spending is if you believe the government owns 100% of the income of everybody by default and if they let you keep some of it (or keep more of it via "loopholes"), it is a gift. I think that is a dangerous/extreme mentality to have. I believe there should be zero taxes on income. We need more production, not less. Tax consumption instead.
The $1.1 trillion in revenue not collected due to loopholes/deductions exists only on paper. It assumes people will not adapt to the higher taxes. If taxes are raised, that would encourage people to work less and/or shift the income overseas…and jobs.
The rich are already taxed at about 50% of their income now when you add it all up (federal, state, local, fica, etc). When taxes exceed 50%, it is more profitable for the businessman to spend his time figuring out how to lower his taxes than it is to grow his business, income, and employment opportunities for workers.
We want entrepreneurs to focus on doing what's good for their consumers — not wasting time on figuring out how to reduce taxes…and for that to happen, we need tax rates as low as possible.Comment by Anonymous — Oct 14th 2012 @ 2:29 am
Not sure what numbers you are looking at, but Mitt Romney (a rich guy), has a total federal effective tax rate at 14.1% (his own campaign published that figure). Nowhere near the 50% figure you are quoting.Comment by Anonymous — Oct 14th 2012 @ 9:29 am
"I do not believe tax loopholes are true "spending."
Intentionally reducing revenues by creating loopholes (for particular groups ), adds to the deficit the same as writing welfare checks to the same people.
I want congress completely removed from the revenue/collection side of the budget. Whatever congress votes to spend, the IRS should be empowered to collect the taxes from the population using flat rates with absolutely no exemptions/deductions/loopholes for anyone (per new amendment to the constitution).
If Congress wants GE and Exxon to pay no taxes, instead of being allowed to create loopholes, Congress will have to send a physical welfare check (spend) to those companies to refund their taxes. When that is done, the IRS would be empowered to raise the tax rates to cover the check.
It should be clear to you now that tax loopholes are the equivalent to spending.Comment by Anonymous — Oct 14th 2012 @ 9:49 am
I never made any mention of Mitt Romney's specific effective tax rate; I'm referring to the average wealthy person. Mitt obviously is able to get his rate down by giving away so much money to charity…which I consider to be a GOOD thing. The average wealthy small business owner is paying around 50% of their income in taxes…and yes there are always exceptions.
I do not consider a loophole a reduction in revenue…nor can you unless you believe the government is by default entitled to that money in the first place…in other words, the government owns all our income and we're lucky they let us keep some of it for our families.Comment by Anonymous — Oct 14th 2012 @ 11:16 pm
"The average wealthy small business owner is paying around 50% of their income in taxes…and yes there are always exceptions."
What is an "average wealthy SBO"? NO business owners are paying anywhwere near 50% in federal taxes. BTW, 97 PERCENT of Small Business Owners make less than $250k a year, so are you talking about the "average of the top 3%"? Even so, there is no way even that highly cherry picked group is paying 50% in federal taxes.
"I do not consider a loophole a reduction in revenue…nor can you unless you believe the government is by default entitled to that money in the first place…"
If you live in the USA, then yes the federal government is entitled to that money by forcing you to pay taxes under threat of prison and/or confiscation of your accounts and wages. What fairy-tale land do you live in?
Tax loopholes are spending in the sense that they have the same exact effect on deficits as sending someone a welfare check. A tax-loop hole for one group is effectively a tax INCREASE on everyone else not in that group to make up the shortfall, and if the taxes aren't increased then the loophole is paid for on the national credit card (DEBT).Comment by Anonymous — Oct 16th 2012 @ 10:40 am
I'm referring to the average wealthy SBO – not the average SBO. Keep in mind that the wealthier SBO's are the ones that hire the employees and create jobs – not the 1 or 2 man operation running a business out of their garage or utility truck.
In 2012, a single person making over $388,350 has a marginal federal income tax rate of 35%. Granted, income below that is taxed at different rates within each of the various brackets…but for somebody who is really wealthy, the vast majority of their income IS in the 35% bracket. Let's say this person lives in Hawaii, so then that's another 11% tax that goes to the state. Then there is a self employment tax of 13.3% (although it only applies to the first $107k worth of income). Now throw in all the other taxes such as property taxes on the huge mansions they live in, sales tax on the luxury cars they buy, gasoline taxes, and the like and you're now pushing close to around 50% of their income taken in taxes.
The federal government is entitled to 100% of my income and anything they let me keep is a gift? That is a very scary ideology you have. It is very anti-American in my opinion.
Loopholes may represent tax revenue that never was, but they are NOT spending! Spending IS spending. Loopholes are not the CAUSE of the deficit, real actual spending IS. You can have tax loopholes and a surplus at the same time. It is impossible to have a deficit without spending. See the difference?Comment by Anonymous — Oct 16th 2012 @ 1:22 pm
When you start losing an argument about federal taxes on the wealthy, start throwing out statistics that use marginal rates (instead of effective rates), include state and local income/property taxes, and L0L, even the gasolene taxes for good measure!
Well played Repugnicant!Comment by Anonymous — Oct 20th 2012 @ 11:12 am
If a person is very wealthy their effective tax rate is essentially the marginal tax rate. It is basic math.
Using statistics to support my conclusion is not evidence that I'm losing an argument. On the contrary, if I were to be calling my opponent names such as Repugnicant, that might be an indication that I was losing an argument.Comment by Anonymous — Oct 20th 2012 @ 10:27 pm
"If a person is very wealthy their effective tax rate is essentially the marginal tax rate. It is basic math."
WRONG! That is the point I am making. Romney has an effective tax rate of 14.1%, much lower than mine, though he is pulling in tens of millions in income per year. He is not an anomaly either, as practically every CEO has a lower effective tax rate than their secretaries.Comment by Anonymous — Oct 22nd 2012 @ 8:55 am
Three points on that:
#1. He gives a huge amount of money to charity. If he gave less to charity, his taxes would be much higher.
Any reasonable person is smart enough to know that charitable organizations spend their money far more effectively to help people than the government bureaucracy does.
#2. Even if he has a lower effective tax rate than his secretary (but he doesn't), he is still paying far more in taxes in dollar terms than his secretary.
#3. One of the reasons the tax rate on an individual can be lower is if a large amount of their income comes from dividends and/or long-term capital gains. However, before anybody can get dividends/capital gains, the company they are invested in pays 35% corporate income taxes FIRST. So, to be honest about it, you have to include BOTH the taxes the individual pays AND the taxes the corporation pays on the individual's behalf.Comment by Anonymous — Oct 22nd 2012 @ 9:01 am
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