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Lorem Ipsum - I was thinking exactly along the lines of your comment a couple of weeks ago and went to a Chevy dealer looking for a Bolt. Took it for a test drive- what a blast. Then the time came to crunch the numbers. They added a $10K 'market adjustment' to the price. Hopefully, this doesn't represent the majority of Chevy, or EV, dealers. Needless to say, I still don't own an EV.
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And the UK government is shelling upwards of $120,000,000 to cover the costs of Charlie Mountbatten-Windsor's "scaled-down" coronation in May. Talked about woefully misplaced priorities.
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DK Yeh, I don’t think so. Fans’ relationships to the game are complex, and there are undeniable moral arguments to be made over having athletes face possible injury for entertainment, however you enter the realm of hyperbole when you claim most fans come to the games to see carnage. I suspect most fans come to the games for the excitement of the game itself: the athleticism, the strategy, the unknown result, the often stunning displays of physical ability - in both its graceful, and violent incarnations. But do they want to see carnage? Injury? Blood? I bet most do not. In fact I would suggest if the NFL managed to miraculously play an entire season without serious injury, no fan would “miss” the concussions and torn ACLs. As I say, there is a moral discussion to be had over football, but name-calling and obvious exaggeration don’t open the door to debate and change; they slam it shut.
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I found when dealing with clutter to simply ask myself “ what if I die today”. The thought of people going through my drawers and judging what they might find is a powerful motivator to get rid of stuff.I learned this when my mother passed away many years ago andI found crazy things like 60 pack of those purse size Kleenex tissues, dozens of never used “to do” list notepads, a little over 30 pair of just white pants. Even though some of the pants were winter weight and some meant for summer; 30 pair? Don’t get me started on the volume of 14k earrings missing the mate, or the amount of cosmetics that had never been open totaling $500.{ my mother was 85} and not Tammy Faye!My mothers house was clean and not cluttered which left me to believe that because everything had a home she never actually realized how much excess stuff she had accumulated. I found myself judging her for her excessiveness and also for her leaving me with the project of getting rid of all this stuff. 10 years later I am finally down to the last pack of Kleenex tissues. (They are ridiculously small and almost useless)
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Annie B. US defense budget is 12 times the defense budgets of the next 10 nations--and most of those nations are allies. We can cut the budget--and still have plenty of military gear to give to Ukrainians.
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"content": "Annie B. US defense budget is 12 times the defense budgets of the next 10 nations--and most of those nations are allies. We can cut the budget--and still have plenty of military gear to give to Ukrainians.\n",
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How is that the Public Officials decided that theyhad the right to pay $ 20,000,000 to the descendants of the original owners who were paid fair market price ?My ancestors had their lands taken from them in Wisconsin, Iowa, Kansas and Nebraska - can we demand $ 1,750,000,000,000 from the various States and Federal Government - we lost thousands of square miles not 0.0124 % of a square mile, that we never received a penny for.
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"content": "How is that the Public Officials decided that theyhad the right to pay $ 20,000,000 to the descendants of the original owners who were paid fair market price ?My ancestors had their lands taken from them in Wisconsin, Iowa, Kansas and Nebraska - can we demand $ 1,750,000,000,000 from the various States and Federal Government - we lost thousands of square miles not 0.0124 % of a square mile, that we never received a penny for.\n",
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Built by Fisher Sand and Gravel, a contractor recommended by Donald Trump. From a CNN news item that appeared on May 20, 2020: "While the President has publicly touted Fisher, the company has a history of red flags – including more than $1 million in fines for environmental and tax violations. A decade ago, a former co-owner of the company pleaded guilty to tax fraud and was sentenced to prison....The company also admitted to defrauding the federal government by impeding the IRS."With Trump, the sleaze never stops.
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"content": "Built by Fisher Sand and Gravel, a contractor recommended by Donald Trump. From a CNN news item that appeared on May 20, 2020: \"While the President has publicly touted Fisher, the company has a history of red flags – including more than $1 million in fines for environmental and tax violations. A decade ago, a former co-owner of the company pleaded guilty to tax fraud and was sentenced to prison....The company also admitted to defrauding the federal government by impeding the IRS.\"With Trump, the sleaze never stops.\n",
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| no | Classification | 2,392 |
Picture-perfect response to the most interesting (#1) Question.Sadly, "phoned in" and increasingly lame responses to the other 3.... You'd never hear PG wonder out loud, but I'm sure I'm not alone in thinking that "sexting" is an awful lot like the "spitting" that one saw 20-40 years back pretty widely.That is, it's ego-gone-wild. Maybe, Anthony Weiner has his fans, but when he was found to have sent "pix" - I was with the 95% of the people expressing opinions that ... were awfully censorious. (And I think it would have been 80%+ leaving aside the age of the recipient.) There used to be a Dial commercial with a tag line of "friends should tell friends." I know feelings run strong pro & con on this one, but unlike PG, I can see merits in what the questioner was thinking about doing.And with #4, how can a columnist be clueless to what may be a very big piece of change for that individual in an economy where it's more than possible that a person willing to shell out $400 for a ticket "on a good day" has since suffered some reverse. He's pretty harsh to Q#2 as to "how did you happen to see that sext?" so while answering a question with a question is not great for an advice column, here it looks to me like simple common sense.
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"content": "Picture-perfect response to the most interesting (#1) Question.Sadly, \"phoned in\" and increasingly lame responses to the other 3.... You'd never hear PG wonder out loud, but I'm sure I'm not alone in thinking that \"sexting\" is an awful lot like the \"spitting\" that one saw 20-40 years back pretty widely.That is, it's ego-gone-wild. Maybe, Anthony Weiner has his fans, but when he was found to have sent \"pix\" - I was with the 95% of the people expressing opinions that ... were awfully censorious. (And I think it would have been 80%+ leaving aside the age of the recipient.) There used to be a Dial commercial with a tag line of \"friends should tell friends.\" I know feelings run strong pro & con on this one, but unlike PG, I can see merits in what the questioner was thinking about doing.And with #4, how can a columnist be clueless to what may be a very big piece of change for that individual in an economy where it's more than possible that a person willing to shell out $400 for a ticket \"on a good day\" has since suffered some reverse. He's pretty harsh to Q#2 as to \"how did you happen to see that sext?\" so while answering a question with a question is not great for an advice column, here it looks to me like simple common sense.\n",
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That the workers are supporting an organization who is working against them is a valid and unsettling. However, the fact that the $15 food safety class only represents 2% of the association's revenue seems to weaken the argument that it is solely the food safety class's fee and the worker's money that is really responsible for all the lobbying. Am I missing something?
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Not sure why we should be thanking anyone for "only $1.4 trillion." The longer we kick the can down the road the bigger the pain for the next generations of tax payers. We need to get back to a surplus to do right by the Americans who come after us. That means we need to raise taxes and cut spending. Blow the whistle of good times when we get back to the black or at least have a path to get there.
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"content": "Not sure why we should be thanking anyone for \"only $1.4 trillion.\" The longer we kick the can down the road the bigger the pain for the next generations of tax payers. We need to get back to a surplus to do right by the Americans who come after us. That means we need to raise taxes and cut spending. Blow the whistle of good times when we get back to the black or at least have a path to get there.\n",
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Obliviously, Alexa is helpful to many, but it seems there's two main scenarios in these stories. The first is Alexa can be helpful for people who are physically or cognitively in need of some assistance. The second is that they are helpful for people who have already invested in other smart home tech. While very useful for a small set of people, that market is obviously not big enough for Amazon to sell Alexa at cost.Alexa and other voice assistants are an example of new tech being introduced without actually taking into account how people could practically use it.Amazon thought people would do a lot of shopping on the device, but people I know say the only shopping they really do with Alexa is to order something they always order. Shopping for something the first time or anything where aesthetics matters doesn't work. The necessary information is impossible to effectively convey though audio only. People want to see the price, shipping info, reviews, etc. Like touch screens 15 years ago, and now VR, the tech will find the niche where it's most useful. Voice commands are perfect for a lot of things on smartphones. Tablets are great for consuming media and some other jobs, but if you want real work done nothing has yet beat a keyboard and mouse. I still haven't figured out what VR would actually be good for, yet.
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"content": "Obliviously, Alexa is helpful to many, but it seems there's two main scenarios in these stories. The first is Alexa can be helpful for people who are physically or cognitively in need of some assistance. The second is that they are helpful for people who have already invested in other smart home tech. While very useful for a small set of people, that market is obviously not big enough for Amazon to sell Alexa at cost.Alexa and other voice assistants are an example of new tech being introduced without actually taking into account how people could practically use it.Amazon thought people would do a lot of shopping on the device, but people I know say the only shopping they really do with Alexa is to order something they always order. Shopping for something the first time or anything where aesthetics matters doesn't work. The necessary information is impossible to effectively convey though audio only. People want to see the price, shipping info, reviews, etc. Like touch screens 15 years ago, and now VR, the tech will find the niche where it's most useful. Voice commands are perfect for a lot of things on smartphones. Tablets are great for consuming media and some other jobs, but if you want real work done nothing has yet beat a keyboard and mouse. I still haven't figured out what VR would actually be good for, yet.\n",
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John Oil from the strategic reserve was sold in early 2022 to stabilize oil prices and when oil prices came down later in the year it was replenished (and the Federal Government ended up with a $4 billion profit). If you check, interest rates have also been coming down - I work for a big bank and our mortgage and consumer lending rates were all lowered recently. Rents have stabilized and are declining as are home prices. This is all easy to find out by the way. Google is your friend. As to the Biden admin; it is easily the most competent administration we have had in the past 20 years.
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Loves Mountains His father owned a company that raked in millions from Medicare for hospice coverage, then sold it for $400M before the company was charged with fraud. As much as these crooks criticize the government, they sure know how to get money from the very programs they want to cut.
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| yes | Classification | 6,218 |
i love talking to strangers - especially in my topanga canyon neighborhood. i chat them up about their dogs, their holiday decorations, the occasional mail theft, their beautiful children, their beautiful children's drum practice, the rainy weather, the raging waterfalls on topanga canyon blvd., the gratitude for living in such beauty only 25 minutes from the cacophony of santa monica. when you "open the kimono" all kinds of wonderful relationships can blossom.
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One of the most important lessons to be learned from this war in Ukraine is the success of cheap weapons over very expensive ones like air superiority fighters. Drones are the best example of this. A $60,000 drone can destroy a city or a power grid substation, and to shoot down that drone, a much more expensive missile must be used.Even DJI's $1,000 recreational drones are proving very effective for both observation and combat.If this is to continue, the armies of the big countries will have to put their F-35, Su-57 and Rafales on eBay.
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"content": "One of the most important lessons to be learned from this war in Ukraine is the success of cheap weapons over very expensive ones like air superiority fighters. Drones are the best example of this. A $60,000 drone can destroy a city or a power grid substation, and to shoot down that drone, a much more expensive missile must be used.Even DJI's $1,000 recreational drones are proving very effective for both observation and combat.If this is to continue, the armies of the big countries will have to put their F-35, Su-57 and Rafales on eBay.\n",
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There has only been one president who eliminated the national debt, Andrew Jackson, in 1835. And what was the result of this great accomplishment? Within a year, the country's banking system was in crisis and American was sinking into its first serious depression. The national debt was created ON PURPOSE by Alexander Hamilton's financial plan in the first year of the Constitutional republic. He envisioned it as way to leverage America's vast resources and economic potential as a new country in order to honor its war debts and create the stability and security necessary to attract both foreign and domestic investors. And, guess what? It worked. And continues to work. People in the Freedom Caucus, like 19th century agrarian idealists such as Jefferson and Jackson, do not understand the value of economic stability and investment in raising all boats. They think small and act smaller. We can and should argue over how and how much we tax and spend but we should NEVER risk our position as the center of world finance and a leader in economic growth by defaulting on our obligations. Chaos may be fun for these GOP extremists in politics but children should not be allowed to play with things they do not understand.
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"content": "There has only been one president who eliminated the national debt, Andrew Jackson, in 1835. And what was the result of this great accomplishment? Within a year, the country's banking system was in crisis and American was sinking into its first serious depression. The national debt was created ON PURPOSE by Alexander Hamilton's financial plan in the first year of the Constitutional republic. He envisioned it as way to leverage America's vast resources and economic potential as a new country in order to honor its war debts and create the stability and security necessary to attract both foreign and domestic investors. And, guess what? It worked. And continues to work. People in the Freedom Caucus, like 19th century agrarian idealists such as Jefferson and Jackson, do not understand the value of economic stability and investment in raising all boats. They think small and act smaller. We can and should argue over how and how much we tax and spend but we should NEVER risk our position as the center of world finance and a leader in economic growth by defaulting on our obligations. Chaos may be fun for these GOP extremists in politics but children should not be allowed to play with things they do not understand.\n",
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10 dollars a dozen in ND. We have 6 chickens as a hobby and we get 6 beautiful eggs A-day. For the 2 of us that is more than enough and we share with everyone for free. We did hear of some zoo animals in Nebraska dying of avian flu when hunters donated their wild game to the zoo to feed carnivores. Sad.
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Jake Wagner China is not a helpless victim, although individual citizens may be. The CCP's governance ethos, which discourages lower echelons from reporting bad news upwards and stifles/punishes any kind of free speech, is a huge reason why the virus leaked out into the world in the first place. Precious time was lost in late 2019 when accurate reporting of the virus to higher-level health authorities in China was quashed. But that's another story. Since then China has tried to prove to the world that its vaccines and its strategy for handling the virus are superior to other countries, especially Western countries. It invested huge amounts of money in its zero-covid strategy for almost three years and focused on homegrown vaccines and treatments including Chinese medicine. Recently, the Chinese government was unwilling to include Paxlovid in its national health insurance formulary because Pfizer didn't meet the Chinese government's low price demands. China has had lots of opportunity over the last three years to prepare its population for dropping the zero-covid policy, but it chose to waste that time and lots of money because of pride--effectively the pride of its emperor-like leader, whose word is the closest thing to law in China anymore.
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Hunter Greer Last time I checked, the inheritance exemption was around $12M. That's a bit above upper middle class. If anything estate taxes need to be increased. The real problem is the loopholes you allude to.
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"content": "Hunter Greer Last time I checked, the inheritance exemption was around $12M. That's a bit above upper middle class. If anything estate taxes need to be increased. The real problem is the loopholes you allude to.\n",
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Once again there is a false equivalence that both parties are to blame for the coming Debt Ceiling crisis. This is a Republican problem & a stupid fight they have started. In October of 2021 all 206 members of the House GOP ( Neo-Libertarian Nationalist Party) caucus voted against raising the debt ceiling. All the House Democrats voted for raising the debt ceiling. The MAGAist party has been very open about not raising the debt ceiling. These bright minds even think that by opposing paying our bills places the blame for the overall debt squarely on the Democrats. They think they will own the Libs. Even on Fox News & Hate Radio they spin this myth and exploit their libertarian fanatical fantasies of stripping out the safety net, social programs, government agencies & crashing the system then redirecting that spending into the pockets of the one percent & corporations by way of tax-give-aways. The GOP does not hide this plan. Even McCarthy has been saying this for the last two years. Heck, the MAGAist ran on it. There’s no bullying by the so-called fringe party of the party. Its the ENTIRE Republican Party in the House and beyond that is all-in. Dont count on them to wise-up and fly right.The defenders of the public system and the responsible lawmakers who believe in paying the bills on time are the Democrats. Full stop. Quit with the false equivalnce. Stop with the story telling and outright distortion of the facts. This is another ugly crisis created by & for Republicans.
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"content": "Once again there is a false equivalence that both parties are to blame for the coming Debt Ceiling crisis. This is a Republican problem & a stupid fight they have started. In October of 2021 all 206 members of the House GOP ( Neo-Libertarian Nationalist Party) caucus voted against raising the debt ceiling. All the House Democrats voted for raising the debt ceiling. The MAGAist party has been very open about not raising the debt ceiling. These bright minds even think that by opposing paying our bills places the blame for the overall debt squarely on the Democrats. They think they will own the Libs. Even on Fox News & Hate Radio they spin this myth and exploit their libertarian fanatical fantasies of stripping out the safety net, social programs, government agencies & crashing the system then redirecting that spending into the pockets of the one percent & corporations by way of tax-give-aways. The GOP does not hide this plan. Even McCarthy has been saying this for the last two years. Heck, the MAGAist ran on it. There’s no bullying by the so-called fringe party of the party. Its the ENTIRE Republican Party in the House and beyond that is all-in. Dont count on them to wise-up and fly right.The defenders of the public system and the responsible lawmakers who believe in paying the bills on time are the Democrats. Full stop. Quit with the false equivalnce. Stop with the story telling and outright distortion of the facts. This is another ugly crisis created by & for Republicans.\n",
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Liza I am sure they are grateful for the $1.48 of your taxes that they received in 2021/22. The total taxpayer contribution for that year was just under $100m, of which about 2/3rd was paid for maintaining properties which generate approximately $1 billion of tourist revenues. However high the taxes in the UK are, virtually none of it goes to the royal family, and tourism alone is a net benefit to the UK economy. The King also pays income tax on the revenues of the Duchy of Cornwall at the top marginal rate of 45% (generating approximately $30m in tax revenues in 2021/22) and personal income tax on his private sources of income (the Crown has paid income tax at the highest marginal rate since 1993). They also pay property rates and taxes at a non concessional rate on the Royal Estates. In other words, they certainly paid more in taxes than they received.
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Harry is not "telling his story." He is selling, for a $20 Million book deal, private conversations he had with his family members; including what he told his dead Grandmother's body. He is casting aspersions on his Father, and on his brother, who also lost his Mother at a young age, knowing that their policy is to remain silent. The single time Anderson Cooper challenged him by remarking his attacks on his brother were "Pretty cutting," Harry arrogantly dismissed it. "I don't see it as cutting." Harry believes that the way he "sees it" and how it "feels" to him is the only way that matters.
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On my morning walk with our cockapoo I make a point to walk past the unassuming neighborhood house that’s a nursing home. Most mornings, one of the residents, Cathy, sits outside in her wheelchair, and we have a little visit. Bit by bit we are getting to know one another, and it all started a few weeks ago when on a whim I asked her, ‘would you like to say hi to my puppy?’It’s a little thing but he knows her now and starts pulling at his leash when he sees her, and she really seems to enjoy our visits.For me, being a bit shy, having him along is the perfect opening to start a conversation.
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CarterT Apple's Tim Cook took a pay cut from $84 million in 2022 to $49 million in 2023. There isn't anything the man has done to merit either of those amounts. Apple has been on autopilot since Steve Jobs's death.Furthermore, Cook only took the pay cut after shareholders' (nonbinding) approval of his pay package dropped to 64% last year from 95% the year earlier.
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| yes | Classification | 4,999 |
Frank We hit 8 billion late last year.Heading now for 9.
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| no | Classification | 4,394 |
Bethany Pheneger it’s just way more common here in New York to share an apartment with roommates (sometimes friends, but not always) than it is anywhere else I’ve lived. The other thing to consider is that certain expenses that are common elsewhere in the US (even other big cities!) are almost negligible here: the big one being how few people have cars which can save a lot and allow you to direct money to the more expensive housing costs.Is it incredibly expensive? Absolutely, and for sure many of these people making <$75k are almost certainly making sacrifices to stay in the city and make it work, and those under $40k are likely struggling without a partner income or some such. But people who want to live here are pretty motivated to make it work.
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| no | Classification | 4,075 |
I think there is a certain 'skew' to the framing here, in the sense that the verbs and metaphors suggest a kind of footrace between two runners or teams. The U.S. actively trying to hobble, contain, hold back China, instead of just 'running faster'. This misses or at least pushes into the background, the frame of the larger system, (of rules, ethical behavior, etc.); i.e.: that the runners are not quite running on the same track any more, or rather that the 'race' is not so much for GDP or technological 1st place, but to determine who will write and enforce the rules of competition-cooperation. The fact that playing under the normative rules of the existing 'world order' has become something of an existential threat to Chinese leadership, as would be ceding it to China for the U.S. , this, seems to me a more objective, constructive 'frame' for the discussion.Not that the personal undertones don't exist, or that the U.S. doesn't have an obligation to continually check its glaring priors on this account...but the subtle front footing of those tones, (from a former Biden official in this case), can contribute to a kind of corrosive diffidence in speech on the center left...which in turn leaves credible open the space for language like that of the former president, et. al.
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| no | Classification | 2,638 |
As a Met fan, I am glad that the Mets are not investing over $300 million in Carlos Correa. They already have a very talented roster & should be a strong contender for years to come even without him. The money saved by not signing Correa could be better spent upgrading areas more in need of improvement than third base. Correa is a great shortstop, but Francisco Lindor will occupy that position for another decade. When you put Correa at third base, his offensive numbers do not approach those of elite third basemen such as Manny Machado or Nolan Arenado. Furthermore, the Mets' farm system has better prospects playing third base than at any other position on the diamond. Brett Baty is likely to be ready to take over at third base by 2024, after Eduardo Escobar's contract expires. If not Baty, either Mark Vientos or Ronnie Mauricio could be the future Mets third baseman. So, the Mets are not in need of a third baseman. Amid the commotion mover Correa's contract, let's not forget that Eduardo Escobar was N.L. Player of the month in Sept. 2022. An infield of Alonso at 1st, McNeil at 2nd, Lindor at shortstop, & Escobar at 3rd is among the best in the game. Without a long-term commitment to Correa, look for them to acquire another outfielder & some additional bullpen help. They can begin 2023 more optimistic about their prospects than they have in many years.
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I have not read the Omnibus bill but USP (United States Pharmacopeia) and others at universities are touting about the monies in the healthcare bill. They are labeling the monies will allow them to develop technologies to bring pharma manufacturing home. Regulators and legislators have been talking about bringing pharma home but there is no pathway planned and/or suggested. Pharmacy benefit managers will not let that happen as their profits will be severely crimped. Monies slated for manufacturing technology is a waste was the technologies have existed for over 50+ years and have not been been implemented by the companies. They have not done so as they have no financial justification for these technologies. Companies are happy with the current methods. Most are PORK BARREL projects. PHLOW Corp. has been given over $800 million in 2022 and have nothing to show for. Nothing will change and we will be talking about this every year.
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One of the insurgents’ main demands involves being able to offer amendments to bills outside of any established procedures. They tout this as some important step toward an open democracy but it is all about getting themselves airtime on the House floor spouting their backing for one absurd position after another that has absolutely no chance of passage. As Goldberg notes, that airtime is the whole point. These are grifters selling their brand on TV, just as Trump did on “The Apprentice” and continues to do with his rallies. It’s a lucrative business and easier than the normal path to political riches — lobbying. All follow in the footsteps of Newt Gingrich whose pathway to power was paved by speeches given to an empty House chamber broadcast on CSPAN when the rules prohibited the cameras showing the deserted seats.
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LaSalle was endorsed by the Partnership for New York, the front organization of New York's plutocrats, who unlike a phony oligarch like Trump, would prefer to remain in the shadows. That should be disqualification enough.
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| no | Classification | 4,855 |
When Twitter fired employees recently it was because of big bad Elon Musk. Why do the owners of Microsoft and Facebook not receive the same critical scrutiny?
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| no | Classification | 887 |
"Young Koreans have well-documented reasons not to start a family, including the staggering costs of raising children, unaffordable homes, lousy job prospects and soul-crushing work hours.”This , most of all , is what it is all aboutore a country " that recognize diverse companionships, like France, have been more successful at stabilizing or even bumping up births.That is not what isFrench child benefits: Examples The birth allowance 948.27 € The adoption allowance 1 896.52 € The basic allowance (allocation de base – Ab) The complementary allowance for childcare Monthly Government pays , tax brake class 1Family allowance for 2 children131.95 €Family allowance for 3 children301 €Per extra child169.06 €Increase for children from the age of 14 y.o.65.97 €Flat-rate allowance83.44 €One Euro = 1.09 US dollarsIt is government pay not ‘diverse companionship “ that lifted the French birth rate.
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Sadly it seems that most of the large scale infrastructure projects in NY area follow are years late and well over budget. Wish the NYT did more stories like the one that they did on this debacle back in 2017.The estimated cost on this project tripled, so we set $8bln on fire. That's $8bln that could have been spent on other needed infrastructure.Some comments on here have no problem with this, saying any dollar spent on infrastructure is a dollar well spent. Or they say need more taxes to create more revenues for these projects.Why are we so accepting of spending $3 to get $1 of benefit?
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"content": "Sadly it seems that most of the large scale infrastructure projects in NY area follow are years late and well over budget. Wish the NYT did more stories like the one that they did on this debacle back in 2017.The estimated cost on this project tripled, so we set $8bln on fire. That's $8bln that could have been spent on other needed infrastructure.Some comments on here have no problem with this, saying any dollar spent on infrastructure is a dollar well spent. Or they say need more taxes to create more revenues for these projects.Why are we so accepting of spending $3 to get $1 of benefit?\n",
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| yes | Classification | 5,454 |
Mike I understand where you are coming from. I purchased a Tesla at the recommendation of my teen granddaughter a few years ago. It saved my life. I never used my auto pilot on the car, which got totaled in a rear-ender. But the frame of this car is incredibly strong! Safety features are the best. Which is why I replaced it with another. Best car I have ever driven. And I cannot abide Musk. Oh yeah, and my electric bill went up about ten dollars per month, while my gas bill flatlined. Such a deal.
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carolyn Tips are almost always far less than minimum wage, because a lot of restaurant work takes place at a time when there aren’t tipping customers. Opening, closing, washing dishes between the lunch crowd and the dinner crowd, all of that is work that pays waiters two dollars an hour in the US. The excess income from tips subsidizes a substantial amount of work that would otherwise not be worth it.
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Bret Stephens’ suggestion that raising the tax cap on Social Security to be over $160k be countered by raising the minimum age by 5-10 years is the height of elitism. I mean, really. A minimum age of 72 to 75 is fine for those, like Mr Stephens who have large stock portfolios and robust 401Ks, perhaps even a nice pension. But what about the majority of Americans who do not, many of whom are laboring at low wages in physically demanding jobs? It sickens me to read such a tone deaf opinion, and further that Gayle leaves it unchallenged. Conservatives are shameless in their desire for more for themselves with complete disregard for those low wage workers who do the hard and dirty work in this country.
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| no | Classification | 2,436 |
I’m a huge believer in traditional finance and investing, even more so after the collapse in 2008. This op-ed nails something that I’ve been pointing out to younger people for some time: if it seems to good to be true then it is. None of them listened. I’ve had people go into a full-blown rage when I’ve questioned crypto, GameStop, or whatever meme stock or scheme has come along. Some are quick to point out their gains — hardly anyone talks about their losses — and my response has always been “If it goes up fast, then it can go down fast. Take a long-term outlook to investing.”
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| no | Classification | 3,809 |
Memo to WH, the highly educated workers needed for the chip industry are not waiting at the southern border for the Title 42 expiry which would allow essentially open border for the menial workforce while graduating foreign students wait for work visas or H1B visa engineers wait endlessly for free card .
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| no | Classification | 4,754 |
My full retirement age for SS is already 67, and I started paying in with my first job at age 16. So let's see, I pay a 6.2% tax and my employer also pays 6.2% (which is part of my compensation and would otherwise go to me) and this will have gone on for 51 years by the time I reach full retirement age. The total amount of taxes I will contribute over that period will be a substantial sum, likely between $500k and $1mm. The benefits I receive will be "one leg of the stool" in terms of funding my retirement but not enough to securely fund even a modest retirement on their own. It's basically a poverty stipend. Not a good deal for me personally, I would almost certainly be better off keeping my money and investing it myself for retirement, but it's a passable deal for the average taxpayer and provides a safety net for the elderly and the vulnerable, especially those who live way longer than expected.But you propose to shift that another 4-5 years? Give me a break. The tax rate had better be dropping accordingly. I am supposed to work and pay significant taxes into the program for 55 years so that I can get a poverty-level stipend when I'm in my 70's? What a terrible deal that would be.
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Its to prepare Americans for the zero jobs and factories that will arrive after taxpayers handed them 80 billion which will be used for share buybacks.
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There is one thing the GOP is doing right. After decades of cold-hearted slashing of funding for, and deinstitutionalization of, the mentally ill - cosigning many of them to homelessness - the GOP is now, finally, providing some of them a home where they are welcomed with open arms, as demonstrated in the McCarthy-MTG photo.
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Pippa Does not work if the Fed decides to pursue zero-interest policies for extended periods, as it has over the past 20 years. So savers have had to take on significant risk, not simply "watch compound interest." Cutting actual consumption, foregoing expensive habits, taking jobs even when the salary or wage is less than what you used to earn - all of those things have been required to keep head above water, and even so, not enough in this increasingly not-first-world country we live in.
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I was struck by:The seeds of the Tea Party movement were sown by discontents among a threatened white majority, or what Mr. Trump later called “the forgotten men and women of this country.”I have known professional colleagues and neighbors who adhere to the above feeling of being aggrieved. Yet I have watched their relative economic success continue without any evidence of hardship. They have not lost their homes, had to declare bankruptcy (save one who forged business partners signatures). Thus, I do not understand the existential fear of losing out or having something taken. The people are fear are the criminal fraudsters who actually steal other people’s money. Kennedy forged a path that committed vast amounts of US dollars in the Space Race and that spending continued with DARPA. The computer age has created great wealth for this country and has enabled many to earn a comfortable living. Not all government spending is evil.
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My mom was a single mom who had a generous county pension. She didn’t expect us to support her in retirement but she did expect us to repay her $50,000 after we completed our education. That money would be used to pay tuition for the next kid coming through. In the end we all went to private colleges and public/private grad schools but my mom did not have to carry impossible debt to help us so so.
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Jake Wagner 100,000 have been lost in each side. This is a nuance that seems to escape you.Biden is an ineffectual placeholder who is not Trump, but this war in Ukraine is Putin's making, not Biden's. Putin had only to not invade and it would not be happening. Russai was not threatened in any way. Putin has delusions of Peterness.We (the US) do not negotiate ceasefires for nations being invaded by others. We will support them as long as it is in OUR interest (and this is not a bad thing, mind you) and as long as we don't get dragged into the middle of another European war.We solved Europe's problems (with the help of the USSR) in WWII. We defeated the aggressors in WWI.We don't actually owe Europe anything at this pont, but it is in our best interest to contain nations such as Russia. Eastern Europe knows this and appreciates the assist. Western Europe - did France and Germany learn nothing?
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"content": "Jake Wagner 100,000 have been lost in each side. This is a nuance that seems to escape you.Biden is an ineffectual placeholder who is not Trump, but this war in Ukraine is Putin's making, not Biden's. Putin had only to not invade and it would not be happening. Russai was not threatened in any way. Putin has delusions of Peterness.We (the US) do not negotiate ceasefires for nations being invaded by others. We will support them as long as it is in OUR interest (and this is not a bad thing, mind you) and as long as we don't get dragged into the middle of another European war.We solved Europe's problems (with the help of the USSR) in WWII. We defeated the aggressors in WWI.We don't actually owe Europe anything at this pont, but it is in our best interest to contain nations such as Russia. Eastern Europe knows this and appreciates the assist. Western Europe - did France and Germany learn nothing?\n",
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Dennis Sopczynski, San Mateo, CA-It's also about the GOP's strategy to "buy" seats:Out of roughly $4 million NY's rep Elise Stefanik raised on WinRed this election cycle---just 4% came from her own district!<a href="https://news.yahoo.com/invention-elise-stefanik-154529580.html" target="_blank">https://news.yahoo.com/invention-elise-stefanik-154529580.html</a>How Republicans Tried to Rig an Election in North Carolina (And Almost Got Away With It)<a href="https://www.gq.com/story/north-carolina-ninth-district-fraud" target="_blank">https://www.gq.com/story/north-carolina-ninth-district-fraud</a>
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"content": "Dennis Sopczynski, San Mateo, CA-It's also about the GOP's strategy to \"buy\" seats:Out of roughly $4 million NY's rep Elise Stefanik raised on WinRed this election cycle---just 4% came from her own district!<a href=\"https://news.yahoo.com/invention-elise-stefanik-154529580.html\" target=\"_blank\">https://news.yahoo.com/invention-elise-stefanik-154529580.html</a>How Republicans Tried to Rig an Election in North Carolina (And Almost Got Away With It)<a href=\"https://www.gq.com/story/north-carolina-ninth-district-fraud\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.gq.com/story/north-carolina-ninth-district-fraud</a>\n",
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We live out a life, and sometimes we sense something in someone else that we recognize, something real, and we feel less lonely. I read Iggy Pop and I hear a person, just talking, marveling, standing there and taking it, shaking it out and seeing if anything of value catches the light. Some stuff he did was hard to read.I've never ground my chest into a broken beer bottle. Never done any drugs. I've lain face down in the snow, though. When you feel the electricity of desperate hope coursing through you, you might do something jarring, just to try to feel something answering back.I saw Iggy open for the Pretenders in Detroit in the early eighties, when I was an art student there. I wasn't in the crush at the front of the stage. I was out on the edge, but I was listening intently for something real, and that night I heard it, and carried it home. So thanks, Jim, for that.
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"content": "We live out a life, and sometimes we sense something in someone else that we recognize, something real, and we feel less lonely. I read Iggy Pop and I hear a person, just talking, marveling, standing there and taking it, shaking it out and seeing if anything of value catches the light. Some stuff he did was hard to read.I've never ground my chest into a broken beer bottle. Never done any drugs. I've lain face down in the snow, though. When you feel the electricity of desperate hope coursing through you, you might do something jarring, just to try to feel something answering back.I saw Iggy open for the Pretenders in Detroit in the early eighties, when I was an art student there. I wasn't in the crush at the front of the stage. I was out on the edge, but I was listening intently for something real, and that night I heard it, and carried it home. So thanks, Jim, for that.\n",
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I wonder Gail how many times in the past year or two you've written nearly the exact same opening to this column:"Bret, I have a lot to ask you about government spending and deficits and … all that stuff. But first, we really need to talk about all the recent mass shootings and what to do about them, right?"And we will do about them exactly what we have done all the other times...nothing, zero, zip, nada. We'll march out the sads, the prayers, the thoughts, the outrage and the excuses. And in the end we will do nothing. Until we nothing this country to nothing or at least a place where virtually no one feels safe. Because the bottom line is that while most people care and want to do something (not sure what that something might be), the people with money, power and the guns are just fine with course of events.
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Patrick Universal Healthcare simply means that we, as a country, have decided that we should invest in our greatest asset - the people - by providing healthcare to all. Single payer is a different but related concept and means that one source - the government, unless you have a better idea - is responsible to negotiate and pay the claims that come forward. Our healthcare system was not designed and it has not been emulated anywhere in the world. It happened by chance, and it is patchwork of programs that cover *some* of the elderly, the poor, Veterans (our only, true "socialist" program), Native Americans, and employer-provided private insurance for the employees. And with that we have millions of uninsured who use the ER as their primary care physician and thousands more who die each year from curable diseases. In short, what we have is a disaster and until we decide to change it, our most vulnerable, like these little kids, will suffer. Given the ROI on investing in our health, especially preventative medicine, providing healthcare to our citizens is one of the best things we can invest our dollars in.
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"content": "Patrick Universal Healthcare simply means that we, as a country, have decided that we should invest in our greatest asset - the people - by providing healthcare to all. Single payer is a different but related concept and means that one source - the government, unless you have a better idea - is responsible to negotiate and pay the claims that come forward. Our healthcare system was not designed and it has not been emulated anywhere in the world. It happened by chance, and it is patchwork of programs that cover *some* of the elderly, the poor, Veterans (our only, true \"socialist\" program), Native Americans, and employer-provided private insurance for the employees. And with that we have millions of uninsured who use the ER as their primary care physician and thousands more who die each year from curable diseases. In short, what we have is a disaster and until we decide to change it, our most vulnerable, like these little kids, will suffer. Given the ROI on investing in our health, especially preventative medicine, providing healthcare to our citizens is one of the best things we can invest our dollars in.\n",
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Zack Here's what scientists do know. Sound familiar?:From 2015:"A warming climate coupled with more intense El Niño and La Niña events could cause twice as many droughts and three times as many floods in California by 2080, according to a study published Wednesday in the journal Nature Communications.The findings come while California suffers its most severe drought in recorded history, a four-year disaster that has caused an estimated $2.2 billion in economic loss from 2013-14 alone. At the same time, heavy rainfall––which triggered mudslides last week in Southern California––is anticipated through the winter from a strong El Niño event predicted by many climate forecasters."<a href="https://insideclimatenews.org/news/23102015/california-faces-future-drought-alternating-floods-el-nino" target="_blank">https://insideclimatenews.org/news/23102015/california-faces-future-drought-alternating-floods-el-nino</a>/
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Free markets are typified by periods of oversupply and a glut on the market pushing less efficient producers out of the market which then leads to shortages and high prices which then leads to overproduction and so on. This is how the system is supposed to work so as long as we want a free market in the production of essential goods like medications we will have intermittent shortages. California found this out when it tried an open market in electricity. Production of essential goods cannot be left to the free market. There needs to be a national program to oversee production of both prescription and over the counter medicines.
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"content": "Free markets are typified by periods of oversupply and a glut on the market pushing less efficient producers out of the market which then leads to shortages and high prices which then leads to overproduction and so on. This is how the system is supposed to work so as long as we want a free market in the production of essential goods like medications we will have intermittent shortages. California found this out when it tried an open market in electricity. Production of essential goods cannot be left to the free market. There needs to be a national program to oversee production of both prescription and over the counter medicines.\n",
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I’m in my early 60s I love learning and have been taking one course a semester at my local urban public university for five years, mostly earth sciences. (I have 3 degrees already from my youth - did I mention I love learning?) One of the most important functions I serve as a retiree among the college age students is to show what learning looks like. I know a lot and have to ignore the pride that comes with that to be humble and open to new ideas. I have to do all the homework and struggle with the concepts (geochemistry, geophysics - not easy stuff). I take notes and share them with the students who’ve never learned how or why to take notes. I have to raise my hand and ask what feels like stupid questions. I joyfully answer questions when called upon, to show the joy in having mastered a concept. I have to risk my non woke self when we talk about indigenous people and geology. I have watched and helped many students go on to graduate even when they struggled with full time jobs or family burdens while attending college full time. I see the students struggling to stay awake after working night shift, and I take them for my lab partner, because lab comes easy for me and hard for them. The students know hard work, and seeing them work intellectually, and seeing them see it really pay off is gratifying and humbling.
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"content": "I’m in my early 60s I love learning and have been taking one course a semester at my local urban public university for five years, mostly earth sciences. (I have 3 degrees already from my youth - did I mention I love learning?) One of the most important functions I serve as a retiree among the college age students is to show what learning looks like. I know a lot and have to ignore the pride that comes with that to be humble and open to new ideas. I have to do all the homework and struggle with the concepts (geochemistry, geophysics - not easy stuff). I take notes and share them with the students who’ve never learned how or why to take notes. I have to raise my hand and ask what feels like stupid questions. I joyfully answer questions when called upon, to show the joy in having mastered a concept. I have to risk my non woke self when we talk about indigenous people and geology. I have watched and helped many students go on to graduate even when they struggled with full time jobs or family burdens while attending college full time. I see the students struggling to stay awake after working night shift, and I take them for my lab partner, because lab comes easy for me and hard for them. The students know hard work, and seeing them work intellectually, and seeing them see it really pay off is gratifying and humbling.\n",
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Ken Aaron 10000000%.
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8 billionthat is the world population and it is growing8 billion people is a taxation on our natural resources, especially waterheating, transportation, and lifestyle adds to the carbon in the atmospherewe do not need more people, people can immigrate to areas that need workersi feel very bad for the women of south korea if they are subjected to these double standards and not treated with respect. i had no idea that the women are in a culture that fosters abuse and subjugation. a president that plays on men's resentment to win votes, how is that good for the country? we have experienced the spurring of resentment and entitlement and look where it got us.....january 6th! not good for any country.
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"content": "8 billionthat is the world population and it is growing8 billion people is a taxation on our natural resources, especially waterheating, transportation, and lifestyle adds to the carbon in the atmospherewe do not need more people, people can immigrate to areas that need workersi feel very bad for the women of south korea if they are subjected to these double standards and not treated with respect. i had no idea that the women are in a culture that fosters abuse and subjugation. a president that plays on men's resentment to win votes, how is that good for the country? we have experienced the spurring of resentment and entitlement and look where it got us.....january 6th! not good for any country.\n",
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You mean Trump, that arsonist? He hiked it upwards to a trillion. So now it is almost half of what it was. Seems to me the party now in power are the fireman putting out the fire. If Trump had told the truth about COVID from day one, maybe so much wouldn't have been spent on relief. Reagan and both Bushes raised the deficit hugely. Clinton got it down to zero. Obama cut it in half. So please, examine the facts and get back to us.
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"content": "You mean Trump, that arsonist? He hiked it upwards to a trillion. So now it is almost half of what it was. Seems to me the party now in power are the fireman putting out the fire. If Trump had told the truth about COVID from day one, maybe so much wouldn't have been spent on relief. Reagan and both Bushes raised the deficit hugely. Clinton got it down to zero. Obama cut it in half. So please, examine the facts and get back to us.\n",
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I am an old guy living in Tokyo but very happily retired, unlike the unfortunate subjects in this article. When we moved here over 30 years ago and examined the meager pension system in place (then as now 65,000 yen or $500 a month) we were determined to avoid a miserable retirement by conscientiously saving and investing. Many Japanese save but the majority have been scared to invest in the stock market, instead saving with bank and post office savings accounts providing negligible growth. This combined with their consistent support of the useless and uncaring LDP government, meant that Japanese households have been choosing their bleak future. This is a great country and I absolutely love living here but investing matters; politics matter. Make no mistake - many did and now it’s too late for them. It’s tragic and completely avoidable.
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This is a very interesting article written by someone with fewer than 10 years of HR experience and no formal education in HR, but she makes many good points that my 30 years of experience confirm. We should note that all the companies mentioned are post-IPO, meaning the markets/investors are pressuring companies to ultimately lay people off. She says as much in saying how companies are bending to external investor pressure. I also want to point out that in Talent-centric companies, what I build for organizations, the talent strategies are aligned with business strategy and vision. When this happens, companies don't have to give people so much stuff so they feel entitled to it in perpetuity.
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Ithaca Reader and Christopher BiedaThese stats you mention are mere nibbles around the edges. These schools have multibillion dollar endowments and could build anywhere they want, and they should build several new campuses nationwide to keep up with population growth. There are way more talented PhDs than tenured professorships. The limiting of supply is very (very, very) intentional so that the elite schools can appear more elite with lower acceptance rates and stroke graduates' erogenous zones with how amazing and better they are. I went to Cornell myself for undergrad and drank the Kool-Aid. Though the abundant resources were nice, the "I am better" attitude permeates everything. For my MS I went to Michigan State and had a way more enriching, human, interesting experience. Listen to the economics of elite universities on the Freakonomics podcast called "The University of Impossible-to-Get-Into." Presidents of these schools admit that they exist to put on this elite gameshow.
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"content": "Ithaca Reader and Christopher BiedaThese stats you mention are mere nibbles around the edges. These schools have multibillion dollar endowments and could build anywhere they want, and they should build several new campuses nationwide to keep up with population growth. There are way more talented PhDs than tenured professorships. The limiting of supply is very (very, very) intentional so that the elite schools can appear more elite with lower acceptance rates and stroke graduates' erogenous zones with how amazing and better they are. I went to Cornell myself for undergrad and drank the Kool-Aid. Though the abundant resources were nice, the \"I am better\" attitude permeates everything. For my MS I went to Michigan State and had a way more enriching, human, interesting experience. Listen to the economics of elite universities on the Freakonomics podcast called \"The University of Impossible-to-Get-Into.\" Presidents of these schools admit that they exist to put on this elite gameshow.\n",
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somebuddy This is demonstrably *not* why "we have irresponsible politicians who can't manage public funds". The average wealth for a state legislator in Florida, for example, is $1.9 million. <a href="https://www.news-journalonline.com/story/news/local/volusia/2019/09/09/millionaire-lawmakers-average-florida-state-senators-net-worth-is-59m/3201397007" target="_blank">https://www.news-journalonline.com/story/news/local/volusia/2019/09/09/millionaire-lawmakers-average-florida-state-senators-net-worth-is-59m/3201397007</a>/Someone with a small salary where they have to watch every dollar is likely to be better at understanding the financial issues the average household faces.And the reason our elected officials are "bad" at managing our money is because of ideology and corruption; greed pure and simple. The wealthiest ones are often Republican and if they're voting for lowered taxes and giveaways to corporations, like most Republicans, then they are not responsible with public money.We need more regular people leading us, including people who quit their jobs to spend time with their families and figure out what really matters in life.
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"content": "somebuddy This is demonstrably *not* why \"we have irresponsible politicians who can't manage public funds\". The average wealth for a state legislator in Florida, for example, is $1.9 million. <a href=\"https://www.news-journalonline.com/story/news/local/volusia/2019/09/09/millionaire-lawmakers-average-florida-state-senators-net-worth-is-59m/3201397007\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.news-journalonline.com/story/news/local/volusia/2019/09/09/millionaire-lawmakers-average-florida-state-senators-net-worth-is-59m/3201397007</a>/Someone with a small salary where they have to watch every dollar is likely to be better at understanding the financial issues the average household faces.And the reason our elected officials are \"bad\" at managing our money is because of ideology and corruption; greed pure and simple. The wealthiest ones are often Republican and if they're voting for lowered taxes and giveaways to corporations, like most Republicans, then they are not responsible with public money.We need more regular people leading us, including people who quit their jobs to spend time with their families and figure out what really matters in life.\n",
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It appears that Putin has a firm grip on his domestic situation. His control of the media and its propaganda are effective. Putin may look to hold his gains rather than capture new territory. He may be betting that the US and Europe will pressure Ukraine not to launch any new offensives. Putin can say he stood up the West and sell a stalemate as victory to his countrymen.Of course he would face an expanded NATO, a heavily armed Ukraine as a neighbor, a damaged military apparatus and a sanctioned economy isolated from the West. The wild card is Ukraine which may not accept a stalemate. And who could blame them.
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A lot of people have to start looking in the mirror and blaming themselves. We don't care about any group in this country until it affects us personally, and only when it's in a crisis that suddenly we don't know how to deal with. At the same time, anyone and everyone who invests for their retirement expecting big returns have to look and see how much of their investments are in health funds. These depend on growing from the profits of drug companies, hospital chains and insurance companies. If you don't like the way they're operating the system for profit at the expense of patients, invest elsewhere. And vote for a different health care system like other countries which respect and care for people.
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"content": "A lot of people have to start looking in the mirror and blaming themselves. We don't care about any group in this country until it affects us personally, and only when it's in a crisis that suddenly we don't know how to deal with. At the same time, anyone and everyone who invests for their retirement expecting big returns have to look and see how much of their investments are in health funds. These depend on growing from the profits of drug companies, hospital chains and insurance companies. If you don't like the way they're operating the system for profit at the expense of patients, invest elsewhere. And vote for a different health care system like other countries which respect and care for people.\n",
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Laroo There was a study a few years back that said 63% of Americans couldn’t cover a $1000 emergency. I bet that number is higher now.
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"content": "Laroo There was a study a few years back that said 63% of Americans couldn’t cover a $1000 emergency. I bet that number is higher now.\n",
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I am reading a breathtaking novel I bought in November at Daunt in London -- and was happy to see it was started by B&N's Mr. Daunt: Drive Your Plow over the Bones of the Dead by Polish Nobel Prize Winner Olga Tokarczuk, published by Fitzcarraldo Editions for a mere £8.99 -- about $12 these days (they save money by having the same covers for all books). I would never have found the book displayed at my local B&N (82nd and Bway), and as an author of many books and reader of many more, I go very far out of my way not to buy books at B&N or Amazon. But listening to books now, I'm embarrassed that I buy them from Audible, owned by the rapacious Mr. Bezos. Good article, Ezra, but a more vocal plug for indie bookstores and the history of BN moving into neighborhoods (inc. my own) and ending up shutting down the indies (Shakespeare and Endicott) would added a bit. It's great that 2 indies have opened recently in the 'hood again, one in the place where Endicott used to be, and a new Shakespeare on Bway and 69. Support your local indie, please, because they support the "lesser known" writers and the staff are usually readers. Also, readers might want to know that books displayed at BN are displayed because of money from publishers--at least this was the case back in the day.
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Blanche White Well, not saying it will be easy... but one could also make the case that, with more money invested in the region, the cartels will gradually disappear (not to mention if the US legalizes/decriminalizes certain drugs, the gangs will also disappear of their own accord, for want of cash...).In other words, it could be that the cartels/dysfunction in Central America is more a symptom than a cause.And with increased investment, and a larger middle class tax base capable of supporting a more functional security structure... that things will eventually stabilize, just like in most other middle-income countries.Anything but the CCP! Because at the end of the day, Central America or anywhere "elsewhere" is more tractable than a revanchist, militarizing Totalitarian regime....
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From experience:1) You're using your sick days for the slightest discomfort, using it as an excuse for a day off because you'll take _any_ excuse, no matter how flimsy, to stay home. At my current job, which I enjoy, unless I'm legitimately "get to urgent care and see a doctor" sick or tested positive for Covid or something, I go to work.2) You only took the job because your other choice was to live on the street (and I mean that when I say it—taking jobs with open-plan offices or other dealbreaker working conditions just for the money), and you finally got a better offer. Last time I took an open-plan office job, I walked in the middle of a shift the hot minute I got the "you start Monday" call from the job I actually intended to keep.3) You want to blow up your life for an adventure. This is more a me thing, I think, but before I turned 40 and got too old for it, I'd ditch town purely on a whim for a pretty face or a chance to have a little fun or just because I hadn't been on the road in awhile and the wanderlust got to me. As long as you don't blow up your bridges, you can pick up more or less where you left off when you get back home.
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"content": "From experience:1) You're using your sick days for the slightest discomfort, using it as an excuse for a day off because you'll take _any_ excuse, no matter how flimsy, to stay home. At my current job, which I enjoy, unless I'm legitimately \"get to urgent care and see a doctor\" sick or tested positive for Covid or something, I go to work.2) You only took the job because your other choice was to live on the street (and I mean that when I say it—taking jobs with open-plan offices or other dealbreaker working conditions just for the money), and you finally got a better offer. Last time I took an open-plan office job, I walked in the middle of a shift the hot minute I got the \"you start Monday\" call from the job I actually intended to keep.3) You want to blow up your life for an adventure. This is more a me thing, I think, but before I turned 40 and got too old for it, I'd ditch town purely on a whim for a pretty face or a chance to have a little fun or just because I hadn't been on the road in awhile and the wanderlust got to me. As long as you don't blow up your bridges, you can pick up more or less where you left off when you get back home.\n",
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How about $1K for 10 minutes w/an ER doctor who are all now "independent contractors" employed by subsidiaries of private equity firms who are just raking in the profits, the American way...Or my $90 ER co-pay whose bill to the Medicare was really $4250, would like an itemized bill to see what cost $4250 but so far, nada...Yes, please please vet those Medicare Advantage plans!
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MikeB26 When we chose 65 as the age for Social Security, half of us were dead by 65. Also we were trying to move people to retire and open their jobs during a continuing Great Depression. I worked to 75 doing family practice in Siler City and still am active in Rotary, raising cattle and sheep with adult children and grandchildren, serving on the Agriculture Advisory Board, writing, and still don't miss a UNC men's home basketball game. Have skinny fat diabetes and a stent, but with a lovely wife I sure don't have just suffering and live off Social Security income, wishing I could have waited to 75 to start being paid instead of paying taxes on that money while I was still working. See "The Price Of Eggs Is Down" on Amazon Kindle/Paperback. What we need is to remove the cap on income upon which FICA is paid and continue to increase the age we have to reach to be eligible for Social Security by one month a year. We have done that somewhat and successfully. Early partial benefit for those in more physically demanding work should remain.
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"content": "MikeB26 When we chose 65 as the age for Social Security, half of us were dead by 65. Also we were trying to move people to retire and open their jobs during a continuing Great Depression. I worked to 75 doing family practice in Siler City and still am active in Rotary, raising cattle and sheep with adult children and grandchildren, serving on the Agriculture Advisory Board, writing, and still don't miss a UNC men's home basketball game. Have skinny fat diabetes and a stent, but with a lovely wife I sure don't have just suffering and live off Social Security income, wishing I could have waited to 75 to start being paid instead of paying taxes on that money while I was still working. See \"The Price Of Eggs Is Down\" on Amazon Kindle/Paperback. What we need is to remove the cap on income upon which FICA is paid and continue to increase the age we have to reach to be eligible for Social Security by one month a year. We have done that somewhat and successfully. Early partial benefit for those in more physically demanding work should remain.\n",
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I once hoped that the required minimum tax would put enough money into government support of early education, day care, and carbon-free energy (including nuclear). A true minimum tax rate on all income turned out to be a fantasy. Meanwhile the Fed has a perfect opportunity to raise by .5% and shock the speculative players without increasing the chance of recession. We can't count on the Fed's available mechanisms to bolster the lower 80% without inflation for long.
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This is an exciting and hopeful benefit from the pandemic-induced supply chain fragility that could revive economies of life in Mexico and Central America! And resolve the immigration disaster in the US. Businesses investing in Mexico would provide employment for many and the systemic growth that accompanies that growth, eg, shops, restaurants, other goods that communities develop to support employees. Also importantly, the opportunities for sustaining a livelihood increase, keeping people at home in their country and culture of choice! Win-win. Have you ever asked a migrant or refugee where they would prefer to be? Home is always the answer. No one chooses to be a refugee, even an economic refugee forced to seek a way to survive. I hope this is the start of a trend that grows quickly. Even if china has a head start in infrastructure and low price, it’s time to take a more holistic and longer term view.
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Lots of well-meaning folks on here recommending that we college teachers just require oral exams and have students write in-class essays. These suggestions make me wonder how long it's been since some of you have been in a college classroom. Many students now claim that speaking in class or having to write within a finite period causes debilitating trauma -- not entirely typical nervousness or "big day" performance anxiety but rather something just shy of a hyperventilating medical event. (Of course I take real medical issues seriously.) This is a relatively new phenomenon, and it precedes Covid by at least five years in my experience (at community colleges, R1s, and smaller public regionals alike). In short, at many schools it is not possible to *require* students to speak in class, and those claiming an anxiety accommodation are also entitled to extra time for completing in-class writing. This latter adjustment makes it impossible for the student to remain anonymous while using the extra time -- a conspicuousness that creates yet another opportunity for trauma. I have also taught at a major public flagship university where it is not legal to consider student attendance when calculating overall grades. A student could show up on exam days, slip the term paper under my door, never attend class even once otherwise, and still earn an A. It's quaint that so many of you think students are still deeply invested in the hard, process-based work of learning.
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"content": "Lots of well-meaning folks on here recommending that we college teachers just require oral exams and have students write in-class essays. These suggestions make me wonder how long it's been since some of you have been in a college classroom. Many students now claim that speaking in class or having to write within a finite period causes debilitating trauma -- not entirely typical nervousness or \"big day\" performance anxiety but rather something just shy of a hyperventilating medical event. (Of course I take real medical issues seriously.) This is a relatively new phenomenon, and it precedes Covid by at least five years in my experience (at community colleges, R1s, and smaller public regionals alike). In short, at many schools it is not possible to *require* students to speak in class, and those claiming an anxiety accommodation are also entitled to extra time for completing in-class writing. This latter adjustment makes it impossible for the student to remain anonymous while using the extra time -- a conspicuousness that creates yet another opportunity for trauma. I have also taught at a major public flagship university where it is not legal to consider student attendance when calculating overall grades. A student could show up on exam days, slip the term paper under my door, never attend class even once otherwise, and still earn an A. It's quaint that so many of you think students are still deeply invested in the hard, process-based work of learning.\n",
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Just a few days ago the Times reported that the debt ceiling issue would not arise until this summer. And now, 11 days into a Republican-led House, the matter arises six months earlier than anticipated? It appears that this is a pre-emptive "strike" in order to flush out McCarthy and his ilk. While this may be a good move for now, the debt ceiling matter should have been dealt with in the lame duck session of Congress. I may be wrong, but couldn't the Senate have passed the measure based on "reconciliation" because it dealt with a budgetary issue? A 50-50 tie would have been broken by Harris. Then again, may one or two Republican senators would have voted in favor of a significant extension of the debt ceiling. This appears to be a strategic move at this time.
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"content": "Just a few days ago the Times reported that the debt ceiling issue would not arise until this summer. And now, 11 days into a Republican-led House, the matter arises six months earlier than anticipated? It appears that this is a pre-emptive \"strike\" in order to flush out McCarthy and his ilk. While this may be a good move for now, the debt ceiling matter should have been dealt with in the lame duck session of Congress. I may be wrong, but couldn't the Senate have passed the measure based on \"reconciliation\" because it dealt with a budgetary issue? A 50-50 tie would have been broken by Harris. Then again, may one or two Republican senators would have voted in favor of a significant extension of the debt ceiling. This appears to be a strategic move at this time.\n",
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2 years ago I got an induction range. The first thing I made was cheese souffle and it rose up straight as a top hat.No more igniter issues (up to $4,000 to get a gas stove's replaced), no greasy build up and I barely have to use the fan in the hood which was was a grease-pit all the time.If you like an over the stem espresso pot on the stove one can manage it with perfect precision. Cooking oatmeal on a gas range it always falls in the cracks and mixes with grease and oil as a thick glue. Frying bacon I put it under the broiler. There's just never the greasy particulates on the air that the flames make and you find all over your walls, drapes, rugs and curtains.The best thing is, you never have to worry again about leaving the stove on because it will turn itself off in minutes when not in use.Clean, safe and accurate, I'll never be looking back.
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Jack 'If you are working full time in a job that is your primary source of income, you shouldn't be earning anything close to minimum wage. 'Why?Why do you think everyone should be making bank working menial jobs?People should train for jobs they can who which can earn them a living. The trades are hiring and any one well qualifies can make a very nice living in the trades. But an MBA as a librarian should not be delusional to think she will be making 80k by shushing kids at the school library, nor should a folk who flips burgers think they will get rich that way.Train up, earn some skills and get a job that pays. Don't sit there thinking you deserve to drive a Mercedes 'cos you have an MBA in Racial Inequality from a Liberal arts college, because such a 'skill' is not needed by any one in real life.
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"content": "Jack 'If you are working full time in a job that is your primary source of income, you shouldn't be earning anything close to minimum wage. 'Why?Why do you think everyone should be making bank working menial jobs?People should train for jobs they can who which can earn them a living. The trades are hiring and any one well qualifies can make a very nice living in the trades. But an MBA as a librarian should not be delusional to think she will be making 80k by shushing kids at the school library, nor should a folk who flips burgers think they will get rich that way.Train up, earn some skills and get a job that pays. Don't sit there thinking you deserve to drive a Mercedes 'cos you have an MBA in Racial Inequality from a Liberal arts college, because such a 'skill' is not needed by any one in real life.\n",
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I live in Amsterdam, a city known for its bicycle culture. I think what people really don't appreciate is how much space cars take up. The roadway taken by a slow-moving car could fit 10 cyclists. One parking spot is space for 20 parked bicycles. With urban land prices what they are, the implicit subsidy of a two-lane city road is *staggering*. It is virtually impossible to pay back the opportunity cost in taxes and parking fees.But a feature of cars is that they make it extremely unpleasant to be a non-driver, so if you drive then I have to drive. And even with all the subsidies, cars are still crazy expensive.Let me describe my commute: I currently get around on a second-hand bicycle from the 1970s bought for 100 euros, plus another 100 euros in upkeep per year. I get everywhere as fast as a car, more healthily and with less hazard. Disabled people use electric scooters. The two times a year I need to move something bigger, I rent a sharecar or electric bakfiets. And after all that, compared to America the best part is that the streets are so *quiet*. There are simple physics behind why this is exponentially cheaper: I am not expending the material and energy to move 2 tons of steel everywhere I go. We imagine that the future must be glitzier and have more complicated technologies, but this is untrue. Simple solutions win. It's just that American urban planning decisions and interest groups have got the cities locked into a sub-optimal local equilibrium.
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e Ionis was founded in 1989, and this is one of a handful of drugs that they have developed in that time -- most have launched, I think, within the past 5 years. That makes it hard to determine how much it cost to develop the drug. What was learned in the process of generating all of the failed drugs that allowed this drug to be developed? Manufacturing complex molecules is not easy. Finding families that will enroll their infants in a clinical trial is an enormous cost, and then running the trial. The SMA treatment discussed here is not one and done. The type of drug that it is could not be a one and done. Prenatal screening for SMA is available.
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"content": "e Ionis was founded in 1989, and this is one of a handful of drugs that they have developed in that time -- most have launched, I think, within the past 5 years. That makes it hard to determine how much it cost to develop the drug. What was learned in the process of generating all of the failed drugs that allowed this drug to be developed? Manufacturing complex molecules is not easy. Finding families that will enroll their infants in a clinical trial is an enormous cost, and then running the trial. The SMA treatment discussed here is not one and done. The type of drug that it is could not be a one and done. Prenatal screening for SMA is available.\n",
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One only has to look at any government run agency VA, Headstart, SSA and cringe at the thought of government run healthcare. The dilapitated buildings, subpar doctors and nurses receiving lower pay and not worred about losing their jobs as they would work for the federal government. The incentive for businesses , including hospitals is to offer services to attract customers. Gone would be access to state of the art healthcare that my grandson born premature with CDH received at CHOP. The government would have no incentives to provide exceptional care as they would be the only game in town, such as a business does. By the way it would not be "free" as taxes pay for it, even taxing the poor and economically challenged. Stop complaining, be thankful for what we have. The government is free to open up their own healthcare business if they so chose to serve those who need it.
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"content": "One only has to look at any government run agency VA, Headstart, SSA and cringe at the thought of government run healthcare. The dilapitated buildings, subpar doctors and nurses receiving lower pay and not worred about losing their jobs as they would work for the federal government. The incentive for businesses , including hospitals is to offer services to attract customers. Gone would be access to state of the art healthcare that my grandson born premature with CDH received at CHOP. The government would have no incentives to provide exceptional care as they would be the only game in town, such as a business does. By the way it would not be \"free\" as taxes pay for it, even taxing the poor and economically challenged. Stop complaining, be thankful for what we have. The government is free to open up their own healthcare business if they so chose to serve those who need it.\n",
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God If Trump, Bush, and Regan had not massively cut taxes, there is no doubt we would be living within our means and deficits and debt would not even be on anyone's radar. In fact, they weren't something people were concerned about until Reagan exploded the deficits and started piling n debt. Clinton, in contrast, left office with close to a 300 billion surplus and then Bush turned this into a 1.186 TRILLION dollar deficit before he left office, which Obama cut in half. Trump then nearly doubled this once again even before the pandemic hit.How is it that those who seem to care about deficits and debt seem to know so little about how we got here in the first place? It is largely due to massive tax cuts, mostly aimed at the top - and deficits have soared under republican administrations.
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What a wonderful column! Thank you. I am glad to know these things about Tony Perkins, whom I've always considered closed-minded and frightening. It has opened my mind about him and let me know that I shouldn't judge him only by what is reported about him but should take the time and make the effort to learn about his actions. And this tells me that I should make the same effort with others whom I automatically dismiss.Having a respectful relationship with people whose views don't align with mine can be extremely hard, especially when their actions have a direct impact on others' lives. But that doesn't mean I should give up trying.This column emphasizes how necessary that is. And indeed it's the only way we're going to get beyond the mistrust, ignorance and hatred that is tearing this country apart.
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Woof Thank you. The loudest voice in the many lectures and presentations he had sat through with economists “telling us open markets are wonderful, everybody benefits from open markets.” was Paul Krugman He still has to admit this in the NY Times. He boasted that he had "the largest bullhorn on the planet " (thanks to his NYT column)And apologize to American workers . He did apologize to Japan when he was wrong about hereconomyThe NY Times Apologizing to Japan The NY Times Oct 30, 2014<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/31/opinion/paul-krugman-apologizing-to-japan.html" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/31/opinion/paul-krugman-apologizing-to-japan.html</a>He needs to do the same to American workers
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Tibby Elgato - That's OK if you're a contractor. Back in the 90s, one of my buddies worked 100 hours in one week, and he sent in a bill for $100 x 100. We were taking bets on whether they would question his invoice, but they paid it without a qualm.
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When I was working internationally, learning about different employment laws and benefits in other (developed) countries was really eye-opening. Thirty five work weeks in France, extended unemployment benefits for older workers in Switzerland, one year paid parental leave for each parent in Sweden. Many countries mandate thirty days or more of PAID vacation every year and severance packages are governed by statute not corporate fiat. In Germany getting laid off without warning with nothing or next to nothing in severance doesn't happen, it's against the law. In addition, layoffs had to be coordinated with German works councils ( sort of like a union). All this and without fear of losing your health insurance. Americans are getting the short end of the stick and don't enjoy the labor protections that exist elsewhere. If American workers really understood how badly they are treated, there would be rioting in the streets. In the US, you are free, free to starve, free to leave a job after 30 years without a dime of severance, free to go bankrupt due to medical debt. What a country.
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"content": "When I was working internationally, learning about different employment laws and benefits in other (developed) countries was really eye-opening. Thirty five work weeks in France, extended unemployment benefits for older workers in Switzerland, one year paid parental leave for each parent in Sweden. Many countries mandate thirty days or more of PAID vacation every year and severance packages are governed by statute not corporate fiat. In Germany getting laid off without warning with nothing or next to nothing in severance doesn't happen, it's against the law. In addition, layoffs had to be coordinated with German works councils ( sort of like a union). All this and without fear of losing your health insurance. Americans are getting the short end of the stick and don't enjoy the labor protections that exist elsewhere. If American workers really understood how badly they are treated, there would be rioting in the streets. In the US, you are free, free to starve, free to leave a job after 30 years without a dime of severance, free to go bankrupt due to medical debt. What a country.\n",
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"...monstrosity of a bill that spent the American taxpayers’ money in all kinds of crazy ways,” --Rep. Jim JordanSimple solution, sir. Send some or all of it back.Make check payable to US Treasury. "Based on formula funding alone, Ohio would expect to receive approximately $9.8 billion over fiveyears in Federal highway formula funding for highways and bridges." --US Dept of TransportationAnd billions more: <a href="https://www.transportation.gov/sites/dot.gov/files/2022-01/BIL_Ohio.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.transportation.gov/sites/dot.gov/files/2022-01/BIL_Ohio.pdf</a>
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Jason Yes, if a business raises prices, it's pure greed. If the worker asks for a raise, it's wisdom. If government forces the price, we get bare shelves and no competition. A government shill cannot tell the truth about economics because it means the federal government could easily operate at no more than 10% of our income taxed flatly.
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"Thomas Nides, the American ambassador to Jerusalem, said the United States hopes Mr. Netanyahu can help to avoid actions that will make cooperating with the Biden administration more difficult."It's quite sad that all we can do as a nation that supports Israel with $4 billion a year in military and other aid, which defends Israel at the U.N. with vetoes of resolutions critical of Israel, is to "hope" Israel stops its brutality, repeat that we stand by Israel, and just offer the same hollow, scripted statements we've been offering for decades. With the current leadership in Israel, with religious bigots overseeing security, with outright discriminatory laws being put in place, we, the United States, are showing ourselves as a morally bankrupt nation to the rest of the world -- and to the many Israelis protesting their current government. When will President Biden stop hiding and state publicly that we will immediately stop our financial support of Israel until there is a radical change in government. That is the only thing that will stop this brutal occupation. It's high time we exercised our moral leadership.
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"content": "\"Thomas Nides, the American ambassador to Jerusalem, said the United States hopes Mr. Netanyahu can help to avoid actions that will make cooperating with the Biden administration more difficult.\"It's quite sad that all we can do as a nation that supports Israel with $4 billion a year in military and other aid, which defends Israel at the U.N. with vetoes of resolutions critical of Israel, is to \"hope\" Israel stops its brutality, repeat that we stand by Israel, and just offer the same hollow, scripted statements we've been offering for decades. With the current leadership in Israel, with religious bigots overseeing security, with outright discriminatory laws being put in place, we, the United States, are showing ourselves as a morally bankrupt nation to the rest of the world -- and to the many Israelis protesting their current government. When will President Biden stop hiding and state publicly that we will immediately stop our financial support of Israel until there is a radical change in government. That is the only thing that will stop this brutal occupation. It's high time we exercised our moral leadership.\n",
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Lucien Dhooge Agreed. The coming debt ceiling debacle is really going to test whether our government is irretrievably broken or not.I really don't understand why Democrats keep playing Charlie Brown to Republicans' Lucy to kick this particular football?Why on Earth haven't Democrats unilaterally raised the debt ceiling to some unfathomably large number like $10^100 in one of their reconciliation bills???It's like Democrats somehow enjoy the thrill of Republicans potentially destroying our country. Or they think that Republicans will pay some political price for acting irresponsibly -- even though they paid no price the last two times they did it under Obama.It is truly mind boggling to me. It seems of a piece with Democratic weakness and deep need to have buy-in from the other side, even when Republicans have obviously gone off the deep end. This kind of weakness and lack of will is what I hate most about the Democratic leadership, even though I'm a liberal through and through.
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"content": "Lucien Dhooge Agreed. The coming debt ceiling debacle is really going to test whether our government is irretrievably broken or not.I really don't understand why Democrats keep playing Charlie Brown to Republicans' Lucy to kick this particular football?Why on Earth haven't Democrats unilaterally raised the debt ceiling to some unfathomably large number like $10^100 in one of their reconciliation bills???It's like Democrats somehow enjoy the thrill of Republicans potentially destroying our country. Or they think that Republicans will pay some political price for acting irresponsibly -- even though they paid no price the last two times they did it under Obama.It is truly mind boggling to me. It seems of a piece with Democratic weakness and deep need to have buy-in from the other side, even when Republicans have obviously gone off the deep end. This kind of weakness and lack of will is what I hate most about the Democratic leadership, even though I'm a liberal through and through.\n",
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As soon as these rains end, the wild fires will begin. Meanwhile, the Southwest has no water, the Southeast is cleaning up from the 50 tornados that recently hit, hurricane Ian cleanup continues, Buffalo is still digging out from a 50" snow fall, etc. etc. etc.Climate change is not a looming disaster. It is here right now. Our $2 billion/day defense budget should be re-allocated to defend against our most formidable foe - climate change.
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"content": "As soon as these rains end, the wild fires will begin. Meanwhile, the Southwest has no water, the Southeast is cleaning up from the 50 tornados that recently hit, hurricane Ian cleanup continues, Buffalo is still digging out from a 50\" snow fall, etc. etc. etc.Climate change is not a looming disaster. It is here right now. Our $2 billion/day defense budget should be re-allocated to defend against our most formidable foe - climate change.\n",
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While undoubtedly all this is true, the recent layoffs are different than most. Because what we have is companies, some of the richest in the world, laying off many thousands of employees even though they continue to be profitable. So the ask of managers is difficult. It's not just look the person in the eye. It is: look the person in the eye and tell them that the company to which they'll loyally devoted many years of service has decided to make them unemployed, not out of necessity, not because the company is at risk, but so that some greedy shareholders can earn a few more pennies. They would be asking the manager to defend the indefensible. And if the manager doesn't agree with the lay-offs, it puts them in a very awkward position. Should they resign in disgust (and so one more person without a way to feed their family or pay their mortgage)? Or should they at least tell the employee they don't agree (but what consequences could this have for them if word gets back to their superiors)? Or should they pretend to agree that this appalling, cynical lay-off is somehow appropriate and just a measured, proportionate response to the fact that some activist shareholder only earned $3.2 billion this year? Somehow, while it is totally wrong, it also feels appropriate that these most cynical and inhumane of lay-offs be executed in the most cynical inhumane way.
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"content": "While undoubtedly all this is true, the recent layoffs are different than most. Because what we have is companies, some of the richest in the world, laying off many thousands of employees even though they continue to be profitable. So the ask of managers is difficult. It's not just look the person in the eye. It is: look the person in the eye and tell them that the company to which they'll loyally devoted many years of service has decided to make them unemployed, not out of necessity, not because the company is at risk, but so that some greedy shareholders can earn a few more pennies. They would be asking the manager to defend the indefensible. And if the manager doesn't agree with the lay-offs, it puts them in a very awkward position. Should they resign in disgust (and so one more person without a way to feed their family or pay their mortgage)? Or should they at least tell the employee they don't agree (but what consequences could this have for them if word gets back to their superiors)? Or should they pretend to agree that this appalling, cynical lay-off is somehow appropriate and just a measured, proportionate response to the fact that some activist shareholder only earned $3.2 billion this year? Somehow, while it is totally wrong, it also feels appropriate that these most cynical and inhumane of lay-offs be executed in the most cynical inhumane way.\n",
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I dont even know where to start, Im 39 and I cant believe they way these people are complaining. They don't understand working in the corporate world. It's not your employer's job to find you one afterwards nor is it their job to give you a computer to find another job. "At the mortgage lending company Better.com, Rena Starr, 33, missed a short and unexpected Zoom meeting in 2021, then texted her boss to learn she and more than 900 of her colleagues had been fired during it." When you miss zoom meetings and you know this wasn't her only one, you're going to get fired."At some companies, people noted that their teammates were far more helpful than their employers after a layoff. Shortly after losing her job at an e-commerce marketing company in November, Erika Kwee, 32, heard from a colleague who had crowdsourced a list of opportunities and recruiter contacts to help Ms. Kwee navigate her search process." Once again does not the employer's job to find you new work. As far as their reference to Nokia Nokia's stock has not broke $6.25 in 5 years, its also down -4% over those 5 years. So its not a shining example of management.It is unfortunate though because the majority of those people probably moved away to work remotely and cheaper area that doesn't have prevalent tech jobs. I just hope they didn't buy a house.
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"content": "I dont even know where to start, Im 39 and I cant believe they way these people are complaining. They don't understand working in the corporate world. It's not your employer's job to find you one afterwards nor is it their job to give you a computer to find another job. \"At the mortgage lending company Better.com, Rena Starr, 33, missed a short and unexpected Zoom meeting in 2021, then texted her boss to learn she and more than 900 of her colleagues had been fired during it.\" When you miss zoom meetings and you know this wasn't her only one, you're going to get fired.\"At some companies, people noted that their teammates were far more helpful than their employers after a layoff. Shortly after losing her job at an e-commerce marketing company in November, Erika Kwee, 32, heard from a colleague who had crowdsourced a list of opportunities and recruiter contacts to help Ms. Kwee navigate her search process.\" Once again does not the employer's job to find you new work. As far as their reference to Nokia Nokia's stock has not broke $6.25 in 5 years, its also down -4% over those 5 years. So its not a shining example of management.It is unfortunate though because the majority of those people probably moved away to work remotely and cheaper area that doesn't have prevalent tech jobs. I just hope they didn't buy a house.\n",
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Spideriffic I completely agree. But in the states that allow open carry and easy access to guns, it is indeed up to the establishment to monitor patrons if they truly want to enforce their restrictions. Until gun laws are changed, that’s the only solution.I’ll be honest, if movie theaters used magnetometers before entry I wouldn’t mind it one bit. Nor any other establishment for that matter.
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"content": "Spideriffic I completely agree. But in the states that allow open carry and easy access to guns, it is indeed up to the establishment to monitor patrons if they truly want to enforce their restrictions. Until gun laws are changed, that’s the only solution.I’ll be honest, if movie theaters used magnetometers before entry I wouldn’t mind it one bit. Nor any other establishment for that matter.\n",
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Florida reopened in September 2020. Most studies show kids in school had lower rates of infection, but the number of children being infected was low and it's hard to derive much from small samples.Teachers complained. School administrators complained. A few parents complained. Students were allowed the option to attend in person or virtually, and later, whether or not to wear a mask. Some, of course, caught Covid. Whether they ran into the thing inside or outside of school is impossible to ever know, but the stats say outside.Kids who got Covid had to go remote, as did teachers, and lives were upended. Still, the numbers were not that large despite anecdotal stories plastered throughout the media. Wear a mask, don't wear a mask; go to school in person, don't go in person. Stay home or go out. Covid is so virulent, so easily passed about, by now most have had some exposure. Since huge majorities of infections result in mild symptoms, that's okay.A lot of people died from Covid, up to a million some say. It dropped in out of the blue and our leaders did what they thought best for their constituents. They all had at least minor differences of what to do. This idea of "science by consensus" after less than a year of study is antithetical to science. Every scientific experiment, every discovery, must include a null hypothesis, a chance what was "proven" is wrong. The problem with Covid was anything contrary was dismissed and ridiculed, rather than studied. So it goes.
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"content": "Florida reopened in September 2020. Most studies show kids in school had lower rates of infection, but the number of children being infected was low and it's hard to derive much from small samples.Teachers complained. School administrators complained. A few parents complained. Students were allowed the option to attend in person or virtually, and later, whether or not to wear a mask. Some, of course, caught Covid. Whether they ran into the thing inside or outside of school is impossible to ever know, but the stats say outside.Kids who got Covid had to go remote, as did teachers, and lives were upended. Still, the numbers were not that large despite anecdotal stories plastered throughout the media. Wear a mask, don't wear a mask; go to school in person, don't go in person. Stay home or go out. Covid is so virulent, so easily passed about, by now most have had some exposure. Since huge majorities of infections result in mild symptoms, that's okay.A lot of people died from Covid, up to a million some say. It dropped in out of the blue and our leaders did what they thought best for their constituents. They all had at least minor differences of what to do. This idea of \"science by consensus\" after less than a year of study is antithetical to science. Every scientific experiment, every discovery, must include a null hypothesis, a chance what was \"proven\" is wrong. The problem with Covid was anything contrary was dismissed and ridiculed, rather than studied. So it goes.\n",
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MSalmon False positives are possible, but relatively rare. The FDA sets a much higher bar (98%) for Negative Percent Agreement (which is a measure of false positives) than the 80% Positive Percent Agreement measure of false negatives mentioned in the article. This is because false positives can potentially trigger actions like isolation and treatment regimens than would have negative consequences. Also, RT-PCR tests while generally more sensitive are not 100% accurate either. That's the technical reason the measures PPA and NPA are used instead of sensitivity and specificity.
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I'm fascinated by the extent to which the Times is content to reprint MTA claims even when they're questionable or wrong.Let's start with the price tag. The Times' 2017 article put the cost at $12 billion. The MTA says $11.1 billion. Both numbers appear in the article, but the MTA's claim is the one that appear in the subhead. So was the Times wrong in 2017? And if so, to what extent should I trust the reporting I read here?And then there's the claim that East Side Access will "save passengers as much as 40 minutes of commuting time." That's what the MTA says, without providing any explanation. It certainly seems dubious. How many passengers are actually expected to save 40 minutes? Are those still going to Penn Station saving any time? And for those going to Grand Central, how are they saving that much time? The two stations are 15 minutes apart by subway and 25 minutes by walking.Ultimately, East Side Access represents the failure of our state government. Even when it invests in a public good like transit, it does so in a way that's wildly inefficient and expensive, with bloated spending and limited positive impact. East Side Access will save a little time for a small percentage of a diminishing number of Long Island commuters, who were never a major proportion of MTA users in the first place.
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"content": "I'm fascinated by the extent to which the Times is content to reprint MTA claims even when they're questionable or wrong.Let's start with the price tag. The Times' 2017 article put the cost at $12 billion. The MTA says $11.1 billion. Both numbers appear in the article, but the MTA's claim is the one that appear in the subhead. So was the Times wrong in 2017? And if so, to what extent should I trust the reporting I read here?And then there's the claim that East Side Access will \"save passengers as much as 40 minutes of commuting time.\" That's what the MTA says, without providing any explanation. It certainly seems dubious. How many passengers are actually expected to save 40 minutes? Are those still going to Penn Station saving any time? And for those going to Grand Central, how are they saving that much time? The two stations are 15 minutes apart by subway and 25 minutes by walking.Ultimately, East Side Access represents the failure of our state government. Even when it invests in a public good like transit, it does so in a way that's wildly inefficient and expensive, with bloated spending and limited positive impact. East Side Access will save a little time for a small percentage of a diminishing number of Long Island commuters, who were never a major proportion of MTA users in the first place.\n",
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11 billion dollars to the NYPD, and they couldn’t catch last year’s subway shooter, EVEN AFTER he called the NYPD to turn himself in. Loads of cops “responded” after the shooter escaped, blocking sidewalks and streets, standing around, looking “effective,” especially after the press conferences started.But what did the NYPD actually do to prevent the violence? Nothing. What did the NYPD do to catch the culprit? Nothing.WE keep ourselves safe. We need to strengthen our society, not pour ever more money into police forces that don’t do much except show up afterwards, take notes, or even terrorize and abuse people who are actually helping. Remember how the brave cops in Uvalde handcuffed parents trying to rescue their kids instead of stopping the shooter? It’s tragic that as a society we are so broken that we can’t have decent gun control laws. It’s even more tragic that people think more police are the solution. Starving libraries so we can have another day or so of police overtime is how you create problems, not solve them.Since the police can’t/won’t protect us, we need to fund interventions to keep the unstable from going over the edge, BEFORE they pick up a gun.And after the unstable pick up a gun, we need to protect ourselves. The cops won’t. So train children to attack attackers. Train old ladies. Train everyone. Fund all this by reducing police budgets. The alternative is gun control, and that won’t happen anytime soon.
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Marjorie Taylor Greene is not the problem. She is just one of many right wing nuts in this country. Ask instead, who gave her more than $9 million for her reelection bid, placing her among the year's top fundraisers in Congress, (according to the Federal Election Commission). The problem is all around us and it has sunk American democracy to its lowest point this century.
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The Republican House is not off to a great start as far as openness and transparency.The battle for the Speakership involved back room negotiations, demands from PACs, and secret agreements. The proposed Rules will be out for review for less than the 72 hours required before a vote. And already there is talk of a secret 3 page addendum.When Obama and the new Democratic Congress took office in 2009, the idealistic President Obama had promised a bipartisan Congressional committee and open negotiations on health care reform. It quickly became apparent that the Republicans on the bipartisan committee were interested only in maintaining the status quo and used disruptive tactics and did a lot of grandstanding. Whether it is the filibuster, filibuster by amendment, or grandstanding and preening for the camera, too many Republicans, especially in the House, have demonstrated little desire for serious governance. These are not serious people.PS Ever try accomplishing anything in a Committee of 435, without procedural rules? Ever read one of those multi-page bills, with pages and pages of technical amendments to existing laws? 72 days would not be enough time to read through the bills and check every technical amendment.
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RichardTrue.But also some of the motivation to develop new and potentially very useful drugs is also gone because the opportunity for profit is reduced. Most exploratory drug research does not end up in a product and results in losing, rather than making, money. The higher the potential for profit, the higher risk pharmaceutical companies are willing to take. It's really no different than personal investing -- treasuries are safe, but pay low yields compared to those rated CC by S&P.When the government effectively introduces price caps people don't miss what hasn't been developed and hence isn't available as a result. Perhaps this would make people happier -- some would prefer that they could afford the best medical care of 100 years ago rather than only be able to afford the 75 percentile of care available to day -- even though even that care is 10x better than the best care available 100 years ago.Some people value equality so highly that they prefer everyone suffer rather than everyone be better off but some be better off than others.The US should certainly stop subsidizing development of medications for well off countries around the world. When a government puts a cap on what they will pay for a drug, the US should impose a tariff on goods from that country to compensate for the unfair market price fixing.
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ecu1: Clinton didn't eliminate the National Debt; but it was temporarily stabilized when the annual budget became a surplus during the run up to the internet/Y2K bubble at the end of the 90's. Prolonged periods of economic growth should produce a budget surplus. Unfortunately, the surplus was seized upon by proponents of tax cuts and wars. Recessions, more tax cuts and the pandemic have made annual deficits of <$1T almost impossible to envision.
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"content": "ecu1: Clinton didn't eliminate the National Debt; but it was temporarily stabilized when the annual budget became a surplus during the run up to the internet/Y2K bubble at the end of the 90's. Prolonged periods of economic growth should produce a budget surplus. Unfortunately, the surplus was seized upon by proponents of tax cuts and wars. Recessions, more tax cuts and the pandemic have made annual deficits of <$1T almost impossible to envision.\n",
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Guy Rosdale Statements like “…the US currency may be under siege because of a national debt of $31.4 trillion” when the economy is sailing along (a bit more roughly currently but still no signs in the markets of an actual “siege”) are straight out of right-wing media. Operating with debt is just fine in the business world as long as debt payments continue to be paid on time. Wealthy benefactors of right-wing media flame the hysteria over the idea that governments can’t operate with debt because they want to force drastic cuts in social services and Social Security to fund the cuts they are ultimately seeking in their own taxes.
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Robert M Globally, there are about One billion ICE vehicles on the planet....the b is significant compared to the m.Each EV has about a one ton battery. 50 Kg nickel, 50 Kg of lithium and 10 kg cobalt. The cobalt and nickel and lithium mining is not easy. Run the numbers and compare with IEA I linked to.
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"content": "Robert M Globally, there are about One billion ICE vehicles on the planet....the b is significant compared to the m.Each EV has about a one ton battery. 50 Kg nickel, 50 Kg of lithium and 10 kg cobalt. The cobalt and nickel and lithium mining is not easy. Run the numbers and compare with IEA I linked to.\n",
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