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Another reminder that Social Security has not added to deficits or debt in any way. Recipients (boomers) have paid about $2.8 trillion into the system than has been taken out, so far. This cushion will mostly be gone by the time boomers are gone, but then the system will be back to its original design as pay-as-you-go, not a funded system. To keep up promised benefits while not having a deficit in the program the tax base of SS can be expanded if necessary by raising the cap or taxing interest, dividend, rent and capital gains income. I suspect that many if not most people are not aware that these types of income are not taxed for SS.And there is no moral or economic reason why the SS program must have its own isolated budget and never go into the red. The military is not supported by its own taxes and required to have a balanced budget, nor is the government as a whole. The problem with SS is that workers' wages and salaries have not kept up with overall economic growth as inequality has increased. Since higher incomes are not taxed for the program there may be a shortage at some decades in the future. This can be easily fixed by revising the tax code.Social Security is in no way a threat to the fiscal health of the country.
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FxQ I agree with you. Additionally, I am seeing more and more people driving around in $75,000 pick-up trucks. Where is the money coming from? I make a decent living, but am in no position to spend $75k on a vehicle. And I live by the King of Prussia mall. It is packed. All the time. So if 70% of America can not afford a $400 emergency, again, where is the money coming from?? This is definitely a house of cards scenario.
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"content": "FxQ I agree with you. Additionally, I am seeing more and more people driving around in $75,000 pick-up trucks. Where is the money coming from? I make a decent living, but am in no position to spend $75k on a vehicle. And I live by the King of Prussia mall. It is packed. All the time. So if 70% of America can not afford a $400 emergency, again, where is the money coming from?? This is definitely a house of cards scenario.\n",
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| no | Classification | 4,051 |
Aubrey, RN, MSN 'Prosecute Fauci' by a man with $200 billion and who knows how many followers on Twitter is more than snark. A lot more.
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In the in 1950s and 1960s, amidst suburban (white) flight, efforts were made to create new and affordable housing aimed at the middle class. Public and private investment created housing in the form of public housing, privately owned rentals and co-ops. Most of these, at first, were not available to black families (i.e. Stuyvesant Town, Parkchester, Fred and Donald Trump properties, amongst others) though with the Fair Housing Law, it gradually changed. Of course, restrictive covenants as seen in Levittown also hindered opportunities. Co-op City, when it opened, despite undermining stable West Bronx / Concourse neighborhoods was particularly popular with Black families for large affordable, modern apartments. A Black policeman was quoted at that time as appreciating a place where Black people are part of the community from the start, rather than moving into a neighborhood only available after white residents have discarded it.New York and other cities need more investment in middle-class income housing, both rental and co-op / condominiums to maintain a vital segment of the population and which would also include opportunities for Black families of all sizes. A city cannot thrive solely on luxury housing aimed towards transients seeking a pied-a-terre, money-laundering vehicle or trophy home. Jane Jacobs lamented the design of the new housing as a death knell for the city; unaffordability for the masses will kill the life of our cities as surely as Covid nearly did.
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"content": "In the in 1950s and 1960s, amidst suburban (white) flight, efforts were made to create new and affordable housing aimed at the middle class. Public and private investment created housing in the form of public housing, privately owned rentals and co-ops. Most of these, at first, were not available to black families (i.e. Stuyvesant Town, Parkchester, Fred and Donald Trump properties, amongst others) though with the Fair Housing Law, it gradually changed. Of course, restrictive covenants as seen in Levittown also hindered opportunities. Co-op City, when it opened, despite undermining stable West Bronx / Concourse neighborhoods was particularly popular with Black families for large affordable, modern apartments. A Black policeman was quoted at that time as appreciating a place where Black people are part of the community from the start, rather than moving into a neighborhood only available after white residents have discarded it.New York and other cities need more investment in middle-class income housing, both rental and co-op / condominiums to maintain a vital segment of the population and which would also include opportunities for Black families of all sizes. A city cannot thrive solely on luxury housing aimed towards transients seeking a pied-a-terre, money-laundering vehicle or trophy home. Jane Jacobs lamented the design of the new housing as a death knell for the city; unaffordability for the masses will kill the life of our cities as surely as Covid nearly did.\n",
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Irene Chwalkowski A new Bagel shop had just opened In the last month. It was September 2nd and I was enjoying my coffee and bagel on the porch. There was another person at another table. We struck up a conversation, which I thought would be a “Hi, nice day, isn’t it?” We ended up talking for an hour. Found we had experiences and interests in common. We started talking about our dogs. I had just had to put my dog down two days before. She died of kidney failure. I cried and it. Was ok. This wide ranging, intelligent conversation was just what I needed. I really like talking to strangers and do it as often as I can.
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Bklyn31NY Euell Gibbons did it much more inexpensively, and perhaps tasted as good as what this cook says he does for $500/a tasteIf yo want pine needles, head to the woods.
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| yes | Classification | 6,870 |
Perhaps Buckingham Palace can open its doors so the commoners can come in and warm up. I’m sure there are plenty of heated rooms going completely unused.
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"content": "Perhaps Buckingham Palace can open its doors so the commoners can come in and warm up. I’m sure there are plenty of heated rooms going completely unused.\n",
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Steve Krugman paints Democrats as the only path forward, and Republicans as obstructionist at best. Both parties are the reason we are in the pickle we are. Neither will save us now. Traditionally healthy? Where did you find that in the Democrat playbook? Gaslighting? Most believe that inflation is here to stay and massively reduced is subjective and especially when compared to the less than 2% it was prior to COVID and the cost of money was almost 0%. Now inflation is unacceptable if its above 2% and that is projected to last through 2024 maybe 2025. Also the economy including the National Debt is impacted when the money cost 500% more to borrow. When everything is now being "revalued" from the money print from your home to your retirement to your salary I guess you'll be the first one spouting that inflation is massively reduced and not the problem.
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Before everybody gets all crowy, couple things.1. Show of hands: anybody trust the numbers that came out of Florida and other Red States in the last year or so?2. Anybody do the math on how long it’ll take China to catch up with our number of dead at the rate they’re going?3. Anybody notice that China is now doing EXACTLY what our own social darwinist and antivaxx geniuses wanted us to do—skip the vaccines, open everything up, and let the fire roar through the forest? By the way, kids, these are actual real live human beings we’re talking about here. Maybe ease up a tad bit on the gloating.
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MAGA = Making Attorneys Get AttorneysI would love to know how expensive Donald Trump has been for the country. How many unnecessary and necessary investigations have followed in his wake that would never have occurred with a different president? Would his followers be taken aback if that number were $100 million US tax payers dollars? Would $1 billion be too much of an ask for them to treat him to another term in the White House? May we never elect another drama queen again. I like non-litigious politicians.
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stefanie Based on the piece, there are something like 1,500 spelling errors and omissions. $100K apiece gets you to $150 million which is a drop in the bucket of DOD's annual budget, which (FY 2022) is $1.6 trillion. So about one part in ten thousand. Sofa cushion change. And not one of those who made the errors and who ignored the warnings would suffer.
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"content": "stefanie Based on the piece, there are something like 1,500 spelling errors and omissions. $100K apiece gets you to $150 million which is a drop in the bucket of DOD's annual budget, which (FY 2022) is $1.6 trillion. So about one part in ten thousand. Sofa cushion change. And not one of those who made the errors and who ignored the warnings would suffer.\n",
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| no | Classification | 3,275 |
The Taliban had quietly and effectively consolidated their position and power in the Afghan countryside during the year-long exodus of allied forces while, at the same time, keeping to their promise not to attack our troops. Meanwhile, in Kabul (the fictional capitol if a modern Afghanistan) many political leaders were busy playing liars' poker with each other and with us as they, too, had made their plans and /or peace with the Taliban while leaving Afghan soldiers unpaid in the field. I would love to have seen what Trump would have done by that May deadline. Reinstating 35,000 troops, hmmm? Nope, he would have been faced with the same situation Biden was. While Biden had extended that deadline, that explosion at the end of the exodus from Kabul was just a sign of how much worse a prolonged evacuation would have been and how so fewer might have gotten out. Trump was right about one thing; most Americans had given up on Afghanistan and more so following its seemingly inevitable collapse.
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"content": "The Taliban had quietly and effectively consolidated their position and power in the Afghan countryside during the year-long exodus of allied forces while, at the same time, keeping to their promise not to attack our troops. Meanwhile, in Kabul (the fictional capitol if a modern Afghanistan) many political leaders were busy playing liars' poker with each other and with us as they, too, had made their plans and /or peace with the Taliban while leaving Afghan soldiers unpaid in the field. I would love to have seen what Trump would have done by that May deadline. Reinstating 35,000 troops, hmmm? Nope, he would have been faced with the same situation Biden was. While Biden had extended that deadline, that explosion at the end of the exodus from Kabul was just a sign of how much worse a prolonged evacuation would have been and how so fewer might have gotten out. Trump was right about one thing; most Americans had given up on Afghanistan and more so following its seemingly inevitable collapse.\n",
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| no | Classification | 4,538 |
Eric B Wordle 581 4/6*⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩I could've been worse; but it also could've been better—if I had thought of the solution before the third word. Again, close to a three but not quite there. Beat the bot, though, for what that's worth. Bot said that I coulda had it in three. Those 50-50s will do me in.Yesterday's words:STARE 20 words leftLATER 1 word leftALTER — words leftThis one really wasn't that hard, with four yellow letters right from the opener. The WoF L paid off and the solution was the only thing left.Congratulations, woo-hoo, woot-woot, and a tip of the hat that I'm not wearing to Christy who landed a deuce on a day when I would have expected few to do it. I hope that new approach works out for you a few more times at least.MM I hope you feel better; a weekend's a crummy time to feel not great. And mum's the word on you know what and I won't say. It could've happened to any of us.I hope nobody's streak breaks today.
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The Biden Administration should make it clear if Wall Street doesn’t want their investments to go down the drain, they need to lean hard on the Republican crazies controlling the House right now.And maybe they should reconsider supporting the Republican Party in the future.
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| no | Classification | 3,493 |
When will Krugman admit that the Fed pumped trillions of dollars into the financial markets for no reason but to support stock prices?
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"content": "When will Krugman admit that the Fed pumped trillions of dollars into the financial markets for no reason but to support stock prices?\n",
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Rather than focusing on MAGAfreude, we should be encouraging the Democratic leadership to quietly approach moderate Republicans and peel off 5 or 10 to make a deal on a coalition government that will prevent the charade from continuing to our complete embarrassment.
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"...the old, ugly conventions of the business are rarely reimagined or repaired. They are only replicated, again and again, like so many identical fruit beetles." Yes. A real challenge for the "elite": how to make life better for all those with whom one associates. Now that would be a worthwhile investment.
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D We have always had an 'Industrial policies'. For 40 years it's been to drive the three external costs of corporations towards zero (labor, taxes & capital) via the purchase of the fourth cost, corruption. Politics is a massive industry with a positive ROI if you can afford it. That $1,000,000,000,000 profit by US banks over 10 years didn't just happen. It was structured.
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There is a rise in egg prices? I haven't noticed. The people we buy eggs from down the street still sell a dozen of cage-free, organic eggs for $3.
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Sam I was thinking the exact same thing. I hope that he is low enough pawn on the power totem pole that he goes away to give some faith in our judicial system back to the citizens of this country. I just read that he has asked the judge not to reveal who paid his $250 million bail.Why would he want that hidden? I know why, because it’s a very powerful people. And that’s why I want him to go away. If he doesn’t, if he gets off, I feel like that’s just a message to anyone to be completely lawless, because in the end, it doesn’t matter there will be no repercussions. Do what you want.
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"content": "Sam I was thinking the exact same thing. I hope that he is low enough pawn on the power totem pole that he goes away to give some faith in our judicial system back to the citizens of this country. I just read that he has asked the judge not to reveal who paid his $250 million bail.Why would he want that hidden? I know why, because it’s a very powerful people. And that’s why I want him to go away. If he doesn’t, if he gets off, I feel like that’s just a message to anyone to be completely lawless, because in the end, it doesn’t matter there will be no repercussions. Do what you want.\n",
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I'm so excited. The Republicans have been in office 1 week and they already saved $1.4T dollars. Imagine what they will accomplish in week two!!!
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He doesn’t need any of those crap jobs you mention. Not with $100 million from Netflix.
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Will This Be Morning in Joe Biden's America?The correct answer: No, it will not.The overwhelming perception among my extended network of professional colleagues and personal friends, both Democrat and Republican, is Biden's cognitive skills have diminished substantially from just a few years ago. He can't complete a thought or an entire sentence without a teleprompter and the entire world is aware of this. In a 2024 pre-election debate, he clearly will not be capable of competing.
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| no | Classification | 2,706 |
Why not mint a 5 trillion dollar coin.We could pay the debt off and have an extra 2 trillion which could be microscopically divided and sent out to each citizen ( kids too ).These microcoins would each be worth about a $100,000 and everyone in the country could get one.It would be a giant celebration with fireworks and parties that would last a month.We’d all be rich and the debt would be gone.I would win a Nobel Prize and be given a high position in the government like chief advisor to The Secretary of the Treasury.Sometimes you just have to think outside the little box!
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"content": "Why not mint a 5 trillion dollar coin.We could pay the debt off and have an extra 2 trillion which could be microscopically divided and sent out to each citizen ( kids too ).These microcoins would each be worth about a $100,000 and everyone in the country could get one.It would be a giant celebration with fireworks and parties that would last a month.We’d all be rich and the debt would be gone.I would win a Nobel Prize and be given a high position in the government like chief advisor to The Secretary of the Treasury.Sometimes you just have to think outside the little box!\n",
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The cost sounds very much like the Boston Highway tunnel project which started out at 1.4 billion and ended up costing over 13 billion. It seems that all it has done is just to hide the traffic under ground rather than cut traffic numbers down. I have always wondered where that money has actually gone.
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"content": "The cost sounds very much like the Boston Highway tunnel project which started out at 1.4 billion and ended up costing over 13 billion. It seems that all it has done is just to hide the traffic under ground rather than cut traffic numbers down. I have always wondered where that money has actually gone.\n",
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I am confused my the perception in rural America that it doesn’t get its fair share of government resources. Data demonstrates that rural states and counties are almost always net takers from the federal government while urban and suburban communities are net givers. Maybe the problem is that Republicans have structured programs that affect rural America (e.g. Farm and ethanol subsidies, absence of antitrust enforcement) in such ways that benefit large corporations and the donor class, not residents. Democrats need to wise up to this and improve their messaging to rural voters and frankly a lot of rural residents should open their eyes to how they are being played by the exclusive focus of Republicans on culture war issues to distract them from the failures of Republican policies to help them.
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Even before Covid restaurants were basically a gamble.All restaurants operate on thin margins and their failure/closure rate is high even in good times. According to an Ohio State U. study, 60% do not make it past the first year, and 80% go under in five years (these numbers are pre-pandemic).With record inflation laid on top of Covid, it seems inevitable that more restaurants will be forced to close, and not just the $500 a plate places.I enjoy dining out, but lately that has become more difficult because many of the restaurants in my area have had to limit seating because of a shortage of waiters and kitchen staff.I hope the economy will improve and that more restaurants will be able to remain open. However, in the meantime I have embraced the financial and gustatory joys of home cooking.
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Tom I'm not so sure that "all of the general public is on his side," rather I feel a growing number of us want this insanity resolved. I'm middle of the aisle, lean liberal on most issues, but this is one where I'm not! It's insanity we either need to raise taxes across the board OR reduce spending. Honestly, I don't really care which but it's time to stop kicking the ball down the road and find a real solution. If you haven't discovered that our current inflation problem is intertwined here, then mull that over as that's the bigger story. Apparently the projected budget to pay the interest on our debt for 2023Q1 was something like 400 billion, and we had that, but the actual bill came in at closer to 500 due to the higher rate, which is why we are where we are. Now, here's the double whammy: the fed has slowed inflation due to the recent interest rate raises, but we haven't stopped it; many economist say we need to continue raising, maybe a few more %?IMHO it feels like we're hanging on the edge of another 2008 type situation, maybe more like 1970s, who knows and all I can say is it's probably a good time to revaluate investments! Better to be safe than sorry
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That man on the line: he’s mineWhen I was young I dreamed of following the open roadinto the heart of the countryto meet up with one of Wichita’s linemen,his head in the clouds as he fixed wiresattached to high poles,wires that would emit a sorrowful whistling soundwhen the wind flowed through them.I’d be in my element out on the windy plains,with a sure-footed dreamerwho was able to climb high,heavy implements in his leather belt, whatever items he needed:no limit to his mettle or his imagining.Some dreams fade with time.Others remain, offering a place to return to,a story to tell, a song to sing.Jan. 11 Bee words used: mine, meet, linemen, emit, element, implement, item, limit, mettle, time.
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| yes | Classification | 7,210 |
End the conflict/war in Ukrain through open discussion and negotiation. Respect the blood of every innocent people even, a drop of blood, all over the world .My request to all citizens of world, please rise your voice and say no more war , no more trade of weapons and no more experiment of weapons.
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| no | Classification | 198 |
I went to school at Vanderbilt, the only private university in the SEC. We're also the only university in the Southeastern Conference that never cheated, never paid its players under the table, never used coeds as sexual bait for recruits.The only difference now is that it's in the open. And schools like Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia and Auburn are paying MASSIVE cash to attract recruits. Starters at Texas A&M AVERAGE over $1M/year in 2022. And the numbers are growing quickly.No other SEC Schools care any more about getting an education for their students. Black students in particular get kicked to the curb when their eligibility expires. Many of these "student athletes" no longer even attend classes.
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As NZer living in Dunedin I enjoyed the article although the restaurants were a little out of my depth $ wise. I often travel the South Island for work and never get tired of seeing the snow capped mountains and deep valleys in all weather from the air. The article is right about the scenic wonders but I would suggest a camper van, plenty of time and the local less expensive restaurants. I tend to grab a some takeaways (scallops, blue cod, bluff oysters and chips), a bottle of good value NZ wine (under $NZ20) and sit by the lake. Hardly anyone around and the peace and view is exceptional as the sun sets.No, it definitely isn't taken for granted.
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| no | Classification | 489 |
Although health insurance affordability for the majority of US citizens remains a very large problem, Pres. Biden’s latest health insurance plan still wants to shift many more dollars into private, Wall Street insurance industry hands. The takeover of health insurance by private Wall Street entities continues apace as Democrats/Biden propose to increase taxes and give it to the private profit insurance industry – the source of our profound administrative waste, along with the costly administrative burdens they place on the delivery system. Profiteering continues unabated as private insurance sells us services we don’t need/want , such as deductibles and other cost sharing, maintenance of narrow networks, requiring prior authorization with increased administrative costs, excessive ongoing paperwork/documentation requirements, all while avoiding paying for surprise bills and other denied benefits.
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The companies getting headlines, Microsoft, Alphabet, Meta have more cash than many countries. They do not borrow to thrive. No mention of the deep, deep cuts at Twitter with no reductions in operations? Could the underlying inefficiency of the staff be near as bad at other companies? Some CEOs admitted that they had lost control over hiring. Most of the larger firms will still be bigger than before Covid. The biggest learning is the firms that sell productivity services apparently did not use them in their operations.
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| no | Classification | 3,372 |
David MD Untill the *0's many companies had their own IT departments. Along comes the Reagan era and everyone decided to outsource their IT and not pay those programmers the $150k/yr. They now by canned programs and they are thought of just like any other cost. The cheaper the better.
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| no | Classification | 4,275 |
A progressive Democrat running against treacherous corporate suck-up Kristin Sinema will attract the most nationwide grassroots campaign donations ever seen in a Senate race.'Moderate' Democrats’ commitment to the needs of working people, racial justice, and the poor are only what their wealthy and corporate donors will tolerate. 'Moderate' Democrats are complicit in driving union membership down to only 7% of working people, allowing hundreds of thousands to be homeless, and leaving millions uninsured and underinsured for the world’s most expensive medical care. They helped pass the Taft-Hartley Act, allowed the right wing to semi-privatize the US Mail and start privatizing VA medical care, and they helped Republicans shred the social safety net. This one looks out for the coal companies, that one serves the auto industry, this guy protects gas and oil interests and none want to fairly tax corporations or the wealthy. The ‘moderate’ Clinton and Obama gave us NAFTA to export our remaining factory jobs, let the taxpayers pay the 9/11 damages instead of the criminally negligent United and American Airlines, and immunized the telecom companies from any consequences for spying on you. And ‘moderate’ Democrats let all those recalcitrant subpoenaed witnesses get away with it though the Supreme Court has already held they could have the House Sergeant-at-Arms arrest them and handcuff them to Nancy’s radiator until they complied. Yeah, “Vote for me; I’m moderately for you’.
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What a great story. I’m not sure whether the critical part was the contract and clear boundaries from the beginning or the generosity and open communication from everyone. Maybe the one enabled the other.
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| no | Classification | 1,502 |
My grandfather worked at GE for 40 years, and retired with a pension, gold watch, and a 4 bedroom house he owned for $25,000. If he were still alive, he wouldn't even understand today's work environment.I've had 10 employers in 20 years. No pension, and my house was 50x more expensive, and lots smaller. Today's extreme capitalism has created an entire society living on the edge, insecure in tomorrow's job as it can be eliminated at any moment. And the stock market can crash, wiping out 401k's (what pension?), or the housing market will crash, wiping out equity, like it did in 2007.Nobody comes along to bail out any of us.
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Joan Erlanger As long as you don't have dental insurance, dentists are motivated to charge prices that people can afford to pay out of pocket. Don't wish for dental insurance, prices will skyrocket. An hour in the dental chair might only cost you $200 for some fillings. An hour in the emergency room might cost you $10,000
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Well when the hypocrites in the Republican Party added 7.8 TRILLION to the debt under Trump and raised the debt limit THREE times, yeah, I guess he has reason not to put things on the chopping block for these faux debt watchers. Also, perhaps some people don't understand the debt limit is about paying your PAST bills, not your future ones.
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Sadly, in order for the METS -- or any team -- to win a World Series, it may be necessary for some SuperRich guy like Cohen to bite the bullet and spend over $300 million dollars for a guy like Correa who might actually have taken the METS to the World Series next year, but then might have faded out by in another year or two. So there you have, to win a World Series you are essentially paying a guy $300 million for three or four years of work. That's could be $100 million a year!!!!If Cohen could really have afforded that, he should have done it. Is it absurd??? Of course, what else is new in the modern world of sports...and everything else. Look, I just payed $9 for dozen eggs.
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"content": "Sadly, in order for the METS -- or any team -- to win a World Series, it may be necessary for some SuperRich guy like Cohen to bite the bullet and spend over $300 million dollars for a guy like Correa who might actually have taken the METS to the World Series next year, but then might have faded out by in another year or two. So there you have, to win a World Series you are essentially paying a guy $300 million for three or four years of work. That's could be $100 million a year!!!!If Cohen could really have afforded that, he should have done it. Is it absurd??? Of course, what else is new in the modern world of sports...and everything else. Look, I just payed $9 for dozen eggs.\n",
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wheelerfield: do you have any evidence to back up your assumption? Prof Deborah Brautigam of Johns Hopkins is an expert in China trade and she does not appear to agree. Furthermore, former Greek minister Varoufakis gave a very interesting response to someone who made the same comment as you. Based on his experience with the Port of Piraeus, he found that the Chinese were very reasonable and were interested I trade. He felt they were more reasonable than the IMF or the Germans. Google Varoufakis Piraeus China for the video.Internationally, countries (outside the West) are finding that China is a better business partner than the West. Brautigam goes into this.
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1. "One after another, employees at the New Hampshire manufacturer W.H. Bagshaw said goodbye"Perhaps low wages is the reason for the exodus?W.H. Bagshaw Job Opening: CNC Parts Cleaner & InspectorCompensation $14-17/hr DOEResponsibilities: 1. Interpret router and part specifications.2. Provide updates on work in process to sales.3. Work directly with engineering to ensure work instructions are clear and correct.4. Load and unload pins into cleaning equipment.5. Periodically measure product and record the data on audits sheets per the process.6. Inspect and sort parts based on quality specifications.$14 - $17/hour is not anywhere close to a living wage in Nashua NH. McDonalds and Walmart will start workers at the same wage.Per Zillow..."The median rent for all bedrooms and all property types in Nashua, NH is $2,015 ($24,000/year)"After paying for rent...good luck paying for utilities, transportation and food.
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J Scott We have bought our way into it, and continue to buy our way into it. I would love it if we would just quit funding Israel tomorrow morning. But so long as we continue to fund that country, we have a voice in its government. That has to be a voice for peace based on the UN accords.
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I suspect the Freedom Caucus and its allies have little problem with the US defaulting on its debt. A government in tatters, one that has lost legitimacy, fits into whatever one might call their governing philosophy. Trump's version of MAGA is likely some time in the 1950s. For the Freedom Caucus crew, their image of the "wild west" fits their eye: no credible government, men fully armed, wandering the streets. Boebert would fit right in! But seriously, taking the nation to the "brink" in this debate, come what may, is the point. The speaker battle compelled McCarthy literally, and in public I might add, to appeal to Gaetz for support. Imagine the groveling that occurred behind closed doors. No. Gaetz and his buddies want to bring the whole deal to halt, watch it smolder for a spell, just because they have the power to do so.Implicit in any debate in most governments "of the people" is an interest in solving problems, getting to a finished product. But compromise has become so vilified by many on the right (and sadly the left as well), that the basics of government have become nearly impossible. The debt ceiling is a great example. But those debating in good faith, both Democrats and Republicans, must realize that many of their colleagues have no interest in reaching any viable solution. That is not their goal. Chaos. A government with no credibility. Those are their goals.
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"content": "I suspect the Freedom Caucus and its allies have little problem with the US defaulting on its debt. A government in tatters, one that has lost legitimacy, fits into whatever one might call their governing philosophy. Trump's version of MAGA is likely some time in the 1950s. For the Freedom Caucus crew, their image of the \"wild west\" fits their eye: no credible government, men fully armed, wandering the streets. Boebert would fit right in! But seriously, taking the nation to the \"brink\" in this debate, come what may, is the point. The speaker battle compelled McCarthy literally, and in public I might add, to appeal to Gaetz for support. Imagine the groveling that occurred behind closed doors. No. Gaetz and his buddies want to bring the whole deal to halt, watch it smolder for a spell, just because they have the power to do so.Implicit in any debate in most governments \"of the people\" is an interest in solving problems, getting to a finished product. But compromise has become so vilified by many on the right (and sadly the left as well), that the basics of government have become nearly impossible. The debt ceiling is a great example. But those debating in good faith, both Democrats and Republicans, must realize that many of their colleagues have no interest in reaching any viable solution. That is not their goal. Chaos. A government with no credibility. Those are their goals.\n",
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LAM Slowly? It seems to me they've completely destroyed their own legitimacy quite quickly. The only question is how much further down they want to go (or can go) before there is open revolt in the streets. Alito should think very hard about what he wants, because he might just get it.
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Designing a layoff program involves many difficult tradeoffs - how much severance to provide, whether to pay bonues, how much advance warning to provide, how to take tenure into account, and so on. There's nowhere near enough information in the portion of the "Bonus Busting" letter that was published to make several of the judgements Roxane Gay makes - whether the company is caring or indifferent, generous or stingy, or acting professionally or unprofessionally. It's possible that an uncaring CEO said to her senior team "let's make sure to get this done before bonuses are paid - and let's schedule it right before a major holiday so people understand who has the power in this employer/employee relationship!"Buti it's also possible she instructed her team to move quickly or even more people would lose their jobs, and asked them to redeploy the bonus pool to extend the severance period from what might otherwise have been 6 months to one year. She might have also reminded her team that delivering the funds in this way might lower income taxes for many employees in their time of need. As a former CEO thosed were certainly factors I considered when leading restructuring efforts.The challenge with giving advice based on such incomplete information is that, from a distance, really bad management and really good management can look very similar. Ms. Gay should have limited her response to her last two sentences, which were both helpful and right on the money.
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Richard You're apparently not understanding it. You have tremendously more control. With a cloud-based password manager, if they are hacked, everyone's data can be stolen - as it was in this case.When you store it in your own cloud storage location, you have control over how that cloud storage is secured and how access is managed to it. If you're really paranoid, you can even store it in an encrypted container. That was you can still use it easily on your own computer. For example, create a small VeraCrypt container and store it in a OneDrive synced folder. For someone to get in, they would need to first break into your Microsoft account (which you should have MFA set up on), then know to find a VeraCrypt container (which could be named anything), then figure out that password, then finally figure out the password to the actual password vault - and hopefully your important stuff all has MFA/2FA so the password alone is still not enough to get in!
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Steve G. He is accused of receiving almost a quarter million dollars. And that's only what we are aware of. That would go a long ways towards my early retirment.
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It's interesting that they can claim they're going to balance the budget over 10 years when they know perfectly well that prior to 2026, when the Trump middle class tax cut expires, a new tax cut (extension) will be needed. Always interesting that the corporate tax cut was permanent.Sadly, for the middle class tax cut to be extended it's most likely that corporations will get another new permanent tax cut. They get two and we fight to maintain one.
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vishmael Yes. But not likely to be initiated on the basis of a couple of stolen checks from 2008 used to buy shoes and clothing in Brazil worth less than $2000. Let him stay in New YOrk where in the not too distant future he will be indicted for multiple frauds.
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It's hard to believe the hospitals when they claim they can't afford more nurses. In a glaring example of how an obsession with profit can corrupt a health care organization, a NY Times investigation revealed that Oregon's largest health care systems was sitting on billions of dollars and actually set up a venture capital fund to invest it. Is it a Wall Street hedge fund disguised as a health care system? You can see what an organizations priorities are by following the money.
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I am observing all this from faraway Singapore. In this part of the world, China has been making great inroads and its influence is steadily rising even as the US contends with political - and economic - dysfunction. My advice to my American friends is simple: please get your house in order or you will soon find yourselves surpassed. While it is easier to focus on events closer to home, I must point out that China has quietly surpassed the US as the largest trading partner of the Southeast Asian region. Chinese trade with Southeast Asia is now 1.4x US trade with the region and is only increasing. The US is no longer the partner of preferred choice in this region, let alone the dominant economic power.And instead of coming up with a strategy to reengage this pivotal region, the US is grappling with severe, partisan-inflicted problems at home.I am now starting to think that China may actually replace the US as the dominant power in Asia. It has no divided senate or congress to contend with. Its policies don't change with a new administration every four years. It has a steady commitment, discipline and diligence. Most importantly, it thinks and acts long-term..
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Let’s please don’t forget another provision slipped into the Omnibus Bill by Zoe Lofgrin the Chair of the House Administration Committee without any debate. The House rules were changed to reimburse members $34,000. for the cost of lodging, food, travel and other items while on official business in DC. If all 440 members avail themselves of this PAY RAISE the total to taxpayers would be $15.1 million according to the report in the NYT.
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How David Koch’s 1980 Fantasy Became America’s Current Reality. Koch poured $2 million into an embryonic Libertarian Party and knew he wouldn't win—but that wasn't the point. David Koch was particularly instrumental in legitimizing anti-government ideology—one the GOP now holds as gospel. [NewRepublic]THE SECRET ORIGINS OF THE TEA PARTY [TIME]How Big Oil and Big Tobacco Partnered with the Koch Brothers to take over the GOPDavid Koch’s 1980 VP campaign platform; the GOP TO-DO listAbolish the Environmental Protection AgencyAbolish the Occupational Safety and Health ActAbolish Medicare and MedicaidAbolish the Social Security systemAbolish welfare, relief projects, aid to children and ‘aid to the poorAbolish government regulated schools and compulsory educationAbolish compulsory insurance/tax-supported health and abortion servicesAbolish the regulation of the medical insurance industryAbolish all taxationAbolish minimum wage lawsAbolish the Postal ServiceAbolish the Federal Aviation AdministrationAbolish the Consumer Product Safety CommissionAbolish the Federal Election CommissionAbolish the Food and Drug AdministrationAbolish the Department of EnergyAbolish the Department of TransportationAbolish all public roads and national highwaysAbolish requiring safety belts, air bags, or crash helmetsAbolish all lending lawsAbolish all branches of the service except the ArmyPrivatization inland waterways and control of all water
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Police culture is rotten to the core, and has been for many decades, if not since the inception of police forces in this country.My brother was a horrible bully. He was prone to fits of rage. He would beat me. He beat our father once. He had a Confederate flag pinned to the ceiling in his room in which he hid drugs. Under his bed was an extensive collection of adult books he'd spend hours in our house's one bathroom perusing. He was a notorious bully in high school. He was feared by all except his partners in crime, and even among some of them. He loved that people feared him. He loved having power over others.His buddies in high school were a cabal of thieves and drug users and dealers. His best friend murdered a convenience store clerk with a bullet to the head at point blank for a few dollars. He finally met the law. A judge gave him two choices: go to jail or join the Marines. He chose the latter.It suited him, his personality. He got to be his true self and was rewarded for it. When he left active duty, guess what he became? A cop. It was just another gang, but now he had a gun and a badge. His cop stories were always centered on a black antagonist, as if whites never committed crime. He's still a cop, as far as I know, and still a patent bully. It's not surprising. Zebras can't change their stripes. It's not surprising he became a cop. He was a perfect fit for the culture, and the culture was a perfect fit for him. The culture is rotten.
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"content": "Police culture is rotten to the core, and has been for many decades, if not since the inception of police forces in this country.My brother was a horrible bully. He was prone to fits of rage. He would beat me. He beat our father once. He had a Confederate flag pinned to the ceiling in his room in which he hid drugs. Under his bed was an extensive collection of adult books he'd spend hours in our house's one bathroom perusing. He was a notorious bully in high school. He was feared by all except his partners in crime, and even among some of them. He loved that people feared him. He loved having power over others.His buddies in high school were a cabal of thieves and drug users and dealers. His best friend murdered a convenience store clerk with a bullet to the head at point blank for a few dollars. He finally met the law. A judge gave him two choices: go to jail or join the Marines. He chose the latter.It suited him, his personality. He got to be his true self and was rewarded for it. When he left active duty, guess what he became? A cop. It was just another gang, but now he had a gun and a badge. His cop stories were always centered on a black antagonist, as if whites never committed crime. He's still a cop, as far as I know, and still a patent bully. It's not surprising. Zebras can't change their stripes. It's not surprising he became a cop. He was a perfect fit for the culture, and the culture was a perfect fit for him. The culture is rotten.\n",
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