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Alastair Townsned The CD is no longer affordable for those who've lived there for generations. Uncle Ike's, started by the guy who claims to have grown up in the CD but actually grew up in Madrona and spent all of his time whining to the Rush Limbaugh of Seattle, Dori Monson about "antifa" being the root of all evil. Amazon then opened a grocery store in the CD, the epitome of worker and economic exploitation. The murals may be gorgeous and by local artists, but the new developments in the CD that can only be purchased by tech bros like Chipalo Street aren't exactly screaming equity or affordability.
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Some thoughts...We are reaping what we sow?Students/young adults observe what society deems permissible ...And much of the country seems to be ok with lies. For example there seems to be no consequences for lying (see George Santos and Donald Trump). Our children absorb this message...How is using generative AI that different from a teenager/young adult's point of view?The confluence of defunding of public education and the advent of social media and now generative AI have created generations of soft-minded citizens. No criticial thinking skills. Evidence? One third of Americans stil think 2020 presidential election was fraudulent.Denigration of the professional class and by extension education...There are real effects to this, for example, lower college rates for white males.When kids/young adults look around and do a risk/analysis for cheating, the risks don't seem as high anymore. In the 1990s we grew up with a President being impeached for lying about an extramarital situation. Fast forward to now and we had a President who lied about a whole host of things and faces no consequences...He had a whole team at the White House that added mind-bending words to our vocabulary "alternative facts" anyone?How is using generative AI tools any different than "alternative facts"? The bar for truth and honor in America is so low these days it's hard to be outraged when we see young people turning to generative AI tools.
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As a child in Cuba I went hungry. It was a choice my academic parents made when they turned down an offer to keep their jobs if they joined the Communist Party. They refused and we all went hungry. Favored Communist Party member are given extra food, outside the national ration coupons system.My sister and I were small, and I can only imagine my mother’s pain when we asked her for more to eat and there was nothing else. I still remember vividly when my sister asked for “more meat” (we hardly ever got meat) and my mom kept cutting into her piece and putting it into my 4 year old sister’s wide open mouth — until there was no more for my malnourished, pale, beautiful mom — and my sister remained hungry.So when we got to America, and became successful, and could buy whatever food we wanted, we each developed our own neurosis.Mom bought tons of food. It was always too much, and most of it wound up in the garbage. My sister, now married with kids of her own, cooks small portions of exquisite flavors and not even a grain of rice is left over. I veer towards either extreme, still seeking balance.I was told by a therapist that suffering “food insecurity during formative years” leaves psychological scars. I’ve never figured out exactly what those are…But, thank goodness we’re in America, Land of Lots of Food.I just wish there was a way to get some of our leftovers to my hungry cousins in Cuba — who all refuse to become well-fed members of the Communist Party.
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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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And we should start by closing the $500B annual tax gap. Fund the IRS to modernize systems and hire agents to go after wealthy tax cheats. This isn't a tax increase; it's collecting what people already owe. No brainer.
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Dennis Smith. Thank god, I suspected Democrats were about to try “fixing” history next with bills costing trillions more borrowed dollars but enough Republicans were elected to padlock the treasury. Recapping, we had a pandemic and then our federal government allowed billions, trillions? in Covid-19 assistance- all of it being borrowed dollars- to be easily stolen by just about any dishonest person with a dial up internet connection on the planet.At least Republicans are giving government money to actual people and organizations that exist, and not make up one’s .
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I agree the gas should be phased out. It is a hidden health hazard, and many homes have unsafe levels. The logistics of doing it however are fraught with issues.I tried to do it in my house, and the landlord made it a big deal. The cost is also really high. It requires upgrades to the electricity some drywall repair and expenses. It amounted to about 7000 dollars. I would also need to file papers citing justification to get approvals. It was all crazy. Hopefully this process is easier in the future
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According to a communication last year from NASA's former lead climate scientist James Hansen, we would likely need to spend trillions of dollars per year extracting CO2 from the atmosphere to keep below the 2 degree C ceiling rise in temperature. I am interested to hear Paul Krugman's thoughts on this issue, because not much else will matter unless we remove boatloads of carbon from the atmosphere. We're talking about massive famines, economic decline, societal breakdown even in developed nations, etc. <a href="http://www.columbia.edu/~jeh1/mailings/2021/NovemberTUpdate+BigClimateShort.23December2021.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.columbia.edu/~jeh1/mailings/2021/NovemberTUpdate+BigClimateShort.23December2021.pdf</a>
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Homeowner - You and your husband should not pull the plug now. The teenaged nieces and nephews are still growing up in that town, and attend the town high school and have friends there. It would be cruel to force them out of their home and school now. And if you want to spend more time with them, figure out what interests them and do that with them. Outings to sporting events, theater, camping, trip to the city and they set the itinerary. Be the fun uncles.To protect your investment, you should pay for any structural wear and tear. Fix the roof if needed. Discuss appliances with your husband. But give notice. Too bad they did not put what they would have spent on rent for the college fund, though on one income there is probably little to spare. And, I hope your sister-in-law gets help.I don't believe you would have had $6,000 in rental income because you would not be in the landlord business except for this arrangement with your relatives. You have built and maintained a house and it is a good investment as home prices have appreciated 100 percent over 20 years.
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A Gleaming Makeover for Newark’s Terminal A A $2.7 billion airport facility has replaced one that opened when Richard Nixon was president. Good morning. It’s Thursday. We’ll take a look at the new Terminal A at Newark Liberty International Airport. The $2.7 billion project is scheduled to open today. We’ll also look at Mayor Eric Adams’s proposed funding cuts for public libraries. Library officials and readers are sounding the alarm. A $2.7 billion airport facility has replaced one that opened when Richard Nixon was president.
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I had heard about Alex's concussion and was delighted that he was well and back in the show when I saw it for the third time on Friday night. He and the show were so fabulous that, while on the bus ride home, I jumped onto Ticketmaster and bought one of the last remaining seats for the final show.Wow! Was I glad I did! That 2-minute standing O that Alex got during the opening number set the stage for the evening's spectacular performance. There's nothing better than two and a half hours of gleeful exhuberance in a Broadway theater...when the love bounces around the stage, out to the audience, and back to the performers. Pure joy!
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$1600 a month? Does no one from Lending Tree--or the New York Times--actually live in NYC?
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I live in rural Ga, where for years now my only option for internet has been slow, data-limited satellite. Now, thanks to a federal grant from last year's infrastructure bill, I'm a few weeks from having fiber! Thank you, Democrats! So it's wrong to say that Ds have ignored the rural areas. They have policy prescriptions that would help (such as expanding Medicaid to help keep rural hospitals open), but the white rural people don't want to see it.
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Not sure what the point of this article is - US is behind other countries in chip making? There is no alternative - Intel (and IBM through Samsung) are investing in semiconductor technology. Its like investing in bread. If there is no bread, you cannot feed anyone. If there is no chip making, there is no future technology. No alarms here. This is basic investment in US business.
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He is now making $174K per year. That should qualify him for most apartments.
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Private corporations and companies have been unleashed by lack of regulations and an agreeable Congress. They have run amuck for too long.I'm thrilled to see that the approval rating for unions is at 71%. This is history repeating itself.What remains to be seen is if there's a renaissance like the New Deal and the widespread acceptance of unions.I hope there is. Businesses have proven yet again that they can't be trusted. They squeeze every dollar out of labor, take every last dollar for themselves and their shareholders.Part of the reason was the move to the "Friedman Doctrine" and Free Market Economy. Make as much money as you can. Make sure you give your shareholders dividends and buy back stocks when you can. Serious selfish behavior by corporations.In addition, as wages (especially hourly wages) have increased recently, instead of the company taking less profit, they just add the extra cost on to whatever the product is.Accordingly, The price of the item rises because the company insists on making the same profit. What's most galling about this is many companies received monetary assistance during the pandemic. And many invested this windfall to buy back stock. Selfish.I hope unions make a strong comeback. The Titans of Industry have proven they only wish to enrich themselves by using labor and treating that labor badly.
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Patricia, most of us could probably live very nicely, for the rest of our lives, on $100m.
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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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In Their 20s, Struggling to Save and Tired of Being Lectured About It Young people want to save for their futures, but balancing priorities has proved challenging during a time of economic instability. Shea German-Tanner tries to put a portion of her paycheck, even if it is only $50, into her savings account. But most of the time, she has to reroute the cash back to her checking to afford her expenses. Ms. German-Tanner, 22, has about $600 in her savings account right now and has not started saving for retirement. Young people want to save for their futures, but balancing priorities has proved challenging during a time of economic instability.
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I lived in Oslo in the early 70's. Best year of my life. Fresh air, rich cultural sites, and safety. Vigeland Sculpture Park was a top attraction for me as well as out of town visitors. But the expense! A beer in a pub was $7.50 and an egg (ONE egg) was $1. And this is almost 50 years ago. We ate everything we bought - no waste.Two things stand out in my memory - the honesty of the Norwegians and the respect for the outdoor environment.
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Retired now, I worked at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) for 30 years, so know the Miracle Mile area well. I’ve lived in Hermosa Beach for the same 30 years; I am two blocks from the boundary of Manhattan Beach. The Miracle Mike residential neighborhood is filled with lovely 1920s Spanish homes like this one. It seems a little overpriced, but with the nearby subway station opening in 2024, along with LACMA’s new building, residential real estate is bound to go up. This house is obviously staged, so new owners would likely make it look less sterile. The price of the Manhattan Beach home is actually reasonable for the area. If it had an ocean view, the price would be much more, as in at least $1 to $2 million more. As for the wine country property, just beautiful.
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Congratulations NYT on an excellent article. Unlike similar articles in the European media, you emphasise "the lengthy environmental studies and other work required to open a mining facility in Europe". Fortunately the Per Geijer deposits are only about 2-4 km from the Kiruna mine which has operated for close to a century and developing the deposit will be logically simpler and less likely to attract opposition than a mine in an isolated area (or one near a major city).
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BHB No the bathrooms were not open during renovations. There were some that were available but it wasn’t one closed, the next open; traveling 5 hours from Buffalo to Albany, it wasn’t a problem if you watched the signs and planned. It might have been a problem for families with young children. The fuel was available though! Another thing to plan for; buy before you hit PA and after you exit the thruway.
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As far as I'm concerned, the committees can investigate whatever they want. My greatest worry is that this continuing charade dilutes the impact of whatever comes out of these committees.Take the January 6 committee. That was an open and shut case, because Trump was on National television, inciting open insurrection. A single day of committee meeting should have been enough to determine that formally and cart him off to Leavenworth. Or better yet, SuperMax. The fact that after all these months NOTHING of consequence came out of the January 6 committee means I will tune out of all these meetings in the future. They are just now worth the time of anyone with an IQ >100.
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I don't get it. Is that $1.6 million just a fine? What about the taxes it avoided paying? Will they have to be paid now?
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This is undoubtedly one of the most belligerent essays I have yet read by Mr. Douthat. Consider not just the conclusion — “Joseph Ratzinger the champion of a certain idea of Catholic Christianity — well, he has only just begun to fight“ — an odd comment on a man who has just died, but what is meant here is the brand of religious conservatism that Ratzinger represented, which was Douthat’s inspiration as a convert. Also note that he quotes Benedict/Ratzinger to imply that the current pope was a mistake, a person whom God would “not have picked.” And of course he makes it clear that Benedict’s choice to resign was itself a mistake, by opening the way to the selection of a pope who was — horrors! — not a conservative. Douthat can of course look forward to the day, presumably not too far away, when another pope will be chosen who will indeed be a conservative, and will put an end to the liberal “revolution” in places like Germany (the American hierarchy is already firmly in conservative control). But by ignoring the fundamental contradiction of Benedict’s “conservative” regime, his hypocritical failure to deal effectively with the child molesters, Douthat fails to come to grips with the inherent weakness of the Church that Benedict so decisively influenced in the later 20th-early 21st centuries. Thus his call to arms rings hollow for those whose lives were irreparably damaged by a clergy that they once trusted.is a clear call for revolution against the “liberal” leaders
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“To give Russia sanctuary from which to fight, without fear of reproach, is absolutely absurd. It makes no military sense.”The general is spot on. What kind of war is that when the enemy can bomb your territory at will while you can't touch theirs? The so-called Western "restrainers" may have hoped Putin would also show some restraint by not providing Ukraine with the weapons it needs to defend itself properly. Instead, he is taking full advantage of the Western weakness to wreck Ukraine as hard as possible. This is not a "gentleman's war," if ever there is one. It is a war with a megalomaniac "crime boss" who is ready to use any dirty means he can. If he could have gotten away, he would have nuked Ukraine too, but then he knows he is done. Even his nominal ally China would turn on him for opening Pandora's box.
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Pink Slip DNA : Boomer here. Survived 2001, because I was careful to never be over leveraged. Sure I lost lots of paper assets (300K), but not the farm....
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Congrats to the coalition of folks who have been pushing to get the banks reopened. I hope we continue to see this sort of community action around skateboarding in NYC in the future.
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Paying people more money doesn’t fill open spots. And if you weren’t aware wage growth has been substantial over the last few years and we still have a labor shortage.You also reveal that the issue won’t really impact you since you’re already pushing 70. Those of us that still have our adult lives ahead of us do in fact want society to continue functioning. Sorry if that means you have to live near immigrants seeking work.
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Hey made 4x that amount hawking NFT’s. 10x avoiding taxes. In summation: who cares?
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Please, like NYC needs a $516 million bill. It is this type of extravagant expense that sends me around the moon, many times. Put the money into the rail service as those riders deserve the best in class.
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My favorite part is where Harry and Meghan whinge and moan so pitifully about their lot from their mansions, castles, private jets and lives of privilege while depositing 100 million from Netflix, 30 million from the Spare book and 25 million from the Spotify deal into their accounts. Brings a salty tear to my left eye every time.
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This is at least a reasonable discussion. Yesterday there was an article complaining about “fat shaming”, which seemed to prefer cutting open children and putting steel straps on their stomachs. With so much talk about the myth of calories in calories out, that’s all the steel straps do, reduce calories in.How about some research into processed foods, the deep, deep influence of GMO foods, which Monsanto has so far is squelched, and the simple fact that we need to exercise more. Slicing open your child to install hardware on his innards seems to me far, more destructive, then verbal criticism. It isn’t all “shaming” anyway, often it’s just caring.
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Republican hypocritical posturing is just that. It isn't news, nor does it deserve to be covered. Reagan tripled the deficit in his 2 terms, Bush jr collapsed the economy, and the Obama first term was spent rescuing that disaster. Trump adds 8.7 TRILLION to the deficit in the tax cut for the rich 2017 bill. So the GOP today is worried about deficits? Where were these hypocrites when they controlled the Presidency, House, and Senate? Adding to the deficit, of course. It's past due the press call out this hypocrisy with a researched article pointing out which party has responsibility for which portion of the deficit. Start at 1980. This, rather than being stenographers, would actually help the American people to understand how ridiculous this current "stance" is by Republicans. They lie, you just write it down. You are both a sad joke.
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Maybe it´s about time to cross the aisle and strike a deal. Even with no deal, vote the republican guy into office and humiliate him. He would be so weak afterwards, lifted on the pedestal by the wrong party.Also show that the every time the harebrained twenty want to obstruct other constructive lawmakers they will get a lot of flak from the middle and over the aisle. Show them that a moderate right and a moderate left can find a middle ground. And if there´s a deal, first of all, shoot down the NY imposter that was spending 40.000$ on flight tickets with the unclear origin and with the 700.000$ of campaign financing hiding in the cloakroom. Maybe it´s not time to defund the IRS yet.
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Every time a person goes on a joyride to relax, or jumps in the car since they're running late and can't take the bus, or grabs an Uber home from the bar since the subway stopped running is a FAILURE. The only way to build momentum for public transportation is to make private cars miserable, inconvenient, and expensive. Stop widening roads, yes, but also tax gasoline, add tolls, limit how many cars can be in cities, stop building parking lots. Build parks, roads, subsidized housing, community centers, and museums where all that concrete used to be. Run bus lines to every single road in town on a 5 minute schedule. If everyone's forced onto the city bus you'd better believe you'll hear calls for investments in public transit.
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Speaking of social security... why not raise the cap beyond the 2023 rate of $163,000?
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He can’t resign. Whoever owns him (the $700,000 ‘investment’) want their money back or want him to ‘produce’.
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margaret koscielny DuckDuckGo signed a tracking deal with Microsoft in May of 2022. I still use it because there aren’t any other better alternatives, but it’s still hugely disappointing.
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From an accounting / balance sheet perspective, the $31T debt is a "liability", in an economy (business) with a revenue stream (GDP) of $24T. I have no idea what the "assets" side of the US balance sheet is - probably several hundred or thousands of trillions of dollars. If, as a business, I did not want to carry so much debt, I could liquidate some assets and retire the debt; or convert some of the debt into equity - allowing those holding the debt to assume "ownership" of some assets. Which of these courses would you suggest? [I fall in the Dr K camp - do nothing because the cost of servicing the debt is trivial. And, no, just because the interest rates have become higher than zero, does not mean that those rates will last for more than a few more years. So, cost of servicing the debt will remain low.]We need to make investments in improving the capacity and capability of the economy - otherwise, we will get surpassed and more by the Asian tigers - China and India.
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I get the impression that most pro athletes, especially the ones in solo sports (e.g. tennis and golf) are deeply unhappy people while they're competing. Read Andre Agassi's book "Open". I'm sure AK's story is very similar. Tyrannical father abusing his son to excel in sports. I don't think that insurance policy is keeping AK from golfing, but I'm sure it's making it a lot easier to find peace without it.
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Just did the math. $7.2 billion divided by 170,000 homeless. That’s about $42,000 per homeless person. Rent guarantees seem reasonable.
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I do this all the time to the embarrassment of my kids. They think it is weird but I love it. I am the middle-aged guy that asks the ski-lift attendant and cashier and barista how they are doing. I always talk to strangers and 98% of the time I have a positive conversation.I am also never annoyed by people once I've gotten to know them, for some reason. The "too loud" people at a campground are just less annoying once you've chatted them up. It is like a life hack for me.One caveat though, it doesn't work for my college-aged daughter. She says that when she does what I do, the men generally think it is an opening to hit on her. She is annoyed that if she says "hi" to a fellow runner (for example), he assumes she is "flirting" and tries to jog with her. This kind of thing obviously doesn't happen all the time, but enough to change the whole dynamic of talking to strangers.
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Robert, yeh the comment that Holmes was a rush to judgment was comical. She should have been in jail years ago — instead she is currently living on an estate that costs $13,000/month for upkeep according to the probation department while she appeals her conviction which took years. A movie was made between the time she was arrested and before she’s done a single day in jail.
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Having worked with quite a few of our NATO partners in Europe (including Germany) when I was in uniform, I can quite honestly say, very few of the rest of the NATO partners were really excited to have a militarily ascendant Germany. Did they want a solid and dependable partner? Of course, but solid doesn't necessarily mean dominant.And naturally, while Germany didn't need to pump money into building a dominant military over those decades, it did build a dominant economy, stoking a different kind of resentment.The final interesting piece is maybe because of Russia's miscalculations, Germany is now willing to sink some of that hard-earned treasure into military might. Good job Vlad. You did what the rest of Germany's NATO partners couldn't do.
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You have to laugh. But it is really sad for American Democracy, of course. The horror of Rep. Santos taking the Oath of Office on behalf of the fools that voted him into Office. Who gave him the $700000 to run?Then there's the religious Florida Panhandle's US Representative Matt Gaetz whose best friend Greenberg is serving an 11 year prison term for running an underage teen sex worker ring in Florida with Gaetz who happened to be a married man at the time.
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DC Lawyer CA bail bond is set at (a maximum) 10%, so only $25M...or maybe less if they got a deal. Chump change, as they say.
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Dave Walker Similar background but very diferent take on the subject. I preceded you by about a decade.When I got my masters degree in computer science we were told our knowledge had a 5 year relevancy. At the time I smirked at the idea, but when entering the field the reality of constantly having to upgrade skills was demoralizing. It ate into vacation time and weekends. Someimtes you got what were called golden handcuffs, you had a needed skill for a particular company but it was nontransferable. you were stuck.But I also have a degree in economics and take a more global look.To me it is insane how open borders allow miliiions, upon millions of uneducated people to cross the border. Anyone who says they don't cost taxpayers money is flat out lying. And to support those immigrants requires a big cut out of any paycheck in taxes.The Dem mantra that all it takes is education to go into a ghetto and start producing sicentists is nonsense. It takes a lot of brains and a lot of discipline to produce a scientists and sorry to say, those traits aren't evenly distributed.So we turn to the 'brain drain' tactic and rob developing countries of their most talented - that is what we did historically.All this imbalance is caused by huge population growth among the least educated with open borders to encourage population growth and things like so called tax credits to further population growth amongst the least educated; all while extinguishing the diversity of life on earth.
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"That $25 million represented about 2 percent of the National Restaurant Association’s total revenues over that same period, but more than half of the amount its members paid in dues."Nuh-uh. Since the profits of the restaurants come from the labor of the workers, it's the workers who have paid each restaurant's dues. So it's upwards of 6% of the National Restaurant Association's revenues that the workers are paying for.
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An eyeopening article in the most recent The Atlantic, the "Notes from the Apocalypse" issue. "The End of Us" by Adam Hirsch. The battleground forming between the Transhumanists and the Anti-Humanists. And you thought it was just between Republiscams and Democrats. This is a whole 'nother thing.
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Jim Very correct Jim. Ben Crump doesn't look prim & proper but is a great defense attorney. Got $12 million for Breana Tayor's family in 2020 when her death in Louisville by the No Knock Cop Raid coincided with the George Floyd cop murder. Should have gotten $24 million considering they blew her to pieces for No Reason in her apartment in middle of night. Cops get a bad rap during these media sensation Mistakes considering they handle thousands of events properly, hey, we are all human, and stuff does happen.
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Why is military spending not up for cutting, while spending for medical and scientific research is? The Coronavirus pandemic killed more U.S. citizens then all the wars of the 20th Century. Hundreds of thousands if not millions more would have died, had we not had the ability to rapidly sequence the viral DNA, and already had a vaccine vector that was safe and reliable. The ability to rapidly sequence DNA is a fairly recent development, and the RNA vaccines (basic technology) is less than 10 years old. Not to mention the need to keep ahead in semiconductors and computing. The money spent on R&D gives a much greater return on money invested.
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We live a few miles north of Chatham in much more ungentrified Rensselaer County. The road was dirt for our first 35 years here, in the requisite 225 year old house. In dry times clouds of fine dust filled the air after every car passed. if it was windy it might blow everywhere. If it was still it would hang in a zone a hundred feet from either side of the road. House windows could not be open. In wet times a muddy morass. The vehicles were NEVER clean. Dust penetrated every atom-sized opening and filled the interior bodywork of all vehicles, blooming rust. Grit and sediment washed off on the surrounding land. Everything was covered with the fine layer of dust until a heavy rain washed it off.We have had what they call a "chip and seal" coating for the last three years and I say "AMEN!"
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Susan. You are correct that the federal government injects huge amounts of money into healthcare. But that is not the only defining element of European social democratic healthcare. Along with the funding side, European governments also regulate procedures and costs, something that is anathema here. Republicans and many Democrats almost had apoplexy when drug pricing limits were proposed for just a couple drugs years in the future. We still throw huge sums at hospitals that build Taj Mahal facilities. And we never blink when hospital and insurance company CEOs receive multi-million dollar salaries. As a result, neither the government nor consumers get as much for their money in the United States.
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Ignatz You are joking, but this actually happened with Daniel Shaver, who was drunk, crawling, and unarmed when he was shot by the police when he moved his arm towards his waistband, apparently because his pants were falling down. The city paid his parents and widow over $9.5 million in a settlement.The officer who killed him is collecting a pension of $2500 a month after he retired for medical reasons at around age 28 because of PTSD from the event. He will receive over a million dollars of taxpayer money by the time he turns 65. I wish I was making this up.
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DeSantis' personality and style in dealing with anyone who disagrees with him makes him unelectable in my book. The fact that he will shout down his opponents, will not allow certain press at his political gatherings and functions, lies about what is happening in our schools and with our healthcare, I find unacceptable for any politician. If he wants to be governor or president then he needs to be a leader for ALL of his constituents not just him kowtowing to his devoted base. He needs to stop punishing and threatening corporations who disagree with him ie: Disney. He also needs to get his nose out of the partisan redistricting of voter districts. Florida is not a land of freedom under DeSantis and his legislative buddies. It is a state now of Republican Cancel Culture of anything DeSantis decides is not for his own good. The current Republican party throughout the country is a danger to our democracy and if Ron DeSantis were to become president it will only worsen with more coarse discourse, more ugly discriminatory laws being passed only to benefit his type of people. The truth is CRT is not being taught in schools, children are not being groomed in schools about sexuality. Libraries should be allowed to have all variety of books to be checked out and school boards should not be packed with people who only want their particular style of indoctrination taught as opposed to an open all inclusive curriculum which would benefit all children as they progress to adulthood.
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How an Investor Lost $625,000 and His Faith in George Santos Andrew Intrater, a wealthy businessman, has been in touch with the S.E.C. about Mr. Santos’s dealings on behalf of a company accused in a Ponzi scheme. A month after the Securities and Exchange Commission filed a lawsuit in 2021 accusing a Florida-based company of operating a Ponzi scheme, one of the firm’s account managers assured an anxious client that his money was safe. Andrew Intrater, a wealthy businessman, has been in touch with the S.E.C. about Mr. Santos’s dealings on behalf of a company accused in a Ponzi scheme.
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Those RealEstate flippers (Opendoor) are not operating a an uber cool cutting edge 'tech' business model, its built on exploiting cheap poorly trained labor...I interviewed for a 'flipper crew'...they cared nothing about skills. The most important thing was willing to be unpaid (hourly wages) while traveling to multiple jobsites within a 30 miles radius in slow traffic dense urban areas. (They do pay pennies per miles)
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Health care is a business. Until workers are respected the quality of health care will continue to decline. As a 60 year old healthcare worker I've seen the slow and steady decline of services offered and staffing levels decrease. Where is the money? Insurance companies and multi million dollar compensation packages for hospital CEOs.
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Santos was once married to a woman, despite being gay. Did he do that to obtain American citizenship?He received campaign money from a businessman, Andrew Intrater, who cultivated close links with a onetime Trump confidant and who is the cousin of a sanctioned Russian oligarch, Russian billionaire Viktor Vekselberg, who has been sanctioned by the U.S. government for his role in the Russian energy industry. according to video footage and court documents.Harbor City, the company Santos worked for and is under investigation for a money scheme, was able to land a $625,000 deposit from a company registered in Mississippi that identifies Intrater as its lone officer, according to an exhibit included in the SEC’s complaint against Harbor City.After Harbor City’s assets were frozen, and with assistance from a fellow former Harbor City employee, Santos in 2021 formed a company, the Devolder Organization, that paid him at least $3.5 million over the next two years, according to Florida business records and financial disclosure forms he filed as a candidate. Santos loaned his campaign more than $700,000 but did not report any income from Harbor City despite having been paid by the company as recently as April 2021.Did that money come from Harbor City’s ponzu scheme or did it come from Russia through Intrater and is Santos in the pocket of Russia?Lots we don’t know, lots to investigate.
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Angela Absolutely! I work with kids, and the same holds true there. One of my trans boys wore a black jacket (same one my husband has, lol), blue tie, black jeans for his birthday. White shirt. Classy, any way you look at it. Partner wore a black stretch dress. Also super classy. These are kids that will be successful in the workplace because they have the basic skills to dress appropriately. I don't come to work in my strapless black dress, keyhole dress, or minis. I save that for the club! (I also don't have a 1000 dollar bag).
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Donna Chang and inherited literally a billion more dollars (much of which he lost, before the Apprentice gig bailed out his failing "empire").
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The “freedom” caucus is getting everything they want: media attention, concessions on legislations and power to disrupt and get their agenda. In a couple of days McCarthy will be the speaker and all these days of votes will fall into oblivion as the next drama happens.Everyone thinks McCarthy is weakened. He’s not weakened. They’re all on the same page essentially. Voters who support the Republicans through all the Trump years are not going away. This is not a sign that Republicans are at odds. Once the first committee is formed to investigate Biden they will all fall back in line. Do not be fooled by this or the extensiones media coverage which keeps on making baseless comparisons to 123 years ago. It’s not relevant.
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This is all shadow boxing! People are signaling in a fog!So far we have no knowledge what the GOP wants to actually cut beyond a cut to the IRS budget which amounts to about $8B in the next 23/4 Budget Year along with Defense Dpt, expenditure on "woke programs" that has yet to be defined.At some point Biden will publish a Budget proposal and we will then have a frame work of the Fiscal outlook fo 23/4 and later years. At that time the GOP can legitimately and practically make known its proposals and impacts thereof.In the meantime there will be a lot of posing and broad outline suggestions. Jim Jordan has said he wants to reduce the Defense Dpt. budget. OK where and how much. How will these effect his district?
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NYChap"Just keep your eyes and mind open and remember what you see and hear, and you will understand"Maybe you should follow your own advice.The article clearly states that Garland has put an investigator onto the Biden papers - a Trump appointee to be precise. If a Trump appointee can't find anything, there is nothing there.And the comparison between Biden and Trump is clear - Biden gave them back without being asked. Trump delayed, lied and ignored requests etc. He even made a big deal about them being his, that they were declassified by simply thinking about it.
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Andy "For better or worse, he is tied to it, his entire appeal is due to his role in the monarchy."So true. Even his good looks are largely owing to privilege. How can the door be truly "open," when he keeps shutting it?
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Companies that follow ESG guidelines are trying to capture billions of dollars of investment capital, not because they’re “woke”. It’s capitalism in its purest form.The Inflation Reduction Act removed the immediate uncertainty around regulatory risk. If companies don’t follow the guidelines, their shareholders will suffer. Companies will be exposed to huge and avoidable tax liabilities. Their Boards have a fiduciary responsibility to the shareholders to not take on unnecessary risk and to maximize the returns.
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A 13 year deal that extends from age 28 to 41 seem ill-conceived anyway. Most aging models show material decline after age 36 with few exceptions - some of which are rumored to be steroid related.Better to pay a higher average annual salary for a far shorter term. Still, $200 million versus $315 million makes him a centi-millionaire either way. As an impact player, that is the market rate.
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But where did he get the $700,000 that he lent his campaign while living with his sister, who is $40,000 behind in her rent?
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Montalvo Hedge fund managers, private equity firms, and real estate developers — groups our tax system is rigged to benefit — are not productive. They do not create jobs. They just siphon money from the broad economy. Democrats suggest these people pay their fair share and the tax revenues be used to fund critical social services, including education and health care. What on earth does any of this have to do with smoking or gang membership? And why do you think the finance bros — the 1% — deserve to be subsidized?
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It appears this assessment is biased as well as flawed in several respects. The opening idea that climate change is a belief, rather than fact goes against what we can all see here and now. Then, there is a blind lack of vision for resilience in population trends. On the one hand invention and technology are already naturally growing toward enhancing and sustaining an aging population - augmented by their wealth. In an economy based on globally industrialised land use and mechanised labor, this will bring jobs and benefits to the younger generation. On the other, we can forsee a drop of aged population as Boomers reach their lifespans over the next two decades. This will most likely be followed by a slope of more balanced population decline as society learns to incorporate childbearing and early childhood care accommodations into women's education and career paths. Global birth control will emerge in developing countries as it did 40-50 years ago in developed countries. The Amish and other high birth rate groups are subject to attrition and assimilation into larger society. The more they grow, the harder it is to segregate. So, I see a future where less is more. People will continue to be more liberated by technology and innovation because creative talent and resources can emerge more easily in a deeply connected World. We don't need to be concerned about population decline as it is part of a long-term picture of sustainable human existence. Climate needs to be the focus.
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D.WhitIt’s not just the jersey. Even just taking in a single game with the family while forgoing the outrageously priced food/beverages can throw the family budget out of whack. If you want to follow your home team on TV you need to build at least $100/month into your family budget. In person it’s not really a ball game anymore, it’s a noisy variety show with strikeouts and home runs filling the voids between skits. At home it’ll kill 3 valuable hours a day and the thing is filled with advertising you’ve paid for the privilege of watching. Honestly, I’m 70 and until I was 60 I considered myself a real fanatic, baseball has lost me over the past decade or two (when they stopped broadcasting away games on over the air television.)
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The times loves to write articles that paint invalid generational descriptions with broad, sloppy brush strokes. The author seems to forget that many millennials and members of Generation Z got laid off at the start of the pandemic. And that the last major downturn was one of the first things a millennial encountered when testing their professional credentials in the job market. A first layoff is an unpleasant surprise no matter which generation to which you were born into. It may be less shocking if you have encountered it before, but it is never a welcomed experience. For those impacted, take a beat, pick yourself back up, polish the online profiles and resumes, and get out there. There are tons of open jobs that are hiring. Speed is important as the best slots will be taken first.
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What an outrageous headline. Is the nytimes doing the bidding of the progressive party? Or the NYC city government; one in the same?To compare murder stats to those from 2020 or 2021 is a joke. 2022 murders are up compared to 2019, the year before the pandemic. And while not being murdered on the streets is a plus versus the alternative no matter the year, being robbed or raped in your home, on the streets, or on the subway is a big negative.nytimes - you need to stop your incessant cheerleading for progressives, open your eyes, and 'see' the rise in crime directly attributable to the likes of Bragg, Hochen, etc. That is, directly attributable to the progressives running the new Democrat party.
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Charley Ross Agreed. If only our system of Capitalism invested in the future instead of short term quarterly dividends to stockholders and Corporate leaders. It seems to be a system that will feed on it’s workers until it collapses.
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Actually, I don't mind it when judges are appointed by majority rule, R.P.It's when they're appointed by minority rule that you have a recipe for disaster.Five of the current justices were appointed by virtue of the Electoral College, and two of them were the beneficiaries of direct assistance by Jeb Bush's illegal 1998 and 1999 Florida central voter file purge and other 2000 GOP political hit squad voter suppression tactics.And tell me what was 'democratic' about Monarch Mitch McConnell's unprecedented obstruction of the Supreme Court nomination of Merrick Garland by a twice popularly elected President ?There's noting 'democratic' about the current makeup of the Supreme CourtThis Court is an 'democratic' practical joke.Lift your head up.Open your eyes.
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Please do not pretend that the increased enforcement of high-income tax returns is all about abusing the poor, $400K couple living in a high rent state. It is about the people who make a thousand times as much as that, or ten-thousand times. It is about the people who make that $400K in a single working hour, or the average yearly income of the rest of us every few minutes. This level of wealth is difficult even to comprehend, and it can place those who have it beyond almost any form of accountability. Giving the IRS the resources to deal with this crowd is the main goal here, and the desire to remain untouchable is the main source of all those multi-million dollar checks flowing into the anti-tax PACs, and into the campaign pockets of so many of our politician.
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I'm 73 and have owned three homes. I just sold and bought an expensive home and almost paid cash. However, that same amount invested would have netted me between $3k and $5 a month. That's a lot to put towards rent, and I would have the principal. No HOA, no repairs, etc. And at what I paid I don't expect to make anything. This is my last home, and my daughters will get the proceeds. I think it comes down to how much control you want over where you live. I can't tolerate an apartment, noisy neighbors etc. I also never ever want to move again. But it's costing me to be in this house, and I don't fool myself at all that I'm making or saving money. It's just a personal life choice that fortunately with a life of frugality I can afford.
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According to Douthat, cutting entitlements works "so long as the savings can be used to make it easier for young people to start a family, open a business, own a home. "And when has that ever happened?
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Most of the regular us citizens can’t afford a 400 dollar emergency charge. They for sure, then, don’t have retirement accounts. Without social security and Medicare people will just… never retire? Or become completely destitute when their bodies give out I guess. This will happen even faster in red states where more blue collar workers have very physically demanding jobs. Their bodies already give out in their 40s and 50s. What frustratingly narrow and shortsighted nonsense.
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Hoylman overreached in his opening round of questioning. He embarrassed himself and everyone within an earshot cringed collectively. Why do Progressives continue to put up ridiculous performances of allyship? It is ineffective and makes zero policy changes/corrections. Instead, we are subjected to Hoylman's outrage that Janet DiFiore appeared first in LaSalle's list of references. To Hoylman: Come on, my dude! Do better than to just grandstand. It's only watchable/listenable if I was looking for a laugh. And I don't think that is what you are going for.
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Jaziel “ The first principle of negotiations is to see the situation from the other side. If not, is only talks for the Gallery.“Which is why it’s sad that Putin hasn’t realized yet that the bottom line for Europe and Ukraine is Russia’s retreat to pre war boundaries, especially given the aituation with China and Taiwan. President Z suggested that he’s open to Ukraine not joining NATO. This war’s all on Putin, sadly. Putin hasn’t given Europe and Ukraine much reason to think that they would be better off with whatever deal he’s proposing, and that’s the bare minimum of negotiation- you at least have to be able to argue to the other side that accepting the deal would be better for them than not accepting the deal.
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Angry Liberal In terms of the overall population, recessions are really only good for people who keep their jobs throughout and continue to buy stocks. Lower prices on the market mean your investment dollar goes further, and when the market rebounds your investments are worth more thanks to the recession. The crashes of 2008, 2017 and 2020 did more for my 401(k) than anything else.
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During the Coid times, Tech recruiters were chasing people to join their firms, recruiting a lot of under-qualified people. There is an app called Blind where people were boasting about how they faked their offer letter to get higher salaries from competing companies. It was a very well known fact that many people faked their resumes and took advantage of online interviews to use proxy people to do the interview for them. Recruiters did not do the due diligence!It was a mad rush! Even the new grads were getting a total compensation of 250K or more. I still wonder what made all these Tech companies to think that if they don’t mass hire people, they will run out of talent.
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It's interesting how the title of the article reads: "As Historians Gather, No Truce in the History Wars." The question invariably comes to mind is that why there should be any truce. The beauty or richness of history is its open endedness and its ability to accept multiple POVs. The moment there is unanimity in historical interpretation and analysis, history runs the risk of being devoid of being any meaningful learning.
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Looking for the first museum gift shop offering Rene Magritte's pipe that's not a pipe; perhaps a plain white t-shirt for $70. For the actual pipe, a solitary price tag, $68.
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Medicare Advantage is fine....until you get sick and need specialized medical care or hospitalization. Then you will be billed thousands of dollars IF you can obtain treatment from in-network specialists. If Medicare Advantage was not a profit-making venture, the insurance companies would not be involved.
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I had a nice little IT company back in 2000. I had three employees who were good at their jobs. I was turning away clients. Then 2003 happened. All of a sudden there were bunches of software engineers, network engineers, and sys. Admins on the streets. Within one year I had lost of my clients. I had $100K of new equipment that I sold at rock bottom prices. I had to let my workers go. I walked away. Lucky for me my old employer called me back to aerospace. I'll never forget that period. You could buy almost new office furniture for ten cents on the dollar and if you waited long enough you could find it in the trash. Then on top of that companies started to pull all their data centers back to corporate offices. Even more CS engineers were out of jobs.It's only going to get worse. With A.I. applications starting to come out. It won't be long before people will be let go for good. A.I. and robots are coming.
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Ivan Exactly. This situation is akin to a manager of Accounts Payables saying the firm shouldn't be paying its bills to creditors even though the expenses/liabilities have already been committed. That manager would immediately get fired by the treasurer and CFO.It is however totally fair game for the CFO to respond to investors by either increasing revenues to cover spending, and/or to reduce that spending (e.g., via budget cuts)... BEFORE the liabilities are created. That requires hard decisions, transparency, fact-based negotiations, and it also requires eradication of waste/fraud (e.g., funding the IRS just like firms fund internal/external auditors to find and eradicate waste). That transparency also means knowing what the parties want to cut or invest in. Both sides need to pony up on this one, but R's justifiably seem less inclined to expose their proposed plans (if they even exist), and I don't see a lot of good faith fact-based negotiations coming anytime soon. Time to de-risk my retirement portfolio. sigh.
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karisimo0 “When both parties reneged on their obligations to Americans regarding healthcare, daycare, and the environment, giving them Romneycare, non-discretionary elongated work weeks, and fantastic weather challenges, it made life very tough for many people.”The voters put these politicians in office. As soon as a politician talks about a raise in the minimum wage or changes in healthcare, or climate change and regulation, we call them socialists and start talking about “our freedoms” and then boot them out of office. It happens every time any groundbreaking legislation that attempts to serve the people gets passed. We don’t want nice things for everyone because nice things cost money and we aren’t willing to pay.
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The governor's spokesman got it exactly backward when he called Florida a "haven of sanity in a sea of madness." Florida's economy has always been about the booms and busts of real estate, and around Palm Beach the current boom in residential transactions is beyond insanity. Houses and condos that went for $5 million ten years ago, sold for $10 million five years ago, and now sell for $20 million. A vacant lot (about 10,000 sq feet) near Worth Avenue with no views is priced at $8 million. Across the Intracoastal in West Palm Beach, a condo recently changed hands for over $3,000. a square foot. Meanwhile the lack of help means slower and slower restaurant service, nobody in Whole Foods to steer you to the granola, and half-built high-rise eyesores on the increasingly congested skyline.
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SJW51 In Australia what is known as the "medicare levy" is 2% of a person's taxable income. The median income in the US is about $32,000. 2% of this $640. The mean income is about $70,000. 2% of this is $1,400. Of course, this assumes that something like the Australian system is used. But still, I'm not sure where the figures of $10,000 to $15,000 come from.
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Maybe check with Thailand on how to put gates between platform and track that open automatically after train arrives.
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Bill Agreed! The coverage is one-sided. I have to wonder what education journalists have in environmental studies.Population changes are evolutionary; they bring an evolution of economies; they change day by day.Imagine the advantages of increasing open space, of restored forests, watersheds, fisheries; of improved opportunities for the young. Adapt wise policies to take advantage of these, and in time future generations will thrive and grow again.
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It amazes me that nowhere in the article is it mentioned what Microsoft's headcount trend has been at fiscal year (June 30):2019: 135,0002020: 150,0002021: 166,0002022: 190,000Today, that workforce is 221,000. This means that even with 10,000 layoffs, Microsoft will be employing 76,000 more people than pre-pandemic. And that's for an already massive company.Funny how some people like to lose sight of facts that don't fit the narrative.
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ChristineWithRegence Exactly. Not to mention interest, taxes, and maintenance and repairs. Plus, if you reside in a coop or condo - potential for assessments (which are not uncommon) for repairs to the building (for example, an acquaintance was hit with a $10K assessment right at Christmas for repairs to the elevators). If the real estate owner is a salaried employee there are limits as to how much can be deducted on annual tax returns, thus taking away a major past advantage to ownership. Even with building equity, you will always have to pay taxes and maintenance even after the mortgage is satisfied.A comparable apartment to where I live in NYC would be double the rent I am now paying monthly.
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All these brands are charging their customers more “because of inflation,” but then they spend millions of dollars on teenage sellouts.
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Roger It is so tiresome debating the Trump-induced lies about our border. Instead of just lazily repeating what he told you, why don't you go visit the border, check out the long, long lines of trucks and cars awaiting entry into our country? Why don't you go visit the border checkpoints on the highways and see how Border Patrol works. No, Biden is not "throwing open our borders." That is just another tiresome lie.
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