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Some of what Klein describes as motivating Republicans comes from political ideology (small government, as a general rule, etc.) but a great deal seems driven by the human id--selfishness, fear, greed, nastiness, bullying, and whatnot. I've always thought most, but not all, of one's politics extends from one's psychology, as in Libertarianism is a wonderful way to justify selfishness and a lack of empathy. Every person has a negative expression of themselves and politics activates it. Which is why someone who is perfectly nice can turn into a total freak as soon as the conversation goes political. A generalization--most Republicans I've known, and I've been the friends of a few, tend to express the above id drives when they go negative. Most Democrats or liberals tend to express negatively as controlling, sanctimonious, immature, things like that. The big difference overall, to me, is that Republicans seem to marinate in those ugly id drives much more, and are almost drawn to it the way a rageaholic is to argument--something in them needs to feel those feelings, bad. Which is why I currently don't have any friends who are Republicans. Someday, maybe that'll change but I can't see it yet....
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I work at hedge fund. People get fired left, right and center. People have gone to lunch to come back and find their keycards don’t work. When they go to the security desk in the lobby to inquire, they are handed a cardboard box with their personal items. My friend opened a new satellite office for his firm on December 12th, 2022. The CIO came and cut the ribbon in front of his team and stated how much he looked forward to the great things they would produce together. Last Monday, they were all unceremoniously fired. Gone! The CIO was no where to be found that day. Paradoxically, the more you are paid, the more you are risk. You have a bigger bullseye on your back because (1) the expectations of you are higher; (2) firing you can save the company the most money; (3) your co-workers (rivals) are likely jealous; and (4) and all of the savings from firing you will go to the bottom line — some of it will go into your rival’s pocket. Welcome to Corporate America. Life on the Serengeti Plain. Try not to be the wildebeest but the cheetah.
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I am interested in the rationale behind the layoffs. If meta held 40 billion in cash, those 11,000 employees at 150,000 a year would have cost 1.6 billion a year. Comparatively…a rounding error compared to their productivity? So…it’s about something else. What?
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It would be great news to see the FTC and Justice department finally grow some teeth and start to enforce laws and principles intended to prevent the type of market abuse and anti-competitive behavior that has driven a large portion of our society into despair, learned helplessness and dependence. How about also reforming the law courts so that a person or entity with money can't effectively silence those they've wronged with endless delay and mountains of frivolous paperwork? Or reign in copyright and patent abuse so that those same courts can't be used to bludgeon nascent competition into either selling or bankruptcy? Or maybe how about just not using our tax dollars again to prop up a stock market that feeds money and power directly into the same people and institutions who created the imbalances that necessitated the bailout in the first place? Most people aren't interested in more government offices or special boards set up to hold their hands while dictating what they are able to achieve. They want to be able to go out in the world and forge their own path without constant threat of getting robbed, blindsided or having your legs cut out from under you simply because you succeeded enough for somebody else to notice. We have most of the laws and institutions already to open up opportunities, relieve the sclerosis and reinvigorate life for a huge swath of people, it is time they were used as intended and taken out the pockets of those they were intended to regulate.
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Arthur Indeed. When the Republicans say we need to 'rein in' entitlements, they are being disingenuous. Social Security benefits do not add a cent to the deficit. It is appalling that Republicans in Congress are now making mouth noises about cutting Social Security when Congress 'borrowed' $2.9 trillion over the years from the Social Security Trust Fund and has NEVER paid it back. Social Security is a sacred trust, and Republicans in Congress who want to cut it are being cruel to the elderly, who have paid their dues, worked a lifetime and now expect monthly payments from THEIR MONEY that THEY PAID IN over a lifetime of work.
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The author is delusional about the solvency of the United States Government, as are both Republicans and Democrats. Say interest rates keep to around 5%, low historically but not free, and we keep spending $1 Trillion more than tax receipts. All that new debt per year at 5% is $50 Billion. As low cost debt matures we just borrow it back at the same 5%. So we are adding debt and we are refinancing debt at 5%. Say $20 Trillion of it matures in the next few years - that's all at 5%, and now our total interest expense is - that is $1 Trillion that we pay for interest. My point is that we will be spending our budget on interest that could have gone to social programs, military and whatever else Joe Biden and the rest of the big spenders can dream up - just because we keep putting our heads in the sand - Democrat or Republican. And no one says anything about it, including our esteemed author here.
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While the common wisdom is that China may attack Taiwan to reclaim it, a much more realistic foreign adventure would be to enter Asian Russia. That is where a wealth of natural resources lie. With Putin struggling in Ukraine and a Russian military that looks ever weaker by the day, Russia may be a better way to increase the wealth China will need to offset its loss of western businesses that are now relocating outside of China.China will do what it has to do to survive. What that is at this point is anyone's guess and the US and our allies have to be open to any all possible moves Xi makes in the next few years.
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The irony of an AI algorithm is that it requires the feeding of information from humans to really function. Yes, ChatGPT culls its knowledge from millions of data points but in its current iteration it spits out something akin to an internet Mad Libs. The answer probably lies somewhere in the middle: AI may certainly replace millions of jobs, but these are likely low paying jobs that humans can move on from. Technology can also free us up to open the door to new, unexplored positions to work smarter. And if we're pragmatic and forward thinking, this is also an argument for universal basic income and expanding the social safety net.
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The "We Build the Wall" charity was just a front for a scam. $25 million in donations were made by people who believed that they were contributing to a real charity. Instead, the organizers of the group siphoned off funds for themselves and used them for hotel and credit card bills, jewelry, a golf cart and a luxury SUV. Four of the organizers of the scam took the fall, while Steve Bannon was pardoned by Trump for his part in the scheme. The wall was built with the funds provided by Americans who believed it would help deter illegal border crossings. Instead, they were ripped off. If for no other reason, the wall should be torn down because of the fraudulent use of the contributions that built it. It stands as a symbol of the grift and scams that characterize the Trump years.
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public spending was scaled back in 2010 when the tory gov refused to understand that economic opportunity that the UK had, while being in the EU and global demand for UK services is and was still strong. the Brexit votes were mostly old people and uneducated benefit cheats who had no real skill or contribution to the economy of the UK and sadly they won. no we have worst of both worlds, the truth is it was cheaper to get workers now good luck finding someone to work for less than 10 to 11 pounds an hour.
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This episode comes off as overly editorialized and condescending. It feels like the the host has no faith in the listener to draw their own conclusions.The message is on the right track but it's watered down by attempts to rope in 340b pricing -- a definite good for the healthcare industry that shifts profits from pharmaceutical companies to places of care -- and paint it as hospital greed, criticizing tax breaks for hospitals saying they will only use profits for shiny hospitals in suburbs, and the use of a man's tragic death as a poker chip. Disappointed in a podcast that I typically enjoy.
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Rachel Yep, aside from not speaking up about what is patently wrong (OK, that's a BIG deal), the democrats and "traditional" republicans likely have a greater interest in governing than the anger motivated anarchism that the far right feeds on for its sustenance. This would be a great opportunity to work together (yes, I may be delusional) to elevate the positive demeanor of the democrats' selection of a Pelosi successor to a cooperative governance of our country.These folks have the perfect storm needed to create coalition that focuses on respectable governing rather than....politics. :) Wow, this seems like the best opportunity for good people to lead the country rather than politics and opinions leading the way to popularizing complaints of the whiners who don't work well with others.
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2 years ago I got an induction range. The first thing I made was cheese souffle and it rose up straight as a top hat.No more igniter issues (up to $4,000 to get a gas stove's replaced), no greasy build up and I barely have to use the fan in the hood which was was a grease-pit all the time.If you like an over the stem espresso pot on the stove one can manage it with perfect precision. Cooking oatmeal on a gas range it always falls in the cracks and mixes with grease and oil as a thick glue. Frying bacon I put it under the broiler. There's just never the greasy particulates on the air that the flames make and you find all over your walls, drapes, rugs and curtains.The best thing is, you never have to worry again about leaving the stove on because it will turn itself off in minutes when not in use.Clean, safe and accurate, I'll never be looking back.
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In my opinion, Olaf Scholz is acting here in strict application of the logic of the Cold War, with all the emotions from this time of a West German, born in 1958. In 45 years of Cold War, with aggressions from Moscow the following was valid: We are safe as long as we have the Americans by our side. I am one generation younger than Olaf Scholz. But Transgenerational transmission of emotions makes Scholz's view still comprehensible to me. And I do understand why Olaf Scholz does not warnt to see alone German battle tanks in Ukraine. But it would have been okay from my point of view if the German Leopard had been accompanied by Leclerc form France and the British Challenger. What annoys me so much about Olaf Scholz : Why didn't he clarify with Biden 3-8 months ago that it is important for him to have the U.S. on his side in the situation of delivering battle tanks! The U.S. can't do magic either. Ukraine is losing time. And there was dissent on open stage as well. I hope that Joe Biden has told our Chancellor that he must please prepare the options and communicate the framework conditions with the USA at an appropriate time.
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Marlene Thank you Marlene. Congratulations for surviving your own medical challenges with cancer last year. That is wonderful news.Recently my husband echoed your words of not being able to survive his open heart surgery and recovery last year without me by his side. There isn't anything I wouldn't do nor give to keep him safe and around for a long time.Thank you for your prayers. And thank you for your very kind compliment. So appreciated.
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Frank Gordon Irwin The problem though stems from the fact when informing a parent may result in abuse. LGBT children in particular are exceptionally subject to that abuse. To simply say, well, the school has no role in that and wash your hands is to open children to exactly that abuse. This is especially true to a particular subset of children that is going through an especially delicate time, in an era where there is enormous ignorance about the issue. I do hope most parents do come to a position of support, but absolutely, schools and other trusted adults have not only a right but a duty to protect the safety of all the children who enter their doors, even when that threat comes from the child's own parents. Otherwise the school becomes complicit in that abuse.
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andrew I have a very, very hard time believing that you voted for Biden. Another Trojan Horse comment.Investing in an industry (semiconductors) that is vital to current and future technology, when we suffered serious shortages during the pandemic because we relied upon other countries (especially China) — is a "recipe for corruption and waste as billions are funneled to favored industries"? Really?Really?
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Oracle at Delphi If Chair Powell had not done his job, we'd still be on the road to ruin. Like it or not we have to keep the value of Treasury bonds high enough to attract investors such as the People's Republic of China. How long do you think nations like the PRC would hesitate to cash in as the value continues downward? If the PRC desired to cash in now, I think you have to forget about this once great country.
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Many people think Biden and his team have done a masterful job so far of balancing support for Ukraine, and by extension Eastern Europe, and the risk of escalation into WW3. There are no easy choices in a situation like this and so we probably need to consider that the right path is just the least bad option. And you should vote because not voting is half a vote for the option you don’t want.
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Paul exactly… I chose to live a bit further outside of NYC so my rent is only mildly exorbitant. Sure, I have a longer commute to Manhattan that is a drag most days, but I get by on much, much less than $400k and am still able to save. I almost spit out my coffee during this section of the discussion!
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Roger WILCO, IT'S JUST ME. That should have been:'There is one COURT I DESEAT' (given the chance)[sigh] If there's a way to mess up, I'LL MANAGE itIt was a real EYE OPENER to find the several ways possible to reassure:I'LL BE FINEI'LL MAKE ITI'LL MANAGE(Don't worry about me. I'll just sit here in the dark and wait for your call)Loved the NATATORIA, but when I furst came across FUR BABIES it was gag-me-with-a-spoon time. Now YA HEAR it everywhere KNEEDEEP alla time. Seymour Glass woulda claimed kittens with Technicolor booties, but I shall neither SNEER nor BADGEr.Overall, it was a regular TREASURE TROVE, although I'll admit to straightaway filling 'Labor relief, perhaps' with EPISIOTOMYoops too long. TMI, I spose.Thanks again, Erica HW, although I thought it was CLARA BOW.
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We should all get together and send Putin a "thank you" card for driving up the price of oil to the point where extracting rare earth elements (in SWEDEN!), and speeding up the adoption of renewable energy and technologies, has become more financially feasible....and for fostering a brain-drain from his economy so it has no chance of recovering...and for shifting European natural gas supplies from Russia to the USA...and for sending all your neighboring countries pounding on NATO's door begging to be let in. Thanks Vlad. Way to shoot your kleptocratic economy in the head...oh, and be sure to keep driving your economy into bankruptcy by building and lobbing million dollar-plus missiles into Ukraine so the Patriot batteries we sent them can shoot them out of the sky.
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Leninzen At the risk of sounding like I work for Zillow, that site tells you the monthly cost of each option to make comparing easier. For example, a 2 BR 2 BA condo in Fort Lee is presently listed at $4888 per month (the number assumes a mortgage) and a comparable 2 BR 2 BA coop is listed at $3163 per month (also assuming a mortgage). Typically, the purchase price of a coop is lower but the maintenance is higher, usually because coop maintenance includes an underlying mortgage, as well as taxes and utilities, while coop owners cover these costs themselves. There are other important differences between condos and coops so prospective purchasers be sure to do your homework!
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Amv that person making $65k a year and contributing 10% to a 401k and with a 3% employer match would feel a reduction in their take-home paycheck of about $180, or about 10%, every 2 weeks. After 40yrs in a stock fund that returns 5% on average, they would have 1.079 million dollars. At 8% avg return, that would be 2.4 million dollars. Granted, that would be worth something like 700k a year in today’s dollars because of inflation, but still.
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In the 1970s, I served on a student council committee tasked with revising the school's dress code. At the time, we were more sensitive to not restricting women more than we restricted men, but not yet open to the idea that no dress code was needed. We found it quite easy to write a gender-neutral dress code: No shorts or skirts shorter than mid-thigh; no shirts or tops open more than four inches from the top of the sternum; loose enough so that a nickel between the skin and the cloth would not be visible, etc.In the 1990s, I remember a day in the office (no official dress code that I recall) when, during a meeting at which both men and women were present, someone noticed to the amusement of all that everyone was wearing the same 'uniform': black or dark gray pants, and a blazer or sweater over a shirt. I cannot yet appreciate our culture's recent desire to re-emphasize gender. I'm glad I grew up and worked in eras where the tide was running the other way--toward acknowledging the superficiality and irrelevance of gender, when even without a word for it, we moved everything we could toward the nonbinary.
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In support of Roth, I would just like to point out that his father's donation of $250m clearly had absolutely no connection with Jared Kushner's admission to Harvard.
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FB That's not going to happen because countries and businesses want a safe place to invest and that is what the rule of law provides.If you think seizing assets of a country because they invaded their neighbor is an example of fickle and arbitrary power(and it's not), consider how the business community sees China with their insane covid policy that has decimated businesses in China and had huge impacts on foreign companies there and interrupted supply chains everywhere. Can anyone determine the cost in dollars of that heavy fist of the CCP? Not to speak of China's heavy hand on companies for the "privelege" of doing business there. Interests may align and converge for a time by those pariah countries but they will ultimately find themselves sidelined because, ultimately, the only way to make more money long term is through stability.Russia's over there ravaging Africa now. How long do you think that will last before the curtain falls?
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Laura This is a rich text! Laying blame upon a dead woman and her family. Maybe not your intent, but that part reads clear as day. So if pain is the result of fear, do you also embrace the philosophy that the uterus wanders around the body causing other various “feminine” ailments? Pain couldn’t be the result of stretching, pulling, tearing, compression, and other mechanical means? This idea that the human childbirth process would have a single perfect outcome *if only* we never intervened and if only the laboring person opened their 10,000 leaf lotus first is absolutely outrageous. Would you say this to women around the world who labor alone, who labor as teenagers, who have no idea how the process even works? What of their fear? Is it also unnecessary? The truth as I see it is that human beings barely survived as a species due to the fact our upright, laboring mechanics are so absolutely fraught. What an entitled piece of prose.
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The share of older people, that are still working, lifted significantly AFTER the government raised the retirement threshold to 67 (over a period of 16 years) in Germany. The concerns of the unions back these days („Pension with 67 will just increase poverty of the elderly as there are simply no jobs for them.“), have all been proofed as wrong.Same will happen in France as there will be not enough young employees to fill the open jobs due to demographic changes and the changed threshold will make sure that elderly people will stay longer on the job. At the end of the day, lifting the retirement threshold will help the french economy: less pensioners, less pension payments, less debt thereof, more working people, more GDP, more taxes.And finally, the elderly should also do their share in overcoming current problems and not pass them on to the following generations. Be it in the form of debts, because the comfortable retirement regulation‘s should be kept, be it the continued climate change, because people want to keep their consumption habits.
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Sandra A year ago we bought a dozen large eggs for $1.98.
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1. What do you imagine he wants to achieve in Congress? If the answer is "nothing," then he doesn't need the relationships you needed in order to achieve whatever you achieved there. (If the answer is "to get really famous," he's already done that. Seems to work for, say, Matt Gaetz.) 2. Who else do you imagine is going to pay him $174,000 + reimbursements this year? If the answer is "nobody," then he can stick around and serve his constituents as well as Madison Cawthorn did the last two years, i.e., not at all. Shame would seem not to be a concern here.
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This guy reminds me of George Costanza on Seinfeld where at various times he claimed to be a Marine Biologist and an architect. People believed him because they wanted to believe. I fault the Democratic party for not checking his history when they fill my inbox with requests to RUSH $26.00 or the like to some campaign. If I were to honor all of these requests at a reduced price of $5.00 per. it would cost $1,600,000 per year. How do I know what they are representing to be accurate or are they just interested in power and prestige.
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I think the prosecutors were too lenient in their sentencing demands in exchange for Weisselberg's testimony given the length of time the fraud took place and the amount of money involved. 100 days is nothing.And although Weisselberg's testimony supposedly helped convict the Trump organization on 17 counts of tax fraud & financial crimes (we weren't told what in this article) if the organization gets away with just paying a $1.6 million penalty and not much else it magnifies the brazen inequality of our judicial system. So I guess we'll have to see what Friday's sentencing brings for the organization. I also hope Bragg doesn't back off the insurance fraud charges. The amount of fraud and grift that has surrounded Trump and his family empire is just astounding.
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While there seemed to be much promise at the outset of this debate in an honest reckoning with the catastrophe the Republican Party has wrought -on democracy itself, racial relations, environmental devastation, income inequality, demonization of the safety net, to name a few,it unfortunately descended into navel gazing as to why Bret and David were always right and continue to be so. There is much to criticize in their lack of insight and introspection, but two comments were particularly infuriating:1. Bret's comment equating VP Harris with scoflaw Sarah Palin. There seems to be an open season on Harris -without any real substance. I didn't vote for her in the primaries, and don't support her for the Presidency, but she is a serious politician who had a distinguished career as a prosecutor and in the Senate. Palin is a gaslighter who is trying to take the country down -and that's a kind description. To equate Palin with Harris is shameful misdirection.A clear indication this debate for Bret did not lead to any critical self examination.2. The feting of Ron DeSantis. One of the most despicable politicians I have ever seen- and that is saying something. He is an empty suit, whose stock in trade is cultural warrior-ism. He has taken on the poor, racial minorities, the LGBTQ community, public education,the health of his state's citizenry, all while ignoring the looming catastrophe of climate change and its related impact on Florida residents.I suggest these two try again.
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I was particularly struck by the facts uncovered surrounding the mysterious RedStone Strategies. It’s unclear if this group was involved in any illegal activity, but the fact that it was not registered with the FEC and its close ties to Mr. Santos and his associates raise questions about its legitimacy. Additionally, the fact that the group was soliciting large sums of money from donors who had already given the maximum allowed to Mr. Santos’s election campaign is troubling. Lastly, the payment of over $50,000 from the Santos campaign and PAC to entities managed by the same individual is highly concerning.
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Amanda Possibly. But it seems to me that would make it difficult to fill openings. And I think US government contractors, and possibly state, may be legally required to advertise openings.
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Of course Biden's behavior in keeping this scandal under the wraps is no different from Trump's. No amount of contorted excuses can change this. It'd be much more honest if Democrats just said that it does not matter as long as they like Biden"s policies, which is the same as what GOP voters say about Trump. But Democrats are so invested in virtue signaling that they have to portray their political enemies as evil, not just mistaken. I voted for Biden and I'll vote for him again if he keeps the weapons to Ukraine flowing.,And I'll vote against him if he insists on giving in to the radical left. But in either case will his morality or lack there if play into my decision.
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Matt Many of these hypocrites subscribe to he "prosperity gospel", where Jesus rewards your faith by giving you a big house and several expensive cars. They attend these spectacles in garish mega-churches that more closely resemble the Roman Colosseum, where Christian were thrown to the lions, than a place of quiet reverie, and support pastors in $5000 suits that fly around in private jets. No wonder Trump appeals to them.
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After reading the actual ruling, it seems that the nearly $1M sanctions are just for paying the defendants' legal bills, ie there is no punitive aspect to it. Trump & Habba have just been asked to pay for all the detailed hourly billings by the very many defense counsels. I thought real sanctions were appropriate, not just paying the defendants' lawyering up costs.
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a citizen "A comprehensive background check including verification of employment and educational credentials can be completed for under $50 in 5 or fewer business days and is standard hiring practice across a broad range of professions."Yes, but that is done with our permission. It is different if the person being checked out does not give permission for the release of their records.
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Yes, the Dems have always been a loose knit collection of factions, but the majority leaned towards social progress, and moving the nation forward and towards more egalitarian ends. Yes, there has always been the issues of those who show-up and out at the rally's, hoisting pithy signs and wearing single color skull caps, but who are then no-shows on election days. Or those factions who like to go off and sulk. Like the Bernie Bro's, Obama Coalition and the more hard-core HRC advocates. Herding cats has long been the oft used cliche. While Repubs, would listen to Rush, or some other media propagandist on their portable transistor radios, or on TV preaching the Repub Doctrine (of Hate) - and their more hard core, and single-issue voters (those single issues folks should not be forgotten) got in line and voted like a pack. Problem was, Repubs have been drilling down in the Culture wars, relying on racial tropes, sexist jargon, fake economic modeling, xenophobia, Xtian fundamentalism and Nationalism, adopting their purity doctrines as Party litmus tests, wrapping it all in suburban-mom fear mongering and zero sum gain rhetoric. Always winking and pandering to the worst of their base. (Some day, you'll rise again!)But they managed to keep the factions gated, and at elections herded them in mostly one direction. It was wholly untenable. So along comes Former Guy throwing open all the gates at one time, pandering to the worst of base, and elevating their voice and power.
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CSD This drug was created 20 years ago!"Over the past 20 years, AbbVie and its former parent company increased Humira’s price about 30 times, most recently by 8 percent this month. Since the end of 2016, the drug’s list price has gone up 60 percent to over $80,000 a year, according to SSR Health, a research firm."
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Rob H If their despicable CEO can pull down $55M of total compensation per year, they are doing just fine. Make no mistake, this layoff is all about executive comp packages and artificially inflating their stock price. I wonder how much of it they will buy back?
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Crypto has been here for more than a decade and came into the public consciousness more than 8 years ago. There is already quite a hefty sum invested in it and it is clearly not just a fad. The author conveniently elides the fact that the crypto markets have already been through a few boom and bust cycles (summers and winters) yet consumer investment remains and more important, institutional investment has increased. I am cautious about promoting the inevitability of crypto becoming a proper asset class but I know one thing: if institutions are able to develop risk models that tell them more about the crypto markets than all but the most sophisticated individual investors, they will jump in with both feet. The wider financial markets will adjust and respond to a new first class instrument for making profit.
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NONSENSE!A balanced budget does not necessarily mean any budget cuts.It can be achieved easily by tax increases, and that is what Democrats should be discussing.Tax personal income of over $1 million.Tax corporate income as reported to shareholders on form 10K rather than on IRS adjusted basis.Use taxes to balance the budget.
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Bill actually, Basic Pay is more in 2023. Basic pay for an E-1 with less than 4 months of active duty is $1,773.00
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One false claim made by businesses is that all tax increases assessed to the business will be passed through to the customer. Absent a monopoly or oligopoly, economists estimate that about half will be passed through. Raising business taxes is one leg of the stool.A second leg is the obvious, raise taxes on those earning over, say, 500,000/yr, indexed.The third leg of the stool is to note that most billionaires got there either by inheritance or by sheer dumb luck, meaning being in the right place at the right time. Yet their wealth enables them to skew governance toward themselves. Those like Elon Musk are openly anti-democracy. Best cure: tax wealth. Ms. Warren's 50 million may be too low or too high; certainly, wealth over 100 million simply removes capital from production, hence the phrase "rentier class." As always, index the triggering values.
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I understand that the United States/Israel relationship is complicated and convoluted beyond recognition. But I need to ask: "What has Israel done for the US lately? And, why has Israel not lifted a finger to support Ukraine? Seems that Israel owes its larger fealty to Russia, while receiving 150M in bilateral assistance plus loan guarantees from the US over the years.
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it could, but their socialist government isn't making any infrastructure investments to compete with Chinese manufacturing and ports for global distribution. China is run by authoritarianism, but they're very good at manufacturing and distribution. Not so good at human rights.
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In Finland & Denmark, the governments are concerned with providing a safe supportive environment for their citizens and their families. Americans who relocate to these countries find them healthier and happier places to live compared to living in the United States for this very reason.In both Finland and Denmark: Universal Healthcare, has extremely high levels of support for child nutrition, education, parental leave, etc...In these countries, families do not have to struggle against a system that is largely investor driven whether it be healthcare, education, or employment and while the ideal of a "market economy" (ostensibly what the USA has in theory,,,) is that in free and open markets have higher levels of competition should drive costs down and provide greater choice...unfortunately the exact opposite has happened in many sectors of the US economy, especially in healthcare and education. The video link below covers a depth study of Finland and Denmark's governing systems in contrast to the governing system in the USA and the satisfaction and happiness in the respective citizenry of each country. Why Finland And Denmark Are Happier Than The U.S.<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Pm0Mn0-jYU" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Pm0Mn0-jYU</a>
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If needed to start small, start by allowing non-compete agreements only for workers earning more than $250,000 per year.
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Cass . . . You mean the poor people with $600 iPhones?
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Wallace M Do you let your kids eat a gallon of ice cream? Six Big Macs at a sitting? Twelve hot dogs at the family barbecue? If your kids are addicted to something, or overindulging, you intervene and you decide what they get. You put limits. What struggle? You are the parent. You tell your kids what they get and don't get. It's not rocket science to set up controls on a router to disable access. It's also not rocket science to tell your kids that the network is open for their use at certain times of the day to accommodate activities and such and phones are taken at a particular time and given back in the morning. Oh, but they'll be angry at me. Can't have that.
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This war is a wake-up call for the American military, unseen since a small relatively cheap Swedish stealth sub defeated the mighty American Navy in 2005, "sinking" the USS Ronald Reagan flagship repeatedly in NATO exercises. In that sense, the billions in military aid to Ukraine have already paid themselves back.It seems overwhelming defenses with massive amounts of cheap drones (the Iranian ones Russia is using are reported to cost only $20,000 a piece) is the new attack of choice. Our answer, expensive anti-missile systems, is neither fully effective nor financially sustainable in the long run. Unfortunately China is extremely well placed to mass produce such weapons and you can be sure Xi's regime is already getting their hands on designs through any means possible.
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I'm a High School Teacher at a private school, with no job security beyond "we like you, we want to keep you." Twenty-eight one year contracts since 1995. Never bought a house, because I never felt I had the security to make the investment- so 28 years of renting. I wouldn't trade my job for any other, but I am looking forward to June, 2030 and retirement.
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It sounds like Santos used Redstone to get the $700k he "donated" to his campaign, and he used Red Stone money to pay his rent, travel and go out to eat. He has no profession, no education. He is a scam artist. Is there not anything he's done that is prosecutable? Santos is a conniving, immoral, pathological liar. He should not be in Congress. He was not elected; his fabrication was.
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Patrick, this was many years ago, but when I was at Michigan Law School, it was quite obvious that the admissions office had thrown substantial scholarship funds to Black students from very wealthy backgrounds (children of neurosurgeons or partners in larger law firms) in order to buy window dressing for affirmative action while not undertaking the effort of reaching out to students of less privileged backgrounds. One fellow student, the daughter of a UP miner and stay at home mom, was loaded up with student loans and little else. I very much support assistance based on economic status, I don’t for affirmative action because I think it gets manipulated.
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I think around here, the solution isn't to widen the road, but to re-engineer the existing road. I-95 through Fairfield & New Haven Counties literally has an on/off ramp every mile. Stamford has grown and is now the second largest city in the state. It's also the most miserable city on Earth to drive in (worse than Boston or NYC in my opinion). Some of the ramps need to be closed. Metro North needs to run faster. A lot of the complaints people have that they say leads to them driving is that the train is simply too slow and even with traffic they can drive faster. The train is also no bargain because in many communities, even if the train fare is inexpensive, the parking at the stations is ridiculously expensive. And to commute into NYC? From my town, you're talking about $324 a month for a train pass that doesn't even include a subway pass if you need to connect, and $105 a month to park at the station if you are lucky enough to have a permit. If you don't, it's $12 a day, which comes out to $240 a month if you assume 4 weeks at 5 days a piece. If you want people off the roads, you can't do this. It becomes cheaper to drive. This is the REAL reason why people in this area are so reluctant to return to office.
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FB: "It benefits no one other than the American armaments industry."The money the United States has been spending on arming Ukraine in the past year is a drop in the bucket compared to the money the United States spends EVERY year on the Pentagon. I'm roughly guessing we're talking the difference between $40 billion and $800 billion. FB, something tells me you're not posting detailed comments on articles about the Pentagon budget about how we're wasting taxpayer dollars.I'm sure I'm far from alone in seeing how we're arming Ukraine and thinking, "Finally our defense spending is being put to good use."FB: "I don’t think there is any credible military analyst who believes that Ukraine by itself will be able to achieve full victory against Russia, just as long as the US and some European taxpayers continue to send enough weapons."I don't know, maybe you've just been watching RT, but the military analysts I see on CNN—Wesley Clark, Ben Hodges, Cedric Leighton, James "Spider" Marks—are absolutely convinced the Ukrainians will prevail provided the West continues to arm them, and that we are only prolonging the war by not providing the Ukrainians the more sophisticated defensive and offensive weapons they've been pleading for.
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Clarey doesn't mention that players with positive Covid tests will be allowed to compete at the Australian Open. As a gesture to reverse Novax ordeal last year, this policy is despicably foolish. We are facing a new combo variant with resistance to treatments. Covid+ carriers expose ball kids, staff, chair umps & fans. It is not only the infirm & elderly who are vulnerable- despite snarky demands that these folks stay home.Surely Australian public health policy can intervene. There is absolutely zero benefit to having known carriers on court.
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Naomi Germany We’ll see...my career consisted of selling highly technical products priced in the $200,000-500,000 neighborhood. Even though this was all done remotely, my success was based on the TRUST my clients placed in me. My clients knew that my word was my bond (I know, what an obsolete concept). What was committed to was delivered. I can assure you that they would have no interest in dealing with anything other than a knowledgeable, competent human being that they felt comfortable with and trusted. You know, old-fashioned personal relations...
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I took the trouble to plot up the ratio of Federal Debt to GDP for the past 65 years. (see <a href="https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/GDP" target="_blank">https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/GDP</a> and some related pages). Here's what I see for the 4 year periods starting in Q3 of 1969, 1973 etc. (Those are the beginnings of the fiscal year for each presidential term.) For the Nixon, Ford and Carter administrations, the ratio declined, slowly but noticeably. For the Reagan terms, it increased sharply and for Bush the elder continued up, but started to bend down. In the Clinton years, it climbed a bit and then declined steadily. For Bush the younger, it rose at a moderate pace until 2008, when the bubble burst badly. It continued up at sharp pace during Obama's first term, but was largely stabilized in his second. Under Trump, things were stable for the first two years at which point there was a big spike associated with COVID. And I'm sure those big tax cuts had some effect. Always look at the data. The peak value was 1.35 in April 2020 (before most of the COVID stuff happened) and the most recent value I plotted was 1.20 for mid-year 2022. I would suppose that pushing the number down to 1.00 could be achieved over a 6 period. That might be particularly feasible if we could get tax evasion by really rich people under control. Anyone else see a pattern here?
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JHM I'm 75, my spouse 86. Unable to get timely appointments with primary, pulmonary and derm, paying over $700/mon for my antidepressant until I hit catastrophic then it is $100. Things may be better here, but they ain't good.
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This is an important point. There’s also very little open or green spaces in or near these buildings, at least in Seattle and the surrounding suburbs. While a roof over one’s family’s head is priority, easily accessible space for children to play freely and the community to enjoy should also be valued. Too often it feels like society is ok saying to the less privileged that you should be happy with the crumbs we are willing to give you.
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Have you seen the cost of living in New York City? You can make $200 million go a lot farther in Minnesota. I mean, how much are two bags of groceries from Fairway nowadays?
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Chic There is only a limit on *OASDI* (aka social security), and it is up to $160k this year. Also, when paying benefits, income only up to that limit is considered. If the limit increased, so would the income used to calculate benefits. Further, the Medicare tax has NO limits at all on earned income, and very few tax avoidance opportunities. To add to that, there is a 0.9% Medicare tax surcharge on income above $200k/$250 (single/MFJ). If you're going to make radical proposals, at least get your numbers right.
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Sandra Exactly. Those who make more than 150K a year do not pay FICA on any salary over 150K per annum. Note also that dividends on investments are also free of FICA payments. It's absurd. The Republicans insisted that the Post Office fund pensions 75 years in advance, but not addressing the shortages in the Social Security Trust through the crippling advantages given to the wealthy is, by their lights, is not on the board. One can only wonder why...
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WastingTime What kind of quality do you expect when paying $3 for a dozen eggs?
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Don Spritzer I understand your sentiment. My husband, aged 73, died on our bedroom floor in May a week after open-heart surgery for an aortic valve replacement. The cause was a very rare post-op complication called aortic dissection. He was in excellent physical shape otherwise, never spent a day in bed in the 30+ years I knew him. Like you, he was more afraid of cognitive impairment (and the threat of congestive heart failure if he *didn't* have the surgery) -- of being a burden on me -- than dying. Indeed nothing lasts forever, but I miss him terribly.
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I cannot take seriously anyone’s insistence that induction stoves’ cooking is as good as a gas stove until I know WHAT they’re cooking on a daily basis. I’m sure boiling water is great, and making a simple pan seared chicken breast is good too. But most of my cooking is Indian food. I need to be able to easily control the temperature for a few SECONDS to temper mustard seeds in hot oil. I routinely char eggplants and chilis on the open flame. I finish rotis on the fire for a few seconds after they puff up. But it’s ok- Indians also know from back home that you can just get a stovetop gas range very easily if Big Government gets in the way.
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Look, I totally get it. We need to make changes in our energy use in order to effect change that will reduce the depth of coming climate catastrophe. With all of the world's progress in the last year, we still are experiencing an increase in emissions.That being said, I would question whether a gas stove is the best place to start. We'd need to consider the TOTAL impact to the environment from a change. Let's say everyone in the US moved to induction heating. How is the electricity for that generated? How much of it is generated from dirtier sources like coal. How much energy is lost in the transmission? Then there is the waste that this migration would create. You can't use most pots/pans that exist today on an induction stove. So now you are asking people to toss out billions of pounds of metal. Sure that could be recycled down for other uses - again at what energy cost - but my guess is that in reality it would just be landfilled. What are the long term ramifications there? You'd also be looking at the cost of removal of gas stoves, construction of induction stoves and installation. With all of that done over some short time period, guess what would happen to the cost of an induction stove and the services to replace. With 123M households x $1000 per stove plus $200-$300 to install, you're talking $154 Billion with a B. Whose going to pay for that?
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The Central Arizona Project and Phoenix deserve the largest scrutiny. The CAP is a shallow, open conduit that has large losses to evaporation. I was in Tuscon went it went online and our faucet aerators clogged within 3 weeks. Phoenix has not taken the steps that Las Vegas/Tucson has as far a water conservation Also unsaid in this article is the 1.5 million acre-feet allocation to Mexico. Where the Colorado River crosses into Mexico is a dry river bed for a good portion of the year. No way are we meeting our treaty obligations.<a href="https://raisetheriver.org/water-again-to-flow-across-u-s-mexico-border-in-2022" target="_blank">https://raisetheriver.org/water-again-to-flow-across-u-s-mexico-border-in-2022</a>/
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So, in CY 2021, we have: More competition + supply chain disruptions + unbalanced CEO (or worse) = Revenue up 56% + Net Income up 104% + Net Profit Margin up 30% + Net Cash on Hand up 1063% to $1.2 billion.Musk should stop twittering, and endangering democracy in the process, and start minding the store!
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Wendy K Truffle omelet on the restaurant's website is listed at $31. Still spendy but I'm not sure where $125 came from. I think NYT erred.
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Those who borrow money to buy stocks are asking for financial headaches. Buying crypto with leveraged funds is financial suicide. Investing in crypto "the fool and his money are soon parted."
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I never used a password manager because of the possibility of a breach of security where all my passwords are stored together. Even the long and convoluted passwords are all stolen at once. I could never understand why this was not considered an obvious flaw in the system. Tech writers all encouraged people to use such managers as if they are 100% safe when they would be an obvious target of hackers. I have been using passcode sentences for a long time. It is an easy way to remember complex passwords which few others could even guess. I store them in a locked app on my phone and even there, they are not written out but I have written clues about what they are. Sometimes, I have trouble figuring out exactly what the passcode may be and have to try several things. Usually, I can figure it out in two or three guesses. However, I sometimes have trouble with the challenge questions stored on the websites if I need to change my password. What was my favorite band at the time I opened that account? I don't know.
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At AT&T in the late 1990s, we were told on the first workday in Januarys whether we were 'retained' or 'at risk.' The latter meant you had to find a new job in the company within three months or bye-bye. Nice way to start the new year.At the lunch table, when there was a managerial opening, we staffers would evaluate the known candidates, and predict, always correctly as I recall, that the person with the worst people skills would get the job. And now, we have the Fed's Janet Yellen lauding unemployment as a 'worker-discipline device.' People, you have nothing to lose but your sociopathic managers.
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I would like to know why almost every major project the MTA does always has to feel like a boondoggle. It's not just what they even opened right now such as Grand Centrla Madison, but also a few others as well. For example, the extension of the 7 train costed a big number and that was just for putting it one stop past Times Square. The same even went with the Second Avenue Subway assuming most of us will live long enough to see that completed. In all honesty, I never got why this is needed when those riding the LIRR wanting to get to GCT can just get off at Woodside and ride the 7 train as they have done for such a while. Maybe if the MTA did something similar like the bus to subway transfer with a two hour window for free transfer between city and commuter transit, there wouldn't be much of a need to be driving. Then again, this won't win the support of the anti-car fanatics because then they can't promote congestion pricing if that's the case. Unfortunately, knowing who is in charge, that will probably never happen.
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The truth is Southwest chose not to invest in or upgrade their systemsThey bought back stockHanded out large bonusesGave dividends to shareholders They didn’t bother to plan for this even though we have had more and more weather events - they don’t care if customers are stranded.
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Franny I'm a 60 year old weaver and knitter, and I just got my Baby Wolf open for for the first time in 10 years. Saying that I nearly wept for join when my warp tightened evenly and I could remember how to read a draft would be an understatement. DON'T sell your loom! You will feel as though you are missing a part of yourself.
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Bird lover Your points are critical. Loyalty and dedication are not always valued and individuals can be reduced to cogs in machines - dehumanization and lack of dignity thereby occurring. We often talk about fair trade when we buy coffee, tea, or cocoa, and this is very essential but we do not always extend this to all products and all corporations. The conscious consumer should be united with the worker and demand the equitable treatment of all workers. I wholeheartedly agree that an individual's contribution in the workplace matters and should be met with the dignity that comes from fair wages and work environments that value individuals. I also agree that this does not often occur. I am under no illusions about work. From robber barons to corporate moguls and with a huge income divide that profits the few at the expense of the many, there is no illusion. I think the only way we - and I speak for myself and not for others who do not identify this way - the common people - have any power is in our unity. We recognize that we do not have the great power of the political elites or the robber barons of today and we band together. We know who we are. I am always amazed at people who are devoted to the one percent when they are the ninety-nine percent. The one percent depend on the ninety-nine percent to keep their power and privilege. They have no intent of uplifting the ninety-nine percent. Only in unity do the ninety-nine percent have any power.
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From this point forward, when someone with MAGA and QAnon links (or even just regular old GOP ones, since the party seems to endorse this garbage) announces that he or she is running for office, the press should make a point of doing an exhaustive, deep dive into their background. Even a cursory glance at Santos's record would have raised a thousand alarm bells. Just as important is an investment in learning to undo errors and mistakes. We appear to have adopted a kind of Baton Death March attitude to politics. Once we start down a road, we seem to think it's impossible to turn back (This is equally true of the UK and its Brexit debacle). There is nothing written that says we can't and shouldn't remove him from office now that he's been exposed as a serial, PATHOLOGICAL liar. It's an understatement to say this degree of lying is not normal. There is something seriously, dangerously wrong with this man.Why are we so hellbent on normalizing the bizarre, the unethical, the immoral, illegal and depraved? It's high time this country made a conscious decision to treat lying during a campaign or in office as the serious offense and threat it is. It may not be criminal to lie, but those who lie often do so with criminal intent and deadly outcomes.
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P b A little less than that, but a still unconscionable $2.4 trillion over his first three years. In just two years, Biden has added $4.2 trillion and COVID emergency spending ended long ago. I understand the vast majority of readers here loathe Trump but if you're making judgements based on each POTUS' fiscal management, Biden has been far worse so far.
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AlNewman "Whatever inefficiencies result from infrastructure spending will be more than offset by a multiplier effect"How about the multiplier effect of efficient spending? Our inefficiencies are why our infrastructure is crumbling around us, there is not an unlimited pot of money. Every $1 wasted on inefficiencies or bridges to nowhere is a $1 that could have been spent on infrastructure that could make us more productive.
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I have had a very unusual work history involving construction and teaching elementary school.Now 70, I supplement crummy social security with substitute teaching primary grade students. Last week I spent my days with five to seven year-old children. That, friends, is the ticket! The hugs, the band aids, the story reading, the opening of little milks at lunch, the laughter at terrible riddles, and the watching of happy children playing (and me, too) at "free time" makes me SO HAPPY!
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About ten years ago, my husband and I were dining in a small and intimite restaurant in Petoskey. The couple next to us were laughing and finishing up their dinner. As we were seated at the table next to them, the husband spilled his red wine all over his wife. Instantly, we handed over our napkins that just laid in our laps. This oops moment opened up a conversation between us and next thing you know the tables were pushed together. We discovered that both couples had daughters attending BGSU. Needless to say, we have been friends since and our daughters are too. We have traveled together, worked together and laughed together over many glasses of wine. I love talking to strangers, you never know who you will meet.
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Consider me a Luddite. The point of AI is to take people's jobs and increase value for shareholders. Under capitalism, it will never be used to alleviate drudgery or extend leisure. AI advances are anti-human and perpetuated by the most arrogant people we have
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frankly 32 ....sounds like you saved me 4 dollars, or nearest € equivalent, plus popcorn, plus noisy disagreement with others who've seen it......round it off to €50.I finally get (-1) x (-1) = +1Pain ya don't have to endure is bliss.Now, what'll I do with what I saved ?
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Ned YES! The Fairness Doctrine - bring it back in a big way. This was essential and gave FOX (and others the open door).
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Scott Roane: I have to laugh when seniors say they put in all those years for Medicare and it's not a government give away. I am 72, my husband is 76, when we retired we received a report from social security and medicare showing what we would get from social security and how much we put into medicare during our entire working years. I didn't work outside of the home much; I worked part time jobs at minimum wages while raising 3 children (one of which is disabled) so the amount I put into Medicare over the years was minimal. My husband, however, always had a good paying job since he was 35 or so. I was shocked when I saw how much money he actually put into medicare; (in the neighborhood of $50.000 and his company matched that.) Well, fast forward, my husband had a gall bladder surgery: cost $30,000 hospital bill and I had a major heart attack: cost $75,000 hospital bill. Not to mention the thousands it cost for my cardiac rehab and the thousands it cost for my cataract surgery a few years ago. . I will eventually need a heart valve replacement. We both see cardiologists, he sees a doctor for his diabetes, and I also have kidney disease. One good heart attack, stroke or major surgery will eat up all the money you and your employer put into medicare. Furthermore, if (God forbid) you need rehab in a nursing home for anything, medicare will pay for up to 100 days. And I won't even get into what it costs for cancer treatments if you need it.
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Dr. J. Federer showed his arrogance and lack of sportsmanship toward "guys like that" in his presser after the 2011 SF of the US Open. "Mere victories"... you have got to be kidding. Where would Fed and Rafa be without them? As for "humanity", what do you know, other than the Western viewpoint that you cling to, about "humanity"?
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Determined Baker I agree with you 100%. As a 75 year old male it is almost always a male or a boy in a male's body that open-fires on innocent, unarmed people going about their own business. The shooter is trying to create as much pain and fear as possible. It is an extremely cowardly act.
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Anyone who thinks we are not in another version of the Soviet Cold War with China is kidding themselves.  Just like in the 50s, 60s,70s and 80s with Russia, we will need to spend an untold extra hundreds of billions of dollars on military and intelligence resources to counter Chinese and a Russian Communist driven activities. Since Cold War II is occurring in the “information age”, this one will likely be vastly more expensive than the last. I am sorry to report there is no way to avoid this as prudence demands we keep our guard up. History clearly demonstrates withdrawing from this fight unilaterally would only result in disaster, placing global freedom and democracy at extreme risk. An undefinable ability some seem to think the United States has to isolate itself from the rest of the world to magically avoid making all the required investments to maintain our freedom is a pure fantasy.
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There are a number options that Biden could pursue- and he may well chose the ones that do the least direct harm to the American people. But that Republicans would inflict such harm should signal to the American people that they must become a minority party.And if there are spending cuts and the President doesn't pursue his other options- then perhaps it should all rest on the defense budget. Republican arrogance seeks to maintain military spending at current levels and squeeze out social programs such as Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. If Republican's force major defense cuts they will reinforce their image as a party of treason. If they achieve cuts in Social Security and Medicare- they will be seen as a party of betrayal. Either way they lose (along with the American people). After all, it is Republicans that will be forcing the issue for political gain- as their track record when in power has shown almost no interest in balancing the budget: "Reagan took the deficit from $70 billion to $175 billion. Bush 41 took it to $300 billion. Clinton got it to zero. Bush 43 took it from zero to $1.2 trillion. Obama halved it to $600 billion. Trump’s got it back to a trillion.'-PolitifactPerverse logic may be needed with a perverse party.
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We need more wildlife habitat that is off limits to tourism, supported through other means such as biodiversity credits. I co-manage 75,000 ac of unfenced African grassland for wildlife. We also have 5 captive cheetah in a fenced 125 ac enclosure. The cats came from an illegal cheetah breeding operation conducted by faux conservationists, abetted by corrupt officials who refused to give us permits to release the cheetah into the wild. African politicians don’t want more wild predators running around killing a potential voter’s goat. Western visitors are not interested in the habitat story. They want to get close to the captive cats for photos. It’s all 99% of them care about.Even large fenced ‘preserves’ are zoos. Animals are bought/sold, collared, controlled and culled as needed. They’re giving cheetah away to India now for ‘rewilding’, a certain death sentence. But there are so many ‘excess’ captive cheetah it’s an easy PR stunt for the people involved.It comes down to the human desire for meat. Most of the planet’s open land is set aside for cattle, sheep and goats or the crops that feed them. Here’s a great visual:<a href="https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/1338:_Land_Mammals" target="_blank">https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/1338:_Land_Mammals</a>Wild animals go extinct so we can eat endless meat. Over-consumption is killing the planet. We saw three wild cheetah for a few fleeting minutes a week ago and left them alone. It was magnificent.
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Droste-Schattenburg Russian government bonds have been bought by plenty of large investment funds, like pension funds - even maybe yours.
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"the Randall Road debris basin, an $18 million project completed last fall " As a California resident am I subsidizing the wealthy in Montecito?
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D Na You state you lost 25% in value in a target date retirement investment. You can't use a loss in a retirement account to offset a gain in any account. That's just not how it works. But hey, don't trust me. I could be a kid in my mom's basement dispensing tax advice while playing GTA. Gotta go now. My Hot Pockets are ready.
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If fuel cell and fusion labs are an example of green technology startups then don’t hold your breath for a breakthrough . They have been around for decades so they are not high flyers that will attract gluts of investment dollars at inflated valuations. In the meantime these aging enterprises may just produce results so long anticipated.
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I don't understand why a company would go through a layoff to let go 5% of it's workforce. It hurts morale, costs significant severance and is a distraction to the workforce. Wouldn't a hiring freeze have the same result? Surely Microsoft has 5% turnover per year. And it's not that hard to target the people that you'd like to leave... zero our their pay raises & bonuses and give them critical feedback.
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