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by watchandwait 15y ago
Several studies show causation. http://beta2.tbo.com/news/nation-world/2008/mar/12/na-red-li...
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by watchandwait 15y ago
Saipan is inhabited by the Chamorro, who are mostly Roman Catholic. Quite the opposite of Calvinists.
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by watchandwait 15y ago
What's missing are the jobs lost in other parts of the economy, because govt stimulus is basically a transfer of resources from existing private businesses. In other words, do we really think taxing Google, filtering the money through Con
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The True Costs of 9/11 For Travelers(smartmoney.com)
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by watchandwait 15y ago
The U.S. economy is stalled because of a wave of government legislative activism (health care, finance, bailouts, energy, labor) unseen here since the New Deal.
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by watchandwait 15y ago
"Your music" is just a remix of sounds and words from earlier artists. Extending copyright like this stifles innovation and future creativity.
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by watchandwait 15y ago
Also known as "The Dog Ate My Homework Act" Exhibit A of the widespread pay-to-play corruption in Washington, D.C.
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by watchandwait 15y ago
Your post is too partisan and too cynical. This was a good day, and the system worked. Of course Congress will hold hearings and some will complain loudly-- it is a controversial and major decision-- but there is no mechanism for Congress
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by watchandwait 15y ago
Taxpayers also lost over $500 million, thanks to the U.S. government's crony capitalist "green" subsidized lending program.
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Solar Company Fails, Had $527 million in Government Loans(nytimes.com)
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In 2011, the the U.S. government will spend more money directly bailing out Fannie Mae than it will spend on NASA's entire budget.
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by watchandwait 15y ago
The model revolves around freedom and innovation in the way people organize themselves.
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by watchandwait 15y ago
The risk-reward isn't there for pirates. Seasteads will likely be well-armed, populated, far from Somalia and other pirate operating areas, and lack the large material payload of a cargo ship or oil-tanker.
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by watchandwait 15y ago
Argentine president Cristina Kirchner is an authoritarian thug with a long record of abusing private property rights, and now, free speech.
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by watchandwait 15y ago
You can still burn out at 300k. Actually, you might be more likely to burn out with a higher salary, because you will find it easier to rationalize abusing yourself by cutting sleep, healthy food, friends, etc.
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by watchandwait 15y ago
The new version of the plugin does not require admin permission.
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by watchandwait 15y ago
The downgrade was triggered because America is borrowing 40 cents of every dollar of spending, for the third year in a row, with no sign of stopping.
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by watchandwait 15y ago
The Groupon IPO could easily not happen, given the current market turmoil and the SEC scrutiny. If forced to wait several months before the IPO, the company may need to raise more money privately, or could basically fail and fall into the
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by watchandwait 15y ago
How, exactly, do you propose "paying it back"? Social Security is already a TERRIBLE deal for current workers. The only options are to either limit benefits to retirees, who are already getting more than they paid in (payroll taxes are hi
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by watchandwait 15y ago
That's wrong, the GDP and expected GDP is a big part of the rating-- known as the "capacity to repay".
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by watchandwait 15y ago
There has been a complete lack of leadership from the Congressional Democrats on this issue. They haven't produced a budget plan in nearly three years, while borrowing 40 cents of every dollar spent during that time. I'm not a partisan-- G
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by watchandwait 15y ago
Japan is a nation of savers and has a massive domestic pool of savings. Also, Japan will drop below investment grade within the next ten years as those savers retire. America, on the other hand, needs to borrow internationally.
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by watchandwait 15y ago
Social Security is supposed to be a pension program, not an income redistribution program. So you are making "contributions", not paying taxes, in the official lingo. Of course the program is most regressive for younger workers, who pay th
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by watchandwait 15y ago
You'd be wise to pull it down until the new AirBnB insurance kicks in later this month.
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by watchandwait 15y ago
America is exceptional, just read the founding documents, there's been nothing like the American experiment in liberty before or since. That freedom resulted in unprecedented prosperity and innovation. The Tea Party movement seeks to resto
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by watchandwait 15y ago
There's no strategy in Washington. Indeed, policy chaos caused by sweeping changes (both proposed and enacted) in health care, energy, financial, tax, and union rules have wrecked private business planning. America is being run like a ban
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by watchandwait 15y ago
The self-dealing by the banks since 2008 has been almost wholly underwritten by the Fed and the Treasury. Beyond TARP there are myriad guarantees, lending programs, and regulatory exemptions, all designed to provide the banks with greater p
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by watchandwait 15y ago
This isn't true. Auto drivers pay more than their fair share for the roads-- the gas tax actually also subsidizes some passenger rail and other forms of transportation. Again, just because heavy trucks pay extra taxes doesn't mean that the
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by watchandwait 15y ago
If you are going to engage in name-calling, at least cite a source. There are multiple studies that show that heavy trucks destroy roads and bridges (one truck causes 9,600 times more wear than a car) and also that heavy trucks are disprop
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by watchandwait 15y ago
If trucks paid their way, more goods would travel by freight rail.

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