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frmrirprsn commented on the diary post The Assault on Food Stamps Takes Legislative Form, and Jamie Dimon Profits! by Ohio Barbarian.
Shit if i had answers i would be getting paid.
If you had the answers you’d be in jail or disappear.
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frmrirprsn commented on the blog post Heritage Foundation Faces Backlash Over Immigration Report
Why is the Heritage Foundation facing more scrutiny over Richwine than Harvard. At least three and probably four Harvard faculty members signed their approval accepting this dissertation. The real embarrassment here is Harvard’s. Every member of that dissertation committee should be held to account. At least they didn’t show any liberal bias.
I’d like to think potential employers could accept the credibility of the institution that conferred my PhD without having to vet it themselves.
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frmrirprsn commented on the diary post Rant 5: From Here, Where? by rosalind.
The “truth” discussed in Pam Spaulding’s diary below is that large numbers of people without jobs over 55 will never earn a decent wage again. The notion that fearless love will put food on their tables and pay their medical bills is as outrageous as telling people negative thoughts caused their cancers.
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frmrirprsn commented on the diary post Two Myths. by TomThumb.
There are a number of lies involved. But the notion that the government can create all the money it wants without decreasing the purchasing power of the dollar is a myth. In the present economy the problem is too little gov’t spending to make up for lost private sector demand. When Reagan and O’Neal cut [...]
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frmrirprsn commented on the diary post Two Myths. by TomThumb.
If it were used as intended it’s reasonably progressive. The tax is a flat tax on, currently, $113k of earned income. Two factors make it relatively progressive. 1. The calculation that of benefits is progressive. A person averaging $20K per year and a person averaging $100K per year will pay the same percentage of income [...]
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frmrirprsn commented on the diary post Two Myths. by TomThumb.
That was Candidate Obama. This is his evil twin, President Obama. This is a sequel. Did you miss the original production?
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frmrirprsn commented on the blog post No Parity Between Violence by Israel and Violence by Hamas
Hundreds of millions of dollars? Try 3 billion a year as a conservative open book estimate that at the least doesn’t include the value of technology transfers. You’ll never get a full accounting.
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frmrirprsn commented on the diary post An MMT Fiscal Responsibility Narrative: Some Truths After Crowd Sourcing Revision by letsgetitdone.
It’s one step more complicated. Greece and Spain are never good examples because they use the Euro and can’t create their own currency. The US government has one step beyond a private lender in that it can issue bonds and the fed can buy them if no one else will. It creates money. The real [...]
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frmrirprsn commented on the diary post An MMT Fiscal Responsibility Narrative: Some Truths After Crowd Sourcing Revision by letsgetitdone.
Thanks.
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frmrirprsn commented on the diary post An MMT Fiscal Responsibility Narrative: Some Truths After Crowd Sourcing Revision by letsgetitdone.
Thanks. The argument about the imaginary current crisis is true. But it sometimes sounds as though MMT think any amount of borrowing can go on forever. Maybe it’s trying to make a complicated point understandable for readers. But it can’t go on forever. Don’t worry about debt now. First we put people to work, preferably [...]
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frmrirprsn commented on the diary post An MMT Fiscal Responsibility Narrative: Some Truths After Crowd Sourcing Revision by letsgetitdone.
It’s nice to know there is now a liberal alternative to Reaganomics. When the government can borrow at negative real rates it is not close to maxing out. When government spending is invested, as opposed to paying for current consumption, it generates a positive return like any other investment. We should be using negative real [...]
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frmrirprsn commented on the diary post Behind Romney’s battleship plan, an ill wind blows by Martin Berg.
As an aside, Lehman had Lawrence Korb fired from the DOD for, I’m condensing here, telling congress that Lehman had two sets of books on the cost of operating his expanded navy, the ones he was showing congress and the real ones. As a respected Reagan conservative with a detailed knowledge of defense, Korb quickly [...]
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frmrirprsn commented on the blog post The smell of FAIL is emanating from Camp Romney
If the hurricane is tipping the election to Obama, does that make God an Islamic Kenyan?
Please people, regulars here have so much in common in their views of what a civil society should look like. Obama will get right back to the Grand Bargain if he’s elected. Romney is aligned with people who seem to get some sick satisfaction from the thought of teenage girls bleeding out in back allies again, and might rig the rules so that we never have an approximation of a fair election.
It’s a hellish, personal choice influenced by whether or not one is in a swing state, the relative influence a voter places on various issues and other factors too numerous to mention. Let’s accept the goodwill of all. It’s not as though we, disagreements among us, constitute such a dominant majority that we can afford to toss people off with purity tests.
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frmrirprsn commented on the diary post Sandy Is the October Surprise by Cynthia Kouril.
Margaret–I agree that we agree and that you’re right. My point is that we are losing a debate critical to global survival to people who see every snowflake as a repudiation of global warming. I’m suggesting to you and others that some of the more dramatic manifestations of weather may be a necessary tool in [...]
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frmrirprsn commented on the diary post Sandy Is the October Surprise by Cynthia Kouril.
On the other hand, climate can reasonably be thought of as an aggregation of weather. If Sandy hits Long Island with something approaching the force of Irene, that will make two storms of the century in two years on one little spot of land. At some point, a pattern emerges. You can talk about nine [...]
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frmrirprsn commented on the blog post Debate Night Boca
He can keep EVERY position for years to call up as needed.
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frmrirprsn commented on the blog post Debate Night Boca
I saw that movie! The Incredible Shrinking Gums
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frmrirprsn commented on the blog post Federal Employees Paid Well Below Private Sector Counterparts
I’d prefer the Mitt Romneys of the country paying the same % of income in federal taxes as middle class workers. Then we could have an adequate government and private sector jobs.
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frmrirprsn commented on the blog post 2012 Presidential Debate Thread, Take 2
Many thanks to you all. Good niight.
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frmrirprsn commented on the blog post 2012 Presidential Debate Thread, Take 2
I’m relying on people here rather than experience the pain of first hand observation. Are you watching the same show as everybody else?
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