The point of the Constitution is to prevent just this. The framers were not stupid. Slow government is one that is insulated from knee jerk reactions and rapid changes. The slow nature of the government is a primary reason why the US is where it is today, and why we have what could be...
"Don't you think that a working person should be paid a livable wage? I am not saying everyone should be paid enough to buy a mansion on the hill, but they should be able to afford a decent place to live. I am not saying everyone should be able to afford a Mercedes, but they should be able to...
I have always thought that this would be a great idea.
In addition to this, I think that offering non-violent criminal offenders the option of the military or jail (say to replace less than 2 year terms with a 4 year committment) would also work. This way they could gain relevant skills...
Guess I'll keep my duplex. With all of the people needing to rent, I will be able to raise rents through the roof. Might actually make it worth the pain of keeping it.
"There should be laws saying that you can't campaign until at least a year before an election. Maybe even 6 months."
There should be laws for everything it seems... If someone wants to campaign - who cares. It is their money and that of their supporters.
And lets not fool ourselves...
"It would be the new normal that The People, not the rich, own their houses."
You can own your house if you pay for it. Nothing in life is free. If it is, it is probably stolen.
Does this guy have any clue how much pension money is tied up on 'evil' Wall Street. Add to that the 401K investments made by millions of middle class workers or lines of credit for small business owners.
What a stupid mother fucker. He doesn't want to destroy Wall Street to redistribute...
Afghanistan - hopeless mess. We need to listen to Karzai less and kick more ass.
Iraq - I actually think they will be fine. They have a long stable civil history that should be OK. Worst case, they break up into more realistic ethnic regions.
Libya - waste of time and a side show. Bad...
Just found out today that my small business rates are going to 32% next year. Fucking awesome.
I am thinking of applying for a waiver, but then again I don't "know" someone.
I don't know about this. We are essentially back to the old Clinton method of fighting wars from a distance, they work in some cases. But we are dealing with someone that is almost guaranteed to back into a corner and fight to the last man. I would consider him to be more set on this than...
I have always thought that the war in Iraq was more a chess move than anything. 9/11 just accelerated the pace and added some urgency. The goal has always been to neutralize Iran.
Step 1: Afghanistan, stabilize. Original goal was to get in, and clean up. Got messy, everyone would agree...
"but keep up the corporate welfare"
At least this keeps people employed. Better to have them working then to have the government (I mean the Chinese government) pay them to sit on their asses.
Who fucking cares if he is a college dropout - that is probably the most worthless personal attack that could be made in this case. I know plenty of college dropouts that would give 'smart' - no real life skills professors a run for their money any day.
Fact is, union members get paid more...
I think people fail to remember that the US is a country where the poor have HDTV, cable/dish, cell phones, cars, and government provided food. Shit the great majority of them are either obese or morbidly so. It could be much, much worse, and in many places it is.
He was a leftist?
That explains why he couldn't shoot the broad side of a barn. This guy was a class A liberal loser. Looking for someone else to blame his problems on. Luckily he didn't manage to kill anyone but himself.
Sorry, it was his job to protect this data, whether he liked it or not. He committed a deceptive act against his nation. I could care less what happens to him.
“the filthy Americans and the Zionists should not think that with killing our scientists, they can divert our nation from its path of Jihad and scare us.”
And now we know exactly why they want nukes. Jihad. Really crappy poker players. I thought that they wanted them for...
Higher oil prices usually mean that there is expected to be higher demand. The primary driver for this is improved economic conditions worldwide. So, higher prices may not necessarily be the worst news ever for the economy in general.
I still don't personally like them though.
Exactly, where is the outrage about Obama's oil buddies driving up the price. When Gas was at $3.00+ under Bush the libs were personally blaming him and his 'buddies' for it. Either they are all on the same side, or libs are just the worst kind of hypocrites.
The amount of support jobs pales in comparison to the good old days of the assembly line. Yes, there are support jobs, and they pay well, they just do not account enough people.
The sad thing is, this happens at all levels of government. Just look over the minutes from your last city hall meeting, and you will find tons of wasted time, while the real issues get glossed over or sent to expensive consultants. This is caused by people never really wanting to step up and...
If the government would just reduce spending appropriately to reflect this 'lost' revenue, then it would not be an issue. The issue here is not that the government is letting US keep more of OUR money, but that they think they are entitled to it without responsibility. In all reality, if we...
It is a COMPLETE waste of time. And time is money. We have little of the latter, so we should be taking advantage of the time that we have to work on real problems.
Hell, congress just voted on a resolution to honor the 2500th anniversary of the battle of marathon (which was in Greece I may...
I have always thought that there should be a third branch of the legislature. A random drawing of 500 voting age individules that serve guaranteed 1 year terms, with a random drawing that keeps 25% of them for a second term (you have to have people that know the ropes). Their sole job...
Up to now not a single leak has really surprised me. Anyone with a brain and some knowledge of world politics could have guessed most of them.
Other than that, I just don't see anything too terrible being leaked. What I see is a United States that is looking out for its best interests...
This big problem with this is that industry is not going to go backwards. We are not going to reduce efficiency or automation. So sadly, even if there was a massive resurgence in manufacturing in the US (and the rest of the developed world) it just requires fewer people per widgit made, so we...
How do you explain actual real world numbers in regards to how much is being produced by how many people? Every year, workers become more efficient, mostly due to the expansion of technology into the industrial workplace.
Only an idiot would miss the fact that the average worker today can...
Good to see that there is no real governing that needs to be done in Berkley. I mean with the economy in shambles and all, this is a HUGE priority. I guess they have figured out all of their local problems.
The sky is falling...
Believe it or not, the world has been in much deeper and darker times than now, and made it out. Many times in the last 150 years. The current 'crisis(s)' are always portrayed as the worst - you can thank the media for that.
Political history is a lot like a...
I would note that the main reason it seems that the US is producing less, is simply because less of the workforce is needed to produce. Over just the last 20 year efficiency in production has shot through the roof.
It is the old phrase, work smarter not harder. Let China work hard, for low...
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