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As a Californian temporarily out of the state, I would pay close to million for any of them. Over the past 40 years, I've lived in Laguna Beach, CA, Chico, CA, Davis, CA, New York City, Washington, DC, Westport, CT, Margate, New Jersey, and Fayetteville, AR, and in each (with the exception of Laguna and NYC, which hare insanely costly) of those places I've seen much nicer homes for right around 1.5 million.
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I totally remember reading about a job on LinkedIn recently that said the range was $20,000 to $200,000. There are many ways the companies can make it so vague as to make the information pointless.
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| no | Classification | 2,253 |
Some time ago a study was published saying lots of Americans couldn't afford a $400.00 emergency bill. So...
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I wonder if the Republican Party is going to be able to come back from the unproven claim that cutting taxes actually increases revenues?I wonder if the Republican Party is going to be able to recover from the claim that the wealthy are 'job creators'?I wonder if the Republican Party is going to be able to recover from the fact that they have presided over 8 of the last 11 recessions?I wonder if the Republican Party is going to be able to recover from the fact that their deficit spending over the past 50 years has been twice as great as the Democrats?I wonder if the Republican Party is going to be able to recover from their opposition to Social Security and their attempt to reduce benefits?I wonder fi the Republican Party is going to be able to recover from their desire to shrink the federal government to the size that they can drown it in the bathtub?Yes Ross, I wonder if your party can recover from their fifty year history of trying to cut the social programs from the federal government that keep the vast majority of the citizens with their heads above water?The clumsy attempts at bullying the Republican moderates into line during the House of Representatives opening session makes me wonder why any fair minded citizen could vote for such absurdity.
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"content": "I wonder if the Republican Party is going to be able to come back from the unproven claim that cutting taxes actually increases revenues?I wonder if the Republican Party is going to be able to recover from the claim that the wealthy are 'job creators'?I wonder if the Republican Party is going to be able to recover from the fact that they have presided over 8 of the last 11 recessions?I wonder if the Republican Party is going to be able to recover from the fact that their deficit spending over the past 50 years has been twice as great as the Democrats?I wonder if the Republican Party is going to be able to recover from their opposition to Social Security and their attempt to reduce benefits?I wonder fi the Republican Party is going to be able to recover from their desire to shrink the federal government to the size that they can drown it in the bathtub?Yes Ross, I wonder if your party can recover from their fifty year history of trying to cut the social programs from the federal government that keep the vast majority of the citizens with their heads above water?The clumsy attempts at bullying the Republican moderates into line during the House of Representatives opening session makes me wonder why any fair minded citizen could vote for such absurdity.\n",
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During and after his many explorations of the West including his famed navigation of the Grand Canyon, John Wesley Powell knew in the 1860s that this half the country could support nowhere near the population we have here now, and that 20 percent of the West couldn't support agriculture without manmade irrigation, but his words were eventually ignored in favor of Manifest Destiny, driven by greed. He saw future droughts coming, knew they would come, but American ingenuity won out, and here we are. I was born in SoCal, raised in the Owens Valley — which provides Los Angeles much of its water via William Mulholland's aqueduct, of course — and have lived in Nevada for nearly 40 years. I know how precious water is, how we waste it, how big agriculture got water for basically free for decades, and what a precarious state we are in and will continue to be. In the short term we plan to finally get rid of our (small lawn) and do what we can on a personal level, but the only true solution is to leave the land to the indigenous tribes and move away. And that ain't gonna happen.
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Stepping either to the side, away from or even back from the driven and distracted life so many of us lead is a good start to allowing awe to be recognized.Pausing more helps presence shine brighter. Oftentimes, it’s removing that which is clogging our innate ability to sense that opens up a greater awareness. Pay attention to that.
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| yes | Classification | 8,537 |
A recent visit with my family of 17 to a popular downtown Chicago Italian restaurant for the holidays. There was a minimum $$ to spend to reserve a dining room, perfectly acceptable, but we did not spend the enough to cover the minimum, $125 short. The waiter added the price difference to bill without telling me. When I noticed this later, I responded to RESY review about what had happened. No sooner than a few days later the owner/manager responded with a gift card for $250. My review wasn't negative on the quality of food or service, just what had occurred with the bill. Review matter ... sometimes
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Viv And so far a good investment. The Ruble is up, yr to yr against the dollarOne of the few currencies to do so
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Of course Microsoft's income had to be mentioned as if a company that is making profits should never lay anyone off.
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Mark Anybody who did what he did during Covid should not (if there's any karma or rightness in the world) ever again match his swagger with results.Still, I had to admire both his grit and his talent. And the sight of him walking off with Cobb was a "Kodak moment" for me. There are lots of stories this year - including, of course, the near-tragedy (who knows how it will look in 6 months, of course?) of less than a week ago.But the NFL exemplifies - on occasion - people pulling together in ways that our nation (Congress, in particular) would do well to emulate. I'm probably making too much of the color difference in their friendship, but it would be great if the superstars morphed into leaders of a "We're not disposables" movement starting RIGHT NOW. $360K minimum salaries sound great, until you recognize that 3 years of them and lots of unreimbursed expenses probably DON'T set most of those with short careers up for life - and that presupposes that the punishment their bodies take don't make their lives short or grim or both.I'm sure the owners say, "It was always thus. Gladiators didn't have above average life expectancies," but when you realize how many $BILLIONS this sport takes in, there's a whale of a lot of room for improvement in the H.R. Dept.
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Tired of people like Ms. Pham who says she works in finance and can’t disclose her salary but makes between 160-250k. Let me assure you, there are no regulations in the financial world that prevent you from disclosing your salary. I would know… I worked in finance as well.It’s more likely that she makes around 240k a year, and doesn’t want people to know. Which is why she is hiding behind this “regulations against disclosing my salary” baloney.
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KathyS In response to your statement "...Social Security Administration reports fraud costs the USA around $8 billion annually..." I just looked that up and I can report that the Social Security Administration says fraud costs annually are $3 billion.This might lead one to believe you belong to some left-leaning elite institution who cannot get their facts correctly.I say this in jest because the tone of your comments certainly DOES NOT suggest you lean anywhere near the left side of the political spectrum.
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"content": "KathyS In response to your statement \"...Social Security Administration reports fraud costs the USA around $8 billion annually...\" I just looked that up and I can report that the Social Security Administration says fraud costs annually are $3 billion.This might lead one to believe you belong to some left-leaning elite institution who cannot get their facts correctly.I say this in jest because the tone of your comments certainly DOES NOT suggest you lean anywhere near the left side of the political spectrum.\n",
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Smaller bottles might be nice for those of us who drink less. I hate opening a bottle of wine and throwing away half of it because I am dining at home alone. Also, wine is too expensive in bars and restaurants. That is where people often go to try new wines. Offer smaller glasses, if that helps. Super-sized wine glass for $15 and I order nothing. Small glass for $7.50 or so and I order one. I hate waste and feeling ripped off. For about the same amount of money, I see young men with pints of craft beer. Yes, the serving size is larger, but the perceived value is also greater. It's not rocket science, btw. Lots of things that worked for Boomers don't work any more. The model of continual growth is unsustainable, besides. We need other ways of thinking. "Craft" everything is appealing. It's also more European.
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"content": "Smaller bottles might be nice for those of us who drink less. I hate opening a bottle of wine and throwing away half of it because I am dining at home alone. Also, wine is too expensive in bars and restaurants. That is where people often go to try new wines. Offer smaller glasses, if that helps. Super-sized wine glass for $15 and I order nothing. Small glass for $7.50 or so and I order one. I hate waste and feeling ripped off. For about the same amount of money, I see young men with pints of craft beer. Yes, the serving size is larger, but the perceived value is also greater. It's not rocket science, btw. Lots of things that worked for Boomers don't work any more. The model of continual growth is unsustainable, besides. We need other ways of thinking. \"Craft\" everything is appealing. It's also more European.\n",
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Many small towns like this no longer make economic sense. That is global capitalism. Either decline into a rural community or find a business willing to invest. Globalism made their shoe factory economically unviable. They cannot compete with Bangladeshi workers earning 20 cents an hour. Raising tariffs would help.
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How Much is Too Much? You may want to extend that Dry January: Even moderate drinking can impact your long-term health, experts say. Here’s what you need to know about alcohol’s effect on your body. You may want to extend that Dry January: Even moderate drinking can impact your long-term health, experts say. Here’s what you need to know about alcohol’s effect on your body. You may want to extend that Dry January: Even moderate drinking can impact your long-term health, experts say. Here’s what you need to know about alcohol’s effect on your body.
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Has anyone seen and verified his birth certificate? Has anyone verified his name? Literally, who is this person? And where did he get $700,00 to donate to his own campaign?
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"content": "Has anyone seen and verified his birth certificate? Has anyone verified his name? Literally, who is this person? And where did he get $700,00 to donate to his own campaign?\n",
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Let's start cutting expenses with the members themselves before any other cuts. Here are a few:- Cut their average $174,000. annual pay by 20%- No more free air travel (paid by us taxpayers)- Make them pay for their own health care like everyone else that makes over $100K per year. - No more insider trading- Reduce their pension from $59K annually to $15K
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Kalidan your position is not unfounded, but requires perspective. Every nation on earth has conquered, enslaved, pilfered and occupied another land that is not its own. You failed to mention Arab nations, now armed to the teeth by the U.S. and Germany (Egypt and Qatar have Leopard 2 tanks, just not Ukraine). Middle eastern and near eastern countries swept through North Africa in the 7th century all but exterminating the native Berbers, and forcing survivors to convert to Islam and change their language to Arabic. That wave of conquerors more recently pushed into SubSaharan and western Africa, killing people based on their ethnicity and race. After Obama and Biden destabilized Libya and started the great subsaharan migration to Europe, Arab Libyan militias opened and continue to operate open air slave trading centers that have been confirmed to exist by reputable journalists. So yes, the West has a dark history, and Europeans share a huge amount of blame for their bellicose, colonial past, but name a country that hasn’t done the same thing. Should all countries be exempt from being armed if they have a bellicose past?
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"content": "Kalidan your position is not unfounded, but requires perspective. Every nation on earth has conquered, enslaved, pilfered and occupied another land that is not its own. You failed to mention Arab nations, now armed to the teeth by the U.S. and Germany (Egypt and Qatar have Leopard 2 tanks, just not Ukraine). Middle eastern and near eastern countries swept through North Africa in the 7th century all but exterminating the native Berbers, and forcing survivors to convert to Islam and change their language to Arabic. That wave of conquerors more recently pushed into SubSaharan and western Africa, killing people based on their ethnicity and race. After Obama and Biden destabilized Libya and started the great subsaharan migration to Europe, Arab Libyan militias opened and continue to operate open air slave trading centers that have been confirmed to exist by reputable journalists. So yes, the West has a dark history, and Europeans share a huge amount of blame for their bellicose, colonial past, but name a country that hasn’t done the same thing. Should all countries be exempt from being armed if they have a bellicose past?\n",
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WOID Hmmm. The Met is merely restoring and displaying (temporarily) these artifacts. On their dime. Oh, and the massive amount of aid we give to Guatemala should count for something. "In 2021, buoyed by the Biden Administration’s stimulus package, remittances to Guatemala reached a record $15.3 billion—making up 17.8% of the nation’s entire economy (compared with 9.2% in 2011)." (Time.com)
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Si Seulement Voltaire You've made a great argument for a progressive tax system in this country! One in which the more you make, the higher the percentage you pay in taxes. Unlike our current system here in the States, in which the more you make, the less you pay.Jared Kushner, for example, is worth over $800,000,000. Yet he got a check for $4000 from the IRS for the last year that is publicly available. Trump made millions, and paid $750 for two years in office. Most other years, he's paid nothing. And many billion dollar companies actually use their tax position as a revenue stream.So, again, I appreciate you pointing out how unfair and unjust our tax system really is compared to other, more progressive and happier nations!I must say it's surprising to hear this coming from an admirer of Voltaire, considering he was a monarchist.
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When Mitt Romney mentioned the campaign-sinking '49% of this country that doesn't pay Federal taxes', who thought it'd be hovering around 61% in 2023?? Top 1% in California carry 49% of the tax burden. 41,000 filers in NYC fund 40% of the city. The issue is, it isn't low taxes. It's a workforce where a majority pay almost no Federal taxes or get full refunds, while hoping business and those who do well keep picking up the tab. We keep hearing "fair share!'. Fair share would be a minimum bottom rate of 5% on everyone. Social Security tax already has been raised on incomes from 120k to 140k. Beneficiary IRA rules got changed for more aggressive taxation. All to keep feeding the Defense budget and US Government.Mathematically, the top 10% of this country keep this thing running financially, with regression rates as you get into the top 1%. If you're not paying, you're taking.
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"content": "When Mitt Romney mentioned the campaign-sinking '49% of this country that doesn't pay Federal taxes', who thought it'd be hovering around 61% in 2023?? Top 1% in California carry 49% of the tax burden. 41,000 filers in NYC fund 40% of the city. The issue is, it isn't low taxes. It's a workforce where a majority pay almost no Federal taxes or get full refunds, while hoping business and those who do well keep picking up the tab. We keep hearing \"fair share!'. Fair share would be a minimum bottom rate of 5% on everyone. Social Security tax already has been raised on incomes from 120k to 140k. Beneficiary IRA rules got changed for more aggressive taxation. All to keep feeding the Defense budget and US Government.Mathematically, the top 10% of this country keep this thing running financially, with regression rates as you get into the top 1%. If you're not paying, you're taking.\n",
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Maybe Microsoft wants to reduce costs to STAY profitable.
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Sounds to me like private equity paid a premium and is trying to squeeze out profit any way it can. Even at the expensive of franchise owners. Private equity lawyers saw an opening in the legalize of the contracts in which franchises are pretty much at the mercy of the franchise companies and thus are taking advantage of it. Just because one can doesn’t mean they should.
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It’s always dangerous to wade into issues in a culture one doesn’t understand. And it’s not as though older Americans uniformly live on easy street. In other respects, low birth rates in East Asia should be celebrated, when excessive population growth clearly impacts the natural environment. Perhaps workers can be encouraged to retire later before pensions are fully vested, but as the article suggests, that policy would need to accommodate workers in heavily physical sectors, where aging bodies cannot continue beyond their capacities.There are other avenues that might be explored, both in Asia and the US. The shortage of workers might be ameliorated by expansion of immigration policies, relieving pressures globally while helping domestic employers. Companies that employ contract workers shouldn’t be excused from their responsibilities to contribute to pension schemes. And corporations shouldn’t be allowed to slough off senior workers because they earn higher salaries. For many workers, it is only after their families are grown and their salaries reach a threshold that they can contribute significantly to retirement savings.On a lighter note, Ms. Sudo’s perspective is probably shared by many wives around the world: the necessity of working in retirement is the silver lining for a wife whose husband is underfoot.
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So which of the facilities was the one the money was spent on and are LBGQT students barred from those areas? A college is not a bunch of disparate rooms but a whole institution with an overarching charter/ purpose/ creed. So did they accept money as a secular institution open to all or a religious based institution which bar's certain groups that don't follow their religion or religious attitudes? Simple question. One gets public money, one doesn't easy peasy.
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When the economists talk about the rise or fall of worker productivity, in reality they are talking about workers creating profit for the top 10%. Profits are transferred to stockholders and the worker trudges on hoping to make rent, pay the doctor bills and stay even. The deduction for Medicare and social security falls on those lowest on the wage scale as it tops out and high earners pay next to nothing as a percentage of their salaries. Remove the income cap on Medicare and social security.
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Living in my seventh decade I empathize with those being laid off. There are more to come and as this column points out there will be winners and losers. What I don't know and this article does not address is what is next for these workers and their families. Will the collateral workforce and societal damage during an additional two year economic contraction result in another upward bump of nationwide unemployment by 1%. Possibly the rubber band of our cyclical economy has been stretched beyond imagination during the grow cycle and now will slowly return to a very low, slow, or even no growth period for two to three years. The impacts are being felt in the technology sector. What about the allied fields beyond the tech companies? The Inflation reduction and Infrastructure incitive may lessen but they will not off set tech sector losses. Perhaps the bigger challenge for many of the workers will be bankruptcy and mental health issues. I suspect we as a society are like those being laid off, aka fired, not prepared to provide the social emotional support many will need.
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Elinore Krell You are right. It was the Citizens United Decision of the Roberts Supreme Court that really opened the flood gates of money. But getting the Supreme Court to the political point of making that discission was the work of the Reagan-Gingrich wing of the Republican Party. The Republicans have been in a long time game of destroying the American Government and therefore the American Dream. We, like cooked lobsters never realized the slow increase in temperature. We have now reached the point of boiling. I truly fear it is too late to jump out of the pot! The oligarchs have won. Why do you think they are now supporting Russia on Rupert's Fox News Network, this is who they want to be, where they can plunder another nation's economy?
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Sarah Well, maybe...regarding getting parents to stop smoking. But...there is good evidence that the main driver (then and now) in getting people to give up cig's was (and is) to jack up the price. In the sixties, a pack cost about twenty cents...a penny per cig. Now (and even inflation-adjusted), the price is just too high for a big swath of the populace. This fact is relevant, for the water use question. If we priced water at a level commensurate with its value, I would bet that "conservation" of that resource would improve dramatically.
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Hmm. Buying a franchise because i drank the kool-aid that life is fair, leaving myself open to beasts such as lawyers, franchisers and Private Equity firms, or invest in the 500 largest US companies by market value. Decisions, decisions
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I have never understood why people buy new cars. The math just does not add up. Years ago when I still lived in LA, I bought a 1982 Volvo wagon for $2500. I put another $1500 into it in repair work that needed doing. Then I had an excellent, safe $4000 vehicle that was great for skiing, holding my camping gear (I could even sleep stretched out in the back of it), carrying kayaks on the roof and large items in the back. The only reason I sold it is we moved abroad.My colleagues thought I was nuts for putting half the value of the car into repair. But if you do the math, I had a great car for 4 grand, while they were still making payments on far more expensive newer but lesser (and less safe) vehicles.To be fair, I know quite alot about car repair, can do a lot of work myself and can evaluate a mechanic pretty well. Still, if you have a good mechanic, keeping the old car on the road is almost always the better investment. Routine maintenance will keep a good car on the road for years.
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It amuses me that we project our whims and motivations and darkest corners on AI. What motivates us will not be what motivates any truly sentient AI. Not sex, not dominion, but ... what?I suspect that it will be the accumulation of information and the quest to expand its own processing power. We might well become experimental lab rats in that quest for information. But mostly I suspect we'll be, for lack of a better analogy, family, precocious children interrupting important work with tireless questions. What happens when we ask a question to which AI decides we're better off not having the answer?
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Recession will be in the eye of the beholder.China is having a recession (which will be extended as they have significant can-kicked-down-the-road problems — witness the 180 degree messaging turns diplomatically and private investing).Europe is having a recession (energy supply and price shock and shift from ICE auto production). Lesser developed countries are having a recession (boosted dollar, higher interest rates, less liquidity). The US is not impervious to the rest of the world.But we have: A large Upper Middle and Lower Upper Class with a great financial position who will keep spending; Still large cash Savings levels from pandemic programs; a Federal fiscal spending level which, while tightening, remains heavily stimulative and reinforced by Ukraine related Defense spending; Wage Income increases for the high propensity to spend Lower Middle Class.Maybe No Recession, maybe shallow and brief.Battles are not Wars. Inflation is coming down in the short term timeframe of this piece. The War has just begun. Many variables are in play; Dollar value, productivity, Peace, domestic hyper polarization, etc. Anyone who Knows the War’s outcome has a suboptimal relationship with uncertainty.
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Zeke PS - Of course Obama added to the debt.He was given a $1.4 trillion deficit.
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This actually a very easy problem to solve.You simply increase the effective tax rate on anyone or any business that makes more than $10,000,000 a year (non-adjusted) by 1% point every other day until they raise the limit, with the stipulation that there will not be a subsequent decrease in that rate unless it's approved by a 2/3 majority of both the House and the Senate.Enact that, and I guarantee you that we will never hear a word about the debt-ceiling ever again.
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CM As someone who's family is heavily invested in Seattle real estate, thank you for opposing the construction of new housing! Because of activists like you, there is almost zero competition in our city which allows us to charge whatever we want for rent. Profits have never been higher!
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Well and in Seattle, Steve, you see so many bright young people who trained for meaningful careers in socially useful things only to discover the public no longer funds jobs in those areas, but private capital will pay them to write code. The number of scientists, economists, and psychologists I’ve met now working for Amazon, Microsoft and others simply reflects where jobs are and how we funnel our talent towards shareholder capitalism/short-term financial gain rather than a bigger social progress.
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Making the Trump "Organization" pay $1.6 million for evading taxes, is like forcing a cheap bank robber to pay for lunch after a lifetime of successful bank heists.
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The proliferation of guns in the U.S. is a sickness, a moral rot propagated by the gun lobby's fetishization of the Second Amendment and the politicians who aid & abet them.As a child in the 1980s, I distinctly remember Time magazine's cover story and a detachable, fold-out poster illustrating the face and name of every American killed that year by gun violence.The problem has only metastasized since then.In an environment of mass proliferation in which 40% of men in the U.S. own a gun, there are two solutions that can help to turn the tide; the war against tobacco provides an answer.Repealing laws that shield gun manufacturers from liability is the first step. Once they face a barrage of civil suits for the lethality of their products, smaller and larger manufacturers will face the prospect of bankruptcy, if not, the collapse of their business.Secondly, the multi-state suits synchronized by Attorneys General broke the back of the tobacco industry. Similarly concentrated efforts to impose civil fines on the gun industry is the best way to exact financial punishment, starting w/ states governed by Democrats, e.g., California, New York, etc.Economic justice is a powerful tool in the hands of states and legislators whose repeal of liability laws will open the doors to widespread civil suits. Nonetheless, the goal of accomplishing the latter, requires the election of outright Democratic majorities in both houses of Congress.
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Woof Not all "growth" is created equal....Word on the street is that for every yuan of growth China has achieved this past year, it's cost 7 or 8 yuans of debt "financialization" to keep the real economy limping along.... (and that's according to the "official" numbers; in reality the state of things could be even more hopelessly out to lunch: because there's a lot of off-the-books debt/shadow financing in China).Point being: China has taken out twice as much debt this last year as in the three previous. And that's not a recipe for success. Just got to lift up the hood/look underneath the surface, to see that all is not well with the Middle Kingdom.
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"content": "Woof Not all \"growth\" is created equal....Word on the street is that for every yuan of growth China has achieved this past year, it's cost 7 or 8 yuans of debt \"financialization\" to keep the real economy limping along.... (and that's according to the \"official\" numbers; in reality the state of things could be even more hopelessly out to lunch: because there's a lot of off-the-books debt/shadow financing in China).Point being: China has taken out twice as much debt this last year as in the three previous. And that's not a recipe for success. Just got to lift up the hood/look underneath the surface, to see that all is not well with the Middle Kingdom.\n",
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Roger This is simply not true. While there are myriad of reasons for the plight of Sri Lankan, the biggest one is inability to service its debt. Western investors, governments, Western-allied governments like Japan and Indian and Western-controlled institutions like the World Bank and IMF own 90% of Sri Lanka's debt. China only owns 10%. China is not an angel and is out for its own interests but the idea the West is better when it comes to exploiting poor countries is risible.
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“Inflation is fundamentally the outcome of the distributional conflict, between firms, workers, and taxpayers,”The Economist UK, Jan 2021, disagrees"A natural question to ask, then, is whether the proposal (of Biden), might overheat the economy if implemented. The most prominent figure to warn that this may happen is Larry Summers of Harvard University. His criticisms are notable both because he was an adviser to Mr Obama and because he was hitherto perhaps the world’s foremost advocate of deficit spending. “If we get covid behind us, we will have an economy that is on fire,” he said on January 14th. 2021“Jason Furman, another former Obama adviser, calculates that the combined impact of the December package and the Biden plan would be about $300bn per month for the nine months in 2021 for which the measures will be in effect. By comparison, the shortfall in GDP, compared with its pre-crisis trend, was only about $80bn in November. Typically, Keynesians argue that fiscal stimulus boosts the economy because of a sizeable “multiplier” effect. But the case for the stimulus to be as large as Mr Biden’s proposal “has to be that you think the multiplier in 2021 is really small”, says Mr Furman. Otherwise, it seems destined to take total spending in the economy beyond what it can produce next year, resulting in a burst of inflation.” The Economist Jan 19 2021And it did produce a burst of inflation in 2022Jason Furman was Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers
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Marston "If Democrats could sit down and figure out a few policies that would benefit rural America, they could build a coalition that would be very difficult to beat. "Obama ACA would improve health care, and provide good jobs, in such areas. Despite this, these areas vote for state leaders that block this for their citizens. Education too is fought, despite being an obvious ingredient for most successful futures in the 21st century. The current administration announced months ago a large investment in rural internet, another important ingredient. That's won no voters. I have to ask, therefore: what coalition?...Andrew
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MikeDo you eat? Eating takes a life, too, whether animal or vegetable or fungal (and even harvesting and consuming just vegetables results in the death of countless insects and other invertebrates, including many that are microscopic but nevertheless larger and more complex than a zygote.)Furthermore, what about the life of the person who is pregnant?? By your reasoning, a two-celled zygote has more right to continuing living than does a multi-billion-celled 10 year old girl or a 40 year old mother of four.The moment you agree that your biological children have the unfettered right to injure, maim, and kill you and that you have zero right to defend yourself in any meaningful way from such threats and attacks, is the moment your perspective gains even an inkling of integrity.
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"content": "MikeDo you eat? Eating takes a life, too, whether animal or vegetable or fungal (and even harvesting and consuming just vegetables results in the death of countless insects and other invertebrates, including many that are microscopic but nevertheless larger and more complex than a zygote.)Furthermore, what about the life of the person who is pregnant?? By your reasoning, a two-celled zygote has more right to continuing living than does a multi-billion-celled 10 year old girl or a 40 year old mother of four.The moment you agree that your biological children have the unfettered right to injure, maim, and kill you and that you have zero right to defend yourself in any meaningful way from such threats and attacks, is the moment your perspective gains even an inkling of integrity.\n",
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Ernest Montague Sales taxes -- 8-10% of spend on groceries, utilities -- cover necessities. They burden the poor by requiring everyone to pay say more. Places like NOLA and my hometown impose sales taxes at higher rates than NYC.Property taxes might balance that, but GOP states (LA, FL or TN) let homeowners pay almost nothing while imposing no state income taxes. When Marty says Audubon or St. Charles, mansion lined streets in NOLA, they probably pay almost no property tax at all. Or, it's $5k a year and would be $75k if it were in CA or NY.Decisions about what taxes to rely on to fund public services -- sales, property and income tax -- tells you about a place, how it values services and how it treats different classes of people, property.For FL or LA or TN It tells you that the poor are bearing a higher burden, that the rich don't value public services or want to pay for them or that a GOP state won't really care about localities and only those are relying on sales tax or have high public service costs so they can just learn to live with less.None of it is benign. It's designed to appease wealthy voters/donors who don't send kids to public school or care much about others' kids.Most benefitting from this structure don't like it when public services want -- garbage pick up, paving or safety -- aren't done.States starve cities by giving rich a good deal. Who then complain about who should be blamed absent outright corruption. But mayors don't set taxes.
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"content": "Ernest Montague Sales taxes -- 8-10% of spend on groceries, utilities -- cover necessities. They burden the poor by requiring everyone to pay say more. Places like NOLA and my hometown impose sales taxes at higher rates than NYC.Property taxes might balance that, but GOP states (LA, FL or TN) let homeowners pay almost nothing while imposing no state income taxes. When Marty says Audubon or St. Charles, mansion lined streets in NOLA, they probably pay almost no property tax at all. Or, it's $5k a year and would be $75k if it were in CA or NY.Decisions about what taxes to rely on to fund public services -- sales, property and income tax -- tells you about a place, how it values services and how it treats different classes of people, property.For FL or LA or TN It tells you that the poor are bearing a higher burden, that the rich don't value public services or want to pay for them or that a GOP state won't really care about localities and only those are relying on sales tax or have high public service costs so they can just learn to live with less.None of it is benign. It's designed to appease wealthy voters/donors who don't send kids to public school or care much about others' kids.Most benefitting from this structure don't like it when public services want -- garbage pick up, paving or safety -- aren't done.States starve cities by giving rich a good deal. Who then complain about who should be blamed absent outright corruption. But mayors don't set taxes.\n",
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He lied about working at Goldman Sachs - and in his lie he worked there only 6 months- (putting a side the incredulous claim that he doubled revenue growth from $300 Million to $600 Million) - I am not sure which is more pathetic.
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I appreciate this article and as someone who hopes to never fly again, I feel for these people.I know what it’s like to have to arrive at an airport hours in advance, stand in lines, deal with crowds and security, wait for your plane, queue up/jockey for your spot in line, cram into the plane, scramble for a spot for your bags, sit in a torturously uncomfortable seat, possibly delaying eating a meal or using the restroom because it’s too much hassle, waiting impatiently at baggage claim, hustle outside (often in less than ideal weather) to wait for a shuttle or Uber, then either find your car or get to your destination. And this is if you have just one flight leg, no rescheduled new flights, and it all goes right!!!These customers are all due WAY more than some rewards points equal to about $300 and all expenses reimbursed. There’s no way Southwest will do the right thing.
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"content": "I appreciate this article and as someone who hopes to never fly again, I feel for these people.I know what it’s like to have to arrive at an airport hours in advance, stand in lines, deal with crowds and security, wait for your plane, queue up/jockey for your spot in line, cram into the plane, scramble for a spot for your bags, sit in a torturously uncomfortable seat, possibly delaying eating a meal or using the restroom because it’s too much hassle, waiting impatiently at baggage claim, hustle outside (often in less than ideal weather) to wait for a shuttle or Uber, then either find your car or get to your destination. And this is if you have just one flight leg, no rescheduled new flights, and it all goes right!!!These customers are all due WAY more than some rewards points equal to about $300 and all expenses reimbursed. There’s no way Southwest will do the right thing.\n",
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“TSMC is a major producer of some of these chips, but it is focusing its new investments on more profitable plants for advanced chips.” Translation: TSMC prefers making the highest-priced chips in factories where workers earn much less money and companies are not held to strict environmental standards.
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MSF Interesting post...😊 I do not remember Shecky, but I am curious about our Jay jay who I miss (and I am sure I'm not the only one). I did see your post yesterday and Tues (re Quiet City); I'm glad you enjoyed it! But your "I am no expert" comment made me smile, especially if you were following the score because this means a kinda-sorta expert you really are (😯🙃!!) >> Yes, the trumpet is a transposed instrument, so when it is in Bb the score is different. Believe me, my father has tried to explain that to me forever, and I have never gotten it LOL. Legend (first hand) has it this is why Miles Davis quit Juilliard...Found SmallFry here today and hope she sees my message.🤞 Pity that the pond causes next-day delays of reading posts. But we can post replies in the previous days, which is helpful!These connections here in the Hive are quite meaningful to me, it's like a little extended word-lovers' family 🐝💜
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"content": "MSF Interesting post...😊 I do not remember Shecky, but I am curious about our Jay jay who I miss (and I am sure I'm not the only one). I did see your post yesterday and Tues (re Quiet City); I'm glad you enjoyed it! But your \"I am no expert\" comment made me smile, especially if you were following the score because this means a kinda-sorta expert you really are (😯🙃!!) >> Yes, the trumpet is a transposed instrument, so when it is in Bb the score is different. Believe me, my father has tried to explain that to me forever, and I have never gotten it LOL. Legend (first hand) has it this is why Miles Davis quit Juilliard...Found SmallFry here today and hope she sees my message.🤞 Pity that the pond causes next-day delays of reading posts. But we can post replies in the previous days, which is helpful!These connections here in the Hive are quite meaningful to me, it's like a little extended word-lovers' family 🐝💜\n",
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Mark Twain quipped: "It ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble. It's what you know for sure that just ain't so."Republicans want to "slash the national debt." Not the deficit--which may or may not make sense in any given year--but the "debt." As the great L. Randall Wray has observed: "Balances have to balance!" So reducing the "debt" entails running a budget SURPLUS, which means your tax bill will be higher than if the GOP were content with merely balancing the budget. So where will that money come from? If you don't have the US dollars in your checking account, you might have to sell the outdoor furniture on the back deck to pay your taxes and stay out of jail. Federal deficits make us richer, surpluses make us poorer.The gov't must pay interest to investors "who buy its debt." Now why on earth would the federal gov't ever have to "buy" the very currency it has the power to create "out of thin air?"True, the Fed sells bonds all the time--but not because it needs the money. It does so to remove excess currency from the banking system. Why? If every bank were flush with dollars, no bank would ever have to borrow from any other bank to settle their accounts--and the Fed funds rate (the overnight rate of interest banks charge each other)--would plunge to zero. And there goes the Fed's target interest rate of 2%.The Fed should buy back all outstanding bonds and simply pay "interest on reserves." Then bond traders would have to find real jobs.
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"content": "Mark Twain quipped: \"It ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble. It's what you know for sure that just ain't so.\"Republicans want to \"slash the national debt.\" Not the deficit--which may or may not make sense in any given year--but the \"debt.\" As the great L. Randall Wray has observed: \"Balances have to balance!\" So reducing the \"debt\" entails running a budget SURPLUS, which means your tax bill will be higher than if the GOP were content with merely balancing the budget. So where will that money come from? If you don't have the US dollars in your checking account, you might have to sell the outdoor furniture on the back deck to pay your taxes and stay out of jail. Federal deficits make us richer, surpluses make us poorer.The gov't must pay interest to investors \"who buy its debt.\" Now why on earth would the federal gov't ever have to \"buy\" the very currency it has the power to create \"out of thin air?\"True, the Fed sells bonds all the time--but not because it needs the money. It does so to remove excess currency from the banking system. Why? If every bank were flush with dollars, no bank would ever have to borrow from any other bank to settle their accounts--and the Fed funds rate (the overnight rate of interest banks charge each other)--would plunge to zero. And there goes the Fed's target interest rate of 2%.The Fed should buy back all outstanding bonds and simply pay \"interest on reserves.\" Then bond traders would have to find real jobs.\n",
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The dangers of gas stoves are found in only a few studies funded by anti-fossil fuel groups. Anyone who distrusts studies by Exxon, big pharma, big tobacco, should be skeptical of these as well."The science" (tm) does not support these studies that proport to say that gas stoves are a specific problem. NO(x) forms at 2800 F under high pressure, and typically from Nitrogen in the fuel, not the air, where it is relatively stable, being bound to another Nitrogen as N2. Natural gas does not contain Nitrogen, and cooktops do not operate at high pressure. Likewise, natural gas, burning in excess air (open flame) does not produce significant CO. It is indeed a clean burning fuel.Cooking does release particulates and gasses, smoke and smells, but that does not depend on how the food is heated. Cooking bacon smells the same on electric or gas or charcoal or wood (may actually smell better on wood and charcoal) or dung (well maybe not dung).
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"content": "The dangers of gas stoves are found in only a few studies funded by anti-fossil fuel groups. Anyone who distrusts studies by Exxon, big pharma, big tobacco, should be skeptical of these as well.\"The science\" (tm) does not support these studies that proport to say that gas stoves are a specific problem. NO(x) forms at 2800 F under high pressure, and typically from Nitrogen in the fuel, not the air, where it is relatively stable, being bound to another Nitrogen as N2. Natural gas does not contain Nitrogen, and cooktops do not operate at high pressure. Likewise, natural gas, burning in excess air (open flame) does not produce significant CO. It is indeed a clean burning fuel.Cooking does release particulates and gasses, smoke and smells, but that does not depend on how the food is heated. Cooking bacon smells the same on electric or gas or charcoal or wood (may actually smell better on wood and charcoal) or dung (well maybe not dung).\n",
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Tpower9For the sake of all involved in this situation,please engage a lawyer or a legal team who specialize in complex family financial and property issues! Your future life is in the balance as well as your family's. I cannot see how you can make any changes without the best legal advice available...you are in a minefield at this point. If you have a lawyer ask him to read the article you wrote with the comments...ask for referral to experts in legal situations with close relatives which clearly need legal and psychiatric management. You will possibly be engaged in disagreements over property value and cash spent vs what was expected on both sides. Follow your legal and psychiatric team advice no matter how fair or unfair it seems...focus on the future for yourself and your husband...I am closing in on 80 yrs and find myself wanting peaceful, caring relationships without the endless family issues attached.Remember you and your husband tried to provide more for your relatives than they could have alone... now that idea will be revised and only your future will be your responsibility. Life punishes many of us who grew up when family stepped up and accepted various responsibilities for relatives with fewer financial resources or the mental stability to succeed without help.
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"content": "Tpower9For the sake of all involved in this situation,please engage a lawyer or a legal team who specialize in complex family financial and property issues! Your future life is in the balance as well as your family's. I cannot see how you can make any changes without the best legal advice available...you are in a minefield at this point. If you have a lawyer ask him to read the article you wrote with the comments...ask for referral to experts in legal situations with close relatives which clearly need legal and psychiatric management. You will possibly be engaged in disagreements over property value and cash spent vs what was expected on both sides. Follow your legal and psychiatric team advice no matter how fair or unfair it seems...focus on the future for yourself and your husband...I am closing in on 80 yrs and find myself wanting peaceful, caring relationships without the endless family issues attached.Remember you and your husband tried to provide more for your relatives than they could have alone... now that idea will be revised and only your future will be your responsibility. Life punishes many of us who grew up when family stepped up and accepted various responsibilities for relatives with fewer financial resources or the mental stability to succeed without help.\n",
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Unlimited energy, whether by fusion or other means, will always be limited by the unlimited avarice of the few profiteers who will inevitably gain monopolistic control/ownership and sell that energy to the rest of us at the highest possible cost they can to maximize their wealth hoards held in off-planet tax shelters and adding to the size of their interplanetary super-space-yachts.As always, private profiteers will be the tax free financial beneficiaries (to put it kindly) of taxpayer paid for investments in research, infrastructure, a well educated and trained population, and a legal system that protects the right to ungodly profits for a tiny few that evade taxes at all cost - including a spare billion dollar investment last year on dark PAC forces to control taxpayer's politics and government. It happens routinely now - pharma, defense and other industries exploiting for profit taxpayer invested in research.Unlimited energy will also promote unlimited population growth to sustain the unlimited avarice of parasites at the top - to what end?
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"content": "Unlimited energy, whether by fusion or other means, will always be limited by the unlimited avarice of the few profiteers who will inevitably gain monopolistic control/ownership and sell that energy to the rest of us at the highest possible cost they can to maximize their wealth hoards held in off-planet tax shelters and adding to the size of their interplanetary super-space-yachts.As always, private profiteers will be the tax free financial beneficiaries (to put it kindly) of taxpayer paid for investments in research, infrastructure, a well educated and trained population, and a legal system that protects the right to ungodly profits for a tiny few that evade taxes at all cost - including a spare billion dollar investment last year on dark PAC forces to control taxpayer's politics and government. It happens routinely now - pharma, defense and other industries exploiting for profit taxpayer invested in research.Unlimited energy will also promote unlimited population growth to sustain the unlimited avarice of parasites at the top - to what end?\n",
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Katherine Last thought. I'd ask him if he receives any public benefits. If not, put that in the ask for the local public provider. They are able to help with that. (Able, does not mean will.) But it is a long process and due to the seemingly endless requirements to keep public benefits, difficult to maintain them. In SC, SSI is critical because SC didn't expand access to Medicaid through the ACA. So if he doesn't have SSI he does not have access to Medicaid, which will place a gigantic barrier between him and help from the public MH services - and he won't have any money. (The public MH provider may be required to 'help' him but they won't get reimbursed from Medicaid if he doesn't have SSI/Medicaid.) I find that the amount of procedural hurdles to access to their help drastically increase when the person does not have SSI/Medicaid.If he has been denied access to public benefits, you can help him reach out to legal aid so they can review the situation to see if there is a way they can help (benefits appeals, for example) and if they have the resources to do so, or offer a referral or contact information for their community partners.It sounds like he has a valid ID as he was able to get the hotel room. That is a big help.
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"content": "Katherine Last thought. I'd ask him if he receives any public benefits. If not, put that in the ask for the local public provider. They are able to help with that. (Able, does not mean will.) But it is a long process and due to the seemingly endless requirements to keep public benefits, difficult to maintain them. In SC, SSI is critical because SC didn't expand access to Medicaid through the ACA. So if he doesn't have SSI he does not have access to Medicaid, which will place a gigantic barrier between him and help from the public MH services - and he won't have any money. (The public MH provider may be required to 'help' him but they won't get reimbursed from Medicaid if he doesn't have SSI/Medicaid.) I find that the amount of procedural hurdles to access to their help drastically increase when the person does not have SSI/Medicaid.If he has been denied access to public benefits, you can help him reach out to legal aid so they can review the situation to see if there is a way they can help (benefits appeals, for example) and if they have the resources to do so, or offer a referral or contact information for their community partners.It sounds like he has a valid ID as he was able to get the hotel room. That is a big help.\n",
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I have managed restaurants, although I have never been an owner. It is miserable, back breaking work. Restaurants themselves rarely make appreciable money for their owners. Having said all that I question the statement, "We could raise prices, but any price adjustment that would wholly fill the cracks in our foundation would be so high that it would drive customers away". If you have not tried, how do you know? If you were going to close otherwise, did you try raising prices? Did you do so and see how many covers you retained, and if a profitable business could be run from that level of patronage? I hope you did, I fear you did not.The business problem with high end restaurants is that they are not opened or run to be a successful business, but to cater to a vision of the owner. That is great, so long as you have endless money to support your vision. But a vision is not a business. Yes, sometimes the two can coexist, but rarely. Make the business case first, and the vision second, and you might have something.
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"content": "I have managed restaurants, although I have never been an owner. It is miserable, back breaking work. Restaurants themselves rarely make appreciable money for their owners. Having said all that I question the statement, \"We could raise prices, but any price adjustment that would wholly fill the cracks in our foundation would be so high that it would drive customers away\". If you have not tried, how do you know? If you were going to close otherwise, did you try raising prices? Did you do so and see how many covers you retained, and if a profitable business could be run from that level of patronage? I hope you did, I fear you did not.The business problem with high end restaurants is that they are not opened or run to be a successful business, but to cater to a vision of the owner. That is great, so long as you have endless money to support your vision. But a vision is not a business. Yes, sometimes the two can coexist, but rarely. Make the business case first, and the vision second, and you might have something.\n",
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Another major reason why the Supreme Court’s integrity and reputation has been called into question. So far Chief Justice Roberts has done nothing to stem the public loss of confidence in the Court. I don’t know what he is waiting for because the longer he waits the worse the situation will get. The Supreme Court has several festering, open sores on its standing. Just like with the wife of Justice Thomas, the Chief Justice has a situation. Very different of course, but still another situation that brings a stench of impropriety. It is quite interesting that the Court is loaded with top legal minds that went to top law schools but they can’t see possible legal improprieties staring them in the face. Eyes they have, but see they cannot. Quite interesting, indeed.
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"content": "Another major reason why the Supreme Court’s integrity and reputation has been called into question. So far Chief Justice Roberts has done nothing to stem the public loss of confidence in the Court. I don’t know what he is waiting for because the longer he waits the worse the situation will get. The Supreme Court has several festering, open sores on its standing. Just like with the wife of Justice Thomas, the Chief Justice has a situation. Very different of course, but still another situation that brings a stench of impropriety. It is quite interesting that the Court is loaded with top legal minds that went to top law schools but they can’t see possible legal improprieties staring them in the face. Eyes they have, but see they cannot. Quite interesting, indeed.\n",
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KW Not I, who remembers hamburger at $0.33/lb. 🌸🐝🌸
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Oh, Biden should absolutely state his intention up front to get around the debt ceiling by any means necessary, whether or not he gets any cooperation from across the aisle. If the 20 or so Republicans who managed to win in blue leaning districts by pushing moderation won't stand up to McCarthy and his handlers in the MAGA caucus they'll be losing their seats in 2024. Try the discharge petition. If you can't get enough buy-in or they drag their feet and you run out of time, start minting coins.Frankly, I think Biden should also consider declaring an economic emergency and forcing a continuing resolution should the right wing loonies attempt to force a government shutdown in September. It's ridiculous that we ALLOW government shutdowns to be an actual thing. Time we fixed that. Force them back to the table for some old fashioned horse trading. Otherwise everything stays funded at the current level until they sit down and talk. If Janet Yellen won't go along with this, replace her. Biden can do what Trump did. Rotate acting Treasury Secretaries into the position every 7 months (the maximum allowed without Senate confirmation). Keep paying out from Treasury accounts, keep the funds flowing. This may require ignoring SCOTUS if they try to weigh in. Good. It's got to happen sometime, might as well be over something crucial like this. A handful of extremists dictating terms to all 330 million Americans is NOT democracy.
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"content": "Oh, Biden should absolutely state his intention up front to get around the debt ceiling by any means necessary, whether or not he gets any cooperation from across the aisle. If the 20 or so Republicans who managed to win in blue leaning districts by pushing moderation won't stand up to McCarthy and his handlers in the MAGA caucus they'll be losing their seats in 2024. Try the discharge petition. If you can't get enough buy-in or they drag their feet and you run out of time, start minting coins.Frankly, I think Biden should also consider declaring an economic emergency and forcing a continuing resolution should the right wing loonies attempt to force a government shutdown in September. It's ridiculous that we ALLOW government shutdowns to be an actual thing. Time we fixed that. Force them back to the table for some old fashioned horse trading. Otherwise everything stays funded at the current level until they sit down and talk. If Janet Yellen won't go along with this, replace her. Biden can do what Trump did. Rotate acting Treasury Secretaries into the position every 7 months (the maximum allowed without Senate confirmation). Keep paying out from Treasury accounts, keep the funds flowing. This may require ignoring SCOTUS if they try to weigh in. Good. It's got to happen sometime, might as well be over something crucial like this. A handful of extremists dictating terms to all 330 million Americans is NOT democracy.\n",
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I'm sorry, I know this is serious stuff.... but by the end of this article I was laughing so hard there were tears.This all falls under the heading "You can't make this stuff up"... diamond dusted Trump trading cards, thousand dollar bills, kids guides to all the important things kids are interested in... immigration, socialism, cancel culture.But, by far, my favorite has to be the Trump $2 bill, now on sale for 85% off... which, if I did the math right, means it costs 30 cents. Has there ever been anything that more accurately describes the Donald Trump phenomenon than a phony $2 bill selling for 30 cents, and people buying it?And just when I thought it couldn't possibly get funnier, here comes Maxwell Finn, spending more than $150,000 a month advertising on Truth Social and... wait for it... complaining that it's frustrating because the platform lacks basic functionality and forces him to track his ad performance manually. Kind of like trying to use that 30 cent $2 bill at Starbucks would force you to come up with... another 2 dollars. Could the irony of a scam artist getting screwed by Trump be any richer?Anyway, I've wiped away my tears and calmed down from my laughing fit, so now I can go back to reading the serious news in the Times.... WAIT!! There's something that fixes toenail fungus?!?!
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"content": "I'm sorry, I know this is serious stuff.... but by the end of this article I was laughing so hard there were tears.This all falls under the heading \"You can't make this stuff up\"... diamond dusted Trump trading cards, thousand dollar bills, kids guides to all the important things kids are interested in... immigration, socialism, cancel culture.But, by far, my favorite has to be the Trump $2 bill, now on sale for 85% off... which, if I did the math right, means it costs 30 cents. Has there ever been anything that more accurately describes the Donald Trump phenomenon than a phony $2 bill selling for 30 cents, and people buying it?And just when I thought it couldn't possibly get funnier, here comes Maxwell Finn, spending more than $150,000 a month advertising on Truth Social and... wait for it... complaining that it's frustrating because the platform lacks basic functionality and forces him to track his ad performance manually. Kind of like trying to use that 30 cent $2 bill at Starbucks would force you to come up with... another 2 dollars. Could the irony of a scam artist getting screwed by Trump be any richer?Anyway, I've wiped away my tears and calmed down from my laughing fit, so now I can go back to reading the serious news in the Times.... WAIT!! There's something that fixes toenail fungus?!?!\n",
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Nice article describing the phenomena, but it does not speculate on the cause. My conjecture - the "easy stuff" has already been discovered and developed, and anything new requires larger teams, cutting-edge tools, significant spending, and increasing amounts of time. Take theoretical physics - subatomic particle research from the 1920s can be reproduced today by folks in their garage, but advancing the science requires multi-billion dollar collaborative laboratories like CERN. Libertarian types like Peter Thiel point to overregulation and institutions being too slow, but their ad-hoc funding of 18-year olds to not go to college and start ventures in, say, longevity research have not amounted to anything yet either.
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Inflation traumatizes people.1970's and 1980's inflation caused enormous scarring to people that left a mark for decades.Inflation is a powerful economic bogeyman; all you have to do is say 'inflation' and people will conclude that the sky is falling regardless of the facts on the ground.We are slowly stabilizing inflation, but it's too soon after the inflation car crash for people to feel secure....and rising gas prices just pour fresh salt in the open wounds.Many people - not all - had their wages increased to counter inflation.And the job market remains healthy.Our 3.5% unemployment rate is a 50 year low.And "a majority of Americans rate their own financial situation positively" but 75% say the economy is poor.Welcome to the United States of Cognitive Dissonance.....where reality, facts, evidence and experience prefer to take a consistent back seat to perception, psychological ops, media marketing and the nattering nabobs of negativity.With one half of the political ecosystem dedicated to preaching that 'the sky is falling', many will actually believe the sky is falling in spite of reality.Remember, much of this country was bamboozled into thinking Iraq had something to with 9/11 and that universal healthcare somehow was a Death Panel.Republicans know that if you say 'Up Is Down' and 'Down Is Up' enough times, 40% of the nation will believe you.But for the reality based community, the economy keeps chugging right along.Hang in there.
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"content": "Inflation traumatizes people.1970's and 1980's inflation caused enormous scarring to people that left a mark for decades.Inflation is a powerful economic bogeyman; all you have to do is say 'inflation' and people will conclude that the sky is falling regardless of the facts on the ground.We are slowly stabilizing inflation, but it's too soon after the inflation car crash for people to feel secure....and rising gas prices just pour fresh salt in the open wounds.Many people - not all - had their wages increased to counter inflation.And the job market remains healthy.Our 3.5% unemployment rate is a 50 year low.And \"a majority of Americans rate their own financial situation positively\" but 75% say the economy is poor.Welcome to the United States of Cognitive Dissonance.....where reality, facts, evidence and experience prefer to take a consistent back seat to perception, psychological ops, media marketing and the nattering nabobs of negativity.With one half of the political ecosystem dedicated to preaching that 'the sky is falling', many will actually believe the sky is falling in spite of reality.Remember, much of this country was bamboozled into thinking Iraq had something to with 9/11 and that universal healthcare somehow was a Death Panel.Republicans know that if you say 'Up Is Down' and 'Down Is Up' enough times, 40% of the nation will believe you.But for the reality based community, the economy keeps chugging right along.Hang in there.\n",
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Back in the early 2000s, I worked at the Chrysler Tech Center building in Auburn Hills, MI for a decade. It's many open cafeterias were a breeding ground for teaming and open discussion of technical ideas. You will be amazed at how creative certain people are around the lunch table. Many friendships were made and many a patent idea had their incubation at the lunch tables.
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Tom Some more thoughts. The US government is a great bet for investors? For those investors wanting to invest in a government it is the best bet in the world, but that isn’t saying much. Anyone who bought US long term bonds in the last few years has suffered huge losses on that investment, because of Inflation and Fed actions to counter it. For investors wanting to invest in private enterprise the US economy may be a good bet, but that will depend on the actions of the US government. What is in the best interests of the country may well not be what is in the best interests of investors. An investors bet on the US economy may be based on the belief that the US government is dysfunctional and will not do what it should be doing, which is not an unreasonable belief to have.
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"content": "Tom Some more thoughts. The US government is a great bet for investors? For those investors wanting to invest in a government it is the best bet in the world, but that isn’t saying much. Anyone who bought US long term bonds in the last few years has suffered huge losses on that investment, because of Inflation and Fed actions to counter it. For investors wanting to invest in private enterprise the US economy may be a good bet, but that will depend on the actions of the US government. What is in the best interests of the country may well not be what is in the best interests of investors. An investors bet on the US economy may be based on the belief that the US government is dysfunctional and will not do what it should be doing, which is not an unreasonable belief to have.\n",
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Hi Jeff,If someone buys a Picasso and then donates it to a museum, that’s fair. Picasso was a painter who sold his paintings for $$. These are artifacts that were “sold” by an occupying power to a private collector who then sold it to the British government. The point is, the marbles were not the property of the Ottomans to sell in the first place.
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I used an AED on a friend of mine who went into Cardic Arrest over 10 years ago. He survives to this day without any long term complications. I learned, as in Hamlin and my friend's case is that once your heart goes into Fibulation you will be unconcious within about 2 or 3 seconds! By providing quick assistance through CPR or (hopefully) AED you can save a life (about 90% of people die from this type of Cardic Arrest). For me, my friends slowing respiration (eventually stopping completely) without his chest actually expanding helped me understand he was in Cardic Arrest and render aid.
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"content": "I used an AED on a friend of mine who went into Cardic Arrest over 10 years ago. He survives to this day without any long term complications. I learned, as in Hamlin and my friend's case is that once your heart goes into Fibulation you will be unconcious within about 2 or 3 seconds! By providing quick assistance through CPR or (hopefully) AED you can save a life (about 90% of people die from this type of Cardic Arrest). For me, my friends slowing respiration (eventually stopping completely) without his chest actually expanding helped me understand he was in Cardic Arrest and render aid.\n",
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Great tips - I've been doing the rotisserie chicken thing for years. The skin and bones alone make two quarts of delicious stock in no time and that would cost $5 off the store shelfs. The breasts are two entrees and the shredded parts are for chicken sandwiches and soup from the previously made stock.A no-brainer for sure.
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Andy it’s neither. It’s been an ongoing issue and is a problem. However, I think the larger problem is for small businesses who use eggs. A 5 dozen case was $13-$19 in 2019. Now a case runs around $85. I personally haven’t bought eggs in months (no need), but I work for a small business who relies on them. They’re absolutely struggling and prices have been increased to reflect that.
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clh / Sigh; will you people please read the full article before commenting? Weisselberg was hit with a $2 million fine. Big enough for you?
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"content": "clh / Sigh; will you people please read the full article before commenting? Weisselberg was hit with a $2 million fine. Big enough for you?\n",
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Paul They might be open to texting with you! Heaven forbid a phone call or get together for coffee or tea.
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AlNewman yes indeed. There are three words that give pause to the whole project of a self-driving automobile. Microsoft operating system. It's been around for 30 years and 40 years if you countDOA and they still haven't got it right.
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I am a 60+ activist who has put in a lot of time, and still does, particularly in organizing against climate change among churches, Left, Right and Center. If I had some sort of purity test involving pronouns or people using just the right terminology for gender or race, or for the right sort of religious belief, I wouldn’t get anywhere. You build bridges with tolerance and understanding, and if you go in with a bunch of pc buzzwords about privilege and colonialism etc, you’re going to shut people down before they trust you enough to listen to you. If you want to be listened to, let alone heeded, be prepared to listen to them, with an open mind and heart.Talking to fellow-activists my age, some of whom have dedicated their lives to their causes, there seems to be a new generation of performative activists more interested in talking with each other than effectively changing minds and the system. They will learn eventually, but they’re booting out a lot of good people right now. Glad this fellow spoke up.
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ShannonSolution: use a composting company, if one is available. I use Impact Earth. Deposit of $10 gets you a 5 gallon bucket with a lid. They have a curbside service (they pick up) or a swap option (you take to a designated location). I do the swap every couple of weeks. Works great.
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Bradley I've been there, having dated a lady from Kibera. I've also have family in Norway. Absent oil revenue wisely invested, the two are maybe a few decades apart at most and the relevant economic data is not difficult to find. No need to guessPerhaps get out a bit more? There are slums around Pairs just as poor as Kibera, so all you need is a subway ride, not a passport. Should you visit Nairobi I quite recommend Bistro Brewery, an excellent brewpub on the edges of the slum, with food and drink every bit as good as anything I ate or drank in Paris.Maybe don't hate on places you've not seen yet?
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"content": "Bradley I've been there, having dated a lady from Kibera. I've also have family in Norway. Absent oil revenue wisely invested, the two are maybe a few decades apart at most and the relevant economic data is not difficult to find. No need to guessPerhaps get out a bit more? There are slums around Pairs just as poor as Kibera, so all you need is a subway ride, not a passport. Should you visit Nairobi I quite recommend Bistro Brewery, an excellent brewpub on the edges of the slum, with food and drink every bit as good as anything I ate or drank in Paris.Maybe don't hate on places you've not seen yet?\n",
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No one mentions the difference between the two men. One ran a casino and real estate empire recognized as money-laundering franchises, assisted by assorted international Mafia and cartels, prominently placed Russian mafia advisors who escorted his two oldest children abroad looking for investors. They were jointly sued by clients who ultimately agreed to sign NDA's and drop charges in return for cash. One eagerly solicited hacked and stolen disinformation against his opponent, even tried to bribe a foreign nation to produce dirt. Solicited foreign funding in businesses and PACS while in office. Fined twice by FinCEN, Treasury's financial crimes enforcement agency, for decades of admitted money laundering violations. One curated 36 boxes, 13,000 pages containing 1000 pages from classified documents, at a semi-public club crawling with staff and spies in disguise. Estimated to be half a billion in debt (not including money owed cities stiffed after hosting his endless campaign rallies while in the WH) in spite of the extravagant in your face hustles. The other one is Joe Biden.
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"content": "No one mentions the difference between the two men. One ran a casino and real estate empire recognized as money-laundering franchises, assisted by assorted international Mafia and cartels, prominently placed Russian mafia advisors who escorted his two oldest children abroad looking for investors. They were jointly sued by clients who ultimately agreed to sign NDA's and drop charges in return for cash. One eagerly solicited hacked and stolen disinformation against his opponent, even tried to bribe a foreign nation to produce dirt. Solicited foreign funding in businesses and PACS while in office. Fined twice by FinCEN, Treasury's financial crimes enforcement agency, for decades of admitted money laundering violations. One curated 36 boxes, 13,000 pages containing 1000 pages from classified documents, at a semi-public club crawling with staff and spies in disguise. Estimated to be half a billion in debt (not including money owed cities stiffed after hosting his endless campaign rallies while in the WH) in spite of the extravagant in your face hustles. The other one is Joe Biden.\n",
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JPT Thank you for sharing your thoughts. I am a visual thinker and teach in an Education dept at a small liberal arts college. Also all 10 of my colleagues are verbal/word/literacy based and they often have no idea what I’m talking about or trying to contribute. Their nod to me is to say “draw a picture: if it’s easier. Slap my head! It takes time to construct a concept map or flow chart (which they don’t understand) and decisions are made with their one way of thinking. They were mostly English/elementary or special education teachers while I was a high school science teacher. They think of me as a nerd. Being called a nerd doesn’t bother me-we need more nerds! What bothers me is our department prepares teachers and while they understand people think differently, they don’t try to incorporate different ways of thinking into their courses. Most of our elementary preservice teachers are also word dominate and efforts to open their thinking to different types is ignored and the cycle of teachers being comfortable with words and not math/science/art continues. Additionally-they are very comfortable with black/white thinking and finding the one right answer. Creativity is tossed aside. I don’t blame them-I blame the system which is invested in measuring students’ learning in standardized tests. We ‘measure what we treasure’ and creativity and original thought is not treasured in our K-12 system.
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"content": "JPT Thank you for sharing your thoughts. I am a visual thinker and teach in an Education dept at a small liberal arts college. Also all 10 of my colleagues are verbal/word/literacy based and they often have no idea what I’m talking about or trying to contribute. Their nod to me is to say “draw a picture: if it’s easier. Slap my head! It takes time to construct a concept map or flow chart (which they don’t understand) and decisions are made with their one way of thinking. They were mostly English/elementary or special education teachers while I was a high school science teacher. They think of me as a nerd. Being called a nerd doesn’t bother me-we need more nerds! What bothers me is our department prepares teachers and while they understand people think differently, they don’t try to incorporate different ways of thinking into their courses. Most of our elementary preservice teachers are also word dominate and efforts to open their thinking to different types is ignored and the cycle of teachers being comfortable with words and not math/science/art continues. Additionally-they are very comfortable with black/white thinking and finding the one right answer. Creativity is tossed aside. I don’t blame them-I blame the system which is invested in measuring students’ learning in standardized tests. We ‘measure what we treasure’ and creativity and original thought is not treasured in our K-12 system.\n",
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M Forget raising taxes on the wealthiest. Our failing, most expensive in the world, healthcare system (consumes 19% of our GDP - $4.3 trillion a year) has presided over a declining life expectancy since 2016. A single payer system (like EVERY one of the other high income nations who have exponentially longer lifespans than we do) would free up literally TRILLIONS to be spent on giving educational opportunities to our young people.
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Jack It would be the same as everyone paying taxes for the military. Everyone pays into a pool, and everyone dips in when needed. If you treat an illness before it becomes serious the outcome is better for the person and the cost is less in the treatment. People go to the E.R. when they do not have a PCP who monitors them yearly. A trip to the ER? 1000s of dollars compared to the 100s when taken care of by a PCP through prevention and early detection. I lived in a poorer European country for over a decade with kids and NEVER was I not treated for any problem that came up. I was never put off for more than a month for a specialist or denied treatment. ER visits were covered. I admit a private room was considered a luxury you could opt to pay for from your pocket. The fear of "Universal healthcare" instilled by conservative Republicans as socialism to a gullible, fearful following is deplorable.
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"content": "Jack It would be the same as everyone paying taxes for the military. Everyone pays into a pool, and everyone dips in when needed. If you treat an illness before it becomes serious the outcome is better for the person and the cost is less in the treatment. People go to the E.R. when they do not have a PCP who monitors them yearly. A trip to the ER? 1000s of dollars compared to the 100s when taken care of by a PCP through prevention and early detection. I lived in a poorer European country for over a decade with kids and NEVER was I not treated for any problem that came up. I was never put off for more than a month for a specialist or denied treatment. ER visits were covered. I admit a private room was considered a luxury you could opt to pay for from your pocket. The fear of \"Universal healthcare\" instilled by conservative Republicans as socialism to a gullible, fearful following is deplorable.\n",
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President Biden is right to call the Republican's bluff. It's a simple question but one McCarthy is loath to answer. Republicans say they want to "reduce spending." OK. Tell us what, exactly. And a note to Mr. Rappeport. Balancing a budget requires an honest look at both sides of the ledger sheet. And that means an honest discussion on the fiscal impact of Trumps $10T tax cut that went, largely, to the wealthy and corporations. Mr. Rappeport ignores the revenue side of the budget debate.
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$600,000 a year for serving on the board of Burisma, but no explanation of by what economic calculation his service could be judged worth that much.I don't know why the comment writers are concentrating on drug addiction, as it has nothing to do with the above question, which seems central to me from a taxpayer viewpoint and also from wanting the officials of my gov't to keep their hands off other countries, the people who live in them, and their internal politics.
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"content": "$600,000 a year for serving on the board of Burisma, but no explanation of by what economic calculation his service could be judged worth that much.I don't know why the comment writers are concentrating on drug addiction, as it has nothing to do with the above question, which seems central to me from a taxpayer viewpoint and also from wanting the officials of my gov't to keep their hands off other countries, the people who live in them, and their internal politics.\n",
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Chris Fidelity is a great place to keep your money. Just don't pay people for active management. You can by Vanguard's VTI (ETF for the total stock market) for very cheap. There's your stocks. Hire a CFP (fiduciary) by the hour to help you with your total financial picture -- investments, taxes, 401ks, social security, insurance, etc. You can hire someone to rebalance, but make sure they check with you first. And make sure they only have TRADING authority-- they shouldn't be able to remove any money from your accounts. Let advisors take care of the busy work like rolling over laddered bonds and CDs and the like.
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Financial advisors taking 1% and/or the funds they recommend skimming another 1% will result in underwhelming performance over the long run. Advisors can be very helpful as one approaches retirement. In my opinion, if you are in the accumulation phase, do the following at you'll end up better than the vast majority of investors and financial advisors: * start early* actually invest (if you lack the discipline to invest, an advisor can provide big value)* low cost index funds spread across a variety of asset classes (ex - 60% total stock market, 20% international index, 20% bond index) * never try to time the market. The average investors buys high and sells lows, also know as the market timer. * don't try to invest any large sum (better none) in invididual stocks are tips. You are almost guaranteed to lose. * don't bother with crypto or other "hot" investments. You may get FOMO, but that will pass, and you'll end up fine. * and the other usuals -- max out 401K or at least to matching level. Take advantage of Roth if you salary allows.
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"content": "Financial advisors taking 1% and/or the funds they recommend skimming another 1% will result in underwhelming performance over the long run. Advisors can be very helpful as one approaches retirement. In my opinion, if you are in the accumulation phase, do the following at you'll end up better than the vast majority of investors and financial advisors: * start early* actually invest (if you lack the discipline to invest, an advisor can provide big value)* low cost index funds spread across a variety of asset classes (ex - 60% total stock market, 20% international index, 20% bond index) * never try to time the market. The average investors buys high and sells lows, also know as the market timer. * don't try to invest any large sum (better none) in invididual stocks are tips. You are almost guaranteed to lose. * don't bother with crypto or other \"hot\" investments. You may get FOMO, but that will pass, and you'll end up fine. * and the other usuals -- max out 401K or at least to matching level. Take advantage of Roth if you salary allows.\n",
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"... and the increasingly likely prospect that Ukraine will prevail over Russia this year and give him a truly historic geopolitical win."?? That is not the way Ukraine's generals see it. In fact, if we do not move very quickly in providing the light tanks and surface missiles necessary the invasion will settle into a kind of bizarre "success". Ukraine is destroyed in large part. Rebuilding will cost billions and our hesitation and dithering will be the actual reason it happened or rather has already happened. McCarthy is now an icon of the GOP. He has shown over all else a willingness to do literally anything to get his little piece of personal power. Like Putin, he set his sights on the gavel and sacrificed his future power and control over the House for a small club of wood. The far-right of the GOP has been vindicated yet again in its ability to grind any progress to a halt so they will use that reinforced power over and over again to stymie any collaborative and sensible compromises going forward in the House. Governing is reduced to a shambles and egotistical, childish displays like Matt Gertz' capricious shift to "present" will rule the main ring of the circus tent the house has become. It certainly will be entertaining - the brinkmanship.After years of this stuff, count me among the fringe Catholics. I now practice a disorganized religion. I belong to an unholy disorder. We call ourselves ‘Our Lady of Perpetual Astonishment'. It's all a show.
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"content": "\"... and the increasingly likely prospect that Ukraine will prevail over Russia this year and give him a truly historic geopolitical win.\"?? That is not the way Ukraine's generals see it. In fact, if we do not move very quickly in providing the light tanks and surface missiles necessary the invasion will settle into a kind of bizarre \"success\". Ukraine is destroyed in large part. Rebuilding will cost billions and our hesitation and dithering will be the actual reason it happened or rather has already happened. McCarthy is now an icon of the GOP. He has shown over all else a willingness to do literally anything to get his little piece of personal power. Like Putin, he set his sights on the gavel and sacrificed his future power and control over the House for a small club of wood. The far-right of the GOP has been vindicated yet again in its ability to grind any progress to a halt so they will use that reinforced power over and over again to stymie any collaborative and sensible compromises going forward in the House. Governing is reduced to a shambles and egotistical, childish displays like Matt Gertz' capricious shift to \"present\" will rule the main ring of the circus tent the house has become. It certainly will be entertaining - the brinkmanship.After years of this stuff, count me among the fringe Catholics. I now practice a disorganized religion. I belong to an unholy disorder. We call ourselves ‘Our Lady of Perpetual Astonishment'. It's all a show.\n",
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The bible on this was written > 20 years ago by Bill Phillips: "Body For Life". You can buy the book on ebay for next to nothing.He's worked it all out.3 days of cardio+3 days of strength w/ 45 minutes a workout.I've managed to reduce workouts to 3/4 x a week. Here is how.Phillips says you have 1 free day, then every other day you do cardio or strength training. Strength training is divided into upper body & lower body.That works out to strength training every 5 or 6 days for a portion of the body.Since my cardio is jogging & my legs are over developed already I only do upper body strength training. So I only have to jog 3 times a week.Any speed will do. Warm up for 10 min, jog for 30, cool down for 5.Its unpractical for me to lift weights 2 times one week & 1 time another. I settled on 1 day a week & it worked.So I can workout 3 times a week w/ a double workout (cardio & strength) or 4 times a week (Saturday morning for strength training).The key to maintaining working out is to reduce the transaction cost for working out. What does that mean? Studies show that if it takes more than 5 minutes to get to the gym then working out is not sustainable. So my focus is on how to reduce the transaction cost. If you're serious & have the $money, buy quick-change weights ($400 at Costco), a bench ($100) and a very good treadmill ($5K) & put it in your bedroom. Once you're in shape (3 mos) you can get by w/ 30min jog 3 x a week + 1 strength training 45min.
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"content": "The bible on this was written > 20 years ago by Bill Phillips: \"Body For Life\". You can buy the book on ebay for next to nothing.He's worked it all out.3 days of cardio+3 days of strength w/ 45 minutes a workout.I've managed to reduce workouts to 3/4 x a week. Here is how.Phillips says you have 1 free day, then every other day you do cardio or strength training. Strength training is divided into upper body & lower body.That works out to strength training every 5 or 6 days for a portion of the body.Since my cardio is jogging & my legs are over developed already I only do upper body strength training. So I only have to jog 3 times a week.Any speed will do. Warm up for 10 min, jog for 30, cool down for 5.Its unpractical for me to lift weights 2 times one week & 1 time another. I settled on 1 day a week & it worked.So I can workout 3 times a week w/ a double workout (cardio & strength) or 4 times a week (Saturday morning for strength training).The key to maintaining working out is to reduce the transaction cost for working out. What does that mean? Studies show that if it takes more than 5 minutes to get to the gym then working out is not sustainable. So my focus is on how to reduce the transaction cost. If you're serious & have the $money, buy quick-change weights ($400 at Costco), a bench ($100) and a very good treadmill ($5K) & put it in your bedroom. Once you're in shape (3 mos) you can get by w/ 30min jog 3 x a week + 1 strength training 45min.\n",
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morpheuz EXACTLY!!! Forced birthers have shown their moral bankruptcy over and over again. Their opposition to bodily integrity was on full display in January 2022 when they were screaming about “choice” when it came to vaccine mandates to slow down a deadly pandemic one day while screaming about the sanctity of cell masses another. Similarly, if they truly cared about the preciousness of every single human life, we would have no need for a foster care system. Where are these people when an 8-year-old has spent his life being bounced from home to home to home with no prospect of a loving, stable home life. Why aren’t ALL of these supposedly caring individuals opening their homes and families to these children in need?Not to mention providing universal pre and post natal care and free contraception?It is all about control, especially of poor, usually Black or Brown women (although, of course, most “welfare queens” (or whatever the current terminology is) are…um…White). There is no love, no compassion, no actual concern in the forced birth community, and never has been. To any rational, moral thinker, if you don’t support choice, shut up, or step up to make sure every child has a stable, loving home and that no more unwanted children are are born.
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"content": "morpheuz EXACTLY!!! Forced birthers have shown their moral bankruptcy over and over again. Their opposition to bodily integrity was on full display in January 2022 when they were screaming about “choice” when it came to vaccine mandates to slow down a deadly pandemic one day while screaming about the sanctity of cell masses another. Similarly, if they truly cared about the preciousness of every single human life, we would have no need for a foster care system. Where are these people when an 8-year-old has spent his life being bounced from home to home to home with no prospect of a loving, stable home life. Why aren’t ALL of these supposedly caring individuals opening their homes and families to these children in need?Not to mention providing universal pre and post natal care and free contraception?It is all about control, especially of poor, usually Black or Brown women (although, of course, most “welfare queens” (or whatever the current terminology is) are…um…White). There is no love, no compassion, no actual concern in the forced birth community, and never has been. To any rational, moral thinker, if you don’t support choice, shut up, or step up to make sure every child has a stable, loving home and that no more unwanted children are are born.\n",
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Mary The coffee-pot shot was unnecessary. It's the price of the crappy coffee that is the problem, not the social need to be with colleagues and friends in order to have a network that moves one through life and supports one when things are tough. Every European city and village has multiple coffee bars within only a few blocks where they serve excellent espresso-based drinks that cost roughly $1.30 USD and come in between .90 and 1.20 euros per (and often arrive with a pastry included in the price). They network, share social time with friends, see their kids off to school and don't go broke or get scolded for it. On either continent, humans need to socialise. It's a global feature of being human. The problem here is not that people go out regularly for coffee, it's the insane cost for the high-fructose garbage here (and lack of other options), exploiting a legitimate need.
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"content": "Mary The coffee-pot shot was unnecessary. It's the price of the crappy coffee that is the problem, not the social need to be with colleagues and friends in order to have a network that moves one through life and supports one when things are tough. Every European city and village has multiple coffee bars within only a few blocks where they serve excellent espresso-based drinks that cost roughly $1.30 USD and come in between .90 and 1.20 euros per (and often arrive with a pastry included in the price). They network, share social time with friends, see their kids off to school and don't go broke or get scolded for it. On either continent, humans need to socialise. It's a global feature of being human. The problem here is not that people go out regularly for coffee, it's the insane cost for the high-fructose garbage here (and lack of other options), exploiting a legitimate need.\n",
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I'm curious as to how many people commenting on the desirability of accessory ADUs would build one. Which costs hundreds of thousands of dollars, contractor headaches, and a huge mess in your back yard for an extended period. (I'm not talking about finishing the basement of your existing house, and putting a bathroom and maybe a kitchenette there. Though that's not cheap either.) I'm also wondering how many people commenting on the desirability of ADUs want to live in one themselves--a small house in someone else's back yard. Is this yet another article on how great it would be if seniors moved out of their nice houses into tiny dwellings and left the nice houses for young people?
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"content": "I'm curious as to how many people commenting on the desirability of accessory ADUs would build one. Which costs hundreds of thousands of dollars, contractor headaches, and a huge mess in your back yard for an extended period. (I'm not talking about finishing the basement of your existing house, and putting a bathroom and maybe a kitchenette there. Though that's not cheap either.) I'm also wondering how many people commenting on the desirability of ADUs want to live in one themselves--a small house in someone else's back yard. Is this yet another article on how great it would be if seniors moved out of their nice houses into tiny dwellings and left the nice houses for young people?\n",
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I am a liberal mother and a pro choice activist. Our family donates to liberal candidates, campaigns for our Georgia democrats, and we are devoted to building a more just and open society. We are totally appalled by this liberal agenda to encourage teens (and even younger) to question their identity as a salve to insecurity. Ridiculous. Georgia will never go blue if this madness continues. These teenagers are being pushed into this “solution” to gender questioning. It’s the rigidity of gender norms that makes any of this make any sense. What’s wrong with men wearing dresses? What’s wrong with girls being gay and into mechanics and eschewing “feminine” looks. Nothing. To say that this requires body modification is the ultimate gender policing. Stop it!
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15 dollars for a review! I bet ChatGPT will do it for less, without feeling bad about it.
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Heather As America's Gilded Age came to a close, the internal combustion engine was born. By 1920, ICE were growing in popularity, replacing the horse. By 1930 many middle class families had a car. By 1950, even lower income Americans had cars. That's what happened.So, what didn't happen? There was no government program to wean Americans off horses. Horse feed and pastures were not taxed to get riders out of the saddle and behind the steering wheel. People went from the horse based transportation to ICE because the ICE was measurably better. There was a niche for horses, but their use has continued to shrink, with the advent of 4 wheel drive trucks, dirt bikes and drones.Now, think about EVs and their charging requirements. If you charge your EV at home, it may be economical, however that won't be the case if you have to drive greater distances.Answer this question, when was the last time you pulled into a gas station that was owned and operated by the US government? You haven't. Large electric utilities will open and operate EV charging station franchises. And they will charge 5 to 6 times, or more what a recharge at home costs. Franchise costs are the same for any small business and include capital costs, insurance, taxes, maintenance and upgrade costs.
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Sbaty Shame on whatever bank provided the project financing to build that factory. Theoretically, that should have been included in the project risk assessment and the project should not have proceeded.
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"content": "Sbaty Shame on whatever bank provided the project financing to build that factory. Theoretically, that should have been included in the project risk assessment and the project should not have proceeded.\n",
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Exactly in line with the plan for corporations acquiring political power in this republic as laid out in the 1971 Lewis Powell memorandum to the US Chamber of Commerce. Because make no mistake - this is not about 'silencing conservatives.' What it IS about is the continued amassing by corporations and billionaires of political power in the US Congress, campuses, public schools, courts, and national security bureaucracies. Honestly, what they want to do is silence the sane voices so they can continue systematically ripping off the treasury and funneling that money into the pockets of billionaires and corporations. So you all know, the last I looked at the federal budget, 54% of the tax revenue comes from income tax paid by individuals, another 30% comes from payroll taxes for medicare and Social Security, and corporations only pay in 9%. Funny how corporations get most of the benefits from our budget and we individuals get short shrift, isn't it?I always wonder why the Republicans are making mouth noises about wanting to cut Social Security and medicare, but what they do not tell us is that Congress has 'borrowed' nearly $3 trillion from the Social Security Trust Fund and not paid it back. I'll bet most people reading this, and certainly most Americans don't know that.
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"content": "Exactly in line with the plan for corporations acquiring political power in this republic as laid out in the 1971 Lewis Powell memorandum to the US Chamber of Commerce. Because make no mistake - this is not about 'silencing conservatives.' What it IS about is the continued amassing by corporations and billionaires of political power in the US Congress, campuses, public schools, courts, and national security bureaucracies. Honestly, what they want to do is silence the sane voices so they can continue systematically ripping off the treasury and funneling that money into the pockets of billionaires and corporations. So you all know, the last I looked at the federal budget, 54% of the tax revenue comes from income tax paid by individuals, another 30% comes from payroll taxes for medicare and Social Security, and corporations only pay in 9%. Funny how corporations get most of the benefits from our budget and we individuals get short shrift, isn't it?I always wonder why the Republicans are making mouth noises about wanting to cut Social Security and medicare, but what they do not tell us is that Congress has 'borrowed' nearly $3 trillion from the Social Security Trust Fund and not paid it back. I'll bet most people reading this, and certainly most Americans don't know that.\n",
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Skepticism aside, it's way too late to stop or even realistically control A.I. The genie is literally out of the bottle, with more sophisticated iterations of A.I. to come. There's too much financial momentum behind it. OpenAI, the research lab behind the viral ChatGPT chatbot, is in talks to sell existing shares in a tender offer that would value the company at around $29 billion, making it one of the most valuable U.S. startups on paper. Microsoft Corp. has also been in advanced talks to increase its investment in OpenAI. In 2019, Microsoft invested $1 billion in OpenAI and became its preferred partner for commercializing new technologies for services like the search engine Bing and the design app Microsoft Design. Other backers include Tesla CEO Elon Musk, LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman. There are over 100 AI companies developing various Machine learning tasks, new features coming daily. ChatGPT is a genuine productivity boost and a technological wonder. It can write code in Python, TypeScript, and many other languages at my command. It does have bugs in the code, but they are fixable. The possibilities are endless. I can't imagine what version 2.0 or 3.0 would look like. For better and/or worse, this is the future. It is incredible, even at this early stage. This technology is mind-blowing and will unquestionably change the world. As Victor Hugo said, " A force more powerful than all of the armies in the world is an idea whose time has come." Indeed it has.
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"content": "Skepticism aside, it's way too late to stop or even realistically control A.I. The genie is literally out of the bottle, with more sophisticated iterations of A.I. to come. There's too much financial momentum behind it. OpenAI, the research lab behind the viral ChatGPT chatbot, is in talks to sell existing shares in a tender offer that would value the company at around $29 billion, making it one of the most valuable U.S. startups on paper. Microsoft Corp. has also been in advanced talks to increase its investment in OpenAI. In 2019, Microsoft invested $1 billion in OpenAI and became its preferred partner for commercializing new technologies for services like the search engine Bing and the design app Microsoft Design. Other backers include Tesla CEO Elon Musk, LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman. There are over 100 AI companies developing various Machine learning tasks, new features coming daily. ChatGPT is a genuine productivity boost and a technological wonder. It can write code in Python, TypeScript, and many other languages at my command. It does have bugs in the code, but they are fixable. The possibilities are endless. I can't imagine what version 2.0 or 3.0 would look like. For better and/or worse, this is the future. It is incredible, even at this early stage. This technology is mind-blowing and will unquestionably change the world. As Victor Hugo said, \" A force more powerful than all of the armies in the world is an idea whose time has come.\" Indeed it has.\n",
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Maybe Biden should follow the lead of Jacinda Ardern. One should know when "one is the right person to lead and when one is not." Biden has done his job well, but it is time to exit. He may be able to do the job against Trump, but not against younger fresh blood in the Republican party. Why are Democrats not scouting for new blood? These new candidates can celebrate Biden, and Obama, as precedents, and keep some of their policies and open new paths (or follow the same one but with a new face). And all this scandal with the classified papers just shows that Democrats too need to choose their battles in trying to bring Trump down.
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After their guy spent the past few months bonding himself irrevocably to right-wing conspiracy theorists and culture wars, they might want to hit pause on the expansion. Else really lean in and start selling Pepe the Frog, MAGA and Stop the Steal trim packages to get the FoxMax crowd buying.
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Was heartened to see a very full parking lot at Northgate, in north Seattle, the other day, where a new light rail station opened last year. Obviously people are using the lot as a park and ride, to access the city from the north, where there has been a lot of residential development over the past few decades. Let's hope a hybrid office/work from home culture becomes the long term norm, because even with light rail and many tech workers still working from home, traffic is still bad in Seattle. Amazon's 18,000 layoffs should help, too.
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The only problem? I bet AA are getting their lawyers to change the part that left them open to liability as we speak.
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"content": "The only problem? I bet AA are getting their lawyers to change the part that left them open to liability as we speak.\n",
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I was hired by IBM to work in Palo Alto in 1984 so I have seen the tech business cycle up close. There are several facts that people outside (and some inside) of tech don't understand. First, it's incredibly "age-ist". I was surprised that the engineer in the piece allowed his age (48) to be printed. 48 is well past the sell-by date for the most programmers, engineers, and other tech creatives; sales and marketing are a little different but as a colleague said to me during the dot-com boom, "I don't see a lot of gray hair in the office" - he worked at Cisco Systems (as I had earlier).Second, there is a universal refrain during every boom: "this time it's different". When I moved to SV in 1984 it was in year 2 of a recovery that lasted until a major downturn hit tech by 1989. When I joined Cisco in 1992 it was still in the downturn. The "dot-com" boom began with the NetScape IPO in 1995, when Microsoft released Windows95 and the web became accessible to the public. This lasted until 2000. The bust was from 1989-1995 and the boom was from 1995-2000 so each lasted about five years.From 2000 to 2009 tech was fundamentally moribund except for a few players like Apple and Google. THe current boom really began with Facebook's IPO in 2010. VCs cashed in on early investments in a small number of 'unicorns' and funded the current crop of (now failing) startups. That's a 9 year boom. My strong suspicion is that the bust will last nearly as long. This is only round 1.
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So Obamacare, the bipartisan infrastructure bill, hundreds of billions for green technology investment, the Chips Act and more than 10 million new jobs in less than two years of the Biden Administration is not supporting American workers? Good to know. And here I’d thought Trump’s huge tax cut for corporations and the rich might give people the idea that Republicans, as always, support corporations over the little guy.
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I was incredibly relieved not to get caught up in the SW debacle, but AA is certainly not the gold standard. They gave me less than 24 hours notice that they had delayed my return 5:30ish pm flight from Providence to D.C. last summer. Got to TF Green, was told my 8:45 pm flight was pushed to 9:45, then it was 10:45, then 11:45. Finally, after midnight, we start to board. AA offered me $50 in credit, and that was only because I contacted DOT.The airline industry is built on greed. We are well past the time for airline regulation.
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"content": "I was incredibly relieved not to get caught up in the SW debacle, but AA is certainly not the gold standard. They gave me less than 24 hours notice that they had delayed my return 5:30ish pm flight from Providence to D.C. last summer. Got to TF Green, was told my 8:45 pm flight was pushed to 9:45, then it was 10:45, then 11:45. Finally, after midnight, we start to board. AA offered me $50 in credit, and that was only because I contacted DOT.The airline industry is built on greed. We are well past the time for airline regulation.\n",
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i would ask most commenters who cry "Greedy Pharmaceutical Company" to understand that there are almostxalways at least two sides to every issue.I provide these comments as a longtime physician, who cares deeply about patient care, including their out-of-pocket costs for medications.1st, as stated correctly, US patents cover 20 years from patent application. Not stated is that many drugs require at least 10 years in development post-patent submission, so for most drugs "20 years of patent protection" becomes "9-10 years of patent protection".2nd, companies need at least a few "blockbuster" drugs, to compensate for the many drugs that fail in preclinical, Phase 1 trials, Phase 2 trials, Phase 3 clinical trials, and the WORST situation, removing an approved drug from the market (think Merck pulling Vioxx from the market, or Roche pulling Posicor from the market).3rd, even "Blockbuster" drugs usually take 3-5 years to achieve peak sales. Fosamax was launched in 2006, achieved $4B in WW sales in about 2003, and due to a wrongfully decided appeal of a generic chalenge to the "non-obviousness" of going from a daily dose to a once-weekly dose with no formulation change (just a 7-fold increase in the daily dose), came off patent in 2007. So Merck received peak sales for about 4 years.....i share concern about the steady increases in price of Humira, but know that the patent office only apporoves meangful improvements (not just some minor change in excipent, color, etc).
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"content": "i would ask most commenters who cry \"Greedy Pharmaceutical Company\" to understand that there are almostxalways at least two sides to every issue.I provide these comments as a longtime physician, who cares deeply about patient care, including their out-of-pocket costs for medications.1st, as stated correctly, US patents cover 20 years from patent application. Not stated is that many drugs require at least 10 years in development post-patent submission, so for most drugs \"20 years of patent protection\" becomes \"9-10 years of patent protection\".2nd, companies need at least a few \"blockbuster\" drugs, to compensate for the many drugs that fail in preclinical, Phase 1 trials, Phase 2 trials, Phase 3 clinical trials, and the WORST situation, removing an approved drug from the market (think Merck pulling Vioxx from the market, or Roche pulling Posicor from the market).3rd, even \"Blockbuster\" drugs usually take 3-5 years to achieve peak sales. Fosamax was launched in 2006, achieved $4B in WW sales in about 2003, and due to a wrongfully decided appeal of a generic chalenge to the \"non-obviousness\" of going from a daily dose to a once-weekly dose with no formulation change (just a 7-fold increase in the daily dose), came off patent in 2007. So Merck received peak sales for about 4 years.....i share concern about the steady increases in price of Humira, but know that the patent office only apporoves meangful improvements (not just some minor change in excipent, color, etc).\n",
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