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Vanessa Hall Albuterol inhalors (called VENTOLIN /salbutamol in the EU) Averages about $4USD, They are made by GLAXO/WELCOME -the same major manufacturer as in the US. In the US It was costing$54USD (Aetna Ins) when I left the country.
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Greg - you sounded like China needs to have an open southern border like US does.
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Lisa I'll bet some of the productivity drop the articles mangroves is directly attributable to open plan offices. Bad for morale, bad for productivity.
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But even at a large insurance company in Hartford, Connecticut it was like that in 1986. The company, in in-house HR films, was one big family, that you were becoming part of the day that you were hired. The company was going to « be there » for you, if you had any problem. And by consequence, you should seriously consider « giving a little extra » to the company. I remember the day my boss, after 26 years of service, was sent home as part of a massive layoff, because the CEO had bet big on real estate investment, and lost billions. The CEO remained, and my boss was gone. My area was merged with another.
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For everyone recommending electric, is there any concern for power outages?I have a heat pump but I also have a propane space heater for an alternative heat source as well as a propane kitchen stove.So, this set up works great for me and does wonders for my peace of mind. When the power fails, I always have heat and a stove to cook on though there is no water when on a private well so I prepare for that.I use the Crock-Pot a lot and the toaster oven so, in all, my system is rather balanced. I also don't feel frantic when the power is off for days and I would never change it.In addition my gas stove is 35 years old and I have never needed a repair. Every couple of years, I have the gas company clean the stove and heater which costs $50. I would mention too that the heater I bought for $300 lasted for 30 years and it was my primary heat for at least twenty years. No one who has gas should let anyone talk them into something that would not have the same convenience and durability for something that has intolerable downsides.
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OK, I'm a degreed, white collar professional who takes the occasional road trip.I'm not buying the whole "this is what customers want." I don't want or need blonde wood or "artisan" (read: overpriced) food. I take this maneuver to be in the same vein as the $800 million Hochul administration gift to the Buffalo Bills. I'd be happy if they kept McDonald's and simply cleaned the places up a little, and have employees that move faster than the speed of Jello and who are capable of saying "thank you."I won't eat at Chick Fil A because in addition to their awful political/social positions, their food is simply gross in my opinion. As well as Shake Shack's fries and shakes which give me the runs.
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“Twenty years” is being overly optimistic. January 6 was not an attempted overthrow, what happened in congress last week IS your coup. The opening act at your local comedy club is now in complete control of our congress. The “leader” sold out his party to fulfill his selfish dream. He is now a puppet of the ultra right minority and leader of nothing. No ideas, policies, plans…instead, two wasted years of Benghazi, Hunter Biden, the repeated impeachment of Joe Biden, and revenge politics. Twenty or so damaged souls are in charge of America. It can’t happen here? It just did.
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Let's not forget "pay transparency" with regards to CEO compensation. We don't talk publicly enough about CEO salaries. Let's use Staples as an example. Like many other retailers, Staples is likely having difficulty recruiting workers. The CEO of Staples, Ronald L. Sargent, has compensation of more than $10 million a year. Why is it acceptable for Mr. Sargent to make that kind of money, when the average hourly rate for entry level retail associates is $10 an hour? Let's focus on CEO's making less, and paying entry level retail associates more. Does anyone really think that Mr. Sargent could not "survive" on $3 million a year? That "savings" of $7 million could go a long way in increasing the wages of entry level associates.
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All employees at a restaurant actually should be able to afford what they prepare. If they can't, it is simply slavery. No plate is worth $500 period. Post Covid, the industry is slowly accepting the realities of labor costs.
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Bret Stephens is never more hilarious and misleading than when he discusses taxes and the life of the rich. In this column, he'd have you believe that a couple making $400,000 in the US is typical. It's one of the easiest Google searches imaginable: median (meaning smack dab in the middle of everybody in the country) income in the US was $31,133 in 2019, the year that pops up first in a Google search. Double that if you want to get about $62,000 for a couple. But Bret wants you to worry about the stress for a couple making $400,000 a year.
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Paul With the number of people who drive personal vehicles worth $40-60K and service auto loans at over $1K/month, it seems like there are plenty who could support higher taxes to improve public transportation.
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Has Biden hammered Google and all the other tech companies who are firing thousands including a husband and wife, while they rake in billions in profits? Maybe the fact that these same companies who made sure to get him elected with billions of dollars spent on influencing the 2022 election has something to do with his silence.
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A roughly $400 million fine is a rounding error for Meta. They have had almost $30 billion in net income over the past twelve months.Fines like this need to be at least 100x or some percentage of gross revenue (which was almost $120 billion over the past 12 months).
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Michael Faklis It's best to, at most, cosign a bank loan.
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Passkeys are coming and soon passwords will be obsolete, if people trust Apple, Microsoft, and Google to safeguard their accounts. I'll do it. As an Apple user, I've switched from LastPass to Apple Keychain and I think it's a good choice for those using Apple. Ignoring the problem isn't a good idea. Many just pretend that reusing a password over and over is OK. It's not. Good luck to those who do that.
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I returned to school this year, 25 years after I received my bachelor’s degree.One aspect that I think the professor misses: so many of my younger classmates are working incredible hours just to afford school that they don’t have time to think about being curious. They need to complete the class work and they’re done. In my experience so far in my program, I can pass the course just by showing up to class meetings and turning in my assessments on time. Solid writing skills and participation get me the As. As I am much older than my peers here, I find the “secret” to succeeding in grad school to be anything but. It’s been eye opening to see that just by plugging away at something every day, instead of these intense bursts of deadline activity—something I learned through 25 years of professional work—I’m excelling.Surprisingly, I find some basic skills I would expect graduate students to possess: curiosity, competent communication skills, and a desire to prioritize school over fun lacking in many of my peers. It’s strange. No one is making you go to graduate school so if you chose this route, why not make the most of it?
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A tax cut of $100 million and the spending of $100 million on government programs are not equal. Tax cuts allow people to keep more of their own money. Government programs are an attempt to engineer outcomes for favored groups, paid for by those outside those groups. The US Constitution clearly delineates the responsibilities of the federal government, leaving all else to the states. Revenue sharing, by any name, and wallet based coercion by the federal government should end. For instance, the only federal spending on higher education should be for funding the military service academies. The only federal spending on roads and highways should be that which it contributes to the Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways. Not on forcing street signs to be in uniform fonts and colors. Not on bridges on state routes. Medical care spending should be no more than the cost of the VA, strictly limited to confirmed service connected severe disability. It is outrageous that as a Cold War vet, I can access VA care if my income is at the poverty level. Don’t get me started on any GI Bill after WWII. And so on.
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I shutdown my Facebook account yesterday. I saw Maria Ressa speak last Saturday. She opened my eyes to the purposeful deceit incorporated into the algorithms as well as the greed driven policy decisions. Yesterday was the last straw. Any good I derive from the ability to stay in touch with a few people is completely negated by the evil it helps perpetuate.I never had an Instagram account.I would advise businesses that now only use these social media tools as their way to communicate with the public that they are no substitute for a website. Every business should have a simple website with place of business, hours, and contact via phone and email.
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Michael Just what my wife and I were saying. We pay $216 a year for an online subscription. The least they can do, because they are selling an add on is label it an ad!
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This entire fiasco only goes to show the (former) emperor has no clothes: First we see the far-right in open rebellion against formerguy's wishes that they put their support behind McCarthy. Then Lauren Boebert tells formerguy he should tell McCarthy to withdraw from the race.And then last night, on the 10th vote, Gaetz actually formally nominated formerguy to be speaker. During his floor speech, he passionately praised the alleged achievements of the former guy and said that's why he's proud to nominate the guy for Speaker of the House of Representatives. Then one woman (? Boebert?) clapped eagerly from the rebel ranks - FOR A FRACTION OF A SECOND, before she realized she was the only one clapping. Then she stopped, and there was dead silence. You could have heard a pin drop in that chamber.And then there was the vote. The former guy got exactly 1 vote, from the plastic congressman who nominated him. The eager clapper didn't vote for him. None of the other 20 rebels voted for him. Nobody else in the entire chamber was willing to entertain the notion of having Mr. Chaos preside over their business. On that, there was overwhelming bipartisan agreement.I think this could signal a sea change. It is my hope that McCarthy turns leftward to make concessions necessary to win some Democratic support. Perhaps the emerging center of power is from the center.
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lulu believe it or not there is math underlying all of this - as in advanced non-linear optimization and probabilities to inform these opinions by bankers and financial advisors... but no, no one actor controls the global economy, its a complex open system that's as predictable as the weather to most lay-people...
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Only a fool does not see what the Republicans have become! They have no solutions to any of our serious problems beginning with the Climate Crisis; they offer no new ideas whatsoever, other than being vengeful and opening all sorts of ridiculous investigations! Remember, the Benghazi investigation by the GOP of Sec. Clinton? Cost over twenty five million dollars and it was a massive failure! What has the Republican Party done to help Americans in the last fifty years?! Anything? Crickets.
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HSK The 'Paris Review' was funded and financed by the US government, too, for the same reasons... and yet it turned out just fine/was 'above-board'. Governments underwriting institutions is only relevant to remark upon, when you factor in what are the ideals or values those governments (and their people) are standing for.Right now, at the end of the day, the US is standing up for democracy, reason, and international law... by supporting Ukraine's self-defense; whereas Putin's kleptocratic-oligarchic Russia is galloping back to a dark redux of the Gulag Archipelago... jailed journalists and all. Comments like yours are simply designed to obscure the fact that there are substantive differences between our two forms of political organization... and that some (warts and all) are far superior than others.
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You seem to think that the uncle was doing this family a favor, it’s a transactional relationship where he bought the extended family he wanted and has now found out that family is messy and costly and wants out. They’re not pets and even if they were there is no shelter for the children that came out of this twisted and codependent relationship. Don’t make the wealthy individuals into victims, they aren’t.
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Anticipating a move overseas, my step-son recently needed to sell his Tesla. Despite a Blue book estimate of $36K, Carvana would only offer $24K. Fortunately he had enough time to sell it privately for $31K.This suggests Carvana is anticipating a major drop in used-car prices and/or low-balling people who desperately need the money. This is not a promising business model going forward.
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Do OpenAI Large Language Models dream of artificial sheep?
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John I would never go to a CFP who lectured me condescendingly and acted like there was nothing to live for except saving for retirement.(Also, anyone assuming a 7% real return on the stock market will be reliable over a 40-year period [not that it ever happened, but it can be the basis for your life plans] is selling their clients snowflakes. Just saying.)
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That's a total no no for me. Way too many times I have been betrayed by those who I considered a work friend. ex. 1: passed over for a job, "work friend" who was not qualified (as self-confirmed and all others at work) got the job .. could have refused and called out blatant discrimination but did not, just lamented about it to me in private .. that's a coward move and not a friend, ex 2: work friend threw me under the bus, when asked about it afterwards was told that "this is collateral damage." There are many more where this came from. So at this point I earn my pack check, do my work, but don't extend an offer of friendship; I am friendly but reserved.
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A Blinkin is that 999 million Zimbabwe dollars (2.7M USD)?
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As a nation we're going to face more extreme weather and crises in the future, and yet, instead of unifying--you know, the UNITED States of American--we have a vocal, spiteful minority who are invested in disunity, resentment and gratuitous power. In disaster and horror movies, those are the characters that, after bringing the survivors to the brink of extinction, are locked away, thrown overboard, gotten rid of in some way. Alas, this is not a movie, these are not sets, and the actors are real people who experience real pain and loss. I hope enough of us Americans can come together so we don't have more repeats of Covid 2019, where a pandemic didn't look good on their resume, so a few people in power did nothing but watch tens of thousands of Americans die.
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In the sports world, these are offsetting penalties.The comedy is peope fail to see the humor of how unimportant mislaid documents events are.Next joke will be millions of $$ for a new FAA computer which will not work any better.
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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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It’s not “generosity” it’s transactional. Reread the letter and focus on the part about creating an extended family relationship based on money (transactional) and the idea of generosity becomes self serving rationalization.
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Not loving any of these for $500k
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I know it is easy to blame America always, but we are largely blameless. We opened trade with China and this allowed China to industrialize and build its economy. We in the west believe in Free markets and free people. Chinese state adopted a version of capitalism but instead of liberalizing like South Korea and Taiwan decided to become more insular. They restricted access to western products for their citizens. Movies, TV shows had to be censored. American social media companies cannot do business in China. Chinese citizens are not masters of their own destiny as the state dictates every aspect of their lives. Many of us in the west enjoy the benefits of western liberalism, namely - Free markets, Rule of law ( including contract enforcement) and individual rights. In the cold war era, we had to actively defend these values from Soviets. Now, we must brace ourselves to defend them from China. Liberal order will prevail because once people know the values of western liberal order, like Hongkongers, Taiwanese etc they will defend it. We in US, must help them, become the arsenal of democracy, supply planes, ships, munitions to Taiwan to defend themselves. Help Hong Kong citizens by giving the persecuted asylum in the west. We are not responsible for confrontation with China, Chinese state's disregard for Taiwanese and Hongkong citizens aspirations is responsible for this.
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He received a $20 million advance. Only because he is part of the British royalty. Not exactly making it on one’s own.
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Just wondering:Why does the U.S. government feel it necessary to self-censor by stepping gingerly and equivocating in their official words only when it comes to this particular foreign country, while every single U.S. taxpayer is forced to pony up toward contributing billions of dollars per year so that the current Israeli government can continue to enforce its illegal occupation, construction of settlements, theft of land and resources, and ongoing violence against the indigenous Palestinian population day in and day out, year after year, while they remain caged in an open-air prison in their own homeland, all in direct violation of international law? That is exactly what is happening, and the rest of the world can see it quite clearly because nobody is censoring their information or opinions. That only happens in the U.S., as far as I can tell.Meanwhile, millions of American taxpayers who are just one health problem away from potential bankruptcy are forced to subsidize an already wealthy nation which has a national healthcare system, thanks in part to their massive financial contributions, and the U.S. remains the only advanced industrialized nation on the planet which does not guarantee its citizens their internationally recognized human right to at least minimally adequate healthcare. This is a scandal and an abomination. This reality cannot be censored out of existence, no matter how hard some might wish it possible. It remains real and true.
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28 years ago I began 9 weeks of radiation for a tumor on the base of my tongue and they gave me coffee ensure, which I didn't like, so rarely used.And my weight went from 170 to 120.They told I'd be back to normal in two weeks, it took 6 months and a couple of times I thought I was a goner.Now I'm 75 and trying to stay alive by swimming and biking.And for some reason, I now love coffee ensure. It tastes like miracle food perfection, but it's $17 dollars for four small boxes.I'm no longer as hungry, punctual and alert as I once was and I figured having an ensure would make up for my lack of meals or meals not balanced.But to economize, I dropped 'em.I have all my life used more than a little sugar -- what are the downsides of that?I have frappacino mochas, Oregon chai, oatmeal with honey, almost every day. And some days the mochas have whipped cream on top.I like food that tastes good. Lamb fat and bacon. My vegan girl friend gives me soy milk or noodles without cheese and butter... and I can barely eat them.The radiation burnt up my saliva glands and damaged my taste buds so I have to work hard to get much taste. It reminds me of my great uncle who didn't want to go to the best roadhouse in the state because "I can't taste anything, anyway." He'd always vote to go to the Roy Rogers drive in, which was about as disgusting as the old folk's home dinner last night when I visited my best surviving friend.It makes me wish I lived in France again.
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Excellent piece, and thanks for making me laugh about it, and for making all of that effort to enlighten us on how impossible it truly is! I've tried to go single-use plastic free--you are much braver--and even that's almost impossible. I've found that bringing my own bags and containers, and shopping in bulk eliminates a big chunk of SUP. It's a little bit more work, but all of those glass containers look really awesome in my pantry. And of course reusable bottles make a big dent. (all those Starbucks cups are lined with plastic). One of the best things I did was divest from my bank--it was one of the top investors in fracking and the fossil fuel industry, and their shareholders recently voted to continue doing this. I switched to First Republic--they don't invest in the fossil fuel industry and have better customer service. If a lot of us did this maybe these banks would take notice and stop investing in the plastic (ie oil) industry.
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According to a recent NPR news clip, there are 600 billion dollars of tax money that could be collected without raising taxes if the IRS had the staff to do so. And who knows how much would be collected if everyone just paid their fair share of taxes. What a bunch of whiners - complaining about everything but not offering up a single solution.
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I would never suggest that the federal government should cut back on supporting Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, infrastructure, child poverty, fighting global warming, etc., etc. Indeed, I think the government should devote more resources to these issues. Nevertheless, $31 Trillion is a lot of money to owe, even for a wealthy country like the US. At some point that debt has to stop growing and maybe even diminish. Why can't we raise taxes on the wealthiest Americans to lower that debt? I'm not talking about the average American who is earning less than $100,000 per year. There are thousands, probably millions, of Americans who earn well in excess of that figure each year. Yet they slide by paying very little of the earnings in taxes that this society allows them to take in. Isn't it time that they pay their fair share to contract the national debt? One other thing we can do is stop inflating the obscene Pentagon budget every year like we are the sheriff of the world. Time to get that budget number down to a reasonable number.
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Biden, who was VP, left office January 2016. The first office where the classified documents were found, the Biden Center, was only opened in February 2018. So for two years these documents were somewhere else. Then, they had to be moved from point A to point B. Who did the moving, how were the documents safeguarded, what was left behind and did all persons involved have proper security clearances? Then, after the move these and other documents were still out there for four more years, and yet the National Archives never missed them? Something just doesn't smell right about this.
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The source of the current decline accelerated during the Reagan/ Thatcher partnership when they promoted the idea that government was at the bottom of most of our problems. The result is that the economy is regulated just enough for the wealthy to gain more wealth and those on the bottom to scrounge around for scraps. Brexit promised a fool’s paradise of a past that never existed. Instead, it’s helped create a modern version of Dickens England. Imagine if all the wealth of London real estate was spent on social needs.
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𝗘𝗮𝘀𝘆 𝗛𝗶𝗻𝘁𝘀 in case you're stuck 🐝 Have a bee-utiful day! (Today's Total: 30 words, 𝟭 𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺)AM - 1 word(4) short for combat supplies such as bullets and gunpowderAT - 2 words(4) a particle of matter that consists of protons, neutrons and electrons(6) nuclear/AT4 +icAX - 2 words(5) a self-evident truth that requires no proof(𝟵) self-evident/AX5 +aticCA - 2 words(4) short for a sleeveless undershirt(4) the type of pattern on an Army combat uniformCO - 4 words(4) a state of prolonged unconsciousness(5) funny, making you want to laugh/a cartoon magazine or book(5) ,(6) entrust/consign, as in a romantic relationship IM - 1 word(4) one who leads Muslim worshippers in prayerMA - 6 words(4) injure so severely that it causes lasting damage(4) mom(5) momma/the previous MA4 with two m's(4) a long skirt that goes just above the ankle, (5) +m, (6) +maMI - 3 words(4) a shiny mineral with a layered structure(4) a protective glove used in baseball or baking(5) copy/imitate somethingMO - 4 words(4) a deep, wide channel dug around a castle(4) open to discussion/debatable(5) mom (see MA5 hint)(5) a phrase that expresses a belief or ideal/a life mo___OM - 1 word(4) leave outTA - 1 word(6) a Japanese mat used as a floor coveringTO - 3 words(6) 🍅 (6) a male domestic cat(6) a small song bird𝗘𝗻𝗱 🐝 Hope you all reach Queen Bee today!
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TH "Tech innovation is still the future, ..."Arguably, any company that has found itself with activist investors with large positions showing up to their shareholder meetings has already gone past the stage of "innovation". Instead, they would have devolved to the stage of share price management and value extraction. To come beyond that is any of:* Going back private* Sale of the company as a whole* Breakup of the company and sale of its parts* Bankruptcy* Bankruptcy and unwindingNot much to see there.
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Bill (cont.)It has become a regular focus of my conversation, to my Partner's continuing annoyment. Phrases like AT SEA have entered my use-vocabulary, as in "At the store today, trying to decide between regular and Double-Stuf Oreos, I was totally AT SEA." I regularly speak (but not shout) in ALL-CAPS.I don't remember at what date I began reading the Wordplay column, or what prompted me to post a comment: it's unlike me to comment on news articles, and participating in Wordplay remains as close to "Social Media" as I get. In the meanwhile, my life has become filled with voracious flightless ratites, deceptive Meso-American foodstuff, towns in East-central Massachusetts and volcanos in Hawaii. And especially, I have found a group of acquaintances who are literate and witty, and in the main positive and polite. Thank you all.Health and Happiness, Peace and Prosperity in 2023 to Deb, Caitlin, Rachel, all constructors, and all my fellow Wordplayers.
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You’d think $500 per person would be plenty!!
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Even with Manchin, the Democrats passed two massive spending bills. Even with all that money spent, the federal minimum wage, the most effective antipoverty program, is still $7.25 an hour. Some Repubs, like Mitt Romney, were willing to increase it to 11 or 12 an hour, but Dems decided to spend money instead.We need more Manchins, maybe Kyrsten will team up with him and put a stop to the spending madness.Manchin should run as an independent to enhance his changes of winning. If you think Manchin is bad, wait until you see who replaces him.
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Paul, it would be helpful for you examine long-term care in Medicaid. The original statute from 1965 mandates long-term care in hospitals, nursing homes, and other institutions. All other services are optional. The truth is that all other services are much less expensive and allow seniors and disabled people to live independently in freedom, while institutions are a form of imprisonment for people who have committed no crime, whose human rights are ignored. Nursing homes say they care, but all they want is revenue (profit). Independent living can save taxpayers between 66% and 75% of the cost! All states should be chomping at the bit to get people out of nursing homes and investing hugely in consumer-directed home care. Bilions can be saved every year by just this one budget line-item and used to pay down federal and state debts.Please join the disability justice bandwagon on this issue and make tons of noise. Policy, practice, and our collective behavior must change.
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"Along with the prison term, the judge imposed three years of supervised release and more than $10 million in restitution to the Internal Revenue Service. Mr. Singer was also ordered to forfeit millions of dollars in assets."What happens if (when?) this criminal does not turn over these assets?
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Chris Williams "Perfect is the enemy of good."In a county of 5.1 million people there have been, to date, 2.165 million Covid cases and only 2839 deaths. Jacinda Ardern closed down New Zealand until almost 90% of the population were vaccinated. There were many methods to attack the Covid pandemic, from China's zero Covid to Sweden's fully open policy. Judging by the results, on balance, New Zealand's was one of the best.The damage inflicted on the living by COVID policies can be repaired and, in most cases, will be mitigated with time but death is final.
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The AG should give the Special Counsels total freedom to investigate and to indict or not. Let them be responsible for explaining their actions to the American people and Congress. And make that clear to all. This is the only way that DOJ can convey to those with open minds that it has operated fairly and with the best interests of the nation in mind.
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At a time when theories of openness lay tattered for reasons too many to name here, this decision bolsters a key remaining cornerstone --the ability to acknowledge and correct mistakes. Policy making, we can be grateful, is tending toward "evidence-based policy," and away from op-eds, or the calcified views of "leadership" overinvested in their personal correctness.
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MikeThis is a difficult decision to either return to work in a profession where there is great need or to use the time I might have to pay attention to physical and mental health needs that were neglected by an all consuming job. This is my time to choose. I am tugged in both directions just recently acknowledging the inevitable, the process of aging. Today people will come first, those in my extended family.
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Rosie Nadella is not an empty suit. Intelligent technologist with a high emotional quotient who drove the massive cultural change internally. Many in technology believe he brings tremendous value relative to pay. Can't argue with success of the company or it's products, it's almost like a utility the world needs.Capitalism has its faults, but what's the alternative? To you I say, America, love it or leave it. There are a lot of people dependent on Microsoft that don't work there. You're entitled to being a keyboard warrior all you want, but I'm on the inside at Microsoft, and it's a great company, genuinely cares for its people. That's not hyperbole. The severance package is 2 months+1 week for every 6 months of service, 6 months benefits, pro-rated bonus, 6 months vesting stock, and services to support your job search, plus 60 day notice even where its not legal. Most companies can't afford that, but it is something. Empty suits don't offer this.
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David Kiel do you really think Microsoft is in some 'wildcatter' days?the company is about over 45 years old.
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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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I recently booked a car through Expedia. When I arrived at the counter, the company demanded an extra $200 because they required an international driver's license. Expedia sent an email before I arrived outlining that I needed a license in English only, which I had. I walked away after the rental company tried this scam on other drivers. Expedia did not stand behind me, they threw me under the bus. I left payed for a rental at another company, but still lost the money from the first company. My advise, use Expedia to find out who is working at the airport and book direct. The credit card also threw me under the bus, because Expedia claimed it was't their fault, but I payed Expedia, not the rental company. NEVER will use Expedia again.
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Republican anti democratic rhetoric and actions, that undermined support in the mid terms, will be on full display going forward. Democrats have a chance to exploit the middle economic range of voters, alarming the normally conservative voting block of seniors, when the MAGA haters and bigots go after SS and Medicare benefits. Yeah, lets channel those paycheck contributions into the market allowing more stock buy backs, jacking up share prices and increasing stock grants to the corporate .01 percenters.
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Anyone as prejudicial and overtly political as this man should not be involved in a public college, or any college for that matter. Higher education should be an inherently liberal and open process, private or public.
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FunkyIrishman Privatizing medicaid has already happened. Most states and counties take their medicaid funds and channel it to for profit companies like Optum, who in turn restricts access to care to improve their profit margins for their investors.
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That's simple. Chicago School trickle-down economics calls for massive privatization, deregulation and gutting public program in favor of the vaunted 'invisible hand' of the market, which to their minds is a beneign, rational force that will balance everything out. That does not work now, did not work in the past, and will never work in the future. In areas where the profit motive is in direct conflict with the interests of the people being served, it is a role for government. For example, if your kitchen was on fire and you called 911, you would be enraged of the dispatcher wanted a credit card number to send one truck, but for a premium price you could upgrade to two trucks. We would never stand for that.Research and development likewise ought to be publicly funded. Privately funded research is necessarily driven by the profit motive. If we allow our government to fund more research and development in things like hydrogen batteries, water conservation, mitigation of plastic waste and so on, we'd all be much better off. Wall-Street greed is a poor partner for discoveries that SHOULD be low- or no-cost and benefit everyone. Like insulin, which we now pay dearly for in sacrifice to the Golden Bull idol of Wall Street.
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It's not just sugar/carb content. The processed food industry invests millions to develop products that trigger the senses (sight, touch, hearing as well as taste/mouth feel) in multiple ways to keep us coming back for more until their packages are empty. They have learned through research how to overcome willpower and group reinforcement to trigger brain receptors that ultimately, given time and weak moments during illness or injury, lure us away from the bland and back to the their sensor-electrifying wares. It's why more than 90% of those who enter diet and exercise programs rebound to their peak weight, or higher within five years.Pharmaceutical appetite suppressants are the right areas to explore until the war on food processors takes effect. The secret is to go to war with the food processing companies' scientists, commercially, legally, and perhaps legislatively, until they admit not just what's in their products, how they are designed and made to guarantee they will be irresistible, and what techniques and substances might thwart them and destroy demand for their products.
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The governor’s “Pay Wall” for his second inauguration party says it all - $1 MILLION DOLLARS buys you access, and a rubber chicken and peas dinner, with the Governor. If you were paying attention, you would think this character caters only to the Ultra Rich. Your intuition is correct. He’s the shill of Billionaires.
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Ya know, I still found a cooler chock full of cartons of a dozen large grade AA eggs for sale at my local Fred Meyer (Kroger) two days ago for $2.49. What egg shortage? And why is it Joe Biden's fault if some people are lying about eggs?
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Tech workers aren’t overpaid. One designer or engineer can design/build a product which could be used by thousands/millions/even billions of users. A designer paid $200-$300k at a tier 1 company could then make then company millions in gross profit. Companies realize this value and many are willing to pay for it and thus a market rate develops.
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Cut the Defense budget by 10%. Cut Oil & Gas subsidies, period. Cut all corporate subsidies, period. Roll back all Trump-era tax cuts for those making more than $400,000 a year. Signed, A voting Independent
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Ivan Trump was in power for 4 years. This year and last year's deficits combined are 4 trillion based on this article, for a mean of 2 trillion a year under Biden. So for Trump to have had 3 times as much deficit during his tenure that would have to be 2 trillion per year x 4 years x 3=24 trillion. This was clearly not the case.
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What strikes me most about this article is seeing how greedy and narcissistic these GOP donors are. This man gave 200k to a campaign, all bc he wants to fight having to pay taxes in which the proceeds might help others. It’s so grotesque and these “people” do not qualify as human beings anymore.
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Mark Crypto is nothing but a pyramid scheme, however, the price of Bitcoin today is $23,000 so people who bought it when it was under $100 are still laughing at at those of uswho don't like it.
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Sarah And it was the NY field office that put all the pressure on Commey to announce that he had reopened the HRC email case 11 days before the 2016 election - we laugh at Guiliani now because he looks clueless - but he tainted the entire DOJ/FBI in NY with his corruption....
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phyl Because people rebelled against the strict lockdowns and the government could no longer control the protests. In my opinion, the government chose to lift the lockdowns in order to avoid being seen to fail at containing the protests.What is missing is the intermediate step, in which the government develops effective vaccines during the strict lockdown phase and fully vaccinates everybody before opening up. The Chinese people have been poorly served by their government.
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Practically the exact same words that we've read time and time again during extreme weather events driven by climate change. California is running a $28 billion budget reserve, monies set aside for economic uncertainties, yet for some reason the state can't find a way to direct some of this money to aid the homeless which live there. This is a very strange notion coming from a state which traditionally leans far left regarding social issues. So I guess we'll continue to just read about the pain of the homeless in California instead of any actions by the state to quell their plight.
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I'm from a town of 3,000 without notable industry or commerce, but with a lot of cows. Local culture still revolves around football, basketball and baseball--in that order. The central fallacy of rural folk is that the world has't changed, and therefore they don't need to either.The bottom line: rural America will continue to wither, becoming little more than farmers (necessary!) and the old, as the young migrate to cities seeking grater opportunity and excitement. That's okay! Democrats should provide as much palliative financing as they can. For example, paying every current coal miner $100K for the next 25 years (until the average age is 65) would cost barely $100 B, just over $4 billion per year (only two ten-thousandths of GDP!). Would some workers retrain? Sure. With an average age above 40, would most? Probably not. That's fine! Pay them a UBI whether they get another job, or not. Rural welfare is going to happen in any case, so the Democrats should make hay out of it.Our economy is now service-oriented, and cities are just the best place to deliver them. All of life's infrastructure, from roads to firehouses, doesn't scale down; it's much more expensive to maintain in sparsely populated areas. Small-town Iowa or Maine will never be as productive as Brooklyn, so stop pretending it can be. Instead, do what's needed to keep the country out of Republican hands. That requires massive federal largess--and hammering this fact home to every Fox viewer in the country.
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ONLY $225,000?!? That's chump change in NYC. Perhaps we will learn of other sums as the case develops.
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I live near Dumbarton Rail and attended several meetings about the proposal. I commend Facebook for taking the initiative to bring attention to this issue in a major way. I was hopeful that the recently passed infrastructure bill would include funds to rebuild this line, and include a stop in East Palo Alto that directly links to Caltrain or BART. Dumbarton Rail will be a game changer for East Palo Alto, and there will be tens of thousands of jobs near to a University Avenue stop in EPA by the time construction is completed. I dream of the day when I can take a short bike ride on the bike trail near my house to a train station, and ride up to San Francisco quickly and easily. Investing in Dumbarton Rail is the best use of government funds. Silicon Valley will only continue to grow, and we need non-car transportation options. I hope leaders at all levels of government will see that this should be a high priority, and secure the funding to rebuild this line.
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Florida reopened in September 2020. Most studies show kids in school had lower rates of infection, but the number of children being infected was low and it's hard to derive much from small samples.Teachers complained. School administrators complained. A few parents complained. Students were allowed the option to attend in person or virtually, and later, whether or not to wear a mask. Some, of course, caught Covid. Whether they ran into the thing inside or outside of school is impossible to ever know, but the stats say outside.Kids who got Covid had to go remote, as did teachers, and lives were upended. Still, the numbers were not that large despite anecdotal stories plastered throughout the media. Wear a mask, don't wear a mask; go to school in person, don't go in person. Stay home or go out. Covid is so virulent, so easily passed about, by now most have had some exposure. Since huge majorities of infections result in mild symptoms, that's okay.A lot of people died from Covid, up to a million some say. It dropped in out of the blue and our leaders did what they thought best for their constituents. They all had at least minor differences of what to do. This idea of "science by consensus" after less than a year of study is antithetical to science. Every scientific experiment, every discovery, must include a null hypothesis, a chance what was "proven" is wrong. The problem with Covid was anything contrary was dismissed and ridiculed, rather than studied. So it goes.
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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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Laura My wife has the main "all access" NYT subscription that we both share. When I started working the puzzle and commenting here it was awkward because I was using her login. So I picked up a Games subscription for $20 a year to get my own unique access.
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Author here. Little known anecdote: DT worked w ghostwriter for “The Art of the Deal” (of course). He gave Tony Schwartz (ghost) half the advance and half the royalties… unheard of! Schwartz made hundreds of thousands of dollars off the royalties and felt so guilty at the charade he’d created that he donated the $$$ to liberal/democratic causes. The ghostwriter generally gets a flat fee (less if his name is on the cover) and I’ve never heard of ANYONE getting royalties. Another anecdote: I’ve heard Mike Ovitz used 4 writers for his memoir (which I thought was extremely well written). I noticed that he didn’t thank/acknowledge anyone… giving the impression he’d written it himself. Which I thought was a bit cheesy.
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Sierra Morgan Sillers Colisieum is named for a former MS Speaker of the House. He authorized the sale of bonds to finance the construction of the basketball arena. He didn't donate anything.He was a racist, a white supremacist, and a segregationist. That our basketball teams are playing there while being majority Black young men and women, and also a few international students depending on recruiting, would have him angry and even now he is rolling in his grave.
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A kid-gloves interview. Why wasn't he asked how long Southwest has known their scheduling system needed an upgrade? About whether some of the $5.6 billion (that's not a typo!) in stock buybacks the few years prior to the pandemic might have been better spent on this?
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Another result of the dumbing down of U.S. education. How many research type Phds do you think the country had back in the 1930s and 1940s? We spent a % of U.S. GDP on research back then (say 3%), and most of it went to a select group of qualifed research Phds around the country that had to meet strict requirements to get into that elite group. Then the U.S. decided we needed more Phds, but found that, alas, the percentage of the population that could honestly neet the requirements of entering such an "elite" group was no higher in the 1950s than it was in the 30s and 40s. So the only way to get "more Phds" was to lower the requirements for getting into that "elite' group. In other words, that group of Phds became less and less "elite" over time. Today we have a plethora of Phds with no way to actually ascertain which ones are truely the "elite" in their fields. So our 3% of GDP spend on research today gets spread over a much larger group of Phds - 2/3 of which likely really aren't particularly qualified and most likely would never have been granted entry into that elite group of Phds back in the 30s and 40s. Our research investment has been diluted by the average quality level of the Phds that we invest in. This end result is no surprise.
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Alan Americans are not capable of following directions. They lack precision and focus and are generally poor workers compared to those in East Asia. This is a nice absolute fact. I have taught at the university level in the USA and Hong Kong, and there is simply no comparison in the attitude toward work, commitment, directions, and authority between students and staff in both locations. This difference extends to every element of society: pharmacies, small businesses, banks, electricians, house cleaners, everything! The level of overall competence in every respect is ten times higher in Hong Kong than in the USA. Of course, we aren’t making chips here, but the fundamentals of the cultural and behavioural aspects are the same. I am saying quite literally that people here make fewer mistakes in everything they do. Because there is little room for error and failure is unacceptable.
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Florida Man V Aren't you concerned about Jared receiving 2 BILLION from the Saudis and Ivanka receiving 34 China trademarks? The Jan 6 hearings laid out how Trump planned the coup well before the 2020 election, sorry Fox failed to tell you the truth.
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Guns per 100 peopleUS: 120.5Canada: 34.7Germany: 19.6Gun murderers per 100000 peopleUS 3.4Canada 0.6Germany 0.1from Small Arms survey 2017, published in NYT May last year.Germany: Practically no carriage (open or concealed) allowed outside of your private, fenced, propertyAndre
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Afi but it's not like the "bottom" did a bad job. You can't walk on water every year.It's $$$$ to hire and train new workers. My company just let all the contractors go. We had a lot. Those of us who are left are drowning. We think the contractor re-hiring will start in summer, but most will be hired elsewhere.
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How many trillions of dollars have been spent by the US over the decades to contain the USSR and then Russia? How many more will need to be spent if Russia is let to prevail? By giving Ukraine whatever it needs now to win will be a penny’s compared to future investments.We also must recognize that it will be a message well delivered to China and any other tin pot autocrat who would consider annexing its neighbors land.
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Franchisors are the worst. Investors are ruining this country from residential homes to childcare. All men sticking their aggressive unethical greedyl noses where they don't belong. I just bought an expensive townhome in a nice neighborhood. Of course investors are also rushing in. They don't care about property taxes or expenses. They just write it all off. Why should I spend $750K on a townhome when the next door is a rental? It rents for $4,250! Seriously? At least we have a HOA to which I will report anything wrong.
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Many of my American friends believe the swift firing was driven by the race of the officers, and have seen that pattern before. That white officers see repercussions much more slowly. Do you have a report of the killing of black people over the past 5 years, the race(s) of each officer, and the speed at which investigations were open and consequences were felt?
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I’ll say it again. “America the land of the greedy and the home of the grifter.” Both Political parties are gigantic money machines with billions of dollars at play. The absurd amount of money spent on campaigns only primes the pump for grifters more interested in keeping the job for the money and connections. Term limits across the board could fix that.
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But I'm sure in a few months, Microsoft will be back to usual and calling for a limitless supply of H-1B visas and that they just can't find talent.
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Rural Progressive And you are not paying any taxes either whereas the people who buy gas are paying about 5 cents a mile (at least in CA). That's about $7.4 Billion in annual revenue that the state will have to replace. Possibly with a GPS toll system that tracks time and distance on roads.
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To pick up on a point made by Vincent of CT, while I agree completely with the article, one cannot overlook the immense cost of the US health care ‘system’ for governments at all levels.As of 2020, the US spent approximately $12,000 per capita on health care; Switzerland was next with around $7,100; Germany next with around $6,700; and the Netherlands fourth with about $6,300 (figures PPP adjusted). Counting tax breaks for health insurance (revenue not collected on income in kind), Federal, state and local governments cover close to 2/3’s of the US total. This means that US government health care spending equals or exceeds total spending per capita of the next highest country, Switzerland. Yet the US is the only industrialized country without universal health insurance coverage.By no means is all of US health care spending wasteful, but our health care outcomes are poor nevertheless. Attacking this problem is no easier than raising taxes. Both require fighting economic forces that are close to invincible. But as Nelson Mandela famously said, “It always seems impossible until it’s done.”
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Education should be free as the single most important investment any society can make in its future. All colleges and trade schools should be free to anyone capable of doing the work and earning passing grades. The Scandinavian and Nordic countries are the highest taxed people on the planet. They are also the best educated and happiest people on the planet. In every metric they are consitently in the top five.
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Will they still have a coffee option open past 8 pm? After dark I walk past closed Starbucks and Lavazza stands to McDonald's line for my vegetarian choices of fries (I try not to think about the cooking oil), milkshake and hot coffee to power me through another hundred miles. McDonald's isn't the best food and I'll welcome some more plant options, but someone better be ready to sell me coffee at night.
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On the other hand it buys them a little more time to figure out a plan b. I think it’s actually pretty nice of Microsoft.
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Andrew Szakmary - yes, it's a superficial article (not that it claims to be comprehensive).With rent you can generally expect the cost to rise slowly over time, while with an owned property you can expect appreciation.Appreciation isn't always guaranteed in the short to medium term but for most periods it will occur.In that type of situation people will generally get the biggest benefit from leverage. Appreciation will usually exceed the mortgage rate on borrowed funds. As an owner will typically put down 10% on a first time home purchase the mortgage loan becomes a source of wealth.Secondly, making monthly mortgage payments is a form of structured savings. While initially only a very small part of the mortgage payment goes to toward equity, in later years it accelerates.Third, when real estate appreciates the gains compound so the rate of return on the initial investment increases over time. Conversely the mortgage payment doesn't increase.
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Ben Ross "To me it is insane how open borders allow miliiions, upon millions of uneducated people to cross the border. Anyone who says they don't cost taxpayers money is flat out lying. And to support those immigrants requires a big cut out of any paycheck in taxes."Rightwing memes are not facts.
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The main thing I get from this thorough story is that it's been too easy for folks who owe $1M in taxes to not have to pay up. Don't let the GOP ignore that aspect if they're going to go after HB. They're already trying to defund.
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