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  1. ATeam

    The Trump Card...

    No wall. No repeal and replace. No GDP increase. No Muslim ban. No NAFTA renegotiation (except a couple minor items). No funding cut to sanctuary cities. No change in business tax rate. No declaration of China of currency manipulator. No reduction in the number of tax brackets. No drain the...
  2. ATeam

    Health Insurance and Expediters

    How many expediters have health insurance now? If the bill now before the U.S. Senate, how many of those expediters will continue to have health insurance of equal or better quality?
  3. ATeam

    Effect of $15 minimum wage

    Being employers and merchants, this issue is of great interest to Diane and me. I did not look closely at either study that was recently announced but understand they came out with divergent conclusions. It's going to be hard to pin anything down because the labor market is affected by multiple...
  4. ATeam

    The Trump Card...

    Opinions are legion about what the GA-6 election results mean or don't mean. I'm reluctant to draw any conclusions beyond the obvious about who won. It would be nice to see some thorough exit poll results but I don't know if any were done
  5. ATeam

    The Trump Card...

    Sad but true. So it falls to us, the individual citizens, to be responsible consumers of the news. Example: Washington Post headline is "Hard-fought House race in Georgia comes to an end as a referendum on Trump." I accept as fact that this race has been hard fought. The campaign activity has...
  6. ATeam

    The Trump Card...

    When critiquing the media, consideration must also be given to those who consume what the media produces. One of the reasons we have corrupt politicians is corrupt voters elect and re-elect them. Many vote for the candidates who will give them what they want by placing their personal interests...
  7. ATeam

    The Trump Card...

    When Diane and I were politically active, I was interviewed by over 100 news reporters. Additionally, I was an occasional guest on the CNN and Fox news talking head shows. Every chance I got after each interview, as the journalists and crews were packing up their gear, I asked the journalist...
  8. ATeam

    The Trump Card...

    I am not without hope. Many who touted ethics in journalism and tout it today are themselves journalists. Reform is possible and can easily come from within the trade.
  9. ATeam

    The Trump Card...

    Apples and oranges. A daily tracking poll asks how do you feel about the president now. An election poll asks how are you going to vote on a future date?
  10. ATeam

    The Trump Card...

    Agreed. That said, a partisan press is not new in American history. A Google search of "history of partisan press" provides some interesting reading.
  11. ATeam

    The Trump Card...

    They said nothing. These are daily tracking polls of the president's job approval rating. In Trump's case, these daily tracking polls began on Inauguration Day. They are a useful indicator because the same pollsters use the same methodology every day. Rasmussen and Gallup numbers differ with...
  12. ATeam

    The Trump Card...

    You don't have to believe it. Check it out for yourself. If you are rooting for Trump like you root for a sports team who you will back no matter what, go ahead and embrace the fake news narrative. If you seek to be open-minded and willing to separate fact from fiction, take that stand and study...
  13. ATeam

    The Trump Card...

    I regularly view the Rasmussen and Gallup daily tracking polls. At present, Trump is near his all-time lows in both. If you follow these polls and the daily news, you will see that the less Trump tweets, the better he does in the polls. The less he talks about the investigations, the less the...
  14. ATeam

    The Trump Card...

    How is his way of fighting back (tweets that continually focus the spotlight on the investigations) working for him? Might another way be more effective? As the investigations get better organized, more fully staffed (Mueller now has at least 20 lawyers under his command or coming on board...
  15. ATeam

    The Trump Card...

    When Trump directed the imposition of new regulations regarding Cuba, for each of those new regulations, which two existing regulations were removed? Remember, he promised to remove two old regs for every new reg imposed.
  16. ATeam

    The Trump Card...

    As I view the political landscape these days, two things stand out. (1) The ongoing drumbeat of daily "breaking news" based on unnamed sources is a calculated and intentional attempt to oust or neuter Trump. The "journalists" who engage in this activity are corrupt. They undermine the power...
  17. ATeam

    Planet fitness or Anytime fitness better for expediting?

    Our Port Orange facility allows monthly dues payments by credit card but we will soon add a surcharge for that option. The trend is away from credit cards and toward EFT (electronic funds transfer - drafts made from bank checking or savings accounts) because EFT is less expensive. Some Anytime...
  18. ATeam

    Planet fitness or Anytime fitness better for expediting?

    Back to the main point of this thread; Planet or AF? Consider price. Consider location availability. Consider true 24/7 operation. Consider equipment availability at peak times. Consider staff and customer service support. Consider changing-room privacy.
  19. ATeam

    Planet fitness or Anytime fitness better for expediting?

    Unknown until locations are selected and leases are signed. Our present location is straight truck accessible but overnight parking is prohibited by our landlord and the city.
  20. ATeam

    Planet fitness or Anytime fitness better for expediting?

    OK. 1,300. The numbers change fast. My "topped 1,000" number came from an article a saw about this a few months back. It's not a big deal for this conversation, but if we want to start picking the fly doo doo out of the rice, a thing to look at is the number of announced locations that are...
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