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"People with real jobs"? I have a real job - there must be more to it than that. :rolleyes: PS Please explain how Frank's legislation helped cause the financial meltdown - it was supposed to place more regulatory power over the banks & Wall St firms, wasn't it? I know it didn't go far enough...

Describing government assistance or welfare as 'unconditional income' just shows you've never applied for any: the conditions are numerous. When I applied for unemployment compensation, [which I earned & paid for in advance], the process took hours, the verification of everything was stringent...

An excellent article that affirms many of the inconvenient truths kept behind the smokescreens of the charges of "Socialism!" and "Communism!" that appear the moment any suggestion of limiting the power of corporate money & influence is made. Those who profess a desire to return to the intent of...

But the Tea Party people weren't concerned about spending money we don't have on wars we didn't need to engage in, were they? They want less spending, but only on the programs & services they have no use for. They want less regulation, but never specify what regulations they mean, exactly. They...

"Secular news"? :confused:

All this angst - you could just do what I do: don't buy health insurance. Pay cash for whatever medical care you require, and if there's a fine for not having insurance, pay that too. That will let the government know how you feel about Obamacare. PS Most Americans were not 'against' Obamacare...

A thing is worth whatever someone is willing to pay for it, period. [Like the grilled cheese sandwich auctioned on Ebay, right?] Responsibility extends further than the shareholders, though, to the society and the government that enables the business to succeed and prosper, IMO.

What "should" a corporate CEO who is demonstrably inept and/or drives the company into bankruptcy get paid? If the question is about what any job "should" pay, the answer is: enough that the employers don't get to shift the costs onto the taxpayers via food stamps and other low income...

That was pretty interesting, and makes a lot of sense. WW2 did change our collective perspective, and prove that mankind CAN destroy the whole world in a moment. Scarier than zombies, totally.

What a great job - congrats! And take it slow with the getting in & out of some of those 'conference centers' [the Reagan Bldg in DC comes to mind, lol] because they can be mined with potential 'gotcha!' spots inside & out. It looks like a really interesting job. :)

If we make it all about numbers, then how do we slot in the variables that make one day's numbers great, and the next day pitiful? Variables like weight, geography, weather, construction/detours, rush hour, and plain old differences in what we can do [everyone has a bad day now & then]. Keeping...

Easy to say, got proof? :confused: [I have to admit I haven't seen the movie]

Turtle: the origins of the Tea Party may be up for debate, as well as their central theme, because there are many very loosely affiliated groups claiming the moniker: grass roots, Astroturf, Koch lackies, [oooh - I should have said minions, lol] and others even less identifiable. Still, as Wiki...

I wish I could believe that. :rolleyes:

I didn't ask where you live. I was responding to your comment that it's "not worth living in the land of taxes and restrictions". Even if you you meant NY specifically, there are taxes and restrictions in every state in the US. The only way to avoid them is to leave the whole country, so...

Hijacking threads where people are engaged in an actual discussion is not "fun" for the others involved, it's actually quite boorish behavior. Not 'boring', but boorish. Look it up.

You're planning to become an expat?

Privatizing the prisons and schools [charters] didn't turn out to be so great, either. The government was and is not supposed to be a 'for profit' enterprise, so the goals and methods are totally different. It would be great to keep the budget balanced, but we, the people, really need to keep a...

I just don't understand the blanket knee jerk opposition to 'regulations'. For one thing, it's much too vague to be helpful, and for another, most people know that regulations are necessary, same as laws, and for the same reason. If there are specific regulations that need revisited, that's one...