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- Is Ms. Stevens serious? She didn't know that Josh Brolin/Tommy Lee Jones play K. She's never played Battleship? I'm having real doubts on why I ought to accept her opinion.
- A dark fairy-tale I cannot count the number of parents who will damage their too young kids because "It's just another telling of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs..." EVEN IF it's rated PG-13.
Nightmares ensue....
- @hjs11211 -
I would'nt call it 'require', I would call it 'gaming the system'. My smart-a** answer is that most of the Red states are represented by Republicans and they need to get some goodie for their state or they won't go along with legislation--regardless of the statutes other merits - If you want their vote, they have to get something for it.
Secondarily, the infrastructure in the Red states is usually underfunded by their local and state authorities, so Red States need the Fed dough to keep from falling apart. This is a correlation, not a universal.
And a more considered answer...In a country with Progressive rates, taxes are a form of income distribution. Therefore, it's only natural for taxes to flow from those with means to those without them. I guess Red States being net tax gainers means that Red States are more broke.
- Did you folks not catch the fact that 100% of the 'Optimististic' - the folks for whom the Great Recession is over (or never happened!) feel that their standard of living will be higher in ten years than it is today?!?
Zero percent of the folks who have NOT already made it, are certain their standard of living will improve over the next decade.
What greater indicator do you folks need that we, ourselves, feel the game is rigged and those who are currently benefiting from the rigged structure think that the game will continue to be rigged in their favor?
We need to put some of those Optimistic in doubt so we can improve things for the rest of us.
- @jgarbuz -
Interesting. Your mom sounds like quite a woman.
- Women who would vote Romney over Obama clearly don't see the chains underneath the silken glove....
The failure of the President to lead us out of the GOP-induced recession is only half his problem. The GOP (Senate, House and GOP-held governorships and state houses) have been standing on the brakes with both feet in order to keep the economy in recession.
I would never vote to reward such anti-American behavior.
- Has anyone fact-checked the Romney 2% statement? I find it very hard to swallow.
Will Brian ask ML if there is a point at which Mr. Murdoch should step down from his leadership role in FNC? If he doesn't step down, would she resign?
- @gary from queens
Simple answer: Because the Republican Senate would filibuster it.
Going back to what worked is not the answer, the Volcker Rule is the modern equivalent to Glass-Steagal. The Senate has filibustered that, too. Re-enabling the split between investment banking and public banking is a good idea.
The only solution, elect enough Democrats to neuter the Republican objections. Sounds extreme but I am convinced that the GOP does not have the country's best interest at heart.
- Did any of you watch the two Frontlines on Money, Power and Wall St? If we don't regulate the risky behavior the system WILL crash again. The only question is when. When it does, we need to be prepared to get more 'relief' for the little guy than we got the last time.
2% mortgages,
Credit card writedowns and
college tuition loan relief.
That is if we still have any stretch left in the system to bail them out again without crashing everything.
- @jgarbuz -
BS. The 'marriage is religious' argument is a canard. Marriage is a state-enforced contract. Divorces are issued by state courts. The "I do", ring sharing, broom jumping, stomp on glass part of the marriage ceremony is theater. The actual wedding takes place when you SIGN THE CONTRACT. And that's the part that should be legal for gays and straights. Please stop the 'civil unions' is just as good as game. That just leads to court cases and the only ones that get anything out of that are the lawyers.
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