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Re:If politicians really wanted to fix SS
it just hasn't happened before the T-bills
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Re:"Pigeonholing Customers"Would they look at me, and decide, "Here is a young person. He doesn't have a lot of money, so we're not going to waste time helping him find what he wants, since he probably couldn't afford it anyway."
Yes. Put them in your shoes. Now that I'm 24 and make twice the average family income whatever this is worth I find it almost impossible to shop unless I know exactly what I want. I guess there aren't too many single guys in their young 20s shopping for really nice vacuum cleaners or $1500 mattress sets. Who knew?
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Re:American mythsSorry, here's a properly formatted link: Casualties of War - Putting American Casualties in Perspective
and here's an article: The Real War was in the East - Eric Margolis
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Re:Isn't this always the case?
In fact most taxes in US are paid by upper middle class (range $150K-$300K income). Once you make over $500K tax burden goes down.
http://www.rationalrevolution.net/american_income_ taxation.htm
Last paragraphs illustrate that.
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Retraction
I said "taxes," not "income taxes." And I *was* wrong; 28% is *way* understated. 28% is their tax *rate*. Sorry about that. 2004 numbers are lower than stated, of course.
But here is interesting look at taxes.
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Re:How about..
Hmmm... maybe in sheer quantity. But for the size of the crime, I think you'd have to look to the rich and powerful as the perps. Long before Enron, the precedent was set by The S&L Crisis - which was the single biggest theft of taxpayer dollars ever. Jim Wright, the Speaker of the House at the time, was forced to step down from his position as a result of that single crime. Daddy Bush's other kid, Neal was up to his eyeballs in that same deal as I recall. He got off scot-free.
Gee - sure hope they're all still living comfortably while poor inner-city kids are being shot by police almost daily.
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Re:What Star Trek needs
Shit, they even did a whole PATRIOT Act thing (years before it was topical)
Dude, laws and government authoirty as explified by the Patriot Act are always topical. Particularly for the European countries where the memories of fascism are still very much alive.
In a way, what I find most disturbing about the Patriot Act is the extrodinary number of Americans who think it is a somehow novel idea, original to the minds of the neo-cons. Please pick up a history book and don't repeat the mistakes of the past. If you can't find a history book in your great country have a look at these links:
The first is "Understanding Fascism" which introduces the concept of fascism, explains what it is and why it came about. The second is perhaps more contentious but please don't immediately dismiss it. If nothing else, it's worth clicking on the link to see this extrodinary image from the early part of the 20th century. -
Re:What Star Trek needs
Shit, they even did a whole PATRIOT Act thing (years before it was topical)
Dude, laws and government authoirty as explified by the Patriot Act are always topical. Particularly for the European countries where the memories of fascism are still very much alive.
In a way, what I find most disturbing about the Patriot Act is the extrodinary number of Americans who think it is a somehow novel idea, original to the minds of the neo-cons. Please pick up a history book and don't repeat the mistakes of the past. If you can't find a history book in your great country have a look at these links:
The first is "Understanding Fascism" which introduces the concept of fascism, explains what it is and why it came about. The second is perhaps more contentious but please don't immediately dismiss it. If nothing else, it's worth clicking on the link to see this extrodinary image from the early part of the 20th century. -
Re:What Star Trek needs
Shit, they even did a whole PATRIOT Act thing (years before it was topical)
Dude, laws and government authoirty as explified by the Patriot Act are always topical. Particularly for the European countries where the memories of fascism are still very much alive.
In a way, what I find most disturbing about the Patriot Act is the extrodinary number of Americans who think it is a somehow novel idea, original to the minds of the neo-cons. Please pick up a history book and don't repeat the mistakes of the past. If you can't find a history book in your great country have a look at these links:
The first is "Understanding Fascism" which introduces the concept of fascism, explains what it is and why it came about. The second is perhaps more contentious but please don't immediately dismiss it. If nothing else, it's worth clicking on the link to see this extrodinary image from the early part of the 20th century. -
Re:Message or Money?
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Re:The successful de-politicization of Einstein...I've just finished reading this excellent article. One of the revelations was that Lindburgh was a supporter of European Fascism and was active in the anti-war movement, claiming that the Communists were the real enemy and that the Fascists were therefore allies of the USA.
Almost all of the major American supporters of the European Fascists were advocates of peace and non-involvement on the part of America. Thomas J. Watson of IBM was a major peace advocate during the 1930s and early 40s, but one of the most vocal and active was famous American pilot Charles Lindbergh.
Lindbergh began a tour of Europe in 1935, and in 1936 he attended the Olympic games in Berlin as a guest of Hermann Georing. Lindbergh became so impressed with Nazi society in 1936 that he strongly considered moving to Berlin as he noted in his personal diary. Lindbergh stayed in Germany for some time and inspected German military facilities, accessed the German Luftwaffe, and attended parties hosted by the Nazis. In 1938 he was given the Service Cross of the German Eagle while attending a dinner party in Berlin.
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