The problem I have with Aldi in the US is that they'll advertise something like a 5000W portable gas generator for $350, then only send two to the stores so that unless you camp out in front of the store with a kubotan to fed off your opponents (some call them "shoppers"), you ain't gettin' one.
Unfortunately, people believe these lies because they, in fact, are the ones who want to remain oblivious to the problems in our nation. Just like Fermion, they want to shoot the messenger, and keep swiping the credit card.
My estimate, based on the cost of the stimulus divided by the number of single-family homes, indicates that we could have indeed installed low-end systems on every home at about $6,000 each.
I'll assume you're either a union boss or a lifetime apartment dweller. The rest of us who have, you know, read books and looked up our local codes, do our own electrical work from time to time. Some things are really not DIY (like HVAC installation) but others are.
The railroads weren't "heavily subsidized initially". They existed for quite some time before the federal government donated land and held bonds so that the Central Pacific and Union Pacific could build the transcontinental railroad.
Secondly, you say that "Ideally you would want a world where you have unlimited energy that required no money (ie jobs). This is true If and Only If the gains from increased efficiency are allocated in a manner that gives you a slice of the expanding pie.
UNLIMITED energy. Unlimited means that it has no limits... the pie is infinite. In economics, this also means that the energy is free because supply will always infinitely exceed demand.
Improvements in efficiency do you absolutely no good if somebody with more market power than you have is capturing them. This would appear to be the case. Under such conditions, the people with less market power(ie. about the bottom 95%) don't have a rational interest in efficiency; because they won't capture the gains from it.
If you really believe this, try reading about the effect of Henry Ford's assembly line again, or the Tropicana OJ train. Our public schools have been doing a great job of obscuring the effects of supply and demand in an effort to bring Marxism back like it's 1899.
Um no they can't. The Social security trust fund isn't some giant vault with stacks of $100 bills but is filled with a bunch of I.O.U.s that are government bonds, so nothing to tap here
Actually, as the GP poster stated, it's already included in the debt calculation, so dipping into it doesn't affect the total debt and is therefore irrelevant to the debt limit.
Are you really that stupid? Your finances must be hell. Are your choices, when you run out of money, to either get another credit card or demand a raise from your boss? By the way, raising taxes doesn't always raise revenue. Even if everyone is a Joe Biden-like patriot and doesn't stash his money in a tax shelter, you need a strong economy to increase revenues and we don't have it.
You're right. Wilson was a lot closer to a fascist. After winning reelection on the slogan, "He kept us out of war," he immediately placed the USA into the war, imprisoned protesters without so much as a trial, and re-segregated the military.
Enough of this drivel. What's fair? The 35% they pay now? The 39.6% they paid under Clinton? The 70% they paid under Kennedy? Or the 94% they paid under FDR?
Yes, he did change his requirements. He continually asked for "compromise", and when he was presented with one, he rejected it. Why? Because what he meant by "compromise" was, "tax increases".
Actually, of the 47% of Americans who legally pay no income tax (or even receive a CREDIT from the Treasury), very few are unselfish enough to join a Tea Party group.
What I would like to know is... who is modding you up? There isn't a single true fact in your post. You even have the woeful "I'll be modded down by the MAN" lament at the end.
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The problem I have with Aldi in the US is that they'll advertise something like a 5000W portable gas generator for $350, then only send two to the stores so that unless you camp out in front of the store with a kubotan to fed off your opponents (some call them "shoppers"), you ain't gettin' one.
Yeah, I thought her sword in the "Kill Bill"s was redundant. She could have just kneed dudes in half.
Instead of a sound system, box contained a angry badger. Would not buy again.
Unfortunately, people believe these lies because they, in fact, are the ones who want to remain oblivious to the problems in our nation. Just like Fermion, they want to shoot the messenger, and keep swiping the credit card.
I'm curious; what's the Tea Party view?
... says the leftist using ad hominems as the basis of his "arguments".
Thanks for helping maintain the high percentage of straw man arguments here on Slashdot.
The salary is $174,000.
That's easier to figure out. When government is small, it is more transparent.
My estimate, based on the cost of the stimulus divided by the number of single-family homes, indicates that we could have indeed installed low-end systems on every home at about $6,000 each.
Because that's socialism, not a market economy. And if you want proof of what happens, see Spain.
I'll assume you're either a union boss or a lifetime apartment dweller. The rest of us who have, you know, read books and looked up our local codes, do our own electrical work from time to time. Some things are really not DIY (like HVAC installation) but others are.
The railroads weren't "heavily subsidized initially". They existed for quite some time before the federal government donated land and held bonds so that the Central Pacific and Union Pacific could build the transcontinental railroad.
UNLIMITED energy. Unlimited means that it has no limits... the pie is infinite. In economics, this also means that the energy is free because supply will always infinitely exceed demand.
If you really believe this, try reading about the effect of Henry Ford's assembly line again, or the Tropicana OJ train. Our public schools have been doing a great job of obscuring the effects of supply and demand in an effort to bring Marxism back like it's 1899.
Just within the last year: Dick Durbin, Harry Reid, Carl Levin, Xavier Becerra, John Conyers, and Raul Grijalva.
Actually, as the GP poster stated, it's already included in the debt calculation, so dipping into it doesn't affect the total debt and is therefore irrelevant to the debt limit.
I'm not sure what you're talking about, but I'll just guess you're blaming Tea Partiers for TARP.
Are you really that stupid? Your finances must be hell. Are your choices, when you run out of money, to either get another credit card or demand a raise from your boss? By the way, raising taxes doesn't always raise revenue. Even if everyone is a Joe Biden-like patriot and doesn't stash his money in a tax shelter, you need a strong economy to increase revenues and we don't have it.
You're right. Wilson was a lot closer to a fascist. After winning reelection on the slogan, "He kept us out of war," he immediately placed the USA into the war, imprisoned protesters without so much as a trial, and re-segregated the military.
Where? Which one?
Enough of this drivel. What's fair? The 35% they pay now? The 39.6% they paid under Clinton? The 70% they paid under Kennedy? Or the 94% they paid under FDR?
Actually, of the 47% of Americans who legally pay no income tax (or even receive a CREDIT from the Treasury), very few are unselfish enough to join a Tea Party group.
What I would like to know is... who is modding you up? There isn't a single true fact in your post. You even have the woeful "I'll be modded down by the MAN" lament at the end.
They're so old, their Slashdot IDs are negative.
The club sucks, BTW. Your steering wheel is purposely made of soft metal.