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My brother’s family had a large old dog named Blue. At times it was hard to tell shaggy Ole Blue from the shag throw rug by the front door since both spent all their time lying there. Aside from food, only one passion stirred Blue. That was the sound...
by The Good Donald
on Thu May 05, 2022 at 06:32 PM PDT
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I am a total anomaly, or so I think. Being from Detroit every single friend I have, from male to female, conservative to liberal, etc., knows about cars. If they see a car they can tell you if it is a Ford, a Chevy, a Toyota, etc. They can many times...
by CameronProf
on Mon Jun 28, 2021 at 09:49 AM PDT
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I talked about compassion before here. ��I said compassion is social, and that acting compassionately towards other people is rewarding. Humans are social animals, so we are rewarded for compassion ...
by SolarKitty
on Fri Sep 18, 2020 at 11:05 AM PDT
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The US economy has deteriorated over the last year as badly as at any time in recent history outside a global recession. That is the assertion which started this series here on 16th March. Since then, social media comments on these articles have...
by Alan Austin
on Thu Apr 02, 2020 at 03:38 PM PDT
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The promise was not only bold, but calm and measured. Candidate Donald Trump in 2016 promised to eliminate America’s federal debt, which at that time was $19.23 trillion. Within eight years. It is now at an all-time high $23.69 trillion, a rise since...
by Alan Austin
on Wed Apr 01, 2020 at 05:49 PM PDT
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Deficit and debt. For Republicans this has been a staple for close management and reduction and a symbol of government excess. During Obama's time all policies were blocked mainly using this as an excuse. I understand that, and even empathize. When out...
by danceswithdonuts
on Wed Aug 14, 2019 at 10:08 AM PDT
with 7 Recommends
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York and Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont announced their first piece of joint legislation Thursday: a cap on consumer loans and credit card interest of 15% titled the Loan Shark Prevention Act. The act, if passed,...
by Meteor Blades
on Thu May 09, 2019 at 10:18 AM PDT
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Student debt in our country is somewhere around $1.5 trillion. It is a crisis, terrorizing millions of Americans of all ages, while shrinking their future opportunities. A growing demographic in the student loan debt world are Americans over the age of...
by Walter Einenkel
on Mon May 06, 2019 at 10:19 AM PDT
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Paul Krugman, of “mainstream economics,” says he is responding to some remarks made by Stephanie Kelton, of “MMT economics.” Here is a link to his NYT article: Krugman vs. Kelton.
As usual Krugman resorts to his simple chart showing the...
by hestal
on Tue Feb 26, 2019 at 07:29 AM PST
with 1 Recommend
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For the last fiscal year, the federal budget deficit was about $800 billion, or about 4 percent of GDP. This is an unusually high deficit for this stage of the business cycle, when ideally we should be paying down debt, at least as a percent of GDP.
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by this is only a test
on Wed Oct 17, 2018 at 10:18 AM PDT
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I’m a Congressional candidate in VA-01, a Progressive in favor of Single-Payer & investment in Education, Infrastructure & action on Climate Change. I’m also a Fiscal Conservative with a plan to lower deficits-- not a deficit chicken-hawk like...
by suddarthforcongress
on Sun Apr 15, 2018 at 04:24 PM PDT
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Let's face it. Special interests have corrupted many in the republican party into doing their bidding. Their "bidding" means (among other things) no compromise is allowed no matter what is at issue.
I am truly alarmed by all that is going on in...
by Garrits123
on Sun Sep 24, 2017 at 01:15 AM PDT
with 1 Recommend
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Climate Change, Blue Water Cargo Shipping and Predicted Ocean Wave Activity
PART THREE OF THREE PARTS
Whatever is finally determined by scientists as the exact combination of factors that forms these monster waves, it is well known that wave...
by Agelbert
on Sun Jul 02, 2017 at 09:33 AM PDT
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When I was fourteen years old, I met John De Vito through Peace Project, a program that helps troubled teens find alternative ways to deal with difficult situations at home. John, then a Sophomore at William Floyd High School, quickly became a friend...
by michaelpaolini
on Fri Jun 10, 2016 at 09:49 AM PDT
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This is about student-loan debt, how I discharged it, improbably, and what that's taught me about personal credibility. First, the backstory.
Sometime after I turned 40, I opted to move ahead with ...
by karmsy
on Mon Oct 21, 2013 at 12:31 PM PDT
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Long before the Great Recession ( when 8.7 million Americans lost their jobs ), there was plenty of discussion about wealth inequality, wage disparity, the shrinking middle-class, CEO pay, and low ...
by Bud Meyers
on Sat Jun 22, 2013 at 12:14 PM PDT
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NPR's All Things Considered today (11/29/2012) led off with "Would Raising Taxes On Investment Income Hurt The Economy?"
http://www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpolitics/2012/11/29/166180020/would-raising-...
by rablrouzer
on Thu Nov 29, 2012 at 06:39 PM PST
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What is money? Specifically, how is it created?
It's an amazing thing. We obsess over it. We sacrifice for it. We debase ourselves for it. We spend our lives trying to acquire as much of it as ...
by gjohnsit
on Thu Nov 01, 2012 at 06:30 AM PDT
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Only a fortunate few stand to gain from Romney's proposal to eliminate taxes on capital gains and dividends for those making under $250,000. The masses can thank their lucky stars, though, for the ...
by Gerald Scorse
on Thu Oct 18, 2012 at 01:47 PM PDT
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Among the things absent thus far from the 2012 Republican National Convention has been any mention of ...
by Jon Perr
on Wed Aug 29, 2012 at 12:27 PM PDT
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