- “Damn-- I never realized all those businesses out there who take out loans to invest in equipment and product development”
Posted on Grover Norquist and Anti-Tax Movement Big Loser of the Night November 5, 2009 10:25 AM - “Obama's tax cuts were not larger than the 10-year Bush tax cuts and his tax cuts, while not ideal, were”
Posted on Grover Norquist and Anti-Tax Movement Big Loser of the Night November 5, 2009 3:16 AM - “Higher education in the U.S. may be expensive but it's actually one of the areas (along with Hollywood) where the”
Posted on Progressive Values Dominant-- But Need to Rebuild Trust in Effectiveness of Government Action November 3, 2009 5:56 PM - “Technically, if they came from Mexico or even Brazil, they're still Americans-- it's always been a bit of imperialism to”
Posted on Why the Employer Mandate Matters September 11, 2009 5:21 PM - “Political divisions are always complicated; there are usually self-interested partisans who care nothing for the substance of disagreements and choose”
Posted on Defending President Grant September 11, 2009 5:04 PM - “I definitely don't think of it has the best Mexican food available, but more as a healthy meal alternative, especially”
Posted on Chipotle- Now 64% Better as They Increase Payments to Tomato Pickers September 10, 2009 5:39 PM - “Ah-- thank you. Fixed.”
Posted on Chipotle- Now 64% Better as They Increase Payments to Tomato Pickers September 10, 2009 11:52 AM - “"ideas expressed"-- other than the word "Communist" what did Van advocate that is so repulsive, or does the word "Marxist"”
Posted on Defending Van Jones from the McCarthyites September 4, 2009 6:04 PM - “Given that Van made the quote in a 2005 interview, it's worth recognizing that his point was that, like a”
Posted on Defending Van Jones from the McCarthyites September 4, 2009 4:48 PM - “First- the quote you gave is not directly related to his green jobs work, other than the idea that a”
Posted on Defending Van Jones from the McCarthyites September 4, 2009 2:21 PM - “Maybe you'd be interested in finding out why he would say that about why communities of color end up with”
Posted on Defending Van Jones from the McCarthyites September 4, 2009 2:02 PM - “Wow-- an actually substantive criticism of the proposal, at least on its effectiveness in the first part of the comment.”
Posted on From "Death Panels" to "Taxing your 401K" September 4, 2009 9:33 AM - “For you to calculate that the tax at that amount, you would have to be trading over $1 million in”
Posted on From "Death Panels" to "Taxing your 401K" September 3, 2009 11:37 AM - “Class hatred? More rightwing rhetoric. Asking those making billions to pay a bit more taxes to fund health care and”
Posted on From "Death Panels" to "Taxing your 401K" September 3, 2009 7:06 AM - “Yes, and 0.1% is pretty miniscule-- as noted about $19 per year for the average 401K. SO why the hype”
Posted on From "Death Panels" to "Taxing your 401K" September 2, 2009 10:05 PM - “It's too bad they cut taxes, but don't have the ideological fortitude to cut spending. And of course, Bill Clinton”
Posted on From "Death Panels" to "Taxing your 401K" September 2, 2009 1:37 PM - “I'd actually think you could offer an income tax credit paid for by revenue from the tax to offset any”
Posted on From "Death Panels" to "Taxing your 401K" September 2, 2009 1:19 PM - “As noted above, most mutual funds don't churn more than 100% a year (and most analysts think they churn too”
Posted on From "Death Panels" to "Taxing your 401K" September 2, 2009 12:52 PM - “No-- most mutual funds turnover less than 100%-- see http://www.fool.com/School/MutualFunds/Costs/Turnover.htm And if the tax encourages mutual funds with higher churn”
Posted on From "Death Panels" to "Taxing your 401K" September 2, 2009 11:01 AM - “The problem is not just that Brill's piece is one-sided. It's that if you don't try to understand the motivation”
Posted on The Apparent Unmotivated Idiocy of Labor Union Members, Especially Teachers September 1, 2009 6:58 PM - “"Opportunity cost" has a very specific meaning in economics; it means the spending you can't do because you have committed”
Posted on TARP Beginning to Turn a Profit? Lessons in Government Taking an Equity Stake August 31, 2009 7:03 AM - “But the federal government is not limited in the money it can spend like the average investor. It can print”
Posted on TARP Beginning to Turn a Profit? Lessons in Government Taking an Equity Stake August 26, 2009 11:04 PM - “If the money is paid back with interest, there is no opportunity cost, since we will have all the money”
Posted on TARP Beginning to Turn a Profit? Lessons in Government Taking an Equity Stake August 26, 2009 6:28 PM - “In fact, unions are seen about as favorably now as they have been since the early 1970s (any change in”
Posted on No "Left Without Labor" August 24, 2009 10:53 AM - “So-- I'm trying to figure out how the other 25% avoided a lawsuit at all. Angry, sick people sue-- most”
Posted on Maybe We Need "Birth Panels"- Promoting Less Costly, Safer Births August 13, 2009 4:27 PM - “Okay, so let's look at evidence, say a basic business journal on insurance issues on a study of the issue:”
Posted on Maybe We Need "Birth Panels"- Promoting Less Costly, Safer Births August 13, 2009 12:23 PM - “Ah yes, the Medical Malpractice Myth. Which is why Texas, having passed some of the toughest restrictions of payments in”
Posted on Maybe We Need "Birth Panels"- Promoting Less Costly, Safer Births August 13, 2009 11:38 AM - “This is an absolute number of hours worked, so in normal growth periods it goes up rather than remaining level”
Posted on The Better Good News Indicator - Aggregate Hours Worked Leveled Off August 8, 2009 8:44 PM - “No one says less is better but when the U.S. is spending 50% more of our GDP on health care”
Posted on Heritage Foundation: House Plan will Cut Health Costs/Expand Coverage August 1, 2009 7:51 PM - “Why is more spending equated with better quality, especially when European countries with universal coverage spend far less than Americans”
Posted on Heritage Foundation: House Plan will Cut Health Costs/Expand Coverage August 1, 2009 5:26 PM
