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Well I guess the Wisconsin Democrats are coming back to face the music beliveing that the protests have done the appropriate ammount of damage to the Republicans. Congrats to the Union and pro-union folk, you've been used, once again, as a pawn in the greater Red vs Blue game. It's like their stuck in a box-canyon taking pot shots at each other just for the sake of it.
Of all the docs of his I've seen that one was the worst. He deliberatly skewed statistics and failed to add any balance to his argument like how the U.S has the top cancer survival rate, better access to treatment of chronic diseases, a greater variety of medications than Europe or Canada, a higher satisfaction rate (for those with coverage), the shortest surgery recovery times, and the most dynamic medical research industry in the world. And that all costs money.
When I was struggling out of college I got a plan with a five thousand dollar deductible so I'd be covered for emergencies. That same plan was and is still dirt cheap, I could afford it working as a building attendant. Come to think of it that was when I worked for the SEIU in Michigan, 2 hours of my paycheck every week went to Union programs...none of which I was eligible for. Wish my state would have eliminated our mandatory dues.
Posted in: Michael Moore rallies pro-union protesters in Wisconsin
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But they can devaluate their currency to such an extent that other countries stop accepting it or the exchange rate falls through. Excessive printing also impacts bond valuation.
The Soviets had that problem, their currency became worthless and delivered a deathblow to their economy. Excessive printing has long reaching, even cataclysmic, consequences.
And that’s why we have time value of money calculators and inflation. Money does not equate to wealth necessarily. If we're going to keep running on a fiat monetary system than it's the government’s role to responsibly control the money supply so that it reflects a growth in production and wealth. If there is no growth that supply should decrease. Just printing money whenever you want to buy something just mucks up valuation and decreases the power of the greenback across the board.
Unless, you know, you felt like playing Russian roulette with inflation rates and investor' already shaky view of U.S federal and state bonds.
Posted in: Michael Moore rallies pro-union protesters in Wisconsin
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After Roger and Me I've pretty much hated every single movie Moore's made. His works are filled with half-truths, publicity stunts, and outright lies. I don't see how he could contribute anything meaningful to this issue.
That makes for a bad story. Poor workers vs big politician sells better than overpaid public wokers (and Michael Moore I guess) vs everybody else in the state.
Posted in: Michael Moore rallies pro-union protesters in Wisconsin
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What's the threat here? "You can't kill us if we kill OURSELVES FIRST!"
Posted in: Gadhafi warns of 'bloody war' if foreign powers enter Libya
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Per day now? And what about benefits?
Posted in: Pro-Gadhafi forces fight rebels in 2 cities
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People that want to establish a no-fly zone over a conflict region. But hay, don't listen to war mongers, I hear Tripoli is nice this time of year, go have yourself a nice vacation. I'm a little busy so you'll just have to have fun by yourself this time.
Posted in: Rebels brace for more attacks in Libya; banks hand out money to Gadhafi loyalists
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I don't touch personally for the same reason I don't make a habit of drinking, but if my brother said that, actually planning on using my parent's passing for something as hedonistic as that, I punch his face in and I'd expect him to do the same to me.
As a side note; as a man whose had more than a few friends that smoked pot I believe that it isn't the substance itself that users are addicted to. Rather, they are addicted to the stoner culture that extends across boarders creating a subclass that is fairly unproductive. One could smoke pot and not have their life affected (as many alchoholics can function also) but as soon as they fall into that stoner mindset they're useless.
Posted in: For many Japanese, laid-back overseas vacations a one-way ticket to nowhere
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Solidarity knows no boarders I suppose.
Posted in: U.S. denounces Cuba's treatment of dissidents
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After giving asylum for so long I'd say that the US, a country whose policies I criticize constantly, is far more capable of making a heartfelt condemnation of the brutal overseers in Cuba than you'll ever be. The US helped us when we needed it most, go to Miami or New Jersey and you'll find a community that will never forget what this country has done for us. Go ahead and keep eating the crap fed to you by your statist peers, like chickens milling around in their own filth.
Posted in: U.S. denounces Cuba's treatment of dissidents
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And every time something gets through pictures and other media get out slowly lifting the veil people have willingly pulled over their eyes throughout the world.
Speak for yourself. Unlike the media I actually pay attention to what's happening in my family's old home. The hunger strikes, the Ladies in White, and other groups risking their lives and what limited freedoms they have to get word out.
Posted in: U.S. denounces Cuba's treatment of dissidents
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That picture is one of the more beautiful photo-editing jobs I've ever seen. Descanse en paz.
Posted in: U.S. denounces Cuba's treatment of dissidents
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How come I'm only allowed to dislike one group?
And if left unattended they would have failed taking their overpaid upper management, the executives, and the unions down with them. With that kind of massive collapse the city and the rest of the state would have to either do some major innovation or finally die off, either way the end result would be better than what we have now. A slow painful processs of watching it circle the drain, its almost cruel.
Posted in: Neither side budging in Wisconsin union fight
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Not all of it, but we got to watch as the UAW grabbed for everything it could while the city collapsed. That disreguard for the rest of us in Detroit is what pisses us off. They kept asking for more and more even as the rest of us made due with less. My company was struggling so when the told me my salary was being reduced I accepted it because I had been working with the company statments and understood the situation. Meanwhile everybody knew the dire situation the big 3 were in but the UAW carried on like nothing was wrong. That negligence, that ignorance, that level of short sighted money grabbing is what we hate about the UAW.
Always loved those, selling Che shirts for a profit makes me all warm and happy inside. If only I could tell him that his image has been making corporations money for years as they use cheap, underpaid, overworked, hopless workers in poor countries to stamp his face on shirts to be worn by trust-fund babies and self-styled revolutionaries that wear old clothes and pretend they're going against the system. The butcher of La Cabaña would throw a fit, does my heart good.
Posted in: Neither side budging in Wisconsin union fight
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Michigan offers pleanty of tax breaks, the state is practically begging businesses to open up shop here. We have a highly skilled labor force and the average worker is willing to accept lower wages than most of the country, but the unions are so pervasive. It would be like finding the perfect home only to discover there's a bum that lives in the basement that eats your food and sleeps in your bed, house is still nice but that bum is a dealbreaker.
Their ratio's and margins had sucked since the late 90's and for years Ford and GM were selling vehicals at a LOSS to cover fixed expenses. Meanwhile the UAW kept at it by going for larger pensions, higher wages, more benefits, and with the car companies on the brink a strike would have been a deathblow. There's not a drop of sympathy left for the unions in Detroit, you want to complain about how some people are willing to make several dozen times over what the average person makes? Explain to my why UAW workers were making so much while their company's were failing, while the Michigan job market was collapsing, and the state had headed into recession years before it hit the rest of the country?
Ordinarily I'd say good for them, they displayed the kind of greed that I find lacking in today's society. But they were short sighted and now they're paying for it with jobs and benefits.
Posted in: Neither side budging in Wisconsin union fight
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Like father like son, I still remember big Gadhafi's UN address...so much wasted time.
Posted in: Gadhafi's son warns of civil war in Libya as death toll tops 200
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But I can trust a democrat that does the exact same thing? Or a union? The size is irrelevant because everybody want's more reguardless. Everybody is looking out for themselves, at least I'm honest about it.
Absolutely, eliminate credits and cuts altogether even. Institute a flat tax or at the very least make people pay their bracket.
At least one of you guys has finally figured out I'm not a republican. About time as I wasn't being particularly subtle about it, step in the right direction I suppose.
Posted in: 70,000 protesters surround Wisconsin Capitol
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A fair slice of the pie would be a salary reduction given that the state is flat broke.
Then people don't need to work for them. The very top of my company makes many times over what I do and you know what? Good for him, I take what I get now and when I want a salary increase I make the case for myself and because of my record within the company I've been getting it more often than not. The very concept of raising wages and salaries across the board seems like such a foolish, quality killing concept that I'm surprised people actually argue for it.
Well if people want what the execs have then they are going to need to do what the execs did. Backstab, undercut, and pursue wealth with a vicious passion. If they don't want to work at it then they can stay where they are. I'm constantly looking for advancement and I've bypassed my old bosses that had held those positions for years, I just want it more.
Same applies to the average person. But accumulating wealth, whether though legitimate or nefarious methods, always requires some level of thought, work, and commitment and most people lack the resolve to see it through. Most people I know dream of stability so that's all they strive for, others go for excellence.
But there is always a limit to what a given insitution can support, many CEO's have found this out the hard way as their businesses collapse around them, white collar workers find out that their firm has closed, blue collar workers find out that the IRS has slapped locks on their factory doors, and state workers need to accept that their employer is broke as a joke.
Wisconsin and many other states can't support how much the unions are asking for. The terms of the Wisconsin Governor are actually pretty reasonable compared to what a business owner or corporate executive would do in a similar situation.
Posted in: 70,000 protesters surround Wisconsin Capitol
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Correction, "not pay more into". If they didn't pay into their plans at all I would protest.
Posted in: 70,000 protesters surround Wisconsin Capitol
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So state workers have a 'right' to get raises above the inflation index while the rest of the country is experiencing salary cuts and layoffs? Or that they have a 'right' to not pay into their pensions and healthcare benefits while most people use self-reliant 401k plans?
The unions are out of touch with the reality that everbody needs to take more responcibility for their own finances. They've actually come to expect raises beyond what they should rightfully get and have the audacity to think themselves entitled to benefits they have most certainly not earned. Honestly, if I worked at my current job like I did at the union I would have been fired, and I would have deserved it.
Posted in: 70,000 protesters surround Wisconsin Capitol
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Most places of employement aren't so dramatic as requiring tears. I've had jobs that required sweat and dust through, they were menial and labor intensive but the pay justified the work. During high school I switched between working under the table at a slaughterhouse and a construction company and I certainly didn't have a union there. Moving on to college where I worked as a janitor while I went to school I was unionized as a state employee in Local 517m and really revealed how corrupt and useless the public union was.
Posted in: 70,000 protesters surround Wisconsin Capitol