JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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- English Instructor (Osaka, Kyoto, Kobe)
- Berlitz Japan, Inc. (ベルリッツ・ジャパン株式会社), Kansai
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- FT English Teachers for Kids - Osaka
- Kohgakusha Co., Ltd. （株式会社興学社）, Osaka
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- ZAIHON, Inc. (日本財務翻訳株式会社), Tokyo
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goodDonkey
At the very least the borders should be the 1967 borders. Really the borders should return to the UN Partition Plan of 1947.
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goodDonkey
I expected this; no big surprise, at all.
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goodDonkey
TheRat is correct.
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goodDonkey
Obama is a great Commander in Chief.
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TimRussert
I guess you missed former Chairman Allen Greenspan say that tax cuts do not pay for themselves. Economists have had ample time to measure the effects of tax cuts on the U.S. economy - Bush puts the "bunk" back in Kennebunkport.
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goodDonkey
mikehuntez at 09:27 AM JST - 10th November
It is not a case of being either one of the possibilities you propose or none at all. There are other possibilities. One possibility would be to let the prices be determined by fair market competition rather than by price fixing.
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goodDonkey
Alphaape
Who the hell did you think I was talking about?
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goodDonkey
TimRussert at 08:44 AM JST - 10th November
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And what pray tell does one have to do with the other. He could be both the best author that ever lived and the worst president ever. What evidence do you have that the two things are mutually exclusive?
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mikehuntez
Hilarious; how you managed to bring up "liberal bleeding hearts" in this thread.
Those ultraconservatives are really whack!
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goodDonkey
Finally, a thread where the Bush truthtellers can tell the truth to their heart's content!
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goodDonkey
Another thing Tigermoth
I am not a prude and I don't drink. I have plenty of alcohol available in my home to those that do drink.
Bush was also snorting mountains of cocaine. But he would never state that something should be done concerning the disparity in the law concerning recreational drugs. (I don't do drugs either)
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goodDonkey
Currently Bush holds the title for WPE. Two events will keep him there for a very long time. The war in Iraq and its justification will always be judged harshly as history continues to divulge the true cost of the war. The Great Recession will eventually be placed squarely on Bush's shoulders when history is finally sorted out. All of Obama's efforts will be vindicated concerning the Great Recession.
Bush's bailout of financial institutions will also be seen differently through the eyes of historians. It will be seen as a redeeming factor; a factor when combined with Obama's effort to save the financial and banking industries turned a looming depression into the Great Recession. Just like history records, the events leading up to the 1929 crash, were the cause of a decade of depression, so will the prior administration's (i.e. Bush) be historically what continued the Great Recession so deep into the Obama administration. These idiots that claim we want to "blame it on Bush" and claim it is unwarranted would have been blaming Roosevelt for the Great Depression. History will render out the truth. The truth is that Bush's mistakes and inaction really did last this long and maybe longer. Economist already agree that the stimulus did work and should have been larger or followed by another stimulus bill.
Squandered resources will be Bush's legacy. Squandered budget surplus. Squandered goodwill of the world after 9/11. Squandered military resources.
I do not feel any ill feeling and have absolutely no ill will towards him. I actually feel sorry for him. Here was this, not so bright individual, who was thrust into the presidency by the forces around him. He did the best he could. Unfortunately it was crap. The social conservatives will still sing his praises - as demonstrated on this JT thread.
The best post presidential legacy he can attain would be to be quiet.
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goodDonkey
Derision Points
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TimRussert
Yeah like a 20% tax is robbing the super rich. Most people pay a much higher rate. Factor in social security and it is no contest on who is paying the highest tax rate.
TimRussert, MisterCreosote or RomeoRamenII or for that matter what ever else he/she decide to call their self thinks the 100 millionaires and billionaires should only be paying 15% in taxes.
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goodDonkey
lol @ motogaijin
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goodDonkey
I have heard that the Republicans will be trying to repeal over and over again. That is playing politics instead of governing. I do think that getting insurance across state lines would also be helpful. But nooooooooooo they will want total repeal or nothing.
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goodDonkey
I can see extending the tax cuts to most of the tax brackets. Why should we extend them to the super rich? Someone please answer that? It is certainly not for economic reasons. They will spend at the same lever regardless of their tax rate. I am for splitting the capital gains tax into a more progressive structure. Instead of 20% (2011) for almost everyone I would like to see 15% for the middle class incomes and 25% for the wealthiest, who are now paying some of the lowest tax rates. Currently the wealthy are paying 15% (on long term gains) and that number will increase to 20%, like I said in 2011. Most people who are not rich rely on money that is income taxed by the IRS at a higher rate than the capital gains taxes that the rich primarily pay. There should be an upward break, in capital gain taxes, somewhere past $250k. It may only be just a couple of percent and then another few percent at 1/2 a mil and another few percent at 1 mil.
But the Republicans want to have the rich and super rich pay only 15% taxes on the vast majority of their new money coming in every year. I must admit that I am not big on a 39.6% tax rate for the top income tax rate, even for the CEO making 3 - 10 mil a year. That is the rate come 2011 for those $373,651 and above. I also think that threshold should be a lot higher.
Well this is one thing they will be arguing when they want to restore some or all of the tax cuts. Again the Republicans will be arguing to make the vast majority of the super rich's taxes a mere 15%. Otherwise they will rise to 20%. 20% for a billionaire is too high for the Republicans they want it to be 15%.
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goodDonkey
If the Republicans would want to take a look at paper work reduction for the health care bill I would commend them. However, they want to repeal the whole ball of wax or nothing at all. That's not governing that is playing politics. Of course the conservatives have been getting away with playing politics for a long time now. So why should they quit? Certainly not for the good of the country.
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goodDonkey
Such malevolent deeds by the time he was 20.
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goodDonkey
The Nobel prize has been around a lot longer than the People's Republic of China.
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