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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- 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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sailwind
AGREED....Let us hope next election cycle they vote even more of em.
Posted in: Obama's deficit plans run into economic reality
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sailwind
What planet is this reporter on, it isn't earth.
Posted in: Obama's deficit plans run into economic reality
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sailwind
No offense but Karl Rove hasn't included me in his Evil Email chain. Darn it.
Posted in: Donald Trump's possible presidential bid generating a lot of buzz
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sailwind
Good thing the Media can focus on Trump as a fringe candidate (which he is) instead of mentioning that.....
Even Herman Cain, the little-known, wealthy former pizza chain executive, gets mentioned by Republican voters who will have the first crack at winnowing the Republican field.
Happens to be African American.
Posted in: Donald Trump's possible presidential bid generating a lot of buzz
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sailwind
Agreed...The rest seem stupid that this massive debt thing is not a good idea.
Posted in: Obama says gov't must reduce staggering debt
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sailwind
Novenachama,
Interesting post. I choose your Fourth as is to grow the labor force. I am to assume as through the private sector and through Govt policies that unleash that. As you used China for example when they embraced Capitalism from a state run economy after Mao from a poor starving cultural revoltion country to owe now we our national credit card to........And since they are buying our debt, if we return to number 4......Irony.
Posted in: Obama says gov't must reduce staggering debt
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sailwind
I am not a socialist myself, but I am also not an insane neo-liberal crony-capitalist.
Put my 15 trillion this guy's bill. My debt is imaginary...and party on Dudes.
Posted in: Obama says Republican budget 'wrong for America'
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sailwind
Going to be long two years until 2012 the way this is turning out.
It's too bad that the President has continued to defend policies that the American people have aptly demonstrated by their votes. The Democrats lost in November and lost big. The electorate returned the Republicans back into power with the express mandate to tackle the overspending and get fiscal sanity back in Washington. President Obama and his administration are still tone deaf and refuse to change course from the previous two years.
Congressman Ryan's plan is not perfect but it does have parts that deserve merit and serious consideration. Both the Democrats and Republicans should and could agree to a long term deficit compromise reduction plan that instead of raising taxes or playing class warfare embarks on a path that actually does raise tax revenues in the long run without killing economic growth. You create more private sector taxpayers in the first place and broaden the revenue stream base. You create jobs, real jobs in the private sector not public works jobs funded by Govt. You pursue policies that gives private savers the confidence again to invest in companies and start ups and get people off of the unemployment roles which also reduces Govt spending. Congressman Ryan's plan does have that vital component in the mix and instead of President deriding it should have shown though he disagreed with the approach the creation of private sector jobs would be one area that he and the Republicans could come to a compromise to solve our long term debt and start from there. He could have framed the debate in that way and shown the American people he was serious and in fact got the message sent to him last November. I'll give him credit though his speech did show his concern about the job picture. His, and getting himself re-elected by crass campaign rhetoric and the next two years since he has now "set the tone" will be just as divisive for the American people as his first two years.
Posted in: Obama says Republican budget 'wrong for America'
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sailwind
Ummm....Seems 'war' or 'trade' has been kinda of the options since we became sentient and crawled done from the trees.
Not sure how free trade was planned but if you insist, I guess it is the end of story. By the way want to buy a Chevy Volt? It's planned and no laissez-faire from that bad boy.
Posted in: House passes huge GOP budget cuts, opposing Obama
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sailwind
Instead of using the word 'slash' it would be more realistic to use set a fiscal path to 'save' them instead. The course that these programs are currently on is unsustainable and everybody knows it unless there are major changes made to them to keep them solvent. It is good to see the Republicans face the reality not fill people up with sunshine and offer the hard but necessary solutions. I am also a bit mystified at President Obama's position on Medicaid vouchers. His own healthcare law does just that for people that cannot afford insurance so they can buy private insurance on the Govt set up healthcare exchanges. Yet now he's talking how that will kill Granny if the very same thing his own law does is now used also to keep Medicare solvent. Go figure.
Posted in: House passes huge GOP budget cuts, opposing Obama
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sailwind
I believe Congressman Ryan does understand that and wishes to correct it. He offered reality to our budget and a plan to try and fix it.....President Obama kicked it to curb and pasted it as killing Granny and offered nothing but platitudes in return.
Leadership from the President.....not.
Posted in: Obama calls for $4 trillion deficit reduction
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sailwind
Umm, just a minor point. You do actually understand the article is about Obama and his economic policies. I believe that during the time Bush or any other President prior was in office there was plenty of discussion already at that time about their policies and their impact to the economy. I understand the obsession with "Bush" but how long are you and other Liberals going to use it to give Obama a pass? Until he completely bankrupts the country?
Posted in: Obama calls for $4 trillion deficit reduction
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sailwind
I'm sure you factored in the inflation rate from what a dollar was worth in the nineties to what a dollar was worth during 2000 thru 2008 years in your assessment. To show the 'increase' difference.
Posted in: Obama calls for $4 trillion deficit reduction
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sailwind
I guess since the Soviet Union disintegrated and Clinton didn't have to deal with cold war defense budgets like his predecessors both Democrat and republican alike and could enjoy the billions now in a peace dividend, that didn't have anything to do with it.
Posted in: Obama calls for $4 trillion deficit reduction
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sailwind
Agreed, stimulus dollars from money borrowed from future generations that aren't even born yet. Stimulus dollars that have ballooned our debt, sent us on the road to fiscal bankruptcy, ensured our next generation will have it worse than ours instead of better. Stimulus dollars that ran out after two years and were flushed into saving public taxpayer funded jobs instead of into to the private sector. Forcing states now to either raise taxes or cut spending, decisions that have to made now and were only delayed by relying on borrowed debt money from China to fund a totally failed stimulus plan that did nothing, nothing at all to better our long term financial outlook or our children's future.
The only reason were are finally seeing a nanscent recovery, and a pretty pathetic one at that is because President Obama signed off on extending the Bush tax rates, giving business enough confidence to start hiring more since they can relax a bit now and not get clobbered with a tax hike. In short because he is following Republican policies regarding the economy not Keynesian ones now. But now with this campaign speech it lays it out that he wants tax hikes again, think that is good for job creation? That is going to "win the future". Debt, tax hikes, and spend spend spend.........our future children are going to have it rough, real rough after the Obama administration.
Posted in: Obama calls for $4 trillion deficit reduction
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sailwind
I guess President Obama hasn't quite got it that before you ask people to accept a tax increase you need to show that you can handle their money prudently and wisely in the first place. He hasn't been real good with the public purse so far (that's an understatement) and the last thing this Spendaholic President needs is more money from the American people through tax hikes to waste on yet more worthless programs and totally failed keynesian economic policies.
Posted in: Obama calls for $4 trillion deficit reduction
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sailwind
Actually, since real power in the United States is now in the hand of the House of Representatives and all Obama and the Democrats is react to the new reality. It makes perfect sense for the Republicans to offer up pretty lame challenges to him. A second term for Obama just means he will can continue to vote "present" on a GOP and Teaparty driven agenda. The guy is perfect as a foil now and to have him watch cave and cave.......GITMO, Bush Tax cuts, Spending cuts, roll back on Obamacare,.......Yup Sushi, them Repubs is sooo stupid.
Posted in: Romney announces White House exploratory committee
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sailwind
He is going to cut up his credit cards finally?
Posted in: Obama jumps into debt debate
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sailwind
That implies leadership and the decisions a leader makes, not voting "present".
Posted in: Despite NATO rift, U.S. holds to limited Libya role
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sailwind
Agreed, Obama spending trillions in dollars we do not have in two years pushed the limit to decades to spend it down.
Agreed, Democrats are soooo good at spending cash let us raise rates so they can even spend more. And let em borrow the difference from China.
Posted in: Obama to lay out spending plan