Recent content by moddem38

Haven't seen you for quite a while! Welcome back, and pleez turn on your sarcasm detector. It wasn't working last night:)

Sorry didn't see the link My bad. Didn't notice the link.

Really? Why has the stock market reached record highs then? Interest rates are low. Unemployment has decreased (granted slower than we would like).

Conservatives want to pretend the 2nd Amendment doesn't say what it actually says. "Well-regulated militia" is in that Amendment, despite NRA propaganda. Courts had ruled for over 70 years that it did not apply to individuals. (See Miller 1939).

Research shows the minimum wage does more harm than good (Neumark 2008) It reduces skills by pricing teenagers out of many jobs. Even Alan Krueger, the president's chief economic adviser, has admitted it is a "blunt instrument" for combating poverty. A better solution would be reinstating the...

I live in Ca and like a lot of things here. But it's hard to argue that our finances are in good shape. Major pension obligations will eat our current surplus away quickly. The state tax is so high that even Bill Maher complained about it. Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-nX5YsKHBQ

That's always presented as some kind of rebuttal to the AGW hypothesis. "Oh, climate has been changing for millions of years," ergo, the changes todaymust be natural too, which is fallacious.

Anybody who's confident on their prediction should go to intrade.com; there's money to be made (or lost) on political futures. Right now, Obama is favored to win, 60%. (Odds are made by gamblers, not by the website owners). http://www.intrade.com/v4/home/

U Reps have the nerve to complain about lies? How about: 1.death panels 2. people will go to jail for not getting health insurance. 3. birther b.s. 4. And my favorite--Romney sayng the President refuses to address entitlements--and in the same speech, no less--wants to cut Medicare!

Lots of candidates: Aaron Burr's got to be on the list. One more remote person I would add, William Yancey, (Southern secessionist, d.1863,not known widely but there may not have been a Confederacy without him). Nathan Bedford Forrest (Brutal Confed general and founder of the Klan)...

Interesting point of view from the two of you. I don't know if either of u read Freakonomics (Steve Levitt), but he argues that the crime rates have gone down since Roe v. Wade, since there are less unwanted children being born.

There's more money for than even what I mentioned--education through k-12 is generally supported by taxpayers. But, no, I agree w you, I don't think we spend as much as the European countries on children. But--and this might be tangential to the question-- I don't think it's fair to tax a...

What's the surprise, exactly? They have the exact same economic advisers (Mankiw, Hubbard) and the same policies, so why not the same talking points?

They're having some big rally near where I live (North San Diego) on April 16. You know, the oppression they suffer on income tax day.

I'd have to stop talking to Mom and Dad if I had that view,lol, but I don't. It's interesting to discuss issues with people that diagree with me, although occasionally I want to scream at them.