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I doubt it was meant to. I don't think the decision was meant to shut down avenues of research (like Bush did), it was to open them up. If you can't fix it with a hammer, the problem's electrical.
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As nice as the idea may sound, a line item veto would be far too easy for the President to abuse and could upset the checks and balances between the executive branch and the legislative branch. The Supreme Court has already ruled it out. If you can't fix it with a hammer, the problem's electrical.
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I'd prefer to take my chances with the government, who may be lobbied, than with the corporations that hire the lobbyists. The lobbyists may influence decision making, but the worst case of such influence is what the corporations would decide on their own. You also are selectively forgetting that you, as the customer, get to decide which corporation/ insurance company you want. If you think coventry sucks - drop them and go for Blue Cross. While we do get a vote in government, in reality if "the government" mandates, you have no choices. What planet are you living on? Most of us only get to change health insurance company if we quit our jobs and get a different employer. If you can't fix it with a hammer, the problem's electrical.
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I would rather it be the government than for-profit insurance companies or HMO's. Why? A few examples of companies run for profit: Enron Tyco GM WaMu AIG Bear-Stearns Madoff Investment Securities Indymac Like I'd trust their execs to make decisions for me. If you can't fix it with a hammer, the problem's electrical.
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Which is much more dependent upon lifestyle choices and heredity than medical efficacy. Funny how you always resort to "culture" when data show your preferences for both guns and healthcare lead to poor outcomes compared to other nations. So disprove it - I'll be interested to see what you blame America's spiraling problem with obesity and concommitant heart disease on, since diet, smoking, drinking, etc *ARE* lifestyle choices. Standard protocol for proofs is that the person making the claim has to provide the proof. You claim it's culture - YOU prove it. I suppose you think there are no obese people and no smokers in western Europe. If you can't fix it with a hammer, the problem's electrical.
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There should be a special extra tax for people who whine about paying tax and how unfair it all is. If you can't fix it with a hammer, the problem's electrical.
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Is the DMV in Your Town/County/State Run Efficiently
jerryzflies replied to Gawain's topic in Speakers Corner
Apparently, citizens of the red states vote Republican so they can feel justified in whining about how poorly run the government is. There's nothing like setting themselves up for failure. Can't argue with that! If you can't fix it with a hammer, the problem's electrical. -
Why not? - private enterprise has had decades and you admit it can't fix the problems in the system it created. THAT is a good question with a simple answer. I do NOT trust the government. I do NOT want to rely on the government. I personally believe in PERSONAL autonomy and responsibility. And I can not reconcile with the government telling me as a physician what is cost effective care, nor telling me as a patient what I amd "entitled" to. I want the right to research my conditions and decide what is the best care FOR me. Whether that might be in the guidelines of the government regulations or not. I take it, then, that you ignore all FDA regulations and all epidemiological information coming from the CDC. If you can't fix it with a hammer, the problem's electrical.
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Same can be said for the unions. It's a chicken or egg argument. To quote myself (since you snipped it): If the execs show no restraint in setting their own compensation packages, why should the unions? The execs set the tone for the company - they (are supposed to) provide leadership. Now, if you are suggesting the unions set the example for the executives, then maybe the union bosses should BE the executives. I am a stockholder and never once have I been asked my opinion about CEO compensation. You know perfectly well that the board decides these things, and the boards are so incestuous it's hardly surprising we've produced monsters. Seems to me the capitalists have done a pretty good job of creating a disaster all by themseves. If you can't fix it with a hammer, the problem's electrical.
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Yes. Do YOU understand the Medicaid IS NOT the only model for government provided medicine? Be careful not to throw the baby out with the bath water. Oh right. There's Medicare. I can list problems with that system too. And even Tricare.... which is one of the reasons that I got out of the miiitary. I have said the system is broken. But, I do NOT want the government involved in medical decision making. Why not? - private enterprise has had decades and you admit it can't fix the problems in the system it created. If you can't fix it with a hammer, the problem's electrical.
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Nice OPINION piece there from the right wing. Sucks that Florida proved them wrong. If you can't fix it with a hammer, the problem's electrical.
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nope, increasing the minimum wage doesn't increase unemployment (tell me when you think it has) Every time manditory increases in the min wage have been implimented, thats when. now proven wrong. next! Ok, "every time" was a bit much. but, saying you have proven you point with one very weak example is just a much an exageration. Florida, 4th most populous state in the USA, going contrary to the governor's (Bush) prediction and the Chamber of Commerce's prediction (and YOUR prediction) is NOT a weak example. If you can't fix it with a hammer, the problem's electrical.
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There have been a few notable exceptions to the notion that private contracting is more efficient: Flight Service Stations have been notably less efficient since they were privatized by the FAA. AOPA has gone on at length about it. If you can't fix it with a hammer, the problem's electrical.
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OK, BUT WHERE DO YOU JUMP? If you can't fix it with a hammer, the problem's electrical.
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I don't disagree with you, but that is not a requirement in operating a business. That emotional element is what too many distort the reality. Being the CEO of a global enterprise is not a common occurrence. The executive pay scale is barely a ripple on the balance sheet as a whole. What isn't, is 10,000 worker job bank, $75/hr mfg costs, and a pension that is over promised to too many people. It does not matter one iota if the executive compensation is only 0.000000000001% of the company expenditures. If the execs show no restraint in setting their own compensation packages, why should the unions? THAT is what leadership is all about. US corporate leadership over the last 30 years has set GREED as its example. And GREED is what has put our economy in the crapper. If you can't fix it with a hammer, the problem's electrical.
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Is the DMV in Your Town/County/State Run Efficiently
jerryzflies replied to Gawain's topic in Speakers Corner
Why must everyone think I have a hidden agenda on this?? I wonder. Maybe there's a hint here On a different tack, I've recently switched back to using USPS instead of UPS ground. I find USPS faster, cheaper, and have had fewer damage problems. If you can't fix it with a hammer, the problem's electrical. -
Acutally the link shows down from 69% to 62% in the first 30 days. I do thank you for the feedback but what are your thougths on why he's had such a significant increase in displeasment and decrease in approval? Latest NBC/WSJ poll shows Obama approval 65%, GOP approval 26%. If you can't fix it with a hammer, the problem's electrical.
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If Toyota and Honda can manage to find line workers who'll work without exorbitant compensation, why can't US companies? Solve those two problems and maybe the big 3 wouldn't be hurting so much. Maybe the execs should lead by example. After all, the execs are the supposed leaders of the companies. If the workers were supposed to lead, execs wouldn't be needed at all. If you can't fix it with a hammer, the problem's electrical.
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The article doesn't lean for or against Paul Krugman's finding. But it does make good points about why most find the study controversial. To me, it seems that this was a fluke. Where are the other studies that show the same results? This is just one instance that job loss didn't happen. When more studies come out similar, then maybe we could put the unemployment effects of increasing minimum wage to bed. We've already put to bed the claim that increasing the minimum wage always results in more unemployment. That myth was easy to disprove. And we put to bed the claim that increasing the minimum wage always leads to prosperity. That myth was easy to disprove STRAW MAN - no-one claimed that it always did. On the other hand, we DID have this claim: www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=3503254#3503254 If you can't fix it with a hammer, the problem's electrical.
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What motive have the Dems to restructure? Just 3 months ago they won the WH and Congress, and the GOP is imploding. Wait and see. The "Dems" are going to get themselves into some serious trouble in the next few years. And just because one girl named Tina thinks that they are imploding doesn't mean the party is going away. You can (and obviously DO) agree with her. But I don't. The latest NBC/Wall St. Journal Poll has some VERY bad news for the GOP. The party's approval rating is 26%, some 30 points behind the Dems. The American public apparently believes the GOP deserves the blame for the economy, and is just playing politics in its opposition to Obama over the recovery package. Unless it gets its house in order very soon,the GOP WILL be quite irrelevant. The fiasco over Limbaugh is just making matters worse. msnbcmedia.msn.com/i/MSNBC/Sections/090303_NBC-WSJ_poll.pdf If you can't fix it with a hammer, the problem's electrical.
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Please define "fairly homogeneous". I would venture to say that in a way Europe has become more diverse than America. Most European countries have fugitive laws that probably makes it "easier" to come to Europe, because of humanitarian reasons, than the US. There is for example small cities in Sweden that has taken more Iraqi fugitives than the whole of America. The same goes for Somalis a couple of years back. Where i live 20 % of the residents are not native. /Martin A stroll down Charing Cross Road in London would surprise him too. If you can't fix it with a hammer, the problem's electrical.
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There are tangible social differences in culture. Indeed, Japanese execs aren't greedy like ours. Funny how "culture" is always used by the right to excuse poor US comparisons with other nations, whether in gun homicides, life expectancy, infant mortality, and now excessive executive pay. That's a pretty narrow minded assessment. I wrote nothing that made an excuse, I stated a fact that people somehow overlook. GM once had a culture of an auto-enthusiast. It was squashed out long ago, and for them, that is what they need to regain in order to stay viable. Japanese corporations operate more from a premise of achieving excellence...a different application of enthusiasm. You apparently aren't reading my posts too clearly then. Mr. Waggoner's compensation is not crippling the company. I suppose you have never heard of the concept of leading by example. The EXAMPLE set by greedy execs is crippling the company. If you can't fix it with a hammer, the problem's electrical.
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What motive have the Dems to restructure? Just 3 months ago they won the WH and Congress, and the GOP is imploding. If you can't fix it with a hammer, the problem's electrical.
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The article doesn't lean for or against Paul Krugman's finding. But it does make good points about why most find the study controversial. To me, it seems that this was a fluke. Where are the other studies that show the same results? This is just one instance that job loss didn't happen. When more studies come out similar, then maybe we could put the unemployment effects of increasing minimum wage to bed. We've already put to bed the claim that increasing the minimum wage always results in more unemployment. That myth was easy to disprove. If you can't fix it with a hammer, the problem's electrical.
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Which is much more dependent upon lifestyle choices and heredity than medical efficacy. So, are you suggesting that Europeans generally make better lifestyle choices than Americans? it's a side note... but I would agree with that statement when comparing "average" populations of both cultures. We have higher rates of obesity. And an unhealthy attachment to our current healthcare system. If you can't fix it with a hammer, the problem's electrical.