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Hmm, jury's still out on Obama. If unemployment gets down to, let's say, around 5 or 6% by next year and if housing starts have perked up and if the stock market continues on its merry way (it's up 50% since Bush left office), you might be surprised how great Obama might suddenly appear. He's winding down two wars and has, at least compared to Bush, More

wow, good news. Heaven forbid the Natternegativity in the workplaceg Nabobs of Negativity should let this slip by un-denounced. It's amazing how many contributors to these pages refuse to acknowledge any good news until after the next election. Heaven forbid something good should happen under the current administration. Given the circumstances in our More

Justin, I looked up the fast weight loss diets ratio of my own health insurer, HIP New York, and they were 85%. A loss ratio of 85% is common (and standard) in health insurance. Some of the companies that deal with small groups and individuals have a loss ratio as low as 80%, or even less, but that's a sign of inefficiency. Medicare has a loss ratio More

I'll leave that up to you. You appear to be quite learned on it all. I have no place for organized religion in my life, with all it's superstitious mumbo-jumbo; even if it were not rife with the same corruption as most governments and big business today; and it always has been, to the best of my knowledge. But I plead extreme ignorance in all organized More

Made in China without global renowned companies brand tag.... That will mean a lot less preference on Chinese products and this ultimately mean the crisis of Chinese manufacturing industry. Lots of the factories will close operation and many Chinese will lose jobs. Chinese manufacturing industry reply on the export heavily and their domestic market More

According to this article The Vat isn't really a consumption tax, but more like an income tax on producers which are often corporations. More than once, I've read in these pages that the corporate income tax is really a sales director tax borne by the consumer. So consumers indirectly pay corporate income taxes, and a VAT is really an income tax on More

I don't see Obama as all that bright. Well taught, maybe. He certainly repeats academia's cliche's without thought. As I see it, he was elected in spite of himself. No matter what nonsense that was prattled from his lips, the Main Stream Media edited, muted and translated how to get promoted fit their dreams. It worked. We are starting to look like More

US has given weapons and aid worth USD300 bil since 1960. If that didn't change Pakistan, how to deal with anxiety N-deal would change? 99% Pakistanis hate USA. How would the common man benefit from the N-deal that they would LOVE USA? Why 300 bil didn't do the job? If US can't put it's name on the donated rice or sugar bags that it donates to Pakistanis, More

He also forgets how to calculate income tax calculate whether or not the tax revenue will decrease from more people deciding the additional effort to exceed $200k is worth it...thus slowing economic activity AND not collecting more taxes. Many, myself included, would chose to spend more time with the kids, stop working earlier to cook better dinners, More

You seem to have fallen victim to the political feel good analysis. The car tax calculator fires were a result of it's basic design. I'm sure GM will fix it, but it did burn because crystallized coolant shorted the battery. When I break out the calculator to analyze this car (and most other electric vehicles), I find a product that costs more, is less More