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The Three Unknowns After the U.S. Strike on Iran BuckGalaxy June 22, 2025 12:58 am (CurrentEvents)

There are only nine meals between mankind and anarchy. BuckGalaxy June 22, 2025 12:29 am (Flame)

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How to get corporate America to invest its record trillions in cash in jobs by BuckGalaxy September 20, 2011 10:02 am

So let me get this straight: the job creation engines are the tax breaks, investment write-offs, and other business ... by TB 2011-09-20 11:22:59
- EDITED: No. You've got it dead wrong. "... tax breaks, investment write-offs, and other business tax 'expenditures'" are tax ... by ER 2011-09-21 05:40:41
  - You are right about the dangers of "crony capitalism" (businesses using the power of government to serve their own ends.) ... by TB 2011-09-21 08:42:10
    - "Why not force the crony capitalists to move towards a more competitive economy?" By George. I think he's got it! Force? ... by ER 2011-09-21 08:56:38
- You don't read very well. Because of tax breaks, the wealthy are just SITTING on their money. Without ... by Eri 2011-09-20 22:12:19
  - And you're not reading at all. by TB 2011-09-21 07:37:54
    - But they are NOT investing. Which is the point. They are letting the money sit there. Got ... by Eri 2011-09-23 05:44:50
    - Tom, if it isn't taxed, he doesn't HAVE to invest in order to save it from the taxman. He ... by ER 2011-09-21 08:44:32
      - Okay, one more time: by TB 2011-09-21 08:54:25
        
        I saw the former Governor of Michigan, Jennifer Granholm, on the Jon Stewart Show overnight and she was quite impressive. ... by Eri 2011-09-23 06:01:55
        
        The Johnson Controls battery plant in Holland, Michigan. Federal grant for building the plant: $299 million. Michigan state incentives for ... by TB 2011-09-23 09:33:45
        
        We're not quite that dense, pal. We know exactly what is going on. Listen carefully. The rich used to be ... by ER 2011-09-21 09:10:47
        
        Are you saying that taxing someone at 90% is a "fair share? I really hope you don't think that. by Lee 2011-09-21 20:08:35
        
        Yes. Yes. Of course. The idea was to "get them to plow that back into productive use, like foundations, ... by TB 2011-09-21 09:13:30
        
        Cripes. Screw this. by TB 2011-09-21 09:20:41
        
        I apologize. You're right, I did not express myself clearly, in fact, I said something that was misleading, and it ... by ER 2011-09-21 09:55:59
- Bonus question: by TB 2011-09-20 11:36:49
Outstanding! Now why didn't I think of that? Of course, the "job creators" would rather actually create jobs than ... by ER 2011-09-20 10:40:29
- "Job Creators". Don't you just love that? It's right up there with "Patriot Act", "Peacekeeper Missile", "Death Tax", "Marriage Penalty" and "Freedom ... by ER 2011-09-20 10:47:58

A prediction (of sorts) by TB September 20, 2011 9:36 am

Anything's possible, I guess. But I tentatively disagree. It's a long time before the election and anything can happen. Obama ... by ER 2011-09-20 11:24:08
- Watched Noam Chomsky the other evening. He said that the very rich vote to stay very rich, but they ... by bowser 2011-09-20 22:31:59
  - I wish I shared your optimism. The IQ over 80 plus morals cohort may be the majority, but the majority ... by ER 2011-09-21 04:38:04
    - PS. Beware of Chomsky. He's smart, but he's also crazy. He's sort of a lefty Krauthammer. by ER 2011-09-21 04:43:06
      - Huh. I don't see the meanness and hostility in Chomsky I do in Krauthammer. And you must know ... by bowser 2011-09-21 06:56:15
        
        "People can look at the same thing and see different realities." Liberals know that, but Conservatives refuse to believe it. Chomsky is ... by ER 2011-09-21 09:33:30

Military gay ban lifted by RobVG September 20, 2011 8:40 am

Ask, tell! by BuckGalaxy 2011-09-20 08:44:42
- If you've got it, flaunt it >:-) by VelociraptorBlade 2011-09-23 01:07:46

Lemon juice and seafood; it also has a 'survival' value. by Jeff-Wash September 19, 2011 2:26 pm

Thanks! That's valuable information. I did know that it is used to "cook" seafood when they serve ceviche. ... by Eri 2011-09-19 17:13:32

How the Greek tragedy will end by TB September 19, 2011 8:10 pm

I may have something to add to this. I have a writer acquaintance who lives an idyllic life half of ... by Eri 2011-09-20 22:44:16
Trouble in Greece? What trouble in Greece? Why didn't anyone tell us? Why weren't we warned? How ... by ER 2011-09-20 06:00:02
- Why Greece is going broke. by TB 2011-09-20 09:12:39

Solyndra- A sad example of misguided government by RobVG September 19, 2011 9:09 am

I have a great fondness for Yogi Berra & yogiisms. by Jeff-Wash September 19, 2011 10:17 am

CONT'D - Board Suggestion-response 2 FrankC (playing with software) by Eri September 18, 2011 9:34 pm

CONT'D - Board Suggestion by Eri September 18, 2011 9:32 pm

An "entitlement" the Republicans simply love. by bowser September 18, 2011 3:49 pm

Bowser, I'm so angry with Republicans and Tea Baggers over this crap that I'm afraid to post. My anger ... by Eri 2011-09-18 21:26:14
- Do you support repealing it? As you recall, I didn't support it in the first place. by TB 2011-09-18 21:33:25
  - Please read my above post. I cannot afford to get emotionally upset. by Eri 2011-09-19 10:34:00
    - Relax and take it easy. by TB 2011-09-19 12:46:29
      - I come play on the sites to which I belong, each one different, but each one with people with whom ... by Eri 2011-09-19 17:00:55
      - Here, have a glass of Kool-Aid. by bowser 2011-09-19 15:53:30
        
        How's Kool-Aid mixed with Gin? by Eri 2011-09-19 17:01:18
        
        Kool-Aid of the sort the TB (Tea Party Lite) is offering you. No gin, straight. Almost. Kool-Aid ... by bowser 2011-09-20 22:20:52
        
        There's nothing like having that big, fat red pitcher man bust through your wall with a bottle of gin in ... by TB 2011-09-19 17:03:34

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