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Comment on Reconciliation and “the Political Climate” by Nancy Manus

Nancy Manus — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:30:18 +0000

Democrats are not listening to Americans again,even with 67% of the vote “NO”!Next Time We,as Americans won’t just be carrying signs and shouting! YOU DAMN WELL WILL HEAR AMERICANS,Like MOSES HEARD GOD ON MT.SINAI!!

Comment on Polarization, Bipartisanship, and Powerful Interests by IndependentBlogger

IndependentBlogger — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 01:35:08 +0000

to follow up on what you’re saying, IIRC, right before the 1992 election, some guy wrote an article called ‘Demoschlerosis’, that made the case that these special interests’ control over politics and policy need to be reduced. He spent a great deal of time discussing how they latch onto the government and leach money from the public.

He then made the reccomendation that if you could limit the dollar amount of the government budget they have access to, you would begin to kill them off by making them compete with each other.

Another thing that would help would be to ressurrect the constitutional amendment to create a line-item veto that the Congress failed to pass in the 1990s.

Comment on Entourage Is A Spent Force by Sex and The City and The Loot « Repartay

Sex and The City and The Loot « Repartay — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 22:12:52 +0000

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Comment on Tiger Woods Is Not Normal by katz

katz — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 15:16:46 +0000

“A man is only as faithful as his options.” – Chris Rock

Comment on Tiger Woods Is Not Normal by bri

bri — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 22:00:29 +0000

It appears he didn’t just have one girlfriend. The count is now at three and rising (so to speak).

Comment on Belichick and Average Situations by Tom Baker

Tom Baker — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:19:17 +0000

Jon, it was a great game but I’m glad the Colts won.

Comment on $2700 Per Year by hut

hut — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 07:15:21 +0000

And taxpayers would be less enthusiastic for EVERYTHING if they knew that 5% of the annual budget is just for paying off interest on the national debt.

$3.55 trillion dollar budget FY 2010 / 138 million taxpayers * 0.05 = $1286.20

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The link below has a nice budget breakdown:
http://useconomy.about.com/od/fiscalpolicy/p/Budget_Spending.htm

In the words of Milton Friedman, “The debts must equal the receipts.” Because mandatory spending is increasing due to the large number of baby boomers retiring, we will likely see the percentage of the budget allocated to discretionary spending decrease over the next five years.

Jon, what are your thoughts?

Comment on Mechanics of the Senate Public Plan by Kvatch

Kvatch — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 01:31:40 +0000

That said, it seems the public option that’s emerging from the Senate really won’t be the fantastic price control mechanism reformers hoped for.

No doubt because, with the ‘opt-out’ in place, the plan isn’t likely to achieve the critical mass necessary to give it the clout required to force cost controls. (JMHO)

Comment on Filibuster Fun Facts by euandus

euandus — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:18:17 +0000

I have noticed that some bloggers are questioning whether we should continue to have a Senate, partly because of the filibuster. I just wrote a post on the U.S. Senate itself. I argue that it was designed with discordant goals and that it should be more like the European Council in the EU in representing State governments. Here is the link (in case you are interested): http://euandus3.wordpress.com/2009/10/27/the-u-s-senate-what-is-it-really/

Comment on When Genius Fails, Keep Trying by When Genius Fails, Keep Trying « unwe.net

When Genius Fails, Keep Trying « unwe.net — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:41:22 +0000

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