Looking over the last century, the Clinton presidency was the only one that brought in more in taxes that it spent. Was that due purely to tax...
First, why are you a socialist? Second, you have to determine what you want government to do. If government is doing the wrong things, then any...
From FactCheck.org Seems there was more at work than Clinton's tax increase. And, when the Dot-Com bubble burst...... No. During the war,...
Historically, "The State" has been dominated by war lords and dictators, where might was the only property right. This is good justification for...
For government, national ROI comes from necessary war and necessary infrastructure. Throwing money at infrastructure, especially when mandating...
The difference is typewriters and dial phone were replaced by market forces, not government mandate. The products that replaced typewriters and...
I didn't define the tax rate on "profits", I stated that capital equipment purchases from saving was taxed as profits, while purchased with credit...
Have you seen the effective interest rate pawn shop charge? That loan is secured by property, the loan amount low enough that the property can be...
Many times. Why, have they come up with some viable alternative energy source they keep hidden from the states? All I see is heavily...
"The sudden release of large amounts of natural gas from methane clathrate deposits has been hypothesized as a cause of past and possibly future...
I do that frequently - most are crap, many are heavily hyped to get gooberment funding, and none have manifested themselves as viable products....
No histrionics - and I didn't say the ocean temp was on that trajectory, or that MMGW / CO2 was the cause. But, it has happened in the past,...
Based on what? Oil from plants is the most promising, and has been in "development" for decades. Despite the periodic "breakthroughs", there...
That is the right way to go. We need government to stop subsidizing lending institutions via the tax code.
Water expands when it is heated. Wait until the oceans are warm enough to melt the stores of methane hydrates. Life on this planet had ridden...
You can bring out all the scientist you want, moaning a groaning about the end of the world. There isn't any viable replacement for fossil...
Lets assume those 15% are retirees that leave the workforce, and live off their investments, SSI and Medicare. The effect on the stock market as...
The same applies to retail shops that don't go into the black until the Christmas season. The cash they need for the first 9 months of next year,...
Productivity of the employee, or of the equipment that allows one employee to do the work of 100?
What percent of income does the lower quintile distribute, to the lower quintile?
The US doesn't redistribute as much, in percentage, as Europe - yet. If we wanted to do that, we would move to the UK. I do find redistributing...
Then you would be wrong, no matter how you run the numbers. - - - Updated - - - We will see with Seattle....
If I do a 100 year, interest only loan...... If you want someone to loan money, interest has to take into account inflation, the lost opportunity...
The state could have reduced spending to match incomes. They have done that tons of times. They close all the visible services, expecting the...
If the Democrats have been unable to raise tax rates, how does California have one of the highest tax rates in the country? Was Prop 13 passed by...
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