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If one assumes that a person is making their money, including enough money to have no incentive to "work", by…
Ob sie wirklich Deutsch spricht. Normalweise, kommt die US Soldaten nicht ins Stadt und spricht nicht so oft mit denn…
As for being a Nazi, ich spreche fliessend deutsch und wohnte in Deutschland fuer drei Jahre mit der americanishe Luftwaffe…
And of course this "incentive" only applies to poor people: Rich people who already have enough to live off of…
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Category Archives: Economics and the like
Social Security: Not A Ponzi Scheme
[This is adapted from a comment I left at Ethics Alarms.] According to the Congressional Budget Office, “under current law, the resources dedicated to financing [Social Security] over the next 75 years fall short of the benefits that will be … Continue reading
Posted in crossposted on TADA, Economics and the like
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Who Wants to Live Forever?
Now this looks interesting…. For those who are unable to watch the trailer, the set-up for In Time is simple enough. In a world set twenty minutes into the future, people no longer have to age beyond a physical 25. … Continue reading
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What Is The Constitutional Option On The Debt Ceiling, And Why Democrats Should Use It
The budget negotiations have reached an impasse; Republicans are demanding huge budget cuts without any significant revenue increases, or they’ll refuse to raise the debt ceiling, with disastrous consequences: In a letter sent to every member of Congress, Geithner said … Continue reading
Wanna Support Marriage? End The Drug War. Fight Unemployment.
[Crossposted on Family Scholars Blog.] As an unintended consequence of participating in so many arguments about marriage equality, I’ve read a lot of work by so-called marriage advocates. Although on the subject of same-sex marriage I haven’t found their arguments … Continue reading
Quote: When X and Y Always Turn Out To Be Mutually Recognizable
From Matt over at Bleeding Heart Libertarians: Carden claims to be motivated by a concern for the poor. His commitment to free market, his post suggests, is a product of his belief that free markets serve the interests of the … Continue reading
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Where the debt came from.
From The Great Debt Shift, from the non-partisan Pew Charitable Trusts: In January 2001, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) projected under a current law baseline that the federal government would erase its debt in 2006. By 2011, the U.S. government … Continue reading
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When capitalized, "Sie" is the formal way to address adults of either gender in polite German. I majored in the…