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I have seem many GOP politicians complain about VAT’s world wide so I felt it is time to explain how Canada’s works and the benefits.
I decided after reading Mark Sumner post on the “border adjustment tax”- which is a stupid idea -...
by statsone
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on Fri Jan 27, 2017 at 07:54 AM PST
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Today is January 25 2017, five days after the inauguration of Mr. Trump. I have noticed two local merchants raising their prices, Walgreen and my local pizza parlor.
Anyone else see price rises during this time period ?
UPDATE:
I should...
by ej heinemann
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on Thu Jan 26, 2017 at 08:13 PM PST
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It’s difficult to think of a time when US-Mexican relations have been this bad without either Pancho Villa or the Zimmermann Telegram making the news. And all it took was Donald Trump to hurl
by Mark Sumner
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on Fri Jan 27, 2017 at 06:00 AM PST
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Just watched Hillary Clinton’s stump speech being delivered to much applause at the Republican Retreat in Philadelphia. It was simply delivered by British Conservative Party leader Theresa May.
it included all of the greatest hits:
Need to do...
by pdxbuckeye
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on Thu Jan 26, 2017 at 01:35 PM PST
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Over the next four years, I’m going to make a distinction in my diaries between Donald Trump and the people who voted for him.
Donald Trump is a narcissistic, grandstanding blowhard, whose presidency is likely to make the venal, corrupt incompetence...
by mftalbot
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on Thu Jan 26, 2017 at 11:15 AM PST
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The New York Times wrote an interesting article looking at the deficit spending impact of Trump’s proposals so far. They conclude that he is on course to add $10 TRILLION dollars to our debt over the next 10 years. Please note that is after only one...
by MindMatter
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on Thu Jan 26, 2017 at 09:29 AM PST
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Cross-posted from Real Economics.
One of the centerpieces of Trump’s economic plan is to, once again, try the Republican experiment of cutting taxes. Now, I know it is hard to argue against cutting taxes, but Democrats have really dropped the ball...
by NBBooks
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on Tue Jan 24, 2017 at 02:11 PM PST
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Cross posted from My Gedanken Experiment
I graduated from the University of Missouri with a bachelor with honors in Economics in 1976, the spring before Tim Kaine enrolled. I majored in Economics for the same reason Tim Kaine did - Professor John...
by Im a frayed knot
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on Mon Jan 23, 2017 at 03:50 PM PST
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First, the Trump administration floated out the idea that action star of yesteryear, Sylvester Stallone would become the head of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). Stallone, possibly seeing that the NEA’s appropriations budget was less than...
by Walter Einenkel
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on Mon Jan 23, 2017 at 01:23 PM PST
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The only major positive of the Trump Presidency and a fully Republican controlled Congress is the American people will finally have the opportunity to see the full Republican Agenda. Now some will continue, in some way, to not see it, but I hope the...
by Rustum
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on Fri Jan 20, 2017 at 07:01 PM PST
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The myth of Donald Trump's surprisingly election victory is that he alone understood the travails of the white working class and that was what catapulted him to victory. The reality is that there was a large swath of Democrats, Bernie supporters and...
by m2c4
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on Fri Jan 20, 2017 at 11:53 AM PST
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“Our Mission
To foster, promote, and develop the welfare of the wage earners, job seekers, and retirees of the United States; improve working conditions; advance opportunities for profitable employment; and assure work-related benefits and rights.” ...
by Kleier
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on Mon Jan 16, 2017 at 09:39 AM PST
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I’m reposting this because … our long national nightmare is nigh upon us. Unfortunately, in the weeks since I first published this, the right’s War on Science and, even more ominously, their War on Truth Itself will be in full swing come Friday. Here...
by westladem
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on Sun Jan 15, 2017 at 02:01 PM PST
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I subscribe to the NE Food mailing list ([email protected]) for those with an interest in food and agriculture in the NE region. Recently, there was an active conversation started by one person looking for "Good films on food, farming,...
by gmoke
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on Sun Jan 15, 2017 at 11:03 AM PST
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One of the tallest hurdles blocking the American 99% from power today is the hegemonic culture’s celebration of the individual over the collective. Today we stand alone, but the organization of many is how we obtain the desired and just right of...
by Kleier
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on Fri Jan 13, 2017 at 04:58 PM PST
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This is more thought experiment rambling than anything else, so be warned.
What is MONEY?
mon·ey
ˈmənē/
noun
a current medium of exchange in the form of coins and banknotes; coins and banknotes collectively.
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by metogamekun
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on Tue Jan 10, 2017 at 03:09 AM PST
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We all know that Governor Brownback and the Republicans of Kansas have led their state into a colossal free market, tax cutting, small government experiment. And we all know that the result has been a budget disaster.
I wondered what has been the...
by NBBooks
39 comments
on Tue Jan 10, 2017 at 06:35 AM PST
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It is now common knowledge that Russia’s Vladimir Putin was personally behind efforts to intervene in the 2016 American presidential election. We also know that President-elect Donald Trump was Putin’s candidate of choice. What we don’t always talk...
by Thisbe
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on Fri Jan 13, 2017 at 11:24 AM PST
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Between 2010 and 2015, the number of Americans selling their stuff off and retiring abroad has increased 17 percent, according to Michigan Live.
Just under 400,000 American retirees are now living abroad, according to the Social Security...
by Walter Einenkel
31 comments
on Mon Jan 09, 2017 at 01:36 PM PST
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A lot of Democrats are making two grievous errors.
1) They are seizing on any number of external reasons for why they were routed in the November 2016 elections. Not just for the White House, but in the Senate, Congress, and at the state level.
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by NBBooks
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on Sat Jan 07, 2017 at 05:51 PM PST
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