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Jeff . . . you're a trip! Never have I seen anyone self congratulate and complement himself as much as you. If you are so open minded why do you refer to those who oppose you in an insulting and a 'holier than thou' manner? FoxNoise? Yeah, I bet your open minded when you listen to them. And I thought it was really quite 'big' of you to say that Republicans More
China has huge human resources assistant and material resources exceeding the US resources. Their economic system is now freer than some countries with democracy, e.g. India. So its no surprise their economy is accelerating tremendously. Their people are naturally industrious and smart. With more education of even the rural people their human resource More
I fully agree with your first two paragraphs. Cannot buy into the third one. That was a pretty sweeping remark about an entire generation. Right now, in this particular moment in time, an enormous lapse of integrity can be applied to EVERY generation, including the Boomers. Ethics, integrity, character, values do not seem to be as rock solid right now More
After reading this response, I am even more inclined than before to admire Mrs. Chua's system. I definitely do not believe in letting children follow their own way: that is a foolish abdication of parental responsibility, at times representing laziness (as Mrs. Waldman humorously admits). The more parents can manage to teach good characteristics of culture More
The approach that Colorado Springs and many other cities are taking is not new. It's the way cites used how to approach girls run. Hospitals and homeless shelters, boys and girls homes and soup kitchens were all run by churches where I grew up. Parks and playgrounds were maintained by companies that competed for contracts with the city, not city employees. More
@Bill: Governments and individuals have different roles and functions. Individuals do not wage war, build roads etc.
And what is within ones means of communication? Does that mean having no debt? No modern developed country has no debt.
Besides, if one does not live within ones means, that means they are overspending at an unsustainable pace. Eventually More
Want to fix US schools at a fraction of current costs??? Give the principals the authority to fire teachers AND FIRE STUDENTS. Also give them the ability to develop and pay teachers more with the savings and to ask these teachers to take on management role of other teachers.
If the NYC public schools already have a 50% drop out rate. What is the harm More
Those who fail to learn from history are condemned to repeat it. The basic idea behind Laffer's curve is that there is an optimal turnover rate at which tax revenue is maximized. As the rate moves either too low or too high from that point, tax revenue declines. The obvious extremes are 0% and 100%. In neither case is any tax revenue generated. More
Obama-mama and Ben Berananke are quite a team meeting. Obama wants to force us to give lots of money to 'private' health insurance companies, Bernanke wants us to give lots of money to Banks. Neither Obama nor Bernanke has a clue what Capitalism/Free Market means, or maybe they do but they are just crooks. Meeting with CEOs.... sounds like a plea for More
Considering that WSJ is a business newspaper, I was surprised that the reporter neglected to cover a huge business-related aspect of modern-day couponing...the retailers despise couponers and often make them feel like criminals. They like to refuse (perfectly legal) internet coupons, claiming that they are fraudulent. They've placed limits on how many More