Don’t quite grasp the idea do ya?
States, and lots of small businesses operate this way.
Car dealerships.
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I keep hearing that all these companies need loans to make payroll…
Posted by bruni
on October 24, 2008
Official U.S. Economy as a Presidential campaign issue thread
Posted by bruni
on September 30, 2008
While reading threads based upon the political theatre that is the U.S. presidential election on this forum, I keep stumbling upon posts that mention ‘how bad’ the economy is, and this thread is meant to educate ME and perhaps others on the subject of what our trillion dollar debt actually means, and what can the candidates do to fix it.
Stop beating around the bush in other threads, I want to know the situation, and both sides’ solutions.
Well right off the bat we all know that trickle down economics does not work.
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Obama’s tax plan at it’s core is about "Neighborliness"
Posted by bruni
on September 26, 2008
"If I am sitting pretty, and you’ve got a waitress who is making minimum wage plus tips, and I can afford it and she can’t — what’s the big deal for me to say, ‘I’m going to pay a little bit more.’ That is neighborliness."
Is this guy for real, is his tax policy straight out of the communist manifesto?
"From each according to their ability, to each according to their needs"
What would life be like in an ObamaNation? There’s the government sitting there watching you – watching you work – watching you go the extra mile. The government takes note of the fact that you pursued an advanced education. Then the government observes you working 50, 60 maybe 80 hours a week trying to start a business. The government watches your income as it rises. Finally at some point the government says "Enough! You now have more than you need! There are people out there who did not pursue an education like you did. There are people out there who did not work as hard and as long as you did. There are people out there who did not make the careful choices and take the risks you did. Now you have to be a good neighbor. So we’re going to take some of that money you don’t need and ’spread the wealth’, so to speak."
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Is it possible to end our dependence on foreign oil in 10 years time?
Posted by bruni
on September 11, 2008
Our oil production: 8.091 mm barrels per day
Our oil consumption: 19.993 mm barrels per day
What do you think?
Yes, it is possible if Obama is elected and serves eight years
yup our ability to kick the oil habit depends solely on this single factor
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What the fuck is Obama doing? He better defend this shit v. offshore drilling
Posted by bruni
on August 29, 2008
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Obama Opens the Door to Offshore Drilling By Jonathan Weisman Here’s a good read on windfall taxes and why it’s silly to levy them against Big Oil
Posted by bruni
on August 24, 2008
What Is a ‘Windfall’ Profit? August 4, 2008 The “windfall profits” tax is back, with Barack Obama stumping again to apply it to a handful of big oil companies. Which raises a few questions: What is a “windfall” profit anyway? How does it differ from your everyday, run of the mill profit? Is it some absolute number, a matter of return on equity or sales — or does it merely depend on who earns it? Long Article blaming Conservative ideology for government failures
Posted by bruni
on August 19, 2008
Follow This Dime: Why Misgovernment Was No Accident in George W. Bush’s Washington Monday 04 August 2008 by: Thomas Frank Washington is the city where the scandals happen. Every American knows this, but we also believe, if only vaguely, that the really monumental scandals are a thing of the past, that the golden age of misgovernment-for-profit ended with the cavalry charge and the robber barons, at about the same time presidents stopped wearing beards. Iraq oil bonanza flows to tune of $80 billion
Posted by bruni
on August 19, 2008
The oil boom will give Iraq a surplus of nearly $80 billion (42 billion) by the end of this year, a US agency has concluded, raising the political pressure for a cut in American spending to help the country to recover. High oil prices will soon give the Iraqi Government a pot of $79 billion in unspent funds, the US’s Government Accountability Office (GAO) projects in a new report to Congress. It adds that nearly $10 billion has been sitting in a US bank in New York because the Iraqi Government has been so slow in spending funds on reconstruction. Are you in favor of a National ID card?
Posted by bruni
on August 14, 2008
Then again, we’re Americans so our opinion doesn’t matter. I support it, if it’s opt in, which it’s not, so I don’t. really thats a very dim view to take New York threatens fraud charges against Citigroup
Posted by bruni
on August 08, 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The office New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo said on Friday it planned to bring legal action against Citigroup Inc, accusing the bank of fraudulently selling auction-rate securities and destroying documents that had been subpoenaed by the state. In a letter of intent obtained by Reuters, the state said its five-month probe into auction-rate markets revealed the bank falsely assured customers that these securities were as liquid as cash. The securities have been difficult to sell since credit markets tightened earlier this year. |