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Mr Lundt June 14, 2013 at 09:46 am
Wow
"A look at home sale statistics on the local level" and not a single statistic.
FAIL
Greg May 26, 2013 at 09:26 pm
Forced on voters? I would guess that SWS does not understand the concept of a representative…Read More democracy. The United Council can still exist, it just needs to get the $800,000 funding like any other group through voluntary donations, not this check off BS method. The United Council claims a much different purpose than its actions demonstrate. This type of funding should never go to an organization that is as radical as this group is.
Lyle Ruble May 27, 2013 at 01:56 pm
@Jay Sykes....One of the things I appreciate about you is your ability to clarify and simplify,…Read More often times down to numbers. But, there is a short side to your approach and that it removes the human element out of the equation. You obviously support a philosophy of structuralism and utilitarianism, which is limited in application and may come up morally deficient.
There is no question that if the SS system had been left alone for the full four years as intended that the principle would have grown to be sufficient to handle forgoing needs. Bur out of political expediency they started paying out benefits after only two years and placed it in jeopardy for long term survival. Social Security would be best served if it were converted to a universal retirement system with revenue support equal to the outgoing needs. The problems with medicare and to some extent medicaid is that it stopped short of a universal health care system. Often we find ourselves in a worse position because we stop programming before experiencing the full benefit. Under an NHS, which has been proven in every other developed nation, services can be provided to the entire population at reasonable costs and excellent service levels. However, this has not been done because too much wealth and power is tied up in the current system. So we keep applying band aids that neither completely satisfies and in the long run weakens the program. The same can be said for SS.
Jay Sykes May 27, 2013 at 04:13 pm
@Lyle... I am unsure why you conclude auditing social programs to ensure they work as designed…Read More removes the human element and may come up morally deficient.
I believe that those that can must provide for those that can not. We may not be able to know the names of those that become 'disabled' before they become part of that group. However, the laws of big numbers and statistics can tell us what percentage of us will fall into that category and what resources are required of us.
Neither you nor I designed or implement SS or any other social program. No doubt 'we' would have designed many programs differently than they are now.
Every major social program has a myriad of bureaucrats toiling away to determine the 'appropriate' level of payable benefits. Somehow they conclude what to payout for things like SS disability,Survivors benefits and FoodShare. Do their calculators have a Humanist function button?
I know of no way of consistently measuring if our social programs are sufficiently humanist. I do know how to measure if those in-charge are actually smart or just full of BS; its called Results.
Results:Tell me what you are going to do; do what you said you would do; show me you did what you said you would do.
I have confidence in those that produce results and none in those that do not.
I said so May 29, 2013 at 06:26 pm
Gender Bender Day causes controversy at Tippecanoe School…Read More
http://fox6now.com/2013/05/24/gender-bender-day-causes-controversy-at-tippecanoe/
What a wonderful return on the tax payer investment....and you goofs wonder why parents don't want to send their children to these cess pools.
The Anti-Alinsky May 24, 2013 at 02:52 am
Nuitari...they gave us ObamaNoCare.
I am just overjoyed I am paying an extra $2K/year for worse…Read More health coverage.
Door County Sled Dogs May 25, 2013 at 09:45 am
The Door County Sled Dogs say, "Puppies not politics". It is what allows a very diverse…Read More group of volunteers to work together toward a common goal.
A WFB Resident May 30, 2013 at 09:56 pm
The event Saturday sure sounds fun! Can we get tickets at the door?
morninmist May 30, 2013 at 06:35 am
"Obamagate" exists only in the little minds of the Right Wing!
As Republicans Push…Read More Impeaching Obama, Consumer Confidence Surges to Five Year High http://www.politicususa.com/republicans-impeach-obama-consumer-confidence-surges-year-high.html
...Bad news for Republicans. In spite of their heroic efforts to destroy the economy under Obama, American consumer confidence has surged to the highest level since February of 2008. This news comes as Republicans are pushing to impeach Obama.
The AP reported Tuesday that “consumer confidence jumped in May to a reading of 76.2, up from 69 in April. That’s the highest level since February 2008, two months after the Great Recession officially began,” according to a report from the Conference Board, a private research group.
The hits keep coming for Republicans — home prices are surging, job growth is strengthening and stocks are soaring to record highs. “Americans are more hopeful about the economy than at any other point in five years.”
How can this be when Republicans refuse to even begin the budget reconciliation process, refused to pass one single jobs bills, and are once again endangering global financial confidence with threats of refusing to raise the debt ceiling, aka, refusing to make good on bills they already ran up? It’s as if the economy has it out for Republicans, as Americans abandon their petty efforts to obstruct a rebound...
robert heule May 20, 2013 at 01:37 am
Jake, you Republicans have no sense of humor. If you would win the lottery you could donate your…Read More winnings to the Tea Party.
Robert Merlin June 12, 2013 at 06:23 pm
I'd hold off turning it in until I established residence in another state. I wouldn't give the…Read More weasel a dime...
Frances Martin May 23, 2013 at 01:33 am
Tax money also goes to corporations that lobby for special tax breaks, to the defense department in…Read More shockingly unaccounted for amounts, on a state level to Walker's privatized WEDC--my point is that righties seem to get very upset about food stamp irregularities, but tolerate or ignore these much larger misuses of tax dollars. why is that?
Frank McGruber May 23, 2013 at 01:54 am
Do not confuse tax breaks with subsidies. They are NOT the same thing, regardless of what the Left…Read More will tell you.
Rita Jeminez May 24, 2013 at 07:02 pm
Tax breaks for any company doesn't seem right. If we want jobs to come, I think we should lower the,…Read More for everyone, not just a few favorite companies. I like low taxes and think we should lower them, we just shouldn't only do it for a few
Luke May 18, 2013 at 10:02 pm
You guys have no idea how often you make me google your pop cultural allusions.
Johnny Blade May 22, 2013 at 04:46 pm
They sell RAW CHICKEN in the stores also .. But people like you are to stupid to cook it
Eilene Stevens May 25, 2013 at 01:14 pm
Check out Ezra Klein and California's implementation. Wonkbook: Some very good news for Obamacare.…Read More http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/05/24/wonkbook-some-very-good-news-for-obamacare/
NObama 2012 May 25, 2013 at 01:39 pm
Please, Ezra Klein is our new age Joseph Goebbels. Ezra parades his propaganda across the various…Read More Washington Post editions and MSNBC shows, celebrated as a creative journalist instead of the Progressive fascist he is. I wonder how long it will take for the public to wake up. Or whether Ezra Klein will preside over the new US anti-Semitic movement , selling out his own Jewish people as happened in France and Germany in 1928. Ezra Klein is pure evil.
Lyle Ruble May 23, 2013 at 01:15 pm
@Skinny Dude....I would like to remind you that Doyle inherited a $6.6 billion deficit from McCallum…Read More and Thompson. By his second term he was having to deal with significant revenue shortfalls. He didn't directly raise taxes and placed state workers on a two year furlow program. I am not a fan of Diamond Jim; but, He wasn't the nincompoop that the right paints him to be.
Just as Scott Walker is not the messiah for the State of Wisconsin, neither was Ronald Reagan the messiah to the nation. I can tell how limited your reading and research has been. Just remember, if he hadn't been in the grips of dementia, he would have most likely been impeached and removed from office for the Iran Contra fiasco. You can worship at the Reagan alter if you wish, but the truth is out there that proves your worship is misplaced.
vocal local 1 May 30, 2013 at 08:04 am
State revenues might be up as they are taxing us to the max and fixing the books. Just read 40 of…Read More the 50 states are broke and on the verge of bankruptcy.
skinnyDUDE May 30, 2013 at 05:19 pm
@ Lyle
I don't worship any man . Reagan came clean on a matter and there was open hearings. I know…Read More the entire story. With Obama he can even explain why he was AWOL while an actual terror attack was occuring . The information isn't classified , it is merely embarrassing as he was busy creating a cover story while Americans were waiting for help and fighting for their Lives. Is it any wonder most service man respect his authority but not him as a man . If you think they do respect him on a personal level your merely clueless and disconnected. Get out of the liberal fish bowl .
Walker was an easy choice as governor. How many times does he have to win to show you the majority has rejected the liberal failings of the Doyle years and the clueless campaigns of the Barrett years. Walker is governor and will win again .
Jim Kube May 30, 2013 at 01:49 pm
Jon H via Facebook -
This story is very true. Breaking down a complicated pattern into piece and…Read More building into muscle memory allows us to almost bend realism with 4way independence. In reality, it is just the result of repetitive "good" practice.
Nice article!
Bacon & Waffles May 16, 2013 at 07:03 pm
Ah yes, more "high ground" posting from the kind compassionate left. Yet he would have us…Read More believe that republicans are the party of hate.
Let it go Captain. Life is too short for that sort of rage. Lean back. Take another hit of the bong. Listen to some Earth Wind and Fire. And let the rage seep away....
Keith Worst May 17, 2013 at 04:31 am
@Bob
They're back.
http://m.jsonline.com/more/news/blogs/207565701.html
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