l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 1 January 18, 2012 by Warner Todd Huston
I have to say, I am getting a bit sick and tired of this nonsensical lament
about how rotten it is that those running for president are “rich” people.
Stop it right now, America. The fact is that we’ve never really had a poor
man as president so talking about it as if it is news that rich people
often seek the presidency is stupid. Not only that, but today it is
impossible for a poor or even middle class man to run for president anyway,
so get this populist... 阅读全帖 |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 2 By Larrey Anderson
Venture capitalism is, and always has been, the heart of capitalism. There
is nothing "new" or modern about it.1 Venture capitalism is one or more
private investors financing a risky new venture (thus, the "venture" in
venture capitalism) -- or a private investor's attempt to salvage an already
existing, but troubled, business. Venture capitalism takes the risks that
banks won't and that governments shouldn't. Crony capitalism is the system
of politically motivated handouts fr... 阅读全帖 |
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S*********n
发帖数: 4050 | 3 Iraq war spending still dwarfs that. Ask yourtt, he can testify that
military spending is good for the economy, and that's why we are very happy
today.
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y****t
发帖数: 10233 | 4 are you talking about obama stimulus money?
lol...
happy |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 5 By Mark Steyn
Had I been asked to deliver the State of the Union address, it would not
have delayed your dinner plans:
“The State of our Union is broke, heading for bankrupt, and total collapse
shortly thereafter. Thank you and goodnight! You’ve been a terrific crowd!”
I gather that Americans prefer something a little more upbeat, so one would
not begrudge a speechwriter fluffing it up by holding out at least the
possibility of some change of fortune, however remote. Instead, President
Obama ass... 阅读全帖 |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 6 当我问英国气候变化部的人在每年花纳税人300亿的情况下暖化被遏制了多少时，在一
片可怕的沉默之后，回答是“我们从没算过”
Posted on February 3, 2012 by Anthony Watts
By Christopher Monckton of Brenchley
Today’s resignation of Chris Huhne, the UK Minister for Climate Change,
offers the prospect of a belated return to sanity at the former Ministry of
Agriculture in Whitehall. Huhne now faces prosecution for an alleged attempt
to pervert the course of justice by asking his then wife to say that she
was driving at the time when one of Britain’s thousands of s... 阅读全帖 |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 7 By VAUHINI VARA
Stockton, Calif., will take the first step toward a possible bankruptcy
after the city council decided late Tuesday to launch a special mediation
with unions, creditors and others that cities in California must undergo
before pursuing a Chapter 9 filing.
While one council member opposed a resolution to pursue the mediation, also
known as a "neutral evaluation," six voted in favor of the move. The city
also passed resolutions to suspend certain debt payments and conduct an
investi... 阅读全帖 |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 8 by Steven Greenhut
03/05/2012
SACRAMENTO – If the theory of man-made global warming were such a self-
obvious truth, the result of scientific consensus, then why do its advocates
keep committing fraud to advance it? Even more disturbing, why are some
writers willing to defend this behavior?
The latest embarrassment for global-warming activists came Feb. 20, when
Peter Gleick, founder of the Oakland-based Pacific Institute for Studies in
Development, Environment and Security, admitted that he com... 阅读全帖 |
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k***n
发帖数: 3158 | 9 same goes to SS and medicare
they are bankrupting anyway |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 10 No, Left-Wingers, the ‘Founders’ Did NOT Approve of Mandates or Obamacare
April 16, 2012 Posted by Warner Todd Huston
Every few weeks leftist supporters of Obamacare will float the “fact” that
our founders passed the first “national healthcare law” claiming that
this supports Obamacare. The truth is, though, the history they claim
supports them doesn’t in any way prove that the founders would approve of
mandates in general or Obamacare in particular.
This failed historical analogy is once again... 阅读全帖 |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 11 by Rick aka Mr. Brutally Honest
Lloyd Marcus is doing the wondering from a perspective of wisdom we should
all be considering:
ZimmermanWantedForMurderMost Americans desire a fair and just outcome of
this tragedy. But, Lord help us if the evidence proves Zimmerman to be
innocent. If Zimmerman is ruled not-guilty and allowed to walk, I foresee
Rodney King-type riots in the streets. Thus, is Zimmerman's fate already
sealed? Will a jury decide Zimmerman must be declared guilty of something?
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 12 By John Watson
Let us start with a simple premise: It is one thing to emote to an ideology,
yet it is quite another to live out its reality. Generally, liberals tend
to rely upon emotion to push their agenda, while conservatives tend to rely
more on pragmatism. Raising the minimum wage to theoretically provide a "
living wage" to the poor sounds good, but the reality has generally been
higher unemployment of the lower-wage-earners.
A prime example is California. For many years, California gov... 阅读全帖 |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 13 Despite the fact that Obama's own policies have wiped out countless jobs and
resulted in other jobs moving to foreign countries, the Obama campaign
today accused Mitt Romney of being the "Outsourcer-in-Chief." That was
deeply ironic, because the Obama Administration has spent billions of tax
dollars subsidizing the outsourcing of American jobs to foreign countries.
Obama, not Romney, is the Outsourcer-in-Chief.
“79 percent” of all green-jobs spending in Obama’s $800 billion stimulus
package went... 阅读全帖 |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 14 How To Run Record Deficits? Have 60% Of Taxpayers Receive More Than They Pay
July 16, 2012 Posted by Doug Johnson
The chairman of the economics department at Harvard University, Professor
Greg Mankiw analyizes one portion of the new CBO report on the distribution
of income and taxes and finds a telling statistic.
Because transfer payments are, in effect, the opposite of taxes, it
makes sense to look not just at taxes paid, but at taxes paid minus
transfers received. For 2009, the most rece... 阅读全帖 |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 15 By Kim Zigfeld
Watch out, Mr. and Mrs. America: Spanish celebrity chef José Andrés and
the New York Times are worried about what you have been eating, and they
intend to make you change your evil ways. Luckily for you, however, Andrés
is yet one more ignorant European, utterly clueless about American politics
and values, so his efforts will prove futile and helpless.
According to the NYT, Andrés "wonders why the most powerful country in the
world won't spend money to help the poor eat better." ... 阅读全帖 |
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l******a
发帖数: 3803 | 16 funny, nowadays, every little man, jumping out of nowhere, tries to tell you
what you cannot do...
Don't get me wrong, everyone deserves his/her credit for unique quality on
one aspect of their life. For instance, the sports by black guys...
but, the problem is since when Americans started to lose discretion on what
to look for in a given people???
Why the hell hire a afro to be an professor other than black history?
Why the hell get a guy from lazy bankrupt Spain to send us a message to wake
up... 阅读全帖 |
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m****g
发帖数: 2215 | 17 We also have deep blue California, super rich but bankrupted. |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 18 By: John Hayward
8/16/2012 10:17 AM
President Obama loves to tout the General Motors bailout as the signature “
achievement” of his presidency, even though current taxpayer losses on the
deal are estimated at over $25 billion. The exact degree to which the rest
of us got soaked so Obama could give GM to his union allies changes
constantly as the value of the stock held by We the People fluctuates. You
don’t remember being asked if you would like to become a GM stockholder and
willingly acc... 阅读全帖 |
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m*********a
发帖数: 3299 | 19 Annual return for warren buffet 44 billions asset is more than 10%. How
will 2% tax will bankrupt him? Their asset will accumulate slower. This is
exactly what a healthy society wants. The smaller gap between rich and poor.
For this matter, return for rich guy's asset is much higher than middle
classes. This is because they have connections you do not have or good
investment opportunities exclusive for riches. They can call the governor or
the president for passing a favorable law for their "pl... 阅读全帖 |
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l******a
发帖数: 3803 | 20 Of course, in the muddle of all these tax hoax,
no one comes out and asks where all the money
comes from?
Business, yes. And some have to create it.
Not only that, they have to run it efficiently,
and profitably. That's in sharp contrast to
the big government that can also create jobs,
but along the way they waste tons of green bills.
If there is competition from private sectors,
the government will go bankrupt. Government just
can't manage too much things altogether. Look at
those public employ... 阅读全帖 |
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g******s
发帖数: 68 | 21 It seems that we have two systems by mdrosophila and cocoon
Goal:
Md: To lower the wealth gap in society.
Co: To encourage investment. "tax is suppose to make the country prosperous,
make people live better,not suppose to make more money for the government.
My tax systemencourages you to invest, to create a company, to hire people"
Methods:
Md: tax on wealth every year (say 2%). No or low income tax. No delay
taxation. Whether you realize the gain or no.
Co:- Tax on wealth/property or money no i... 阅读全帖 |
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g******s
发帖数: 68 | 22 Many of the company can worth nothing because they are subsidiary of a
foreign company. A French company ( Sanofi for instance) may have a research
site here that they spend 1 billion here for r& d, the whole company global
wealth is 40 billion, how to tax then? Honestly, that R& D site is a rental
, so no tax I guess. If they manufacture in the USA, the factory may also
worth nothing as the site can still be rental. Now, how much their wealth
worth in the USA? sale is from headquarter and mone... 阅读全帖 |
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c****n
发帖数: 21367 | 23 从科学的角度看，medicare is designed to bankrupt
它就是一个典型得不能再典型的Ponzi scheme
谁来，什么政策，都改变不了这个结局，period
印钱可以缓解medicare的账面压力
但是会把整个美国的national credit拖垮 |
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l******a
发帖数: 3803 | 24 he took office as chirman of winter Olympics.
an he failed on his first term, the organization is almost
bankrupt. But still he asks for second term.
Would you rather him working the job? Or want to try better luck with a new
hand of cards? |
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a**t
发帖数: 3833 | 25 le tme copy something for you from cnn comments:
What Romney would have done if elected in 2008.
1. Let GM and Chrysler Fail skyrocketing unemployment, a permanent fix to a
temporary problem.
2. Tax cuts for the rich, spiraling us into deeper debt even faster.
3. Raise taxes on the poor and middle class, making the recession even worse.
4. No Obamacare, causing our healthcare costs to increase in debt faster and
way higher premiums.
5.Foreclosures at record highs way higher than under Obama beca... 阅读全帖 |
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m*****g
发帖数: 3029 | 26
a
worse.
and
housing
Look at California.
Dem controls it. Now huge amount of people live on benefits.
Many local governments are bankrupt. This is the future of whole US if O8
wins again. Crime rate shoots up. What's more, all kids must learn gays'
activities in school.
You fucking kidding me?
All kids MUST learn gays in school by law???? |
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T*********s
发帖数: 2987 | 27 The real question is:
Is our future and our children's future better off today athan 4 years ago?
The answer to that is definitely NO. As we have 16 trillion $ debt. our debt
is downgraded. US will go bankrupt much sooner. |
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J***M
发帖数: 254 | 28 You are spinning these out of proportion.
There are many blood sucking wall street bankers... But there are many more
honest people, including many Chinese families, who makes more than a
quarter of million dollar a year through honest ways.
The social welfare system will bankrupt this country just like many others
we have witnessed. |
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J***M
发帖数: 254 | 29 You are cherrypicking a few good ones... What about Ireland, Spain, Italy,
Greece, and even France? Overall, Europe is in decline at a faster pace than
US.
The reason why socilism works in some Northern European countries is that
they have a long tradition of sharing and few people tried to take advantage
of the system.
In US, the tradition is so summarized as the so-called "American dream",
which basically means becoming successful on your own merit through hard
work and talent. Also there's a ... 阅读全帖 |
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K******S
发帖数: 10109 | 30 first of all, how do you know Romney's medical insurance is not affordable?
second, I'm much much more concerned about tax increase than losing my job.
Most important of all, O8Mcare is not affordable for the whole country.
Small business can't afford it and it will eventually collapse the whole
system. Where will you go when the whole healthcare system collapses?
Have you read the details of the bill?
Someone already figured out the best way (money saving) when it's in action:
don't buy any ins... 阅读全帖 |
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d****t
发帖数: 372 | 31 with Obamacare, in 2014, private individuals will be able to purchase good
insurance policies only available to big companies in the exchange program.
Vote for Obama and you won't go bankrupt if you got chronic disease like 乙
肝 and lose your job in your 50s, like more than 10% or Chinese here in the
US. |
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C*******r
发帖数: 10345 | 32 【 以下文字转载自 Military 讨论区 】
发信人: kaishigmd (all), 信区: Military
标 题: 奥巴马妻子的演讲---共产党的御用文人能写出这样的说词吗？
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Sat Sep 8 22:39:20 2012, 美东)
【八阕】郑重声明：本则消息未经严格核实，也不代表《八阕》观点。--[服务使用须
知]【八阕】一个劳动人民群众喜闻乐见的好地方:http://www.popyard.org
9月4日，在美国北卡罗来纳州夏洛特举行的民主党全国代表大会上，美国第一夫人米歇
尔激情演讲，为丈夫竞选助阵。
以下是演讲全文中文翻译：
非常感谢，伊莲……我们非常感谢来自你家庭的服务和牺牲，我们永远支持你。
过去的几年来，借由作为第一夫人的非凡殊荣，我几乎游遍了整个美国。
而无论我去到哪里，从我所见到的人们，所听到的故事中，我都看到了最真切的美国精
神。
在人们对我和我的家庭，特别是我的女儿们那难以置信的友善和热情中，我看到了它。
在一个濒临破产的学区的教师们不收分文、坚持执教的誓言中，我看到了它。
在人们在突如其来的紧急召唤下化身英雄，... 阅读全帖 |
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k**a
发帖数: 1181 | 33 北欧 is the first region bankrupted in this crisis. However, it is still
unknown, whether that 北欧 is the future of human society that is just
experiencing some temporary difficulties, or that 北欧 pattern is a pure
failure.
Relatively, the US is the most healthy Capitalism country currently in the
world. |
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M*****8
发帖数: 17722 | 34 【 以下文字转载自 Military 讨论区 】
发信人: MB80528 (肥猫(Contrarian)[食MM而肥]), 信区: Military
标 题: Why I Am Leaving Goldman Sachs
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Mon Sep 17 16:23:48 2012, 美东)
Why I Am Leaving Goldman Sachs
By Greg Smith
March 14, 2012 "New York Times" -- Today is my last day at Goldman Sachs.
After almost 12 years at the firm — first as a summer intern while at
Stanford, then in New York for 10 years, and now in London — I believe I
have worked here long enough to understand the trajectory of its culture,
its p... 阅读全帖 |
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b*****e
发帖数: 474 | 35 Farmers own land, mostly passed down from their ancestors. They have assets.
Their crops sell and they feed themselves. It's just that they don't have
much net profit to owe any tax according to the tax codes. I doubt they'll
bankrupt immediately if the subsidies are reduced. So I guess they have
reasons to be proud.
Inner city is a different story. City-poors have no assets and they pretty
much live day-to-day, from hand to mouth. So are poor immigrants. |
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a*********a
发帖数: 3656 | 36 yes. I do not expect the social security as we know it to be there when I
retire. the probability for it to sustain to that time is too low. advice
from my co-worker: "don't count on it"
I imagine 3 scenarios:
1. Means check is established and I sincerely hope I would be successful
enough to be over the means check. In that case, I d feel luck to NOT
receive social security.
2. Or the benefit tailed hyper inflation for too long so what ever payment
one receives can not buy a thing. So effectivel... 阅读全帖 |
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c****y
发帖数: 418 | 37 过于cynical的人百无一用，什么事也做不来。
知道这段话是哪里来的吗？
But we refuse to believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt. We refuse to
believe that there are insufficient funds in the great vaults of opportunity
of this nation. So we have come to cash this check -- a check that will
give us upon demand the riches of freedom and the security of justice. |
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c****n
发帖数: 21367 | 38 no matter who becomes the next US prez
medicare is a Ponzi scheme and is going to bankrupt very soon
just think about a rule
medicare's income almost solely comes from tax of the next generation
this is the single most important character of Ponzi schemes |
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P*********0
发帖数: 4321 | 39 Money losing by chance. They went bankrupt because of cheap Chinese solar
panel import. In this case, US company technological advantage didn't turned
into market value.
And
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A*****a
发帖数: 52743 | 40 "We are going to be gifted with a health care plan that we are forced to
purchase, and fined if we don't, signed by a president who smokes,
with funding administered by a treasury chief who didn't pay his taxes,
by a government which has already bankrupted Social Security and Medicare,
all to be overseen by a surgeon general who is obese, and financed by a
country that's broke." |
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m*q
发帖数: 2 | 41 What does California Have?
• Many world famous giant company, Apple, Intel, Google, Qualcom,
etc
• 48 million people
• One of most productive economy region
• Multi-culture environment
What kind of issue does the current California have?
• Multi billion deficit
• Over 13% of unemployment rate
• One third of people in USA with food stamps located in California
• School rated 48th in 50 states
• Highest tax state
How... 阅读全帖 |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 42 By JACQUELINE PALANK
Renewable-energy company Satcon Technology Corp. SATC -72.36% filed for
Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization Wednesday.
Steve Rhoades, Satcon's president and chief executive, said the Chapter 11
filing follows "a difficult time" for the cash-crunched company, which
supplies the devices that allow renewable-energy producers to convert their
energy into grid-connected electrical power.
Satcon said it has been talks with lender Silicon Valley Bank since June to
avoid falling ou... 阅读全帖 |
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C****n
发帖数: 2324 | 43 Good point.
Unfortunately I am very disappointed with this country now.
I am in california, with so many talent in ca, so many great companies in ca
, highest tax rate in ca, ca government is about to bankrupt very soon. Why,
fucking democrats!
In ca, you have top 1% paying 41% tax, and they want to raise state tax
again, only on people make over $250k. This tells me the bill will pass
easily, and ca is fucking doomed going forward. I am out of this golden
state.
If USA becomes the same as ca? I... 阅读全帖 |
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C****n
发帖数: 2324 | 44 Don't get personal buddy, you have no idea。这是一个moral issue.
更何况我老一直认为， 优胜劣汰。 只有经济不好的时候， 大浪淘沙， 优质企业剩下
来。 倒闭的企业本来就应该倒闭。
你没见经济好的时候阿猫阿狗都能找到工作， 这本来就不正常， 多少人在混日子。经
济危机一来， 只有真正有能力的员工和企业家才能生存下来。 这才是正常状态。
泡沫时代混水摸鱼的太多。不利于经济长期发展。dotcom泡沫时代随便培训两星期java
就找到一个年薪八万的工作， 让多少学物理化学的郁闷啊。
Besides, I never thought the crisis is serious. It is just a bubble need to
bust, sooner or later. Now the government want everybody pay for it. The
fair way is: who ever screwed up his own life, should pay himself. No
fucking bailo... 阅读全帖 |
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j****r
发帖数: 192 | 45 Exactly how he is bankrupting the country.
Future
with
Democratic |
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k****g
发帖数: 1509 | 46 这位老兄, stephenking, 当真是铁O8饭.我08年投的O8,但今年谁也不投了,在家看热闹
.当年我的同事中
但凡不是铁共和党的几乎都投了O8,但今年风向全变了.其实谁上台都差不多.美国要解
决问题必须既加税,又紧缩.没有一个政客干这么做,甚至说两句就能把饭碗丢了.现在O8
真是情况危险.太多TOSS UP.而且落幕又是占据MOMENTUM.O8最大的问题是当年没有让房
场沉到底,所以到现在还没有复苏,弯曲是特例.当年如果下狠心BANKRUPT几家大银行,让
失业率掉到12%,完全可以BLAME小BUSH,然后现在也许只有8-9%,但他仍然可以炫耀自己
怎么把国家带出泥潭.结果现在反倒被人说无能,没有政绩.他要输就输在经济上了.
CLINTON说过:It's the economy, stupid. |
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k****g
发帖数: 1509 | 47 这位老兄, stephenking, 当真是铁O8饭.我08年投的O8,但今年谁也不投了,在家看热闹
.当年我的同事中
但凡不是铁共和党的几乎都投了O8,但今年风向全变了.其实谁上台都差不多.美国要解
决问题必须既加税,又紧缩.没有一个政客干这么做,甚至说两句就能把饭碗丢了.现在O8
真是情况危险.太多TOSS UP.而且落幕又是占据MOMENTUM.O8最大的问题是当年没有让房
场沉到底,所以到现在还没有复苏,弯曲是特例.当年如果下狠心BANKRUPT几家大银行,让
失业率掉到12%,完全可以BLAME小BUSH,然后现在也许只有8-9%,但他仍然可以炫耀自己
怎么把国家带出泥潭.结果现在反倒被人说无能,没有政绩.他要输就输在经济上了.
CLINTON说过:It's the economy, stupid. |
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l******a
发帖数: 3803 | 48
exactly, hospitals have already been in distress if receiving too many
medicaid/medicare patients due to parsimonious government who do all it can
to deny charges as "unnecessary".
obamacare is just another big hole America will go bankrupt.
you think now US the A has printed too much money,
wait to see after obamacare takes effective. |
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h*******g
发帖数: 205 | 49 Providers will take a big hit with Obamacare, especially with the new cut in
CMS programs....hospitals will go bankrupt.
can |
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t**********3
发帖数: 12623 | 50 so vote for the one bankrupts the country then.
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people |
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