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发帖数: 3150 | 1 Senate reaches deal to end shutdown, avoid default
[Breaking news update 12:20 p.m. ET]
Senate leaders announced on Wednesday that they have reached a deal to end
the government shutdown and avoid a possible U.S. default.
[Original story moved at 11:45 a.m. ET]
Senate leaders on Wednesday worked out a deal to reopen the government and
avoid a potential U.S. default as soon as midnight, sources told CNN's Dana
Bash and Ted Barrett.
Formal announcement of the agreement will come at 12 noon ET on t... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 115 | 2 Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell launched day two of his attacks on
Barack Obama on Thursday, calling out the presumptive Democratic
presidential nominee for saying he was bothered by how fast gas prices have
risen.
The slam is part of an ongoing assault by Republicans to pin Democrats for
not supporting offshore and increased domestic drilling even though gas
prices have risen now to more than $4 a barrel.
“If people are being forced to change their lifestyles, if the price of
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发帖数: 10233 | 3 when government becomes the single player, you are ready to be f*cked for
sure, and more will be on the way.
这就是某些人梦想的后资本主义，或者说，他死不承认的，社会主义。
Southern California residents may see their water bills increase even more
if a pension change and 25-percent increase in benefits for Metropolitan
Water District employees is approved, 10News' Mitch Blacher reported.
http://www.10news.com/news/21256402/detail.html |
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发帖数: 29846 | 4 发言者：参议员 麦康奈尔 （Mitch McConnell） 翻译:鲁克
华盛顿，星期五(11.20)于参议院，美国参议院共和党领袖麦康奈尔就关于医疗改革是
否可行的重要性，提出以下声明：
民主党已经悄悄地花了六周的时间，将一个会提高保费，提高税收，削减医疗保险的，
成本上万亿的国营医改实验品，拼凑了起来。可是，我们却只有不到48小时的时间，来
审查这个长达2074页，犹如一场噩梦的官僚作品。
然而，对于这个法案，每一个美国人必须知道这十件事：
•民主党的这个法案中含有近5千亿美元新税收，这几乎影响到每一个美国人，其
中包括年收入不到25万的中产阶级家庭。
•民主党这个法案将会增加个人和家庭的保费。
•民主党这个法案将减去老人享受的近五千亿（4650亿）Medicare的照顾，并限
制目前数百万老人对医疗保险选择。
•根据国会预算局(CBO)的估计，民主党的这个法案的不会降低医疗费用。
•该法案全面实施，要超过十年，实际成本大约是2.5万亿美元。
•按照民主党的这个法案的规定，你可能无法继续持有目前你所享受的医疗保 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 5 随着移民议题的争论在今年中期选举前增温，美国参议院少数党领袖麦康奈尔(Mitch
McConnell)加入其他知名共和党参议员的行列，建议在国会山庄举行听证会，对所谓的
“出生公民权”进行更仔细的检查。
《CNN》新闻 3日报导，南北战争时期批准的第14次宪法修正案中规定：“所有在美国
出生或归化，并受其管辖者，均为美国公民和他们居住州的市民。”这个条文提供了在
美国出生的所有民众“与生俱来”的公民身份 - 即使他的父母都是非法移民。
共和党肯塔基州参议员麦康奈尔表示，他认为这个宪法条文值得更深入的审议。
亚利桑那州共和党参议员麦凯恩（John McCain）星期二向CNN表示，他支持就此事举行
听证会的想法，不过暂时不会对第14修正案是否应该修改表达他的立场。
麦凯恩11月要竞选连任，而且在共和党初选中面临一位着重移民和边境安全问题的重要
挑战人。这几个月，麦凯恩的同僚亚利桑那州参议员凯尔（Jon Kyl）也和麦凯恩一样
强调要加强边境安全。
凯尔星期天也表示，南卡罗来纳州共和党参议员葛雷姆（Lindsey Graham）已经提出了
出生公民权这个问题。“我向他建议，我们应该举办听证 |
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发帖数: 7299 | 6 外国人讲述亲身经历：我被中国人租用 专骗别人(图) 南方周末
8月1日名为“投资山西：发现山西价值”的论坛中，外国人被要求上台，接受媒体采访。
“面子”旅行
"更为滑稽的是，其中一个说，主办方告诉他去太原的目的是“大学团聚”。"
我，大学英语外教，7月22日收到一封邀请函，主题是“免费三日山西行”，并承
诺“与山西的省长、官员、公司和商人交流的机会”。
这种邀请在北京的外籍社区相当常见。许多外国人受邀可以令活动显得更国际化。
主办方通常要为受邀者的旅游、住宿、餐饮等项目埋单，有时他们也支付报酬。这种活
动被称为“面子旅行”或“出租白人”。
美国《大西洋月刊》7月号上，加拿大作者Mitch Moxley详细描述了他“被当上”
美国公司质检专家的经历。他和另5人以人均1000美金的报酬做一周“工作”，包括一
次与市长在媒体前的公开会面，而后者好像被蒙在鼓里。
一位外籍电视编剧兼制片人基木·切夏尔(化名)跟我分享他去年在北京的类似经验
，“很有幽默感”，他可能将此次经历改编成喜剧。他的旅程持续了40天，获得大约10
万元人民币报酬，而这一切只需要他假装成一个外商与政府和客户接洽即可。
他和几 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 7 美国国会参议院星期二就一项涉及军中同性恋问题的法案进行程序表决。
这是一项国防预算授权法案，其中一项内容涉及美国军队1993年就开始实施对同性恋军
人"不问不说"的政策。
民主党人主张废止"不问不说"政策。
民主党参议员列文(Carl Levin)说:"参谋长联席会议主席以及国防部长都认为这项政策
应该改变。这是我们应该做的。"
独立党派的利伯曼参议员在这个问题和民主党站在一起:
"在美国，我们评价一个人是根据他是否能把工作做好，而不是他个人生活的某种特点
。"
但是共和党人表示反对，并且动用"阻挠议事"手段。
共和党领袖麦康奈尔(Mitch McConnell)指责民主党人是出于政治目的而强行将这项有
争议的条款放入重要的国防部预算法案:
"民主党人要用有争议的内容拖延这项法案，他们很显然是在中期选举之前讨好那些特
殊利益集团。民主党人的意图不是要就这项法案进行投票或者做出修改，来帮助我们前
线的军队，而是进行政治表演。"
在9月21号的表决中，民主党未争取到任何一个共和党议员的支持，没有得到60票的多
数来推动法案进入下一个日程。
美国军队1993年开始实施"不问不说"政策，也就是 |
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发帖数: 3942 | 9 What?
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, raped by the White House...
the
half |
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发帖数: 29846 | 10 By DICK MORRIS & EILEEN MCGANN
Published on DickMorris.com
on January 31, 2011
When Obama started to speak about the need to improve education, upgrade our
schools and attract quality teachers, an elephant appeared in the living
rooms of most Americans who were watching. Obama never mentioned the beast,
but most of the country saw clearly the three letters on his back -- AFT.
American Federation of Teachers -- the union that, along with its
counterpart, the NEA, National Education Association, h... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 11 A federal judge ruled that Congress violated the Constitution by requiring
Americans to buy insurance as part of the health overhaul passed last year,
and said the entire law "must be declared void."
With his ruling, U.S. District Judge Roger Vinson set up a clash over
whether the Obama administration still has the authority to carry out the
law designed to expand insurance to 32 million Americans.
A Florida federal judge on Monday ruled that a key plank of the health
overhaul passed last March ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 13 Published on DickMorris.com
on February 23, 2011
As predicted in Revolt!
(Dick's and Eileen's new book) - States Lead the Way Toward Reform
It is not only the Arab world that is in turmoil! Reform Governors like
Scott Walker (Wisconsin), John Kasich (Ohio), Mitch Daniels (Indiana), Tom
Corbett (Pennsylvania), Butch Otter (Idaho), and Rick Scott (Florida) are
leading a movement for fundamental change in America.
In Revolt!
, Morris and McGann's new book, they describe how newly elected Re... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 14 By SCOTT WALKER
In 2010, Megan Sampson was named an Outstanding First Year Teacher in
Wisconsin. A week later, she got a layoff notice from the Milwaukee Public
Schools. Why would one of the best new teachers in the state be one of the
first let go? Because her collective-bargaining contract requires staffing
decisions to be made based on seniority.
Ms. Sampson got a layoff notice because the union leadership would not
accept reasonable changes to their contract. Instead, they hid behind a
colle... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 15 By Andrew Foy and Brenton Stransky
Paul Ryan and the House Republicans' 2012 budget cuts 5.8 trillion in
government spending over the next decade and reduces the federal debt by 4.4
trillion relative to the CBO baseline. Tax reform is a key element of the
Ryan proposal that has already come under attack from the left. Democrats
falsely believe that a return to Clinton era taxes, especially on "the rich,
" is a prerequisite for increasing revenue and bringing down the debt over
the coming years... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 16 Washington (CNN) -- A federal appeals court has tossed out key provisions of
the sweeping health care reform bill championed by President Obama, setting
up a likely election-year showdown at the Supreme Court over the landmark
legislation.
A 2-1 panel of the 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in Atlanta on Friday
found that the law's "individual mandate" section -- requiring nearly all
Americans to purchase health insurance by 2014 or face financial penalties -
- was an improper exercise of fede... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 17 像
美国其他很多小公司一样，加州萨克拉门托生产吸乳器专用胸罩的Simple Wishes公司
一直是在中国制造产品。但在最近，老板之一科萨克(Joy Kosak)有了新的考虑。公司
去年的航运成本上涨了15%，中美之间的工资差距虽然仍旧很大，但一直在不断缩小。
科萨克开玩笑地说，要是有一个“美国制造”的标签，我们求之不得。科萨克在2009年
和她的三个姐妹创办了Simple Whishes公司。
我们正在见证企业家生产思路的一场剧变。在中国生产产品已经越来越不像过去那样划
算了，而现在在美国制造东西似乎也不像原来那样过于昂贵。和Simple Whishes一样，
很多在美国销售产品的小企业也在反思在地球另一面生产产品是否值得。
中国工资水平过去四年每年增长15%到20%，人民币也已经开始升值。波士顿咨询公司(
Boston Consulting Group)的西尔金(Harold Sirkin)预计，在美国和在中国生产产品
的总体成本将在2015年左右接近一致，从而开启美国制造业的“复兴”时期。这种变化
已经部分实现：在线制造业参考服务公司MFG.com调查的850多家公司当中，有四分... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 18 要想让美国经济充分发挥潜力，人们需要丢弃源自进步时代和大萧条时期的过时传统，
政府引导和反垄断法案的作用已经乏善可陈。
奥巴马总统计划新建一个联邦基础设施银行（Federal Infrastructure Bank），美国
司法部（Justice Department）则在打算阻挠美国电话电报公司（AT&T）和德国电信（
T-Mobile）的合并计划。上述举动凸显出进步时代（Progressive Era）和大萧条时期
（Great Depression）的破坏性传统的影响。一个多世纪前的进步时代以西奥多·罗斯
福（Teddy Roosevelt）为代表人物，而大萧条时期则以其远房堂弟富兰克林·罗斯福
为象征。
要想让美国经济充分发挥潜力，人们需要丢弃源自进步时代和大萧条时期的过时传统和
制度，因为其作用已经变得乏善可陈，与老式的骑兵冲锋战术在上世纪的世界大战中发
挥的作用类似。
在美国历史上，进步时期被视为锐意改革的激情岁月，人们将过时的政府结构和政策主
张现代化，以适应新工业时代的需要。当时人们担心，大企业的崛起会破坏传统的美国
价值观—如个人主义和问责制，还会破坏政治制度、损害公... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 61690 | 19 结果是共和党参议员不让参议院投票。
http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/199301-mcconnell-blocks-sena
McConnell blocks Senate vote on House payroll-tax-cut package
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) on Wednesday objected to a
Democratic request to vote on a House-passed extension of the payroll-tax
holiday, citing concerns about a possible government shutdown.
Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid (Nev.) said McConnell blocked a vote on
the bill because Republican senators did not want to take a stance on... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 2273 | 20 WASHINGTON — Their poll numbers sinking, their constituents badly bruised
by economic hardship and with millions of American workers about to get a
sudden and unexpected tax increase, what are members of Congress discussing?
Shutting down the government. Again.
For the third time in a year, the divided 112th Congress is dancing on the
edge of catastrophe, locked in a bitter partisan battle over fiscal measures
, with unrelated policy debates clinging to the side.
Republicans and Democrats do not... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 2273 | 21 Washington (CNN) -- Senate negotiators were unable to work out a
comprehensive deal on extending the payroll tax cut and instead are
proposing a two-month extension, two sources said Friday.
The possible deal was being discussed with the caucuses of both parties in
separate meetings Friday evening. To move forward, it would have to be
approved by the full Senate in a vote that could come as soon as Saturday,
and then voted on by the House.
According to a top Senate Republican source and a Democr... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 2273 | 22 Washington (CNN) -- House Speaker John Boehner said Sunday that he opposed
the Senate plan to extend the payroll tax cut for two months, while a top
economic adviser to President Barack Obama said chances were small that the
House would reject the proposal.
Boehner, R-Ohio, told the NBC program "Meet the Press" that Congress should
continue negotiations to come up with a compromise by the end of the year
that would extend the lower payroll tax rate for a full year, as sought by
Obama.
"It's pret... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 2273 | 23 Washington (CNN) -- House Republicans and Senate Democrats stepped up their
game of legislative chicken over the expiring payroll tax cut Monday, with
Democrats flatly rejecting House Speaker John Boehner's demand to ditch a
two-month extension in favor of an immediate one-year continuation.
"It's time to stop the nonsense," Boehner, R-Ohio, told reporters on Capitol
Hill. "Americans are tired of Washington's short-term fixes and gimmicks."
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nevada, responded ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 2273 | 24 Washington (CNN) -- Congress showed little sign Tuesday of resolving its
partisan standoff over the payroll tax-cut extension as the Republican-
controlled House of Representatives refused to hold a vote on a Senate
proposal, and leaders in the Democratic-controlled Senate insisted they won'
t go along with a new House plan.
As the clock ticked down, nobody appeared willing to bend and neither side
seemed to know how to break the logjam.
The Senate voted 89-10 in favor of a two-month tax-cut ext... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 2273 | 25 By BRIAN KNOWLTON
WASHINGTON — House Republicans on Tuesday soundly rejected a bill approved
by the Senate that would have extended the payroll tax cut for most
Americans beyond the end of the year and allowed millions of unemployed
people to continue receiving jobless benefits.
The House vote, which passed 229 to 193, also calls for establishing a
negotiating committee so the two chambers can resolve their differences.
Seven Republicans joined Democrats in opposition.
But the Senate has left t... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 26 Posted by Rick Rice
January 5, 2012
… when you’re The Won:
ObamaPushing the limits of his recess appointment powers, President
Obama on Wednesday bypassed the Senate to install three members of the
National Labor Relations Board and a director for the controversial new
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau – moves Republicans said amounted to
unconstitutional power grabs.
Mr. Obama said the appointments, which he previewed during a campaign-
style speech in Ohio, were necessary because Se... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 3803 | 27
right after the STOU speech, I listened to NPR which gathered a bunch
of "critics" to comment. Of course, the first few mostly female couldn't
wait to lie about how the speech struck her... Then it was followed by a
prepared speech from Mitch Daniel? a governor of republican party. His
speech was brilliant and well appointed. Before the hoopla ended, two male
guests responded to the speech, one of them NPR's economic adviser, who
though spoken in controlled tone, blatantly blasted ODumba's plan... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 28 After an almost ten-year struggle involving hundreds of thousands of
mobilized Hoosiers, it appears that Indiana will finally be able to enjoy
all the benefits of a Right to Work law.
On Wednesday, the Indiana House of Representatives passed the Right to Work
bill to free nearly 200,000 Hoosiers who have been forced to pay union dues
or fees for the privilege of getting up everyday and going to work so they
can provide for their families.
The Indiana Senate passed an identical bill earlier this ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 29 Saturday, 28 Jan 2012 08:46 PM
By Martin Gould and Dave Eberhart
Former Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain endorsed Newt Gingrich
for the GOP nomination late on Saturday — at the same time accepting a
position as the former House speaker’s tax reform chairman.
The author of the now-famous 9-9-9 tax plan announced his endorsement in
West Palm Beach, Fla., three days ahead of that state’s vital primary. The
endorsement is a welcome boost for Gingrich, who has found himself having to
def... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 30 After an almost ten-year struggle involving hundreds of thousands of
mobilized Hoosiers, Indiana can finally enjoy all the benefits of a Right to
Work law.
On Wednesday, the Indiana Senate passed the Right to Work bill to free
nearly 200,000 Hoosiers who have been forced to pay union dues or fees for
the privilege of getting up every day and going to work so they can provide
for their families.
Governor Mitch Daniels signed the bill a few hours later, making Indiana
America's 23rd Right to Work ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 31 Barack Obama pushes for $1bn green tax credits
President pushes energy-efficient auto agenda in North Carolina truck
factory – his third speech on cars in three weeks
Suzanne Goldenberg, US environment correspondent
guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 7 March 2012 16.22 EST
US president Barack Obama in Mount Holly, North Carolina
Barack Obama told an audience in Mount Holly, North Carolina: 'We can't just
rely on fossil fuels from the last century.' Photograph: John W Adkisson/
Getty Images... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 32 零蛋总统！奥巴马预算案没有得到任何一个众议员支持，无论共和党还是自己的民主党
，连续第二年得到0票
GOP Rep. introduces Obama budget, measure gets 0-414 drubbing [VIDEO]
By David Martosko - The Daily Caller 9:39 AM 03/29/2012
ADVERTISEMENT
By a stunning 0-414 tally Wednesday night, the House of Representatives
voted down a budget proposal based on President Barack Obama’s 2013
recommendations. Congress hadn’t seen a budget vote that lopsided since
last May, when the Senate voted down an Obama budget plan by a 0-97 margin.
That 2011 Senate sla... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 33 Democrat’s Newest Attack on Free Political Speech With Willing Assistance
by Media
June 22, 2012 | by Warner Todd Huston
What would you say if a Koch Brothers, right-wing effort was pushed on
Americans with the knowing assistance of National Public Radio — and big
money was paid to NPR for the effort? Would you say that this is an outrage,
that NPR’s use of public airwaves to push a right-wing policy idea is a
misuse of the journalist’s charge as well as our national airwaves? Well,
that is exac... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 865 | 34 You forgot to mention that House speaker John Boehner and Senator minority
leader Mitch McConnell are also among hundreds of elected officials from
both parties who refused to release their tax records
From your post:
"But just 17 out of the 535 members of Congress released their most recent
tax forms or provided some similar documentation of their tax liabilities in
response to requests from McClatchy over the last three months, the news
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发帖数: 29846 | 35 Posted by Anne Sorock Thursday, August 2, 2012 at 2:13pm
Ballotpedia has compiled data on the average net worth of our elected
officials for the years 2004 to 2010. As the average net worth of Congress
has increased since 2004, and held about even from 2007 to 2010, the average
American family net worth dropped 40 percent from 2007 to 2010 to an
average of $77,300.
In 2010, the average net worth for a U.S. senator was $13,224,333. The
average net worth for a Democratic senator was $19,383,524... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 36
By: Gov. Mitch Daniels
8/27/2012 06:15 AM
The central contention of a book I recently wrote is that our liberty
depends on the personal responsibility and accountability of individual
citizens. Unfortunately, many, especially those setting national policy
today believe that Americans are too intimidated, gullible or dim-witted to
make wise, informed decisions about the important issues affecting their
lives, and need their benevolent betters in government to do it for them.
My experience... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 37 Wednesday’s session at the Republican National Convention has the theme “
We Can Change It,” with a national security segment, and features primetime
speeches from Condoleezza Rice and vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan.
7 p.m. Session
Ron Paul video
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell
Kentucky U.S. Sen. Rand Paul
8 p.m.
Arizona U.S. Sen. John McCain. Was defeated by Barack Obama in 2008
presidential run.
South Dakota U.S. Sen. John Thune
Ohio U.S. Sen. Rob Portman. Was considered a pote... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 9084 | 38 周末写了点东西，都比较长，不过本来就是挺复杂的事情，我也不愿意搞口号和谩骂
似的帖子，那样很没意思。
有事实和数据错误指出。网上评论就算了，liberal和conservative的评论都看的挺
有理，根本没法分别。大家都太言之凿凿了，其实辨不清楚就看结果，对于全民健保来
说，就是保费是升了还是降了。因为这是健保的名字 Patient Protection and
Affordable Care Act. capitalized "AFFORDABLE"。 最近两年大部分老百姓的保费
涨的挺猛，当然医保公司赚了更多的钱, 股票也涨了不少， so where is affordable?
我不用obamacare因为我觉的这个贬义名字对obama不公平。这个法案是大部分民主党
push通过的，无论以后是成功和失败，obama都不应该独自享受荣誉或者担当责任，起
码要拉上pelosi和harry reid，呵呵。
其实本版很多人包括我都不反对全民健保, 我甚至认为全民健保是历史潮流。 But
if you want to do it, do it right.
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发帖数: 29846 | 39 Obama Promises to Walk Dogs and Wash Cars to Get Debt Deal Done or Something
Posted by Jammie on Oct 26, 2012 at 5:08 pm
I’d be afraid to entrust my dog with this guy, if you know what I mean.
Besides, he’s not even qualified. I doubt he’d do a good job on the car
washing, either. It’ll be a moot point in 11 days anyway.
President Obama said he’ll do whatever it takes to work with Congress
to get a bipartisan deficit and debt reduction deal done in a possible
second Obama term.
“I’ll was... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 40 作者:李铁
2012-11-22 03:00:21
中国人常说，“家和万事兴”。这句话的内涵不仅仅在于劝谕人们维持家庭和睦，它在
经济学上也同样是一句至理名言，捍卫传统的婚姻和家庭价值对于社会经济和国家繁荣
至关重要。这样阐发听起来似乎“陈义过高”，但美国学者米奇-佩尔斯坦（Mitch
Pearlstein）居然为此写了一本书《家庭解体，美国衰落》（From Family Collapse
to America's Decline）！
佩尔斯坦在书中论证了传统婚姻和家庭观念的衰退与美国经济衰退之间有“正相关”，
并得出结论：美国的经济复兴有赖于向传统家庭观的回归。
家庭的解体对美国经济有怎样的伤害？根据经济学家本杰明-斯卡费迪的研究，仅仅考
虑食品券、临时援助、医疗救助和司法援助等等因家庭破裂而直接增加的政府支出，每
年美国的纳税人要付出1120亿美元的代价！
另外，如果离婚率高企，意味着更多的美国人在中老年时期，一旦遇到健康问题，身边
缺乏配偶的照顾。从经济学上讲，婚姻健全的家庭在互相扶助方面远优于其他社会手段
，保姆和护士的照顾，在爱心、周到、尽职和信任度等方面显然不能和长期相... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 41 美国总统奥巴马(Barack Obama)在与共和党的预算谈判中先提出了一系列要求，其中包
括：增税1.6万亿美元，推出一项规模500亿美元的经济刺激计划，同时还要求获得在无
需经过国会批准的情况下提高联邦债务上限的新权力。共和党方面认为，对于有关如何
避免财政悬崖的谈判而言，提出这些要求是一种倒退。
上述要求是美国财政部长盖特纳(Timothy Geithner)周四在与美国国会领导人举行的一
系列会晤中提出的。该提议要求提高年收入25万美元以上人群的税率，作为交换，奥巴
马将同意把美国国防和国内项目方面的开支削减计划推迟一年。奥巴马政府也在努力从
美国联邦医疗保险(Medicare)和其他福利项目中节省开支，目标是在未来10年中节省约
4,000亿美元支出。
该提议的细节是由美国国会共和党方面的官员透露的。周四早些时候，共和党领导人在
于盖特纳会晤后明确表示，提议的内容令人难以接受。
美国众议院院长约翰•博纳(Boehner)表示，过去两周中，白宫与众议院之间的谈
判没有取得实质性进展。
美国参议院少数党领袖Mitch McConnell在一份声明中表示，政府的要求是一... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1509 | 42 I decided to support Barack Obama pretty early in the Democratic primary,
around spring of 2007. But unlike so many of his supporters, I never
experienced a kind of emotional response to his candidacy. I never felt his
election would change everything about American politics or government, that
it would lead us out of the darkness. Nothing Obama did or said ever made
me well up with tears.
Possibly for that same reason, I have never felt even a bit of the crushing
sense of disappointment that at... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 43 By KRIS MAHER And MATTHEW DOLAN
Unions in Michigan are trying to fend off a push by Republican lawmakers to
pass right-to-work legislation—the latest in a string of challenges to
organized labor in one of its traditional Midwestern strongholds.
Separate right-to-work bills that would ban contracts requiring employees to
pay union dues are drafted and could be introduced in the Michigan Senate
and House this week, according to lawmakers.
Conservative groups that support the measures plan to appea... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 44 by Jammie
These are the same people who accuse the right of being haters.
Such angry, ugly, miserable human beings.
Robert Bork is dead? Hell, I am going to have a great day!
— Mitch Ames (@MitchAmesTX) December 19, 2012
Not content with Bork’s death, this guy wishes death upon Justices Scalia
and Thomas.
Why, god, WHY DID YOU HAVE TO TAKE BORK?? (Scalia and/or Thomas would’
ve been way better, just FYI)
— brojangles (@MassageByTed) December 19, 2012
Wishing death on a black man?... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 45 By JOHN D. MCKINNON
If the U.S. goes over the "fiscal cliff," some Americans may fall harder
than others.
The biggest impact in sheer dollars would land on relatively affluent
households, particularly when it comes to the tax increases that make up the
bulk of the cliff. But in terms of percentage of tax increases, low- and
moderate-income taxpayers will face the biggest burden—an often overlooked
part of the budget debate that's now getting attention as the year-end
deadline nears.
Investors ar... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 61690 | 46 【 以下文字转载自 Military 讨论区 】
发信人: brihand (brihand), 信区: Military
标 题: liberal攻击赵小兰了
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Mon Mar 4 14:16:38 2013, 美东)
【多维新闻】美国共和党和民主党2014年中期选举战役已经提前预热，肯塔基州左翼团
体攻击参议院少数党领袖麦康纳的妻子、美国前劳工部部长、华裔赵小兰在任职期间有
“种族歧视”，将美国工作外包给中国，麦康纳在接受采访时为妻子进行辩护。
美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）3月3日报道，美国参议院少数党领袖麦康纳（Mitch
McConnell）接受采访时，为其妻子、美国前劳工部部长赵小兰（Elaine Chao）辩护。
美国左翼团体“进步肯塔基州”（Progress Kentucky）2月14日在推文中指责美国前劳
工部部长赵小兰，称赵小兰将美国工作外包给中国。推文称，赵小兰是麦康纳的妻子，
“这也许可以解释为什么美国的工作机会被外包给中国！”从而引发关于种族歧视的争
议。
麦康纳连任5届参议员，2014年中期选举时将再次竞选。麦康纳采访时说，中... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4002 | 47 华盛顿邮报报道，参议院少数党领袖麦康诺(Mitch McConnell)为2014年竞选连任，推
出了首支电视广告，他的妻子赵小兰在影片中对日前“种族诽谤”的事件做出反击。
民主党组织“进步肯塔基”曾在媒体中发文称，出生在台湾，移民美国的华裔赵小兰，
对麦康诺耳提面命，所以才让麦康诺“把工作转移到了中国”。
前任劳工部长的赵小兰放话说，麦康诺不会这次“恶意人身攻击”事件阻止他寻求连任
第六任肯塔基州国会参议员。
赵小兰在竞选广告说：“你们曾看过攻击我丈夫的广告，身为麦康诺的妻子，我对此早
已预见。如今，极左派更攻击我的种族背景，甚至因麦康诺和我的婚姻质疑他是否爱国
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发帖数: 29846 | 48 Obama’s So-Called Budget: “Bad math, phantom revenues, imagined spending
cuts and a middle-class tax hike”
by Jammie
Like all of Obama’s previous budgets you can expect this to also get zero
votes. He’s got a perfect track record thus far: He’s never received a
single vote in his entire sorry presidency.
Historic!
The budget, it says, ‘would achieve $1.8 trillion in additional deficit
reduction over the next 10 years, bringing total deficit reduction to $4.3
trillion. This represents more th... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 49 造成2008年金融危机的原因，一言以蔽之，就是很多银行向很多人发放了很多贷款，而
这些人要么没能力还款，要么不愿还款。但这个解释带出了两个关键问题。首先，其本
职工作就是评估信贷风险的私营借贷机构为什么会发放那些贷款？其次，拥有大规模强
制权力的众多金融监管机构为何会允许银行发放了2,800万笔高风险贷款？
答案可追溯至1992年9月12日，这么做的理由很充分。那一天，美国总统候选人比尔·
克林顿(Bill Clinton)在其“把人民放在第一位”的竞选口号中提出，用私人退休基金
“投资”政府重点项目，如保障性住房，从而“产生长期、普遍的经济效益”。一个选
战中如此激烈的主张竟然被如此轻易地忽视，这种事几乎从未发生过，但却在后来导致
了极具破坏性的后果。
克林顿当选后指定劳工部长赖克(Robert Reich)负责从私人养老金投资中获得“社会性
、辅助性和经济性效益”的行动，这是赖克1994年在国会作证时说的。赖克号召养老基
金加入政府的“经济目的投资计划”。美国住房和城市发展部长西斯内罗斯(Henry
Cisneros)向参与者保证说，在保障性住房上的养老金投资与股票和债券方面的投资... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 50 71-Year-Old Blows Away Escaped Inmate »
by Jammie
Don’t expect the anti-gun nuts to mention any of this. Doesn’t help the
narrative.
Authorities say an escaped inmate suspected of shooting a southwest Iowa
sheriff’s deputy has been killed by a homeowner who said the armed man
broke into his house.
Rodney Long was shot to death after he broke into a retired farm couple
’s home in Bedford about 10:15 p.m. Monday, awakening them. Long, who was
armed with a handgun, cut their telephone ... 阅读全帖 |
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