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发帖数: 3150 | 1 China Stimulated Its Economy Like Crazy After The Financial Crisis ... And
Now The Nightmare Is Beginning
http://www.businessinsider.com/chinas-excess-capacity-problem-2
China is seeing slower economic growth.
Concerns are building over a massive credit bubble, and some say it is no
longer an engine of global growth.
Excess capacity — in which demand for products is less than potential
supply — continues to be one of China's biggest problems.
An excellent piece by Jamil Anderlini in today's Fina... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 617 | 2 NY Times
April 27, 2008
Recession Diet Just One Way to Tighten Belt
By MICHAEL BARBARO and ERIC DASH
Stung by rising gasoline and food prices, Americans are finding creative
ways to cut costs on routine items like groceries and clothing, forcing
retailers, restaurants and manufacturers to decode the tastes of a suddenly
thrifty public.
Spending data and interviews around the country show that middle- and
working-class consumers are starting to switch from name brands to cheaper
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发帖数: 6327 | 3 华尔街日报：民调吃紧，欧巴马竞选重点回到了三个战场州：OH，MI和PA。
Obama Campaign Sets Sights On Familiar Territory
Battleground States Take on Urgency As Race Tightens
By CHRISTOPHER COOPER and ELIZABETH HOLMES
September 10, 2008; Page A6
CHICAGO -- For a view of Barack Obama's Election Day strategy, look no
further than his campaign-event calendar.
A few months ago, the rhetoric coming out of the Obama camp was that the
Democratic presidential nominee's victory could be sweeping, coming from
flipping deep Republican states |
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发帖数: 124 | 4 美国前总统克林顿： “民主党的过错在于，他们曾抵制共和党和我任上关于对Fannie Mae及Freddie Mac加强管制的任何努力。” （ ABC“早安美国” ， 9/25/08 ）
Former President Bill Clinton: “I think the responsibility that the Democrats have may rest more in resisting any efforts by Republicans in the Congress, or by me when I was President, to put some standards and tighten up a little on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.” (ABC’s “Good Morning America,” 9/25/08) |
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发帖数: 93 | 5 http://www.kmov.com/topstories/stories/kmov-stlouisnews-081002-mccain-laptop-stolen.d2ec3e83.html
INDEPENDENCE, Mo. (AP) -- The Republican Party is tightening security at
four Missouri phone banks after a break-in and theft of a laptop at one of
the offices.
Police in the Kansas City suburb of Independence said Thursday that a rock
was thrown through a window to gain entry to the McCain/Victory Office. A
campaign staffer's laptop and satchel were taken between 10 p.m. Tuesday and
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发帖数: 161 | 6 Palin's Failin'
By PEGGY NOONAN
What is it she stands for? After seven weeks, we don't know.
"Sometimes the leak is so bad that even a plumber can't fix it." This was
the concise summation of a cable political strategist the other day, after
the third and final presidential debate. That sounds about right, and yet
the race in its final days retains a feeling of dynamism. I think it is
going to burst open or tighten, not just mosey along. I can well imagine
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发帖数: 44 | 7 http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/14951
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) said Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press” that he
can “guarantee” a win on Nov. 4 in a squeaker victory that won’t be clear
until late that night.
McCain spoke amid signs of a tightening race, and reports of renewed
determination among his staff, which is badly outgunned in both money and
manpower.
“I guarantee you that two weeks from now, you will see this has been a very
close race, and I believe that I'm going to win it,” McCain to |
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发帖数: 50 | 8 http://hotair.com/archives/2008/10/31/team-mccain-conference-call-polling-2/
Team McCain conference call: polling
posted at 12:10 pm on October 31, 2008 by Ed Morrissey
Send to a Friend | printer-friendly
With a mere four days left, the polls have begun to tighten in the
presidential race. Pennsylvania appears within the margin of error, and a
last-minute surprise could turn the race in McCain’s favor — or so they
would like to think. Team McCain held a press conference today with
campaign lea |
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发帖数: 302 | 10 http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20090930/pl_politico/27732
Lawmakers jack up spending for themselves: $500K for town halls
Congress is on the verge of giving itself a bump in its annual budget —
even as local governments, families and businesses across the country are
tightening their belts in the worst recession in decades.
Under a House-Senate conference measure, approved by the House last week and
poised for passage in the Senate on Wednesday, spending for the legislative
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发帖数: 10233 | 11 And tonight is my first time on C-span, which is a channel I obviously
always watch when I couldn't stand the sensationalism and demagogury of PBS
and QVC.
要说煽,libs还真是老祖宗.joe wang在这里把pbs和qvc摆在一起可谓真正的用心良苦.
你看都是兜售.一个是兜售商品,一个是兜售政治观点.手法都是用煽.
不信大家来看看,一个npr煽情的经典.
Struggling In Ohio As The Economy Tightens
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=92592545
煽情的紧,母女两,一直吃福利,一直找不到工作,连icecream都买不起. 听的人眼泪都要
下来了.可你再一看照片,估计答案全都有了. |
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发帖数: 29846 | 12 Christie Veto Shuts Down Abortion Clinics in NJ
Part of Gov. Chris Christie’s belt-tightening plan for New Jersey was the
termination of $7.5 million in public funding for Planned Parenthood clinics
in the state, a decision Democrats in the legislature countermanded with a
bill that cleared the Senate with a 30-10 vote — sufficient to override a
veto. But when that veto came and the Democrats scheduled an override vote,
Republicans in the legislature backed down, and the measure failed 23-17.
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发帖数: 897 | 14 Members of the Congressional Tea Party Caucus may tout their commitment to
cutting government spending now, but they used the 111th Congress to request
hundreds of earmarks that, taken cumulatively, added more than $1 billion
to the federal budget.
According to a Hotline review of records compiled by Citizens Against
Government Waste, the 52 members of the caucus, which pledges to cut
spending and reduce the size of government, requested a total of 764
earmarks valued at $1,049,783,150 during Fi... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 16 By George Scaggs
Across the nation, as states struggle fiscally, Republican-led legislatures
are reining in spending to balance state budgets. What a refreshing sight
to behold: government actually spending less today than it did yesterday,
eliminating government programs, and reducing the number of public-sector
workers where necessary.
A complete contrast to the way in which government works at the federal
level, such measures are foreign to many Americans. We are conditioned to
the standard... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 17 St. Louis Business Journal - by Kelsey Volkmann
Date: Thursday, June 2, 2011, 2:49pm CDT - Last Modified: Friday, June 3,
2011, 7:45am CDT
Walter Galvin, vice chairman of St. Louis manufacturing giant Emerson, was
in Washington, D.C., on Thursday testifying before Congress about how U.S.
corporate tax rates put American companies at a disadvantage when they
compete against foreign firms.
"Much of the world is ... reworking their tax codes to boost
international competitiveness. We need ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 18 Telecom executive Donald H. Gips raised a big bundle of cash to help finance
his friend Barack Obama’s run for the presidency.
Gips, a vice president of Colorado-based Level 3 Communications, delivered
more than $500,000 in contributions for the Obama war chest, while two other
company executives collected at least $150,000 more.
After the election, Gips was put in charge of hiring in the Obama White
House, helping to place loyalists and fundraisers in many key positions.
Then, in mid-2009, Obam... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 19 Posted by Michael Laprarie
Published: June 21, 2011 - 9:00 AM
Lately, there's been lots of talk about the faltering state of our economy.
It's certainly the single biggest failure of the Obama Administration, and,
consequently, the single biggest weakness for candidate Obama in the 2012
presidential election.
But it's not the only one. If you are a blog reader, you are no doubt aware
of the implosion of "Operation Fast and Furious", in which the ATF and
Justice Departments worked together to al... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 20 By LUCA DI LEO
The U.S. economy barely added jobs for the second month in a row in June and
the unemployment rate rose to the highest level this year, dashing hopes
the economic recovery is getting back on track and putting pressure on
policymakers to react.
The nation's unemployment rate ticked up to 9.2% in June, with only 18,000
non-farm payrolls added to the economy. WSJ's Sudeep Reddy and Phil Izzo
join the News Hub panel to break down the numbers.
Nonfarm payrolls rose 18,000 last month, f... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 21 By MAE ANDERSON, Associated Press
December 1, 2011
NEW YORK (AP) — In an unexpected twist, TVs are topping many Christmas
shopping lists.
Heading into the holiday shopping season, TVs seemed so two Christmases ago.
Sales had slowed as consumers tightened their budgets and technologies like
3D failed to spark their interest the way tablet computers and smartphones
have. But now shoppers are responding to the discounts of up to 50 percent
that retailers are offering on TVs.
Most chains don't break... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 22 By SARAH DILORENZO, Associated Press
December 6, 2011
PARIS (AP) — Global markets were muted on Tuesday after a rating agency
warned it could downgrade the debt of most eurozone countries, raising
pressure on European leaders to find a lasting solution to their crisis this
week.
The Standard & Poor's rating agency threatened late Monday to downgrade 15
countries that use the euro, including Germany and France, whose debt
ratings are considered the linchpins of the European bailout system.
Th... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 23 Gaza's Hamas premier Ismail Haniya held talks with Sudanese President Omar
al-Bashir Thursday on his first official regional tour since the Islamists'
2007 power seizure in the Palestinian enclave.
Haniya, who arrived in Khartoum on Tuesday, was joined in the meeting by
other high-ranking Hamas leaders -- the first time they had met as a group
with Bashir, whose country has close ties with Hamas.
The Palestinian group has long maintained a base in Sudan, where its exiled
chief Khaled Meshaal is ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 24 Downgrade of Debt Ratings Underscores Europe’s Woes
By LIZ ALDERMAN and RACHEL DONADIO
PARIS — Standard & Poor’s downgraded the credit ratings of France, Italy
and seven other European countries on Friday, a move that may have more
symbolic than fundamental financial impact but served as a reminder that
Europe’s economic woes were far from over.
Another memory jog came Friday from Greece, the original source of Europe’s
debt troubles. Talks hit a snag between the new Greek government and the
ban... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 25 Mitt Romney, left, and Rep. Ron Paul of Texas participate in a debate
sponsored by CNN, the Republican Party of Florida and the Hispanic
Leadership Network at the University North Florida in Jacksonville.
Ron Paul took a risky position in Florida in Thursday’s debate, calling for
communication and diplomatic relations with Cuba, saying that people's
positions have changed dramatically over the last few years.
Paul said that Cuba isn’t going to invade the U.S. any time soon, and that
American... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 26 By Jeff Davis
OTTAWA — The Conservative government says its MPs will celebrate after a
historic vote to end the long-gun registry Wednesday evening, despite
vehement opposition to the move in Quebec and much of urban Canada.
Public Safety Minister Vic Toews told reporters Wednesday, hours before the
vote, that the government’s actions are long overdue.
“It does nothing to help put an end to gun crimes, nor has it saved one
Canadian life,” he said.
“It criminalizes hard-working and law-abiding ci... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 27 State and local governments are broke. Pension plans are unfunded.
Unemployment is as high as ever. Sovereign debt is a problem. The total debt
in the world economy is too high. Entire western world has borrowed
excessive amounts in the last few decades. This is not just the money owed
by governments, but it is the money people and companies borrowed from the
banks. Debt has reached an all time high compared to the GDP of the
countries involved. Perfect storm is coming. Austerity and spending cu... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 28 Wednesday, 18 Jul 2012 08:05 PM
By Patrick Hobin
Democrats shouting the loudest about Mitt Romney’s reluctance to release
his tax returns do not apply the same standards to themselves, according to
a McClatchy News Service report.
Rep. Nancy Pelosi of California and Sen. Harry Reid of Nevada, the two
Democratic leaders of the Senate and the House of Representatives, are among
hundreds of elected officials from both parties who refused to release
their tax records, McClatchy reported.
Pelosi said... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 29 A civil lawsuit filed Monday by House Republicans asks a federal court to
enforce a congressional subpoena of Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. in
his refusal to turn over documents sought in an investigation by a House
committee into the failed Fast and Furious gunrunning operation.
House Speaker John A. Boehner said in a statement the lawsuit seeks to
overturn the Obama administration’s “frivolous executives privilege claims
,” forcing the Justice Department to make public documents the Hous... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 30 By JOHN D. MCKINNON And SCOTT THURM
More big U.S. companies are reincorporating abroad despite a 2004 federal
law that sought to curb the practice. One big reason: Taxes.
Companies cite various reasons for moving, including expanding their
operations and their geographic reach. But tax bills remain a primary
concern. A few cite worries that U.S. taxes will rise in the future,
especially if Washington revamps the tax code next year to shrink the
federal budget deficit.
"We want to be closer to wh... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 24893 | 31 $26,364
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/20/us-incomes-falling-as-
U.S. Median Annual Wage Falls To $26,364 As Pessimism Reaches 10-Year High
Americans' wages are falling, perhaps a reason why pessimism about their
personal finances is now the lowest it's been in a decade.
The annual median wage fell in 2010 for the second year in a row to $26,364,
a 1.2 percent drop from 2009, and the lowest level since 1999, according to
David Cay Johnston at Reuters.
(A correction has been upended to thi... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 32 September 27, 2012 by Doug Johnson
Obama’s lapdog media is going “balls to the wall” to convince voters that
Obama is currently trouncing challenger Mitt Romney. The problem is to get
their polling data to support their preferred narrative they have to assume
that Democratic voters are even more enamored with Obama than they were in
2008. Of course they won’t tell you that because no rational person would
believe that Barack Obama is riding a wave of support greater than is
historic 2008 support... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 33 October 3, 2012 Posted by DJ Drummond
Imagine I took a poll of delegates at the 2012 GOP National Convention. Let
’s say I made sure the gender, race, age, education, and other demographics
apart from party affiliation were carefully matched to voter norms. Would
you be happy with such a poll?
If you are a Republican, maybe, but obviously not if you are a Democrat. A
lot of folks would be quick to point out that Mitt Romney would pretty much
crush Barack Obama in such a poll. The flip side ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 5546 | 34 and tightening qualification bar for the benefits |
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发帖数: 2865 | 35 Let's not blame party A vs party B and look at policy.
What caused the crash?
(1) Loose monetary policy
(2) De-regulated Wall Street
That's why I find Romney's policy of de-regulating Wall Street so offensive
. 伤疤还没好就忘了疼。
Monetary policy is another worry, Feds should start tightening all those QEs
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发帖数: 1509 | 36 Some low level population in inner cities definitely are doing these shits
every day. I said before at least 1/3 or even more of these wellfare is
fraud and it is a bid waste. The purpose of 08 admin expanding wellfare
extremely in 3 yrs is absolutely for votes but nothing, they knew there are
a lot of frauds. At state level, some states are tightening wellfare appl
and disability benefit. The thing is the most money comes from Feds directly
. That is why GOP want to the states deal with wellfar... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 37 By Jack Cashill
Each year I drive across the eastern half of the country twice, including
the states of Ohio and Indiana. Without benefit of signage it would be hard
to tell them apart. Each has an industrial base in the north and a
heartland dedicated largely to agriculture. Each state is 86 percent white
and has a Republican governor. Over the last 25 years, I think I have
stopped at every McDonald's on 1-70 and 1-71, and the service is uniformly
upbeat and amiable along the whole route.
I... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 38 By: Neeraj Chaudhary,
While Democrats celebrated Barack Obama's re-election on Tuesday, a more
portentous election took place in California.
Often touted as a leader in political and social trends, progressive
California swung even further to the left during last week's election.
Voters in the once golden state tightened their vice-like grip on businesses
and job-creators. Voters approved a series of propositions that make the
state a more difficult place to run a business and provide jobs.
The... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 39 Gun and ammo sales predicted to skyrocket in wake of Obama’s re-election
OKLAHOMA CITY – The morning after President Barack Obama was re-elected,
business appeared to be pretty normal at the very popular and successful H&H
Shooting Sports, with customers looking at handguns and folks getting
something to eat at H&H’s 4U Cafe.But after talking to H&H owner Miles Hall
(he has operated H&H with his wife Jayne for more than 30 years), that
normal mood will likely change to exceedingly busy as people... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 40 94：0，参议院一致投票反对奥巴马的否决，要求加强对伊朗流氓政权的经济制裁
Senate Votes 94-0 to Override Obama on Iran Sanctions
The Senate approved new economic sanctions on Iran on Friday, overriding
objections from the White House that the legislation could undercut existing
efforts to rein in Iran’s nuclear ambitions.
The Senate voted 94-0 to impose additional U.S. financial penalties on
foreign businesses and banks involved in Iran’s energy, ports, shipping and
shipbuilding sectors, and impose sanctions on metals trade with Ir... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 41 Citi to Cut 11,000 Jobs as New CEO Moves to Slash Costs .
By MATTHIAS RIEKER And SUZANNE KAPNER
Citigroup, under increasing pressure, said it will eliminate 11,000 jobs,
about 4% of its work force, and take a related $1 billion fourth-quarter
charge. Colin Barr reports on Markets Hub.
Citigroup Inc. C +7.33% set plans to cut 11,000 jobs in the giant bank's
first major strategic shift since Michael Corbat succeeded Vikram Pandit as
chief executive in October.
The move, announced Wednesday, is th... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 54 | 42 我是楼主，被那个低素质的lczlcz封了，披个马甲来回帖。
少来拍脑袋胡咧。看看英国的现成例子：
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_politics_in_the_United_Kingdom
英国在1987年和1996发生了两起震惊英伦的有合法拥枪者引发的枪杀案 the
Hungerford massacre of 1987 and the Dunblane school massacre of 1996; each
led to strong public and political demands to restrict firearm use, and
tightening of laws. The result has been among the strictest firearms laws in
the world.
两起事件都引起激烈的公共辩论，并导致英国施行世界上最严格的枪控法案。
过了不到10年就开始见效，从2006年到2012年，连续七年gun-involved homicide
incident下降。
In 2006, writ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 2964 | 43 Well if the regulation tightened and the gun you own happen to be outlawed,
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发帖数: 29846 | 44 “If you are not going to enforce the laws on the books, then don’t start
talking about a whole new wave of new laws”
by Jammie
Obviously Barack Obama has had priorities other than so-called gun control
the past four years. Ruining the economy, shoving ObamaCare down our throats
, golfing and endless vacations clearly were more important than enforcing
already existing gun control laws. And we’re not even touching the gun-
running his administration did with the Fast & Furious fiasco.
So with the... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 45 Gun-Control Ignorance
How many times do the same arguments need to be refuted?
By Thomas Sowell
Must every tragic mass shooting bring out the shrill ignorance of “gun
control” advocates?
The key fallacy of so-called gun-control laws is that such laws do not in
fact control guns. They simply disarm law-abiding citizens, while people
bent on violence find firearms readily available.
If gun-control zealots had any respect for facts, they would have discovered
this long ago, because there have been ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 3803 | 46 The number of Americans filing first-time claims for unemployment insurance
payments rose for the first time in five weeks, a sign further improvement
in the labor market depends on faster economic growth.
Applications for jobless benefits increased by 17,000 to 361,000 in the week
ended Dec. 15, Labor Department figures showed today. Economists forecast
360,000 claims, according to the Bloomberg survey median.
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发帖数: 29846 | 47 Health Costs on His Mind
Small Factory Owner Looks for Ways to Cope With New Law
By EMILY MALTBY And SARAH E. NEEDLEMAN
Sales at Automation Systems LLC, a parts-assembly factory in the Chicago
suburbs, dropped 60% following the 2008 financial collapse. Owner Carl
Schanstra was able to get the firm back on its feet by breaking into new
markets, such as the auto industry. Sales are up 12% this year, and are
likely to rise again next year, too.
But for the 34-year-old, the expected growth in sale... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 2201 | 48 please consider 911 and the Oklahoma city bombing:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oklahoma_City_bombing
More people are killed in both cases. We are not sure how 911 criminal
hijacked the plane, but for sure the Oklahoma city bombing did not use guns.
The common feature is, crazy people are at loose. We should tighten
regulation about the care for such crazy people, not guns, you will get real
results that way.
killing
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发帖数: 2201 | 49 Yes, some of the people supporting gun ban are with good intention, and a
somewhat low IQ and logic thinking such that they can't see the negative
consequences from existing gun-banning examples such as Great Britain and
Australia. They just follow pathetic argument of those such as Piers Morgan
or Diane Feinstein who obviously either has some agenda or their right of
carry will not be impacted by gun-ban.
I support tighten the regulation of firearms such as implementing mental
test before allow... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 2406 | 50 You support put a restriction the Second Amendment?
You would need an new amendment. Otherwise the restriction is
unconstitutional.
The Constitution is what made America America. I think you should reexamine
your position on tightening regulation.
Morgan
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