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roswellric
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This will please no one...
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3/13/2012 6:35:03 AM
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For those of you that have access to Barron's there is a great article on "Where jobs really come from".
Without reprinting it here the essence of the article is to point out that Presidents and elected representatives don't create jobs. They just rearrange jobs through tax policies and selecting cronies to receive largess taken from the taxpayers.
On the other hand "private equity" firms don't creat jobs either. They rearrange jobs in the marketplace by moving capital from inefficient operations to efficient ones.
The question is answered in a study sponsored by Apple: New ideas and new products. Apple added over 500,000 permanent jobs in the US. I don't think the real permanent jobs created by the stimulus or Bain Capital combined are near that.
What we need in this election is leadership that will encourage an atmosphere where new ideas that actually work will flourish and the ideas that illicit schemers come up with fail quickly without burning up precious capital regardless whether it comes from the taxpayers (in the Democrats playbook) or the private sector (in the Republicans playbook).
URL: The Greek Fiasco and "Fruit of the Golden Tree"
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Feb
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Thanks RR
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3/13/2012 8:35:25 AM
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The way to increase jobs is to have all the old Farts retire by 55 to 60 and create jobs all the way up and down the line. The job market is stagnated by older employees. Besides older employees do not know how to multi-task. It is difficult enough to operate the TP roller in the mens room not to mention dropping your I-pod in the commodes while utilizing the TP. Even if you can fish it out, I have heard it has already ruined your I-Pod thus destroying two months of work.
I the old days, the scream from the men's room was when someone zipped their zipper up on their dock. Nowdays it is when someone drops their I-pod in the drench.
Younger employees do not go to the men's room as often and when they do they have their I-pod stapled to their face by a link of chain.
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roswellric
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Thanks RR
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3/13/2012 9:12:22 AM
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FEB what's in your morning coffee?
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Talullahhound
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3/13/2012 9:38:37 AM
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It pleases me, because I think it is true. And the scary thing is that the US is not a leader in science and technology education. Where does that leave us in the future?
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architect
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3/13/2012 6:19:57 PM
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Even more disturbing...we are fast losing our edge in science and technology research and pratical applications as well as education. The anti-science bias of the evangelical crowd, the GOP objection to any increase or even maintenance in government spending for research and develpoment, and US business's tendancy to outsource is causing us to slip dangerously. It does not bode well for the future.
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roswellric
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anti-science bias of the evangelical crowd?
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3/16/2012 9:57:39 AM
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Well that's a weird stretch if I ever heard one. I'm fairly certain that Christians believe that God made doctors, computer programmers, engineers, nuclear physicists, teachers and the like. What's in your coffee?
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architect
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anti-science bias of the evangelical crowd?
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3/16/2012 11:39:46 PM
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I believe in science and I believe in God. The "theory" of evolution is actually a scientific fact that is a part of God's plan but the evangelicals deny it and want to replace this fact of science in our school's science classes with an unprovable (ie. nonscientific) faith based explanation. Science is about "knowing and proving'', religion is about "believing and faith". They are both fine and not mutually exclusive, but they are not the same and one should not be used against the other. Bottom line...I won't teach evolution in your Sunday school if you won't teach creationism in my biology class.
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