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Corporate America Keeps Profits Strong, Jobs Weak
In Japan in the late '90's, they threw all kinds of money at infrastructure, and neo-Keynesians have yet to explain why that didn't work out in Japan. Thoughts? ========= During the late 1990s the Japanese electronics industry collapsed as most electronic production was transferred to China and Mexico. Economists never even mention the collapse of Japanese manufacturing when they attempt to explain why the Japanese economy has never fully recovered. They do not mention this because the Japanese situation suggests that the US economy will not recover without trade restrictions to revive U.S. manufacturing. Economists are stupid and economics is not a science. Economists waste their time trying to build complex mathematical models to make economic predictions that are never accurate. Economists are nostrum salesmen, con artists, and flakes.— September 7, 2010 9:59 p.m.
Corporate America Keeps Profits Strong, Jobs Weak
Mayor Sanders and the City Council could also take actions that would create jobs for San Diegans. For example, the City Council could require the mandatory installation of fire sprinklers in all apartment buildings and commercial properties that lack protection. The City Council could also ban cigarette smoking in apartments, and force apartment owners to remove and replace all the drywall in their rental units in order to protect renters against the carcinogens that have leached into the walls.— September 7, 2010 9:44 p.m.
Corporate America Keeps Profits Strong, Jobs Weak
There are many things the President could do to quickly spur employment and manufacturing output. For one, the President could issue an Executive Order requiring all agencies in the Federal Government, and state and local governments who accept federal funding, to spend at least 80% of their office supplies budget on U.S. made products. This would force importers in the office supply industry like Swingline and Avery among others, to start manufacturing products in the US again, or risk losing market share to competitors who would rise up to grab the government's business.— September 7, 2010 9:36 p.m.
Accounting Group Disciplines Former City Auditor
I would have to agree that a 30 day suspension as punishment for violating SEC rules appears to be a bit light.— September 3, 2010 8:03 p.m.
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The Reader is on the U.S. Attorney General's list of subversive organizations.— September 1, 2010 8:17 p.m.
The Silver Strand
I always try to ride on the sidewalk if possible even thought it is illegal. I hate sharing the road if the speed limt is above 25 MPH. ========== It's legal to ride a bicycle on the sidewalk in San Diego anywhere except in business districts.— August 27, 2010 10:40 p.m.
The Silver Strand
If you keeping riding the bike, you may wind up like the motorcylce rider in the UTube video below. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zl7KoeVIh-k— August 27, 2010 6:17 p.m.
Deflation Could Heat Up Pension War
In fact, when we examine the S&P 500 index between 1/1/1940 and 12/31/2009 the average rate of return, adjusted for inflation, is 8.20% ========== The United States was at the peak of its economic power during the period 1940 through 1970. For example, in 1968 U.S. factories manufactured 585 million pairs of shoes and 6 million bicycles. We will never see this level of economic output and growth again. As the Germans say, the U.S. is kaput. The S&P will never grow at 8.2% again.— August 26, 2010 9:23 p.m.
The Silver Strand
You and your husband should not ride a motorcyle together. In the event you are both killed in an accident, there would be no one to care for your children. Statistics indicate that if you ride a motorcyle casually for a period of only ten years, you have a 25% chance of dying in an accident. Don't be a Darwin Award winner, sell the motorcycle before either you or your husband are killed. If you continue riding, you're going to wind up either dead, or in a wheelchair for life.— August 26, 2010 8:39 p.m.
Get Used to Unemployment
Editors, agents, producers are dying for new talent. If a person hasn't made it, it's because they aren't good enough, haven't met the right person, or both. ============= There's rampant ethnic discrimination in the entertainment industry. If you're not part of the right group, you are unemployable no matter how good you are.— August 25, 2010 7:47 p.m.