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by roboneal 17y ago
This is what happens when deferred "defined" benefits spanning decades are controlled by political machines that operate under 2 or 4 year election cycles. Unfortunately, politicians get elected on the pork and candy they hand out NOW, not
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by roboneal 17y ago
Don't like it - shop around. Oh Wait. Sorry - .GOV now runs the whole show.
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by roboneal 17y ago
I wasn't cherry-picking - I used the interval cited in the parent of my reply. Why go back only 4 years more - postal rates were 2 cents in July 19 and 44 cents in May 2009 - a 2200% increase. However, inflation was only 1129%. So who is c
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by roboneal 17y ago
With the dramatic drop in mail volumes, hasn't the market (businesses and citizens alike) "voted" that traditional first-class letter (USPS only monopoly) is not a "fundamental component" of our society? If we haven't quite reached that poi
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by roboneal 17y ago
15% price increase (39 to 44 cents) in 4 years is not unnoticed "in volume" and easily outstrips inflation.
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by roboneal 17y ago
It's even better - when they literally have no work for employees they are asked to find work elsewhere but the USPS will pay them any difference in pay/benefits essentially forever.
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by roboneal 17y ago
I recall Bernard Shaw in a blacked out hotel room in Baghdad during the initial aerial assault of the Persian Gulf War. At the time, it felt new, immediate, and fresh. Now we get Anderson Cooper grandstanding in Haiti...now it feels someho
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by roboneal 17y ago
So based on that, was CNN twice as full of "drama, fear, shouting" last year?
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by roboneal 17y ago
Article Summary - Republicans have a smaller more focused base (more effective, especially while in the minority). Democrats have a broader, multi-issue base that can be picked apart on specific issues/legislation at the edge/fringes.
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by roboneal 17y ago
This is hardly A-B testing...this is more barely readable sign with hidden cup to VASTLY improved sign with prominent red cup and BRIBE!
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by roboneal 17y ago
If they allowed him to enroll in this field of study but are now limiting his access to the curriculum, they should have just refused his tuition. That's the legal obligation. Did you read the article? She offered to sign an explicit legal
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by roboneal 17y ago
Per the article, his mother offered to chaperon him at her own expense...makes your point kind of moot.
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by roboneal 17y ago
His mother offered to chaperon him at her own expense. That SHOULD have been the end of this story.
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by roboneal 17y ago
So what assessment is made to ensure that any given 18,19,20+ year old " has the skills to handle himself outside of a protected environment"? That's right, none, but the arbitrary assumption that they are "old enough". It's just as arbitra
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by roboneal 17y ago
How many healthy uninsured young people do you really think there is? I hear 36 million total uninsured getting thrown around. Let's say 15% are healthy, young, & gainfully employed (able to afford premiums), but until now - health ins
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by roboneal 17y ago
Seriously, with no exclusions for pre-existing conditions, no raising of rates if you get sick, and no lifetime maximums - how are "insurance" rates not going to rise? This smells like a "let's bankrupt all the private insurers" and then le
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by roboneal 17y ago
261 Yelp page views to 158... The article infers these are monthly page views (July to August)? The furniture store claims a drop of 25% of revenue - that's a lot of revenue for 103 pageviews. He must "convert" very well.
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by roboneal 17y ago
"the tax payers won't do anything to prevent it" So to you, that's the problem? A math example: Milwaukee Area school budget (2008) - $1.2B Total Enrolled Students: 82,739 Cost per student: $14,503 I can purchase on the open market private
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by roboneal 17y ago
You should probably bump that 75K to 100K and throw in s $30K side order of benefits and about a $1-$1.5M defined-benefit pension . At least that's the going rate for most "administrators" in my neck of the woods (Milwaukee).
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by roboneal 17y ago
"Home schooling can be part of the answer I just hope you are allowing your children to grow." Do you honestly worry that he isn't allowing his child to "grow" by homeschooling? Public school is hardly the sole source for the teaching of "s
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by roboneal 17y ago
"They forego revenue in exchange for the loss control." You obviously don't understand insurance outside of healthcare, if the insurance companies' underwriters and actuaries do their job right - the profit/revenue of all policy types is th
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by roboneal 17y ago
Do the insurance companies pay for safety equipment or training in their customer's workplaces? No. Employers pay those costs themselves in return for rate reductions. Not sure how that differs from any of my other comparisons (auto, life,
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by roboneal 17y ago
Does your auto insurance pay for your defensive driving courses? Your homeowner's policy pay for additional smoke detectors? Your life insurance policy pay for a treadmill? What would those policies cost if they did?
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by roboneal 17y ago
Regardless of where you stand on the global warming debate... "California's farms and vineyards could vanish by the end of the century, and its major cities could be in jeopardy, if Americans do not act to slow the advance of global warming
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by roboneal 17y ago
You missed the critical point...health "insurance" in the traditional workplace is not UNDERWRITTEN on individual basis like life or car insurance. 22-year old single, marathon runners pay the same rate as a 37-year old, single, lazy, 300lb
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by roboneal 17y ago
Can we get past the fact that "healthcare insurance" isn't really insurance? True insurance essentially "insures" against catastrophic loss and policies are underwritten on a personalized basis. "Health insurance" often covers routine care,
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by roboneal 17y ago
Hmmm - sounds like a real-life backdrop for V for Vendetta.
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by roboneal 17y ago
It is inevitable that a SMOKINGGUN-like website with famous peoples body scans will be created. "But it was COLD in the airport!"
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by roboneal 17y ago
You do in the U.S., not in the UK.
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by roboneal 17y ago
Simple story - large labor intensive service with massive legacy costs (millions of retirees and the physical infrastructure to move mail to every corner of the U.S.) meets dramatic drop in demand caused by technological disruption (faxes

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