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Nov 6
Chip commented on The Government Dole Just Got a Little Dolier.
Chip commented on The Government Dole Just Got a Little Dolier.
@12: Sure, and as insurance it totally makes sense (you shouldn't lose your place to live or eat through all your savings if you lose a job), but extending the benefits to almost two years is pretty ridiculous.
@13: Oh, I'm not saying it's sufficient, just horribly inefficient.
It's much more efficient to stimulate through jobs creation, and it's much more socially conscious to dole out benefits in accordance to need, not in accordance to prior work history.
@13: Oh, I'm not saying it's sufficient, just horribly inefficient.
It's much more efficient to stimulate through jobs creation, and it's much more socially conscious to dole out benefits in accordance to need, not in accordance to prior work history.
Nov 5
Chip commented on The Government Dole Just Got a Little Dolier.
Chip commented on The Government Dole Just Got a Little Dolier.
To be fair to the Republicans, this is actually one of the few areas left where
the neocon faith-based economics lines up with mainstream economics. You shouldn't
pay people to not work if you want them to look for a job.
I'm all for paying people welfare if they don't have a large income - or have
kids to support - but paying people purely because they don't have a job is
kind of a dumb idea.
the neocon faith-based economics lines up with mainstream economics. You shouldn't
pay people to not work if you want them to look for a job.
I'm all for paying people welfare if they don't have a large income - or have
kids to support - but paying people purely because they don't have a job is
kind of a dumb idea.
Oct 30
Chip commented on The City By The Salish Sea.
Chip commented on The City By The Salish Sea.
My favorite renaming, from my former neck of the woods:
Amazingly, this name actually seemed to placate those involved.
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Long before the first Euro-American emigrants trekked westward, this road was a trail used by the Takelma and Shasta Peoples as a trade route. With the arrival of settlers and gold-seekers, the trail quickly became a wagon road called “Indian Market Road.”
During the 1850s, the increased population of Euro-Americans, their occupation of traditional food gathering areas, and often hostile behavior, caused the most serious “Indian Wars” in U.S. history. In 1854, the bodies of several dead, possibly murdered, Native Americans were discovered along this road in a narrow prairie several miles northeast of this marker. For many years thereafter this portion of Oregon was known as the “Dead Indian Country,” and until recently, this road was officially called “Dead Indian Road.”
Recognizing the negative connotations associated with the name ”Dead Indian Road,” and acknowledging that many Native Americans lost their lives in this valley as a consequence of westward expansion, the name was changed to “Dead Indian Memorial Road” in 1993.
Amazingly, this name actually seemed to placate those involved.
Oct 30
Chip commented on The Morning News.
Ouch. At least he's done SOMETHING productive in his 28 years apart from achieving a stockery position at the local GAP.
Chip commented on The Morning News.
"He still hung out with friends, played video games and worked nights restocking shelves at the GAP store in the Sawgrass Mills Mall."
Ouch. At least he's done SOMETHING productive in his 28 years apart from achieving a stockery position at the local GAP.
Oct 24
Chip commented on The Morning News.
Chip commented on The Morning News.
On the plus side, it would probably take only a handful of horribly botched private executions to get the U.S. to finally abolish the death penalty.
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I'm sure this sequel is a confession of King's, maybe about how he wrote the plot for the supposed events of 9/11?