* William T Goodall ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
I don't know much about economics but I'm pretty sure that there is no
way the government can 'invest' in anything.
Actually, it would be pretty easy. The government could contract out to
a mutual-fund like group, the Treasury could send that
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From: Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Killer Bs Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com
Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2005 4:31 AM
Subject: Re: Real cost of living (was Social Security reform)
We might be able to figure it out, but we won't be able to pay for it.
Many
Erik Reuter wrote:
We REALLY have to stop raising the payroll tax, even if it does feel
good to stick it to the rich. We can't keep paying more and more to SS,
as we have been doing for the past 70 years. It has got to stop, and
now is the time to stop it.
I guess I'll give you a chance to
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* Nick Arnett ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
I guess I'll give you a chance to discuss this reasonably again
Will you really? Go suck an egg, Nick.
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From: Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Killer Bs Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com
Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2005 10:09 AM
Subject: Re: Medical costs
* Dan Minette ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
If combined with some sort of deductible, this makes a lot of sense.
Erik Reuter wrote:
* [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
We're a great, wealthy, generous country: we can figure out how to
take care of each other.
We might be able to figure it out, but we won't be able to pay for it.
Many people seem to think that medical care should just be given to
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From: Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Killer Bs Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com
Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2005 11:03 AM
Subject: Re: Real cost of living (was Social Security reform)
Erik Reuter wrote:
* [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
We're
Erik Reuter wrote:
We might be able to figure it out, but we won't be able to pay for it.
Many people seem to think that medical care should just be given to
those who need it. Perhaps we should assign a full-time personal doctor
and full-time nurse to take care of everyone in the world!
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* Dan Minette ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
There are three levels of deductables for prescriptions. The first,
and lowest, is for generic. It's $7.50 per month, or $15 for a mail
order 3 month supply. The next is non-generic, at $25/month or $50
per 3 months. The third is a restricted
* Dan Minette ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
It would clearly be the lady with the alligator purse.
Everybody forgets about that poor alligator...
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* Erik Reuter ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
This reminded of an article I just read. I don't have an online link,
but it is from _Consumer Reports On Health_ newsletter, March 2005.
Here's an excerpt:
Daily doses of the dietary supplement coenzyme Q10, or CoQ10,
helped ward off
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From: Gary Denton [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Killer Bs Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com
Sent: Friday, February 18, 2005 4:22 PM
Subject: Re: Social Security Facts:
Now, would I support lower maximum benefits for Social Security?. I
agree in principle, probably not in
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From: Nick Arnett [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Killer Bs Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com
Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2005 12:16 PM
Subject: Re: What Social Security (and Its Reform) Say About America
Anybody else want to offer reasons why the current level of Social
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From: JDG [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Killer Bs Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com
Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2005 10:25 PM
Subject: Re: Budget Deficits and Supply-Siders Re: Kotlikoff's PSS plan
Dan,
I'm not really sure that it is accurate to describe Bill Clinton as
1/ Why do CIA Director, Porter Goss, and the head of the Defense
Intelligence Agency, Lowell Jacoby, HATE AMERICA?
Islamic extremists are exploiting the Iraqi conflict to recruit new
anti-U.S. jihadists, CIA Director Porter J. Goss told the Senate
Select Committee on Intelligence.
These
On Sunday 2005-02-20 20:36, d.brin wrote:
1/ Why do CIA Director, Porter Goss, and the head of the Defense
Intelligence Agency, Lowell Jacoby, HATE AMERICA?
Islamic extremists are exploiting the Iraqi conflict to recruit new
anti-U.S. jihadists, CIA Director Porter J. Goss told the Senate
On Sunday 2005-02-20 20:36, d.brin wrote:
2/ Why would our Iraq war fuel Islamic resentment? Don't they see
the great things we are doing?
snip content=examples of abuses/
I think we did not hear these kinds of stories from Vietnam because we could
use the South Vietnamese as cutouts to
I agree with Dan on all of this.
Gary (top posting) Denton
On Sun, 20 Feb 2005 17:05:37 -0600, Dan Minette
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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From: JDG [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Killer Bs Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com
Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2005 10:25 PM
Subject:
On Sunday 2005-02-20 20:36, d.brin wrote:
3/ Meanwhile, the big winner in Iraq is the latest target of the
Bush administration's macho rhetoric, Iran:
When the Bush administration decided to invade Iraq two years ago, it
envisioned a quick handover to handpicked allies in a secular
On Sunday 2005-02-20 20:36, d.brin wrote:
4/ So, how are our relations with Iran now that it is the dominant
regional power, with a sympathetic Shiite government in a weak and
chaotic neighboring Iraq, its former enemy?
Iran, facing mounting U.S. pressure over its nuclear program,
promised
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