llection. When it is collected, however, there is less of an
issue about its veracity in my view.
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Jim Westrich wrote:
. . .
trade-offs -- many of which are "practical" and not "ideological." For
example, I have complained for years about the lack of income specificity
in the data published in the National Health Interview Survey (collected by
National Center for Health Statistics,
I don't believe everything I read in S. Tell, but to each his own.
Max, is this supposed to mean you think I believe everything I read from
Shawgi? If you think Shawgi has nothing interesting to say, fine. What's
the point of baiting him (or me)? You're just being a jerk. Grow up.
Temper,
m at peace with the world. My life has been
blessed by the love of Christ. Take the last chute
and enjoy what the Lord provides."
The hippie says, "Chill out, Padre. The smartest
man in the world just jumped out of the plane
with my backpack."
Happy holidays,
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There are similar results from government and private sector
tax professionals, although in general the academics skew
the results towards liberal answers.
Happy new year, and don't forget those last minute charitable
deductions,
MBS
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Shawgi, I would like to hear your take on the official North Korean
statement of regret regarding the sub incident.
Blair
Naughty, naughty.
See you in N.O.
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On 30 Dec 96 at 4:54, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Shawgi, I would like to hear your take on the official North Korean
statement of regret regarding the sub incident.
Blair
And Max replied,
Naughty, naughty.
No, Max, perhaps you're projecting.
Evidently so.
I've been interested
eal.
Sometimes good stuff happens.
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background paper.
I would commend to you our EPI book, "Beware the U.S. Model,"
which is advertised on our web site EPINET.ORG.
I'm doing a pair of papers which I will be able to show you
next month and would welcome your comments.
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by feelings of great love, which looks like the
place the reviewer landed and hasn't moved from since.
Regards,
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JS has been a big disappointment to we nouveau-classicals (I've
started my own school of thought, with an enrollment of one),
MS
would you like some
on any aspect of this
and would like to chew the fat.
Thanks,
MBS
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and are important
objects of study. Ain't nothing perfect.
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in Welfare Economics, by Hahnel and Albert, Princeton Univ
Press, 1990. Have fun.
I thought we might get you to come out of the bushes on this,
but hopefully for a little longer.
More of a teaser would be nice.
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disappointment to we nouveau-classicals (I've
started my own school of thought, with an enrollment of one), since his
theoretical work is pretty hip but his politics after joining the CEA
have been utterly from hunger.
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Doug Henwood wrote:
. . .
By the way, one of the commission members, Zvi Griliches, said in his
original testimony to the Senate Finance Committee that he was deeply
ashamed of his adopted country for hacking away at social benefits. Not
ashamed enough, apparently, to withhold his golden
nothing
necessarily neoclassical about index-number theory or data
collection.)
Yes but there's oodles of consumer theory underlying the idea
of a COL index.
Cordially,
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1. I think, on balance, a publically funded trust would be better than
private ones, but there are problems with any funded program. I certainly
. . .
Me too. I've always wanted the government to own the capital stock.
But I think the distinction between advance
Michael H. Belzer wrote:
. . .
already see the results. The taskforce's views were in
fact made public months ago. It announced that it thought
the CPI overstated inflation by around 1% per annum. The
Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) came back with a statement
that in its view the bias
mush
right on the spot.
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capitalist countries than of a delay in pursuing
the green agenda. Without some measure of economic
security, I doubt the public can be sold more environmental
quality and natural capital.
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nds income possibilities. I think you're
overreacting. Maybe I overreacted to JD.
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of my research on contracting out in local public
schools, I rented Music Man and was much entertained,
but trouble is evident enough with or without messengers
like Professors Harold Hill and Jeremy Rifkin.
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alternative to the US bicentennial celebrations. Even
I had forgotten about that.
It was a crock, but it was something.
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Tom Walker wrote:
Doug Henwood wrote,
I just get irritated when Rifkin's stale idiocies are presented as
fresh advances in human thought.
I can sympathize with Doug's irritation. Rifkin adds nothing to the
discussion other than a popularizing zeal and a slick presentation. Rifkin
. .
is a crock.
I would be interested in any comments, provided the
word "POMO" does not appear in them.
A copy of this note is posted in PKT.
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Nathan Newman wrote:
M. Sawicky wrote:
A class appeal is the best (only?) way to overcome backward views
on race. Otherwise you are reduced to moral preachments. You can
try saying that race divides people to their disadvantage, but that
presumes some larger concept that subsumes
Nathan Newman wrote:
. . .
In Nader's run for President, one of the most criticized aspects of his
Presidential campaign (other than his refusal to campaign) was his refusal
to publicly oppose the anti-affirmative action Prop 209.
. . .
However, the disturbing result is that 30% of
income is a lowly
interest-bearing financial asset? Obviously there are
conflicting issues here, but if you're going to proclaim
a Jubilee you have to make everybody happy.
MS
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ded by my joke, my well-
meant advice, from one who knows, is to try to lighten
up for the sake of your blood pressure.
MS
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eir
being human. The proper limits to government stem from
the limits of people. Attaining perfection is slow and
takes a long time, and in the long run etc. etc.
MS
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es this dude a forum says more about
them than about Krugman. Then again, I guess MJ is to the
left as Ms. is to radical feminism.
Full disclosure: Krugman and EPI have been at war since the
NAFTA debate.
MS
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), National
Peoples Action, and ACORN. The latter are more
interested in regulation whereas Tom is more
balanced between monetary policy and regulatory
concerns.
Go get 'em.
MS
Max B. Sawicky 202-775-8810 (voice)
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was known as the Revolutionary Union.
I don't have an address for him, so boldly go
and seek him out your own selves.
MS
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right-wing attacks on the system move us backward.
MS
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be available around Christmas
and will be very up-to-date in terms of providing data on a
wide assortment of economic trends (especially wages, taxes,
and income distribution). Check our web page (EPINET.ORG)
for more info, or call me any time.
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Hope you find what you need.
MS
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numbers as well.
The inventor of the current method was Mollie Orshansky,
and libraries probably have some references by her as well,
though nothing with her name on it would have current numbers.
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Regards to 'B-T-C'. I miss Opus myself.
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econ grad depts
indoctrinate their young to look down their nose at any sort
of advocacy organization.
All I can say is 'Come on down!' We need all the help we
can get.
MS
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the doctorate.
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in and of itself to
accomplish distributional goals should be regarded as limited, in
my view. An alternative approach is to minimize the complexity of
the tax code and use public spending to improve income distribution.
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that under the flat tax, the rich would really pay their fair share.
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, and Rob Scott at EPI have dealt
with the issue of efficiency gains.
Regarding minimum wages, see the book by Card and
Krueger for an up-to-date, liberal treatment.
MS
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) can read some of the lingo those folks talk over there.
I would also appreciate any cites in the same vein,
the better not to pay someone for work that has
already been done!
Thanks, Max
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he radical premise to be wrong it
is only necessary to cite the European exception.
M.S.
"Tax and tax, spend and spend, elect and elect."
-- Harry Hopkins
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possible to fashion an
argument for Dole over Clinton. I'm not quite there
yet myself, but there's still plenty of time till
11/5.
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the effect that anyone who was able to find the
city would leave a rich man.)
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of mere voting. That's why, for instance, the
line item veto is so trivial -- any budget that passes is
the result of a deal which would include agreements on most
provisions susceptible to veto.
M.S.
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will be
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-emphasizes trade unions and is less hospitable to socialists.
M.S.
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fractious groups. "Fewer, but better" has never
worked. If the LP can't work w/ Buffalo, it won't be
able to lead the infinitely more diverse working class.
It is also incumbent on Zarembka to be digestible.
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Eugene P. Coyle wrote:
One news story about this book mentined that Vernon Walters was the
go-between for Reagan/The Pope.
Does anyone know the dates of Vernon Walters service as the Military
Attache in Brazil?
Does anyone know of connections between Vernon Walters and the coup and/or
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Doug Henwood wrote:
At 10:34 AM 9/12/96, Max B. Sawicky wrote:
ESI is corporate-funded
and works almost exclusively in trade and industrial
policy. Much of their work would not strike most members
of this list as noxious, I would guess. The main strike
against ESI is that its
(e.g., Bay Buchanan) as opposed to people like
WF Buckley. To me the differences are interesting because
the right-wing populist audience in some ways and for some
sub-groups should be susceptible to left arguments.
M.S.
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, M.S.
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on trade. I also have to
believe that Choate is Perot's revenge on Gore
for the shellacking Al administered to Ross in
their debate on trade. Choate could give Gore
a difficult time if they were to debate.
From one beard to another,
M.S.
Max B
be reduced to simply
"globalization"). It's a long-term trend which reasserted itself in
the 1970s. Many other things were and are going on, so that the
actual result is "overdetermined" (to coin a word). . . .
Right.
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Breen, Nancy wrote:
Did this end up being the Pajama Game, with Doris Day, in the 1950s? The
story IS about labor relations, with Doris as the shop steward. The
conflict is she falls in love with the boss' lackey. Likely a revision on
the ILGWU version if there's any relation.
I've
mployers' threats to relocate in the face of labor militancy.
Who is really able to move? How should one analyze a company
to determine its ease of mobility? Unemployed PEN-L'ers who
can speak to this will find 'good jobs with good pay' available
in the labor movement.
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Judging art by who likes it is ridiculous.
After all, there are idiots who like Marx.
(We know who you are.) And I read Henwood.
The best progressive music many of you never heard
of is the musical theatrical production "Pins and
Needles." It was orginally staged by the ILGWU in
the forties.
know how I feel."
-- Annie Lennox
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DOUG ORR wrote:
I recently came across a new book by James Smalhout called "The Uncertain
Retirement: Securing Pension Promises in a World of Risk." It was
written while he was a fellow at Brookings and then at the Hudson Institute.
Does anybody out there know anything about the Hudson
nberg, eds).
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areer alternative"
is more the political, social, and economic problem.
If the effect of benefits on all out-of-wedlock births
is small, the effect on those who stay on the rolls must
be a lower order of magnitude.
Max
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in their issue of 10/2/95. It
contains substantive articles on different privatization
episodes and is fairly candid about problems therein, parti-
cularly with the British utilities.
M.S.
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R. Anders Schneiderman wrote:
Dear Max,
The left has actually done splendidly on the question of the
progressivity of taxes -- every conservative tax position since 1981
has been beaten down when the distributional tables were published.
Inside the Beltway, that might be true, but
.' This fellow (who may be the same one who
called me) should try his state AFL-CIO or the national office.
M.S.
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l taxes paid (or not
paid) by the wealthy.
I though you were railing against the evolution of
tax policy up to Clinton's election.
You seem to be going in two directions at once here,
but I will forgo whimsical analogies to President Bill.
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Nathan Newman wrote:
On Wed, 21 Aug 1996, Eric Nilsson wrote:
Indeed, an argument can be made that the SS payroll tax is more
like "deferred compensation" that it is a tax (and that the . . .
Except benefits have historically had only tangential relationship to what
was paid in.
Doug Henwood wrote:
On 2), the projections of SS bankruptcy are based on an average growth rate
of 1.4% over the next 75 years, half the rate seen in the past 75, and a
rate matched during only one decade in this century, 1910-1920.
I haven't looked at the most recent trustees' report but
. His
number is (or was, since I haven't seen him in a while):
202-639-8084.
How'd you feel about our radio spot?
Any feedback from anyone?
Max
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voted to increase 450 different taxes and fees.
. . .
So Clinton is positioning himself to Dole's right.
Ain't that special! Is this political genius or
what?
M.S.
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Nathan Newman wrote:
On Tue, 20 Aug 1996, Max B. Sawicky wrote:
President Clinton's campaign today launched an attack on Republican
presidential nominee Bob Dole's record of supporting tax increases. Clinton
. . .
So Clinton is positioning himself to Dole's right.
Ain't
), which has a welfare section. Somebody should
take it up with them. Another logical agency would be
the Children's Defense Fund, though I haven't been to
their web site.
M.S.
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Doug Henwood wrote:
At 7:43 AM 8/19/96, Max B. Sawicky wrote:
We at EPI have not had good luck raising money for poverty
This is very interesting. I happened to be walking past the demo outside
Radio City, where Pres. McMuffin was celebrating his 50th, and stopped to
listen a bit
ou don't hear it. I speculate that this points
up the unfortunate way that the Catholic social teaching, clearly not
without its problems, is not prominent in the left-of-center landscape.
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es gives them a perpetual
club to beat down public assistance indefinitely, regardless of any
policy concessions or changes in the system.
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time
periods and causality is moronic.
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As suggested by an earlier post, I called Lexis at 1-800-543-6862. Indeed, I
gave the young woman who picked me up my ss# and she read me back my name,
.. . .
never subscribed!!! I mentioned to the lexis person that tracking people by
ss# is illegal and she went
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Max, if I get a mill, let's do lunch. maggie
Hell yes. That would be some lunch to look
forward to. With or without the mill.
Max
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entire report to this list with the header
"Chernick-Reschovsky/EPI Welfare Report (Big)"
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more than giving out
cash or doing nothing at all.
Good luck getting your column published. You might
be interested in the Chernick piece I have tried to
post to the list.
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Nathan Newman wrote:
On Thu, 1 Aug 1996, Max B. Sawicky wrote:
Clinton did announce that he would introduce legislation to restore
welfare benefits to legal immigrants and reverse the provisions in the
bill cutting back food stamps. That has to be a top priority.
The measures
can be channeled in progressive directions.
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was how the left talks to the
public. I will say that critics of n-c theory sometimes go the same
lengths as advocates in seeing the theory as a system of belief rather
than a tool for investigating behavior.
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I could see an article with the same title premised on the
impending destruction of AFDC and Food Stamps.
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