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14 years ago @ Big Hollywood - Secret's Out: Why Lett... · 0 replies · +3 points

Two and a half men is the most popular comedy on television, that doesn't mean it's funny or good.

14 years ago @ Big Hollywood - Showtime's Golden Glob... · 0 replies · +3 points

I thought showing how an ivy league educated rich girl could turn terrorist was an atypical touch for Hollywood.

14 years ago @ Big Hollywood - Series Finales Show Ho... · 1 reply · +2 points

Actually, you're wrong there. That was true with the art commissioned by the church, but art for the private patrons was a different thing. I believe Donatello's David was a fairly risqué statue and it was commissioned by either a Medici or some other Florence bigwig is a good example. There were numerous privately commissioned renaissance paintings and statues that are not what you'd expect.

14 years ago @ Big Hollywood - Will 'American Horror ... · 0 replies · +5 points

I think episodic TV would benefit from tying up a story line each season. That worked well with Buffy. Having a multi year mystery is hard to sustain. Lost is a perfect example of that.

16 years ago @ Big Government - Coming Soon: 'USPIGS' · 0 replies · +1 points

Why put everything through a huge bureaucracy? Have you ever heard of a mutual fund?

16 years ago @ Big Government - Coming Soon: 'USPIGS' · 0 replies · +1 points

No, I'm not sorry. There is nothing in this talking points memo that is anything other than the propaganda that we've been hearing for years. Tell me, who wrote this article? There are more bad economic theories and bad economists out there than there are pancakes at IHop. I could come up with any crazy theory and find some article to "prove" my point. This article proves nothing. It has many things wrong with it (I especially love the study by the Yale economist). Did whoever write this article predict the current financial crisis? Did the Yale economist? Look you can quote a hundred economists backing up your delusion but reality and math are going to prove you wrong sooner than you think.

16 years ago @ Big Government - Coming Soon: 'USPIGS' · 0 replies · +1 points

Investigate Chile, they are doing just fine:

http://www.cato.org/pubs/journal/cj15n2-3-1.html

Wow a Yale economist thinks that the public is too stupid to make wise investments. Go figure. This is just the type of nonsense that gets taught to the people who are messing up the economy now.

In a real investment portfolio there are very few people who own just stocks. It would look similar to how many peoples portfolios today. More conservative people could do nicely with diverse portfolios no matter what the economic conditions are. With a smaller government and a stable money supply there wouldn't be volatile business cycles that we see today.

16 years ago @ Big Government - Coming Soon: 'USPIGS' · 0 replies · +1 points

This just proves my point that the congress has been raiding the "trust fund" for years hence the raise in the deficit if it were privatized.

"One impact of those seemingly abstract numbers after privatization is that interest rates are likely to be substantially higher, raising the cost to the average household of mortgages, car loans, student loans, credit cards and so on. As a result, the economy would be likely to grow more slowly than it would otherwise. "

Too bad the person who wrote this can't apply the logic to the gross spending and creating of fiat money that is happening while we speak. The treasury market is soft and Moody's is thinking of downgrading us. Guess what's going to happen then? The social security problem will solve itself once the economy crashes. But go ahead tax the rich, see how far that will get us.

16 years ago @ Big Government - Coming Soon: 'USPIGS' · 0 replies · +1 points

The average payees benefits that they paid in are paid about three years into their retirement. As you see from your numbers, most people collect it for far longer than that. This is unsustainable I don't care how many Krugman approved articles you can dredge up. Social security is in the red this year in fact, so the numbers you quote above aren't relevant anymore. They were wishful thinking anyway. The excess has been used to finance other spending for years. http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2010/03/2...

16 years ago @ Big Government - Coming Soon: 'USPIGS' · 0 replies · +1 points

Not only are the interest rates rising but even so the Treasuries aren't selling well.

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