So much is made of the labor surplus taken by capitalists over the effort of the workers. I'm curious what sort of percentage you believe is...
Among the general population I keep hearing the "jet fuel can't melt steel" thing. However it occurs to me that for thousands of years...
I know we're supposed to be running a deficit. I've seen different projections for the year from just above $400 billion to nearly $500 billion....
So there is the whole business of the Laffer curve and the tradeoff between social justice in regards to taxation and welfare versus destroying...
What would Democrats have to put on the table in order to make you support legislation that also requires support of Obama's "action plan" on...
I'm curious what Democrats would be willing to offer up in order to be able to tackle global warming. Specifically the Republicans would have...
So the recent news is the Oxfam study that the richest 1% globally will soon have more wealth than the lowest half....
I used to generally prefer CNN. However they've redesigned their webpage recently and it's a pain, especially on a phone. I figure people on...
There are valid reasons for wanting to expand the supply of a given currency, such as population growth, or perhaps real increases in...
This was prompted by how I've heard a lot of people describing what is going on in Egypt this way (as opposed to it being a coup). However...
Let's be honest for a moment. I don't think there are a great many surprises on this forum in terms of which side of this issue different people...
There have probably been hundreds of statements in posts on this forum along the lines of "Well if they don't support the...
The article is too long to post, so here's the link: http://news.yahoo.com/you-don-t-bring-a-3d-printer-to-a-gun-fight----yet.html The upshot...
Looks like Obama has made our intervention official and public. It seems like Obama has quite a claim come November that he isn't soft on...
A while back there was the report indicating about half of Americans were on government aid....
The U.S. military is on a path toward significantly fewer battlefield deaths in Afghanistan this year because it has become better at detecting...
We had a thread a while back for anti-war/peace songs. I noticed that they were all from western nations. However it's not like I'm an...
There was the thread recently about anti-war/peace songs. It occured to me I didn't know of any such songs outside of the west. On the other...
While for most things on this forum we're just shooting the breeze, one thing that would actually make a difference is some financial advice....
Amidst the usual political ads, I noted one not for a candidate, but for delisting the MEK as a terrorist organization....
So I recently was shown a link to info about current polling results in Israel and Palestine regarding the clinton permanent settlement framework,...
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/the-10-most-educated-countries-in-the-world.html Ok, so it would be better to be #1. But I found this...
I think there is a time to preach to the choir, a time to forget about the other guy and try to convince the neutral parties, but I'm wondering...
[img] I've ran across two articles now regarding OP Badel...
I'm curious how many think that at the peak of their and their household's careers and investments, they'll break into the top 1% of household...
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