Recent content by fightingduck

Also, note China selling. (in case you were wondering, the Fed's still buying)

I think the Fed's number 2. VERY close to China. Link

One could take issue with that. I drove for six hours each way every other weekend during my split whem my ex moved my kids. Then, I moved to the same Metro area when I found a job there. However, I typically don't criticize others for not doing that since a) its very hard on everyone, b)...

See the underlined part where he said that the didn't know about the above (what you bolded).Also, further in, where he explains the timeline.

I think all of you "critics" missed this from the OP:"Kids just got here recently for the summer visit. (I had no idea yet about the above) "He told the story in order that it happened, not the order that he found out about it. The OP has said nothng that would indicate he knew there was a...

I don't see anything wrong with Reid's comments, per se. Certainly, not offended or anything. My problem is that why are we talking about the seriousness of job losses. Is this not an obvious political point? Job loss - bad. Job gains - good. Isn't the question - Will this jobs bill help...

Also, a great exchange on rationing in this thread: Rationing thread Just wanted to keep track of somethings (never know where to find them).

The other point that Coburn's been pushing is that Medicare denies more line items on claims than all the other major insurers. I checked out the source data and it does show that private insurers make more mistakes based on thier own policies, but that medicare takes 2 weeks to process a...

Finally had some time to post about health care and ran accross a couple of items. Not sure where they fit. In one case, I started a new thread that no one saw. I thought, since this was the most theoretical of the current health care threads, I'd offer these items here. Here was my post...

If the government would just send me a check each month, I could stop being a slave to my job.

I listened to this over the weekend. Thanks for the post.He suffers from the same problem as you do - a libertarian who has given up the fight for economic liberty. No offense.

1. Why do you beleive that is the point for health care spending? Utility isn't only measured on a better/worse scale.2. See #1 3. Agreed. But since an aging, rich population will almost always demand more health care (even if it is "useless" in your view), why are you taking in from them...

Quite a bit. I've had my older daughter (age 10) read the Dec of Indpendance (the first part) for the last two years on July 4th (sort of like reading the night before christmas type tradition.) I'll have to slip in the Bill of Rights next year, at least.

Nice try. "unfair" was the wrong word, but I can't think of a better. Note the parens that define the word. I'll try again with a different word - or you could go back and read the whole thing instead of slicing my post to make your point.To categorize the "rich" as a group, who saw...

I'm not calling him names, but there is no doubt he has a very different view of the tax system that any other modern American politician. This is Bob Reich's wet dream, direct income re-distribution.... He also destroys the concept of social security being just a bad retirement program (it's...