The Obama administration funneled billions of dollars to activist organizations through a Department of Justice slush fund scheme, according to congressional investigators.
LaRaza is ...See MoreOn 3/02/17, Bob R/CA wrote: > On 3/02/17, EasTexSteve wrote: >> Funneling money to LaRaza? LARAZA?!?!?!?
> "The National Council of La Raza advocates for Latinos in > the areas of civic engagement, civil rights and > immigration, education, workforce and the economy, health, > and housing"
LaRaza is a radical anti-American group that believes part of the Southern US belongs to Mexico.
ETS cites "Fox News" Hahahahahahaha! nmOn 3/02/17, EasTexSteve wrote: > Funneling money to LaRaza? LARAZA?!?!?!? > > The Obama administration funneled billions of dollars to > activist organizations through a Department of Justice > slush fund scheme, according to congressional > investigators. > > [link removed]
It is impossible to make an unsustainable system resilient. Sooner or later the careless exploitation of land, water, forests, biota, and people will lead to disaffection, overshoot, and collapse. There are many variations on the theme, but the point stands. No system can be made resilient or durable on the ruin of natural systems or on the backs of exploited people. Design dictates destiny but not in a predictable way.
Why did the democrats pick an up-and-comer like Steve Beshear to do their response? The hostages in the background were a nice touch. But, he admitted to being a proud Republican. Very odd choice for the Democrat response.
EasTexSteveOn 3/01/17, Tim, the retired governor of Kentucky was chosen to be the wrote: > > Democratic responder. He implemented ACA in Kentucky very > successfully.
Most people assume what has kept the market afloat this year after sinking 11&37; at the start of the year was a mixture of better news out of China, oil prices stabilizing, and indications that the Fed won't raise rates as much as thought. But the real thing buoying the market could be something else: Stock buybacks.
"Corporate repurchases are the main source of net demand for US stocks," a team of Goldman Sachs analysts led by David Kostin noted in report out on Friday. Demand stemming from stock buybacks will help push up share prices—boosting the S&P 500 to a flat return of 2100 by the end of 2016 as the markets contend with weak growth and a messy earnings outlook, according to the Goldman analysts.
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The problem is the stock market is out of alignment with the rest of the economy. The article also says:
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But corporations may also engage in stock buybacks for another reason: to increase the paper figure of their earnings per share—a move that can make it difficult for an unwary investors to determine how much the company's actual operations have led to real growth.
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The real evidence of how poorly this economy is preforming is from economist Mark Blyth of Brown University, who tells us, “94&37; of the jobs created since 2008 are part-time, contract, agency, or irregular and usually have no benefits.”
Others are also arguing that continued buyback of stock could lead to the privatization of American industry. That would leave all of America basically “working for the company store.”
I agree with you on some of your points. The market was artificially propped up through the Obama years, and is due to have a big correction soon. It could be as much as 3,000 points.
by misogynist I presume you mean that Trump was the first developer in New York City to appoint women to managerial roles. He's also the first presidential candidate to have a woman as campaign manager. Some misogynist.
Life expectancy at birth will continue to climb substantially for residents of industrialized nations — but not in the United States, where minimal gains will soon put life spans on par with those in Mexico and the Czech Republic, according to an extensive analysis released Tuesday.
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This is from the article, “U.S. life expectancy will soon be on par with Mexico’s and the Czech Republic’s.” The article goes on to say:
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The reasons for the United States' lag are well known. It has the highest infant and maternal mortality rates of any of the countries in the study, and the highest obesity rate. It is the only one without universal health insurance coverage and has the “largest share of unmet health-care needs due to financial costs,” the researchers wrote.
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We should be doing what South Korea is doing, but we won't!!!!!
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In contrast to the United States, South Korea “has a remarkable investment in early childhood nutrition,” has been taking advantage of medical advances and technology across its population and has some of the world's lowest obesity and hypertension rates, Ezzati said. The researchers said there is a 57 percent chance that the nation's women will live an average of more than 90 years by 2030 and a better than 95 percent chance that its men will survive beyond 80 (along with men in Australia and Switzerland).
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But not in America!!!!!!!!!!!!
PS: Remember, obesity is not the real problem! The real issue is “metabolic syndrome.”
...See MoreMexico is the second largest market for US exports. The US exports more goods to Mexico than to China, Japan and Germany combined.
Our trade deficit with China is 5 times that of ours with Mexico.
As a percentage of total trade our deficits with Japan, Korea, Russia, France, Germany are also larger than ours with Mexico.
Although manufacturing jobs are decreasing manufacturing output in the US has been growing at a rate of 2.2&37; a year. We're losing our jobs to automation and to a lesser extent to China, not NAFTA. According to a Ball State U. study 88&37; of job losses are due to automation.
The #1 origin of tourists to the United State? Mexico. More than 1 in 4 visitors to the US comes from Mexico. Mexican tourists spend close to 20 BILLION dollars every year. In 2014 the US had more visitors from Mexico than from France, China, Germany, Brazil, the UK, and Japan combined!
Since 2009 more Mexican have left the US than have entered. We have net emigration with Mexico.
If the US really wanted to do something about the drug problem in Mexico they'd find a way to stop the flow of guns from the US into Mexico. Cut off the ability of the drug kingpins to get their hands on American drugs and you'd see very different results in the Mexican war on drugs.
NAFTA has certainly caused some job displacement, with winners and losers. American corn growers benefitted from Mexican job losses. According to CNN, "American farmers sent $2.4 billion of corn to Mexico in 2015, the most recent year of available data. In 1995, the year after NAFTA became law, corn exports to Mexico were a mere $391 million."
A side note, Monsanto has long been trying to introduce GMO corn to Mexico, a move which IMO would be a disaster for small Mexican growers. GMO corn has the benefit of disease and pest resistance so it results in greater yields but most small Mexican growers can't afford the greater cost of Monsanto's GMO seeds.
On 2/27/17, T.E.C. - Iowa wrote: > The video says the value of the trade between Mexico and the > US has increased six times since NAFTA. That is not > necessarily a good thing. Simply put, increased GDP is not > always a good thing. > > NAFTA not only cost jobs and working conditions in America, > because it put American workers in competition with low wage > workers, but it also cost jobs in Mexico. In the article
In the meanwhile, the Average American did not win either. In America, the winners were the big corporations looking for cheaper labor. Simply put, in both countries, NAFTA sent wealth to the richest and made the average citizen poorer.
Lulu also mentioned “Monsanto.” This company has a long history of being predatory on small farmers. This predation has been wide spread in America. However, the best example has been the law suits over GMO canola in Canada, and in particular the one that went all the way to the Canadian Supreme Court.
The bigger point: Capitalism is now so corrupt that businesses, particularly the big ones, no longer believe that a business deal should be a win-win situation. As economist Mark Blyth of Brown University says, “They have created this neo-liberal system...where it is individually rational for any firm to rip the other guy's face off for a profit. But what if we all end up faceless? Everybody loses. That is the race to the bottom."
> "The National Council of La Raza advocates for Latinos in > the areas of civic engagement, civil rights and > immigration, education, workforce and the economy, health, > and housing"
LaRaza is ...See More