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I would guess it's a wash. For example, and relevant to this discussion, 95% of African Americans (as polled by Gallup) approve of Obama's job performance. I believe they're 13% of the sample. I think it's safe to assume that if the President was a fat Irish guy (or a Mexican from California)...

You're truly an idiot. Of the 30 million non-illegals lacking health insurance, about half of them, elect to forgo coverage. Thus 15 million people will see their premiums go from zero to whatever, or face a fine/tax for not being insured. They probably won't be stoked. As far as the...

achilles28 is correct. Global debt levels are probably a bigger systemic risk than the economy itself. And yes, if the Fed attempts to "fight" $82 Crude, a more restrictive monetary policy could be disastrous. We can also assume that Government expenditures, from all levels of government...

Gallop is still considered the "standard" of Presidential approval polls. They track a myriad of issues on a DAILY basis. Today, Obama's Gallop "approval" is 48%.

Blumenthal is a litigious, grandstanding duchebag.

Universal Care began in 1966. Co-pays weren't eliminated until 1984.

More stupidity from Chester the Molester and Dr. Zhifatka. Where is the statement quoting Palin as visiting Canada's "single payer" system? Given that Canada didn't go to this system until 1984 (20 years after Palin's birth) and given that she moved from the area in 1970, it would have been...

One of 39 Democrats who voted against an earlier House version of the health care bill in November, Massa said in his weekly radio address Sunday that Democratic leaders will "stop at nothing" to advance the health care overhaul. "Mine is now the deciding vote on the health care bill," Massa...

I stop by ET just to laugh at insane bullshit like yours. You're too stupid to understand the inequity of this tax aren't you? The truly, longtime, dynasty rich are de facto exempt because cash and stocks can be easily held in custodian and trust accounts. The working rich-those whose...

Obviously prices would sag but not much. Despite myth China only holds about 7% of total Treasury holdings (they're not even #1-Japan is) and there's enough pent up domestic institutional demand that supply would move. I know a roster of millionaires who'd jump through hoops to get 5% on 10 years.

The President ranks far, far, far below The House in the budget totum pole. That's why when someone talks about the "Reagan" deficits I laugh my ass off at their stupidity. Anyone who was alive back then knows that a. the Democrats had an even more lopsided majority in the House then than now...

And I'd remind folks that the 800b stimulus package introduced by the Bush administration was REJECTED by a majority GOP house vote on 10/03/2008. The bill passed on 2-1 support by Democrats. So contrary to myth, the GOP Congressional delegation VOTED AGAINST these so-called Republican...

Sure. From fiscal years 2001-2007 "Bush" deficits averaged 500b per year. Bush's last year which included bailouts, the deficit rose to 1 trillion. The Feb/2009 stimulus passage (after Obama took office so it's a "hybrid" Bush-Obama budget) caused the deficit to rise to 1.42tr. This year it will...

Fair or not fair, the point is, health care in Canada isn't the $43 a month gift from a Genie you portray it to be. The average Canadian family pays 3k a year in additional taxes to pay for it. And in other nations that are far more inept than Canada-which is a great country-gas taxes and the...

I assume you realize that 1. opposing gay marriage isn't a litmus test for being "anti-gay" because 2. 1 in 4 gays themselves oppose same-sex marriage.

You seem like a really good guy, misguided but kind, so I won't be mean but you lack original thought. I keep reading 24/7 this same liberal "talking point." I know a lot of conservatives here in the quite red OC and ALL OF THEM were bitching about the deficits during the Bush years. That said...

Singles in Ca and the U.S. have near identical tax liability. Families in the U.S. at a hypothetical 30k pay around 11% in state and Federal taxes. In Canada the all in tax bill is 21%.

1. Yes 2. No 3. Yes, lol. 4. She lived in Lake Forest. The Tribune article said she lived frugally but still vacationed abroad, dined out etc. So yes, she knew she was loaded. It's not like she was retarded, lol My grandmother, who was an active investor, owned 1000 shares of some...

I'm sure you know that a middle income married couple with 2 children in Canada has about twice the tax obligation (including province taxes) as a like household in the States.