Fuck its silent in here.......

[Quality Start Machine]

World class asshole Ben Stein is on board with the Free Strauss-Kahn movement...

http://www.inquisitr.com/107379/ben-stein-dominique-strauss-kahn-rape/

In life, events tend to follow patterns. People who commit crimes tend to be criminals, for example. Can anyone tell me any economists who have been convicted of violent sex crimes? Can anyone tell me of any heads of nonprofit international economic entities who have ever been charged and convicted of violent sexual crimes? Is it likely that just by chance this hotel maid found the only one in this category? Maybe Mr. Strauss-Kahn is guilty but if so, he is one of a kind, and criminals are not usually one of a kind.

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That is outstanding.

[thehawk]

World class asshole Ben Stein is on board with the Free Strauss-Kahn movement...

http://www.inquisitr.com/107379/ben-stein-dominique-strauss-kahn-rape/

In life, events tend to follow patterns. People who commit crimes tend to be criminals, for example. Can anyone tell me any economists who have been convicted of violent sex crimes? Can anyone tell me of any heads of nonprofit international economic entities who have ever been charged and convicted of violent sexual crimes? Is it likely that just by chance this hotel maid found the only one in this category? Maybe Mr. Strauss-Kahn is guilty but if so, he is one of a kind, and criminals are not usually one of a kind.

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That is outstanding.

If only there was a series of tubes which contained historic  news articles where one could test such theories.
[This is what 45 sconds and typing 'economist sexual assault'found....]
http://www.poconorecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080201/NEWS/80201019

What would we call that series of tubes?  Mr. Stein?  Mr. Stein? Stein? Stein?

[J. Walter Weatherman]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lUMc7we5ks

[R-V]

The Onion wins, again.

It's not the government's job to pamper you and hold your hand unless you want funding for a massive public arts project that involves a giant pile of human feces shaped like the American flag, in which case nothing should stand in the way of your First Amendment rights.

[CBStew]

World class asshole Ben Stein is on board with the Free Strauss-Kahn movement...

http://www.inquisitr.com/107379/ben-stein-dominique-strauss-kahn-rape/

In life, events tend to follow patterns. People who commit crimes tend to be criminals, for example. Can anyone tell me any economists who have been convicted of violent sex crimes? Can anyone tell me of any heads of nonprofit international economic entities who have ever been charged and convicted of violent sexual crimes? Is it likely that just by chance this hotel maid found the only one in this category? Maybe Mr. Strauss-Kahn is guilty but if so, he is one of a kind, and criminals are not usually one of a kind.

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In my experience, people who are elected Chancellor of large European countries and then turn their positions into dictatorships, go to war with the rest of the world, and enslave and kill millions of persons based upon their religion or ethnicity, tend not to have been corporals in the German army during World War I. Therefore, since he was a corporal in the German army during World War I it is highly unlikely that Hitler was guilty of such events.

[R-V]

Some light reading for morts:

While there is compelling U.S. evidence of strong behavioral responses to taxation at the upper end of the distribution around the main tax reform episodes since 1980, in all cases those responses [are related to] timing and avoidance. In contrast, there is no compelling evidence to date of real economic responses to tax rates....If behavioral responses to taxation are large in the current tax system, the best policy response would not be to lower tax rates, but instead broaden the tax base and eliminate avoidance opportunities to lower the size of behavioral responses.

In other words - a realistic description of the response of rich dudes to a rise in marginal tax rates is that they don't stop trying to make money - they just try and change how and when they make that money.

[Brownie]

Some light reading for morts:

While there is compelling U.S. evidence of strong behavioral responses to taxation at the upper end of the distribution around the main tax reform episodes since 1980, in all cases those responses [are related to] timing and avoidance. In contrast, there is no compelling evidence to date of real economic responses to tax rates....If behavioral responses to taxation are large in the current tax system, the best policy response would not be to lower tax rates, but instead broaden the tax base and eliminate avoidance opportunities to lower the size of behavioral responses.

In other words - a realistic description of the response of rich dudes to a rise in marginal tax rates is that they don't stop trying to make money - they just try and change how and when they make that money.

Lower the rates and broaden the base. People won't stop trying to make money, but they might not take the risks they would with lower rates.

[Gilgamesh]

Some light reading for morts:

While there is compelling U.S. evidence of strong behavioral responses to taxation at the upper end of the distribution around the main tax reform episodes since 1980, in all cases those responses [are related to] timing and avoidance. In contrast, there is no compelling evidence to date of real economic responses to tax rates....If behavioral responses to taxation are large in the current tax system, the best policy response would not be to lower tax rates, but instead broaden the tax base and eliminate avoidance opportunities to lower the size of behavioral responses.

In other words - a realistic description of the response of rich dudes to a rise in marginal tax rates is that they don't stop trying to make money - they just try and change how and when they make that money.

Lower the rates and broaden the base. People won't stop trying to make money, but they might not take the risks they would with lower rates.

I concur.  10, 20, and 30.  No exemptions, no deductions.  Fair and progressive.  I think Congressional Republicans will insist that it be revenue-neutral, however, which would be counterproductive.

[Gilgamesh]

Tea Party rally in South Carolina




(h/t: http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0511/Dept_of_low_turnout.html?showall)

[Quality Start Machine]

Some light reading for morts:

While there is compelling U.S. evidence of strong behavioral responses to taxation at the upper end of the distribution around the main tax reform episodes since 1980, in all cases those responses [are related to] timing and avoidance. In contrast, there is no compelling evidence to date of real economic responses to tax rates....If behavioral responses to taxation are large in the current tax system, the best policy response would not be to lower tax rates, but instead broaden the tax base and eliminate avoidance opportunities to lower the size of behavioral responses.

In other words - a realistic description of the response of rich dudes to a rise in marginal tax rates is that they don't stop trying to make money - they just try and change how and when they make that money.

Lower the rates and broaden the base. People won't stop trying to make money, but they might not take the risks they would with lower rates.

I concur.  10, 20, and 30.  No exemptions, no deductions.  Fair and progressive.  I think Congressional Republicans will insist that it be revenue-neutral, however, which would be counterproductive.

Good thing religious organizations don't have any political influence. This would sail right through.

[J. Walter Weatherman]

Some light reading for morts:

While there is compelling U.S. evidence of strong behavioral responses to taxation at the upper end of the distribution around the main tax reform episodes since 1980, in all cases those responses [are related to] timing and avoidance. In contrast, there is no compelling evidence to date of real economic responses to tax rates....If behavioral responses to taxation are large in the current tax system, the best policy response would not be to lower tax rates, but instead broaden the tax base and eliminate avoidance opportunities to lower the size of behavioral responses.

In other words - a realistic description of the response of rich dudes to a rise in marginal tax rates is that they don't stop trying to make money - they just try and change how and when they make that money.

Lower the rates and broaden the base. People won't stop trying to make money, but they might not take the risks they would with lower rates.

I concur.  10, 20, and 30.  No exemptions, no deductions.  Fair and progressive.  I think Congressional Republicans will insist that it be revenue-neutral, however, which would be counterproductive.

Good thing religious organizations don't have any political influence. This would sail right through.

Or people with mortgages. Or companies that provide employees with health insurance.

[Chuck to Chuck]

Some light reading for morts:

While there is compelling U.S. evidence of strong behavioral responses to taxation at the upper end of the distribution around the main tax reform episodes since 1980, in all cases those responses [are related to] timing and avoidance. In contrast, there is no compelling evidence to date of real economic responses to tax rates....If behavioral responses to taxation are large in the current tax system, the best policy response would not be to lower tax rates, but instead broaden the tax base and eliminate avoidance opportunities to lower the size of behavioral responses.

In other words - a realistic description of the response of rich dudes to a rise in marginal tax rates is that they don't stop trying to make money - they just try and change how and when they make that money.

Lower the rates and broaden the base. People won't stop trying to make money, but they might not take the risks they would with lower rates.

I concur.  10, 20, and 30.  No exemptions, no deductions.  Fair and progressive.  I think Congressional Republicans will insist that it be revenue-neutral, however, which would be counterproductive.

Good thing religious organizations don't have any political influence. This would sail right through.

Or people with mortgages. Or companies that provide employees with health insurance.

So long to the accounting firms.

[Brownie]

Some light reading for morts:

While there is compelling U.S. evidence of strong behavioral responses to taxation at the upper end of the distribution around the main tax reform episodes since 1980, in all cases those responses [are related to] timing and avoidance. In contrast, there is no compelling evidence to date of real economic responses to tax rates....If behavioral responses to taxation are large in the current tax system, the best policy response would not be to lower tax rates, but instead broaden the tax base and eliminate avoidance opportunities to lower the size of behavioral responses.

In other words - a realistic description of the response of rich dudes to a rise in marginal tax rates is that they don't stop trying to make money - they just try and change how and when they make that money.

Lower the rates and broaden the base. People won't stop trying to make money, but they might not take the risks they would with lower rates.

I concur.  10, 20, and 30.  No exemptions, no deductions.  Fair and progressive.  I think Congressional Republicans will insist that it be revenue-neutral, however, which would be counterproductive.

Good thing religious organizations don't have any political influence. This would sail right through.

Or people with mortgages. Or companies that provide employees with health insurance.

So long to the accounting firms.

But if the accounting firms needed the grace of a shittily-written tax code to survive, good riddance.

[Gilgamesh]

Some light reading for morts:

While there is compelling U.S. evidence of strong behavioral responses to taxation at the upper end of the distribution around the main tax reform episodes since 1980, in all cases those responses [are related to] timing and avoidance. In contrast, there is no compelling evidence to date of real economic responses to tax rates....If behavioral responses to taxation are large in the current tax system, the best policy response would not be to lower tax rates, but instead broaden the tax base and eliminate avoidance opportunities to lower the size of behavioral responses.

In other words - a realistic description of the response of rich dudes to a rise in marginal tax rates is that they don't stop trying to make money - they just try and change how and when they make that money.

Lower the rates and broaden the base. People won't stop trying to make money, but they might not take the risks they would with lower rates.

I concur.  10, 20, and 30.  No exemptions, no deductions.  Fair and progressive.  I think Congressional Republicans will insist that it be revenue-neutral, however, which would be counterproductive.

Good thing religious organizations don't have any political influence. This would sail right through.

Or people with mortgages. Or companies that provide employees with health insurance.

Well, if Congressmen actually SERVED...

[J. Walter Weatherman]

http://timeoutchicago.com/things-to-do/this-week-in-chicago/14765671/chicago%25E2%2580%2599s-first-on-street-bike-parking

The cycling initiatives have 1st Ward Ald. Proco "Joe" Moreno dropping the F-bomb in support. In March, Moreno, whose ward includes Wicker Park, visited Seville, Spain, for the Velo-city bicycle conference. Joining him were fellow bike-friendly, Spanish-speaking Northwest Side politicians, 30th Ward Ald. Ariel Reboyras and 35th Ward Ald. Rey Colon.

"Six years ago Chicago was ahead of Seville in terms of biking," says Moreno. "Now Seville has physically separated bike lanes and a bike-sharing system, and they've closed down their center city to cars. It's so easy to bike there, everybody's doing it: old people on adult tricycles, young men in suits and women in heels."

The aldermen presented their findings last month during a forum at Logan Square's Boiler Room pizzeria. Moreno discussed the Wicker Park bike corral and other innovative ideas to push pedaling in the neighborhood. Since recent CDOT counts show bikes make up 22 percent of daytime traffic on parts of Milwaukee Avenue, Moreno is exploring the possibility of removing one lane of car parking on the street from California to Division to make room for a Seville-style separated bike lane. Asked how meter lessee LAZ Parking would react to the loss of revenue if car spaces were removed, Moreno responded, "Fuck 'em." The crowd of cyclists went wild.