Greg F

A false dichotomy.

I would never ask him to do something I know he is incapable of doing.

Raise the price of something and demand goes down. What part of that don't you understand?

The journalist is an idiot and gator once again proves he is prone to confirmation bias. Had the author bothered to look at the data for transition-from-school-to-work he would have discovered the employment rate for the 3 countries for youth. For 20 to 24 year old group the U.S. has 44.5% employed, Switzerland has 42.7%, and Germany has 35.8%. Clearly this age group is employed in the U.S. at a higher rate then either Switzerland or Germany. For the 15 to 19 age group 8.2% are employed in the U.S. while Switzerland is 3% lower at 5.2% and Germany is only 3.3%. The unemployed do not include those who are employed or in education or training (NEET). Subtracting the employed plus unemployed from 100% each country gives us the percentage of youth in education or training. For the U.S. it is 38%, Switzerland at 44.9% and Germany at 54.1%. The solution appears to be just putting more youth into education or training programs to make the numbers look better. The data appears to support higher minimum wage results in less employment opportunities for entry level employment.

I am pretty sure that ship has sailed.

Why would anybody want to ban the best evidence that leftist ideology is intellectually bankrupt and fundamentally dishonest?

Ignorance of history is a terrible thing. This is affectionately called the "Biden Rule". More history on election year nominations.

He should come back as Baghdad Bob.

No chance of that happening to you since we all know where you keep your head.

I would opt for a wall around Chris Christie but I doubt the state can afford that.

not a very high bar. In 2012 there were 241 million people of voting age, 129.1 million voted in the presidential election. That means a whopping 1.35% of voting age watched (assuming nobody under 18 watched). As a percentage of those that voted in 2012 it amounts to 2.5%. I wouldn't call that a "genuine interest in politics". To put it in perspective on Thursday, March 31, 2016 The Big Bang Theory (CBS) 14.24 million Greys Anatomy (ABC) 7.77 million American Idol (FOX) 9.11 million 2 Broke Girls (CBS) 5.69 million Shades of Blue (NBC) 5.43 million

It just happens to be the few that can do math that it appears to be nonsense.

What the Labor Dept. really said and why nobody should take Reuters seriously. From Dept of Labor From Reuters: From Dept of Labor: From Reuters: From Dept of Labor The labor department is pretty much saying not much has changed while Reuters is trying to paint some rosy scenario.

I think boy genius is in a bit over his head but I am willing to help him out. Behold ... a picture of carbon.

The 'it must be a conspiracy' to not be true argument is a false dichotomy. Eugenics happened and there was no 'conspiracy', now explain that Einstein. The late Thomas Gold witnessed the no need for a conspiracy phenomenon first hand. He labeled it the "herd instinct". Even more recently was Marshall and Warren frustrating battle to convince the 'experts' of their cure for ulcers. I don't suppose you ever heard the quote "Science advances one funeral at a time" by a guy named Max Plank. I am guessing you never heard of him. He won the 1918 Nobel prize in physics for his work in quantum theory. I suspect he knew a thing or two about how the politics of the scientific community works and thus the quote. The output of failed computer models are not "facts". They ought a be. For more than 20 years the rate of rise has been 3.3 mm/year. The sea level has been rising for the last 20,000 years. The fact it is rising is no surprise to anybody. To put into perspective how silly their 2 meters by 2100 is the sea level rise would have to go up to 23 mm/year starting now. Typical weasel words. Then again there is no evidence outside of the computer models that indicate it will. Good thing we don't live in a computer model. Except for one problem, Antarctic has been gaining ice. And finally, the loss of ice in the Thwaites Glacier appears to have nothing to do with climate change.

From the article: Would not be the first time.

The first 250 miles is going between San Jose and the Bakersfield. The rest is suppose to get funded by private investment. Problem is nobody is insane enough to pour their money down that rat hole.

As a half wit I have to object to that statement.

Fruit ... how appropriate.

Your wasting your breath ... gator lives in an alternate reality. If gator wants to be the village idiot who am I to argue. They are very good at running the extortion game and pretty good at getting the gators of the world to go along.

The only way to get "big money" out of politics is to get 'big power' out of Washington. The government is running a protection racket not unlike the mafia. It is, to be blunt, extortion. The famous antitrust case against Microsoft in 1998 is an example of how it works. Back then Microsoft was apolitical, political donations were pretty sparse from the software giant. Since then Microsoft has been diligent in paying their sizable protection money. The message from the government was "that is awful nice business you got there, it would be awful if something bad happened to it". What happens next is what economist call 'regulatory capture'. The regulators start letting the regulated write the regulations which just so happen to be to the regulated companies advantage. The regulated companies can now promote regulations that set barriers to competition giving them an effective monopoly. You don't think Walmart endorsed raising the minimum wage out of the goodness of their heart do you? The regulators are happy because they don't have to do any work with no incentive to look out for the little guy. The politicians are happy because there is a constant flow of money into their accounts. The regulated companies are happy the risk of competition is greatly reduced. What we end up with is a symbiotic relationship between the government and the companies with the little guys left out in the cold. Thinking that instilling more power in the regulatory state is going to change this dynamic is pure fantasy.

Shouldn't they be called the Obama-Bush tax cuts? Those Energy Star products are amazing! They save energy even if they don't exist. I am sure those Energy Star tax credits are working just fine ... if you happen to be one of the bureaucrats that administer the program.

Returns aren't measured from the goal line so they are probably handing the return team 5 to 7 yards on average to take a knee.

I posted a news article on page 2 two days ago. Do try to pay attention.