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It?
IT?
Really?
This MUST be you>>>>http://satireknight.wikispaces.com/file/view/monkey-on-computer%5B1%5D.jpg/318211380/monkey-on-computer%5B1%5D.jpg
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You NIGGERZ and NIGGER ETZ and FAGZ and FAG ETZ can bolivate all you want
By a huge margin I am the smartest, wittiest, most versatile and funniest poster on LIT
I am ignored cause MOST of you, NIGGERZ and NIGGER ETZ and FAGZ and FAG ETZ are no match for my intellect and are unable to keep up with me
So you all run n hide
By a huge margin I am the smartest, wittiest, most versatile and funniest poster on LIT
I am ignored cause MOST of you, NIGGERZ and NIGGER ETZ and FAGZ and FAG ETZ are no match for my intellect and are unable to keep up with me
So you all run n hide
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It's the "tee hee" that's charming.
Hey yo, VER
You best distance yourself from that CRAZY RACIST NUTJOB,
BUSYBODY-II
If you don't
The FAGZ n FAG ETZ and NIGGERZ and NIGGER ETZ and sundry beautiful peeps of LIT
wont talk to you
But if all you do is read me, you wont need nuthin else
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Getting back to reality
I told you this BEFORE the election
NIGGER OM ICKS is POISON
Only, NIGGER POON ZANDI pretended I was wrong......as usual, I AM RIGHT
Small Business Apocalypse Or Political Vendetta?
Wolf Richter www.testosteronepit.com www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter
The National Federation of Independent Business tried to shock the world with its report that small-business owner optimism plunged 5.6 points to 87.5%—below the 87.8% of the apocalyptic post-Lehman November 2008. A huge setback; small businesses are the job creating machine of the economy. “Something bad happened, and it wasn’t Sandy,” said NFIB chief economist Bill Dunkelberg. “It was the election.”
Small-business Optimism took a nasty hit during the financial crisis—and hasn’t recovered yet. When NFIB started the monthly surveys in 1986, it set the level at 100. Optimism would drop into the 90s then bounce back above 100. From late 2003 through 2004, peaks approached 110. But in 2005, Optimism faded. It dipped below 90 for the first time in March, 2008, as Bear Stearns blew up. By September, it was back at 92.9, the high for the year. Despite Lehman’s collapse.
Small-business owners apparently liked that Wall Street got clobbered. As markets nosedived, however, optimism followed. In October 2008, it dropped 5.4 points to 87.8, rose a smidgen in November, then descended to its low of 81.0 in March, 2009.
Recovery of small-business Optimism was only slight, unlike the markets that were goosed by the trillions that the Fed handed to its cronies. Small businesses got no more than crumbs. By April 2010, Optimism ventured above 90, then dropped again. In February, 2011, it reached a post-crisis high of 94.5, dropped again, hit that high once more in April, 2012, then dropped and finally hit 87.5% in November. A tough slog.
The most significant factor in November’s plunge? “The expectation that future business conditions will be worse than current ones,” Dunkelberg explained, the Outlook for General Business Conditions having crashed from +2% to -35%—worse than anything during the crisis. A “poisonous climate for investment and expansion,” Dunkelberg said.
Problems were lurking everywhere, such as inventories that were too high, but some sub-indices, particularly for “actual” sales and earnings, weren’t all bad, given the debacle of the post-crisis years. Credit was plentiful. Actual and planned job openings continued to tick up, as did hiring plans. Bad news for workers though: planned compensation has been dropping this year, after a feeble recovery from crisis lows.
In this manner, the details, graphs, and tables of the report don’t paint a picture of the sudden apocalypse that the headline number promised—but of a long-term depression that started in 2005 and has improved only a few notches since the trough of the crisis! All in an economy whose growth is “lumpy” [read... It’s Official: The Consumer Is Alive andDead].
But what jumps out already in the introduction is a political agenda rather than objective interpretation of data: “Between the looming ‘fiscal cliff,’ the promise of higher healthcare costs, and the endless onslaught of new regulations, owners have found themselves in a state of pessimism. We are forced to ask: is this the new normal?” So who are these “owners,” and who is “we?”
A lobbying and advocacy organization with offices in Washington DC and all state capitals, NFIB claims to be “nonpartisan” despite its support for Republican candidates. Its PAC, the SAFE Trust (Save America’s Free Enterprise Trust), is “the most powerful and effective small business political action committee in the country.” Among NFIB’s many, often laudable, causes was its fierce opposition to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, or Obama-care; it joined 26 states in the lawsuit that challenged its constitutionality. And lost when the Court upheld most provisions.
With 350,000 members—of the 6 - 30 million small businesses in the US, depending on who is being counted—the organization represents between 1.2% and 5.8% of all small-business owners. These members received the surveys that would lead to the report. Of the 3,938 responses, 733 were deemed “useable.” They represented companies ranging from one-employee operations (10%) to companies with more than 40 employees (7%).
The data collected from the “useable” responses was further trimmed by excluding the results from the “Sandy States,” namely “NJ, DE, NC, DC, VA, WV, MD, MA, CT, and eastern portions of PA and NY.” Even though there were “no significant differences” in states impacted by Sandy—capital spending plans were “slightly higher,” labor force indicators “slightly worse,” etc.—the report comes to the conclusion that the decline in Optimism wasn’t related to Sandy but “the resolution of the election.” And it used the trimmed and manipulated results to lash out against President Obama.
“The ‘war’ on success is now public policy as the President insists on higher tax rates for the ‘rich,’ those making $250,000 or more,” Dunkelberg states. “He continues to obfuscate by claiming that only 3% of small-business owners will be impacted, as if even those are not a concern.” Hence, the sudden and apocalyptic post-election decline in small-business optimism. But the long shadow of a political agenda darkens the validity of the data—just when we need accurate data the most.
A similar thing occurred with a thermometer into the brains of corporate America that also plunged to lows not seen since the financial crisis. But just before Lehman, these CEOs had exactly zero predictive capabilities. Read.... Fear of Impending Economic Collapse Or JustManipulation?
And here is California, in trouble again: revenue for November fell 10.8% below budget.Democrats thought they could hammer “the rich” by convincing voters to pass Proposition 30 to create the highest state income tax in the nation.But it appears high-income earners have “voted-with-their-feet,” resulting in a $1 billion shortfall in taxes, and the beginning of a new financial crisis. Read.... California’s Budget Goes Off theCliff.
I told you this BEFORE the election
NIGGER OM ICKS is POISON
Only, NIGGER POON ZANDI pretended I was wrong......as usual, I AM RIGHT
Small Business Apocalypse Or Political Vendetta?
Wolf Richter www.testosteronepit.com www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter
The National Federation of Independent Business tried to shock the world with its report that small-business owner optimism plunged 5.6 points to 87.5%—below the 87.8% of the apocalyptic post-Lehman November 2008. A huge setback; small businesses are the job creating machine of the economy. “Something bad happened, and it wasn’t Sandy,” said NFIB chief economist Bill Dunkelberg. “It was the election.”
Small-business Optimism took a nasty hit during the financial crisis—and hasn’t recovered yet. When NFIB started the monthly surveys in 1986, it set the level at 100. Optimism would drop into the 90s then bounce back above 100. From late 2003 through 2004, peaks approached 110. But in 2005, Optimism faded. It dipped below 90 for the first time in March, 2008, as Bear Stearns blew up. By September, it was back at 92.9, the high for the year. Despite Lehman’s collapse.
Small-business owners apparently liked that Wall Street got clobbered. As markets nosedived, however, optimism followed. In October 2008, it dropped 5.4 points to 87.8, rose a smidgen in November, then descended to its low of 81.0 in March, 2009.
Recovery of small-business Optimism was only slight, unlike the markets that were goosed by the trillions that the Fed handed to its cronies. Small businesses got no more than crumbs. By April 2010, Optimism ventured above 90, then dropped again. In February, 2011, it reached a post-crisis high of 94.5, dropped again, hit that high once more in April, 2012, then dropped and finally hit 87.5% in November. A tough slog.
The most significant factor in November’s plunge? “The expectation that future business conditions will be worse than current ones,” Dunkelberg explained, the Outlook for General Business Conditions having crashed from +2% to -35%—worse than anything during the crisis. A “poisonous climate for investment and expansion,” Dunkelberg said.
Problems were lurking everywhere, such as inventories that were too high, but some sub-indices, particularly for “actual” sales and earnings, weren’t all bad, given the debacle of the post-crisis years. Credit was plentiful. Actual and planned job openings continued to tick up, as did hiring plans. Bad news for workers though: planned compensation has been dropping this year, after a feeble recovery from crisis lows.
In this manner, the details, graphs, and tables of the report don’t paint a picture of the sudden apocalypse that the headline number promised—but of a long-term depression that started in 2005 and has improved only a few notches since the trough of the crisis! All in an economy whose growth is “lumpy” [read... It’s Official: The Consumer Is Alive andDead].
But what jumps out already in the introduction is a political agenda rather than objective interpretation of data: “Between the looming ‘fiscal cliff,’ the promise of higher healthcare costs, and the endless onslaught of new regulations, owners have found themselves in a state of pessimism. We are forced to ask: is this the new normal?” So who are these “owners,” and who is “we?”
A lobbying and advocacy organization with offices in Washington DC and all state capitals, NFIB claims to be “nonpartisan” despite its support for Republican candidates. Its PAC, the SAFE Trust (Save America’s Free Enterprise Trust), is “the most powerful and effective small business political action committee in the country.” Among NFIB’s many, often laudable, causes was its fierce opposition to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, or Obama-care; it joined 26 states in the lawsuit that challenged its constitutionality. And lost when the Court upheld most provisions.
With 350,000 members—of the 6 - 30 million small businesses in the US, depending on who is being counted—the organization represents between 1.2% and 5.8% of all small-business owners. These members received the surveys that would lead to the report. Of the 3,938 responses, 733 were deemed “useable.” They represented companies ranging from one-employee operations (10%) to companies with more than 40 employees (7%).
The data collected from the “useable” responses was further trimmed by excluding the results from the “Sandy States,” namely “NJ, DE, NC, DC, VA, WV, MD, MA, CT, and eastern portions of PA and NY.” Even though there were “no significant differences” in states impacted by Sandy—capital spending plans were “slightly higher,” labor force indicators “slightly worse,” etc.—the report comes to the conclusion that the decline in Optimism wasn’t related to Sandy but “the resolution of the election.” And it used the trimmed and manipulated results to lash out against President Obama.
“The ‘war’ on success is now public policy as the President insists on higher tax rates for the ‘rich,’ those making $250,000 or more,” Dunkelberg states. “He continues to obfuscate by claiming that only 3% of small-business owners will be impacted, as if even those are not a concern.” Hence, the sudden and apocalyptic post-election decline in small-business optimism. But the long shadow of a political agenda darkens the validity of the data—just when we need accurate data the most.
A similar thing occurred with a thermometer into the brains of corporate America that also plunged to lows not seen since the financial crisis. But just before Lehman, these CEOs had exactly zero predictive capabilities. Read.... Fear of Impending Economic Collapse Or JustManipulation?
And here is California, in trouble again: revenue for November fell 10.8% below budget.Democrats thought they could hammer “the rich” by convincing voters to pass Proposition 30 to create the highest state income tax in the nation.But it appears high-income earners have “voted-with-their-feet,” resulting in a $1 billion shortfall in taxes, and the beginning of a new financial crisis. Read.... California’s Budget Goes Off theCliff.
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What a bunch of butt fucking incompetents..
Dems Ask for Delay to Obamacare Med Device Tax They Voted for in the First Place
Medical Device Tax is just one of 20 Obamacare Taxes.
Read more: http://atr.org/dems-delay-obamacare-med-device-tax-a7380#ixzz2EoIAMj29
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isn't it amazing?
the DUMZ were screaming NIGGER CARE will create 500,000 NEW jobs
and we, mere posters on a porn board said it would kill jobs
and WE were made fun of, by the NIGGER POON ZANDI's of the board
we were right
AS USUAL!
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Nothing you just mentioned is a monopoly. You apparently don't know what that word means. I've also never heard anyone make most of these claims, can you give citations? I'd especially like to know where you're getting the bit about Medicare being 100x overcharged compared to private insurers? Because typically the Medicare reimbursement rate is lower than private insurance.
If you want to see eliminated the ban on Medicare negotiating for drug prices then you should vote for Democrats. That's an idea Obama ran on and Senator Franken wrote a bill for. But it's stalled in the Senate after McConnell made it clear Republicans would filibuster.
But you're wrong in claiming that repealing this ban would make much of a difference in cost. Medicare purchases prescription drugs at the average wholesale price they sell for in the free market and then multiplies it by .95%. Would free negotiations be able to wiggle cost down a little more? There's no guarantee of that at all and it's doubtful it would be a big difference. It could even be higher, plus Medicare would have the added expense of funding bargaining and research teams to pore through thousands of drug negotiations.
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What a bunch of butt fucking incompetents..
Dems Ask for Delay to Obamacare Med Device Tax They Voted for in the First Place
Medical Device Tax is just one of 20 Obamacare Taxes.
Read more: http://atr.org/dems-delay-obamacare-med-device-tax-a7380#ixzz2EoIAMj29
Follow us: @taxreformer on Twitter
At the very least this tax should be tacked onto net profit and not operating income. I'm wary of it as well, but the fact is medical device companies are about to come into a massive profit windfall as 35 million more patients get insurance coverage and become potential customers. They're going to come out waaaay ahead because of the taxpayer so it's probably fair that they pull a little more of the load.
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You raise TAXES
People RUN to LOWER tax places
SIMPLE!
You raise taxes on medical device makers.......they will make it in China!
SIMPLE
Everyone KNOWS that
What will happen is that the PROGZ will raise taxes on shit made in China.....and then MOST new devices wont be available for MOST people
SIMPLE
Everyone knows that
French prime minister: Curse these greedy rich people fleeing the country
posted at 7:40 pm on December 11, 2012 by Erika JohnsenMore shock and outrage from the French socialists, aghast at the lack of ‘patriotism’ and ‘generosity’ of their wealthier fellows in electing not to remain in a country that taxes seventy-five percent of their income. …The mind reels:
Jean-Marc Ayrault’s outburst came after France’s best-known actor, Gerard Dépardieu, took up legal residence in a small village just over the border in Belgium, alongside hundreds of other wealthy French nationals seeking lower taxes.
“Those who are seeking exile abroad are not those who are scared of becoming poor,” the prime minister declared after unveiling sweeping anti-poverty measures to help those hit by the economic crisis.
These individuals are leaving “because they want to get even richer,” he said. “We cannot fight poverty if those with the most, and sometimes with a lot, do not show solidarity and a bit of generosity,” he added.
“Thankfully, few are seeking exile to exempt themselves from being in solidarity with fellow Frenchmen.”
People RUN to LOWER tax places
SIMPLE!
You raise taxes on medical device makers.......they will make it in China!
SIMPLE
Everyone KNOWS that
What will happen is that the PROGZ will raise taxes on shit made in China.....and then MOST new devices wont be available for MOST people
SIMPLE
Everyone knows that
French prime minister: Curse these greedy rich people fleeing the country
posted at 7:40 pm on December 11, 2012 by Erika JohnsenMore shock and outrage from the French socialists, aghast at the lack of ‘patriotism’ and ‘generosity’ of their wealthier fellows in electing not to remain in a country that taxes seventy-five percent of their income. …The mind reels:
Jean-Marc Ayrault’s outburst came after France’s best-known actor, Gerard Dépardieu, took up legal residence in a small village just over the border in Belgium, alongside hundreds of other wealthy French nationals seeking lower taxes.
“Those who are seeking exile abroad are not those who are scared of becoming poor,” the prime minister declared after unveiling sweeping anti-poverty measures to help those hit by the economic crisis.
These individuals are leaving “because they want to get even richer,” he said. “We cannot fight poverty if those with the most, and sometimes with a lot, do not show solidarity and a bit of generosity,” he added.
“Thankfully, few are seeking exile to exempt themselves from being in solidarity with fellow Frenchmen.”
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I am of the belief that Rand Paul is 100% correct
All the REPOZ should NOT vote at all on all ths tax shit
Let it all pass with just the DUMZ
Maybe, just MAYBE, when the economy collapses, as it will MOST PEOPLE will see and kn0ow why and where to lay the balme
All the REPOZ should NOT vote at all on all ths tax shit
Let it all pass with just the DUMZ
Maybe, just MAYBE, when the economy collapses, as it will MOST PEOPLE will see and kn0ow why and where to lay the balme
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Nobody is complaining here except you old man.
The insurance, medical device, pharmaceutical industries are getting tens of millions of new customers and a shitload of new revenue. Tell me how they will not come out ahead. That's like saying Wal-Mart doesn't come out ahead from the Food Stamp program.
It's not 2009 anymore. Obamacare is already being instituted and in a couple weeks two more aspects of it will come online.
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See, Lady Ver? This skipping-record schoolyard bullshit is every day. Every fucking day for the rest of his natural life.
The shitstain has about as much "charm" as having terminal bone cancer.
The shitstain has about as much "charm" as having terminal bone cancer.
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http://i.usatoday.net/news/graphics/2012/0601-federal-employment/fed-workers.gif
According to the report, almost 80 percent of the new hires for government jobs will be in five professional fields:
Security, Protection, compliance and enforcement (62,863 new hires)
Medical and Public health (35,350 new hires)
Accounting, budget and business (21,248 new hires)
engineering and Sciences (17,477 new hires)
Program Management/Analysis and Administration (14,305 new hires)
http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news...1/federal-workforce-decline-growth/55318944/1
http://usgovinfo.about.com/gi/o.htm...vice.org/OPS/publications/download.php?id=118
According to the report, almost 80 percent of the new hires for government jobs will be in five professional fields:
Security, Protection, compliance and enforcement (62,863 new hires)
Medical and Public health (35,350 new hires)
Accounting, budget and business (21,248 new hires)
engineering and Sciences (17,477 new hires)
Program Management/Analysis and Administration (14,305 new hires)
http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news...1/federal-workforce-decline-growth/55318944/1
http://usgovinfo.about.com/gi/o.htm...vice.org/OPS/publications/download.php?id=118
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