Recent content by joeboggs

How about instead of starting to smoke, we get one of the resident 2nd Amendment/Concealed Carry wonks to loan you a handgun to use on yourself instead? It will be less painful for you, your estate will have more money (since you won't be flushing it on cigs), you won't endanger others with...

Since the "economic downturn" started I've: Gotten two raises Voluntarily separated from a job and took a paycut to eliminate the commute Graduated with a Master's Been let go of the low-paying job close to home and found a high-paying job close to home with infinitely better benefits All...

Considering that a movie is: 1) a plot 2) acting 3) cinematography and that a game is: 1) a plot 2) acting 3) cinematography 4) interactive there's really only one differentiator between a game and a movie. Movies are widely considered art, and I would venture to say that Ebert...

My wife and I took her brother to see Jackass 2 on opening day- they did a ticket/ID check right before the movie started and 3/4 of the room left. If I wanted a movie review, Ebert is likely the LAST person on the planet I'd listen to. He's one of the pretentious douchebags that year-in and...

1) There is no credible evidence that GM foods are harmful. 2) That being said, the tactics of GM food companies can be quite despicable. Intentionally modifying species so they don't reproduce (a la Monsanto's rice varieties) is absolutely nothing more than a cash grab. Claiming you modify...

Guilty or innocent, he put himself in a VERY bad position with the Nevada woman. He followed that up by putting himself in a VERY bad position with a Georgia woman (the "third" accuser, which allegedly happened second). He followed that up by plying underage women with alcohol (he was the one...

Parents aren't responsible for the criminal actions of their minor children. When was the last time a parent got life in prison for their child's premeditated murder? Common provisions of the Visa Cardholder Agreement: Promise to Pay: You agree to repay all charges made on this card...

If the choice is 0% or no incentive, then sure, but if it's 0% or a rebate, the rebate is quite often better than the 0%. $20,000 car 72mo @0% or $3000 rebate w/72mo @4% $3000 rebate saves $600 over the life of the loan just as a quick example

Income is your word, economic was mine. Reuters *Medicare provides 10 percent bonus payments to primary care physicians and general surgeons. *Medicare beneficiaries will be able to get a free annual wellness visit and personalized prevention plan service. New health plans will be...

1) An employer changes the working an economic conditions of a workforce 2) The employees contact their union 3) Collective bargaining may or may not occur 4) The employees express their displeasure at the changes by posting signs and picketing their place of work 5) The employees walk off...

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Innovation Economy > Service Economy > Manufacturing Economy

Medicaid only pays for assisted living if you divest yourself of all assets and sign your house over to the government so you can qualify by getting below the poverty line. If you have any assets at all you are ineligible for Medicaid LTC benefits. The CLASS deal sounds like a gov't run LTC...

No. Once/If the health care provisions go into effect health insurance will cease to exist. Insurance implies a sharing of risk. Under the newly enacted bill those with preexisting conditions will be guaranteed coverage. In such a system their risk is 100%- since the condition exists...

Are you referring to Medicaid? The atrocity of a program that forces the elderly to divest themselves of almost every asset they own in order to plummet into poverty? The program that forces people to deed their homes over to the government and allows the government to attach itself to...