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May 26, 2009 at 5:51 PM in reply to: OT: Schwarzenegger proposes the complete elimination of all state welfare programs #406156May 26, 2009 at 5:51 PM in reply to: OT: Schwarzenegger proposes the complete elimination of all state welfare programs #406397
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Participant[quote=briansd1]Here are some ideas that will never happen…
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How many kids do you have, brian?
May 26, 2009 at 5:51 PM in reply to: OT: Schwarzenegger proposes the complete elimination of all state welfare programs #406458Participant[quote=briansd1]Here are some ideas that will never happen…
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How many kids do you have, brian?
May 26, 2009 at 5:51 PM in reply to: OT: Schwarzenegger proposes the complete elimination of all state welfare programs #406607Participant[quote=briansd1]Here are some ideas that will never happen…
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How many kids do you have, brian?
May 26, 2009 at 5:49 PM in reply to: OT: Schwarzenegger proposes the complete elimination of all state welfare programs #405905Participantpri_dk, I have to measure the performance of a hundred professionals doing complicated tasks, some similar, and some not, of different ages, life experiences, personalities, inteliigence, energy……
It’s the same in every business. It ain’t perfect, but if you spend time getting it done instead of debating how difficult it is, it really does produce better results. If you get started and don’t like how it’s done, then improve it. Just don’t make excuses for not implementing demanding performance standards for the people who are helping to form our future world.
May 26, 2009 at 5:49 PM in reply to: OT: Schwarzenegger proposes the complete elimination of all state welfare programs #406150Participantpri_dk, I have to measure the performance of a hundred professionals doing complicated tasks, some similar, and some not, of different ages, life experiences, personalities, inteliigence, energy……
It’s the same in every business. It ain’t perfect, but if you spend time getting it done instead of debating how difficult it is, it really does produce better results. If you get started and don’t like how it’s done, then improve it. Just don’t make excuses for not implementing demanding performance standards for the people who are helping to form our future world.
May 26, 2009 at 5:49 PM in reply to: OT: Schwarzenegger proposes the complete elimination of all state welfare programs #406392Participantpri_dk, I have to measure the performance of a hundred professionals doing complicated tasks, some similar, and some not, of different ages, life experiences, personalities, inteliigence, energy……
It’s the same in every business. It ain’t perfect, but if you spend time getting it done instead of debating how difficult it is, it really does produce better results. If you get started and don’t like how it’s done, then improve it. Just don’t make excuses for not implementing demanding performance standards for the people who are helping to form our future world.
May 26, 2009 at 5:49 PM in reply to: OT: Schwarzenegger proposes the complete elimination of all state welfare programs #406453Participantpri_dk, I have to measure the performance of a hundred professionals doing complicated tasks, some similar, and some not, of different ages, life experiences, personalities, inteliigence, energy……
It’s the same in every business. It ain’t perfect, but if you spend time getting it done instead of debating how difficult it is, it really does produce better results. If you get started and don’t like how it’s done, then improve it. Just don’t make excuses for not implementing demanding performance standards for the people who are helping to form our future world.
May 26, 2009 at 5:49 PM in reply to: OT: Schwarzenegger proposes the complete elimination of all state welfare programs #406602Participantpri_dk, I have to measure the performance of a hundred professionals doing complicated tasks, some similar, and some not, of different ages, life experiences, personalities, inteliigence, energy……
It’s the same in every business. It ain’t perfect, but if you spend time getting it done instead of debating how difficult it is, it really does produce better results. If you get started and don’t like how it’s done, then improve it. Just don’t make excuses for not implementing demanding performance standards for the people who are helping to form our future world.
Participant“Bernanke has completely lost control. The Fed is now at the mercy of the purchasers of our debt. And he won’t be able to restrain interest rates for long. So I believe we will be slipping into the extremis state within the next twelve (12) months, if not sooner. At that point I would expect exporters to begin requiring many more dollars for products sold to the U.S., and in the case of hard assets with higher *real* value (such as oil), dollars may not be accepted at all, and this is already the case with at least one OPEC country (Iran) that has recently decided that the greenback — no matter how many they receive — is simply too worthless to purchase their oil. Venezuela will probably follow suit, as Iran is putting pressure on other OPEC countries to ditch the dollar altogether. I wouldn’t expect this to happen overnight, but when the dollar collapse begins in earnest I wouldn’t count on being able to find $2.59 gas. Think more along the lines of $5.”
Groan.. I give up.
partypup, I assume you make these posts to entertain yourself. But if you are trying to figure out what’s most likely to happen, then your comment about the OPEC countries not taking any number of dollars in return for giving us their oil doesn’t fit with your conclusion that oil will be at $5. If people accept $5 in return for a gallon of gasoline, then that means oil exporters will accept dollars too. They may just want more of them. There’s a difference between a 30% or even 50% devaluation of a currency and its complete collapse. One is Bladerunner, the other is Mad Max.
Participant“Bernanke has completely lost control. The Fed is now at the mercy of the purchasers of our debt. And he won’t be able to restrain interest rates for long. So I believe we will be slipping into the extremis state within the next twelve (12) months, if not sooner. At that point I would expect exporters to begin requiring many more dollars for products sold to the U.S., and in the case of hard assets with higher *real* value (such as oil), dollars may not be accepted at all, and this is already the case with at least one OPEC country (Iran) that has recently decided that the greenback — no matter how many they receive — is simply too worthless to purchase their oil. Venezuela will probably follow suit, as Iran is putting pressure on other OPEC countries to ditch the dollar altogether. I wouldn’t expect this to happen overnight, but when the dollar collapse begins in earnest I wouldn’t count on being able to find $2.59 gas. Think more along the lines of $5.”
Groan.. I give up.
partypup, I assume you make these posts to entertain yourself. But if you are trying to figure out what’s most likely to happen, then your comment about the OPEC countries not taking any number of dollars in return for giving us their oil doesn’t fit with your conclusion that oil will be at $5. If people accept $5 in return for a gallon of gasoline, then that means oil exporters will accept dollars too. They may just want more of them. There’s a difference between a 30% or even 50% devaluation of a currency and its complete collapse. One is Bladerunner, the other is Mad Max.
Participant“Bernanke has completely lost control. The Fed is now at the mercy of the purchasers of our debt. And he won’t be able to restrain interest rates for long. So I believe we will be slipping into the extremis state within the next twelve (12) months, if not sooner. At that point I would expect exporters to begin requiring many more dollars for products sold to the U.S., and in the case of hard assets with higher *real* value (such as oil), dollars may not be accepted at all, and this is already the case with at least one OPEC country (Iran) that has recently decided that the greenback — no matter how many they receive — is simply too worthless to purchase their oil. Venezuela will probably follow suit, as Iran is putting pressure on other OPEC countries to ditch the dollar altogether. I wouldn’t expect this to happen overnight, but when the dollar collapse begins in earnest I wouldn’t count on being able to find $2.59 gas. Think more along the lines of $5.”
Groan.. I give up.
partypup, I assume you make these posts to entertain yourself. But if you are trying to figure out what’s most likely to happen, then your comment about the OPEC countries not taking any number of dollars in return for giving us their oil doesn’t fit with your conclusion that oil will be at $5. If people accept $5 in return for a gallon of gasoline, then that means oil exporters will accept dollars too. They may just want more of them. There’s a difference between a 30% or even 50% devaluation of a currency and its complete collapse. One is Bladerunner, the other is Mad Max.
Participant“Bernanke has completely lost control. The Fed is now at the mercy of the purchasers of our debt. And he won’t be able to restrain interest rates for long. So I believe we will be slipping into the extremis state within the next twelve (12) months, if not sooner. At that point I would expect exporters to begin requiring many more dollars for products sold to the U.S., and in the case of hard assets with higher *real* value (such as oil), dollars may not be accepted at all, and this is already the case with at least one OPEC country (Iran) that has recently decided that the greenback — no matter how many they receive — is simply too worthless to purchase their oil. Venezuela will probably follow suit, as Iran is putting pressure on other OPEC countries to ditch the dollar altogether. I wouldn’t expect this to happen overnight, but when the dollar collapse begins in earnest I wouldn’t count on being able to find $2.59 gas. Think more along the lines of $5.”
Groan.. I give up.
partypup, I assume you make these posts to entertain yourself. But if you are trying to figure out what’s most likely to happen, then your comment about the OPEC countries not taking any number of dollars in return for giving us their oil doesn’t fit with your conclusion that oil will be at $5. If people accept $5 in return for a gallon of gasoline, then that means oil exporters will accept dollars too. They may just want more of them. There’s a difference between a 30% or even 50% devaluation of a currency and its complete collapse. One is Bladerunner, the other is Mad Max.
Participant“Bernanke has completely lost control. The Fed is now at the mercy of the purchasers of our debt. And he won’t be able to restrain interest rates for long. So I believe we will be slipping into the extremis state within the next twelve (12) months, if not sooner. At that point I would expect exporters to begin requiring many more dollars for products sold to the U.S., and in the case of hard assets with higher *real* value (such as oil), dollars may not be accepted at all, and this is already the case with at least one OPEC country (Iran) that has recently decided that the greenback — no matter how many they receive — is simply too worthless to purchase their oil. Venezuela will probably follow suit, as Iran is putting pressure on other OPEC countries to ditch the dollar altogether. I wouldn’t expect this to happen overnight, but when the dollar collapse begins in earnest I wouldn’t count on being able to find $2.59 gas. Think more along the lines of $5.”
Groan.. I give up.
partypup, I assume you make these posts to entertain yourself. But if you are trying to figure out what’s most likely to happen, then your comment about the OPEC countries not taking any number of dollars in return for giving us their oil doesn’t fit with your conclusion that oil will be at $5. If people accept $5 in return for a gallon of gasoline, then that means oil exporters will accept dollars too. They may just want more of them. There’s a difference between a 30% or even 50% devaluation of a currency and its complete collapse. One is Bladerunner, the other is Mad Max.
May 26, 2009 at 5:31 PM in reply to: OT: Schwarzenegger proposes the complete elimination of all state welfare programs #406428ParticipantWell, I am probably in jpnpb’s camp on this one. I’d rather pay for other people’s kids to be well educated than to have them grow up with their knuckles scraping the ground.
But:
1. Anyone who has a middle class income or more should pay for their own kids, in full, 100%. Grade the % down as the parents get poorer.
2. There should be a strict limit on all public school spending on items other than teachers’ pay. Get rid of most of the school district employees, and counselors, and other overhead. If you don’t like that, then pay your own d*^& money to send your kids to a school with all the overhead.
3. Teachers should generally get more pay, and be subject to tough student-based performance standards that eliminate 5% or so of all teachers from the profession per year for lack of suitability/capability. In other words, make teaching a higher status/pay profession than it is, with performance requirements to match.
4. Add the forces of real competition to teaching, allowing schools not run by the local govt to set up shop if they can produce better results for the same cost or less.
I know, none of this will happen, but I feel better now.
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