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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
02-11-2012, 11:45 PM
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My dogs enjoying the view of the ice skaters nearby.
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Forum: General Talk
07-13-2011, 07:41 PM
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It is just a myth that giving huge tax breaks to corporations and the top 1% that control all the wealth in this country will create jobs. If it were true, there would have been lots of jobs created during the Bush years. Where are the jobs? All outsourced overseas.
Back in the day, when the top marginal rate was at 75%, (this rate applied only to income of over 3 million per year) and banks had regulations to prevent gambling, the corporatist had to reinvest their income or else see it taxed at that higher rate. This meant capital improvements in their businesses, often in higher wages for the employees, etc. Something other than giving it to the government.
Now that the corporatist don't pay taxes, and the regulations that used to prevent them from gambling away their money are gone (along with all the jobs and the demand those jobs bring to the economy) well, welcome to the brave new world...
Jobs are created by demand, and there just aren't enough rich folks to do the kind of stimulation needed for a healthy economy. For that, you need a strong and healthy middle class. Not an elite class of aristocrats.
The new thing is the "new normal" economic growth projections. This country used to average about 3% yearly economic growth, but since bush, we do about 2%. This is not enough growth to support the high school graduates entering the job market. But, the forecasters predict that the new normal of 2% can be sustained for many years to come, since worker productivity in this country is growing by about 2% each year. That means that they don't have to hire anyone, and the corporatist elite can still make their record profits, simply by making their existing slaves, I mean workers, work 2% more for the same or less pay each year.
Want to stimulate the economy for real? Raise the minimum wage, significantly.
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Forum: Photo Critique
05-19-2011, 05:54 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 2,050
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I sometimes find it difficult to critique someones artwork (other that obvious technical errors), so all I know is how an image moves me, makes me feel or think, pulls me into another direction.
Composition is so esoteric, since everyone has had a different experience, so they bring their differing values to their critique.
I don't think your composition is off by too much; all I know is the image feels a bit awkward to me. The colors are beautiful, as are the lines of the petals of the flowers. But me eye is drawn to the out of focus areas in the background, and maybe I have to hunt around just a bit too much to find the joy in the subject area of the image. Does this make sense to you?
Other than that, it's just beautiful to look at.
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
05-07-2011, 07:55 AM
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Oso and Carabella, star crossed lovers who have finally found each other as my two Shelties. They complete each other as no creatures I have ever seen.
Somehow, at 7 fps, I managed to capture a private moment.
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Forum: General Talk
03-05-2011, 09:58 AM
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thank you for saying that. Being new to this community, i would just like to say what a refreshing change it is to be able to have a civil discussion, about anything let alone politics and unions! For too long, we have allowed those that peddle fear to control are lives and actions, making us afraid of each other because of our differences. Their overreach is that it is our differences that make us strong, we just need more people to wake up to that fact.
and thanks again for welcoming me to your forum.
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