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I wish I were oversimplifying,

gertie97 — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:15:59 GMT

but I live in Mesa County. What I posted is not only the prevailing opinion around here, it's an article of faith.

Yes, those few of us over here who swim upstream need to get out of town more often to realize we don't live in the real mainstream.

No, it's 10K

Ralphie — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:15:07 GMT

Because you get another zero multiplying the 5x2.

I do it.

Phoenix Rising — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:13:49 GMT

And I'll be doing it more with Amazon now. I think it still counts as a boycott.

I actually do this in both directions - "window shop" local stores (so I can actually see/touch what I'm considering ordering) and order online, and "window shop" (for reviews and user feedback) online and order locally.

Nothing beats your local vendor for service, and the ability to actually hold an item before purchasing it is invaluable for anything you'll be using on a regular basis.

Why should today be any different than the other 364? n/t

Middle of the Road — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:13:40 GMT

You may be oversimplifying, Gertie,

Middle of the Road — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:12:19 GMT

but you're also on to something. Ever since my mom finally hit the age to get Medicare, she is remarkably less concerned about how others are able to afford insurance.

Again - simple solution

Phoenix Rising — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:06:43 GMT

Adjust the equation to reflect the reality. Problem solved, LB gets SS benefits just as planned.

It's not that at all.

Laughing Boy — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:03:20 GMT

We have huge bombs with both programs coming down the pike because very soon we won't be able to pay for what we've promised.

I don't oppose their existence, but I'll pay into it my whole life and probably never see a dime.

I'm not going to bother

Phoenix Rising — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:54:54 GMT

Or, rather, I'll make one last try before giving in to the apparent reality that you like your Rasmussen minus analysis.

Rasmussen admits that their new voter weighting/screen skews more Republican (i.e. more Republican than the 'more Republican' screens that all the other polling outfits have adopted in this low-Dem enthusiasm climate).

Pollster.com has taken to generating separate charts minus Rasmussen and the heavily Democratic-skewed YouGov just because they're so non-conformant with other polls.

If they're being "strong armed" then

sufimarie — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:50:32 GMT

why do others do it? You'd think that with all of Amazon's resources, it wouldn't be such a terrible thing.

Look, it's very simple: Amazon doesn't want Colorado to set an example by taking on the big boys, therefore Amazon will make the legislature look like enemy #1 and since every one is so reluctant to think they get anything out of government and so willing to believe everything good is from business, they'll unquestioningly go along with it.

Good idea BlCora

Ralphie — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:48:39 GMT

That way I can work till I die and the system that I have paid into for 45 years doesn't have to pay out.

How about a simpler solution? Congress stops looting the SS trust fund to pay for other programs.

Already Avoiding Amazon

MtSherman — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:48:31 GMT

For me boycotting would be rather ineffective. I took down my wishlist and stopped buying from them a year ago when they did this thing with flagging all gay books as "adult". They fixed the problem, but I felt no strong urge to go back and their behavior since then, for example bullying Colorado, Print on Demand Publishers, and Macmillan, has only reinforced my perception that I'd rather do business with someone else.

Plus iTunes is so much easier than getting a physical disc mailed to me (when I cannot wait for it to show up in the used bins at Cheapo Discs) and they do pay their state and local taxes.

That would be too "truthy" for Libby.

Ralphie — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:46:26 GMT

Besides, posting about Norton would be on topic for this thread.

No way Libby is going to post on topic.

Why don't you post Jane Norton's contributors then we can compare who owns who?

Republican 36 — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:42:48 GMT

Oh.

BICora — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:42:09 GMT

Well when read that way- I agree. The eligibility age for Social Security should be increased.

I thought you were exaggerating to make a point. I didn't call you names - I didn't slam you.

But thanks for showing how not to be such a dick. next time.

project much?

MADCO — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:39:13 GMT

You should find a candidate to campaign on this message.

MADCO — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:37:58 GMT

Norton might. But I doubt it.
Wiens might. But I doubt it.

The debt is too big- but it's due to healthcare reform.

how Medicare is already "paid" for.

MADCO — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:36:04 GMT

Bzzt! Wrong answer.

Medicare for Americans over 65 is paid for by payroll taxes on all working Americans.see: FICA

What BC and TH and others talking about Medicare for all are talking about is funding the over 65 pool the same as now, and collecting premiums for everyone else who wants to buy in, premiums that would be adequate to cover the costs of the new participants.

Sort of- but not really

MADCO — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:32:28 GMT

http://www.thomhartmann.com/20...

"...any American citizen can buy into the program at a rate to be set by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) which reflects the actual cost for us to buy into it."

I've worked

Ralphie — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:28:18 GMT

In fact, I still work. I saved. I invested, My house is paid for.

And if I get sick before I turn 65, it will all be gone.

maybe I meant both.

MADCO — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:27:07 GMT

Wouldn't it have been better

IOnCO — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:26:56 GMT

to urge the legislature to pass a bill more along the lines of what other states have done and not to have been so punitive against Amazon?

thanks

MADCO — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:26:51 GMT

Boycotting is keeping the wallet closed

Danny the Red (hair) — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:12:41 GMT

so yes, I think it counts.

Fair enough. We have to agree to disagree here.

BoulderRepublican — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:12:36 GMT

n/t

If that's your choice Ralphie.

BoulderRepublican — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:07:41 GMT

I'm not gonna stop you. But if you work until you're 65, don't save a dime, and decide that you're incapable of being a productive member of society the very next day, I don't really care to foot the bill for your monthly income and health care. I'm not saying we even need to do away with the program--simply raising the age of eligibility 8-10 years would do the trick. And even then, I wouldn't say do it all at once. It should be a phase in thing. For example, perhaps raise the age by one year every three years for 30 years.

Is it still boycotting

cdsmith — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:07:41 GMT

if I use Amazon.com to get recommendations, and then write them down and take them to a local book store? I suppose so; I'm giving them data, but not cash.

Amazon's recommendations really are too good to give up.

Who owns Interim Senator Bennet

Libertad — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:07:11 GMT

Contributor Total Indivs PACs
Brownstein, Hyatt et al $44,101 $42,101 $2,000
Union Pacific Corp $38,000 $28,000 $10,000
Comcast Corp $30,350 $21,350 $9,000
Infoture Inc $24,000 $24,000 $0
Hogan & Hartson $22,950 $21,950 $1,000
Liberty Media $22,950 $12,950 $10,000
Qwest Communications $21,900 $16,400 $5,500
Apollo Advisors $21,600 $21,600 $0
Ares Management $17,900 $17,900 $0
Patton Boggs LLP $17,800 $12,800 $5,000
Morrison & Foerster $15,900 $15,900 $0
Wilmerhale Llp $14,600 $14,600 $0
Aea Investors $14,400 $14,400 $0
Kirkland & Ellis $14,300 $12,967 $1,333
Gotham Capital $12,000 $12,000 $0
Centerbridge Partners $11,600 $11,600 $0
Level 3 Communications $11,350 $10,350 $1,000
UAL Corp $11,300 $10,300 $1,000
Bow River Capital $11,200 $11,200 $0

open secrets

And if you'd done that when Bush and the Republicans proposed it

ajb — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:06:45 GMT

your portfolio would be worth a fraction of what it was.

And if you want to double down, if congress had followed the tea party wing of the GOP in 2008 and not bailed out the banks, we'd be living through a depression with the Dow bumping along at about 2000. How would your hypothetical portfolio look then?

But neither event happened, so we won't know how bad it could have gotten.

Hoover's stellar reporting ....

Libertad — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:58:39 GMT

really brought it home on just how those txx increases are helping create and save jobs.

But you are not a typical voter, Voyageur

Colorado Pols — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:54:02 GMT

Our point is that this is a careless statement to make that will make for a great attack ad against Norton to make Senior Citizens think she is against Social Security. That kind of ad wouldn't work on you, because you know more about this stuff than most of the candidates. But it would certainly upset the vast majority of voters.