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A balanced budget amendment to the Constitution is the only thing that will prevent us from having to address this debt existential crisis issue again in the future. If we don't, not only will we be hit with another crisis down the road, but the severity of the situation at that point will be far worse. What remains a mystery More

Oh Will we could only take you seriously if you admitted that you stuffed your money in your mattress and were completely self sufficuent and living off-grid. But you're not -- nor are others like you. Look whether its softwood lumber, big finance (banks etc. etc.) or -- heck -- big Oil (one of the precursor causes how to live More

This has all been brought about by admissions boards who encourage this sort of thing by using it as an admission criterion. They really should be looking at academic credentials. Admitting someone because they volunteered at a homeless shelter raises all sorts of questions--are they using that as a proxy for politics? What does More

Edward The strategic importance of education of this little country is clear. Since 2008 the Taliban have attacked NATO convoys on the Pakistan route numerous times, the most recent last month. The base at Manas just north of Bishkent is not a major supply line, but it is used now by us and we have a major presence there, and More

Okay, Old Man Buffet. Let me solve your dilemma without having how to calculate income tax do a darn thing in Congress. Fire all of your accounts and lawyers who work to reduce your effective tax rate to the rate you dislike. Then calculate your own taxes taking no deductions and using the 36% income tax rate for all income including More

To many d amn attorneys anyhow. I feel NO sorrow for them. Get a job. Any job. Pro bono, flip burgers, whatever. I have AA Law enforcement BS Business grief and sorrow Grad studies in Mass Communications and terrorism and am working as a baggage handler after downsizing. Where is tort reform? Interesting that the two professions More

Bachman isn't my first choice; but I'll take anyone over Obama. I know it's unpopular - as a Republican - to like Jon Huntsman, but to me he is among the most qualified candidates. He has executive experience as a governor and is a former ambassador to China and fluent in Mandarin. If there's any state relation more important, More

One thing you can't plug into your little sales tax calculator is the stress people are under today and their decisions may seem illogical to someone who has no problem paying their bills. But so many people today are just looking for some financial relief..I'd argue that the single biggest consideration to those refinancing is More

I'm not sure why you assigned yourself the role of Arbiter in this case but I disagree with the notion that the proportion of women who take a rather business casual for women view of abortion is a small fragment of the population. In addition, the easy availablility of abortion and the agressive political posture of the pro-abortion More

I was hopelessly addicted to food to cigarettes - a three-pack-a-day habit. I'd tried everything - cold turkey, zoloft, chantix, acupuncture, the patch, gum, etc. Nothing worked. As soon as I heard about these, I tried them and knew they would work. I went, overnight, from 60 cigarettes a day to none and didn't feel a pang. That More