Posted: 25 Aug 2015 10:46 AM PDT
By Doug Porter
Los Angeles Times columnist Michael Hiltzik has been on a tear recently, rolling out essays challenging the validity of claims made by those who claim privatizing retirement is the way of the future. At the core of these conservative/libertarian arguments against public support for defined pensions is a fundamental belief in the supremacy of the “market” as a force in society. The problem with this viewpoint comes when actual results for those programs participants are measured. The market has no obligation other than profit, which is only guaranteed for those managing the transactions. [Read more...]
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- Privatizing Pensions and Idolizing Profit in the 21st Century
- The Day Nancy and I Got Together
- Tyranny of the Majority: The American Winner Take All System
- Are the NFL Chargers Causing the NCAA Aztecs to Lose?
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Posted: 25 Aug 2015 10:46 AM PDT
By Doug Porter Los Angeles Times columnist Michael Hiltzik has been on a tear recently, rolling out essays challenging the validity of claims made by those who claim privatizing retirement is the way of the future. At the core of these conservative/libertarian arguments against public support for defined pensions is a fundamental belief in the supremacy of the “market” as a force in society. The problem with this viewpoint comes when actual results for those programs participants are measured. The market has no obligation other than profit, which is only guaranteed for those managing the transactions. [Read more...]
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Posted: 25 Aug 2015 07:37 AM PDT
By Ernie McCray I've been thinking about my dearly departed Nancy with August 23rd a day away as I write. It was on that day, in 1975, forty years ago, that I moved in with her, in her little apartment on 24th and Russ, next to Golden Hill Park. So I find myself celebrating that day, in my thoughts, remembering with a little quiver, what I had to do to start a life with her: break another woman's heart, my wife, a woman I loved. If I regret anything in life it's causing her such misery and pain. But, especially when I look back on it, I was following my destiny, the dictates of my soul, wherein I knew as instinctively as I breathed, that I had no choice, in the cosmos, but to be with Nancy, that the two of us were soul-mates, destined to be together as the stars are meant to be aligned in the sky. [Read more...]
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Posted: 25 Aug 2015 07:37 AM PDT
No wonder that, among the 21 democracies in Western Europe and North America, the United States is next to last in voter turn-out...By John Lawrence A lot of people these days are concerned with getting the money out of politics. That's an admirable goal, but it doesn't solve the problem that's built right into the American political system: a voting system in which the majority rules and there is no minority representation because the winner takes all. At every level the US is divided up into districts whether its state assembly and senatorial districts, US Congressional districts, San Diego city council districts or what have you. Citizens in a particular district can only vote for one candidate and the candidate with the most votes wins in that district. Even states can be considered voting districts and in each state you can vote for two US Senators, just not at the same time. If there are candidates you like outside of your district, you have no democratic decision making process with which to vote for them. For example, I can't vote for Bernie Sanders for Senator because I'm not a resident of Vermont. Similarly, I can't vote for Elizabeth Warren because I'm not a citizen of Massachusetts. The US voting system on every level is archaic. [Read more...] |
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Posted: 25 Aug 2015 07:36 AM PDT
By Bill Adams /UrbDeZine Are the San Diego National Football League (NFL) Chargers causing the San Diego State University Aztecs football team to lose games and fans? If so, which is worse for San Diego, losing its NFL franchise to another city, or sub-optimal performance and attendance at Aztecs football games? While these question at first appear both absurd and provocative, there have been several studies that can answer these questions – at least to some degree. Moreover, the studies go further. The studies indicate that the success of a college sports team has an effect on the regional economy. First, winning by a university’s sports teams increases both the number and the quality of its student applications. It hardly needs be said that the number and quality of student applications facilitates everything from funding to prestige, and ultimately the growth of a university. This explains in large part why university administrations continue to fund even money-losing or scandal-ridden high profile sports like football and basketball. [Read more...]
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