tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598883894140893389.post6238137563559835961..comments2024-01-02T22:01:12.976+00:00Comments on Avedon's Sideshow: Woke up this mornin' with my mind stayed on freedomAvedonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04702100335744054401noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598883894140893389.post-11108357619051100642014-10-15T22:21:47.487+01:002014-10-15T22:21:47.487+01:00Hamilton Nolan's Kinja piece on pensions sound...Hamilton Nolan's Kinja piece on pensions sounds exciting about "Yes, we can have pensions." <a href="http://www.cepr.net/index.php/blogs/beat-the-press/the-new-york-times-dream-pension-plan-lower-benefits-and-higher-contributions-in-economic-downturns" rel="nofollow">Dean Baker</a> is considerably less enthusiastic about the actual workings of the Dutch system as described in the NYTimes article. A system run on "Brutal honesty" where retirees' benefits are cut during economic downturns is not a desirable feature of a social insurance program. In fact, the whole NYT piece reads like the "We've got to make our greedy oldsters face facts" that we're all familiar with from the Social Security "reformers".nihil obstethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02336022385130880362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598883894140893389.post-84991690767829431302014-10-15T22:20:05.667+01:002014-10-15T22:20:05.667+01:00This comment has been removed by the author.nihil obstethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02336022385130880362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598883894140893389.post-9072018459257332332014-10-15T14:49:15.083+01:002014-10-15T14:49:15.083+01:00Yeah, this is what only getting five hours of slee...Yeah, this is what only getting five hours of sleep will do for ya. Edited.Avedonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04702100335744054401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598883894140893389.post-4816344831121369522014-10-15T04:19:41.143+01:002014-10-15T04:19:41.143+01:00Avedon, Steve Israel is currently DCCC chair, both...Avedon, Steve Israel is currently DCCC chair, both he and DWS are blowing House races. <br /><br />(Senator Michael Bennet is the DSCC chair. He's better, but that isn't saying a lot when we're talking about Israel and DWS. <a href="http://downwithtyranny.blogspot.com/2014/03/watch-guy-cecil-and-michael-bennet-hand.html" rel="nofollow">Bennet and Executive Director Guy Cecil have finally gotten involved in South Dakota Senate race</a>.)<br /><br />That link I put up is from 2008, I should point out. It was to illustrate the fact that she was a horrible choice by Obama for DNC chair, and he had good reason to know exactly what she would do.<br /><br />We ALL ought to be demanding a return to a 50 State Strategy, such as the one run by Howard Dean. (Obama and his Chief of Staff, Rahm Emanuel, ditched it in 2009 when they replaced Dean with Tim Kaine.)<br />~ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®©https://www.blogger.com/profile/06252371815131259831noreply@blogger.com