{"id":10031,"date":"2013-02-25T02:10:39","date_gmt":"2013-02-25T10:10:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=10031"},"modified":"2013-02-25T02:10:39","modified_gmt":"2013-02-25T10:10:39","slug":"open-thread2252013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2013\/02\/25\/open-thread2252013\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread&ndash;2\/25\/2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Yesterday evening I was finally able to keep some food down.&#160; I\u2019m way behind on sleep, but I am clearly on the mend, so this should be my last one-article day.&#160; I\u2019m current with replies.&#160; Keep your fingers crossed for tomorrow.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today\u2019s took me 4:42 (average 5:48).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2013-02-25-CE2504A965A9\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a><\/font><font color=\"#0000ff\">.&#160; How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Short Takes<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/front.moveon.org\/a-revealing-in-person-demonstration-of-what-32-shots-in-16-seconds-means\/\" target=\"_blank\">MoveOn<\/a>: <\/font>A Revealing In-Person Demonstration Of What 32 Shots In 16 Seconds Means<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/62Va-Ll2vKw?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I have nothing to add.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2013\/02\/25\/opinion\/carried-interest-an-unjust-privilege-for-financiers.html\" target=\"_blank\">NY Times<\/a>: <\/font>OF the many injustices that permeate America\u2019s byzantine tax code, few are as outrageous as the tax rate on \u201ccarried interest\u201d \u2014 the profits made by private equity and hedge fund managers, as well as venture capitalists and partners in real estate investment trusts. This huge tax benefit enriches an already privileged sliver of financiers and violates basic standards of fairness and common sense. <\/p>\n<p>President Obama recently suggested that he would ask Congress to close this loophole. Eliminating the carried-interest tax rate should be an easy sell. It should play to Republicans\u2019 supposed hatred of government handouts and to Democrats\u2019 commitment to social justice. <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">It does play to almost all Democrats, but to almost no Republicans. The reason for that should be obvious.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/caffertyfile.blogs.cnn.com\/2011\/09\/22\/what-does-it-say-that-most-of-the-10-poorest-states-are-republican\/\" target=\"_blank\">CNN<\/a>: <\/font>Most of the 10 poorest states in the country are Republican.<\/p>\n<p>Mississippi is the poorest&#8230; followed by Arkansas, Tennessee, West Virginia, Louisiana, Montana, South Carolina, Kentucky, Alabama and North Carolina.<\/p>\n<p>And the list doesn&#8217;t even include Texas, where Rick Perry is governor and one in five people lives in poverty.<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">This proves two things. First, a Republican Regime is the punishment for voting Republican.&#160; Second, every Republican in office is one Republican too many!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline\" title=\"25Cartoon\" alt=\"25Cartoon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/25Cartoon.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"350\" \/><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I exercise my 16th Amendment rights too. <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none\" class=\"wlEmoticon wlEmoticon-sicksmile\" alt=\"Sick smile\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/wlEmoticon-sicksmile.png\" \/><\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday evening I was finally able to keep some food down.&#160; I\u2019m way behind on sleep, but I am clearly on the mend, so this should be my last one-article day.&#160; I\u2019m current with replies.&#160; Keep your fingers crossed for tomorrow. 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