Hugh Conway

Following is a table giving the price per barrel of U.S. crude CLc1. Date dollar yen euros 30/12/05 61.04 7,198 51.55 18/09/07 80.74 9,359 58.35 Percentage Increase 32 30 13

The union I paid dues to for years was totally useless. When I actually needed them on 2 occasions they did NOTHING to help me. I was optimistic when I first joined, went to the meetings, tried to be involved, then I saw what a powerless, stupid, money-wasting thing it was. I was more powerful on my own than under the protection of a union when it came to employment issues. ClimbingPanther of course can't wait to become a member of the AMA - a Union in all but name.

well Opec and the plummeting Bush peso

There's a booming market for Arabic language specialists? I'm sure there are some overpaid, lazy, public sector workers. There's also Vegas doormen making $500k a year.

My job at a federal lab paid 20-30% under private sector with worse benefits. Which is why they had staff turnover >25% per annum The least efficient sector of the economy I've found is small companys (<40 employees)

Protests of monks and ethnic Tibetans erupt in Lhasa http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120548761807136401.html

What, like, you've got a better self deprecating sense of humor than the rest of us? he didn't get to Number 50 the funny thing about that list is none of its "white" anymore......

It's called welfare. The Seattle Metro area pays, the rest of the state takes.

In 2002 >50% of Oakland's firefighters made over $100k. One made $108k in overtime alone The change taker doesn't get paid to play poker

Where do you think the Cato Institute recruits from?

yawn - the demand for services is rather constant, no? Or in the next recession should we just stop having a legal system?

Not subject to economic realities? Huh? King County had layoffs this decade! http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/82930_layoffs16.shtml http://www.metrokc.gov/exec/news/2001/061401letteremp.htm Funny how you didn't point the finger at the one group in the public sector who could best be considering overpaid - Firemen.

cost of living and health insurance! OMFG! you want competent employees you have to pay for them. cut wages and benefits, people leave and it will end up costing you more to do less

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2034rank.html #173 - Iceland - 0% of GDP

Belgium is quite the odd one - tops in taxation and liability!

shouldn't you then include the services received?

Don't bother us with the facts! Especially Hugh Conway! You only like facts when they are wrong, eh? Provincial tax rates: http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/tax/individuals/faq/taxrates-e.html Moving from WA to California would increase your local taxes. Moving from WA to New York City doubly so because you'd then have State income tax as well as a City income tax.

since consumption isn't mandatory consumption taxs shouldn't be included for this purpose (wage taxation dipshit!) http://www.oecd.org/document/57/0,3343,en_2649_201185_40255097_1_1_1_1,00.html if you care.

of course that can't be right

Given Buckleys comments after Thompsons death: "One can be sorry that Hunter Thompson died as he did, but not sorry, surely, that he stopped writing." I'll further downgrade Buckley to classless pompous ass

Don't forget the sexism and homophobia.

tvash sees himself in me, how cute.

sounds like your kind of girl, prole Apparently she got a minor in posession of alcohol in December 2006 Seriously, WTF is she with her "parents"?

A 14-year-old girl is being investigated for drunken driving after losing control of the Dodge Caravan she was driving on state Route 18 near Tiger Summit on Tuesday morning. Her mother, also apparently intoxicated, was passed out in the passenger seat of the Caravan, according to State Patrol Trooper Cliff Pratt. http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/354556_duikid12.html?source=mypi

true, but in matters carnal I differ to the man who wrote, err translated, the book