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Gin's Lead Indicators Rise in July
Retail sales are still falling, and construction permits are also at their lowest levels since 1945. I do not think a recovery will happen until contruction turns the corner, and we are years away from that, IMO.— September 1, 2010 7:57 a.m.
The Hooker Next Door
I think it is one cool story!!!! You should have asked her for a "comp" though before you split......— August 31, 2010 10:47 p.m.
UC Retirement Funds Face $20 Billion Shortfall
I favored it in most industries. But as I look back, I think deregulation didn't work in most industries. To believe in deregulation, you have to believe in the beauty of the way and the goodness of the wayfarers, to quote Samuel Beckett. Greed is entirely too rampant for deregulation. ================= Good response, I agree, greed destroys the deregulation model. And BAILING out those greedy dirtbags is about as dumb a thing the president/s could do. TARP was a scam and I think it was the biggest mistake Bush and Obama made. (I know many feel if the bailout was not granted, chaos would have ruled and wiped out the country-but I strongly disagree with that assumption).— August 31, 2010 10:39 p.m.
Compared with Orange and L.A., San Diego Underspends on Firefighting
FFer jobs should have comp cut in half. It is basic supply/demand. As long as you have 1,000 applicants applying for every ONE FF job, you can cut the comp, and keep cutting it until you don't get qualified applicants, which would NEVER happen, not in this economy, even at minimum wage with no fringes........— August 31, 2010 10:35 p.m.
Do you think marijuana should be legal in California?
What would happen is you would see gov employees get big pay raises, and "retire" at age 45 with 110% of their highest years salary. And then we would be back to square 1 in budget deficits. I do not think we should legalize pot. But dont get me wrong, I also do not think jail OR prison is the answer for people smoking pot.— August 31, 2010 7:43 p.m.
"T4M"
Thank you so much for the enlightment. Like I didn't know about such things. I used to live in Hollywood, mind you, and spent lots of time in San Francisco. ======================= LOL........— August 31, 2010 7:43 p.m.
UC Retirement Funds Face $20 Billion Shortfall
, government at all levels has failed us. But so has the private sector, particularly the financial structure. ==================== The double whammy! Wall Street has been a mess for at least 25 years now-when Ronnie Raygun started the deregulation, that is when the BIG problems began. Of course the financial problems today dwarf the S&L problems of the laste 80's. Who remembers Thomas Spiegal of Columbia S&L, built bullet proof bathrooms!!! ....cant make that stuff up. Dixon was the other big cloen, or Bushes son over at Silverado S&L, scams everywhere you turned back then-liek today.— August 31, 2010 6:51 p.m.
Military and Other Federal Payrolls Bolstered San Diego Income
Well, San Diego found out in the early 1990s. The so-called "peace dividend" was disastrous for San Diego, as the big aerospace companies scaled back or shut down. ================ I had a NUMBER of friends who worked in the defense industry here in San Diego in the 80's. Some worked at General Dynamics, others worked building the Tomahawk Cruise Missle. GM shut down it's huge Kearny Mesa campus and the Tomahawk Cruise Missle's entire production unit moved to AZ (??). So-those were excellent, good paying manufacturing jobs that went "poof", gone forever, bye bye,— August 31, 2010 2:23 p.m.
UC Retirement Funds Face $20 Billion Shortfall
Pensions are the biggest reason for the fee increases in the CSU and UC systems.— August 31, 2010 11:52 a.m.
Welcome to El Cajon Boulevard
LOL.........poor girl. You need your own car. BTW-I lived in Ctiy Heights, was good for me. I lived right across from WIlson Middle school on 39th, between EC Bl and Orange.— August 31, 2010 7:48 a.m.