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New Census data show Recovery Act kept 6 million people out of poverty in 2009 →
We previously described the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) as one of the “most effective pieces of anti-poverty legislation in decades,” saying its temporary expansion of the safety net kept 4.5 million people out of poverty in 2009. Actually, the impact was greater than we thought.
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The Most Effective Protest Sign Ever
A chart! A government-cited, statistic-based chart.
The difference between the spike in the 90s and the 00s was that under Clinton we balanced the budget and created a surplus with the added wealth, whereas, under Bush, we created the wealth by borrowing massively and creating historic deficits.
(via liberalsarecool)
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People sometimes have goals in life. Steve Jobs exceeded every goal he set himself.—Steve Wozniak
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No! We’re getting to that park. That was my goal for today; to get to that park.—Steven Paul Jobs, shortly after his 2009 liver transplant.
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Steven Paul Jobs
Until today, I’ve never been sad about the death of someone I didn’t personally know. Steve Jobs was a brilliant man. Without him, personal computing as we know it wouldn’t exist.
Your work changed my life. Thanks, Steve.
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I installed a sort of innerSteve, an Angel of Better telling me to make it simpler, try once more, don’t forget to delight, and remember that greatness is possible.
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Rest in peace, Steve.
And thanks. My life and career wouldn’t be the same without your work.
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“Please Raise My Taxes” via LinkedIn town hall meeting with President Obama.
For those who can’t watch clips online, question came from a man who retired at a young age, thanks to the success of a start-up company he worked for that “did quite well” (the man was later identified as the former director of marketing at Google). He asked the president, “Would you please raise my taxes? I would like very much to have the country to continue to invest in things like Pell Grants, and infrastructure, and job training programs that made it possible for me to get to where I am.”
We all benefited from someone investing in us.
We’re a massive, modern nation with a vast economy. We face real challenges, and they’re not the kind of challenges individuals can hope resolve on their own — we need cooperative solutions built around shared action.
Real American patriot.
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I think you earned every dollar, you should get to keep every dollar that you earn. That’s your money, that’s not the government’s money. That’s the whole point.—
Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN), at last night’s GOP debate
I don’t want to live on this planet anymore, etc.
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A useful rape analogy
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I don’t want to live in this county anymore.
(Taken on my drive home from work)
Despite many allegations of being an Apple "adherent" or "fanboy," Paul Straw holds four Microsoft certifications and spent six years working in an all-Microsoft IT shop. He is now a web developer, making things to surprise and delight users.
