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发帖数: 29846 | 1 Chu takes responsibility for a loan deal that put more taxpayer money at
risk in Solyndra
By Carol D. Leonnig and and Joe Stephens, Published: September 29
Energy Secretary Steven Chu acknowledged Thursday making the final decision
to allow a struggling solar company to continue receiving taxpayer money
after it had technically defaulted on a $535 million federal loan guaranteed
by his agency.
Chu spokesman Damien LaVera said in a statement that the secretary
approved the restructuring agr... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 2 October 2, 2011 - 3:59 pm - by Victor Davis Hanson
The Parting of the Clouds
In every literary, historical or cinematic masterpiece, times must grow
darkest before the sunrise and deliverance. Tolkien worked that classical
theme to great effect. A sense of fatalism overtook a seemingly doomed
Gondor — right before the overthrow of Barad-dûr and the dawn of a new
age of men. The historian Herodotus, in literary fashion, also brilliantly
juxtaposed the Greek collapse at Thermopylae (the... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 3 December 17, 2011
By Matt Palumbo
There are many myths that proponents of socialized medicine commonly use to
advance their cause. One thing that is true, however, is that rising costs
are a major flaw in the current system. In due time, this problem could
well constitute a "crisis."
There are many different ways to combat rising costs: rationing and price
controls, increasing subsidies to health care (and thus further masking
costs), or market competition. Rationing has its obvious consequen... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 4 Washington: Mitt Romney rolled to primary victories in Virginia, Vermont and
home-state Massachusetts on Super Tuesday, reaching for a decisive
advantage in the most turbulent race for the Republican presidential
nomination in a generation.
But his rivals countered crisply. Rick Santorum won in Tennessee and led in
Oklahoma, while Newt Gingrich scored a home-field win in Georgia - fresh
evidence that they retain the ability to outpace the former Massachusetts
senator in parts of the country desp... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 5 Kevin D. Williamson：底特律的经验适用于整个国家，我们的公立部门不但臃肿、寄
生，而且与很多其他发达国家比起来，越来越低效，不负责任，不够诚实
Detroit: The Moral of the Story
By Kevin D. Williamson
June 8, 2012 3:18 P.M.
The Left’s answer to the deficit: raise taxes to protect spending. The Left
’s answer to the weak economy: raise taxes to enable new spending. The Left
’s answer to the looming sovereign-debt crisis: raise taxes to pay off old
spending. For the Left, every deficit is a revenue-side problem, not a
spending-side problem, and the solution to ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 6 WASHINGTON (AP) - For the first time, the influx of Asians moving to the U.S
. has surpassed that of Hispanics, reflecting a slowdown in illegal
immigration while American employers increase their demand for high-skilled
workers.
An expansive study by the Pew Research Center details what it describes as "
the rise of Asian-Americans," a highly diverse and fast-growing group making
up roughly 5 percent of the U.S. population. Mostly foreign-born and
naturalized citizens, their numbers have been b... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 7 Posted By Josh Rogin Thursday, July 5, 2012 - 4:03 PM Share
Echoing the laments of pundits like Thomas Friedman of the New York Times, U
.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood argued Saturday that China outpaces
the United States in building major transportation infrastructure like high-
speed rail because of its authoritarian system and because the Chinese don't
have the Republican Party holding up progress.
"The Chinese are more successful [in building infrastructure] because in
their country... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 937 | 8 http://money.cnn.com/2012/09/11/pf/insurance/health-insurance-p
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- The cost of employer-sponsored family health
insurance premiums jumped again this year, but the rate at which they rose
slowed to historic lows, according to a new survey Tuesday.
For insured workers, the cost of buying health insurance for a family of
four increased 4% to $15,745 in 2012, according to a survey conducted by
Kaiser Family Foundation and the Health Research & Educational Trust.
Last year, premiu... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 850 | 9 And in Colorado, likely voters went for Romney 50 to 46 over Obama, in ARG's
poll. Romney soundly outpaced Obama among female voters in the state,
taking 51 percent support against Obama at 45.
Romney takes 48 percent support in Ohio, edging President Obama at 47, in
the new poll conducted by American Research Group (ARG).
http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/polls/260961-polls-romney-g |
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发帖数: 8420 | 10 都怪那个叫bush的人
我们一定要团结在big black brother旁边 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 11 by Jammie
It really is amazing how much attention a tiny group of rabble can muster up
on the news networks. Everywhere we looked last night national media was
covering temper tantrums against Walmart across the country even though the
attendance was miniscule. We suppose the frustration of the anti-capitalist
scum then led them to plan some arrests for further attention.
Nine people were arrested near a Walmart store in California on Friday
as part of national protests for the rights of hou... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1268 | 12 昨天早上Morning joe的里面，Joe Scarborough谈到NYC和Chicago在gun murder的对比。
Chicago去年gun down 500人，今年1月超过40人，outpaced last year.
NYC则是历年gun murder最少。出现连续7天没有murder.
对比NYC和Chicago就像对比东德和西德一样。
What is the difference between Chicago and NYC?
Christin Hafner(not sure the name) from Chicago: Climate change. 天越热，杀
人越多。她还含糊其辞的指责现任市长，Obama 亲信Rahm Emanuel，把警察从贫民窟撤
出。
Al Sharpton: NYC全民大团结打击犯罪，虽然我们（指黑人人权组织）反对NYPD的stop
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发帖数: 29846 | 13 By
MORTIMER ZUCKERMAN
In recent months, Americans have heard reports out of Washington and in the
media that the economy is looking up—that recovery from the Great Recession
is gathering steam. If only it were true. The longest and worst recession
since the end of World War II has been marked by the weakest recovery from
any U.S. recession in that same period.
The jobless nature of the recovery is particularly unsettling. In June, the
government's Household Survey reported that since the sta... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 10729 | 14 美国中低收入家庭境况不佳；加拿大中等收入家庭税后收入已经超过美国，2000年时还
大幅落后
The American Middle Class Is No Longer the World’s Richest
(NY Times) – The American middle class, long the most affluent in the world
, has lost that distinction.
While the wealthiest Americans are outpacing many of their global peers, a
New York Times analysis shows that across the lower- and middle-income tiers
, citizens of other advanced countries have received considerably larger
raises over the last three decades.
After-tax middle-class income... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 15 Obama: Dems’ Troubles Have Nothing To Do With My Policies
By Tim Cavanaugh
May 9, 2014 12:17 AM
During his fundraising trip to Los Angeles Wednesday, President Obama
discovered anew that the United States is in bad shape, and he was again
left in puzzlement about what could be the cause.
“You get a self-fulfilling prophecy,” the president told supporters,
urging them to help Democrats avoid potentially significant losses in both
houses of Congress in the November midterm elections. “The people w... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 16 (Reuters) - U.S. economic growth braked more sharply than initially thought
in the fourth quarter amid a moderate increase in business inventories and a
wider trade deficit, but strong domestic demand brightened the outlook.
Gross domestic product expanded at a 2.2 percent annual pace, revised down
from the 2.6 percent pace estimated last month, the Commerce Department said
on Friday. The economy grew at a 5 percent rate in the third quarter.
Growth is poised to pick up in the first quarter now ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 17 CBO: Feds Taxing More, Spending More, Running Bigger Deficit in 2015
April 13, 2015 - 1:21 PM
By Terence P. Jeffrey
(CNSNews.com) - The federal government taxed away more money, spent more
money and ran a bigger deficit in the first half of fiscal 2015 than it did
in the first half of fiscal 2014, according to the Congressional Budget
Office.
“The federal government ran a budget deficit of $430 billion for the first
half of fiscal year 2015, CBO estimates--$17 billion more than the shortfall
rec... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 18 Climate Change: The Single Greatest Misinformation Campaign in World History
April 24, 2015 - 11:16 AM
By Stephen Moore
Wednesday was Earth Day and to hear the experts like Usher and Al Gore tell
the story, the planet is in a miserable state. We’re running out of our
natural resources, we’re overpopulating the globe and running out of room,
the air that we breathe is becoming toxic, the oceans are rising and soon
major coastal cities will be underwater, and the Earth is, of course,
heating up, e... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 10729 | 19 How impressive is that? Let’s look at the last several presidential results
for Republicans.
When President Obama was running for re-election, despite a sputtering
economy that was impacting blacks the worst, Mitt Romney was able to muster
only 6% of the black vote, according to the Roper Center at the University
of Connecticut.
At the time Obama was facing off against John McCain in 2008, the Republican
received a measly 4%, according stats from to the Roper Center.
When George W. Bush was runn... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 6080 | 20 继续暴露无知？
Comptroller’s Weekly Economic Outlook
Updated October 20, 2015
Job growth, sales tax collections and building permits all signal that the
Texas economy continues to outpace the national economy.
Over the past year, Texas added jobs in 9 of the 11 major industries,
including professional and business services, trade, transportation and
utilities, leisure and hospitality, education and health services,
construction, government, financial activities, information, and other
services. Pre-rec... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 2973 | 21 http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/253760-durbin-us-s
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) said Tuesday that the United States should accept
100,000 Syrian refugees, far outpacing the number the administration said
last week that it will accept.
“What the administration has posed is modest: 10,000. Too modest,” the No.
2 Senate Democrat said. “As far as I am concerned, I believe we should be
prepared to accept 100,000 — 100,000 Syrian refugees.”
Durbin's remarks come after White House press secre... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 22 The Democratic National Committee (DNC) barely has more cash than it does
IOUs, and it is being outraised month after month by its Republican
competitor.
Its $24 million debt from the 2012 presidential election, only recently paid
down, has squeezed investments in the next White House race. Underdeveloped
party resources such as voter data files could become a serious
disadvantage for the eventual nominee, particularly if that person is not
front-runner Hillary Rodham Clinton, who would enter a ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 948 | 23 The RAND poll fleshed out these observations. Contrary to popular belief,
RAND found that a substantial proportion of the GOP primary electorate is
relatively liberal on pocketbook issues: 51 percent “strongly” or “
somewhat” favored increasing taxes on individuals who make more than $200,
000 a year, for instance, while 38 percent had a favorable or very favorable
opinion of labor unions. Trump performed especially well with these voters,
outpacing Cruz by 45 percent among Republicans who “stro... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1193 | 24 http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/nato-commander-agrees-members-should-pay-up/article/2598183
Amid the controversy over Donald Trump's demand that NATO nations meet their
financial obligations before they expect the United States to defend them,
NATO's top commander says he agrees it's important for alliance members to
pay their bills.
In an interview at the Aspen Security Forum, Army Gen. Curtis Scaparrotti
said it's something he regularly discusses with other countries.
"What I tell them typic... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 6080 | 25 Chinese and Indian newcomers to the U.S. are now outpacing Mexican arrivals
in most regions of the country, a marked reversal from a decade ago, when
immigrants from America’s southern neighbor dwarfed arrivals from the large
Asian countries.
A Wall Street Journal analysis of census figures shows that in Illinois, New
York, Ohio, Virginia, Florida, Georgia and other states, more immigrants
from China and India arrived than from Mexico in 2014, the most recent year
for which data are available.
T... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 609 | 26 http://www.cbsnews.com/news/early-voting-surge-benefits-hillary-clinton/
North Carolina,Florida 对Hillary有利
Iowa,Maine 对Trump有利
WASHINGTON -- More people are seeking or casting early ballots in the
critical states of North Carolina and Florida than at this point in 2012,
with Hillary Clinton the likely beneficiary, as early voting shows signs of
surging nationwide.
Clinton may also benefit from an increase in ballot requests in Georgia, a
traditionally Republican state where Democrats have mad... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1 | 28 现在美国农村的萧条和悲惨
Rural America Is the New ‘Inner City’
A Wall Street Journal analysis shows that since the 1990s, sparsely
populated counties have replaced large cities as America’s most troubled
areas by key measures of socioeconomic well-being—a decline that’s
accelerating
At the corner where East North Street meets North Cherry Street in the small
Ohio town of Kenton, the Immaculate Conception Church keeps a handwritten
record of major ceremonies. Over the last decade, according to these
sacramen... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 61690 | 29 The Republican National Committee (RNC) raised a record $13.4 million in
June, bringing its total 2017 fundraising to $75.3 million.
In a release provided first to The Hill, the RNC announced another strong
monthly haul and has $44.7 million in the bank. It's the most the RNC has
raised in June of a nonpresidential year.
RNC chairwoman Ronna Romney McDaniel credited the record fundraising to the
committee’s “loyal network of grassroots donors” due to their support for
President Trump and the GOP... 阅读全帖 |
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b*****d
发帖数: 61690 | 30 The Democratic National Committee (DNC) has yet to release its June
fundraising numbers. The DNC was vastly outpaced by its GOP counterpart in
May, raising only $4.3 million compared to the RNC’s $10.8 million haul. |
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发帖数: 1 | 31 【 以下文字转载自 SanFrancisco 讨论区 】
发信人: takeback (), 信区: SanFrancisco
标 题: 让板砖飞一会儿：驳“美国华人”支持江俊辉的神逻辑
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Mon Jun 4 12:52:53 2018, 美东)
让板砖飞一会儿：驳“美国华人”支持江俊辉的神逻辑
原创： 硅谷子非鱼 硅谷子非鱼 5天前
近日，公众号“美国华人”发表了署名文章“为什么我冒着被大家拍砖的风险支持江俊
辉(John Chiang)?”，文中表达了他/她是怎么从川普的支持者，转为支持加州州长民
主党候选人，华裔江俊辉的。当然作者写这篇文章，自己也在标题说了是“冒着被大家
拍砖的风险”，颇有我不入地狱谁入地狱的牺牲精神，大概是因为作者也知道江俊辉并
不是大多数华人的首选吧。 看到这个标题，我突然间想要学习一下到底作者是一个什
么思路，看看自己能不能换位思考，接受这样的逻辑。然而，看完之后，我突然觉得，
是应该扔几块砖了，希望能够轻轻砸醒一些执迷不悟的，被这样的神逻辑蛊惑的选民们
。当然，我们的砖是特制的，以理性对理性，以数字对数字，尽量不带感情色... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 61690 | 32 THE BIG DEAL—US workers see highest wage growth since 2008: Pay for U.S.
workers increased 0.9 percent from July to September, bumping yearly
earnings growth to the highest level since the 2008 recession.
Wages and salaries for American workers in the private sector rose 0.8
percent over the past three months, while state and local government workers
saw 0.9 percent more pay since July, according to data released Wednesday
by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
The uptick exceeded expectations from ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 15913 | 33 n a comprehensive update on the Sprinter van, Claus Tritt, general manager
of operations of the Commercial Vans division of Mercedes-Benz USA,
explained how Mercedes-Benz van products overall have dramatically outpaced
the growth in the worldwide van market. Since 2009, the market has grown 35%
while Sprinter sales have vaulted 155%. Mercedes-Benz sold 163,000 Sprinter
Vans worldwide in 2013, with U.S. clients buying 22,000, making it the
second largest Sprinter Van market behind Germany at 36,0... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 3657 | 34
outpaced
35%
Sprinter
Tritt
闲得很，查了一下，sprinter 2011年后卖的多些，跟别的比还是很少
2013 sales number:
ford e: 125,356
chevrolet express: 79,087
sprinter: 21,816 |
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发帖数: 11530 | 35 Ford claims Mustang is best-selling sports car globally
By Justin King
Tuesday, Sep 8th, 2015 @ 3:22 pm
Ford claims its redesigned Mustang is the best-selling sports car in the
world during the first half of the year, according to IHS Automotive
registration data.
Notably, none of the right-hand drive variants -- the first in the nameplate
's history -- have arrived in customer hands just yet. Production of the RHD
model recently kicked off at Ford's Flat Rock assembly plant.
"Initial global res... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 2318 | 36 "the Bolt more for EV enthusiasts won over by practicality and the Model 3
more fore EV converts who want to be part of the Tesla mission or mystique."
- so the stereotype of Tesla buyers are those white liberals.
APARNA NARAYANAN @ IBD
8:21 AM ET
Elon Musk's delivery party for the first 30 Model 3 electric cars over the
weekend saw a fresh burst of headlines about an EV slugfest between Tesla (
TSLA) and General Motors (GM). But there's another one electric vehicle race
that no automaker wants ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1547 | 37 Unlocked iPhone 5 price “slides,” but expensive than Verizon, Sprint and
AT&T
October 19, 2012, 9:52 A.M., Friday, New York local time — Ahead of the
official US launch of the unlocked iPhone 5, third-party retailers’ iPhone
5 unlocked variants are now slightly cheaper, but still expensive compared
to rival phones running Android.
Note: The official unlocked iPhone 5 is not available yet (models coming
from Apple). Apple is expected to offer unlocked iPhone 5 in store and
online starting next mo... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 3433 | 38 The bill notes "this strong investment in basic research reflects the
Congress' growing concern that China and other competitors are outpacing the
United States in terms of research spending.
看来美国也担心再不增加经费，在科学上的领先就不保了。 |
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发帖数: 864 | 39 I mean no wonder sellers will outpace buyers one day. Fed announced the
purchase plan before they buy in the open-market. So Bill Gross bought it
today, do you think that he really believes in the future of treasury so
that he bought it? No! He just wanted to sell it back to FED later. So there
is a period of pent-up demand on the treasury (following FED's announcement
), which will follow up with a period when the sellers outnumber the buyers. |
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发帖数: 546 | 40 参见
http://www.bogleheads.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=98628
摘录某位网友的帖子：
Re: How to fire your adviser
by steve roy » Tue Jun 26, 2012 11:19 pm
For me, letting go of my broker/advisor of twenty-plus years wasn't a
problem.
I had been quietly seething for some time. Finally there was a meeting in
his palatial offices in Newport Beach, California. He and his sons (who
worked with him in the palatial offices) rolled out the pretty bar graphs to
show how my money had grown. When the presentation... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 2136 | 43 【 以下文字转载自 Parenting 讨论区 】
发信人: whiteclouds (/ 参考消息 /), 信区: Parenting
标 题: 2010年疫苗的前景展望
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Wed Aug 25 02:49:13 2010, 美东)
Vaccines Review and Outlook 2010
http://www.pharmalive.com/special_reports/details.cfm?reportID=317
The global vaccine market is expected to achieve $34 billion in sales by
2012. With an estimated annual growth rate of 14% during the next five years
, vaccines will be the fastest-growing therapeutic area, even outpacing
oncology.
The recently renewed interest in t |
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发帖数: 2136 | 44 Vaccines Review and Outlook 2010
http://www.pharmalive.com/special_reports/details.cfm?reportID=317
The global vaccine market is expected to achieve $34 billion in sales by
2012. With an estimated annual growth rate of 14% during the next five years
, vaccines will be the fastest-growing therapeutic area, even outpacing
oncology.
The recently renewed interest in the vaccine sector is attributed to
advances in technology, federal liability protection for developers,
increasing global demand, and |
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发帖数: 126 | 45 from the New York Times. Be thankful for what you have.
######################
Notes From a Dragon Mom
By EMILY RAPP
Emily Rapp is the author of “Poster Child: A Memoir,” and a professor of
creative writing at the Santa Fe University of Art and Design.
Santa Fe, N.M.
MY son, Ronan, looks at me and raises one eyebrow. His eyes are bright and
focused. Ronan means “little seal” in Irish and it suits him.
I want to stop here, before the dreadful hitch: my son is 18 months old and
will likely die be... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 9094 | 46 Coincidentally or not, the percentage of out-of-state students in UM
increased dramatically since the ban. In 2012, out-of-state and
international students now comprise 42.6 percent of the freshman class at UM
, outpacing non-resident enrollment levels of recent history. This could
partially be explained by the greed for money on the mind of the UM
administrators (UM is a state-funded university!) Removing the race-related
admission criteria would theoretically lead to the shunning of poor, low-... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 19398 | 47 Responding to Concerns from Students, Families and Educators, CPS Restores
Bell Times at 34 Schools
40 Schools Keep New Times, 8 Others Agree to an Alternative;New Schedule
Will Reduce Transportation Costs by $5 Million
Responding to feedback from students, families and educators, the Board of
Education and Chicago Public Schools are reverting bell times at 34 schools
who have expressed concerns about shifting bell times. The adjusted
schedules will save the District $5 million in transportatio... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 6198 | 48 White Americans no longer account for the majority in hundreds of counties
across the U.S., a trend transforming America’s social and political
landscape as Latinos, Asians and blacks outpace white population growth,
according to census figures out Thursday.
In 370 counties across 36 states and the District of Columbia, non-Hispanic
whites accounted for less than half the population as of July 2015. That
includes 31 additional counties since 2010, such as those encompassing Fort
Worth and Austin... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 19398 | 49 摘要——From 1980 to 2013, state and local spending on public schools
doubled, from $258 billion to $534 billion, according to the analysis. Over
the same period, the number of people incarcerated in state and local
prisons more than quadrupled, and spending also increased by more than four
times, from $17 billion to $71 billion.
其他的看这里
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/education/wp/2016/07/07/since-1980-
spending-on-prisons-has-grown-three-times-faster-than-spending-on-public-
education/ |
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发帖数: 7460 | 50 美国的社会问题的根本就是教育。无论是龙虾党，还是川普党。都是不好好学习，干不
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