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Comment: Re:So both and get it done! (Score 1) 954

by patjhal (#38144078) Attached to: Debt Reduction Super Committee Fails To Agree

What gets me about any of these tax raise issues is most of the tax raising talked about just brings it back to mid 90's levels. I was around way back then and taxes where not a problem for me or for people I knew who where small businessmen. As a matter of fact is the best time period economically in my lifetime. What is wrong to going back to that tax rate when lowering them has seemed to lead to nothing but grief for our society.

Comment: Re:Incentives, not challenge (Score 1) 841

by patjhal (#37968812) Attached to: Why Do So Many College Science Majors Drop Out?

And how. My brother always warned me about how little biology majors made, but it was not until I was out in the field before I found the need to switch careers. My comment to him later was. I knew I would not be rich, but I thought I would make enough to support a family modestly. Not so. Two science majors can support a family modestly assuming neither is ever out of work (at least years ago [97], I can only assume the wage situation is worse now). Rather than make it easier for people to get through the program which would be a real bad idea. Allow people who can make it through a program in stem to go tuition free. People would stay in the major then I guarantee and might even be able to handle the low wages without coming out of school in debt.

Comment: Doodle would work kinda (Score 1) 167

by patjhal (#35541910) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: Setting Up Wireless Voting For Students?

Doodle http://www.doodle.com/ would work. It has to sortof be on the honor system and you would have to designate times as votes. 12pm for yes and 1am for no with clicking both or not clicking both for abstentia. You can set it to secret and only count votes for a set name (tell them they have to vote with such and such a name and people can object if their name was used by someone else). Still it is ripe for abuse and not a secure system. But it is free and will tally votes so if you can work on the honor system it is great.

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