And, of course, even if they are all capable of the job, they don't need all 50. The rest are off to a new McJob.

Automated bill scanner, of course.

Why? Unless you are prepared to wave your wand and make the recessions go away forever, they are part of the equation. In particular, they are the part where opportunistic employers push wages down.

Yeah, I'll bet those operators who were reasonably well liked and had a semi-technical job just LOOOOOooove their new unskilled telemarketing jobs where half the people they talk to want them to die in a fire and they have no union for support.

For many people, no car == no job. Most of the U.S. is laid out assuming that people have a car. In theory, they could move to where they don't need a car, but things are more expensive in such places to the point that it would be cheaper to get the car.

Internet is becoming increasingly a necessity in order to participate in society. Educated voters can't depend on network news to be informed anymore.

Food stamps and other social safety already act as a handout to minimum wage employers. We pay the costs of maintaining their worker units and they profit. Minimum wage needs to be high enough that employers are actually paying the full cost of an employee's labor.

Look deeper, you'll find that the real source of the problem is very wealthy lazy people who have no idea what it's like to actually work.

There is real question if the memory effects reverse or if agnosia sets in. It is known that the effects of the treatment are often temporary. There is also evidence that the convulsion is just a side effect and that the damage is the mechanism of action. Closed skull head trauma often creates a temporary euphoria.

OTOH, TMS may actually be helpful without all of the damage.

Adobe: You'll shit a brick!

That seems true enough, but doesn't really explain Bush the second.

Given the way he manipulated things to get us in a war, his part of the debt should be declared odious.

SS is solvent except for having it's funds raided periodically.

If the Rs had balanced the budget the way the Ds did, the national debt would have been paid off in the early 2000s.

I don't know that safe is the word I'd use for it. Just ask Hemingway.

You do know that is the subject of legitimate research, don't you?

I don't see how the FDA is going to clamp down on DIY devices.

Falling back on the old 'lazy' stereotype are we?

Perhaps you didn't notice the whole economic collapse and all those 'lazy' people who lost their job. You may have missed those 'lazy' people working 2 jobs and still not getting the bills paid.

Well, could you at least get out of their way? Kill the prescription laws so the poor might be able to get the drugs they need even if they can't afford a doctor? Kill medical licensing in hopes they can find a helpful layman rather than nothing at all? How about remove restrictions on importing drugs from civilized countries where they are more affordable?

You should read more carefully. mixture means any substance containing detectable amounts of the drug in it. So, a kelo of gypsum with detectable cocaine = 1000 grams mixture. Now look that up on the chart.