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Saipan is inhabited by the Chamorro, who are mostly Roman Catholic. Quite the opposite of Calvinists.

What's missing are the jobs lost in other parts of the economy, because govt stimulus is basically a transfer of resources from existing private businesses. In other words, do we really think taxing Google, filtering the money through Congress and the lobbying machine, and providing those funds to a politically favored roads project is really a net jobs creator for the economy?

The U.S. economy is stalled because of a wave of government legislative activism (health care, finance, bailouts, energy, labor) unseen here since the New Deal.

"Your music" is just a remix of sounds and words from earlier artists. Extending copyright like this stifles innovation and future creativity.

Also known as "The Dog Ate My Homework Act"

Exhibit A of the widespread pay-to-play corruption in Washington, D.C.

Your post is too partisan and too cynical. This was a good day, and the system worked.

Of course Congress will hold hearings and some will complain loudly-- it is a controversial and major decision-- but there is no mechanism for Congress to overturn this action...it is up to the courts, the law, and the economists, as designed.

Taxpayers also lost over $500 million, thanks to the U.S. government's crony capitalist "green" subsidized lending program.

In 2011, the the U.S. government will spend more money directly bailing out Fannie Mae than it will spend on NASA's entire budget.

The model revolves around freedom and innovation in the way people organize themselves.

The risk-reward isn't there for pirates. Seasteads will likely be well-armed, populated, far from Somalia and other pirate operating areas, and lack the large material payload of a cargo ship or oil-tanker.

Argentine president Cristina Kirchner is an authoritarian thug with a long record of abusing private property rights, and now, free speech.

You can still burn out at 300k. Actually, you might be more likely to burn out with a higher salary, because you will find it easier to rationalize abusing yourself by cutting sleep, healthy food, friends, etc.