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A story reported by the San Diego Union Tribune on August 28th tells the scary details of an accident where a truck driver leapt from his vehicle just moments before being hit by an Amtrak train. According to the truck driver, the woman in the vehicle ahead of him did not move forward when the light at the intersection turned green, giving him no room to move his car off the tracks. When he realized that the train was barreling down the tracks towards him, he fled from the car just in time to avoid being hit.
Trains frequently move at high speeds, even when passing through areas with a residential area. Being hit by a train could lead to catastrophic injuries. There are many reasons that can cause a train accident, such as inattention of the driver, failure of the crossing gear to properly warn people of the oncoming train, a problem with the train being unable to stop, or a driver being trapped on the railroad tracks. This is why it is important to exercise extra caution anytime you are near a stop with train crossing gear.
If you are ever trapped on the train tracks and it appears that a train is approaching, do not try to move the vehicle if you have already attempted this. A train accident can happen very quickly and could lead to seriously bodily injury for you and your passengers. Exit the vehicle as quickly as possible and move out of the line of the train's travel. Although it is likely that your car could sustain major property damage, it is not worth putting your life in danger to try and stay with the vehicle. Trains are often moving even faster than they appear from a distance, so you need to make a quick judgment call to get off the tracks and out of the danger zone as quickly as possible. Knowing when to abandon your vehicle could just save your life and prevent the serious injuries often linked to train accidents.
According to a story covered by the San Diego Union Tribune on August 24th, police are looking into the possibility that the victim ran a red light before colliding with a vehicle in the intersection. The man died at the scene of the accident.
Accidents can be deadly for motorcycle riders, who do not have the same protections of other vehicles, like airbags. A cyclist can easily be thrown from the bike and into oncoming traffic. In accidents like this, cyclists are likely to sustain serious injuries at best, even with protective gear like a helmet. A cyclist can easily be hit by a bigger vehicle moving at a typical speed through an intersection, but the cyclist is likely to sustain injuries much more severe than someone inside a vehicle.
Unfortunately, red light accidents are all too common and they are very likely to leave individuals involved in the crash with severe injuries or even fatal wounds. According to the Federal Highway Administration, you are more likely to be killed during an accident caused by someone running a red light than any other type of crash. Running red lights is also the most common cause for urban crashes across the United States, with the behavior happening every 20 minutes in urban intersections around the country.
The running of red lights often leads to injuries sustained by others in the accident vicinity. Half of the people killed in accidents caused by someone running a red light were not the people running the red light in the accident. The sad news is that the injuries and fatalities associated with these red light running accidents are completely preventable. Pay attention when you're driving, especially as you approach intersections. Paying extra attention could help keep you out of a major collision.
Teens often get the brunt of the blame in terms of distracted driving, but they are not the only ones getting tempted to answer that text behind the wheel. Since many states already have distracted driving laws in place or are at least contemplating restrictions, research is looking into the prevalence and danger of these habits.
It turns out that middle aged drivers are at risk of using their cell phones in the car, too. Older drivers felt more pressured to answer work calls while in the car, and this same group of drivers also admitted to taking calls with children in the vehicle.
According to the National Safety Council, over one quarter of car accidents are caused by cell phone use. The cognitive focus required to keep an eye on the road while thinking about a phone call can prove to be too much, putting a driver at risk of causing or being involved in an accident.
Many past research studies have looked directly at teenage drivers, but the project that produced these results came from the University of California, San Diego. Researchers were explicitly interested in the cell phone habits of drivers between the ages of 30 and 64.
The study also found that 75 percent of participants regularly talk on their cell phone in hands free mode, and that ninety percent of them felt that they were still a capable driver while doing so. Fewer than 30 percent of respondents knew that talking, even on a hands-free phone, could still impair their driving and make them more likely to be injured in a crash.
To avoid losing your focus for even a moment while driving, save the texts and phone calls for when you get to your destination.
According to research from the National Safety Council, the fatal traffic accidents from the first six months of 2015 are very worrisome when it comes to statistics. In the first half of the year, estimated traffic deaths are 14 percent higher than this same period just one year earlier.
Deaths from traffic accidents are not the only troubling statistic, either. The same data indicate that serious injuries are also up by 30 percent. The costs associated with these fatal accidents are also climbing. The estimated bill for the first six months of the year for property damage, injuries, and deaths is $152 billion. That's a spike of nearly 25 percent from 2014.
Although these numbers are alarming and indicate serious risks associated with driving together, there are safety tips you can implement to help reduce your chances of an accident. Here are some tips you should use every time you get behind the wheel or in a passenger seat in any vehicle:
• Make sure everyone inside the vehicle has put on their seat belt for the entirety of the ride
• Take regular breaks in a long driving route to rejuvenate your focus
• Never get on the road for a trip with a severe lack of sleep
• Avoid talking on a cell phone behind the wheel, even if the device is hands-free
• Go over safety tips for driving with any teen drivers. This subsection of the population faces a high risk of getting hurt in an accident due to a variety of factors. The more you can reward good behavior and highlight the danger of behaving irresponsibly, the less likely your teen is to become a victim
• Never drive when you are under the influence of alcohol and always stop friends who attempt to drive while under the influence
Taking safety seriously every day could help prevent you or a loved one from being hurt in a preventable accident. While you cannot ensure that everyone on the road takes safety as seriously as you do, you can help to make the roads a less dangerous place by following these safety tips.
According to a story from the San Diego Union Tribune (August 26th, 2015), a car crash in the Bay area that led to the death of two passengers has led to DUI charges in addition to manslaughter. The prosecution alleges that traces of several different substances were found in the driver's system post-accident. Sadly, far too many of these cases happen across California and the country on a daily basis.
When someone gets behind the wheel of the car under the influence of alcohol, dangerous accidents can occur. Alcohol can lead to driver impairment, but this becomes even more dangerous and deadly when other substances, like drugs, are found in the system.
Someone driving a vehicle under the influence of drugs may exhibit erratic behavior on the road like speeding, changing lanes without signaling, or running through red lights or stop signs. A momentary lapse in judgment could mean disfiguring injuries or death for passengers, pedestrians, or other drivers on the road.
If you believe that you are driving behind a vehicle where someone is exhibiting problems focusing or controlling the car, try to move out of the danger zone of the vehicle. Pass the vehicle safely, allow more distance between your car and the other vehicle, or pull off the road and wait a few moments to contact the authorities.
If you have already been injured in an accident with someone who appears to be under the influence of drugs, you may be entitled to compensation for your injuries. Recovering from a horrific accident is never easy, but fighting for compensation might give you the financial pathway to focus on recovery and begin putting your life back together. If you have been hurt by someone under the influence, you have rights. Consider contacting a San Diego car accident attorney today.


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This is central Havana -- drab, crowded and ugly -- where a building collapses every three days. The buses are so full that people have to fight their way inside, so they often walk the distance or splurge on a bicycle taxi.
A few hours after the launch of the book in the Alejo Carpentier room, the novelist with a degree in Hispanic Language and Literature responded by email to some questions for the readers of 14ymedio, from Barcelona's Gothic Quarter where he lives and creates.
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Ernesto Londoño, who authored six editorials on Cuba published recently by The New York Times engaged in a friendly conversation on Saturday with a part of the 14ymedio team, in the hotel where he is staying in Havana.
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Venezuela has become utter chaos. Many fear that the South American country will inevitably end up like Cuba, where you are unable to trust anything the media reports.
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Reluctant -- or unable -- to compete, the Cuban State has put an end to the business of "trapi-shopping." Several of the best-known and air-conditioned places have already closed their doors to the public.
Yoani Sanchez, the 38-year-old blogger from Cuba, received her long-delayed Maria Moors Cabot Award from Columbia University last night. A spirited, forthright individual, she has pushed a crusade forward to pry open the limits of freedom in her home country.
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I vowed never to return to Cuba until the country of my birth was free -- an unlikely proposition given the strong grip of the Cuban government on virtually all aspects of life on the island. Ms. Sanchez has changed my view on the future of Cuba.
Not one to be left out of the discussion, Jay-Z just dropped a new track called "Open Letter" (produced by Timbaland and Swizz Beatz) in which he discusses his recent trip to Cuba. He raps: "I'm in Cuba, I love Cubans/ This talk about Communism is so confusing." I feel ya, Jay-Z.
In that island of silence and the meaningful ellipse, blogging is not an innocuous pastime. The government has done its best to restrict internet usage and even skew Cuba's image online by bombarding the web with their own propaganda.
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Not allowing artists and writers freedom of speech goes against the very basic rights Cuban-Americans enjoy in the United States and criticize in Cuba.
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The princess of technological communication, Yoani Sanchez, made her triumphant debut. But apparently, no one in power or belonging to mainstream media cared about what she said. The Cuban government, however, should be proud of her, nevertheless.
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My point is that here in the USA, people can talk one thing and then say the oposite as if it was OK. For instance they say "I live two hours away" as if time is distance; "I am American, you are a Mexican-America, etc.". But nobody say I am an Anglo-American, so once in a while somebody has to straight up our language. We even use pounds for mass and force and my brain just cannot comprehend sometimes even when I am in the kitchen trying to figure out volume and mass (onces, teaspoons, cups, etc.), so I get tired sometimes about the nonsense. Sorry... and that will me my last comment on this, I am enjoying these articles and I am just waitning for more to come. http://www.linux.com/news/special-feature/linux-developers/600241-30-linux-kernel-developers-in-30-weeks-greg-kroah-hartman/#comment-7168On the 1st link you might see that it is actually 2012-07-15T00:18:07+00:00Anonymous CowardOn the 1st link you might see that it is actually a matter of preference: "while North and South America are sometimes recognized as one American continent (green shades)" http://www.linux.com/news/special-feature/linux-developers/600241-30-linux-kernel-developers-in-30-weeks-greg-kroah-hartman/#comment-7088Sorry , but North America is indeed a continent bo2012-07-12T05:43:08+00:00Mario ChamorroSorry , but North America is indeed a continent both by conventional and geologic standards . Saying that there is a single American continent is more a reflection of Latin American politics than of tectonic reality . http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continents http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continentes http://www.linux.com/news/special-feature/linux-developers/600241-30-linux-kernel-developers-in-30-weeks-greg-kroah-hartman/#comment-7027Sorry, but North America is not a continent, it is2012-07-10T16:08:33+00:00Alvaro CervantesSorry, but North America is not a continent, it is part of a continent; America is divided in three areas, Nort, Central, and South, North part being from the "Eje Volvanico Transversal" that goes through Mexico City (From the pacific to the Gulf of Mexico). Other than that, it is fun to be reading this column, thatnks to all the Linux community from Oregon, USA with love.http://www.linux.com/news/special-feature/linux-developers/600241-30-linux-kernel-developers-in-30-weeks-greg-kroah-hartman/#comment-7025I'm hoping Greg knows that "North America" is a co2012-07-10T14:07:26+00:00ErikI'm hoping Greg knows that "North America" is a continent and not a country, if he meant The United States of Ameria (USA). Sorry for being pedantic, but.. someone has to be. Thanks for a great interview and for sharing! To both Greg and Jennifer of course!http://www.linux.com/news/special-feature/linux-developers/600241-30-linux-kernel-developers-in-30-weeks-greg-kroah-hartman/#comment-7016Content Development Nice blog! It is very u2012-07-10T06:45:49+00:00Lava InfotechContent Development Nice blog! It is very useful and interesting post. Thanks! for sharing such a great post. Please keep posting about web design and development related stuff on your blog.http://www.linux.com/news/special-feature/linux-developers/600241-30-linux-kernel-developers-in-30-weeks-greg-kroah-hartman/#comment-7000Great interview! I have made a translation to ru2012-07-09T23:22:58+00:00Alexey LubimovGreat interview! I have made a translation to russian of this article in my wiki - http://bb.comp-house.ru/comp-house.repo/wiki/Greg-Kroah-Hartman Thanks!http://www.linux.com/news/special-feature/linux-developers/600241-30-linux-kernel-developers-in-30-weeks-greg-kroah-hartman/#comment-6996That was the most exciting or "most amazing" :) ke2012-07-09T21:19:57+00:00pointuxThat was the most exciting or "most amazing" :) kernel devs story of all (yet), thx! I'm looking forward to the next story.http://www.linux.com/news/special-feature/linux-developers/600241-30-linux-kernel-developers-in-30-weeks-greg-kroah-hartman/#comment-6987Hi I have made a translation into spanish of this2012-07-09T17:30:11+00:00VictorhckHi I have made a translation into spanish of this article for my blog: http://victorhckinthefreeworld.wordpress.com/2012/07/09/quien-esta-detras-de-linux-hoy-greg-kroah-hartman/ Always mentioned and linked the original and the writer, of course! Thank's for your work!


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- more than 1 year(s)
- I got these around christmas last year. Still using without a problem. They sound pretty decent but lack bass a little bit.
I was more impressed with the controller. I thought it wasn't going to work with my LG phone because it's not very mainstream but was pleased to see it starts stops tracks, jumps to next track with double click. I am told my voice on calls is clear too.
M1s can be a better alternative for strictly listening to music. But if you are looking for an earphone to answer calls on the go and listen to music from your phone, M5 is a good choice.
Hope this helps. Thanks for reading.
- more than 1 year(s)
- Отличные наушники по соотношению цена/качество в категории до 50$. Расширенная комплектация (твёрдый чехол, 6 пар резиновых насадок, пара пенок Comply)
Корпус наушников выполнен из металла, качество сборки хорошее. Места выходов из корпусов наушников, разветвителя и штекера защищены резинками (усилены). К недостаткам проводов можно отнести микрофонный эффект.
Характер звучания наушников - тёплый. Средние и верхние частоты отыгрываются хорошо. Басы упругие и также достаточно хороши, хотя им несколько не хватает скорости, из-ха этого они иногда забивают нижние басы и СЧ диапазон.
- more than 2 year(s)
- Bass is really good....mids are also good but not gr8...the cable is not strong n as sturdy as s1. but overall sound is really good..
- more than 2 year(s)
- The cord is quite long and gives you enough space to move around,you can use this while you are exercising because they dont fall out of your ears and as the cord is long enough you dont have to worry about the earphones falling off your ears.
i wear these over the ear and it gets more comfortable.
Came with a large choice of tips and a carrying bag, a very useful piece of accessory.
as far as the sound quality goes these have a very large soundstage and in mid-heavy bass range.
Can not go wrong with these.Buy them
- more than 2 year(s)
- Very good earphone - good sound with clear high and soft bass. I listen rock music and happy. Microphone allow to talk on street with big traffic.
Eartips too hard and i change it to softly another brand.
- more than 2 year(s)
- I had purchased this almost an year ago in a Buy1Get1 offer. In the beginning, during burn-out period, sound quality was not good, but with time that improved a lot.
This earphone is for those:-
-who don't want bass heavy
-those who want well balanced sound and not which amplifies certain nature of sound
-who have liked Soundmagic PL30, this is 2 steps up
Other Pros: Build quality of trunk is very good
You can also wear them over year, fit well
So many ear tips
Weak joint of in-earphones and left-right chords. Broken after 11 months of use
- more than 2 year(s)
- First pair of Brainwavz, received a few hours ago, so not to much of experience. Sound and design are quite good, cords looks rather flimsy, hopefully there will be no problew with it for years.
- more than 2 year(s)
- I was happy with these earphones for about 7 months, but then some design flaws became issues that make them useless to me now. They sound good, I like that they came with numerous (but very hard to change) sets of rubber or foam. The case is very nice, and I always wrapped them up carefully in it. I like that they have a build in mic.
While the actual cord is nice, tangle resistant, and of generally good quality, the strain reliefs are the problem. I use these at the gym and at work. Not on a daily basis. I'd say 3 times a week on average. The strain relief on the 90degree plug is not very resistant to strain. And one of the cutouts in the strain relief is cut at the worst place for the 90degree plug. It allows the cord to bend too much at the place most susceptible and in the most commonly strained direction. If the cutouts had been made on the sides strain relief, not the top and bottom, this wouldn't be a problem.
Also, one of the strain reliefs that goes into the back of the earbuds is prone to falling out. It's not even glued in, just popped in. I was able to pop it back in, but it would come out almost every time I used them.
Eventually the strain relief at the jack proved not strong enough for the light use I put these through, and the sound started to cut out. To make things worse with my smart phone, when the connection was broken, my phone would think they were unplugged, automatically pausing anything I was listening too. Over and over and over again, any time I move. I've put numerous layers of electrical tape there at the jack to help support it. This helps for a while, but eventually it gets bad again.
I was going to file a warranty claim, but since I have to foot the bill for insured, tracked shipping to Hong Kong in order to persue this, I won't be. And I won't buy these or any headphones from a distant country again for this reason.
I really loved these headphones when I first got them, but they just aren't built well enough... I've had Sony's that cost the same amount that lasted for years, through the rain, through sweat, even when they looked like they were falling apart--they still worked. Not these Brainwavz. They still look like new, but they don't work. And I haven't been hard on this pair at all.
- more than 2 year(s)
- Ordered it yesterday, got it today in less than 24 hours! Awesome fast Fedex shipping to Singapore. Been using it for the past few hours and I must say I'm very satisfied with the product. I'm hearing sounds I've never noticed before in my music before, and it makes the experience much more enjoyable!
The microphone works well too. I'm able to use the button to control my music playback on my Android device.
Cords wise, similar to the other reviews listed, I do find the cords rather flimsy compared to other earphones I've used previously.
Otherwise, a great buy!
- more than 2 year(s)
- fedex FTW.. ordered on 26th 4-5AM... got it today...
look-wise mic looks el-chepo but works great
the L/M ear-tips are good but the small ones were hard to apply...hardware wise, poor quality compared to the soundmagic pl-21 i owned earlier...
now about the sound.... highly satisfied with the sound quality...bass is good to, not too good but i don't mind as i'm not a bass maniac... but requires some burn-in first... you wont like the earphone in the first time but gradually sound will improve significantly.


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Senator Coburn Publishes the Tax Decoder
Senator Coburn's office yesterday published the "Tax Decoder", a 300+ page guide describing more than 165 tax expenditures. The report highlights inefficiencies in many of the current tax breaks, drawing attention to areas where these breaks have been abused or provide an over-sized benefit to one specific industry, "allow[ing] Uncle Sam to put a thumb on the scale, placing politicians instead of markets at the center of capital allocation." See the full document here.
The report covers nearly every tax break. It describes attention-grabbing breaks like a tax break for a tuna company, breaks for NASCAR tracks, tax-free financing of stadiums built for private sports teams, and private foundations used by celebrities. It also tackles the largest tax expenditures, providing a serious treatment of large provisions like accelerated depreciation, the child tax credit, and the mortgage interest deduction. As the report says:
This report is meant to help decode the tax code for the public and policymakers alike, exposing special giveaways and surprising tax preferences unknown to many Americans who cannot afford tax lawyers or accountants.
The report "is designed to provide the building blocks of comprehensive tax reform for lawmakers wishing to enact a meaningful overhaul of the tax code in the coming years." It gives plain language summaries of many of the breaks that will come under discussion in tax reform. Many members, including outgoing Ways & Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) and former Senate Finance Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT), started the work of reforming the tax code over the last several years. Hopefully, this report will inform the public and the lawmakers who will continue those discussions in the next Congress.
Changing the Baseline Could Mean an Extra Trillion in Debt
Republicans and Democrats do not agree on much, but both parties are talking about business tax reform that is "revenue-neutral," raising the same amount of money as the current tax code. But "revenue-neutral" can mean drastically different things, depending on which baseline policymakers choose to use. Discussing budget baselines might put most people to sleep, but the choice could mean an extra trillion dollars added to the debt over the next ten years.
Playing Baseline Games
Much of the disagreement over which baseline to use focuses on tax extenders, a set of mostly business tax breaks that expired in 2013. These breaks expire every year or two, and Congress routinely extends almost all of them. The Senate Finance Committee has a bill that would extend nearly all of them for two years, at a cost of $85 billion. Yet if all those provisions are extended year after year, the total ten-year cost would be almost $700 billion. Although Congress will likely deal with the extenders before the end of the year, their fate could set the parameters for future tax reform efforts.
Unfortunately, House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) is proposing to lower the bar for revenue-neutrality. He recently suggested policymakers should make some of the tax extenders permanent during the lame duck session, arguing that they do not need to be paid for and should add to the debt (which makes their costs disappear from the budget process and from needing to be offset in a revenue-neutral tax reform). If these were made a permanent part of the tax code, a future "revenue-neutral tax reform" would raise $700 billion less than before. Essentially, he is suggesting that this Congress lock in lower revenue levels – and higher debt – to make it easier for the next Congress to pass tax reform that they can claim is revenue-neutral.
Finding Consensus on Tax Reform
Despite partisan differences in Washington, there's actually considerable bipartisan consensus around many elements of tax reform. That's the conclusion of a new report by the Center for American Progress (CAP). The report includes two dozen specific policies to raise $1.4 trillion of revenue over ten years that have been proposed by both Republicans and Democrats, although notably the proposals from Republicans were part of a fundamental tax reform plan that was revenue-neutral overall. Most of the consensus policies come from the President's budget and House Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp's (R-MI) Tax Reform Act of 2014.
The report outlines a number of reductions in tax expenditures and other policies to raise revenue. On the corporate side, policies include eliminating accelerated depreciation, requiring businesses to write off half of advertising costs over ten years, eliminating last-in first-out accounting, implementing a big bank tax, and restricting earnings stripping and transfer pricing manipulation. The corporate income tax policies raise over $750 billion over ten years.
On the individual side, policies include limiting the benefit of exclusions and deductions for high earners, increasing rates on capital gains and dividends, reducing the mortgage interest deduction, and eliminating the break for "like-kind" exchanges. The report also proposed a few tax cuts through an expanded Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC); in particular, the report would extend the 2009 EITC expansions for married couples and families with three or more children and expand the credit for childless workers. On net, the individual tax policies would raise more than $550 billion, although the report suggests that the EITC expansions could be paired with some of these policies to form a revenue-neutral package.
Lew Takes On Inversions
Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew proposed administrative rules this week that would limit the benefits of tax inversions, where companies move their headquarters overseas for tax reasons. The rules target abusive practices where deals were often structured solely to skirt U.S. tax law. They eliminate some incentive for companies to invert, but many of the basic incentives to invert will remain until fundamental tax reform passes Congress and is signed by the President.
Recent months have seen a wave of actual and proposed corporate "tax inversions," where U.S. companies merge with a foreign corporation to move their headquarters overseas and avoid the high statutory U.S. tax rate on corporate income. Inversions are estimated to cost about $20 billion in lost corporate tax revenue over the next ten years. The Obama Administration had been pushing for legislation to address the issue, but after Congress left town for campaign season without addressing the issue, the Treasury Department moved forward in areas where they believe they have clear legal authority.
While the proposal reduces some benefits to inversions and may cause some companies to rethink their plans, inversions are a small symptom of an outdated tax code.
Deficit-Financed Tax Cuts May be Counterproductive
A new paper suggests that tax cuts that add to the deficit provide little boost to economic growth and may actually hinder it. Last week, the Tax Policy Center (TPC) put out a paper entitled "Effects of Income Tax Changes on Economic Growth," summarizing the academic literature. According to the authors, Bill Gale from Brookings and Andrew Samwick from Dartmouth, the net economic impact of a deficit-financed income tax cut is either small or negative, with the negative effects of additional debt likely overwhelming the economic benefit of lower rates, particularly over the long term.
Tax cuts have the potential to grow the economy, but their benefit depends on how they are structured and financed. For tax changes to promote growth, changes should encourage work and investment through lower rates, efficiently encourage new economic activity (rather than providing a windfall for previous investments), reduce economic distortions, and create minimal (if any) increases in the budget deficit.
The key question is, how do you pay for tax cuts? If tax cuts are deficit-financed, the negative economic effects of debt will crowd out investment, which can outweigh any positive growth impact from the tax cut. CBO has found that an "Alternative Fiscal Scenario" representing roughly a $2 trillion increase in deficits over ten years would lead to a 7.5 percent smaller economy in 25 years, while a deficit reduction plan of $4 trillion would increase the size of the economy by 2 percent. Increased revenue has been a key part of many bipartisan plans for deficit reduction, including Simpson-Bowles and Domenici-Rivlin.
Importantly, however, the lack of growth from deficit-financed tax cuts is distinct from the effects of either tax reform, which pairs rate reductions with base broadening, or tax cuts that are financed through simultaneous spending reductions to reduce government consumption. Using base broadening to pay for lower rates avoids crowding out other investment, but would likely temper the economic gains because some base broadening can push up effective marginal tax rates on taxpayers who were taking advantage of the closed loopholes.
More Interesting Charts from CBO Director Elmendorf's Presentation
Earlier in the week, we highlighted a portion of CBO Director Doug Elmendorf's presentation at Cornell University highlighting the increased resources going to health care, Social Security, and interest spending to the detriment of the rest of the budget. In addition, the slideshow contained other helpful charts showing how the federal budget could change over the next decade, the choices policymakers face to alter the trajectory of debt, and a further look at the impacts of the Affordable Care Act. Here are some of the more interesting charts from that presentation.
Putting Debt on a Sustainable Path Requires Significant Changes
With debt set to continue to rise as a percent of GDP, simply maintaining the status quo will require significant changes. Keeping debt stable at its current elevated level of 74 percent of GDP for the next 25 years would require $2 trillion of savings over ten years, twice as much as the savings in the President's budget. Getting debt close to its historical average of 40 percent of GDP in 25 years will require $4 trillion in ten-year savings.
Individual Income Tax Revenue is the Only Growing Revenue Stream
CBO's ten-year projections show only a modest rise in revenue as a share of GDP over the next decade, from 17.5 percent to 18.2 percent, and in fact from 2015 to 2024 revenue will remain roughly flat.
House Jobs Plan Doesn't Work for the Deficit
House Republicans plan to vote this week on a jobs package combining bills that would "build a robust economy and foster job creation." While promoting economic growth should be a top priority after a lackluster jobs report and a slow recovery, policymakers should also be fiscally responsible. Unfortunately, the House Republican approach would make the debt much worse. We've compiled the cost estimates for the various bills, and the package would cost more than $570 billion over ten years, before interest.
The package includes a combination of tax, spending, and regulatory changes, many of which could help to spur short or long-term economic growth. The majority of the costs in the legislation come from permanently extending and expanding a few expired tax provisions which focus on promoting research and investment. Unfortunately, the legislation would include over $570 billion of costs, but only $400 million worth of savings. Without offsets, the package will add substantially to the debt.
This increase in debt isn't only bad for the fiscal situation; it also works against the exact purpose of the bill. As CBO has noted, a high national debt creates drag on economic growth by crowding out private investment, reducing output, and increasing interest rates. The package's care-free attitude towards increasing the debt will dampen any economic growth that would occur from the legislation.
As we've argued many times, if something is worth having, it is worth paying for. The fact that a package has the potential to promote growth does not mean we should allow it to add to the debt over the long run. In the past, we've suggested numerous offsets to pay for unemployment insurance, highway spending, extending tax provisions, veterans health care, or the Medicare "doc fix." Any of those, or any number of others, could be attached to this package to make it more fiscally responsible.
|Provisions in the September 2014 House Jobs Package
|Ten-Year Costs, 2015-2024
|Expand and make permanent bonus depreciation
|$269 billion
|Expand and make permanent the research & experimentation tax credit
|$156 billion
|Expand and make permanent 2013 levels of small business expensing (Section 179)
|$73 billion
|Change the definition of full-time employment from 30 to 40 hours/week
|$46 billion
|Repeal medical device tax
|$26 billion
|Make permanent two expired tax breaks relating to S Corporations
|$2 billion
|Exempt from the employer mandate servicemembers and veterans who already have health insurance
|$1 billion
|Codify standards for regulations that create private mandates
|< $0.1 billion
|Require agencies to submit a monthly report of proposed and final regulations
|< $0.1 billion
|Require major regulations to get Congressional approval
|Exempt most private equity financial advisors from SEC registration
|Exempt certain merger & acquisition brokers from SEC registration
|Streamline the process to obtain permits to extract critical and strategic minerals from public land
|Permanently ban states and localities from imposing taxes on internet access
|Increase timber production on federal lands
|- $0.4 billion [savings]
|Total, House Republicans Jobs Package
|$572 billion*
Inverting the Rewards of Inversions
Senators Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Dick Durbin (D-IL) have introduced legislation that would reduce the benefits to companies that choose to "invert," or move their headquarters overseas for tax reasons. The bill is very similar to a proposal included in last year's President's Budget, which would save about $3 billion over ten years by limiting tax deductions. It targets "earnings stripping," when companies with large amounts of cash borrow purely for tax reasons.
Recent months have seen a wave of corporate "tax inversions," where U.S. companies merge with a foreign corporation to move their headquarters overseas and avoid the high statutory U.S. tax rate on corporate income. Inversions are estimated to cost about $20 billion in lost corporate tax revenue over the next ten years.
Schumer and Durbin's proposal targets what they call "one of the most egregious practices of corporate inversions," known as earnings stripping. This practice involves a foreign parent company lending to its U.S. subsidiary. Then, the U.S. subsidiary can send its profits to the parent company as interest. While this paper transaction doesn't change the company's overall financial position – it has the same income and debt levels as before – the loan provides two tax benefits. First, the U.S. subsidiary will have greater interest payments, which can be deducted as a business expense. Second, more of the company's income is "booked" outside the United States, where companies do not have to pay U.S. tax unless they repatriate the funds back to the U.S.
The $1.8 Trillion Drop in Revenue Projections
With the economy recovering slower than originally anticipated, the government now expects to collect significantly less revenue this decade than it did just two years ago. The most recent budget projections from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) show the government taking in $1.8 trillion less over a ten-year period than was projected in February 2013.
Growing entitlement spending is the primary source of growth in the federal budget, but this growth would not lead to higher debt if revenues kept pace. Despite the savings from the widely noted $900 billion slowdown in health care spending since March 2011, federal revenues are set even faster, widening the deficit. Over the same 2013-2021 time period, revenue projections have fallen $1.2 trillion since February 2013 and net health care spending has fallen $780 billion since March 2011.
February 2013 was the first budget baseline after the fiscal cliff law, which allowed certain tax cuts for high earners to expire while permanently extending most of the 2001/2003 tax cuts. In that baseline, revenues were expected to climb to 18.5 percent of GDP, both in the immediate future and by the end of the decade. Over the last two years, though, CBO has continually revised these revenue projections downward, particularly in their February baseline of this year. The last month's projections showed revenue staying under 18.2 percent of GDP throughout the period.
Half of the $1.8 trillion is due to decreases in individual income tax revenue. Payroll taxes experienced a similar but smaller decline. Corporate tax revenue is expected to be much lower than expected in the near term – projections for 2016 dropped over 15 percent – but only slightly lower over the long term. Excise taxes are the only exception to the decline, with projections that have slightly increased over the last two years.
Inversions Reduce Revenue, But Extenders Cost More
Many policymakers have expressed concern about "tax inversions," transactions where American companies move their headquarters overseas in order to pay a lower tax rate. The inversions are estimated to cost about $20 billion in lost corporate tax revenue over the next ten years. Yet even as Congress and the Administration debate whether to stop inversions, there is bipartisan agreement on a series of tax breaks that could cost 35 times more. Reviving the tax extenders continually over the next 10 years will cost about $700 billion (about $400 billion in corporate tax breaks, and about $300 billion for other businesses and individuals).
Since the beginning of the year, at least 14 companies have announced mergers or purchases of overseas companies that would result in an American headquarters moving overseas. Commonly called "tax inversions," these transactions often take place only on paper – no offices or employees move, but the company is considered foreign for tax reasons. By inverting, companies avoid the U.S. corporate tax rate of 35 percent on their overseas earnings, instead paying a much lower (or sometimes zero percent) rate that other countries charge on income outside their borders. This erosion of the corporate tax base is problematic, and there's several ways to address it. One suggestion, by CRFB President Maya MacGuineas, calls for a strategic pause where companies agree not to invert for nine months, paired with a fast-track procedure to encourage comprehensive tax reform.
Inversions are estimated to cost about $20 billion in lost tax revenue over the next 10 years, or about 0.5% of the $4.5 trillion that will be paid in corporate taxes during the same period. Legislation stopping them would raise enough to pay for about one-quarter of the $85 billion cost of continuing the extenders for two years, as the Senate Finance Committee would do. But the extenders have often been extended year-after-year. For example, the current Finance Committee bill continues 52 out of 54 provisions, and expands some tax breaks that were not in the original bill. If the package were continually extended, the provisions would cost $700 billion. (The House, on the other hand, has taken a much more expensive approach, expanding the package to cost over $1 trillion.)


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I took the 'nail in the coffin' remark to be a reference to Hank's career if the video were given to the DEA.
The nail in the coffin was the fact that Hank's wife paid cash that they aren't supposed to have. That's tangible evidence that Hank could have been involved in drugs.
Not by itself. They would have to come up with considerably more than $177,000. And Hisenberg's dope was still being sold long after the rehab payment. How much cash do Hank and Marie have now? There are unaccounted for millions AFTER the rehab payment.
If there is no cash or electronic funds, and no means or evidence of laundering, then all the financial evidence would consist of $177,000. That is a paltry sum if you are trying to prove that a person has reaped the financial benefits of a drug empire which Walt claims in his confession Hank runs. If that's true, then where's all the "benefits"?
Walt would be telling the DEA that Hank is the drug kingpin while Walt, an "underling" and therefor a lesser earner, needs an obvious means of money laundering while the top dog does not? Should be the other way around.
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FILE – In this Jan. 6, 2011 file photo, attendees watch a 3-D HDTV presentation by Panasonic at the Consumer Electronics Show, in Las Vegas. The International Consumer Electronics Show is getting a track record as the launch pad for products that fall flat. The annual conclave kicks off Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2012 in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson, File)
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John Cazale filmography is now at 100%.
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s, this is a 70s paranoia thriller that defines "slow burn" in its depiction of its isolated protagonist. It's quite clever, Coppola certainly knows how to convey a paranoid atmosphere, and the closing twist is very clever (he also manages to make the constant repeating of one basic scene rather interesting; it reminds me of the old school espionage bits in
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