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23:21:10 02/03/12
Cisco Live UK Day 5: Bloodhound Super Sonic Car
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Cisco Live UK Day 5: Bloodhound Super Sonic Car
This is Cisco Live UK: Day 5 So we've had an absolute blast over the last 5 days here in London at Cisco Live. We saw thousands of visitors, customers, and industry thought-leaders. One of the most unique things we saw was the Bloodhound Super Sonic Car (SSC). This car is part of a project to break the land speed record by traveling at a target speed of 1050 miles per hour! The project's mission is to "To confront and overcome the impossible using science, technology, engineering and mathematics." That's quite a mission statement! The Project Director is Sir Richard Noble, who also took part in a keynote address at Cisco Live UK. In the video below, Peter Granger speaks to Jonathon Cooke, who was displaying the actual SSC and its jet engine on the event floor. Jonathon is studying Mechanical Engineering at Bath University and is one of the 'Ambassadors' for the project (part of the 'Ambassador's Program'). Cisco has provided equipment (Networking and Video Equipment) to help develop the Bloodhound SSC vehicle and its technology center. This is a great example of how Cisco is helping in the manufacturing industry with R%D and enabling Innovation and product development cycles in manufacturing. Learn more about Cisco's partnership with Bloodhound SSC in this video: www.youtube.com blogs.cisco.com From: Cisco Views: 237 2 ratings Time: 02:21 More in Science & Technology
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23:21:10 02/03/12
Cisco Live UK Day 5: Bloodhound Super Sonic Car
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Cisco Live UK Day 5: Bloodhound Super Sonic Car
This is Cisco Live UK: Day 5 So we've had an absolute blast over the last 5 days here in London at Cisco Live. We saw thousands of visitors, customers, and industry thought-leaders. One of the most unique things we saw was the Bloodhound Super Sonic Car (SSC). This car is part of a project to break the land speed record by traveling at a target speed of 1050 miles per hour! The project's mission is to "To confront and overcome the impossible using science, technology, engineering and mathematics." That's quite a mission statement! The Project Director is Sir Richard Noble, who also took part in a keynote address at Cisco Live UK. In the video below, Peter Granger speaks to Jonathon Cooke, who was displaying the actual SSC and its jet engine on the event floor. Jonathon is studying Mechanical Engineering at Bath University and is one of the 'Ambassadors' for the project (part of the 'Ambassador's Program'). Cisco has provided equipment (Networking and Video Equipment) to help develop the Bloodhound SSC vehicle and its technology center. This is a great example of how Cisco is helping in the manufacturing industry with R%D and enabling Innovation and product development cycles in manufacturing. Learn more about Cisco's partnership with Bloodhound SSC in this video: www.youtube.com blogs.cisco.com From: Cisco Views: 237 2 ratings Time: 02:21 More in Science & Technology
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04:53:50 02/01/12
Cisco Live UK Day 2, Part 2
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Cisco Live UK Day 2, Part 2
So we've wrapped up another exciting day in London! Today we saw Padmasree Warrior's keynote address "Zero to Zetta," learned more about Cisco' World of Solutions, met a lot of great customers, and saw a lot of great demos! One of the demos we had on display today was our "Converged Industrial Wireless" demonstration. In the video below, you will see Mark Bakker, our Business Development Manager for Industrial Automation for Solutions Ecosystems, talk about his experience at Cisco Live UK. He also talks about all of Cisco's partnerships in Industrial Automation, including Honeywell, Rockwell, Panduit, and OSIsoft and our work with Secure Wireless Networking. If you speak Dutch, please send us a translation of what he says at the end! Also, the video shows a great walkthrough of the "Converged Industrial Wireless" demo by Cisco's Dave Bell and Honeywell's Tony Alexander. The great thing about these demos is that they are actual live demonstrations, and they work like they would in production. Tony shows how with these devices can be used to monitor process variables in real-time, just as they would be at a large oil refinery or platform. blogs.cisco.com From: Cisco Views: 264 1 ratings Time: 03:16 More in Science & Technology
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04:53:50 02/01/12
Cisco Live UK Day 2, Part 2
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Cisco Live UK Day 2, Part 2
So we've wrapped up another exciting day in London! Today we saw Padmasree Warrior's keynote address "Zero to Zetta," learned more about Cisco' World of Solutions, met a lot of great customers, and saw a lot of great demos! One of the demos we had on display today was our "Converged Industrial Wireless" demonstration. In the video below, you will see Mark Bakker, our Business Development Manager for Industrial Automation for Solutions Ecosystems, talk about his experience at Cisco Live UK. He also talks about all of Cisco's partnerships in Industrial Automation, including Honeywell, Rockwell, Panduit, and OSIsoft and our work with Secure Wireless Networking. If you speak Dutch, please send us a translation of what he says at the end! Also, the video shows a great walkthrough of the "Converged Industrial Wireless" demo by Cisco's Dave Bell and Honeywell's Tony Alexander. The great thing about these demos is that they are actual live demonstrations, and they work like they would in production. Tony shows how with these devices can be used to monitor process variables in real-time, just as they would be at a large oil refinery or platform. blogs.cisco.com From: Cisco Views: 264 1 ratings Time: 03:16 More in Science & Technology
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17:01:41 01/30/12
Learn Excel 2010 - "Stop Speak On Enter!": Podcast #1514
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VJ types a value into his spreadsheet and Excel speaks the entry; but VJ doesn't want Excel to speak the entry and 'Stop Speaking Cells' -on the Quick Access Toobar- is not making it stop. Why? Follow along with Bill in Episode #1514 to learn why the cells won't stop speaking and then learn how to turn off the 'Speak On Enter' function.
Today%rsquos Episode is brought to you by%hellip New for 2012! %ldquo CFO EXCEL PRO %ldquo: a New, weekly e-Newsletter Publication from CFO.com featuring Bill %ldquoMrExcel%rdquo Jelen! CFO Excel Pro offers, %ldquo%hellip clear, concise illustrated articles written by Microsoft MVP Bill %ldquoMr. Excel%rdquo Jelen that provide readers with step-by-step solutions to nagging %ldquoreal-world%rdquo Excel problems.
%ldquoThe Learn Excel from MrExcel Podcast Series%rdquo
MrExcel.com %mdash Your One Stop for Excel Tips and Solutions. Visit us today !
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17:01:41 01/30/12
Learn Excel 2010 - "Stop Speak On Enter!": Podcast #1514
[LESS INFO] 10 VIEWS | ADDED 17:01:41 01/30/12
VJ types a value into his spreadsheet and Excel speaks the entry; but VJ doesn't want Excel to speak the entry and 'Stop Speaking Cells' -on the Quick Access Toobar- is not making it stop. Why? Follow along with Bill in Episode #1514 to learn why the cells won't stop speaking and then learn how to turn off the 'Speak On Enter' function.
Today%rsquos Episode is brought to you by%hellip New for 2012! %ldquo CFO EXCEL PRO %ldquo: a New, weekly e-Newsletter Publication from CFO.com featuring Bill %ldquoMrExcel%rdquo Jelen! CFO Excel Pro offers, %ldquo%hellip clear, concise illustrated articles written by Microsoft MVP Bill %ldquoMr. Excel%rdquo Jelen that provide readers with step-by-step solutions to nagging %ldquoreal-world%rdquo Excel problems.
%ldquoThe Learn Excel from MrExcel Podcast Series%rdquo
MrExcel.com %mdash Your One Stop for Excel Tips and Solutions. Visit us today !
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06:10:04 01/28/12
British Accent: Placement
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Placement is possibly the most essential component in making a British accent authentic and consistent. Learn how to speak with a British dialect in this free entertainment video.
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02:45:39 01/25/12
Sims Says Coding as Important as Reading, Writing
[LESS INFO] 1 VIEWS | ADDED 02:45:39 01/25/12
Sims Says Coding as Important as Reading, Writing
Jan. 24 (Bloomberg) -- Zach Sims, co-founder of Codecademy, talks about the importance of learning programming skills. Codecademy is a website that teaches how to write code for free. Sims speaks with Emily Chang on Bloomberg Television's "Bloomberg West." (Source: Bloomberg) From: Bloomberg Views: 58 0 ratings Time: 03:35 More in Entertainment
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19:07:28 01/24/12
How to Become an Alcohol Brand Ambassador
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If you want to represent a world-renowned alcohol brand, you have some options. http://www.WatchMojo.com speaks with the brand ambassadors from Jack Daniel's Tennessee Whiskey, Glenfiddich Single Malt Scotch and Grey Goose Vodka to learn about their jobs and how they got them.
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19:03:00 01/19/12
Learn Japanese Questions: How to Ask "Do You Speak English?" in Japanese
[LESS INFO] 0 VIEWS | ADDED 19:03:00 01/19/12
Learn how to ask "Do you speak English?" in Japanese in this how to learn Japanese video from Howcast.
Author: KanaSato
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19:56:20 01/06/12
The Internet Archive's Brewster Kahle: Universal Access to All Knowledge
[LESS INFO] 43 VIEWS | ADDED 19:56:20 01/06/12
This program was recorded in collaboration with the Long Now Foundation, on November 30, 2011.
As founder and librarian of the storied Internet Archive (deemed impossible by all when he started it in 1996), Brewster Kahle has practical experience behind his universalist vision of access to every bit of knowledge ever created, for all time, ever improving.
He will speak to questions such as these:
Can we make a distributed web of books that supports vending and lending? How can our machines learn by reading these materials? Can we reconfigure the information to make interactive question answering machines? Can we learn from past human translations of documents to seed an automatic version? And, can we learn how to do optical character recognition by having billions of correct examples? What compensation systems will best serve creators and networked users? How do we preserve petabytes of changing data?
Brewster Kahle, a computer engineer, internet entrepreneur, and digital librarian, founded the Internet Archive in 1996. He is focused on providing universal access to all knowledge, and developing technologies for information discovery and digital libraries. He was co-founder of Alexa Internet, which helped catalog the Web, which was later sold to Amazon.com.
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18:30:43 01/03/12
Getting Google to Love Your Website
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Getting Google to Love Your Website
Get the goods on Search Engine Optimization from SEO guru and O'Reilly author Stephan Spencer in this information-packed webinar that promises both SEO fundamentals as well as advanced tricks and tactics that only the elite SEO experts know. Learn how to: Check your "Google Pulse" (the metrics that matter) Estimate missed opportunity costs Ensure Google crawls all of your site, including dynamic content Design your pages to dominate rankings Avoid getting banned by Google Wield invaluable SEO tools you've not yet heard of Build high-quality links from trusted sites, and boost your PageRank along with your rankings Prepare for changes to come ...and so much more! About Stephan Spencer: Stephan Spencer is author of Google Power Search and co-author of The Art of SEO. Stephan founded Netconcepts in 1995 as an interactive agency; and over time it morphed into an SEO firm. Netconcepts was acquired by Covario in January 2010. Stephan left in September 2010 to start several new ventures. He is the inventor of GravityStream, a pay-for-performance SEO technology now rebranded as Covario's Organic Search Optimizer. He is a highly sought after conference speaker on SEO and other online marketing topics for the DMA, AMA, Shop.org, Internet Retailer, SMX, SES, O'Reilly/TechWeb (Web 2.0 Expo), PubCon, Affiliate Summit, ECMOD, IQPC, and IIR, among others. His hundreds of speaking gigs have taken him around the globe - everywhere from Berlin, London, Toronto, Santiago, and Auckland, to ... From: OreillyMedia Views: 579 21 ratings Time: 01:04:41 More in Science & Technology
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18:30:43 01/03/12
Getting Google to Love Your Website
[LESS INFO] 0 VIEWS | ADDED 18:30:43 01/03/12
Getting Google to Love Your Website
Get the goods on Search Engine Optimization from SEO guru and O'Reilly author Stephan Spencer in this information-packed webinar that promises both SEO fundamentals as well as advanced tricks and tactics that only the elite SEO experts know. Learn how to: Check your "Google Pulse" (the metrics that matter) Estimate missed opportunity costs Ensure Google crawls all of your site, including dynamic content Design your pages to dominate rankings Avoid getting banned by Google Wield invaluable SEO tools you've not yet heard of Build high-quality links from trusted sites, and boost your PageRank along with your rankings Prepare for changes to come ...and so much more! About Stephan Spencer: Stephan Spencer is author of Google Power Search and co-author of The Art of SEO. Stephan founded Netconcepts in 1995 as an interactive agency; and over time it morphed into an SEO firm. Netconcepts was acquired by Covario in January 2010. Stephan left in September 2010 to start several new ventures. He is the inventor of GravityStream, a pay-for-performance SEO technology now rebranded as Covario's Organic Search Optimizer. He is a highly sought after conference speaker on SEO and other online marketing topics for the DMA, AMA, Shop.org, Internet Retailer, SMX, SES, O'Reilly/TechWeb (Web 2.0 Expo), PubCon, Affiliate Summit, ECMOD, IQPC, and IIR, among others. His hundreds of speaking gigs have taken him around the globe - everywhere from Berlin, London, Toronto, Santiago, and Auckland, to ... From: OreillyMedia Views: 579 21 ratings Time: 01:04:41 More in Science & Technology
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21:00:06 12/29/11
There's No Mystery About Romney's Taxes and Tax Plan
[LESS INFO] 5 VIEWS | ADDED 21:00:06 12/29/11
Why is Mitt Romney alone among the Republican presidential candidates in refusing to release his tax returns ? And why is the former Massachusetts Governor also the only major GOP contender not calling for the complete elimination of the capital gains tax ? As it turns out, the answer - horrible political optics - is the same to both questions. Because Romney's continuing millions in annual income from Bain Capital are taxed at the 15 percent capital gains rate, Mitt already pays a much lower share to Uncle Sam than most middle class families . And if he called for changing the capital gains rate to zero, Mitt Romney would have to explain to voters why the $250 million man should pay virtually no tax bill at all .
Despite his famous demand in the 1994 Senate race that Ted Kennedy release his tax returns to show he has "nothing to hide," Romney last week reiterated his own paperwork would not be forthcoming. "We don't have any current plans to release tax returns, but never say never," Romney said, adding: >
"I can tell you we follow the tax laws, and if there's an opportunity to save taxes, we like anybody else in this country will follow that opportunity."
Truer words were never spoken.
In October, Citizens for Tax Justice estimated that the Romneys paid only 14 percent of their income in taxes . (It's no wonder Mitt opposes the " Buffett Rule .") As Time reported: >
Just how much Romney pays in taxes is, for the moment, a private matter. But his income is public knowledge. In August, Romney disclosed that in 2010 he and his wife made between $1.1 million and $2.8 million in royalties, salary, speaking fees and interest, most of which was likely taxed at a marginal rate of 35%, after accounting for deductions. The Romneys made an additional $5.5 million to $37.3 million from dividends and capital gains, which is generally taxed at a much lower rate of 15%.
Two weeks ago, the New York Times shed light on that "$5.5 million to $37.3 million from dividends and capital gains" that represents most of Romney's income. Though Mitt left Bain Capital in 1999, 13 years later his windfall continues uninterrupted: >
In what would be the final deal of his private equity career, he negotiated a retirement agreement with his former partners that has paid him a share of Bain's profits ever since, bringing the Romney family millions of dollars in income each year and bolstering the fortune that has helped finance Mr. Romney's political aspirations... >
In the process, Bain continued to buy and restructure companies, potentially leaving Mr. Romney exposed to further criticism that he has grown wealthier over the last decade partly as a result of layoffs. Moreover, much of his income from the arrangement has probably qualified for a lower tax rate than ordinary income under a tax provision favorable to hedge fund and private equity managers, which has become a point of contention in the battle over economic inequality.
And that creates what Steve Benen aptly called "Romney's 'carried interest' problem." >
In case anyone needs a refresher, there's a tax loophole on "carried interest" -- sometimes called "the carry" -- that taxes private equity and venture capital income at a lower, 15% rate, as compared to 35% on ordinary income. Hedge-fund managers and the Wall Street have fought tooth and nail to protect this loophole -- even after the Obama White House tried to eliminate it -- and so far, they've been successful.
Which is why Mitt Romney has thus far refused to join his fellow GOP White House hopefuls in proposing the elimination of the 15 percent capital gains tax. Newt Gingrich, Rick Perry and Herman Cain all called for zeroing out the capital gains levy, which is one reason why their tax plans represent such a huge windfall for the wealthy . (Their support for a flat-tax is another.) The Washington Post explained why for the rich that would be "better than any Christmas gift": >
While it's true that many middle-class Americans own stocks or bonds, they tend to stash them in tax-sheltered retirement accounts, where the capital gains rate does not apply. By contrast, the richest Americans reap huge benefits. Over the past 20 years, more than 80 percent of the capital gains income realized in the United States has gone to 5 percent of the people; about half of all the capital gains have gone to the wealthiest 0.1 percent.
For his part, Romney has proposed reducing the capital gains tax rate only for the first $200,000 in income. But as ThinkProgress pointed out, Romney's claim that "The people in the middle...I focused my tax cut right there" is preposterous: >
Romney may think he focused his tax cut on the middle-class, but according to a ThinkProgress analysis of Tax Policy Center data*, nearly three-fourths of households that make $200,000 or less annually would get literally nothing from Romney's tax cut, due to the simple fact that most of those households have no capital gains income.
But while Mitt Romney didn't want to create the appearance of slashing most of his own tax bill, that doesn't mean his proposals wouldn't produce a massive payday for his own and other rich families while piling up yet more debt. Romney's 59-point economic plan calls for extending the Bush tax cuts, ending the estate tax and reducing corporate taxes. The result, as ThinkProgress explained: >
Romney's tax plan includes a $6.6 TRILLION giveaway to corporations and the wealthiest Americans. Meanwhile, Romney's Medicaid cuts are even more draconian than the ones in Paul Ryan plan. Both of their plans end also end Medicare, naturally.
Still, in an interview last weekend the reliably Republican Wall Street Journal wondered why Romney had been so "timid" compared to his rivals. In a rare moment of candor, Mitt revealed that his real preferences would make for very bad politics: >
What about his reform principles? Mr. Romney talks only in general terms. "Moving to a consumption-based system is something which is very attractive to me philosophically, but I've not been able to sufficiently model it out to jump on board a consumption-based tax. A flat tax, a true flat tax is also attractive to me. What I like--I mean, I like the simplification of a flat tax. I also like removing the distortion in our tax code for certain classes of investment. And the advantage of a flat tax is getting rid of some of those distortions"... >
Amid such generalities, it's hard not to conclude that the candidate is trying to avoid offering any details that might become a political target. And he all but admits as much. "I happen to also recognize," he says, "that if you go out with a tax proposal which conforms to your philosophy but it hasn't been thoroughly analyzed, vetted, put through models and calculated in detail, that you're gonna get hit by the demagogues in the general election."
"The president," Romney complained, "will characterize anyone running for office, and me in particular, as just in there to lower taxes for rich people, and that is not my intent." Perhaps, but that's the inevitable impact. As John McCain learned in 2008 , refusing the release the details of his beer heiress wife Cindy's fortune while calling for tax policies delivering his family lottery-sized winning courtesy of the U.S. Treasury is not going to endear you to working Americans. (In Mitt Romney's case, revealing the 10 percent tithe he dutifully pays to his Mormon church probably won't endear him to the GOP's evangelical primary voters, either.)
All of which explains why Mitt Romney won't release his tax returns or call for abolishing the capital gains tax, the love which dares not speak its name. Besides, Mitt Romney wants Americans to believe he's just part of the "80 to 90 percent of us" who are middle class.
And, no doubt, Mitt's willing to bet you $10,000 to prove it.
(This piece also appears at Perrspectives .)
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21:00:06 12/29/11
There's No Mystery About Romney's Taxes and Tax Plan
[LESS INFO] 4 VIEWS | ADDED 21:00:06 12/29/11
Why is Mitt Romney alone among the Republican presidential candidates in refusing to release his tax returns ? And why is the former Massachusetts Governor also the only major GOP contender not calling for the complete elimination of the capital gains tax ? As it turns out, the answer - horrible political optics - is the same to both questions. Because Romney's continuing millions in annual income from Bain Capital are taxed at the 15 percent capital gains rate, Mitt already pays a much lower share to Uncle Sam than most middle class families . And if he called for changing the capital gains rate to zero, Mitt Romney would have to explain to voters why the $250 million man should pay virtually no tax bill at all .
Despite his famous demand in the 1994 Senate race that Ted Kennedy release his tax returns to show he has "nothing to hide," Romney last week reiterated his own paperwork would not be forthcoming. "We don't have any current plans to release tax returns, but never say never," Romney said, adding: >
"I can tell you we follow the tax laws, and if there's an opportunity to save taxes, we like anybody else in this country will follow that opportunity."
Truer words were never spoken.
In October, Citizens for Tax Justice estimated that the Romneys paid only 14 percent of their income in taxes . (It's no wonder Mitt opposes the " Buffett Rule .") As Time reported: >
Just how much Romney pays in taxes is, for the moment, a private matter. But his income is public knowledge. In August, Romney disclosed that in 2010 he and his wife made between $1.1 million and $2.8 million in royalties, salary, speaking fees and interest, most of which was likely taxed at a marginal rate of 35%, after accounting for deductions. The Romneys made an additional $5.5 million to $37.3 million from dividends and capital gains, which is generally taxed at a much lower rate of 15%.
Two weeks ago, the New York Times shed light on that "$5.5 million to $37.3 million from dividends and capital gains" that represents most of Romney's income. Though Mitt left Bain Capital in 1999, 13 years later his windfall continues uninterrupted: >
In what would be the final deal of his private equity career, he negotiated a retirement agreement with his former partners that has paid him a share of Bain's profits ever since, bringing the Romney family millions of dollars in income each year and bolstering the fortune that has helped finance Mr. Romney's political aspirations... >
In the process, Bain continued to buy and restructure companies, potentially leaving Mr. Romney exposed to further criticism that he has grown wealthier over the last decade partly as a result of layoffs. Moreover, much of his income from the arrangement has probably qualified for a lower tax rate than ordinary income under a tax provision favorable to hedge fund and private equity managers, which has become a point of contention in the battle over economic inequality.
And that creates what Steve Benen aptly called "Romney's 'carried interest' problem." >
In case anyone needs a refresher, there's a tax loophole on "carried interest" -- sometimes called "the carry" -- that taxes private equity and venture capital income at a lower, 15% rate, as compared to 35% on ordinary income. Hedge-fund managers and the Wall Street have fought tooth and nail to protect this loophole -- even after the Obama White House tried to eliminate it -- and so far, they've been successful.
Which is why Mitt Romney has thus far refused to join his fellow GOP White House hopefuls in proposing the elimination of the 15 percent capital gains tax. Newt Gingrich, Rick Perry and Herman Cain all called for zeroing out the capital gains levy, which is one reason why their tax plans represent such a huge windfall for the wealthy . (Their support for a flat-tax is another.) The Washington Post explained why for the rich that would be "better than any Christmas gift": >
While it's true that many middle-class Americans own stocks or bonds, they tend to stash them in tax-sheltered retirement accounts, where the capital gains rate does not apply. By contrast, the richest Americans reap huge benefits. Over the past 20 years, more than 80 percent of the capital gains income realized in the United States has gone to 5 percent of the people; about half of all the capital gains have gone to the wealthiest 0.1 percent.
For his part, Romney has proposed reducing the capital gains tax rate only for the first $200,000 in income. But as ThinkProgress pointed out, Romney's claim that "The people in the middle...I focused my tax cut right there" is preposterous: >
Romney may think he focused his tax cut on the middle-class, but according to a ThinkProgress analysis of Tax Policy Center data*, nearly three-fourths of households that make $200,000 or less annually would get literally nothing from Romney's tax cut, due to the simple fact that most of those households have no capital gains income.
But while Mitt Romney didn't want to create the appearance of slashing most of his own tax bill, that doesn't mean his proposals wouldn't produce a massive payday for his own and other rich families while piling up yet more debt. Romney's 59-point economic plan calls for extending the Bush tax cuts, ending the estate tax and reducing corporate taxes. The result, as ThinkProgress explained: >
Romney's tax plan includes a $6.6 TRILLION giveaway to corporations and the wealthiest Americans. Meanwhile, Romney's Medicaid cuts are even more draconian than the ones in Paul Ryan plan. Both of their plans end also end Medicare, naturally.
Still, in an interview last weekend the reliably Republican Wall Street Journal wondered why Romney had been so "timid" compared to his rivals. In a rare moment of candor, Mitt revealed that his real preferences would make for very bad politics: >
What about his reform principles? Mr. Romney talks only in general terms. "Moving to a consumption-based system is something which is very attractive to me philosophically, but I've not been able to sufficiently model it out to jump on board a consumption-based tax. A flat tax, a true flat tax is also attractive to me. What I like--I mean, I like the simplification of a flat tax. I also like removing the distortion in our tax code for certain classes of investment. And the advantage of a flat tax is getting rid of some of those distortions"... >
Amid such generalities, it's hard not to conclude that the candidate is trying to avoid offering any details that might become a political target. And he all but admits as much. "I happen to also recognize," he says, "that if you go out with a tax proposal which conforms to your philosophy but it hasn't been thoroughly analyzed, vetted, put through models and calculated in detail, that you're gonna get hit by the demagogues in the general election."
"The president," Romney complained, "will characterize anyone running for office, and me in particular, as just in there to lower taxes for rich people, and that is not my intent." Perhaps, but that's the inevitable impact. As John McCain learned in 2008 , refusing the release the details of his beer heiress wife Cindy's fortune while calling for tax policies delivering his family lottery-sized winning courtesy of the U.S. Treasury is not going to endear you to working Americans. (In Mitt Romney's case, revealing the 10 percent tithe he dutifully pays to his Mormon church probably won't endear him to the GOP's evangelical primary voters, either.)
All of which explains why Mitt Romney won't release his tax returns or call for abolishing the capital gains tax, the love which dares not speak its name. Besides, Mitt Romney wants Americans to believe he's just part of the "80 to 90 percent of us" who are middle class.
And, no doubt, Mitt's willing to bet you $10,000 to prove it.
(This piece also appears at Perrspectives .)
65 Views
22:44:07 12/23/11
The Wayback Machine: Preserving the History of Web Pages
[LESS INFO] 65 VIEWS | ADDED 22:44:07 12/23/11
Founder Brewster Kahle discusses the inner workings of the Internet Archive's most famous service, the Wayback Machine. He explains that in addition to providing users a dose of nostalgia, it can also be used to prevent people from rewriting history.
Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2011/11/30/Brewster_Kahle_Universal_Access_to_All_Knowledge
As founder and librarian of the storied Internet Archive (deemed impossible by all when he started it in 1996), Brewster Kahle has practical experience behind his universalist vision of access to every bit of knowledge ever created, for all time, ever improving.
He will speak to questions such as these:
Can we make a distributed web of books that supports vending and lending? How can our machines learn by reading these materials? Can we reconfigure the information to make interactive question answering machines? Can we learn from past human translations of documents to seed an automatic version? And, can we learn how to do optical character recognition by having billions of correct examples? What compensation systems will best serve creators and networked users? How do we preserve petabytes of changing data?
Brewster Kahle, a computer engineer, internet entrepreneur, and digital librarian, founded the Internet Archive in 1996. He is focused on providing universal access to all knowledge, and developing technologies for information discovery and digital libraries. He was co-founder of Alexa Internet, which helped catalog the Web, which was later sold to Amazon.com.





