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QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Mar 11, 2011 -> 08:22 AM) Well that wouldn't be necessary. This is pretty clearly DOE-centered. The DOE is not equipped to manage subsides for individuals.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Mar 11, 2011 -> 08:30 AM) Grow? If the problem is "we need to reduce fuel prices because it would impact the poor and middle class too much," why does the solution have to be "give money to the super-wealthy so that they can reduce costs slightly while still making record profits?" Why does that require less government than "give money to the people who need it?" I'm not talking about spending any more money here. I'm talking about not subsidizing profits for the wealthy. At the end of the day that argument doesn't hold water with me. Corporations are going to make their profits. Even if you eliminate subsidies, that isn't going to come out of profits. Because energy is extremely inelastic, the loss of subsidies will just get passed along in higher prices. You aren't going to punish the evil corporations that everyone wants to target. You are going to punish the people who can't handle higher prices.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Mar 11, 2011 -> 08:15 AM) That bureaucracy already exists. Hell, one of the cuts that everyone in Congress agreed to was energy assistance for low income households. That was a couple billion dollar cut. BS. To do something like you guys are talking about, there would be a whole new agency created.

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Mar 11, 2011 -> 07:45 AM) That's part of the problem, it's hard to target exactly how much you'd have to subsidize without subsidizing corporate profits. Reason being, when oil prices spike, delivery costs spike on everything from food to electronics, etc...which poor people, including poor people below the poverty line, buy and/or consume. The higher oil prices lead to higher gas prices, which leads to higher cost everything, which ... lands on them just as hard as it lands on everyone else in terms of how much their groceries cost, etc. Besides, our government doesn't move fast enough to subsidize those people in matters like this...it'd take them months to decide how much to subsidize, and then months to distribute the added benefits, and by then...the crisis is usually over. Not to mention the bureaucracy that would have to be put into place for management and distribution of said subsidies.

I for one say yes. Governor Quinn you keep on passing and raising taxes! Signed Indiana Resident.

QUOTE (flavum @ Mar 10, 2011 -> 09:32 PM) Surprised Sale went 2.1 innings. I think Thornton's got first crack at closer. They'll probably be announcing that soon. I'm guessing they want to put some innings on him, so that if they want to make him a starter in '12, they still can.

QUOTE (justBLAZE @ Mar 11, 2011 -> 03:21 AM) Morel and Quentin having terrible spring so far. That is a worst case scenario for the Sox. If Morel can't win the job, that puts us in a spot of making choices from some bad options.

QUOTE (maggsmaggs @ Mar 11, 2011 -> 12:12 AM) From Jon Heyman's Twitter: Dude has had 11 at-bats in Spring Training after an abysmal full season at AAA. I think a little too soon to anoint Flowers "too good" for AAA. And he is not good defensively. If he has made adjustments, those mechanical things will be obvious very quickly. Some things you don't need a lot of ABs to see.

I thought the prospects feature was worth seeing. The breakdowns and Morel and Mitchell were very interesting to me.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Mar 11, 2011 -> 07:21 AM) Except per capita gas consumption does go down quite a bit once you get to the poverty line. Cars are actually much more of a middle class luxury. Especially the urban poor...they don't own cars. Total consumption goes down, but I am guessing energy consumption as a portion of income doesn't. Per capita is a worthless number and misleading in this case. Even leaving out those who don't own cars, they still suffer the multiplier effects of this.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Mar 10, 2011 -> 09:41 PM) If we don't continue to redistribute the wealth to our corporate masters, we'll be punished. Except in this case, this very directly hurts the lowest classes way more than it hurts corporations. Elasticity of gasoline is very low anyway, let alone for the poor. This is essentially a new tax on the poor if subsidies go away. It is the same thing with farm subsidies.

It sounds like reports are expecting 1-2 meters

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Mar 10, 2011 -> 04:49 PM) Yes, they do. Why should we pay them less than they get now? They should be forced to pay for protections that aren't working?

QUOTE (bigruss22 @ Mar 10, 2011 -> 04:46 PM) Stomping on people's fun again I see.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Mar 10, 2011 -> 04:44 PM) Well, most workers in Wisconsin are educated by public employees, for one. Really, though, why should public workers have their rights gutted? So we can pay them less, give them poorer benefits and drive away good public workers? But I thought public employees got paid less than their private sector counterparts?

To put the cherry on top, it is Dayans 22nd birthday.

Via Merkin for confirmation Viciedo has a fractured right thumb. Expect out 3 to 4 weeks. More to come on whitesox.com

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Mar 10, 2011 -> 04:37 PM) Fractured right thumb for Viciedo. f*** f*** f*** f*** f*** I'm waiting for the inevitable posts about him, just like Hall and Mitchell the last two years...

QUOTE (Charlie Haeger's Knuckles @ Mar 10, 2011 -> 04:01 PM) When did the Sox sign Michael Restovich? He's still hanging on, eh? At least we have one more ex-Twin somewhere "in the organization" He was with us in 2009.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Mar 10, 2011 -> 03:29 PM) To be honest, I dont know. Kirk isnt as great as a shooter as I thought he was going to be, and I like CJ Watson as Rose's backup. Bogans is bigger and plays good enough defense, i dont know that Kirk would be a great upgrade He'd be a big upgrade over Bogans and Brewer

QUOTE (JPN366 @ Mar 10, 2011 -> 03:58 PM) Haha, called it. The White Sox signed LHP Wes Whisler. They also signed OF Kenny Gilbert. Both players were formerly in the organization. Makes sense to me.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Mar 10, 2011 -> 03:47 PM) Thanks! By the way I just increased your taxes kthxbye. By the way, step one is non profit organizations, if you want to start to build a resume. Then get into the boards and commissions if you can.

QUOTE (bigruss22 @ Mar 10, 2011 -> 03:03 PM) Stop stomping on my fun!! Its what I do.

QUOTE (bigruss22 @ Mar 10, 2011 -> 02:53 PM) Deleting 26k + posts would be tough to do. It would be pretty easy as an admin...

QUOTE (Brian @ Mar 10, 2011 -> 02:12 PM) Annual Soxtalk Bracket Pool on Yahoo! ID: 50673 PW: soxtalk lol. I beat you by a minute