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  1. TheLeviathan
    I'm certainly not opposed to the idea. It answers part of the problem (the market's inability to correct itself any longer), but how do you incentivize people to do the tasks that still need to be done? Are there graduated rates of compensation if you are, say, a doctor vs. a mechanic? Perhaps I'm taking this idea too far into hypotheticals, but I'm curious.
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    Park has never played in the major leagues and is taking a huge step up on competition. He's still a massive gamble in his own right, no matter how you want to spin it.
  3. TheLeviathan
    There is also the factor that making the decision to move Sano to the outfield for fear of Plan B, might affect being able to even keep Arcia on the roster. Or create an impediment for Kepler or someone else. Signing Park is what really mucked things up, but Plouffe is a part of that muck as well.
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    In what universe is Park not at least as big a gamble at DH as Arcia?
  5. TheLeviathan
    It's not crazy to think, Plouffe is generally overrated here. He's a find player, but not irreplaceable.
  6. TheLeviathan
    That's an interesting thought Mike, but I could see a lot of resistance to it across the political spectrum. It's such a fundamental reshaping of incentive and work...I'm not sure we are ready for it.
  7. TheLeviathan
    Refusing all hate speech isn't the same as refusing a narrow selection of weddings. The analogous situation would be if a cake maker decided to deny all weddings. All or nothing decisions are more defensible, then selecting certain people to exclude.
  8. TheLeviathan
    I'm already married, . But, in the time honored tradition of Valentine's Day gifts, I will get my wife something "for her".
  9. TheLeviathan
    I'd invest as much as I could - so I have no idea what that would be. Attractive looks is a very marketable skill, I've read a number of studies that have verified how useful it is for economic and social success. So I'd drop a couple thousand on it and call it a Valentine's Day gift. Two birds with one stone baby!
  10. TheLeviathan
    The conversation probably, more likely, started with "Hey we're interested in Plouffe" and Ryan says "Sorry, we're not taking offers". Not entertaining offers means they made it known he wasn't available. And it's clear from his comments and the actions of the team, that they indeed were planning on him being here. Had the conversation gone as you laid out I'd be fine with it. I just don't think that's what happened.
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    I agree, I don't think this is about "Sano can't play third", it's more likely "We wanted this guy (Park) and to keep this guy (Plouffe), so what do we do with Sano?" I just wish it wasn't our monster young hitter we decided to shuffle around.
  12. TheLeviathan
    If this is because they think he can't hack third, the easy response is "why change him now?" Especially since they were vocally supportive of the fact that he could play the position last year.
  13. TheLeviathan
    You should always entertain just because you can never know what's out there until you listen. You can always hang up if the return is underwhelming.
  14. TheLeviathan
    I can't wait to see the hack job people try on those quotes so they can spin them. It's clear the Twins expect him to handle it in the long term, but struggle mightily in the short term. Which is a fair expectation, by the way.
  15. TheLeviathan
    And I'd get to make fun of all the absurdity - hell yeah.
  16. TheLeviathan
    Santorum is proof of how irrelevant Iowa is. The primary process can really start now.
  17. TheLeviathan
    I think I'd approach the Michael Bay version like MST3k.
  18. TheLeviathan
    I'm fine with taking a flyer on a guy, I just can't imagine a scenario in which it makes sense for him to come north.
  19. TheLeviathan
    Well, in some other places you can off-set tax increases with a reduction in other costs. I think this issue - taxing the wealthy and corporate taxes - are one where both sides go too far. We should be looking for a better balance. And while I agree that policy can be akin to scientific exploration, science also has a number of important controls in place that help things moving forward. Policy, on the other hand, has supporters that won't let go of it no matter how much it fails. (Or critics that won't stop attacking it no matter how it succeeds) I believe in the model of letting states try things exactly like this, but it requires people to be able to examine the sucesses and failures objectively. And therein lies the problem with experimentation and politics.
  20. TheLeviathan
    Is it your contention that Cruz doesn't meet with special interests? Or take their money?
  21. TheLeviathan
    How did he accomplish that? Did he refuse to take money from them? How did he do this vague thing you speak of? Other than just say he was.
  22. TheLeviathan
    His own party can barely stand him. I'm still waiting to hear what he has accomplished as a Senator other than uniting the parties in their disdain for him.
  23. TheLeviathan
    Shouldn't we, as Twins fans most of all, understand you just can't toss infielders into the outfield and assume it works? I mean, it might. I'm hoping it does. But the prevailing assumption seems to be built on something like "Well if Alex Gordon can do it", whereas I would counter "Well, if Escobar, Bartlett, and Nunez can't...." We just won't know until he gets out there, but it's not a given the transition will work.
  24. TheLeviathan
    I think part of the problem is that so many "conservatives" aren't conservatives. It's part of why we so desperately need a surge in libertarianism. That way we can bury the stupid social issues for good and concentrate on a better atmosphere of making laws. Namely, that liberals identify the injustices and let libertarians craft the policy. Too often any change we've had has been dominated by one side of the other and rarely is that a good way to govern. It's one of the biggest risks with Bernie or any other ideologue.
  25. TheLeviathan
    The GOP has the wrong targets, but I would agree with Willihammer that conservatives tend to have a much better approach to long-term solutions. A lot of problems we have are from ill-formed short-term decisions by liberals.
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