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  1. Mike Sixel
    It's hard to believe he could get this far in his career, and be a fraidy cat......
  2. Mike Sixel
    Or, we would have had a lot more spending from the lower classes, and our GDP would be even higher.....we don't know, do we? It's easy for people like us that don't spend all day working on this stuff to dismiss it, but again, this is theory (on which super smart people disagree), we just don't know for sure. I tend to think that many of the philosophers of the 16-18th century, upon which we have based our belief that some government is necessary (and upon which much of old school Christianity is based, that is, we need rules or we'd totally ruin ourselves), is still true. I think there is a need for government regulations against child labor, slavery, and other things that are basically allowed under a free market economy. I think, though I am not sure, minimum wage laws are needed.
  3. Mike Sixel
    btw, other mike, I enjoy the discussion mostly. no issues from me that we disagree, if we all agreed on everything, the world would never change.....and it would be boring and awful and die.
  4. Mike Sixel
    Let's not let this devolve into a Morris discussion, there are millions of web pages on just how clutch he was or was not......
  5. Mike Sixel
    Really, if you spend 5 seconds on Google, you can find lots of Nobel laureate and other professional economists that support not only a minimum wage, but a higher one. Proving my point, really, this is a theory, not a fact. Getting angry over discussing economic theory isn't my style, nor am I an expert, being over 20 years removed from taking such classes. I will just have to rely on the fact that some economists like the idea, and some don't.
  6. Mike Sixel
    I'm not an economist....but these people are: http://www.budget.senate.gov/democratic/public/index.cfm/2015/7/top-economists-are-backing-sen-bernie-sanders-on-establishing-a-15-an-hour-minimum-wage Like I said, and as my MBA professors said, economics is theory, and predictive, and we can't be sure....
  7. Mike Sixel
    One pitcher does not a trend make, but it might explain why Santana is considered good at his job, and Gibson is still a question mark. It is amazing how fast some of you get these answers! Impressive.
  8. Mike Sixel
    Most high leverage situation occur later in the game....when the pitcher is facing guys for a 3rd or 4th time, I believe. If that is true, there is a HUGE penalty for 3rd and 4th time thru, regardless of the situation of base runners or not.
  9. Mike Sixel
    He probably misunderstood the part where you put in they were breaking the law. Perhaps you could assume positive intent, instead of evil. Btw, this all started when you said lying about economic theory was the same about lying about past events that are factual.......are we ready to say that isn't the same kind of thing yet?
  10. Mike Sixel
    In some cases, prices have gone up, or business have decided to stop running. But, generally, the history shows that prices don't go up enough to cancel out the increase. Indeed, an opposite effect has occurred in many small towns. When Wal Mart came in, undercut prices like crazy, many people lost good paying jobs. They then took low paying jobs with Wal Mart....jobs that didn't pay enough to shop there and live at the level they did before. Cutting prices partly by cutting wages really only works out well for business owners (if you take the Wal Mart and Costco data as conclusive across the world, which it isn't, but it is fascinating).
  11. Mike Sixel
    I have no evidence of that at all. Maybe he just doesn't have it some night. Maybe the other team gets lucky some nights. Maybe it is in his brain, but we have no idea. IMO, it is hard to believe that he can't handle getting off to a bad start......but I could be wrong. But I think this is more narrative BS, based on zero knowledge, but it makes a great story....
  12. Mike Sixel
    The certainty that some are speaking with, when economists on the "other side" don't agree is fascinating to me. These are economic theories, not economic facts. VERY smart people disagree on the consequences of raising the minimum wage. I do know it hasn't put COSTCO out of business to pay more money than their competitors, for example...... As for "inner city education" being an issue, what party, exactly, continues to cut that and put more money in private schools? Because I'd argue that the cycle of poverty (we are one of the least class mobile systems on the planet, that is, if you are born poor, you are more likely to be poor as an adult than in Europe) is a real issue here. And, let's be honest, one party has no issue with that, based on their actions.
  13. Mike Sixel
    Every bad outing is a result of a players ability to handle pressure? Uh, no. What actual evidence does anyone have this is about pressure? And, they had a pitcher in AAA who could be pitching right now, Ryan didn't want him here. Remember that.....
  14. Mike Sixel
    Still looking for that post where I said Republicans hate poor people re: the minimum wage.......after I find that, I'll get back to you with why I don't think $1000 an hour should be the minimum wage.....
  15. Mike Sixel
    I don't think anyone would argue that, if you assume they did nothing to add to the bullpen after dealing Perkins, right? But, I'd guess some other move would have been made. What if Perkins gets you 2 minor league RP that turn out, or a catcher that is ready now? You can't just say "the team would have been worse", w/o acknowledging Ryan would have probably added at least one legit RP to replace him.
  16. Mike Sixel
    Are you calling me a panderer? I'd love to have a discussion here w/o name calling, about what works or doesn't work around the world. And, no, saying $50 is not the same as saying $9 or $15 or some other much, much smaller. You may as well have thrown out $1000.
  17. Mike Sixel
    Sure we do, the AP board was just pressured to do just that in their curriculum.
  18. Mike Sixel
    I doubt you'll find anyone here that thinks Clinton isn't flawed......I'd bet all my money on that, actually.
  19. Mike Sixel
    I agree, the anthem should go. Heck, a very lager percent of the Twins are not from this nation.....it serves no purpose other than, um, I have no idea. We don't need MORE nationalism.
  20. Mike Sixel
    Trevor May for starter, please.
  21. Mike Sixel
    It's pretty much Houston, MN, and LAA now. I'd say it is almost a coin flip, frankly. Pretty good odds for a team I thought would win 80 games....
  22. Mike Sixel
    That said, I've advocated trading him the last two years......mostly over the second half concerns and the high price PROVEN CLOSERS command. If he's willing to accept a different role, and to get/keep in shape (if that part is true), I'd want him on the roster next year, since I doubt anyone will give up much for him after the last two years.
  23. Mike Sixel
    Maybe it is a history of success that is the difference, and the realization that he's on the roster now, not at the beginning of the year, and lots of other actual baseball things that have him treated differently.
  24. Mike Sixel
    Because that's not a realistic idea at all, so why bother? I, for one, am glad that people fought over the years so I didn't have to work 7 days a week, for almost no pay, and that we get vacation and sick time. The shortness of our collective memories is sad, but a logical outcome of dumbing down schools and teaching only "America is awesome" in schools.
  25. Mike Sixel
    I am with Sane. This is a full time job, sometimes you need to laugh at stuff. I don't think people realize this sometimes......laughter doesn't mean you don't care.
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