State of the Union 2014

[CountDeMoney]

Ha.  There is a Republican response and a Tea Party response.

And a Rand Paul Wing of the Tea Party Response, which is separate from the Mike Lee Wing of the Tea Party Response.

Where do you stand, derfetus?  Official GOP biblethumper wing, the SEC Tea Party or the PAC12 Tea Party?

[derspiess]

Shhh... Rand is on FNC right now.

[Ed Anger]

Shhh... Rand is on FNC right now.

[Admiral Yi]

Somebody who thinks there can be such a thing as a decent return with no risk. 

Surely he didn't talk as if "MyRA" was going to offer higher than market returns, did he? 

I also just realized that interest on government debt is already tax free.  So it seems as if all they did was come up with a catchy new name. 

[derspiess]

Shhh... Rand is on FNC right now.

[CountDeMoney]

Shhh... Rand is on FNC right now.

And we're answered. 

[Razgovory]

Ha.  There is a Republican response and a Tea Party response.

Sounds good. I'd be all for isolating the Tea Party out.

The feeling is mutual.

[derspiess]

Ha.  There is a Republican response and a Tea Party response.

And a Rand Paul Wing of the Tea Party Response, which is separate from the Mike Lee Wing of the Tea Party Response.

Where do you stand, derfetus?  Official GOP biblethumper wing, the SEC Tea Party or the PAC12 Tea Party?

I haven't watched Mike Lee yet but pending anything earth-shattering I Stand With Rand.

[CountDeMoney]

I haven't watched Mike Lee yet but pending anything earth-shattering I Stand With Rand.

Up with pot, down with the UN.  Gotcha.

[derspiess]

US out of the UN!!  UN out of the US!!

[DontSayBanana]

Wow, that's an extra level of appropriate in this case.

[Ed Anger]

I thought so. 

[Syt]

Headlines from Austrian news sites:

ORF (state broadcaster): Obama increases minimum wage to more than $10
Die Presse (conservative): Obama caught up in details: president writes off blocked congress. With promises and tiny reforms he hopes to help the long term unemployed and minimum wage workers.
Der Standard (leftish): Obama wants to increase social justice all by himself: US president to act without congress if necessary. Cautious comments about Iran. Reply from Republicans: "Empty Promises"
Der Kurier (middle of the road): Obama: "America is not standing still." US president denounces social grievances and will act without congress, if necessary.
Kronen Zeitung (tabloid): nothing on front page. They're covering the closure of police stations in Austria, ski racing results and animal protection groups targeting the pope's doves. They're one of the most widely circulated papers.
OE24 (online portal of tabloid rag Österreich): More than $10: Obama increases minimum wage. President denounces social grievances in State of the Union Address.
heute (free newspaper - I'm using the term VERY loosely - that is distributed daily at the subway): Nothing. Last article on Obama is from the 27th, about Michelle being unhappy/jealous that actress Kerry Washington asked Obama to be the godfather of her kid.

[Jacob]

Surely he didn't talk as if "MyRA" was going to offer higher than market returns, did he? 

I also just realized that interest on government debt is already tax free.  So it seems as if all they did was come up with a catchy new name. 

My shallow and potentially incorrect understanding of the MyRA thing is not that it's a new kind of high-performing yet risk free bond or some such. Rather, it's to provide something similar to a 401K plan for people whose employers do not set up or otherwise provide such a plan.

Does that understanding make sense? And if it makes sense, is it a reasonable initiative?

[Ideologue]

Was there anything about dissolving the legislature?  Fear keeping the local systems in line?