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  1. Voting on weed

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    As the son of a (now happily retired) operating engineer, I feel I can intelligently say that the microcosm of construction "job creation" you're latching onto isn't indicative of the whole picture. Construction jobs are cyclical, seasonal (in Ohio, at least), and quasi-temporary by their very nature. Something needs built, hire on the people to build it, it gets built, people go away. The only "permanent" jobs in the construction field are the sales guys and management, the rest are brought in as necessary. That's why the union was so beneficial to us, they knew where my Dad was, they knew his skillset, and they knew if he was already on the job or not. If he wasn't and they needed him, he got the call.

    Something a little more appropriate to your analogy would be a lowly BMV worker. Population goes up in a certain area, lines become even more soul-crushingly longer than usual, fees rise with population to the point where a new employee can be hired with the extra overhead, lines become less mind-searingly long, everyone is that much happier, and new employee person has money in their pocket to be a productive member of society. Easy-peasy.

    Im pretty sure BMV's are privately owned in Ohio...

  2. Voting on weed

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    Sorry, I had to butt in here. Someone employed by the government spends the same and stimulates the economy the same as someone not employed by the government. You don't get "special non-economy-growing" money just because you're working for the government. That renovation you're doing while on a government salary? Stimulating local business and the local economy. Economic growth is about the velocity of money, not about who your employer is. Don't get me wrong, government jobs shouldn't be handed out to everyone like they did in Greece, but your argument doesn't hold any water.

    I agree that people employed by the government spend money and put some of our own money back into the economy but I don't pay taxes so Gov. employees can stimulate the economy. I dont know about the rest of you guys, but I pay taxes so my friends and my family are safe from foreign and domestic enemies, so I can travel around this great country a little easier (roads, planes...), have people to help me in extreme emergencies, among other things. I absolutely do not want to pay more taxes so more of us have less freedom and a larger Government. I was stating that the Gov. has no basis for creating new jobs because they are not a company, so they should attempt (at a Federal level) to minimize increases in ANYTHING not absolutely essential, which inevitably increases the tax and financial burden on the general public to support it.

  4. Voting on weed

    in Dumpster

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    I love how people say the "war on drugs" creates jobs for the government and they make more money with it illegal than legal!!! This might be true if the GOV were a private company and they were actually paid for their services, which they are not. The government cannot create jobs in a way that supports economic growth or in a way that private companies do... Private companies create jobs because they are making more money and can afford to pay another employee with the extra revenue. The government does not have revenue, they are not a business people. The only way the government can create more jobs is by collecting, or borrowing, through increasing taxes and other levy's like the 6 or more that passed all around Columbus and bull shit stuff like a "sin tax" in Chicago and other places. The "war on drugs does not create jobs, it creates an apparent need for more task forces and more committees and more use of the tax dollars that could be going to something useful like roads or schools or whatever...

  7. Brake Bleeding

    in Tech and Tips

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    im gonna try to flip the caliper around... ill get back, if anyone else has ideas let me know, do they make tiny little wrenches for that? i have the proper size wrench, its just too damn long haha and i cant get a full enough stroke

  9. Brake Bleeding

    in Tech and Tips

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    So... the bleeder valve on my TL for the front brakes is kinda tucked behind the caliper when its on the rotor... i dont have a wrench small enough to maneuver the valve nut to open the valve to bleed the fluid.

    Question: can i bleed the brakes with the calipers off the rotors if i am using a vacuum pump rather than squeezing the brake lever to release the fluid...

    thanks for any help and advice

  11. went riding today...

    in Daily Ride

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    congrats! i definitely remember my first highway ride, got on 71S at Polaris and I was pretty overwhelmed, I had no choice but to continue at that point and swung around 270 to 23 back to city traffic. If I am riding around here I usually take the freeway now, fewer dangers and higher speed.

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