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DIBS, Jeopardy I can understand (BH and I love it), but Wheel? Uh-uh, no!
If I had tv reception I’d watch all the CSIs except Miami, Big Bang, 2.5 Men, NCIS & the occasional Letterman. If I had cable I’d like to see Jon Stewart & Colbert – I’ve only ever seen them streaming live at their rally in DC & it was a bit of a let down after all I’ve heard about them.
“Gem, keep at it. Try your best to create targets and identify companies and use the engines http://www.vault.com and http://www.monster.com but don’t apply on line. Network into the companies.”
I would add to avoid the recruiters unless they are someone reputable who you know or have had experience with, or someone you know has had good experience with. They sent me on several wild goose chases. Huge waste of time and energy for nothing, from the hype on the phone, then found in actual interview that it was really bad fit/match. (They needed/wanted different skill set, “younger” or lower salary range, etc., etc., etc.)
just get the freaking antenna. $40 and I gave cable the boot
I went for a while without cable TV during a period of disruption (looking for house, renovation) and then when I got settled, I gorged myself on TV, watching every Law and Order rerun ever made. There was never a time when there wasn’t a Law and Order rerun on. Then I nicely sequed into the gripping 2008 Democratic primary into the 2008 Presidential campaign. I put in personal bests at Cable TV consumption. Now I am burnt out on it all. I have bottomed out, though I proudly admit I never watch any of those reality shows or Wheel of Fortune (unless I am visiting my parents). It’s sort of like the party is over – is there a 12 step program for TV?
When I’m home alone I more often am listening to music or podcasts. I haven’t followed a scripted TV show for years. When at my mom’s I reacquaint myself with it all though, like others have more or less said.
I like the CBS Early show in the morning and The Doctors which are on just as I’m about to leave for work.
And I suspect Xing thinks there’s something wrong with me because of all the L&O and Criminal Minds type of murder and crime I watch. But we do usually start the ecening off with jeopardy and Wheel (after I get a quick look at Mario Lopez).
Benson — at a grand theory, your proposal sounds great — same subsidy, less bureaucracy. I see a number of practical difficulties that I would welcome solutions for (I am not wedded to the bureaucracies). here are two small examples:
1. Food/rent = monthly cash flow vs. EITC annual lump sum tax refund. Is there a value to maintaining a monthly cash flow benefit and do you want to do that through IRS?
2. Section 8 — payments require qualifying apartment. Are you suggesting eliminating that — just give folks the cash instead, regardless of apartment quality, rent cost, etc?
I understand the frustration at the macro level but I imagine if you dug into the details of the programs there are checks on them that you wouldn’t want to lose in a global solution. What you are essentially proposing is Nixon’s “negative income tax”.
I watch a lot of TV but then you already know what type of shallow person I am.