TGHusker

Give tax breaks to compensate for the labor challenges.

What do you propose to replace the lost revenue?

Increased manufacturing jobs here = increased tax revenue

 

Ease up on some of the regulations.

Which regulations?

 

I'm sure we can finds some. 1000s added year year by a combination of law and agency regs. Get the great minds together to work out a comprehesive plan that looks at this, plus tax issues, etc.

We need a Manhatten project for jobs. Obama's stimulus didnt' get it done. We can't afford 4 more years of the same no to slow job growth.

 

As in the Hostess Cake situation, the unions need to be realistic as well with their salary demands.

Do you think that being upset about a cut in pay from $48,000 to $25,000 is an unrealistic salary demand?

 

The Hostess salary cut was 8% immediately, then 3 or 4% was to be returned to the workers within a year. Max cut on $48k would have been $4400

 

I sure don't want the govt to set the salaries for anyone in the private sector - slippery slope to real communism.

The US government has been doing exactly that without falling down the slippery slope into "real communism" for almost 75 years.

How has the US govt been setting private sector wage limits?

Perhaps Tom's final major contribution to NU football. Thanks again Tom for the memories and bringing old ones back to life.

Why dont we switch Penn State with Iowa.... Penn State or Wisconsin...... or Oklahoma are my choices lol

 

OU would never go for it. MidGame Bob doesn't want any more obstacles in the way of his hunt for another national 10th place finish.

Move Mich to same div as OSU and Wisky to our division. Then we don't have worry about the teams playing each other a week later in the CC game.

 

Don't want any part of that. Move Michigan to same division as OSU and PSU, and I guarantee our division becomes much like the Big12 North. Most of the talent will reside in the UM, OSU, PSU (after sanctions) triumverant. We'd be in the "forgotten" West division.

You don't think Wisc and NU can draw enought talent? Wisc, NU, MSU can be 3 pretty talented programs.

Rand Paul hints at a 2016 run:

 

http://www.mcclatchy...ts-at-2016.html

It may be time for a true Libertarian. I've been disappointed in the Repubicans that I've voted for - Even though Rand is a Repub, I believe his heart is Libertarian. If we'd listen to his dad 20 years ago, we may not be in this mess today.

By the way, If you were that billionaire and desired to leave the USA for a tax haven - where would you go?

I love the mtns too much not to pass up Switzerland. Once I got there, I would run for parliment and seek to rename the country Osborneland.

http://www.businesspundit.com/12-countries-with-the-highest-lowest-tax-rates/

In many cases, it is more profitable for a USA manufacturer to set up shop in SE Asia, for example, and import the product back into the USA verse manufacturing it here.

We'll be competitive as soon as we convince our factory workers to accept $1.36 per hour in wages. Until then . . . don't expect those jobs to return.

 

It's not because of VAT, corporate tax rates, or tariffs. It's because workers in China, Bangladesh, etc. will do the same work at a fraction of the cost. I don't see an easy solution to that problem.

Give tax breaks to compensate for the labor challenges. Ease up on some of the regulations. I would think we could come up wt some comprehensive plan that would help our manufacturing base beyond cutting wages to $1.36.

As in the Hostess Cake situation, the unions need to be realistic as well with their salary demands. On the flip side, senior mgmt compensation/bonus should be balanced with other labor costs. Insentives from the govt should be matched by union/mgmt compessation package that is fair. Not sure how that would work, I sure don't want the govt to set the salaries for anyone in the private sector - slippery slope to real communism. Perhaps some forumula that if you want govt tax/regulation concessions there would be some range of salary ratios for a certain # of years.

The only thing I am going to be surprised at is if Wisconsin blows us out. I just don't see that happening. Minus the crappy weather against Iowa, our offense can put 30-35 points on pretty much anyone.

 

Our defensive back field is REALLY good so I don't see them being consistently successful throwing against us. That leaves their running game. It is good. They have Ball running behind a better O line than what we faced the first time. We are minus our top D lineman. BUT, our linebackers have greatly improved late in the season. We have also made some adjustments in other spots on the D line that have shown improvements.

 

I think Ball will get around 100 yards but it won't be enough to win because they won't be able to do much more than that against our D.

 

35 - 17 Huskers.

 

PS...I think Chase Rome ends up with the best game yet as a Husker and sets himself up well for a good season next year.

Good review. My big concern is Stein being out of the game. Our offense is playing wt a lot of confidence. Having Rex back, plus a seasoned AA in the backfield plus TM looking better on runs - it will be hard to stop our run game. Pass game - we shouldn't have issues. Turner is now more involved - we have 3 great wideouts plus the consistency of Cotton and Reid's speed. Too many weapons. As long as our D can hold up against the run - I think we win by 10+.

Makes the road to the NCG a bit easier - not that they would have been much of a problem playing at their place.

Why dont we switch Penn State with Iowa.... Penn State or Wisconsin...... or Oklahoma are my choices lol

OU would never go for it. MidGame Bob doesn't want any more obstacles in the way of his hunt for another national 10th place finish.

Move Mich to same div as OSU and Wisky to our division. Then we don't have worry about the teams playing each other a week later in the CC game.

Move Wisky to our division and we'll play them every Friday after Thanksgiving. Iowa fans are a bunch of kids still searching for their brains.

I can see a Wisky tradition developing over time to rival OU/NU. Esp after we beat them on Sat for the CC.

Out of Staters:

Where do you currently live? Tulsa, Ok - Grew up in Parker, SD. Went to college at SDSU then got married and moved to Tulsa 33 yrs ago

Where have you lived the longest? Tulsa

Where has been your favorite place to live/visit? Visit: Loved the energy of NYC - but couldn't live in that concrete jungle. I think Yosetime is my favorite spot. The 1st time you see the valley it takes your breath away.

Where is your ideal place to live? Colorado - or any other mtn place

 

N-Staters:

Have you ever lived outside of Nebraska?

Where have you lived the longest?

Where has been your favorite non-Nebraska place to visit/live?

Where is your ideal place to live?

 

Work:

What is your current occupation? Corp Credit mgr. also teach part time at a local univ.

What has been your best job ever? GM for a GE company

Worst job? Hauling bales in 100 degree S.D weather while in high school. also anytime I have to paint. In HS, Dad had us paint all of the farm buildings red one summer, hated painting ever since.

Dream job? Teaching at a univ full time

 

Hobbies:

What do you enjoy doing in your free time? Photography, Guitar, hiking, exercise club (need lots more of that)

Strangest/most interesting hobby, skill or personal anecdote? farting before bed - my wife just loves it. Seriously, I enjoy helping others find their life mission. Primary I do this through one of the classes I teach. I beleive we all have a God given mission in life and we are truly 'energized' when we live out that mission. The rest of the time we are just taking up space and wasting time.

This is me under my old log in ID.

I live in Columbus, OH. Currently employed by Bermex, a contractor, for Columbia Gas here in OH. I read gas meters and perform line inspections for leaks. The stories I can tell. . . .

Tell us some of those stories

The things that God hates is spelled out in Proverbs 6.

 

 

16There are six things the Lord hates,

 

seven that are detestable to him:

 

17haughty eyes (PRIDE),

 

a lying tongue,

 

hands that shed innocent blood,

 

18a heart that devises wicked schemes,

 

feet that are quick to rush into evil,

 

19a false witness who pours out lies

 

and a man who stirs up dissension among brothers

 

 

That's a good set of verses for this thread.

Good one!

I couldn't open the first article and read most of Carl's first article.

 

I am sure there is a point where very rich people will leave a place for lower taxes. Is that at 40%, 50% 75%????? Who knows and that level is going to be different for everyone. AND, there will be a lot of them that stay right where their at because this is their country and where they grew up and where their family is.

 

That said, I am more concerned about manufacturing that individual millionaires. If you are a multinational company, tax laws play a big part in where you locate manufacturing facilities. This goes along with any type of regulation.

 

Bring manufacturing back to the US and tax revenue will go through the roof without hardly doing anything to tax rates.

 

I still believe there should be a law on what percentage of a person's income the government can take in taxes. The rich need to pay their share of the taxes. HOWEVER, I believe there is a moral limit to what the government can take away from anyone no matter if that person makes $20,000 or $20,000,000.

Agreed on both points 1. limit to max govt can tax individual - less we end up living under tyranny 2. Manufacturing: During WW2 we manufactured 94% approx of what we consumed in the USA. Our manufacturing base as been the greatest casualty of this "new world order" and with it - higher paying jobs. Manufacturing is the backbone to any economy - it not only drives salaries but it feeds so many other sectors - from the cafes near the manufacturing plants, housing demands, and all of the associated vendors/suppliers that support a manufacturer. We need a tax policy with incentives that reward businesses to bring back manufacturing jobs to the USA. We also need to have a tax structure that allows foreign manufactures to set up shop here as well. I believe we have the highest or one of the highest corp income taxes in the world - that is not an incentive. We also need a fair playing field with other countries. Tax, VAT, Tariffs all place USA manufacturing at a disadvantage. In many cases, it is more profitable for a USA manufacturer to set up shop in SE Asia, for example, and import the product back into the USA verse manufacturing it here. In the same, it is not as cost effiient to export a product to SE Asia versus building a plant there and selling what is manufactured there. GM has found that to be true - some of the bail out money they received was used to create new plants in China - providing jobs there instead of in the USA.

The things that God hates is spelled out in Proverbs 6.

16There are six things the Lord hates,

seven that are detestable to him:

17haughty eyes (PRIDE),

a lying tongue,

hands that shed innocent blood,

18a heart that devises wicked schemes,

feet that are quick to rush into evil,

19a false witness who pours out lies

and a man who stirs up dissension among brothers

Well I've got a few things to........oh nevermind.

 

Actually, I do have one thing to say about the title. IMO anything that follows "God hates......" cannot be attributed to God but rather to some misguided human who thinks they understand the mind of God but they really have no clue. I dunno, I was always taught that God doesn't hate anybody and that even the most vile among us almost always has the opportunity to receive forgiveness. But that's me, opinions may differ.

 

So that begs the question;

If the person saying "God hates..." has a misunderstanding on the mind of god, how do the people who taught you that god doesn't hate anybody...know how the mind of god works?

 

I think the logical answer would be if God wanted homosexuality in humans he would have given them the ability to procreate.

 

note: this is not my view nor do I endorse it. I am just giving what I would think is the only logical reason why God would hate homosexuals.

 

 

I would think God would take the extra step and make homosexuality a biological impossibility. Considering that homosexual traits are observed in other species as well, it seems to be something that just naturally arises in a subset of the population. Homosexuality can't be treated as an act that's running counter to nature, when it's nature itself that's the cause for such behavior.

 

 

Since we're actually going to get into discussion here - there are two definitions of nature if we're going to assume for a second that God exists. The first definition is what we all understand, just simply according to the laws of nature. The second definition, however, is natural in the sense of the way that God originally intended for things to be. Homosexuality is only natural to the first sense of the definition. In much the same way that natural orientations towards anger, aggression, depression, and other less than ideal or preferred tendencies, homosexuality is a result of the effects of the disease of sin on this world.

 

You're opening up an unfathomably huge can of worms in stating that God would step in and make certain "bad" things impossible, because where do you stop? If we're going to be consistent with the idea that God should disable evil things then the logical conclusion is that we would all be instantly eliminated, which...hey, weird, the Bible says that's exactly what we deserve and the fact that we're living is grace!

Good post. As one Bible teacher told me, "We cannot enjoy a Hershey bar outside of the atonement of Christ". In otherwords, outside of the the grace of God and Christ's atonement, we all deserved death upon our 1st sin/disobedience. Biblically speaking, the apostle Paul placed Homosexuallity in the same group as liars, slanders, theifs, sexual sins, etc. - we all are falling short of the mark (Romans 3:23) but God loves all of us and gave us Christ's atonement to provide a way back to Him.

I dont see any of our assistants leaving quite yet for HC positions, but some of our position coaches for position jobs or even coordinator postitions could be a possibility. Our coordinators still have something to prove before they start reeling in HC offers.

one of the positives of Bo hiring these guys that had little or no Coordinator experience. Maybe they reward him by staying an extra year or two. Instead of taking HC jobs at smaller schools. If we have a lot of success with this group of coaches I hope the AD rewards them financially. A stable staff is very underrated especially in recruiting.

Of our asisstant coaches, who is the most likely head coach possibility? Barney Cotton at a high school perhaps. It seems that Ron Brown is the only real 'journeyman' coach besides Cotton. But he hasn't shown a desire towards being a HC. I think Beck will be the first but his offense is still developing - I think he would want to work next year wt TM as the year sets up for a national championship run. He also has some great QB recruits - so he may want to stay longer and see if he can build an offense that is really special. I think offensively we have that potential - to be really great over the next 3-4 years. At this point, I think the D side of the ball, our assistant coaches don't have enough experience yet to be a HC. Joseph is doing a good job wt the DBs. Fisher has been a pleasant surprise wt the receivers. It is nice seeing receivers who actually block downfield once again in support of the run or the pass. My wish is that the new AD will reward coaches for loyalty and persuade them to stay long term. This is what created the Osborn steamroller in the 90s - on the field consistency begins wt coaching consistency.

Welcome to HuskerNation.com's custom thread!! An N-trospective into the greatest fans in all of sports..

 

The purpose of this is to share and learn about your fellow members of Husker Nation. We know it sounds kinda cheesy - but it will be pretty cool to get an up close look at the heartbeat of Husker Nation - the fans.

 

Feel free to copy and paste the questions below in your reply - & only answer as many as you would like. We are still looking for ideas for other questions to include, so feel free to include any other info you would like.

 

1) How long have you been a member of Husker Nation?

Since 1970 - I was in 8th grade and my first real memory was the 1st Nat'l Champ game against LSU.

 

2) What/who led you to The Nation?

Living in S.D. there were no other major college teams to pull for nearby. I got tired of watching N. Dame on Sunday morning reply - my Dad's team because it is a Catholic school.

I became the fanatical Husker fan.

 

3) Where are you from originally?

Parker, S.D - 30 miles SW of Sioux Falls

 

4) Where do you live now?

As the names says - Tulsa

 

5) Favorite Husker memory?

Being in the crowd at Memorial Stadium. Cannot beat that.

Beating Miami 1994 NCG and the beat down of Florida and the national press one year later.

 

6) Worst Husker memory?

Loosing to Miami 1983 and FSU 1993- (almost kicked the TV on that one)

 

7) Number of home games attended?

One - hope to get to attend more.

 

8) Number of away games attended?

2 - Vs OU during Stoops miracle NC run in 2000

and last year (2010) vs OSU - best TM passing game yet.

 

9) Favorite Husker memorabilia/apparel?

All of my hats and my wind breaker - but also all of my stuff I have in my office - ticks off the OU fans which

I love to do. Clocks(2) posters, coffee cups, books, light switch, etc

 

10) Favorite place to watch a Husker game? (section in Memorial, bar, friends house etc.)

Oklahoma Cornhusker Club in Tulsa - 250+ fans show up for a big game and opening games.

 

11) Favorite all time player?

Tommy Frazier

 

12) WCO or Option?

Option - hands down. Our identity

 

13) Stevie Pederson or Billy Byrne?

Billy

 

14) Lil Red or Herbie Husker?

Herbie

 

15) Favorite Husker play?

Fraziers romp against Florida

The Flee kicker = Frost, to foot to Davidson

 

16) Favorite game-day beverage?

Ice tea

 

17) How did you find HuskerBoard? (referral source)

Huskerpedia court issue and friend there told me about this site - very glad they did

 

And any pictures you would like to share (upload via the browse button below).

 

Thanks for sharing your Husker Heritage!!

 

GBR!!

The above is actually me: TGHusker was Tulsa-Husker. I was gone for about a year from the board and could not log into my old account.

I balk at those sentiments. In what era (year range) were we a united nation by your criteria?

Hard to pin point a year - I think there is always some type of cultural, ethnic strife going just due to the nature of men. However, there appears to be more of a push on ethnic identity in the last 30 years. Those who moved to the USA had been expected to melt into the culture, learn and speak English and think of themselves first as Americans. Maybe we had the same issues when the Irish came to the USA in mass back in the last half of the 1800s. Ethnic groups would tend to settle together to begin with due to common bonds and perhaps it takes several generations for ethnic groups to dispurse within the larger American culture. I don't recall growing up in the 60s and 70s this much talk about ethnic identity, etc. Even the term "African-American" wasn't used until the 1980s. I know some politicians like to play on the ethic differences we have in order to exploit one group vs another for their own political ambitions. FDR was the 1st to use 'identity' politics. Clinton and Obama mastered it.

A few years back some Russian eco/polictical guy predicted that the USA would split into 7 regions. Does anyone remember or know anything about it? I just remember it coming up on a radio interview some years ago. Regardsless, we have seen the 'balkenization' of the USA. No longer are we the great melting pot where everyone's cultural and nation of origin values get mixed into the pot and come out American. Now we have the hyphen-American on everything. Groups of people fight for their 'rights' based on their ethinic, race, gender, sexual orientation, cultural identity. Obama did a good job during the last 4 years dividing us along the economic lines. So we have balkenized by every conceivable idenity. When we no longer share a common culture, creed, vision, and ideals we cease being a united nation in a practical sense. This makes it much more difficult to govern effectively. We know longer govern by what is good for all of Americans as a whole but end up catering to special interests, groups etc. Both parties have their special interest groups - both parties have been involved in this balkenization process - as they craft laws based on their one special interests.

 

Check post #10 on page one. Unsure if this is the one that you were thinking of.

Yes, that is the one

thanks

Didn't see this mentioned here yet but News Corp closed its deal on the YES Network yesterday - a few hours after Rutgers became official.

 

http://www.usatoday....ansion/1718311/

 

The Big Ten Network being a bundle deal with the Yankees and the Nets explains why Rutgers was valuable after all.

 

It was mentioned, but I didn't see an article on it until you posted. Thanks for the find.

 

 

Now I'm hearing talk of UNC and Kansas being the last 2 to come. I would be alright with that, but it's still not the powerhouse move that I was hoping for.

 

 

I can't imagine UNC coming without a dixieland friend.

 

Most likely the equally as elitist, UVA.

 

Who said they're stopping at 16? If they're willing, I could easily see Kansas, NC, and any combination of FSU, Clemson, Ga. Tech, Miami, Va. Tech, UVA getting a nod to go to 18 or 20.

 

Barry Alvarez didn't just throw out that Superconference crap for nothing...

Unless the Big 10 has some end game to pressure ND in, I'd like to see VA Tech (football & Virigina TVs), KU (basketball - just the BB - not much more in TV except during BB season). Looking at purely football - FSU (As we've yet revenged our 1993 - officials missing a 100 calls NCG), and VA Tech. Not sure if these schools are AAU qualified or not. Speaking of - is there any chance NU gets re-admitted into the AAU??

A few years back some Russian eco/polictical guy predicted that the USA would split into 7 regions. Does anyone remember or know anything about it? I just remember it coming up on a radio interview some years ago. Regardsless, we have seen the 'balkenization' of the USA. No longer are we the great melting pot where everyone's cultural and nation of origin values get mixed into the pot and come out American. Now we have the hyphen-American on everything. Groups of people fight for their 'rights' based on their ethinic, race, gender, sexual orientation, cultural identity. Obama did a good job during the last 4 years dividing us along the economic lines. So we have balkenized by every conceivable idenity. When we no longer share a common culture, creed, vision, and ideals we cease being a united nation in a practical sense. This makes it much more difficult to govern effectively. We know longer govern by what is good for all of Americans as a whole but end up catering to special interests, groups etc. Both parties have their special interest groups - both parties have been involved in this balkenization process - as they craft laws based on their one special interests.

With the addition of Rutgers and Maryland next year the divisions are obviously going to change.

 

But I don't think we have to remain standard in their formations and how they play out.

 

I believe that the B1G looking to take the conference to another level, and here is how I'd like to see it play out.

 

2 Divisions (East/West) Legends and Leaders, I don't really care anymore.

4 sub divisions of three teams a piece

2 float teams (last years division winners)

 

West 1

Wisconsin

Iowa

Minnesota

West 2

Northwestern

Michigan State

Illinois

Nebraska Floats (assuming 2012 division winners)

 

East 1

Michigan

Rutgers

Purdue

East 2

Maryland

Penn State

Indiana

Ohio State Floats (already determined 2012 division winners)

 

The way I would like to see it. Is the Division winners should play each other week 1 a "true" neutral site, and then would play all teams who finished 3-10 during the last season.

Each conference schedule should be created just prior to the season starts. Non-con remains the same.

The bottom feeders will have the easiest schedules to play to promote the most teams possible making them bowl eligible.

Each team play the two teams in their sub division first, two in each of the other sub divisions totaling 8 conference games.

The home and away games would be determined only by where you played that team last.

 

There are obviously lots of other issues with doing it this way, but its a thought

I like the notion of the two division winners squaring off. But I think the bolded part would cause all sorts of logistics problems. Probably insurmountable logistics problems.

 

Just slide Wisconsin over to the Legends division. Add Maryland and Rutgers to Leaders. Stop the cross rivalry game with PSU. Done.

I say move Wiscy & Illinois to legends - move Michigan to leaders. End the cross div rival game. this allows the sacred OSU/Mich game to continue. I think Huskers and Wisky will develop a natural rivalry - call it the Big Red Trophy. Our trophy game wt Iowa will be one sided for many years to come.

Wisky is getting the shaft because Pizza boy AD up in ann arbor doesn't want to be in the same division as the Bucks.

Agree, this (having mich in our division) also forces us to retain the annual cross over game - thus to keep the Mich and OSU game going yearly. I'd rather we move swap Mich for Wisc and do away with the cross over game if needed so that we can rotate the other schools into the schedule. Things would be much simplier if we went to a true East/West division.

The only conceivable reason I could see for taking Maryland is because Under Armour's owner is a booster for them. But apparently he doesn't donate enough to their athletic dept because they have had to cut multiple sports teams because they are broke.

 

This move makes zero sense to me at the moment. This is my hope: people have been talking about the B1G having great lawyers and may have found a loophole in the 50-mil exit fee from the ACC. They could just be toying with Maryland to prove to Florida State, Georgia Tech, VaTech, UVA, and UNC that those loopholes exist. And when Maryland applies to join the B1G, Delaney throws it back in their face and snatches up 4 of the GOOD programs instead. Grabbing FSU, GT, VaTech, and UNC or ND would shake the college football landscape and force the other 3 super conferences to take shape.

 

Looks like in a few years, the only real conferences that will be left are the B1G, SEC, Big 12, and Pac 12. Exciting world we live in.

I can't believe Maryland would be considered. Pathetic sports. ND is my 1st choice, then if you can somehow grab FSU, GT or VT it would be great for football. GT and FSU would bring good recruiting areas into the fold but would add a lot of travel miles - the only drawback. I understand the draw of Rutgers - TV market and potential in football. Maryland adds nothing IMHO. It'd rather go after VT if it is about location - being closer than GT or FSU.

For sentimental reasons, I'd like to see Kansas Basketball in the conference. That would be a very good addition - not much in the other sports. Wt NU football, we may still pull a lot of the KC TV market - Kansas would strengthen that but not add a new market like Rutgers would or a school in the south.