Joyce Vance of Civil Discourse to which I subscribe to directed us to The Contrarian where she joins Julie Zebrak, Bri Murphy, and Joshua Kolb to write. The topic? A new and fresh Trump administration onslaught against democracy. The characteristics of which are throwing as much garbage into the air so as to confuse the […]
What happens if you are not an immigrant? Social Security changes has hit upon ordinary citizens also. This is a brief piece article about one citizen whose Social Security status was changed arbitrarily. Joyce Evans received an alarming letter two days before Christmas 2023. (“Family sues Social Security after mom spent dying days fighting error, […]
Elon Musk wants to make seniors on Social Security suffer Smears, Sadism, and Social Security, Paul Krugman We often think of Social Security as a retirement program, which it is. Most Social Security beneficiaries achieve that status simply by reaching retirement age. The program also helps Americans with disabilities preventing them from working or limit […]
Subscribe to Prof. Heather’s Letters from an American. It was the first site in which I did so. There is a parallel to what was taking place after the Civil War and what is taking place today. Letters from An American On April 9, 1865, General Robert E. Lee surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia […]
Will the lies ever stop? Today: Ernie Tedesch Director of Economics at Yale The Budget Lab. “Real manufacturing GDP (value-added) grew 1.3% over the 4Q ending 2024, and 2% annualized over the 8Q, neither of which are recessionary. Ernie said this in response to Treasury Secretary Bessent trying to shift blame away from Trump to […]
It is difficult to believe Americans do not have a negative opinion about the 2017 income tax cut which as expected did not pay for itself. Instead, we have trillions in deficit which we will have to make up. The benefit went to the upper 1% and you can throw in the 5% also. Similar […]
Following the breadcrumbs of how justice is achieved for one person . . . hopefully. Joyce Vance @ Civil Discourse Deporting an Innocent Man There is a case I want to write to you about tonight, a case that was decided last week but has gotten lost in the press of so much news on […]
I guess I should preface this with my thoughts. Would a sane man do something such as what Trump is doing? What would be the point of raising tariffs and crashing the economy? Business will recoup; but will citizens quickly? There are millions of citizens who do not have the $millions who may never recoup. […]
Whenever I see the term “hard”-working Americans, I want to barf. In this case, the author appears to be talking about cuts to people using Medicaid. I do not believe anyone in their right mind would use Medicaid if they could pay for an overpriced ACA healthcare policy. Commercial Healthcare Insurance costs for the average […]
Trump goes golfing while the nation burns . . . As taken from The Daily Beast “Amid the carnage of this week wrought by his own decision to start a global trade war and send the stock market plummeting, President Donald Trump experienced a personal victory after winning a round of golf at his own golf course. On Saturday, Trump won the […]