Relevant and even prescient commentary on news, politics and the economy.

Reasons for Taking a New Job

When I started out. it was the money. Kind of hard to buy a house and have kids if together you are pulling in $24,000/year. Then when the family starts, one of us will not be working (that was the plan). Get the first job, change jobs at two years, and work your way up […]

Perception of Business, Military, Education, and Religion

The differences in Republican and Democrat’s views can play out in how they view certain aspects of the US. For example, small businesses versus corporations. Both appear to perceive small business as being positive and take a negative view on corporations. I suspect it is one having a greater impact versus the other. Americans overwhelmingly […]

What is the Reality in the US Today?

Certainly, it is not what I and others were expecting to see and hear. If I read this commentary properly and understood? Prof. Heather Cox Richardson accuses todays’ US citizenry of living in some fantasy land, disregarding vaccines, taking on fascist activity and symbols, and having a lack of understanding of what the United States […]

‘Middle Finger’ to Veterans

Trump’s new VA secretary is a bigger threat to veterans’ care than Elon Musk. A ‘Middle Finger’ to Vets – The American Prospect, Suzanne Gordon and George Early In a scene that has become familiar in Washington these days, angry federal workers and concerned members of Congress gathered outside a government office to protest the […]

Industrial Policy

Fairly new article on international manufacturing. I broke it down, added information plus another chart, and did some editing. It really was a good article on manufacturing. I just made it better based on my fifty years in supply chain and throughput. Industrial Policy is Back. Is That a Good Thing? What Are the Issues? […]

U.S. Economic Confidence Ticks Down

I grabbed a few of the charts from this recent Gallup ECI report not so much to do a political viewpoint. Just watching the massive layoffs at the US Government which will certainly impact the nation’s Unemployment numbers. That layoff was bad enough when measured against the respect for people. It will have an economic […]