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Does Government Military Spending “Fund” Shareholder Dividends, Buybacks, and Concentrated Wealth?

Short answer: yeah. The long answer is . . . longer. – by Steve Roth Originally posted at Wealth Economics There are a lot of pathways and mechanisms in the US and worldwide that deliver wealth to assetholders, and that have perennially concentrated that wealth (hence power) into the hands of dynasties over millennia — notably over […]

Trump’s Claims for Thanksgiving

#1. Trump’s ‘Irrefutable’ Thanksgiving Claim Hit With Brutal Fact Check (Daily Beast): “President Donald Trump boasted the price of a Thanksgiving dinner from Walmart had dropped under his administration. He conveniently leaves out the catch behind the bargain meal . . . ‘Walmart just announced that Prices for a Thanksgiving Dinner is now down 25% since under […]

South Carolina Representative Supporting Trump Gets an Answer from a Constituent

The feedback by Chuck is on the mark as usual . . . Former Michigan Planning Commission member Chuck Fellows answering South Carolina Congressional Representative Sheri Biggs. My Representative in Congress, Sheri Biggs, responded to my objection to the Trump administration’s. My response to her is: “Your response is documented evidence of your malfeasance in […]

Donating to Trump’s White House East Wing Demolition

Much of this might not be so bad if Tru_p had any taste for architecture. I suspect the Beverly Hill Billies might have better architectural taste than our president. Probably best to get used to it and correct it after he is gone. ~~~~~~~ “I Asked My Cellphone Service Provider T-Mobile What the Deal Was […]

Maybe Crime is Not as Serious in the US Now?

The perception being, citizens are viewing it as not as serious for a second year. “Crime in U.S. Seen as Less Serious for Second Straight Year,” GALLUP WASHINGTON, D.C. — Building on last year’s less-negative assessments of crime in the U.S., Americans’ perceptions have again improved in 2025. Less than half, 49%, now say crime is an […]

GM Backing Away from EV – Electric Vehicles

GM backs away a bit from it Electric Vehicle (EV) strategy. Manufacturing capacity was there. Sales was not there yet. If anything, this foray into EV manufacture will give them a chance to regroup. It takes time to recast their manufacturing capabilities for each year’s model change and what manufacturing facility will produce it. Usually, […]

“A Naked Demonstration of the Administration’s Hypocrisy and Incompetence”

Maybe this fits and maybe it does not. Every time I read about another trumpism, my mind goes back to what Welch said to McCarthy. “”Until this moment, Senator, I think I never really gauged your cruelty or your recklessness.” When McCarthy tried to continue his attack, Welch angrily interrupted, “Let us not assassinate this […]

“You have done enough. Have you no sense of decency?”

Good piece by Dan Rather on the destruction of a White House wing so as to put his mark on White House history with little regard of the past history of the White House itself. Will it measure up to the past? Probably not as he lacks a sense of history, of people, and of […]