When an economy produces goods and services above and beyond the requisite, i.e., produces an abundance, it creates wealth. Ten-eleven thousand years ago, this wealth was likely food stored for winter, that rainy day, that dry season, … . Today, for some, this abundance/wealth might include assets such as fine houses, lifestyle, money, …; and […]
Five Questions with Congressman Dan Goldman – by Joyce Vance Civil Discourse Dan Goldman represents New York House District 10, which includes Brooklyn and Manhattan. He starts his second term as a member of Congress in January. Readers of Civil Discourse will remember the Congressman from before he was elected because we watched him serve […]
This is a good take on what has been happening with United States Fiscal policies impacting its economy. It does mention former President Trump’s 2017 tax break which targeted the upper 5% of taxpayers with substantial breaks. We should look further to the 2001 and 2003 Bush’s tax breaks which Obama extended for two years […]
If you can tolerate a long commentary about Trump’s nominee to head the Food and Drug Administration, this is a good read. It would be hilarious if it were not true. Kind of like a joke? Except, it is for real. The contrarian addiction – by Merrill Goozner GoozNews Dr. Marty Makary, Donald Trump’s nominee […]
The population is on a path to shrink and the majority of the population will be elderly in some fashion or another shortly. US productivity is based on inputs from Labor without which there could be declines in such without younger Labor. The nation populated in the past is not on a path of replacement […]
A well constructed government, at a minimum, provides its citizens FDR’s four freedoms: A good well constructed government would want what is best for the society or nation as a whole; understand that a healthy, well fed, well housed, well educated society or nation with a stable quality government is best. A well constructed, healthy […]
The antiregulation bias of the Supreme Court was loudly signaled with the overturn of Chevron deference. Now, the SCOTUS has arrogated to itself the interpretation of technical details for regulation of things they are all incompetent to assess: ““Since Chevron has fallen, agencies are much more cautious in putting forward rules and regulations,” Ramachandran said. […]
But not in the way Mikie Johnson believes. “House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Monday slammed President Biden for his decision to pardon his son Hunter, calling the move an abuse of the justice system. Johnson rips Hunter Biden pardon, saying trust in justice system damaged, The Hill ‘President Biden insisted many times he would never pardon his […]
It seems that Hegseth may be forced to end his bid for Secretary of Defense due to his alcoholism and history of sexual abuse and mismanagement of nonprofits. On one level this is as it should be. I could probably live with Hegseth if he was well qualified for the job but got quietly soused […]
The question being asked by the Economist Claudia Sahm “Why is Growth So Good . . . “ I did not add the YouTube of Economist Claudia Sahm. You will have to catch it on her site for which some of her commentaries can be read and presented elsewhere, . , , hence it is […]