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Thoughts of a boomer

I was born squarely in the middle of the “baby boom” generation. We had daily bible readings in my first grade public school class. We said the pledge of allegiance through high school in my public school system. Boomers are sometimes identified with the protests, rebelliousness and non-conformity of the ‘60s, but many or most […]

Tax Cuts to the Rich . . . What Are They Good for? Absolutely Nothing . . .

Dipping deep here to an old tune sung by the Temptations and then Edwin Starr. Tax Breaks to the wealthy do not pay for themselves and neither do they trickle down to lower income people. The 2017 Tax Break The reality is the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) did not pay for itself […]

Promise Kept on Tipped Income?

With the signing of the Budget Bill, persons working at “an occupation which customarily and regularly receive tips” can deduct up to $25,000 of tip income provided their total income does not exceed $150,000. This deduction will be phased out beginning in 2028 unless extended by Congress. Trump made three promises to reduce taxes to […]

1 in 4 Americans Still Reject Evolution

Another well written recreation of the Scopes Trial of 1925. It has been called the Scopes Money Trial. This a bit different than the movie you may watch on the topic. As the story goes John T. Scopes was approached by the American Civil Liberties Union to teach evolution. John Thomas Scopes was a young […]

Medicaid Cuts and Immigrants

Part of Republican fables on how healthcare programs are being taken advantage of by fraudulent enrollments. They will not be happy until something serious occurs and many are afflicted. Center for Children and Families takes the lead on debunking the governments stories. “Factchecking The White House ‘Mythbuster’ on Medicaid Cuts and Immigrants,” Center For Children […]

New Deal democrat’s Weekly Indicators June 30 -July 4

 – by New Deal democrat My Weekly Indicators post is up at Seeking Alpha. There were almost no changes to any of the high frequency indicators in any timeframe last week. Despite that, below the surface, there has been a very gradual weakening of a number of important indicators in both the monthly and weekly data.  […]

Just in time for midterms

“The court announced that it will hear two voting-related challenges when the court resumes in October: a reargument of a long-running dispute of Louisiana’s congressional map and a case that could erode one of the few existing limits on campaign funding. “The Louisiana case is a challenge to the state’s congressional map, which includes two […]

Ideas on Immigration and Being an American in 1907

I was out and about looking around for interesting pieces or articles which I could post at Angry Bear. I saw this article on Infidel753’s Blog. The author of this newspaper article is right or mostly right. My thoughts? One can still be in disagreement in America as long as they are not openly or […]