A message with beauty. Listen to Mama Cass and John Denver talk about the need to register and vote in August of 1972. Gee, what was happening then? Maybe this vote will be the one that sets us on a path to not repeat history. Maybe. Enjoy the song. https://youtu.be/NKdknYaSHgE
Momma Cass tells everyone to go register and vote…in 1972!
Greenspan promoting “Entitlement” cuts as the necessary solution to the economy. 25% worth!
From an interview on NPR’s Here and Now comes: “The official actuaries of the Social Security system say in order to get our Social Security and retirement funds in balance, they’d have to cut benefits by 25 percent indefinitely into the future,” he says. “Do I think it’s going to happen? Well I don’t know, […]
As predicted, a deeply unpopular Trump stomped on the GOP message; early races I’ll be watching Tuesday night
As predicted, a deeply unpopular Trump stomped on the GOP message; early races I’ll be watching Tuesday night As I wrote a few weeks ago, whatever message Congressional GOPers might have wanted to put out (like, “our tax cuts helped spur the best economy in years!”) got stomped on by Donald Trump. As it turns […]
Economists Agree: Democratic Presidents are Better at Making Us Rich. Eight Reasons Why.
by Steve Roth (originally published at Evonomics) Economists Agree: Democratic Presidents are Better at Making Us Rich. Eight Reasons Why. In 2013, economists Alan Blinder and Mark Watson — no wild-eyed liberals, they — asked a very important question: Why has the U.S. economy performed better under Democratic than Republican presidents, “almost regardless of how one […]
October jobs report: probably the best report of the entire expansion
October jobs report: probably the best report of the entire expansion HEADLINES: +250,000 jobs added U3 unemployment rate unchanged at 3.7% U6 underemployment rate declined -0.1% from 7.5% to 7.4% Here are the headlines on wages and the broader measures of underemployment: Wages and participation rates Not in Labor Force, but Want a Job Now: […]
If Migrants Throw Rocks, Military Will Respond with Paper or Scissors . . . Trump
PENSACOLA, FLORIDA (The Borowitz Report)—Backtracking from his earlier suggestion that the military should fire upon migrants if they throw rocks, Donald J. Trump said on Saturday that he was ordering the military to respond to rocks with either paper or scissors. Speaking at a rally in Pensacola, Florida, Trump said that the decision about whether […]
Weekly Indicators for October 29 – November 2 at Seeking Alpha
by New Deal democrat Weekly Indicators for October 29 – November 2 at Seeking Alpha My Weekly Indicators piece is up at Seeking Alpha. Several areas, like rail traffic, saw significant rebounds. But interest rates also rose to new expansion highs as well. As usual, not only does clicking and reading the article bring you up […]
ISM new orders posts lowest reading in nearly 2 years
ISM new orders posts lowest reading in nearly 2 years The ISM reported the other day that The October PMI® registered 57.7 percent, a decrease of 2.1 percentage points from the September reading of 59.8 percent. The New Orders Index registered 57.4 percent, a decrease of 4.4 percentage points from the September reading of 61.8 percent. On Tuesday […]
Trump Says Dems Support Venezuelan “High Taxes And Open Borders”
Trump Says Dems Support Venezuelan “High Taxes And Open Borders” The average tax rate in Venezuela is 25%. The average tax rate in the US is 26%. Sorry, Trump, this is yet another lie by Trump, but what else is new on this? I do not know the details of Venezuelan of immigration policies, but […]