Republican Pledge: Restore Scrooge’s America
Remember good old Ebenezer? He was more concerned with his wealth than his family or his employees or his community. In other words, he...
Politics: Save Yourself First – Part II
They will always try to get you with words and slogans. Words and slogans are fun but they aren’t facts. The rich are funding...
A Proven 80-year-old Plan for Recovery
The American People, according to polls, have now floundered their way into a strong majority willing to literally destroy their lives and those of...
On Taxes and Coming Out of Recession
This is a short piece about taxes and jobs. One would hope that this blog is not the only place where there is a...
Creating Jobs in the United States
There are several problems with the current jobs situation and those are in addition to the fact that one out of approximately 8 people...
How to Fix Social Security and Balance the Budget
Michael Hiltzik’s August 6 column in the LA TIMES was pretty thought-provoking on the current Social Security dialogue. And it leads to some rather...
The Great Neocon Budget Hoax
Representative Paul Ryan, Neocon-Republican of Wisconsin, has laid out an economic plan for the future of the country. The problem with his plan, however,...
A Populist Plan to Restore the Economy
This will short and to the point. This is a simple plan to handle a simple problem.
Yes, it is not as complicated by a...
Neocons and National Debt
Income taxes were first levied to pay for the Civil War. After the Civil War, personal income taxes were abolished and there were basically...
The Bush-Cheney Pro-Poverty Programs
In 8 years in office, Bill Clinton, in addition to creating 22 million jobs, left office having lifted 5 million people out of poverty....
Neocons Trying to Split the Middle Class
Divide and conquer...that’s their motto. As ancient as the Romans and as current as the Rovians. The Neoconservative plan is to pit the American...
The Current Common Wisdom Is Wrong
We often refer to the "common wisdom" in society, the general knowledge passed on by word of mouth locally, regionally and eventually expressed in...
Jon Kyl and the Paris Hilton Retirement Plan
Here’s how you prepare for retirement.
You figure out a way to be born into a very wealth family. Your daddy dies and you...
The Neocon Roadmap to Take Us Over the Cliff
The Neocons have a wonderful new mantra…”austerity”…a lovely word that means, “let’s cut your government benefits so we can cut my taxes.”
It is expressed...
Neoconservatives Versus Americans
When someone attacks your arguments or comments on your lifestyle, that may be a source of irritation or possibly even anxiety. But when people...