Economic Policy
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Thursday, November 12th, 2020America is moving forward. We have some big problems to face, and name calling will not solve them. Leadership requires correctly identifying real problems, developing solutions to those problems and then implanting the solutions. As all of us can see, Covid 19 did not magically disappear after the election. In fact it is spreading at […]
Basic Definitions
Saturday, October 10th, 2020There are constitutional governments which are limited by law. There are authoritarian governments which empower a leader to exercise broad discretion. There are socialist economies which have public ownership of property. There are capitalist economies which have private ownership of property. There are free markets which allow individuals to buy and sell without government interference. […]
Socialist Ghosts
Saturday, October 10th, 2020Clever politicians have turned socialism into a frightening ghost. It has replaced terrorism as the catchall phrase. Should we get our pitch forks and kill this really scary monster? Maybe, but be careful what you kill. You might just kill a friend. Socialism simply means public ownership of property. No more. No less. Governments turned […]
1933, 1954, 2020 SCOTUS
Thursday, September 24th, 20201954 was a pivotal year in the history of the United States. Since 1933, a coalition of representatives from Northern cities and rural Southern states had worked to improve the lives of average Americans. Franklin Delano Roosevelt built that coalition. The fruits of the coalition were collectively known as the New Deal, or the welfare […]
Donald Defunds Social Security
Thursday, August 13th, 2020Donald Trump issued an Executive order defunding Social Security of the next 4 months. In 1936 President Franklyn D. Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act into law. It was the first permanent piece of social welfare legislation. It has stabilized the lives of our seniors ever since. The Social Security Administration, an agency of the […]
Generosity
Sunday, August 9th, 2020Matthew Chapter 20 starts with a parable about workers’ pay. An owner agrees to pay everyone a denarius at the start of the day. He then hires more workers periodically throughout the day, even when there was little daylight left. When it is time for the paycheck, the last hired were paid first. They received […]
Heal the Pain
Thursday, July 30th, 2020How do we react to pain? Do we treat it or ignore it? The answer to this question is at the heart of the argument between liberals and conservatives. In October of 1929 Wall Street crashed. The financial markets froze as speculators could not pay their loans. Banks lost income and failed. Bank failures wiped […]
Public Investments: An Ounce of Prevention
Friday, April 10th, 2020Donald’s disease continues on a record pace to reverse the economy President Obama built. Public investments are an ounce of prevention. They cost less than a pound of cure. America must have robust international partnerships. Americans living, working, studying overseas tear down walls and promote openness. Americans live and learn. America live in a world. […]
Moments of Clarity.
Friday, March 13th, 2020Moments of crisis are also moments of clarity. The very same politicians who scream prolife to get elected are now telling us to focus on profits, not saving lives. The very same politicians who scream get the government away from businesses are now throwing money at banksters faster than they can light it on fire. […]
Defend Security, Medicare, and our Public schools.
Monday, February 24th, 2020Make no mistake, the real targets of the “socialist” scare word are Social Security, Medicare, and our public schools. If these are privatized, billions more dollars will flow to the top 1% rather than into needed services. Stop the scam. If you receive a pay check from a local school board, a city, tribe a […]
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