The 1% (in Washington) – Ed Stein
Source: Mind the Gap | edsteinink.com. Interesting story yesterday about how wide the economic gulf has become between members of Congress and their constituents. According to the New York Times, the...
View ArticleThe Cash Cow….
source: Santorum Becomes Millionaire in Six Years After U.S. Senate Loss. Since his 2006 re-election defeat, the former Pennsylvania lawmaker has gone from being one of the poorer members of the U.S....
View ArticleSmart But Don’t Know Much…
There is something about a Republican politician, they are smart but they just don’t know much. – July 4, 1934 Will Rogers I’m totally convinced that Will would also include most of today’s Democrat...
View ArticleThe Culture of Viciousness….
What is a culture, the non-medical kind that is? The best definition I could find in relation to this post is: a particular form or stage of civilization, as that of a certain nation or period I was...
View ArticleIts About Time — Whites Account for Under Half of Births in U.S.
source: Whites Account for Under Half of Births in U.S. – NYTimes.com. After years of speculation, estimates and projections, the Census Bureau has made it official: White births are no longer a...
View ArticleWhy???….
I have always been a person who is constantly saying “Why?” Here are some whys that have been spewing off the top of my head lately. :) They are too small for an entire post so I am just going to...
View ArticleTaking It From Somebody….
The difference between our rich and poor grows greater every year. Our distribution of wealth is getting more uneven all the time. . . . A man can make a million over night and he is on every page in...
View ArticleYou Never Know….
“This is a great country. You never know where our heroes will come from.” – Will Rogers, 7 June 1933 One of the great things about this country is that anyone who is fortunately enough to have just...
View ArticlePoor Little Rich Kids…
I know I shouldn’t nominate myself for the best of the best list but when I ran across this post from October 11, 2011 I couldn’t resist. It seems it is even more applicable today than it was four...
View ArticleDeath of the American middle class??
But maybe the “death of the middle class” conclusion isn’t obvious at all. And perhaps there is more to the Donald Trump phenomenon. Yes, the modern left instinctively sees such studies as further...
View ArticleTime Is Money…
“Time is money” is a well known phrase in the world today. If we expend time on behalf of our employer we expect to be paid for it. That seems to be a very American thing, my time is worth money is...
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