As I know very little about how the economy works, or the extent to which the stock market effects the economy, or, really, anything else about money related matters, I try to steer clear of such subjects here on the site. For those of you who might be interested in discussing the Dow Industrial Average’s […]
Tag Archives: stability
When markets thrive on stability, what did you think was going to happen when you elected Donald Trump?
Posted in Economics, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged Ali Velshi, Amazon, China, Donald Trump, Dow Industrial, Great Depression, Jeff Bezos, Medicaid, Medicare, Mitch McConnell, Paul Ryan, post office, Richard N. Haass, securities fraud, social security, stock market, tariff, trade war, uncertainty, Velshi and Ruhle, Washington Post 23 Comments
What kind of country do we want to live in?
The most recent episode of This American Life is all about “the battle between proponents of small government and those fighting to maintain public services.” I thought that you might want to pop open a can of beer and listen along with me. On the bright side, taxes on the rich are lower now than […]
Posted in Politics Also tagged Americans for Tax Reform, competing visions for the future of America, Grover Norquist, income disparity, Koch brothers, revolution, tax the rich, the future of America, the growing gap between rich and poor, This American Life, we need a revolution, why don't the rich see the big picture 35 Comments
I can’t help but think that the rich are going to regret this…
I’ve read that the wealth disparity in America is greater than that in Egypt, where the masses just recently rose up and took back their country. Conventional wisdom seems to be that it can’t happen here, though. Americans, it’s thought, are a complacent bunch, as long as they have decent football to watch, an ample […]
Posted in Economics, Politics, Rants Also tagged Bill Gates, class warfare, Egypt, income disparity, inherited wealth, Koch brothers, the growing gap between rich and poor, Warren Buffet, wealth inequality 29 Comments