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As we approach the final Presidential debate this week, we can expect to hear about how great the economy was prior to the pandemic. I chose to look at the data comparing the first three years of the Trump economy to the final 3 years of the Obama economy. I have...
LEAVING THE WHO. THE SAME MISTAKES AGAIN So, Mr. Trump has announced that we are pulling out of the WHO. He claims that, in his opinion, the WHO did not do enough to alert the US on the problems associated with COVID-19; they didn’t do it early enough, and they relied...
As the president has said many times about almost every foreign country in the world regarding trade, “they are ripping us off”. What he means is that the trade imbalance with almost every other country is negative; we buy more from them than we sell to them. Mr....
Why Trump, Alabama and Dorian is such an important event The last few days have seen a fascinating glimpse into Donald Trump. It is a perfect, concise and encapsulated example of why those of us who oppose the current president are so concerned and fearful of what he...
A modest proposal on preventing the poor people of Central America from becoming a burden to the United States of America It is sad to walk through the urban areas of this great country, and see the streets crowded with illegal immigrants surviving off of the public...
NOT AS STRONG AS YOU THINK YOU ARE Maybe you were in business, and you decided that you could raise your price because your product was market-dominant. Perhaps that strategy backfired; your customers felt alienated and decided to go to another supplier anyway, and...
DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISM, OH MY!!! Well, well, well. Zohran Mamdani was elected Mayor of NYC. I have heard for 9 months from the Republican faithful about Mr. Trump: “He was elected by the voters; give him a chance; let’s see what he does.” Mr. Trump won the...
Mark Twain: “That's the wonderful thing about science. One gets such a wholesale return of conjecture from a trivial investment of fact”. Here are some facts (things that are demonstrably true, supported by evidence): The US military has built up its presence in the...
The United States and the European Union have reached a trade deal that includes a 15% tariff ceiling on most EU goods entering the US, while also eliminating tariffs on certain US goods entering the EU. The EU has also committed to purchasing $750 billion in US...
In recent days we have seen Mr. Trump cancel funding for major projects authorized by Congressional act and signed into law by the President. We have seen the cancellation of funding for wind power plants, for a rail tunnel between NJ and NY, for approved and...
According to the current administration, there are over 20 million illegal immigrants in the US. The median age of this population is 38, and only about 0.5% are over 55 years old. Most estimates of this population peg the rate at closer to 12 million, and those same...