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To get the country going and growing again average working people (and this is anyone who depends on their weekly pay check to get by) need to get a bigger piece of the pie. That is they should make more … Continued

Through the decade of the 1920’s there was roughly the same level of income inequality that we have today. Then during the Great Depression (what economist like to call the Great Compression) the value of financial assets (stocks and bonds) … Continued

President Obama has been to a number of different speaking venues recently trying to convince Americans that they are better off today than they were five years ago just following the financial crisis. This is a hard sell for the … Continued

Democracy is — in its very essence —  too fine and noble a sentiment to be sullied and despoiled by the corrupt and greedy ambitions such as those which are today so predominant,  so cherished and enshrined in the money-driven … Continued

Over the weekend a man climbed the fence around the White House and got inside the front door before he was finally tackled and brought to heel by a Secret Service agent. The question: how was the man able to … Continued

Today the U.S. Senate passed the appropriation authorizing the training of Syrian rebels (the so-called “moderates”) to assist us in fighting the ISIS terrorists. This will mark the unfolding of what will become an epic Shakespearean tragedy for this country. … Continued

What to do about ISIS? This is almost one of the easiest things I’ve ever had to think about. For all of you concerned Americans — anxiously wringing your hands over this so-called terrorist threat — let me say this: … Continued

Right now fast-food workers across this country are striking for higher pay because they can’t live on the minimum wage that they are paid for working, and right now they are also being arrested even though they have a legal … Continued