The recent ProPublica article, “The Secret IRS Files: Trove of Never-Before-Seen Records Reveal How the Wealthiest Avoid Income Tax”, by Jesse Eisinger, Jeff Ernsthausen and Paul Kiel, shows that the wealthiest US persons pay a true-tax rate of just around 3.5%. We can grumble about it, sure. As middling income or poor people, we pay…
Three Hundred and Ninety-Five Days. So. Far. And no, there isn’t an end in sight. I’m sitting here, at my laptop, using the extra screen to make the words bigger. I’m sipping coffee. I’ve eaten a banana-nut muffin (no, didn’t bake it). I’ve taken the morning meds. The shoulder that got stabbed twice with its…
The current (soon to be ex-) WH occupant has signed a last-minute stimulus bill into law. What’s in it? Among other things, it has payments direct to people like the last one did in late March. People who got money the first time around will get money now. Yay? Not really. For most people the…
Election done. Declared winner. A speech or two. Some cheering. Some howls of pain and anger. Lots of vitriol on social media on every possible side. Next? What does come next for the US? Whatever comes next, it won’t be easy. The pandemic is still sweeping across the states, and new cases are picking up.…
Last night we saw how a bully, coward and unfit person rams himself into every conversation. The 6 year old in me was ready to take on this schoolyard bully, fists at the ready (thank you, my dear friend AAKH, for your post on FB!). The adult in me is still ready to fight, though…
