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NOTE: This article was originally published in December 2019, but it is more pertinent today. The reason: Biden is continuing his naive belief that the Republicans will work with him, even as the vast majority of Republican senators do not even acknowledge that he won the election. This is the same naivete…
Can the Democrats recover from their last, lost election and regain the enthusiasm at the state level to mobilize their voters? And, more importantly, what are they doing to allow more progressives to get a voice in statewide discussions and party reform at the state levels? All these are important questions as the…
It’s no secret that Mayor Pete is a corporate, conservative Democrat and believes that large corporate donations will continue to fuel his campaign. In a recent interview, he said the following in a discussion with a student at an Iowa university, as reported in The Independent newspaper: “Pete Buttigieg implied that he would take money…
“If average Black family wealth continues to grow at the same pace it has over the past three decades, it would take Black families 228 years to amass the same amount of wealth White families [had in 2013]. That’s just 17 years shorter than the 245 years of slavery in this country. “For the…
One indicator that the Democratic Party is very tepid about making the needed changes to the current broken political, economic, health care and judicial systems has now come directly from former President Barak Obama. In a Nov. 17, 2019 speech before wealthy donors in Washington DC, Obama warned that certain candidates who…
First, there was significant student debt, then jobs that didn’t pay a living wage, job insecurity, and the rise of the gig economy. The net effect of all these factors is that millennials now say they will be renters for years, some say forever. Even worse, this will definitely impact building retirement wealth…
Former Obama Vice President Joe Biden likes to paint himself as a moderate reformer, but his history shows otherwise. The best and most far-reaching example of how corporate Democrats intentionally bypassed any efforts to reform a corrupt system is Biden’s and Obama’s meek response to the 2008 financial crisis. Obama’s legacy of financial…
The story of income inequality and wage stagnation is now a core element of the Democratic candidates’ policy platforms, but a new report from the Federal Reserve paints and even more damning description. In this article from The People’s Policy Project, author Matt Bruenig found that “between 1989 and 2018,…
Nothing smacks of self-interest better than a rich person trying to defend their wealth. Self-interest is as old as human and animal DNA, so it is no surprise that it’s still a paramount concern today. It also is no surprise that self-interest among the very rich plays a role in the upcoming election that…
“…and the wicked are destined for the day of evil.” –Proverbs 16:4…
Our country! In her intercourse with foreign nations, may she always be in the right; but our country, right or wrong. — Stephen Decatur, U.S. Navy captain, (1779-1820) The United States may always be right, but sometimes people decide they want to watch what is happening here from another location. That…
One of the key messages of the 2020 election is that capitalism is in trouble and is not working for millions of Americans. From the wealth gap to unchallenged monopolies to wage stagnation, it’s clear that the corporations have taken over the nation. This is what allowed the corrupt Trump administration to get into office.
The South Florida real estate market is being shaped by new immigration, affordability problems, and changes in demographics, which are all affecting new construction and design. These changes are affecting everything from the construction of new, multi-million-dollar high-rise luxury condominiums to affordable micro-units and co-living arrangements in building with full amenities located in downtown locations.
Americans love celebrities. They also love celebrity fraud. How else can we explain why Trump’s hard-core Republican “base” continues to support him, despite his near-insane tweets and abysmal record in leadership, legislative success, policy formulation, and implementation. It’s also worth noting that if die-hard Trump supporters really respect their leader, they should adopt his…
The financial news media over the past few weeks has been giving inordinate attention to an unfolding corporate saga of a company called WeWork. The coverage focuses on the company’s CEO, a guy with long hair and a T-shirt named Adam Neumann, and its upcoming IPO. His background and what his company…
As they have for decades, Americans are having an increasingly difficult time preparing for retirement. As numerous studies have shown, the American workforce, now neatly divided into Gen Xers, Millennials and Baby Boomers, all say they cannot save enough for retirement. Workers are burdened with student debt, home repairs, credit card debt, monthly…
As usual, the media is falling all over itself to explain how Trump said Alabama was a possible target of Hurricane Dorian as it moved north-northwest, skirting the country’s eastern seaboard. As this photo shows, Trump used a black magic marker to extend the hurricane’s path farther west and near the Gulf of…
Here is an old joke about Canadians: How do you tell the difference between a Canadian and an American? The Canadian has free health insurance and does not own a gun. A recent article on Bloomberg says the difference between middle-class Canadians and Americans shows more differences between the two groups of citizens. A Luxembourg…
In a short but illustrative “thought leadership” report from Prudential, the $1.4 trillion asset insurance and retirement planning firm, three significant sources of financial stress were identified as affecting the future financial security of millions of retirees. The report, Preparing for Longevity: Overcoming Financial Wellness Challenges, is part of a series on…
