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No other nation has treated the Jews better than the United States. In turn, Jews have also made significant positive contributions to the country. Jews have been good citizens and have a higher percentage of voter participation than other Americans, 85% versus the national average of 52%, according to a 2018 GBA Strategies and…
A new survey by Cerulli Associates finds that workers are reporting they have major concerns about their financial futures. This report, sources of Financial Stress by Cerulli, says “a survey of 1,500 401(k) plan participants it conducted in the second quarter of this year (2019) found that participants under the age of…
One of the key causes of racial inequality is economic inequality. For many people seeking to explain the racial inequality that has persisted since the Civil War, the economic argument is often intertwined with discrimination and the need to gain a more powerful political voice in government. These remain the prime variables…
This evening’s second Democrat presidential debate will feature the two leading progressive candidates against other more conservative contenders on various policy issues. But the progressives–Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren–have set the direction for the policies being addressed by the others, especially in the areas of health care (Medicare for All), voter suppression,…
President Trump’s wild claim that he could end the war in Afghanistan in one week, but that he did not want to kill 10 million people, is another disturbing statement from a man who many mental health professionals think has serious clinical problems. At a meeting with the Prime Minister of Pakistan,…
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One of the main criticisms of Afro-Americans voters’ support of progressive Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders is that he has criticized the Democrat Party. As a result, political analysts say this has reduced Afro-American voter enthusiasm for Sanders. While it is critical that Afro-Americans and other racial and ethnic groups vote for Democrats,…
Tell them to go back where they came from…
As despicable as he is, Donald Trump is a hybrid product of the American business system. The nation’s business community may find this hard to accept, but Trump is the face of modern American capitalism. His methods may not yet be taught at the nation’s top business schools, but there is no…
When any political party takes control, it has tremendous responsibility and power. It also has to promote new people who can work with the new leader to execute policy, foster new relationships and demonstrate they can get things done. This is also very stressful. It is a reason why many people chose…
Republican attacks on the feminist movement are designed to create resentment against women who want to enter the workplace and assume jobs traditionally done by men.
No democracy can exist with a wealth gap between the majority of citizens and its most privileged and powerful political layer of citizens. The wealth gap that developed since the administration of Ronald Reagan (1981–1989) now approaches that preceding the Great Depression (1929-1932). At both times, the social and political implications…
Whenever there is a national scandal, assassination, security breach, news of corporate corruption, or financial debacle, the go-to remedy for these societal and economic shocks is to conduct an investigation. This is the government’s typical reaction to events it let happen or did not want to, or could not control. So, it…
Here is why the U.S> political system became so corrupt, and how it got a corrupt businessman elected president of the U.S.
How bad is the wealth disparity in the U.S.? This chart should help explain it.
What happens when you are retired and bored with playing cards, pickleball, or golf and going for coffee but have an active mind? Then, you remember that in your previous professional life, you saw illegal business behavior. Maybe you saw suspect transactions or met clients who worked in the gray area of…
“Justice delayed is justice denied.” –William Gladstone (1809-1898) American voters have short memories, but most remember that executives who headed the nation’s major financial and mortgage firms that led to the 2008 real estate crash the subsequent eight-year-long recession were never prosecuted for their criminal derelictions of duty. Americans watched as…
The recent news that Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez will introduce legislation to cap credit card interest rates at 15%, should be a major wedge issue between the progressives (including Sen. Elizabeth Warren) and Joe Biden. This is a stark difference in their views about favoring financial services sectors, such…
Political commentators and the financial media are breathless over the latest economic numbers showing the lowest jobless rate in 49 years. Still, there is a big problem: These are quarterly, short-term numbers, and they do not indicate the financial health of the average American. If they had had a direct impact,…
