Don't get old in America..... They don't want or care about ya.... Some states have stopped paying for public retirees' health care benefits in response to rising health care costs and squeezed budgets, the Wall Street Journal reports. By the numbers: There's about a $600 … [Read more...] about Some state’s begin to stop paying retiree’s health benefits…..
the Economy
Good Economy ?…What good Economy?….
Most Americans do NOT believe it when Trump and others talk about a 'good' economy these days.... The political people on Trump's team want him to run on the economy? Few Americans feel they have personally benefited a great deal from the nation’s growing economy, with the … [Read more...] about Good Economy ?…What good Economy?….
Gentrification 2019….
They're Back! The NY Times does a piece on how white's are moving back into the central cities and the nearby suburbs that where abandoned in the 1950's and 1960's..... White flight and white return are not opposite phenomena in American cities, generations apart. Here they … [Read more...] about Gentrification 2019….
America does MORE trade with Mexico than any other country….
And Donald Trump keeps messing with our treading neighbor country to the south.... Portraying Mexico as a bad neighbor isn't reality .... Mexico has now become the biggest U.S. trading partner, jumping ahead of countries like Canada and China that have previously held the … [Read more...] about America does MORE trade with Mexico than any other country….
Trump’s European tariff’s just bring higher prices to America….
And bigger profits to some European exporters.... The Euorpean's keep shipping stuff to America, which pays MORE for it.... So? In what has been repeated over and OVER in the last two years? Donald Trump's efforts at foreign and economic policy is actually HURTING the … [Read more...] about Trump’s European tariff’s just bring higher prices to America….
Capitalism and Inequality get second looks in the Trump era….
Led by Bernie Sanders and Independent Socialist and Elizabeth Warren a Democrat that attacks big business just about every day.... The Washington Post spotlights a Billionare House member that is working with Sanders and others in examining capitalism in America in the Trump … [Read more...] about Capitalism and Inequality get second looks in the Trump era….
Why Immigration is actually Good and Needed for America…..
Donald Trump and Stephen Miller do not want you to know this.... But the migration of peoples INTO America is actually a lifeblood for our and their country, though you won't think they believe this.... In the typical Trump way.... He's messing something else up... as he … [Read more...] about Why Immigration is actually Good and Needed for America…..
Amazon backs out of the Chinese Market….
New York City isn't the only place the retail giant is giving up on.... Amazon's decision to all but shut down operations in China is another step in a reorganization of the world into two distinct, digitally driven universes. What's happening: In an announcement yesterday, … [Read more...] about Amazon backs out of the Chinese Market….