Summary: Now that Campaign 2016 has collapsed into a circus, a spectacle to maximize the news media’s profits and entertain America’s Outer Party (professionals, managers, & small businesspeople) — let’s look ahead to the Hillary Clinton administration. Our pundits predict it will be a continuation of the Bill and Obama show. As usual, they’re probably …
A look at the likely foreign and domestic policies of HRC Read More »
Summary: In 2008 I first wrote about the climate change public policy debate as an example of the increasing dysfunctionality of America’s ability to see, understand, and act upon our changing world. Despite the attention of our most intelligent and educated people, the problem has grown worse. This post provides yet another example, ground-level reporting …
An example of the mad climate change debate, showing America’s dysfunctionality Read More »
Summary: As the Constitution nears the time for its Last Rites, its enemies become bolder. Reports of blows to the Constitution, even de facto repeal of specific provisions, become unremarkable blips in the daily news. But some blows are larger than others. June 2012 might be a historic month for the Second Republic, worth marking …
More death throes of the Constitution. Nothing remains in the ruins but politics. Read More »
Summary: As we slowly become aware of our government’s debt load, we seek easy solutions. How sad that there are no easy solutions. America was born in a decision about debt. Treasury Secretary Hamilton proposed that the United States assume the war debts of the states incurred during the Revolutionary, paid for by tariffs on imported …
Why the U.S. cannot inflate its way out of debt Read More »
Conservatives are fond of citing how much of the tax burden is carried by the rich.  These usually consider only income taxes, not including payroll taxes. A wonderful example is provided in “An Obama Gift for K Street“, Robert J. Samuelson, Washington Post, 15 December 15, 2008 — Excerpt: Sure, the wealthy extract privileges from …
Inequality in the USA (also, we have a flat tax system) Read More »
