Category: Uncategorized

Will the U.S. Debt Ever Be Paid Off?

3 Ways to Reduce the Debt, and 3 Reasons Why It Won’t Happen By Kimberly Amadeo  Updated October 31, 2017 – Source “the balance” The U.S. debt is more than $20 trillion. It’s by far the largest in the world. It has increased by $1 trillion each year since 2007. The debt grew despite Congressional threats to not […]

“Tackle Social Security” – First Congressional Pensions and Benefits

Hardworking taxpayers who paid into Social Security and Medicare all of their working lives, with the promised it will be there for them, know them as “Earned Benefits.” On the other hand, Elected Politicians call Social Security and Medicare “Entitlements.” This is not a minor distinction. It’s like the difference between – they have a legal […]

$6 Trillion+ Wasted in Middle East Wars paid for with US lives and your Social Security Money

I try not to get involved in politics outside of the national debt. But US meddling, conflicts and wars in the Middle East have crippled US financially. The following post is in reply to Trump’s announcement of recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. Who Do We Think We Are? The US has once again […]

Tipping Point – When Will We Reach It?

How much can anyone take? Or, how much should anyone take? When will hardworking, taxpaying, patriotic Americans reach a TIPPING POINT? We heard the repeated lies knowingly told by Trump and Republicans and watched the arm twisting, verging on extortion, in the House and Senate to ram through this middle-class crushing, debt exploding wealth transfer […]

Historic Tax Heist

There was an article today entitled “Historic Tax Heist.” Frankly, the transfer of wealth and legislative process of this Tax Bill verges on criminal. The article points out the many and repeated lies told by Trump and Republicans. The article stated: “You can expect the lies to become even more brazen as Republicans seek to […]

Flynn – Terminate his Lifelong Federal Pension and Benefits & Clawback What’s Been Paid

Violating a position of trust. Unregistered, aiding and accepting money from foreign governments (some adversaries) and not disclosing it, admitting to lying to the FBI, possibly more to come. Immediately terminate his federal pension and lifelong benefits and clawback all benefits paid, regardless of jail time and a likely Trump pardon! Hardworking American taxpayers should […]

How to Clean Out the Rot in Washington

A NYT article today discussed how to clean out the rot in Washington. It recommended penalizing them by overwhelmingly not re-electing them for their repeated, and in many cases obvious, lies. Here is better approach – Overwhelming electoral defeat of either party will not clean out the rot. It’s to entrenched. A new bunch of […]

Republicans Will Not Reduce Our National Debt!

Why should anyone be surprised that the Republican Leadership and the Republican Senate Budget Committee Members do not care about approving Tax Cuts to Corporations and the Wealthy and adding almost $12 Trillion to our National Debt over the next 10 years, bringing it to $32 Trillion? They either don’t care about our national debt, […]

NYT – Orin Hatch Wants to be in Control of Committee not our US Debt!

A NYT 11/15 article quoted  – “Let me be in control of this committee, not you,” Mr. Hatch said. Hatch in control? He must be joking. He’s obviously not in control of anything! Since Hatch assumed office $19.9 Trillion of our $20.5 Trillion in national debt has been incurred. That’s’ right, virtually all our US […]

Tax Cuts are a Loan from China, Russia, and Others and Not a Christmas Present!

Republicans said the appearance of a tax increase for low-income people was a mirage resulting from arcane fiscal math. Mirage, Arcane fiscal math, knowingly using unrealistic forecasts of future growth, telling outright lies to the American Taxpayers, benefitting themselves while stating they will not to – just some examples. Welcome to American Elected Politicians! All […]