Category: wealth gap

Student Loan Forgiveness, PPP Forgivable Loans, and Tax Cuts for Billionaires and Their Corporations

REPORTER: Is this unfair to people who paid their student loans or chose not to take out loans? BIDEN: Is it fair to people who, in fact, do not own multi-billion-dollar businesses if they see one of these guys getting all the tax breaks? Is that fair? What do you think? By now, you’ve heard … Continue reading Student Loan Forgiveness, PPP Forgivable Loans, and Tax Cuts for Billionaires and Their Corporations →

McConnell’s COVID Relief Bill is Relief for Corporate America

Moscow Mitch keeps telling the press that Democrats will not pass a Covid-19 relief bill, because they are vindictive. The relief bill has been rewritten several times and so far has been declined by Democrats. I hope they hold their ground, but they seem to be slipping. Don’t get me wrong, I’d like some relief, … Continue reading McConnell’s COVID Relief Bill is Relief for Corporate America →

The Good the Bad and the Ugly Coronavirus Aid Package

Moscow Mitch McConnell tearfully proclaimed- "This isn't a stimulus package, it's a relief package.” After eleven years as a goalie for the GOP, McConnell is going to allow one bill to slide into the net. You know that country just north of Trumperica, the with universal healthcare and a smart and heartthrob for a leader? … Continue reading The Good the Bad and the Ugly Coronavirus Aid Package →

Like Hillary, Plato Warned Us

The more things change, the more they stay the same. ~Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr Nothing written today hasn’t been written before, and written more eloquently. Nothing is original, so what is my point? Bare with me, because by the end of this post I may have a point. Politics is a tangled web of self-serving duplicity … Continue reading Like Hillary, Plato Warned Us →

No Tax For You… a poem

April 15, It’s tax day Poor and middle class Will pay ~ ~ Amazon, Chevron, Eli Lily Halliburton, Duke Energy General Motors, IBM Honeywell, Occidental Petroleum ~ for 10 million Trump tax ‘cut’ actually increased taxes American families, report finds – ThinkProgress ~ Netflix, Deere, Devon Energy CMS, Aramark... Who else? let’s see Kinder Morgan— … Continue reading No Tax For You… a poem →

Cheaters Never Prosper… If They Get Caught

While the kleptocrats in control of our political system have wielded their power to widen the wealth gap, the ultra rich have rigged the future for their underachieving offspring by gifting them Ivy League College admissions that likely come with matching ill gotten diplomas. Let’s be honest, this shocking college admissions scandal is nothing new. … Continue reading Cheaters Never Prosper… If They Get Caught →