Tag Archives: Boskin Commission

Done with Hillary, done with the whole mess

August 18, 2015 · by · in climate disruption, economics, History, Labor, Police and policing, Protests, tax policy for the 99%, unemployment, war crimes · 3 Comments

So the inevitable Hillary Clinton ‘I’m running for president’ announcement came early this year, and the photo op of her speaking to throngs in NYC over the weekend of the ‘official’ campaign rollout provided the media buzz she wanted. I’ve been buried under all the expected blast e-mails from the fans of Hillary, plus all the […]

Clueless proposal on older workers

June 1, 2015 · by · in economics, History, Labor, Protests, tax policy for the 99%, unemployment · Leave a comment

Bad few days for my personal/family economic outlook. And not just me personally–while all the happy people are crowing about how well the economy has come back, I’ve been hit with one story of personal crisis after another. A friend forced out of his job due to injury; another friend given notice from a place she’s […]

You will never retire

September 25, 2013 · by · in History, Protests, tax policy for the 99% · Leave a comment

One of the things that happens with FaceBook (besides the fact that they don’t pay taxes) is that the people you choose as friends act as a sort of filter for your news. You might know this by accidentally logging onto FB as someone else. I was at a cybercafe recently, and the person using the […]

Don’t know much about Statistics, either

February 14, 2013 · by · in Don't know much about..., History, tax policy for the 99% · Leave a comment

Once upon a time, there was a man named John Williams. He wrote the music for the Star Wars movies and became quite famous. This is quite unfortunate for the John Williams I’d like to tell you about today. The John Williams I’m writing about has no aspirations to music as far as I know. […]