So, I was working diligently and took my hourly peek at eMail. Where I found this particular message.
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Monthly Archives: March 2019
Magical Money Tree?
OK. It’s time for more magical thinking.
MMT.
Huh?
It’s called the “modern monetary theory”. (Wall Street thinks it should stand for Magic Money Tree.)
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It’s Election Season
Folks are running for office- or publicity- and they’ve got a bunch of proposals out there. Because, as we’ve discussed, the Tax Cut & Jobs Act that TheDonald and the GOP provided US taxpayers has escalated our financial woes. The deficit is exploding skyward and the economy is beginning to sniffle.
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Deficit Spending
The 40% increase in the federal deficit this fiscal year is a real problem, since the large tax cuts (part of the Tax Cut and Jobs Act) were not accompanied by a reduction in federal spending.
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Magical Thinking
It’s time for everyone to understand reality.
Why this question keeps coming up is simply amazing to me. But, too many of our politicians- and obviously the American populace- have an unbelievably strong affinity for magic.
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Earthquake!!!!
Way back when Bicarbolyte was around, I spent many a day at the International Inn in Long Beach. That was both before and after I had my own place by the beach. It’s where I met the estimable Kay Dougherty, who owned this hotel (and for whom the Long Beach Airport is named).
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Blind Pools- for the deaf, dumb, and blind?
Way bank in the early 1980s, we developed a product that we thought was going to make a mint. A consumer product.
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Tonight, tonight…
So, this year was a leap year (for those who follow the Jewish calendar). As you should know, we Jews use the new moons as the signal for a new month. And, since it is critical that holidays stay linked to certain seasons, we need a leap year. Three times every 11 years. And, the leap year means we add an additional month to our calendar. No, it doesn’t have yet another name- instead we call this “leap month” the same name as the month that precedes it, but note it’s # 2. Rosh chodesh (the new moon) of Adar 2 was two weeks ago..
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Power Corrupts
Power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely.
That is one of the maxims we have all learned at an early age.
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