STUPID HUMAN TRICKS First, from the New York Times: “There’s a New Place to Store Greenhouse Gasses, in your beer.” Sure, it can be done, but it is meaningless. If 2 more people are added to the planet in 2026 that will wipe out the “savings.” Your beer will cost twice as much as well. Thanks, but no thanks! It …
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GUEST POST from Don – It Doesn’t Hurt
IT DOESN’T HURT RICH PEOPLE. Exactly how does it hurt you if someone else has a billion dollar income? That person isn’t taking YOUR money away from you. If that person suddenly went bankrupt it wouldn’t help you one little bit. Here’s where it helps you a lot: That person pays more in taxes every year than you will …
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GUEST POST from Don – Ignoring The Bigger Question
IGNORING THE BIGGER QUESTION Newspapers and magazines often “sell” simple ideas. Those ideas tend to be at the edge of some political point of view. Three examples follow. EXAMPLE 1 – An article in The Atlantic …“Why Poor American Kids Are So Likely to Become Poor AdultsMost scholarship on the subject focuses on conditions during childhood. But …
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