Monthly Archives: July 2018

Tax Policy Should be Good for the Country

Posted on July 31, 2018 by tonyj126

The Trump Administration is considering cutting additional taxes almost exclusively for the wealthy by allowing stock market investors to add inflation to their purchase prices of stock. That hurts the country for two basic reasons. There is no economic advantage … Continue reading →

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Tax Cuts for Whom?

Posted on July 30, 2018 by tonyj126

That is the first part of the title of an economic working paper by Owen M. Zidar from the Booth School of Business at the University of Chicago published in 2015. Dr. Zidar looked at how job growth was effected … Continue reading →

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President Trump Changes His Name for National Security (Satire)

Posted on July 29, 2018 by tonyj126

It’s uncertain how he intends to reconcile his intentions with the First Amendment, but the Leader of the Free World appears to have taken a step toward limiting religious freedom in the United States. A tweet early Saturday morning by … Continue reading →

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Edna Ferber

Posted on July 28, 2018 by tonyj126

The author Adriana Trigiani turned me on to the writer Edna Ferber. Not personally – we’ve never met – but in a short passage in her novel, All the Stars in the Heavens. I discovered the novel and ultimately Ms. … Continue reading →

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Another Way to Look at NATO Countries’ Defense Spending

Posted on July 14, 2018 by tonyj126

President Trump blasted NATO countries a few days ago for what he sees as spending too little on defense. In 2014 at the urging of the United States, the 27 NATO member states agreed to increase their defense spending to … Continue reading →

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