My Comments: I’m relatively powerless as I'm just one of almost 333M people now living in these United States. But I have a voice and at least a few people read my blog posts. What appears below appeared as my post on June 2, 2017, about 6 months after Donald Trump assumed office as President …
Category: Political Comments
Billionaires Pay Lower Tax Rate Than Working Class for First Time
My Comments: In my many years on this planet, there have always been financial issues that affect virtually all of us. Today, there’s fear we’re heading toward a recession, there’s an election approaching which has many people concerned, inflation is an issue with too many of us on the lower end of the spectrum dealing …
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Climate Change is Fueling the US insurance Problem
My Comments: Many here in the US continue to deride those of us who believe climate change is real. Much of that is political and to the detriment of all of us. My family lives in Florida and while our insurance rates have not increased to the extent described below, they have gone up. The …
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Marker for the collapse of a key Atlantic current discovered
My Comments: I have no reason to doubt the majority of scientists that posit that we are approaching, if not already there, a tipping point with respect to dramatic climate changes. Unfortunately, or perhaps fortunately, I will not likely experience it beyond the current heat levels in north central Florida. You are right in that …
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Climate change altering U.S. in profound ways, major report finds
My Comments: Rarely does a week pass than I’m reminded of the world I’m leaving behind for my children and grandchildren. It’s frustrating and too easy to ignore since I, like you, are but a drop of water in the bucket of humanity on our fair planet. I’m increasingly aware of the problems I’m leaving …
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FL lawmakers love developers so much, they want to put us at risk of being killed by hurricanes
My Comments: I’m a 60-year resident of Florida and the following may not interest those of you who live elsewhere. Unless you’re planning to move here soon. It resonates with me as I live in central Florida where hurricanes are typically less severe and coastal flooding is not an issue. Just know millions of people …
Why I Flipped from Right to Left
My Comments: This is perhaps a long read but given the dramatically different values expressed by those on the political right vs those on the political left, these words helped me better understand the dichotomy. The message from Eric Sentell gives me a little more hope for my children and grandchildren. When I first registered …
My Thoughts About The Donald
My Comments: What follows here was triggered when my cousin in England sent me an email the other day telling me about an article that appeared recently in his local newspaper. Turns out it's something I wrote that appeared in the Gainesville Sun in November of 2019. It appeared in the Sun when it was …
Climate change will raise sea levels, cause apocalyptic floods and displace almost a billion people
My Comments: I’ve now lived on this planet for more than 8 decades. This is an issue I've been aware of for perhaps 4 decades and today leaves me frightened for my children and grandchildren and for society in general. We are now faced with politicians who assert this is simply a hoax, a Socialist …
The 1968 Republican Party Platform Was ‘Woke’
My Comments: I was about 27 when the events recalled here played out. I was then a registered Democrat, but open to Republican ideology. In those days if you didn’t participate in the Democrat Party primary, you didn’t assert any choice over who was ultimately elected here in Florida. The primary effectively selected the ultimate …
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Helping Define Your Financial Future 