Remember when "States Right's" was a racist "Dog Whistle". It wasn't that long ago. Now though, places like California have re-discovered the tenth amendment. Continue reading "A Racist "Dog Whistle""
Category: Government
About Government
It’s Not an Instruction Manual
George Orwell's 1984 was intended as a warning, not an instruction manual for the federal government. Continue reading "It’s Not an Instruction Manual"
Some Perspective
Millions, Billions, Trillions, all terms for a large amount, and depending on where you are all having different meanings. I live in the United States where a billion is a thousand million, and a trillion is a thousand billion. Or to put that another way, a trillion is a million million.
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Beware the Ides of April
It's April 15th... Tax day. Not exactly my favorite day of the year. The changes to the tax laws helped out this year, and I got some money back from the federal government. I had to pay more to my state government though.