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Taxes, Tariffs, and Prices
It’s no secret that the lawmakers and administrations that cozy up to the billionaires and corporations promote reducing or removing the income and corporate taxes and replacing them with increased sales taxes. If one’s goal is to protect the financial interests of the wealthy at the expense of increased taxation on the working class and…
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Power to Exercise One’s Freedom of Speech
I have already written about the First Amendment to the United States’ Constitution, and that, contrary to common understanding or attempts by those who have always wanted to abuse it, it is not just about the freedom of speech, and even the part that is related to the freedom of speech, is not a blanket…
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Minimum Qualifications for Holding Public Office
Back then when the former president would refer to his political rivals as “very low-IQ” individuals, implying that he himself has a very high IQ score, I used to fantasize about congress calling the bluff and making a minimum IQ score as a requirement for running for public office. But then I remembered instances like…
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No Longer Surprised!
A few friends had expressed surprise over Trump’s nominees for top positions in his incoming administration. Quite frankly, I was a bit surprised too; even for Trump, some of the nominees are quite out there! But then I came across this piece in which Don Jr announces his heavy involvement “on” the transition, and expresses…
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The News May Be Stale, But the Irony Is Fresh
Dec 3, 2024, South Korea (the First Republic was established in 1948): Lawmakers in South Korea unanimously voted to lift a controversial martial law, which was declared by President Yoon Suk Yeol earlier on Tuesday, reversing a dramatic event that shook the nation. Yes, the vote was unanimous, not along the party lines. And yes…