It's reported that every time Donald Trump travels from Washington D C to his golf resort at Mar-a-Lago in Florida, it costs American taxpayers about $3.6 million. That's $3,600,000.00 - one beaucoup bucket of bucks. When one considers further that The Donald has made the trek at least nine times since his inauguration, we're looking at a price tag that would give many pause.
But not the Bloviator in Chief. He's cleaning up as well as having fun, since it's been estimated that nearly $1 million per year will go into the coffers of the Trump Organization as a result of these and other similar visits. What's even more distressing is the fact that the money spent on Trump at Mar-a-Lago could have funded a year’s worth of meals for 9,000 Meals on Wheels recipients,
six years of the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness, or 7,000
Pell grants to help low-income students pay for college, among other
options.
Friday, December 29, 2017
Wednesday, December 27, 2017
Marginalizing People
In a clip on MSNBC, someone carried a home-made sign that read Keep the Kids - Deport the
Racists.
Were that to be carried out, Donald Trump would be the first to be booted. Just before Christmas (how's that for insensitivity?), Trump, during a meeting at the White House regarding immigration policy, said Haitians have aids, and Nigerians will forget about their huts ...
The breadth and depth of the man's complete lack of suitability for the office he holds are stunning. But there is a hopeful note. An ever-increasing number of prognosticators predict that Democrats will regain control of the House of Representatives, and perhaps the Senate as well, in 2018.
What has any of this to do with advocating for the working class? Just this. The kind of folks among whom I grew up deserve better than to be viewed as pawns by the current occupant of the Oval Office. Remember who you are and where you came from, and vote Democratic next year!
Racists.
Were that to be carried out, Donald Trump would be the first to be booted. Just before Christmas (how's that for insensitivity?), Trump, during a meeting at the White House regarding immigration policy, said Haitians have aids, and Nigerians will forget about their huts ...
The breadth and depth of the man's complete lack of suitability for the office he holds are stunning. But there is a hopeful note. An ever-increasing number of prognosticators predict that Democrats will regain control of the House of Representatives, and perhaps the Senate as well, in 2018.
What has any of this to do with advocating for the working class? Just this. The kind of folks among whom I grew up deserve better than to be viewed as pawns by the current occupant of the Oval Office. Remember who you are and where you came from, and vote Democratic next year!
Tuesday, December 26, 2017
Tax Reform That Changes Little
Despite happy-talk of Republicans from Paul Ryan to Donald Trump, the recently-passed tax "reform" bill will do little if anything to address, let alone ameliorate, income inequality in the United States.
According to Business Insider, a number of the provisions of the legislation in question will actually exacerbate income inequality.
Should we be surprised that images like that below present so disturbing a picture for workers and the middle class?
According to Business Insider, a number of the provisions of the legislation in question will actually exacerbate income inequality.
Should we be surprised that images like that below present so disturbing a picture for workers and the middle class?
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