If you don’t know how OASI works, please read my first article in this series, How Social Security Works. It should be common knowledge by now that Social Security has a massive surplus. This money is borrowed by the government as one of the largest parts of our government debt, accounting for over $2 trillion …
Yearly Archives: 2020
Vote for Joe
I cast my primary vote for Elizabeth Warren because I believe she had the best combination of strategy and progressive ideals, significantly more than any other candidate in the race. I voted for her despite her not really having a chance of winning because I wanted her to have as much influence at forming the …
Rule of Man
This is a short post because this is an extremely simply issue. We have finally received extremely rudimentary details on Trump’s taxes from a leak given to the New York Times. They have not released or leaked the full tax returns yet. The tax returns claim that Trump gave his daughter Ivanka over $700,000 in …
May Justice Live Forever
The death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg yesterday is an event which will significantly impact the future of American politics for the rest of our history. The Roberts Court has seen multiple 5-4 decisions which have been extremely decisive for the future of our country. The timing of this vacancy just before an election which will …
Democratic vs Republican Trifectas
Does your vote matter? Aren’t the parties the same? Does Democracy work? Let’s investigate this. I’m going to start the clock in 1933. There are a few reasons for this. The biggest reason is that President Franklin Delano Roosevelt pushed the Democratic Party towards its modern platform significantly. It would take another 62 years for …
The Mercantilist Consensus
I watched Joe Biden’s speech to his nomination to be the Democratic Candidate when it was done, and the first thing I thought was how similar he was to Trump and Sanders in one aspect, which is his views on foreign trade. He made a brief comment on how he would work to save American …
The End of Tourism
How We Got Here In 1930 Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden formed the Saudi Binladin Group. He quickly grew to one of the most powerful people in the country with close ties to the Saudi government. The Saudi Government is led by a government following the philosophies of Wahabbism. In 1942 the United States government …
More on Open Border policies around the world, Part Two
The Trump administration is currently building a border fence in Whatcom County, Washington where I lived for most of the last decade. In order to put this in perspective, first let’s look at a few indicators. I am using a few of my favorites, the Democracy Index from the Economist Intelligence Unit, Press Freedom Index …
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How Social Security Works
Social Security Old Age and Survivors Insurance is a program which every American who makes wages pays into every year of their life. Social Security takes 12.4% out of every paycheck in the country, for the pinky promise that you will receive some benefits when you retire. There are a lot of myths on how …
2021 Vice President
Joe Biden has said he has already picked a Vice President and that she is a woman. We don’t know who she is yet, but if we look at the history of Democratic Vice Presidents, we should be able to see a pattern of who successful Vice Presidential picks have been. I’m starting the clock …