Here are some notes about the Tara Reade case which I have pulled together. I studied game theory in college, so I am extensively using it in this article. I went back and forth on whether I should publish it, but I believe this is important to give a game theory analysis based on the …
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Why We Aren’t Getting Any Stimulus
America’s retirement system is woefully inadequate for the majority of Americans. After paying 12.4% of their income into Social Security, the average American doesn’t have any money left over to save in an index fund. This means the majority of Americans both struggle in retirement and have no rainy day fund for if they lose …
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Why we aren’t getting any stimulus
America’s retirement system is woefully inadequate for the majority of Americans. After paying 13.4% of their income into Social Security, the average American doesn’t have any money left over to save in an index fund. This means the majority of Americans both struggle in retirement and have no rainy day fund for if they lose …
General Lee was no hero
Ike was wrong about General Lee. Lee was a slaveholder and had no loyalty to these United States. As soon as Virginia seceded from the Union, Lee saw nothing wrong with being the leading general in the war which killed more American soldiers than any other war. He was a veteran of the Mexian American …
End this epidemic recession now
America is currently spiraling into a recession, and we need to have effective policy as soon as possible to end it. This recession is a classic demand side recession. People are staying home, cutting their spending, which is going to cause both deflation and a reduction in GDP. This is going to inevitably cause layoffs, …
Updated Presidential Rankings
Ranking of American Presidents I am only ranking Presidents who have served for at least 365 days. For this reason I am excluding William Henry Harrison and James Garfield who died less than a year before their first term is up, and I cannot rank President Biden yet because he hasn’t served a full term …
2020 elections, 1 year out
We are currently in declaration season for the upcoming elections in 2020. Elections are going to decide state legislatures, several governoships, the entire House, and 1/3 of the Senate. It is impossible to exaggerate the importance of this election. Here are my thoughts: President We have the best slate of candidates for President we could …
Bloomberg on retirement
https://www.bloomberg.com/amp/news/articles/2019-06-13/world-s-retirees-risk-running-out-of-money-a-decade-before-deathI have written a big on this issue before, and if you search my social security label on my blog you will see why I am highly critical of Americas retirement system. When designing a retirement system which works for ALL, there are a few key ideas I believe will help make something which works …
6 point economic plan to save the middle class
There are some serious problems in the current American economic system which hold the middle class back. All of these policy decisions reduce income mobility and hold our economy back. Here are what I see from my life as the biggest problems in the American system which hold Americans back: Our health care system has …
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