Military Spending Imperils Retirement & Safety Net

ANALYSIS and OPINION: U.S. defense spending is outrageous.  At about $950 billion  the United States was spending, before the Iran War, as much on defense as the next 9 nations combined.   And those nations, include Russia and China.     Initial estimates were that the war would cost between $1 billion and $2 billion per DAY.  Read More …

Trump’s $5000: A Voter Bribe?

ANALYSIS and OPINION: Trump called the GOP together to have a midterm convention. This was/is highly unusual. There’s no doubt a huge reason was that Trump and the GOP are not, according to recent polls, doing well and are thus at risk of losing control of he House of Representatives, the Senate or both. In Read More …