Tools to Enlighten
ANALYSIS AND OPINION: Can we afford Trump’s war in Iran? He’s asked for an additonal $50 billion over what’s already in the pre-war defense budget. We take a look at the numbers in the following TWO videos: [Remember: Nothing happens unless the voters do something and let the politicians know that they (the voters Read More …
OPINION and ANALYSIS: Artificial intelligence is going to cause massive unemploytment. Social security is going to be insolvent sometime around 2033. A major cause of the insolvency is that the United States is not having enough babies to maintain the required worker/retiree ratio to keep social security afloat. Should this not cause us to Read More …
OPINION and ANALYSIS: From the the long overdue release of a mere portion of the Epstein files, the recent Davos meeting of the Super Rich and certain statements recently made by the likes of Elon Musk and the Godfather of AI, Geoffrey Hinton the most dreadful conceivable scenario emerges as at least a plausible Read More …
OPINION and ANALYSIS: Why Trump’s use of ICE potentially hurts everyone’s retirement. The solvency of Social Security is a looming huge issue. We need not only to worry about our own retirement, but what about everyone’s elderly parents. Not having social security will make everyone’s life even more financially challenging than it already is.
Originally this post was for only Part 2 of our novel (in audiobook form) dealing with struggle on several levels. East versus West, he versus she love triangles and espionage activities of the U.S. in connection with Chinese interests in the Panama Canal. However it’s main purpose is the point out a little discussed fundamental Read More …
As a public service, we are offering for free (for a yet to be determined limited time) a crucial part of our novel Rao’s Solution. This particular Part gets to the essence of the solution–or at least a first step to achieving fairer pay in the workplace. This will, not only help folks become more Read More …
Here it is. Part 1 of Rao’s Solution in audio form. Free markets and capitalism are a great way to produce wealth. However, although a novel, Rao’s Solution points out a fundamental reason why the gap between rich and poor folks will always increase in an unregulated economy. And, the proof is actually Read More …
This an important video simply because if the statistic analysis is correct, Trump’s utilization of ICE and his entire deportation scheme is not needed and is very likely just cover for his continuous attempts to seize dictatorial control over the entire U.S. government. If that is so, then one has to wonder at what Read More …
[ANALYSIS and OPINION] [Preliminary Note 3/26/26: About a year after this blog post was published Senator Whitehouse (D-RI.) made a very sensible proposal, that naturally called for higher taxes on the earnings of wealthy individuals to help fund the social security solvency crises which by March 2026 was estimated to occur in 2032. That Read More …
[OPINION and ANALYSIS.] [Author’s Note: CAUTION: The following is the result of a series of prompts (commands) to ChatGPT 4.5 and GPT Plus over a period of several days. We have not actually run (calculated) these numbers at reasonandbalance.com and thus make no guarantees as to their accurateness. Chat and AI sometimes make Read More …