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ANALYSIS and OPINION Note: 5/13/26 Rao’s Solution becomes moree and more relevant as time goes by. Below is a very important video where we point out that Rao’s benefits transcend just those of the employer and employee in question. Fairer pay will have the effect of improving birth rates. This is crucial because the U.S. Read More …
OPINION and ANALYSIS: We aren’t having enough babies. And it’s becoming increasingly apparent, that the consequences of this are becoming huge not only for retirees but for the entire nation. Without immigration, our population will decline. This is normally thought of as a very bad thing economically, militarily and in other important areas. We take Read More …
OPINION AND ANALYSIS: Below are our videos on 5/5 and 5/7/26 on this vitally important subject because it greatly impacts both what our immigration policies should be and what our demographics are going to look like in the future.–not to mention our retirement and personal welfare. “Alarming Facts” amends “Immigrants: Do We Need Them?” Read More …
ANALYSIS and OPINION: Company CEO’s and Oligarchs want to maximize profits for themselves and for stockholders. They keep wages as low as possible. The consequence of this over the last 70 years has been the rich have gotten richer and the wages of workers have stayed relatively low. This contributed greatly to the fact that Read More …
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 …
[ANALYSIS AND OPINION] It’s been six months since Trump took office. On the economic front it’s difficult to gauge Trump’s performance simply because of his off and on approach to tariffs. One thing is clear. Congress has generally let Trump have his way on both the economy. The same is true with respect to foreign 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 …
[ANALYSIS and OPINION.] We’ve done a few videos on the solvency of social security and how it is very much affected by birth and immigration rates. This is a complex subject. We hope that the following provides a sound basis for all discussions on this extremely important subject. Below is the response to Read More …