Just a thought.
Sunday, March 23, 2025
Beer..
Game over..
Bill Maher about the Democratic Party:
"I mean, this looks like game over. And the reason why people are voting with their feet is a lot of what your book is about: taxes and regulation," Maher said. "I've certainly been screaming about it forever.
I did three years with a sign here that said, 'How long is it gonna take me to get my solar hooked up?' Three years. Talking about it on television in this state, you couldn't do
We're taxed more than any other state. People are leaving these kind of states for places where they [don't] feel the heavy breath of government on them….
It's not that hard for Democrats to understand this, but they don't. They seem to be incapable of doing anything about it.
Saturday, March 22, 2025
No Logic .
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has acknowledged his military is in a difficult position in Kursk and that he expects continued attacks from Russia as it attempts to push the remaining Ukrainian forces out of the region.
Russia's retaking of the Kursk region removes a potential bargaining chip for Ukraine just as U.S. President Donald Trump undertakes talks to end the war with Russia, which holds around a fifth of Ukraine's national lands.
Ukraine's retreat from the Kursk city of Sudzha, confirmed by Kyiv on March 16, prompted questions and deepened the public divide in Ukraine on the benefits of the incursion. Just a thought.
Fraud..
Last year, the U.S. government made at least $162 billion in improper payments, according to a nonpartisan government watchdog. Kristin Kociolek of the Government Accountability Office also told a House oversight subcommittee that the government was defrauded of $233 billion to $521 billion per year between 2018 and 2022.
Social welfare programs and pandemic emergency programs have proven especially prone to errors and abuses. Medicare , the health insurance program for senior citizens, racked up $54.3 billion in improper payments last year. Medicaid, the healthcare program for low-income people, improperly dispensed $31.1 billion.
Wednesday, March 19, 2025
Cause..
“Household and business inflation expectations have reached very high levels, and they could rise further if the Russian invasion of Ukraine causes energy prices to spike or disrupts supply chains,” wrote Goldman Sachs in a note Monday warning of higher and more persistent inflation than previously forecast.
On that knowledge, the Biden administration Placed restrictions and sanctions on the Russian energy of oil and Natural gas, in addition of cancelling the Nord Stream 2, a new pipeline ready to transfer natural gas from Russia to Europe for reduced prices.
The trucking industry itself has been facing challenges for years, mostly due to a shortage of drivers. The higher fuel costs will be passed on by trucking companies in the form of fuel surcharges. So all businesses will have to pay higher transportation costs. With already high inflation, they are likely to pass along those costs to consumers.