An interesting poll came out the other day. (“Poll Watch,” The Week, Feb 8, 2019, pg. 17)  Fifty-five percent of Americans favor receiving a health care plan through Medicare, but only 37% would be willing to raise taxes for it.  Presidential aspirant, Kamala Harris, and Senator

Beware the effects of “greater efficiency.”  It can lead to chaos.  Housekeeping, at my retirement center, recently sent residents a memo about upcoming changes in the maid service schedule.  Curious residents dialed the extension number provided, hoping for more information. 

“Let me tell you about the very rich. They are different from you and me.”*  For one thing, they don’t pay much in taxes.  When the top rate exceeds 48 percent, they find ways to avoid taxes and “government revenues start to fall.” (“A 70 percent tax rate is a liberal fa

A news report in a local paper reawakened some bad memories.  The story was about enterprise zones, programs meant to breathe life into depressed areas.  The project under review included portions of a tony area in the heart of the city. Developers were going the make a fortune and

“Tax the rich.” The chant gets louder as the liberal left begins to flex its muscles  Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) cites history as evidence the rich could pay more taxes.  She reminds us at one point in our history the tax rate was as high as 70%. I’m no economics major, as

I don’t care what you think of me.  I like money.  I’m not talking about quantity. I’m talking about money as a form of payment. The financial industry is coaxing consumers to move to a cashless society.  All I have to do is allow someone to stick a computer chip at the end o

Recently, I sat down to tea with a longtime acquaintance.  She wanted to talk about her broker.  He’d earned money for her over the years, but she resented his fees each time she bought or sold a stock.  She also wanted to reduce her taxes.  To that end, she’d made an appointm

Trump has always been a president untroubled by his contradictions. When the stock market is up, he takes his bow center stage.  When it’s down, he blames Jerome Powell, his appointment as Chair of the Federal Reserve Board.  Conventional wisdom discounts either position.  “…

Living in the real world and the virtual one may be more than my simple mind can handle.  My fear gets worse when I realize the virtual world is  split in two — between the worldwide web and the dark web. Add to that bifurcation, my need to  remember there are two kinds of mo

Daniela Karnuts, a fashion designer with Safiyaa in the U. K. observes “A woman is never attractive if she is not comfortable in her skin.” (The Modest Moment,” by Paula Knight, Bloomberg Businessweek, Dec. 17, 2018, pg. 69.)   Karnuts is not talking about real skin, of course