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The Amazing Progress in Trump’s America

June 9, 2018 daniel Americans are Far Less Tolerant of Racists and Racism, Americans are Less Tolerant of Sexism, Conservatives and Evangelicals are growing up and learning how to Compromise, few examples of Progress in Trump’s America, gruesome Trump phenomenon, Progress in Trump’s America, Some Media Executives are Depriving Arrogant Celebrities of their Soapboxes, The American Left has grown a Backbone, The spectacle of a bigot in the White House has woken a lot of people up., Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS) CEO Bob Iger

Future generations might look back upon the Trump administration as a time of great progress. The Donald might be a necessary part of America’s social and political evolution.

There is also a good possibility that alleged sexual predator Harvey Weinstein would have never been arrested; and sexual predator Bill Cosby convicted, without Trump in the White House. Perverted creeps like Matt Lauer and Bill O’Reilly would have never lost their cushy jobs if Hillary was in the White House.

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Is Basic Income Good for Mental Health

June 3, 2018July 26, 2018 daniel Are Social Services Bureaucrats causing Mental Illness?, Benefits of Basic Income, Can Basic Income Fix Mental Illness, Can Basic Income Lead to Better Mental Health?, Fair Shot, How Basic Income Might Work, Is Basic Income Good for Mental Health, What is the Connection between Income and Mental Illness?

There are no simple solutions for mental illness but basic income would certainly eliminate some of its causes. It would certainly be a cheaper, more efficient, and more humane way of dealing with the problem than drugging people, “psychotherapy,” or forced hospitalizations.

• Basic income would stimulate the economy by putting cash in the hands of average people that would actually spend it.

• Basic income will reach groups left out of our economy including working-class women, rural whites, the mentally ill, African Americas, young people, children, and the elderly.

• Basic income can alleviate some of the causes of mental illness including the stress and anxiety produced by the modern economy.

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The Danger from Patriotic Correctness

May 27, 2018May 28, 2018 daniel American free-speech is under assault, American free-speech is under assault from both left and right, Organized Hypocrisy for Corrupt Elitists, Patriotic Correctness, Pretending to be Socially Responsible, The Danger to Free Speech from Patriotic Correctness, The Star Spangled Banner

The mob President Donald J. Trump (R-New York) and his ilk have stirred up is just as likely to turn on the NFL owners and destroy them as it is to fill the stands at the games. Once the owners are tarred and feathered; the patriotically correct lynch mob will consume Trump and the band of pseudointellectuals, grade F celebrities, and political has-beens that surrounds him.

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A New Agenda for America

May 26, 2018 daniel • Eliminate the cap on the Social Security Tax, $15 an hour minimum wage nationwide, A New Agenda for America, basic income of $500, Fed Coin, high cost of healthcare, Income Inequality, Medicare for All, national single-payer healthcare system, the housing crisis, United States Permanent Fund, Wage Stagnation

The idea behind this agenda is a simple one to create an economy that shares the benefits of capitalism with all Americans. If we do not do the hard work necessary to build such an economy, America will face serious political and social unrest.

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Why Doesn’t Anybody Like Progress?

May 19, 2018 daniel • Progress is not entertaining or romantic., • Progress makes for lousy storytelling., • Progress threatens many people’s world views., and Progress., Enlightenment Now, Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, explanations for the hostility to progress, Humanism, Pinker has uncovered a fascinating and disturbing paradox, Pinker’s Paradox, Science, Star Trek, Steven Pinker, This occurs because progress usually makes for lousy story telling., Why Are People so Hostile to Progress?, Why Doesn’t Anybody Like Progress?

Even though the world is safer, more peaceful, cleaner, freer, healthier, and more prosperous than ever before a lot of people cannot accept that reality. The better things get; the more some people refuse to notice, and the harder they resist progress and the thinking behind it.

Behind almost every argument against progress there will be a person fearing for his or her livelihood.

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How many Jobs can Technology Kill?

May 6, 2018 daniel ” The Changing Nature of Work, Bank of Governor thinks Technological Unemployment will lead to Communism, How many Jobs can Technology Kill?, mass die-off of jobs, Technological Jobs Apocalypse, Technological Unemployment, The Technological Jobs Apocalypse What to Expect, Why you should be afraid of a Technological Jobs Apocalypse, Will Technology Kill the Jobs or create more?

Technological Unemployment will be far more widespread and destructive than most people expect.

1. Technology will kill large numbers of jobs over the course of the next few decades.

2. Technology will create vast numbers of new jobs over the next few decades.

3. Income inequality is likely to get a lot worse. There will be a lot more rich people and many more poor people around.

4. The destruction of jobs will lead to widespread cultural, political, social, and economic upheaval.

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Basic Income would be better than a Jobs Guarantee

May 5, 2018 daniel • A federal jobs guarantee, • Since it would not help vast numbers of citizens, 1. Basic income is more honest, a jobs guarantee is a lie, Basic Income vs. Jobs Guarantee, Basic Income would be better than a Jobs Guarantee, Federal Jobs Guarantee, the jobs guarantee, the jobs guarantee will do little to alleviate poverty., U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-New Jersey), What is wrong with the Jobs Guarantee?, Why Basic Income is better than the Jobs Guarantee

• Since it would not help vast numbers of citizens, the jobs guarantee will do little to alleviate poverty.

• A jobs guarantee would make easy for politicians and everybody else to ignore poverty. Conservatives can say there is no need for social programs because there are jobs available for the poor.
• Government agencies would be turned into adult daycare centers for the most dysfunctional members of our society by the jobs guarantee.
• A jobs guarantee would erode people’s incentive for self-advancement and improvement. Many people will ask; “why should I go to trade school or college when there is a no-brain and no-work government ‘job’ that pays $15 an hour waiting for me right now.”

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Why Uncle Sam Should Pay Teachers $1,000 a month

May 2, 2018 daniel direct federal payment to teachers, How Uncle Sam can Increase Teacher Pay Fast, Increase Teacher Pay, Increase Teacher Pay Fast, The federal government should pay public and charter school teachers $1000 in cash a month., Uncle Sam Should Pay Teachers Directly, underpaid teachers, Why Uncle Sam Should Pay Teachers $1000 a month

The federal government should pay public and charter school teachers $1,000 in cash each month.

A direct federal payment to teachers would not solve every problem education but it would be a good place to start. Once teacher salaries go up we can begin to address the rest of the criminal underfunding that our schools face.

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How the Baby Boomers Wrecked America – and tried to Wreck the World

April 28, 2018 daniel Baby Boomer Sociopaths, Boomer sociopathy, Deconstructing Civil Rights, Evidence the Baby Boomers in Washington are Sociopaths, How America’s Baby Boomers are hurting the World, How the Baby Boomers Wrecked America – and tried to Wreck the World, Sorry Baby Boomers you have behaved Like Sociopaths, The Baby Boomers are a plague of locusts, The other great example of Boomer sociopathy

Like a true sociopath, Baby Boomer America breaks stuff – then refuses to pay the bill. Harry S. Truman and George C. Marshall are undoubtedly rolling over in their graves.

Unfortunately, this is just a sampling of the sociopathic behavior of Boomers in power. Gibney’s expose of Boomer malfeasance is far more detailed but disturbingly he does not go far enough.

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A 21st Century Medicare Proposal

March 4, 2018 daniel 21st Century Medicare, A 21st Century Medicare Proposal, a chip card just like those issued by Visa or MasterCard, A single-payer health insurance system that all Americans would participate in., How is such fast payment processing possible?, How would people sign up for 21st Century Medicare?, No deductibles, Premium Free Medicare, What is 21st Century Medicare?, Who will administer 21st Century Medicare?, Why do you call it 21st Century Medicare?, Would private health insurance be banned?, Would there be premiums for 21st Century Medicare?

Q: Would there be premiums for 21st Century Medicare?
A: No because it would be tax-supported. Participation in the system would be free for all Americans. All a person would need to do to participate is enroll.
Q: How will you finance 21st Century Medicare?
A: There would be a 3% tax on all individual income and a 5% tax on all corporate income. That might be augmented by sales taxes on things like candy, soda pop, alcohol, tobacco, and marijuana.