When We Think Of Smog?? “Los Angeles, Chicago, or Atlanta Comes To Mind” The Usual Suspects above are not the topic for this discussion: When Utah earned the dubious distinction as one of the biggest producers of toxic chemicals in the country in 2017, there was a lot of finger wagging and excuses and very […]
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Building Urban Inventors
Cities full of inventors spawn more innovation We found that increasing exposure to innovation may be a powerful tool to increase the number of inventors in America, particularly among women, minorities and children from low-income families. To test the importance of exposure, we first counted the number of inventors that lived in each child’s city […]
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Lost Einsteins
Talented Youth Of Low-income Families Become Our ‘Lost Einsteins’ Innovation is widely viewed as the engine of economic growth. To maximize innovation and growth, all of our brightest youth should have the opportunity to become inventors. Studies have shown that an awfully bleak picture of our lost geniuses is being composed in our urban communities. […]
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America First What??
“Trump’ America First Backlash” Later this week, President Trump is expected to attend a gathering of powerful businessmen and world leaders in Davos, Switzerland and use the opportunity to pitch the United States to investors and give some version of his “America First” speech as the closing speech of the event. But, at the […]
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Borrow $5,000 payback $42,000
Borrow $5,000 payback $42,000 The figures above sound totally ridiculous but this form of borrowing is again legal. Cadet Bone Spurs administration has started dismantling the Consumer Financial Protection Board, agency founded by now Senator Warren from Massachusetts, whose main purpose was to protect ordinary citizens from loan sharks and payday predators. With the handwriting […]
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Health Care Cost
HIGH COST OF MEDICINE FOR SENIOR AND OTHERS As a senior who goes to pharmacies each month I see all those older and sometimes younger than me writing checks (yes we still have seniors who write checks). It is a shame that today we still have our elder population who still have to decide on […]
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Protecting Them
How do we protect our college students and graduates?? Yesterday I read another article about the continued attack on our children who desire to further their education. Secretary DeVos has contracted one of her past companies to collect student debt. This contract is worth $100’s of million. Betsy and her other Republican cabinet members are […]
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Medicare Freebies
22 Health Care Services You Get Free With Medicare Few senior discounts are worth as much as the savings you get through Medicare health insurance. The Social Security Administration subsidizes Medicare. So, having a Medicare insurance plan typically is cheaper than buying a health insurance plan on your own. Medicare is not free — there […]
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Trickle Down Econ????
After bonus announcement, Walmart fires thousands of co-managers, replaces them with cheaper workers “This move comes after announcing mass closure of its Sam’s Clubs stores”. (63 total and counting) The Tax Cut Job Act of December 2017 passed by republican congress was suppose to improve job security by the same corporations who were receiving the […]
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For Profit College’s In Control
For-Profits Get What They Want Pt III By August 2017, it is apparent the biggest benefactors of DeVo’s actions on higher education are for-profit colleges. This industry saw big setbacks under Obama administration crackdowns on their business practices. A large number of the schools faced steep fines for misrepresenting job placement data and altering grades […]