Category Archives: Tax Laws

Trump Asks for More Global Warming, and Other Catastrophes

Trump Asks for More Global Warming, and Other Catastrophes Trump can never really keep a secret. He eventually reveals everything. Trump tweeted for more global warming to heat up New York and D.C., where he wants more winter business for … Continue reading

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No Taxation Without Representation

No Taxation Without Representation There are many, many ways that the Trump Tax Bill is not representative of Americans in general. We all recall that this started the American Revolution. The Unmitigated Gall of the tax bill is that it … Continue reading

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Trump’s Deregulated America of Fears

Trump’s Deregulated America of Fears It’s essentially a mathematical theorem, that if you remove regulations that were imposed to prevent harm, that bad things will happen.  Trump promised in the campaign, that for every new regulation, he would remove two.  … Continue reading

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The Educational Background of the US Congress

The Educational Background of the US Congress. I must admit that I am a bit of a conspiracy theorist, which is how scientists try to find common theories behind several anomalous results. I was wondering if there was a conservative … Continue reading

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The Enrichment Effect of Trump’s Tax Plan

First of all, the tax plan that Trump has taken credit for is essentially last year’s Republican tax plan.  It was agreed upon before release by Secretary of the Treasury Steve Mnuchin and Director of the National Economic Council and chief … Continue reading

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Trump’s Debt Blowup and Economic Disruptiveness

Trump’s Debt Blowup and Economic Disruptiveness The piecemeal plans of the Congress (er Republicans) on the next budget will lead to HUGE (Trumpwise) increases in the National Debt. They will be justified (attempted) by the many-times-disproved trickle-down economics. They have … Continue reading

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Please Teach Trump What Bastille Day Celebrates

Please Teach Trump What Bastille Day Celebrates Trump, having witnessed the Bastille Day or French National Day Parade, has decided that he needs that pomp of having a July 4 Parade next year showing off our military hardware. France’s parade … Continue reading

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Trump’s National Day of Prayer: Politicize Religion, and Slash Healthcare

Trumps National Day of Prayer:  Politicize Religion, and Slash Healthcare Trump has held two TV worthy Rose Garden events on this National Day of Prayer, that strayed rather far from our traditions of Religion.  The first was to give “free … Continue reading

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Instant Inflation of National Debt Estimate from Trump’s Tax Cuts

Instant Inflation of National Debt Estimate from Trump’s Tax Cuts   Today was the day of the announcement of Goldman Sach’s, er, I mean Trump’s tax cut. As news reports and interviews progressed during the day, here are the estimates … Continue reading

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Stick With the Real Issues With Trump: Satire

Stick With the Real Issues With Trump:  a Satire   I am going to take a satirical approach to the issues with Trump that the TV news shows waste a lot of time on, rather than covering the more serious … Continue reading

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