“Progressives want billionaires to pay their ‘fair share.’ What does that mean?” – The Lonely Realist The highest income tax rate payable by Americans is 37%, yet reports indicate that billionaires pay less, far less. For example, according to a 2021 White House release, an “analysis...
“Just when trust has become more important than ever …, it also has become scarcer than ever.” – Thomas Friedman (4/14/23) In a recent editorial in the New York Times, Tom Friedman focused on how trust has evaporated. Although his subject was U.S.-China relations, the sad...
“Homo Sapiens has invented many ways to destroy itself.” – The Lonely Realist How can the human race self-destruct? Let me count the ways! There’s nuclear holocaust, man-made pandemic, “natural” pandemic, meteorological catastrophe, AI knowledge engineering, genetic engineering error, and/or a permutation or combination of the...
“By every measure and employing any number of standards, America’s education system is failing.” – The Lonely Realist Shockingly, America ranks behind 21 other countries in math, reading and science. The world has progressed and American education quite simply hasn’t. Progress requires the decision to change...
“It’s the economy, stupid!” – James Carville (1992) Americans vote their wallets. Whether they like the incumbent’s or the challenger’s policies … or hate them both, they’ll vote for the candidate they believe will impact most positively on their economic health. If America’s economy has been...