A Writer’s Blog

  • Is it better to have disposable cities or disposable armies fighting one war after another as in the United States? What do I mean? I mean to say that if we are going to spend money so people have jobs, rebuilding cities may be a better choice than waging wars as the United States has… Read more

  • The Evolution of a National Burden – Part 6/7

    According to Joe Weisenthal of Business Insider Magazine, it was President Clinton that caused the global financial crises of 2007-08, because he did not spend enough and increase the national debt. Read more

  • The Evolution of a National Burden – Part 5/7

    After World War II, the National Debt was reduced from 120% to 30% of GDP by 1981. Then Ronald Reagan was elected president. Read more

  • National Debt Info-Graphic by President 1945 – 2012

    As tax rates dropped for the wealthy, unemployment went up and GDP went down (on average). Read more

  • The Evolution of a National Burden – Part 4/7

    To pay off debt and fund the growing pains of a nation becoming an expanding global empire, Congress passed the 16th Amendment to the Constitution on February 3, 1913 establishing Congress’s right to impose a Federal income tax. Read more

  • The Evolution of a National Burden – Part 3/7

    In 1787, the concept of universal healthcare did not exist anywhere in the world, so how could America’s Founding Fathers be against something that did not exist? Read more