Category: Economics

Economic issues-taxes, freedom to do business, unemployment

Whoa!! Human Ingenuity at work!

On By rushbabe49In business, Culture, Economics, government, Media and the Internet, Nature, Random Musings About Life, Science and research, social media, Space and astronomy, technology1 Comment

I continually marvel at the products of the human mind, when presented with a seemingly intractable problem. Don’t count out the resourcefulness of NASA engineers! https://twitter.com/mastronomers/status/1943762001026855055?s=46&t=AkJV8dX_RyhUKPG8uj0KNQ Further details: https://twitter.com/mastronomers/status/1943763631079829943?s=46&t=AkJV8dX_RyhUKPG8uj0KNQ Extraordinary! The USA provides and encourages the most innovation of any country in the world, mostly due to its capitalist economic system. I am in awe …

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Links to Jewels and Catturd Podcast

On By rushbabe49In Authoritarianism, Culture, Economics, elections, government, humor, Law and Justice, Media and the Internet, Politics in the Age of Trump, Progressive "Thought", social mediaLeave a comment

Hello, readers! I will be posting the links to the daily podcast here. You have got to tune in live, but if you can’t, the recordings are posted immediately after each day’s show. https://twitter.com/catturd2/status/1943384871436455966?s=46&t=AkJV8dX_RyhUKPG8uj0KNQ Thursday show https://twitter.com/catturd2/status/1943022569076003157?s=46&t=AkJV8dX_RyhUKPG8uj0KNQ Wednesday show https://twitter.com/catturd2/status/1942660221467296200?s=46&t=AkJV8dX_RyhUKPG8uj0KNQ Tuesday show (none Monday this week) Listen every day. They are fantastic!

Once again, time for a dispatch from the Western Washington Dystopia

On By rushbabe49In Authoritarianism, business, Crime and Punishment, Culture, domestic terrorism, Economics, government, immigration, Law and Justice, Media bias, Politics in the Age of Trump, Progressive "Thought", social media, Travel and VacationsLeave a comment

As is becoming normal, the news lately is full of tales of filth, trash, murder, miscarriages of justice, and censorship. First up, the new "Hate Crime Snitch Line" is now up and running. Citizens can use it to report "bias incidents" about their neighbors and just random citizens they encounter. The all-seeing, all-knowing State will …

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An interesting DEI story

On By rushbabe49In Authoritarianism, business, Culture, DEI, Economics, government, History, Law and Justice, Media bias, Politics in the Age of Trump, Progressive "Thought", social mediaLeave a comment

The Feds started it with the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s. They attempted to right all the wrongs of Jim Crow by injecting bias into federal hiring and contracting. Companies doing work for the government were required to hire minority employees, and contractors were required to testify that they have some of their business …

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Guest Author: Dr. Ahmad Malik on what’s in store for the world

On By rushbabe49In Authoritarianism, business, Covid Madness, Culture, domestic terrorism, Economics, government, Guest Blogger, History, Law and Justice, Media bias, Politics in the Age of Trump, Progressive "Thought", Science and research, technology1 Comment

His post from X is copied in its entirety, for those of my readers who are not members of X. But they should be, because X is now the best and most-accurate source of news on the planet. This is not an exaggeration either. As some legacy media used to say, "You heard it here …

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A thought on the price of gasoline

On By rushbabe49In Authoritarianism, business, Culture, Economics, environmentalism, government, Politics in the Age of Trump, transportation1 Comment

Think of it this way. They (the government) tax motor fuel, which society needs second only to water, the way they price alcohol and tobacco. They load it up with multiple different taxes (sales taxes, cap-and-trade taxes, energy taxes, weight taxes, road-use taxes), and in some places the tax burden is higher than the price …

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Guest Author: Travis Couture, WA Legislator, on the impact of all the new taxes on small businesses

On By rushbabe49In Authoritarianism, business, Economics, elections, government, Guest Blogger, Law and Justice, Media bias, Politics in the Age of Trump, Progressive "Thought", social media2 Comments

This excellent essay was posted on X yesterday, and I think it deserves posting in its entirety. This is what we are experiencing here in Washington State. [emphasis mine] Tariffs aren’t affecting my small business, we manufacture custom cabinetry right here in Washington. What’s hurting us is Democrat tax increases. Everything we create is made …

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Welcome to the State of Taxington

On By rushbabe49In Authoritarianism, business, Crime and Punishment, Economics, elections, government, Law and Justice, Media bias, Politics in the Age of Trump, Progressive "Thought", social media2 Comments

With a DemocRat super-majority in the state legislature, and every state agency staffed by far-left radicals, the citizens had a pretty good idea what was in store for them. That has been amply confirmed this week. Here is what went down in Olympia, with commentary. https://twitter.com/letsgowa/status/1924895940869329257?s=46&t=AkJV8dX_RyhUKPG8uj0KNQ Home school your kids https://twitter.com/washingtonsrc/status/1924827450762035450?s=46&t=AkJV8dX_RyhUKPG8uj0KNQ https://twitter.com/future42org/status/1924925596645392882?s=46&t=AkJV8dX_RyhUKPG8uj0KNQ Companies pay into …

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The Far Left Democrats are living on borrowed time: Guest Essayist Robby Starbuck on America and Trump…and what may be in store for Leftists

On By rushbabe49In Authoritarianism, Culture, Economics, Education, elections, government, Guest Blogger, History, Law and Justice, Media bias, Politics in the Age of Trump, Progressive "Thought", social media6 Comments

I have chosen to copy over Robby's post from X in its entirety, since I believe that everyone with a working brain and a love for America should receive the benefit of his thinking. Starbuck has been singularly successful in his almost single-handed crusade against DEI in Corporate America. All he needs to change corporate …

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Friday Post: Pithy Memes

On By rushbabe49In Authoritarianism, business, Covid Madness, Crime and Punishment, Culture, Economics, Education, government, immigration, Law and Justice, literature, Politics in the Age of Trump, Progressive "Thought", Random Musings About Life, social media7 Comments

Online memes aren’t always funny. Sometimes they are serious, and instructive. Below are some from this week that stood out for me. Socialism has no redeeming social value for civilization. No one knows it better than Sowell Too many bad bills passed recently. Truth Another good one from Sowell Truth And finally: I am still …

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