Economic issues-taxes, freedom to do business, unemployment
From my Ricochet friend Rodin. I could not have said it better myself. Please read, and comment. The nation is in great danger and the problem and the solution is the same: party politics. Political parties are vehicles, not ideology. They can be tuned up and powered like race cars or left in disrepair like …
Continue reading Guest Blogger: We are called to a Great Cause
The "Nanny State" of Washington has enacted a new social program, paid for by all those who are employed in the state. Employees will now have half of 1% of their wages withheld, starting in January, for a "long-term care" tax, which will not be active until three years later. That benefit will be a …
Continue reading A new disincentive to work in the State of Washington
Yes, there is definitely a heatwave here in Western Washington. Every local news web site has multiple stories about the high temperatures being felt here, where 80 is normal summer. Here are a couple of screenshots of what I see on my phone right now. We have been in places where it was this hot, …
Continue reading Heatwave in Western Washington brings the expected responses
Last week, Exxon-Mobil, the integrated oil and gas company, had their annual shareholders meeting in their headquarters town of Houston, Texas. As a result of shareholder action, they now have three new members of their board of directors, from the Environmentalist non-profit called Engine No. 1. This group wants to basically put Exxon-Mobil and other …
Continue reading What the CEO of Exxon-Mobil should have said to the shareholders from Engine No. 1
For over a year, the medical establishment of the United States, and most of the US Federal Government, has been listening to the advice of so-called infectious-disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci, who has been in his very well-paid government job for decades. That advice basically caused government to shut down the thriving US economy, close …
The following is an excellent post, now promoted to the Ricochet Main Feed, regarding what happens when citizens of a Republic knowingly elect Tyrants to high office. We should all think very carefully about this, because we in America are already feeling the effects. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ First, Democrats convince blacks that they can’t possibly achieve anything …
Continue reading Guest blogger: Ricochet friend Dr. Bastiat-Converting Democracy into Tyranny
We all know that the Federal government has been spending your money like there's no tomorrow, lining the pockets of their favored groups, and "helping" the citizens who have been, what they call "impacted" (read: Ruined) by their actions to attack the Wuhan Coronavirus over the past year. One of the huge spending bills was …
Here in the Pacific Northwest, we have some of the most beautiful scenery anywhere. There's Mount Rainier, the Olympic Mountains (see my blog header), Puget Sound, Lake Washington, and the Seattle skyline with the Space Needle. Unfortunately, not too far beneath that beauty exist local governments who seem bent on ruining the livability of their …
Continue reading Welcome to the beautiful Pacific Northwest. Chipping away at Society every day.
The Washington State Health Nazis, as demonstrated by Dr. Ali Mokdad of the University of Washington Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME). The title of the KOMO story says it all: Expect "close to normal" summer but increase in Covid cases this fall". Yes, there it is, the big BUT in the good …
Continue reading The Health Nazis will Not let the US get back to normal…ever.
Finally, our Dictator here in Washington State has relaxed the statewide mask mandate that required everyone to wear a face-covering at all indoor locations other than home; with businesses made the enforcers by threatening them with fines or loss of business license if they admitted people with no mask on. Now, those businesses may issue …
Continue reading Yes, it’s about Control now, not “Public Health”, and here’s proof
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