President Obama appeared in the White House press room Friday morning to again talk about those who use tax loop holes to avoid paying their fair share, but he ignores the 3.3 percent of government workers who continue to fail to pay taxes owed. Continue reading
Month: May 2016
Much ado about nothing
House Speaker Paul Ryan’s statement that he was withholding his support for Donald Trump until he has had an opportunity to confer with him has the political world in a dither. Continue reading
Hillary’s non-apology to a coal miner
The fluff magazine, People, and other Hillary Clinton media backers, are giving her credit for making an apology to Bo Copley, a West Virginia coal miner, who confronted her over her March remarks at an Ohio town hall about putting coal miners and coal companies out of business. Not so. Continue reading
Trump the ‘presumptive’ nominee?
Presumptive … presumed in the absence of further information – Oxford dictionary
“I consider myself the presumptive nominee,” Donald Trump declared following his sweep of the five east coast primaries, “As far as I’m concerned, it’s over.”
Personally, I am not a Trump fan. I just cannot get past his boorish bragging, his callous insults and his inability to articulate policy specifics. I’m not alone. A friend has been sending me articles on Trump, saying “I’m still learning to love him because I may have to vote for him.” Continue reading