The Trump Administration’s Budget Charade – John Cassidy- The New Yorker

May 24, 2017 By dralfoldman in Business Administration, Donald Trump, Elderly, Extreme right, Far Right, Fiscal Policy, Growth, Healthcare, People, Politics, Reform, Retired, US Election Tags: Balanced budget, Debt-to-GDP ratio, Donald Trump, Government, Mick Mulvaney, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Philip Hammond, Republican Party United States, Ronald Reagan, The New York Times Leave a comment

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This is a must read article from John Cassidy published in the New Yorker. Cassidy takes a hard look at the Trump Administration’s Budget Charade. He concludes that this isn’t serious accounting, it’s cooking the books to achieve an unattainable goal: huge tax cuts and a balanced budget.

Source: The Trump Administration’s Budget Charade – The New Yorker

The impact will be felt most strongly on the poor and underprivileged, including many older, white, poorly educated, under-skilled people, down on their luck – those that believed in Trump’s Far-Right rhetoric on the campaign trail. Of course, the winners will be big-business and the wealthy.

Thoughts?

Singapore Challenges the Idea That Democracy Is the Best Form of Governance – Harvard – Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

August 19, 2015 By dralfoldman in Business Administration, Democracy, People, Politics Tags: Cuba, Democracy, Democracy Now!, Flag of the United States, Government, Havana, Jimmy Carter, John Kerry, List of diplomatic missions of the United States, United States 1 Comment



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As a passionate believer in freedom and democracy, this article captivated my attention. It’s a very important read.

via Singapore Challenges the Idea That Democracy Is the Best Form of Governance – Harvard – Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs.

If we look around the World’s leading democracies, like the US, the UK, France, Germany, Japan, Canada or Australia, one is acutely aware that some people are more equal than others.

Any thoughts on the prognosis for democracy?