Eyedrops trick - have the person lie down with their eyes closed. Put drops in the inside corners of their eyes. Have them open their eyes. Drops slide right in.
Often I reflect upon ~ even marvel at ~ the wisdom passed forward by former presidents: Lincoln’s “A house divided….” FDR’s “We have nothing to fear…” JFK’s “Ask not…” Harry Truman’s “If you can’t stand the heat…”
In watching Stephen Cobert’s last live shows on CBS ~ his program cancelled at your thin-skinned behest ~ it is clear to me that you have chosen to ignore Truman’s sage advice.
Mary, thank you for your writing. You are helping me keep my sanity in two ways--by giving clear and succinct summaries of all the shennanigans going on, and by doing it hilariously. You are absolutely the queen of metaphor!
The problem with our country today is that our billionaires, the Epstein elite, don't know what to do with their money.
There are no possessions they can't buy, so acquisition of power, the ability to control people is about the only thing left for them to get. For a long time they've taken their excess and invested it into other money-making acquisitions. They have no incentives to spend their wealth making the lives of fellow Americans better. Gaining power and getting more money are the only things they have left to get.
Sooooo, things are the way they are and our future looks like things will only get more so. What we, the people who don't like the way things are today, need to do is to create incentives for billionaires to do better.
If we get a blue wave and if we get the opportunity to create significant change, then we should take it. One solution might be for us to completely change our tax code. Set the highest rate at 95%. OK, that's not a new idea, but what we might do differently is allow high earners a way to not pay that tax on all of their money by giving them an opportunity to spend some of their money making things better for Americans.
It would work like this: any money they spend on America will be matched by a multiple of that money that is exempt from income tax. So if the multiple is 1.5, then if they spend $100M on good things, then they will have $150M that will not be taxed.
Good things could be stuff like increasing wages for the people they employ. Say that the increased wages cost them X, then they would have 1.5 times X that they don't pay taxes on. They could buy health care for their employees, or build hospitals and schools and bridges and roads.
The multiplier would need to be determined by economists, and there would need to be restrictions and limits, but the basic idea is that we could make things better by having the people who own most of our economy allocate resources to make Americans' lives better, while at the same time increasing their wealth (which is something we know they like to do).
We would need to pass and enforce strong bribery and corruption laws to make this work. ( I think we need to do that anyway.) Anyone caught gaming the system would get the ability to participate revoked. They would just have to pay the 95% tax rate.
Eyedrops trick - have the person lie down with their eyes closed. Put drops in the inside corners of their eyes. Have them open their eyes. Drops slide right in.
Yes..grandkids with allergies last week and lined them up next to the couch.. Happy Birthday and smooth sailing with all else.
Happy (belated) Birthday, Shanley!
My Dear Mr. President:
Often I reflect upon ~ even marvel at ~ the wisdom passed forward by former presidents: Lincoln’s “A house divided….” FDR’s “We have nothing to fear…” JFK’s “Ask not…” Harry Truman’s “If you can’t stand the heat…”
In watching Stephen Cobert’s last live shows on CBS ~ his program cancelled at your thin-skinned behest ~ it is clear to me that you have chosen to ignore Truman’s sage advice.
Standing with Stephen,
Mary, thank you for your writing. You are helping me keep my sanity in two ways--by giving clear and succinct summaries of all the shennanigans going on, and by doing it hilariously. You are absolutely the queen of metaphor!
Happy Birthday 🎈
I’m glad your life is setling down! Enjoy your baby they grow up fast!🥰
The problem with our country today is that our billionaires, the Epstein elite, don't know what to do with their money.
There are no possessions they can't buy, so acquisition of power, the ability to control people is about the only thing left for them to get. For a long time they've taken their excess and invested it into other money-making acquisitions. They have no incentives to spend their wealth making the lives of fellow Americans better. Gaining power and getting more money are the only things they have left to get.
Sooooo, things are the way they are and our future looks like things will only get more so. What we, the people who don't like the way things are today, need to do is to create incentives for billionaires to do better.
If we get a blue wave and if we get the opportunity to create significant change, then we should take it. One solution might be for us to completely change our tax code. Set the highest rate at 95%. OK, that's not a new idea, but what we might do differently is allow high earners a way to not pay that tax on all of their money by giving them an opportunity to spend some of their money making things better for Americans.
It would work like this: any money they spend on America will be matched by a multiple of that money that is exempt from income tax. So if the multiple is 1.5, then if they spend $100M on good things, then they will have $150M that will not be taxed.
Good things could be stuff like increasing wages for the people they employ. Say that the increased wages cost them X, then they would have 1.5 times X that they don't pay taxes on. They could buy health care for their employees, or build hospitals and schools and bridges and roads.
The multiplier would need to be determined by economists, and there would need to be restrictions and limits, but the basic idea is that we could make things better by having the people who own most of our economy allocate resources to make Americans' lives better, while at the same time increasing their wealth (which is something we know they like to do).
We would need to pass and enforce strong bribery and corruption laws to make this work. ( I think we need to do that anyway.) Anyone caught gaming the system would get the ability to participate revoked. They would just have to pay the 95% tax rate.