Nickle And Dimed For America
September 08, 2022
billionaires, cell phones, David Copperfield, DVD and streaming, Elon Musk, fashion and pollution, fast fashion, Horacio Silva, Joseph Heller, Kurt Vonnegut, Mr. Micawber, phones with no manuals, smart phone, sweatshops, True Cost film4 Comments
When I complained my cell phone didn’t come with a user’s manual, the woman seated beside me at the retirement center suggested I upgrade to a smartphone. “I’m not smart enough for a smartphone,” I wailed. I got no sympathy. “If you don’t get on the caboose, you can’t
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November 02, 2021
Benjamin Soskis, billionaires, Build Back Better, charity, Elon Musk, entitlement programs, Janet Yellen, Jeff Fezos, Joe Manchin, money from investments, oligarchs, rise of Unions, tax loopholes, taxable income, TCIA, The Congressional Research Service, West Virginia
Even In the worst of times, politics can be funny. Joe Manchin, Democratic senator from West Virginia, filled me with mirth when he said he would oppose President Joe Biden’s $3.5 trillion “Build Back Better” budget. He didn’t want to foster an “entitlement” culture, he
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