…and says you have nothing to fear from the agency going on steroids, if you haven’t cheated on your taxes. Perhaps they know they won’t be the ones targeted. "Can you understand how 87,000 new IRS agents would scare the … Continue reading →
It was Lenin (or Stalin, or Marx) who supposedly said: “The Capitalists will sell us the rope with which we will hang them.” Whoever really said it, it’s one of those pithy witticisms that encapsulate some sort of truth, in … Continue reading →
One less-discussed part of the new spending bill about to be passed is the money being appropriated for the IRS to go after taxpayers with greater vigor. The following is from a WSJ editorial: The $80 billion [proposed funding for … Continue reading →
Or something like that. Sinema has agreed to this bill, and as far as I know that means the Democrats have the 50 Senate votes – plus the tie-breaker vote of Harris – to pass this by reconciliation. The only … Continue reading →
There was a good jobs report for July, much better than expected. What does it mean? Your guess is as good as – probably even better than – mine. But don’t jobs often go up in the summer because of … Continue reading →
Paul Krugman is a case of someone who has no problem contradicting himself, saying inane things that defy common sense, and doing it all with no sense of shame or apology but on the contrary with a sense of proud … Continue reading →
Saturday I wrote: [quoting from this article in Time]”…[F]ar-right figures and conspiracy theorists have also gotten involved. Twitter is filled with posts linking the Netherlands’ nitrogen policy to the Great Reset—a theory that claims international elites are trying to use … Continue reading →
There was a lot of excitement and publicity about getting Manchin onboard with the Democrats’ new tax and energy bill. But if you do the voting math, unless at least one Republican signs on, too (which certainly could happen, knowing … Continue reading →
It’s overwhelming: The Delaware U.S. Attorney’s Office investigating Hunter Biden lacks the wherewithal and resources to adequately probe the dubious financial dealings of the Biden family and their business partners, according to three current or former Department of Justice officials. … Continue reading →
Once again, the Dutch farmer situation reminds me of the Soviets, who didn’t hesitate to sacrifice the kulaks for the cause. In fact, to them it was a feature, not a bug. There is something very independence-minded, as well as … Continue reading →
Well, language changes and evolves, doesn’t it? Sometimes overnight, depending on political exigencies: Wikipedia has suspended the edit feature on its ‘Recession’ page after users flocked to amend it to concur with President Biden’s claim that the US isn’t suffering … Continue reading →
A compromise has been reached – surprise, surprise (not) – but the details aren’t quite ironed out yet: Sen. Joe Manchin announced Wednesday that he came to an agreement with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on a reconciliation bill, after … Continue reading →