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What I would like to see happen if the US economy were revamped because of this virus

Apr

8

2020

My wish list of socioeconomic enhancements for the US would be.. Universal Healthcare: this is a no brainier , every other developed country offers it’s citizens this, they do it for a fraction of the US private system, so it’s bs to say it’s too expensive to do here. In the long run universal healthcare ...

Do only sick older people watch the evening news? 6

Sep

20

2013

My daily routine after I get home from the gym or work, is to have a late dinner and then check out the evening news that I DVR’d . I don’t watch it live because I’m not home around 6:30p, so I just record it and watch it later, plus I can fast forward through ...

Benefits of quitting… 1

Jul

26

2013

So this week I came across an interesting Freakonomics podcast , which was actually just a re-broadcast that previously aired. The podcast was titled The Upside of Quitting the podcast goes on to explore from an economic angle the pro’s and cons of quitting, and challenges the old adage, Quitters never win, and winners never quit.. It ...

Why no Prize-linked savings accounts… 2

Jan

31

2013

How many of you out there have heard of the Powerball ? Megaball? MegaMillions? or any other of the hundreds of lotteries and games? now, how many have heard of prize-linked savings accounts? Not many, there’s a simple reason, that’s because they don’t really exist here in the U.S. (there are a couple experiments see ...

Why I’m a humanist (atheist)

Jun

7

2011

Why I became an atheist… Having been raised catholic and going through all the machinations of the Christian religion, although never being a fervent believer or serious religious practitioner, I came to the the obvious conclusion that over the last 5-10 years, I simply didn’t believe in God. Or more precisely, the notion of God ...

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