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Lover of books; mystery, fantasy and scifi. Supporter of spectator sports: football, basketball, track & field, skating, swimming etc. Music naturally, especially smooth jazz, calming classical and the 'oldies but goodies '.

  1. That’s not how economics work. The country has to pay its debts, or people stop lending money to the treasury. If they stop lending us money, the economy collapses.

    But if instead of being used solely to pay interest on the national debt your obscene wealth was invested in infrastructure, education and otherwise redistributed to the public as a whole the amount of economic activity it would generate would massively benefit everyone.

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  2. The stories we tell matter. I know this not from watching but from memory. I was just a child, held behind barbed wire in a U.S. internment camp, when an atomic bomb obliterated Hiroshima—killing members of my family.

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  3. Trump promised a “golden age” for America, but slowing job growth and shaky numbers tell another story. Todd Beeton will dig into the truth behind the state of the economy. Meanwhile, Jay Kuo unpacked a leaked memo revealing DHS plans to militarize U.S. cities. Find out more here:

    In his January inaugural address, Donald Trump proclaimed, “The golden age of America begins right now!” But how’s that been going?

    This Week In The Big Picture

    In his January inaugural address, Donald Trump proclaimed, “The golden age of America begins right now!” But how’s that been going?

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