There was a constitutional amendment to impose an income tax.  A wealth tax also requires a constitutional amendment.  

Insulin use in the US may be flat, but the global need for insulin is skyrocketing, effectively an international, life and death, bidding war. There are only three companies producing the most modern and popular products. Many type 2 diabetics can almost cure themselves if they choose to be gym rats. An hour at the…

Phillips may have committed assault, by getting so close into Sandmann's personal space and banging on a drum.

I used to tell foreigners that in America, politics is like a sport, O.K. to talk about, to debate loudly, because it is not usually so serious. In much of Europe, Politics is dirty laundry, not fit for dinner conversation. And hearing Americans discuss politics really bothers Western Europeans. It seems like I won’t…

But, wages and salaries are going up, went up 3.1% on an annual basis in 2018 Q3.

The Covington Teens involved in the current media maelstrom were maybe ten or eleven years old when photos were taken of previous classes in blackface.   Using the same logic, many of the major performing artists of today, including POC might be publicly pilloried and blaclisted for performing at venues where…

The guy is probably a subcontractor in a difficult position, perhaps had to pay the rental company for use of the machine before he could get paid.

SpaceX could probably launch a mission by the end of 2020. Obviously it wouldn’t land on Mars by then. All we have to do is accept a high level of risk of Columbia or Apollo 13 type disasters, of an accident killing a landing party, supply failures and a risk that the astronauts might be marooned on Mars. But, on…

The left accused Cruz of being a Canadian.  The Cuban accusation was an allegation that his Dad was complicit in the Kennedy assassination.

Sounds like deja vu to me.

Speaking of the big picture, one might well consider how photogenic a restaurant is, and the lighting.  Newer smartphones can take decent, but not typically great photos in the dark, but usually there are compromises.

Alcohol is broken down into acetaldehyde, by the liver. While this substance is gone by the time you get a hangover, it is highly toxic, a poison and its effects on the nervous system even after it is gone, may account for hangovers.  Also it causes cancer.  The little bit of flavoring in booze, that differentiates…

The song's release was a black day in Ariana's life.

It’s true, because you saw it on a video with “Your own eyes.”. You saw a teen stand there and smile while an adult got right in his face and beat a drum.  Yesterday, when you thought the teen got in the Native Elder's face, that was wrong.  But, now it's clear the elder engaged in the same behavior the kid was…

President Bill Clinton also attributed the same quote to MLK, per Politifact.

The impact of no SNAP benefits will be felt before the end of February, because a percentage of clients getting food stamps are not going to be able to exercise discipline for so long and will run out of benefits and food about a week before March.  I am referring to folks who get enough benefits to buy approximately…

I don't have a complete answer, but Biden, the lovable dufus, O'Rourke who is personable and presentable, somewhat talented ( but, is not going to win,) Michelle Obama.  Too bad AOC is too young.

If Michelle Obama threw her hat in the ring I would say she has charisma.  I might possibly find some other issue with her candidacy, but not that.

Kamala can be a great debater, and prosecutor, and an indefatigable, social justice, warrior but charisma is personal magnetism.  And I don't mean to suggest there won't be some with less charisma than Kamala, but it's a big field

Denial of the existence of racism, can be racist. As for MLK on repairations, he definitely advocates for them in his lost or forgotten speech where he points out that European immigrants got land and other support and subsidies to be farmers.  But, for his wider audience, he advocated subsidies for all poor Americans…