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Support my efforts to solve our biggest problems In Chapter 3 of my book "Solutions: Enough complaining. Let's fix America!", I explain how "The Rich are hoarding the Nation into poverty" by going over reasons why the rich should not get tax breaks under the guise of being "job creators", the difference between the Supply-side (Trickle-down) and the Demand-side economic systems, and why the Trickle-down economic system has failed the United States for decades (since Ronald Reagan), and the stranger than fiction connection between the movie "2012" and the COVID-19 pandemic. As always, find links to the sources used in my book as well as extras like my petition/legislation to "End the Job Creator Myth" Decommissioned missile silo conversion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OI2ZD... The mile-long “Freedom” ship: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ezea... https://www.youtube.com/user/TheFreed... The Rich are out of control: https:

    If our leaders refuse to take action, we must.  America is falling behind the rest of the world in so many ways it's difficult to name them all, but here are a few:  Our roads and bridges are catastrophes in waiting; poverty is on the rise after decades of supply side or trickle down economics; the banks have taken millions of homes away from families who now live in cars, motels or on the street; we incarcerate non-violent offenders and illegal immigrants at alarming rates that serve only to disenfranchise far too many of our fellow citizens; our laws seem to protect and represent only the most affluent in society more than not and seem immoral upon close scrutiny.  And, all the while, we're all forced to live by the actions of fewer than 600 people, who oftentimes have agendas which are not conducive to a cohesive, fair and compassionate leadership.     We can sit, watch and wait as things continue to get worse for the majority or the people of the United States or we c

In the past few decades, the argument for privatization of practically every service normally run by public entities, such as cities, counties, states and even the federal government has been pushed by the Republican party.  The claim that private enterprises could do a better job for less expense has been a compelling one.  So compelling was this argument, that when presented to the public, there were few to question its logic, while the arguments of those few who did oppose things such as charter schools, privately run prisons and the construction of municipal facilities by private contractors fell upon deaf ears and were vocalized by mute politicians. Having worked in both the public and private sectors, I can honestly say that private contractors neither save more money, nor do they provide a better product in many cases.  Sometimes the shortcomings of contractors are only apparent in their failure to stay within a contracts budget.  At other times however, the failure are related