Sweet former-home Chicago
What’s going on here? You’re watching Chicago get eaten by the rich and the poor. Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
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Norman Borlaug’s centenary
One hundred years ago today, the world’s greatest anti-poverty warrior was born in Iowa. He didn’t lead marches or devise an innovative new government program. Norman Borlaug bred plants and, in so doing, launched a Green Revolution that saved the … Continue reading →
It’s Someone Else’s Fault I’m Unemployable Or Stuck In A Dead-End Job
In Sunday’s New York Times op-ed section, Steven Greenhouse shared an article on low wages paid to entry level and low skill employees. ‘Puter chose the term “article” rather than “opinion” in the preceding sentence because ‘Puter could not tell … Continue reading →
On Being Poor: Excellent Commentary From Operative B.G.
‘Puter received the following missive from Operative B.G. shortly after publishing his “Lies, Damned Lies and Statistics” post yesterday. It’s so good, ‘Puter’s running it unedited. Every single word you wrote is true (and in other news, water is wet, … Continue reading →
Lies, Damned Lies and Statistics: ZOMG! AP Says 80% Of Americans Are Doomed To Poverty!
Let’s wait while Mildred completesthe tabulation, norming the figuresto comport with AP’s expectations. ‘Puter awoke this morning to the mid-summer serenade of cicadas singing mingled with the strangled cries of MSNBC pundits bemoaning the inherent unfairness of our economic system. … Continue reading →
Progressives Screw The Poor. Again.
Not content to damning generations of poor to endless poverty through America’s welfare programs, Progressives are now Hell-bent on freezing the poor out of their taxpayer subsidized hovels. Sure, this article is nominally about electricity rates skyrocketing, but read it … Continue reading →
Krugman’s Economic Prescription: Income Redistribution And Liberal Political Hegemony
Nobel laureate Paul Krugman, who also happens to be a New York Times columnist and shrill Democratic Party shill (but then ‘Puter repeats himself), parrots the White House and Occupy Wall Street talking point cum dogma: Income inequality is the … Continue reading →
‘Puter Hates The Poor
Specifically, the intellectually impoverished, such as the elites holding forth from their perch on the New York Times’ editorial staff. Our noble and wise betters today put forth this nugget of wisdom, in the form of an editorial. You see, … Continue reading →
Fairness of Results v. Equality of Results
‘Puter has been up to his elbows in alligators at work of late, so posting has been light from him. What? Of course your Gormogons have side jobs. How else are we supposed to pay our bar tabs and keep … Continue reading →
How poor is poor?
America and capitalism has done more to advance a citizens’ standard of living than any other “-ism” or means fo government. How much so? The poor in this country (roughly about 30 Million by the Census Bureau’s annual poverty report) … Continue reading →