The “white collar proletariat” in Britain

“They do not go to university to acquire culture , but to get a job  (OUCH!!!  Isn’t that what college is all about?), and when they have got one, scamp it.  They have no manners, and are woefully unable to deal with any predicament.  Their idea of a celebration is to go into a public …

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So sell the Presidency

So Mayor Bloomberg of New York is contemplating a run for the Presidency, using half a billion dollars of his own money!  Bloomberg appears to be a good manager, seems to think about the welfare of all his constituents (rather than just those who contribute to election expenses), and is intelligent and hard-working..  Maybe we …

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US Federal Tax (yawn!)

This is US tax time I propose a special honor for the Turbotax company.  Why? You ask.  Well, American tax is arcane, complicated, and more than any other, incomprehensible.  Whenever I begin to feel over-confident and self-assured I think of Federal tax and feel once again incompetent and not very bright.    For thirteen years we …

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