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History: The State of the World Now
For many it is difficult to imagine a worse time than which they are experiencing now. Prices have risen everywhere, from fuel to groceries to rent, and jobs are becoming scarce or have worsening conditions. Technology is cutting them back on one side, pushing workers out of jobs, and the creative activities which brighten their lives, are being taken over with one faked monstrosity after another, lacking in anything like a human touch while, on the other side, a government elected to govern and help has proven itself only capable of making the situation worse, of creating the many problems ordinary people are forced to face. It is almost as…
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Billionaires: That Old Taxes Bugbear
There are, we are told, only two things certain in life: death and taxes. In truth there are one or two other things we could add, and the old saying about death and taxes can easily be changed with many other words, but this is the most relevant one here, and the idea people are most likely to quote. It did not originate with Benjamin Franklin, but can be followed back to 1716 and the actor Christopher Bullock, and, as with many things from Franklin’s pen, has been used out of context for so many other matters, it has completely lost all that he had originally referenced it to: the…
