The payroll tax is withheld from every worker’s paycheck to fund Social Security and Medicare Part A (which covers hospitalizations).
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Senate’s Tax Bill Lies About Debt
The latest changes to the Senate’s tax bill will dramatically increase the debt. The reason is very simple: all of the benefits promised taxpayers expire at the end of 2025.
GOP Senators Should Promise to Expel Moore
The response of nearly every Republican senator to Roy Moore’s pedophilia and sexual assault of a minor has included the words “if true.” Anyone who read the account of the victims and the dozens of witnesses who report being told of the incidents around the time they occurred would not be engaging in the kind… Continue reading GOP Senators Should Promise to Expel Moore
Has the Last Year Affected your View of Human Nature?
The last year has been more difficult for me than I typically am willing to acknowledge. Even though I know it shouldn’t watching our country regress is affecting my view of people.
Access Journalism
Watching some coverage of the disgraceful Roy Moore situation, I was bothered by the lack of difficult questioning of GOP senators. Then it hit me: journalists are generally unwilling to ask the powerful difficult questions and fail to challenge lies because their jobs depend on access.
Ufi has a Skin Infection
Last weekend, Mom noticed that Ufi had a sore on the inside of each of his back legs. I missed the sore, because he loves it when I scratch his tummy. She tried trimming the matted hair around the sores and we applied some Neosporin. We would have done more, but Ufi is a terrible… Continue reading Ufi has a Skin Infection
Black Lives Matter
The verdict for this episode is: my Facebook post about all lives matter was wrong. https://media.blubrry.com/jonathansimeonepodcast/content.blubrry.com/jonathansimeonepodcast/Facebook_post.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 10:46 — 4.9MB) | Embedsubscribe to my podcast Apple Podcasts | TuneIn | RSS | Subscribe to Jonathan's Verdicts
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An Update on Ufi
Ever since I got Ufi he has been battling allergies. The saddest part of it is that no one loves being outside more than Ufi. When the weather is nice and us humans are willing, he will play fetch for hours.
A Personal Update
In it’s personal, I described my ongoing job search and some of the problems my inability to find work has caused. When I responded to the Heritage Foundation, I discussed more of the challenges I was facing.
Instant Pot Review
A couple of weeks ago, I purchased the Instant Pot Smart (Instant Pot). The Instant pot’s Bluetooth connectivity allows me to use the accessible Smart Cooker app to program and monitor the device.