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Good New for the United States, Actually Very Good News

  There is much to celebrate in the latest news about the birth rate in the United States.  First is the record low in teen births.   U.S. birth rate up 1%, still near record low THE NEW YORK TIMES  Births in the United States increased by just 1% in 2024, still near the record low rates that have alarmed demographers, according to data released Wednesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. More than 3.6 million babies were born in the United States last year, a meager rise from the record-setting low in 2023.  The fertility rate, approximately 1.6 births per woman over her lifetime, is well below the 2.1 births needed to maintain the country’s population through births alone. The new data represents “the continuation of a long-term decline of births in the United States that began really with the Great Recession in 2007,” said Ken Johnson, a demographer at the University of New Hampshire.  These numbers, and the reasons that they have e...
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Ignore Sideshows: Rigged Economy the Biggest Issue

  A "Must Read" true view of why we are in this terrible economic situation, and good measures needed to save not only us, but our democracy.   3/19/25, 9:31 AM San Diego Union Tribune  Ignore sideshows: Rigged economy the biggest issue   BY JOSH D. SHAPIRO  Americans are being played. The traditional left-right framework has become obsolete, not because ideological differences vanished, but because both parties now operate within an economic system rigged to protect capital over people. The true fracture splitting America is vertical: a battle between those hoarding power at the top and everyone else being pushed downward. If we fail to recognize this up-down reality — and act — the consequences will redefine American life for generations.  For decades, politicians, media outlets and corporate interests have kept us locked in an ideological battle over social issues, identity politics and partisan tribalism. Meanwhile, the wealth gap has exploded, cor...
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February 12, 2025

It is February 12, 2025 as I begin this blog.  Over the past 25 years plus, the United States Congress has failed miserably at their solemn oath, which has led us to where we are today, our democracy under direct and conspiratorial threat from within: " I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States  against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God." Despite huge changes in the makeup, population, and borders of the US, especially since the middle of the 1800's, Congress has asleep to these changes since about 1950:   Year Population # of States % Rural Amendments Ratified During Century Federal Minimum Wage...
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