prokowave

Too bad he skipped over the first verse: [quote]Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.[/quote]...

Way to completely ignore the trade war putting a damper on the shipping industry and agriculture/chemical exports. We'd be in much worse shape if education and healthcare had been slashed. ...

Read about the reason why this is being done: This district has the lowest teacher pay in the entire Denver area, leading to lots of turnover and low quality The district has a much lower than average tax collection on a per student basis. The budget was in the red and voters did not pass a tax i...

It definitely needs to be cut. Not soldiers on the frontlines, but most of the waste is essentially lining corporate pockets. Look at how much over-budget some of these programs are. Have any of you ever seen the things that are being given out as military surplus? They are literally giving war vehi...

The sad thing is how normalized shootings have become, such that most Americans lose the sense of how much worse the shooting problem is compared to pretty much any other developed country. I don't think any reasonable person believe you can ban guns in the US, but to avoid any sensible preventi...

I like the title before I read that an accident caused it. Reads like some dystopian story where people forgot they can actually walk places rather than having to get in a car to go anywhere. "The horror, people actually walking to nearby places!"...

We should be in a cooling trend right now, but the indisputable evidence is that the atmosphere is warming and at an accelerating rate. I see some people asking for evidence and this should provide anything you could want. I have a good friend who is Republican and very conservative. She is also...

Probably term limits. No matter your political beliefs, we can probably agree that there are too many legislatures whose priorities are getting reelected and lining their pockets than doing the difficult work of governing. For example, I hear a lot of people wanting to cut education spending....

Correction - Louisiana actually had a budget surplus last year for the first time in many years. It was used to pay down debts and restore the rainy day fund. This shows that if you stabilize the budget, you can grow the economy and reduce taxes. Here's the thing - you could go from a 5% to a 4....

Sounds like you need to do a lot of research. A Roth IRA account with most brokers is basically like a savings account - if you leave cash in it you will make next to nothing, maybe a few pennies a year. Saying you have stocks could mean anything - some pay dividends, some are held only for their va...