Last Thursday’s presidential debate, not surprisingly being called the worst in American history, supplants the first 2020 presidential debate between the same two candidates, also termed “the worst” by some and described at the time as “chaotic,” “painful,” and “dispiriting.” The bar was set pretty low in 2020. Who’da thunk it could have sunk any lower? And yet, it did.…
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If the party leader is incapable of being effective in open debate, new elections are held and they are replaced. Under such a system, both Trump and Biden would be replaced. Without teleprompters, they appear for what they are: a buffoon and a dotard.…
Congressman: What’s bad for democracy is you undermining our nearly 250-year-old justice system, which was designed to hold people accountable for their crimes, to show that there is a price to pay for crime.…
Both Biden and Trump are trade protectionists, which means they are willing to put tariffs—taxes, essentially—on imported items. Tariffs make imported items more expensive, which is supposed to create more reasons to produce those things in the United States. Do tariffs produce such magic? To answer, it’s important to first understand how international trade works.…
The gross domestic product has grown so much that 2023 was one of the “boomiest” years on record. And it continues to defy expectations. At the start of this year, economists had been forecasting annualized growth in the first quarter of 1 percent; that prediction has since doubled.…
As you read this, the U.S. government and one of its closest allies are starving nearly 2 million human beings. Aid agencies report that the Palestinian population has fallen into famine faster and more completely than any other population on record, entirely as a result of deliberate Israeli siege.…
Our National Debt dates from the earliest days of the American Republic. When we fought the Revolution, we borrowed (from France) to pay for the weapons needed to take the fight to the British.…
Letter from Sherwood Guernsey ‘What You Do Matters’ Much has been said about Joe Biden’s age, and I’m sure that Trump and your Congressional representative will continue to bring it up and insult him…even though Trump constantly gets things mixed up and can’t remember dates and names. I do not write for sympathy, because none is needed. True, seniors forget some dates, forget some names. But so what? That’s true of all seniors (and many younger folks!). What is also…
Money Left on the Table? By Carrie Thompson There has been a lot of chatter surrounding President Biden’s Infrastructure and Jobs Act and as opposed to the Build Back Better agenda, this legislation was passed by the house on November 5, 2021, and signed into law on the 15th. What does this mean for our country, states and local communities? It sure sounds like a lot of money is on the table. A successful outcome for any state is leaving…
President extends college loan moratorium as SUNY, students weigh options By Kevin Limiti • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Student loan borrowers received some welcome news over the holiday season when the United States Department of Education extended the student loan payment moratorium from January 31, 2022 to May 1, 2022. The Biden Administration paused student loan payments in March 2020 to allow breathing room for borrowers, mitigating some of the financial effects of COVID-19. Student loan debt in the United States…