Here’s Ike Eisenhower defending his 90% top tax rate on corporations, at the same time the top rate on individuals was 70%. Nowadays we’re being told that “real Americans” need to oppose the idea of taxing the rich, as it’s …
Category: Renewables – Business
Do We Have To Inflict Political Lies on Our Children?
It is easy to understand that conservatives want to imbue our kids with their values, and, even though I don’t share those values, I don’t have a huge problem with that. What I find objectionable about Mike Huckabee’s “Kids (sic) …
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Subsidies To Oil Companies
A friend from the world of acting writes: I am sincerely naive about stocks, international finance, etc. My life has been about art and human rights so please accept this in a truly non-political sense. I don’t understand continuing subsidies …
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Controlling Corporations
Perhaps 112 years ago, what Teddy Roosevelt wanted so desperately for our nation actually could have been accomplished, though it certainly seems out of reach now. What we can do, which will win back some of the control we’ve lost …
Talking Renewables on Television
It’s been a few years since I was a guest on Judith West’s TV show, “Getting Your Money’s Worth” — see below. The PR firm I hired tried to get me on as many television and radio programs as possible, …
Why Is This Company a Scam?
Here’s a product from a company called Veer: the Split Belt. Its inventor claims it has distinct advantages over conventional belts used in bicycles, motorcycles, etc., and it very well may. Yet I see this as a scam. Why? Because …
Sometimes, There Is No Truth in Marketing
Here’s a handgun holster that can be mounted anywhere in your home, for instant access to a loaded weapon. People hire me as a marketing consultant, often involving me in the naming of a certain product for our service. If …
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Marketing Creates Demand, Not Resentment
Here’s an ad for a book for children, say 4-to-7-year-olds, called “Computer Engineering for Babies.” As a marketing guy, I have to mention that the name “for babies” is a terrible idea. What child wants to be demeaned? What parent …
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Somehow, Republicans Are Considered the Friends of the American Workers
The top 1% has proven itself amazingly effective in convincing working class Americans that their woes are rooted in things like loose border control, political correctness, big government, and the other boogeymen associated with the Democrats. Guess what the rich …
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What’s China Up To?
Today, the world’s attention is on Russia, whose aggression at the Ukrainian border is sending the global stock markets into a tailspin. Of course, at any moment, this could get far worse. In any case, right now our eyes are …
