Steve’s Barking; China can …..US can’t

 I just read an interesting article that China can build fast because of engineers, the US can’t build fast because of lawyers. 

 I don’t remember who wrote or what magazine I saw on the internet but as i went on to other articles on net from other periodicals it just struck in my mind.

 I started thinking about housing in NYC. And the rest of the nation. Building of highways and the cost of the highways and other good stuff. Is the US falling behind and therefore China is overtaking the US. Or is the US protecting its citizens? Which is right and which is wrong?

Steve’s Barking; The president wants to fire Donald Trump

 The President of the United States said someone who has potential mortgage fraud should be fired. So I guess Donald Trump should be fired. Oh he didn’t mean himself. Oh he meant Fed governor Cook , Oh he didn’t mean himself. We’ll bite my britches.

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Too many of us look to others and complain about them what we have been accused of doing.

 In the case of the president he wants to stack the federal reserve which his appointees to lower interest rates.  I  think that lowering interest rates would at this juncture would be a good idea, but I’m not really in favor of stacking the Federal Reserve with lackeys. 

 When you accuse others of a crime that you have been accused of and you do it just to get your own way, you arrouse the suspicion of Spell cynics like me.

This is a similar post that I have written 

Steve’s Barking; Campbell’s soup is so mm mmm expensive

 What the “F” happened to my go to cheap meal? Campbells tomato soup and grilled cheese. And  could eat a bowl of chicken soup from Campbell’s. Not to long ago I could buy a can of soup for under a dollar then it was a dollar and a quarter at the beginning of the year. “Yesterday” the price was $2.45. Holly Hanna, don’t tell me we don’t have inflation in the United States. If anyone in government should be fired it’s those lying bums who state there is no inflation.

Steve’s Barking; Do those who go to Cracker Barrel go because for the logo?

 If you watch the boob tube and U Tube and the talk is about Cracker Barrel you would think that they go to Cracker Barrel because of the logo and that the elimination of the barrel and the guy was some sort of liberal conspiracy. Me not being too bright can’t figure it out. What liberal conspiracy? It’s just some guy and a barrel. Eliminating them is what,  an all inclusive ploy? It’s probably just some advertising goofball who had nothing to do. I would love to go to a Cracker Barrel because I’m crazy about their chicken fried steak, but alas there are none near me.

Steve’s barking; The president just fired Donald Trump for mortgage fraud? 🙀

 The president of the United States yesterday said that he fired fed governor. Lisa Cook for mortgage fraud. She wasn’t tried nor convicted of mortgage fraud. Welll I do recall 🤔 that the President Donald Trump was accused of mortgage fraud ( perhaps I’m wrong) . Welll he was accused of many things such as inflating the value of his properties. Welll if one fed gov  can be removed from office for mortgage fraud isn’t it proper that the president removes himself from office after all what’s good for the goose 🪿 ( fed governor) is good for the gander 

 Oh the hippo 🦛 of it all. I’m sorry 😢 I mean hypocrisy of it all.

Steve’s Barking; Russia and the U S the way of Pan Am and TWA

 Ah the good old days of Air Travel in the United States, there were two Major Airlines  Pan Am and TWA and to lesser extent DELTA, that almost everyone look up too. All other airlines had a hard time competing against them. Today they no longer exist.

 Not that long ago Russia and the United States and to a lesser extent China are the countries that you just didn’t mess with, militarily and to some extent economically.

 Like Pan Am and TWA the U.S. and Russia has become arrogant and it appears to this no nothing blogger the U.S. and Russia are in the same position that Pan Am and TWA were in  with air travel

Steve’s Baking; Does Texas think it’s New York?

 After the last census New York States in all its political wisdom gerrymandered the state that it would be extremely hard for the Republicans. They would in all probability have lost several seats in congress. Now the courts in all it’s wisdom said No no no you can’t do that, so it was back to the drawing board the change of districts went. Now Texas has decided to do the same thing except of Democrats stopping Republicans it’s vice versa. So let us see what the courts are going to do? 

Steve’s Barking; Win a car on Tv game show and pay tax on the retail value

 Win a car on a game show in America and you pay the retail price of said car even if you bought the car the price would less. Now I’m bewildered as to why those CEOs who get stock as pay seems not to pay taxes on it. Don’t seem fair to me.

Steve’s Barking; American President and America second

 Simple question, What ever happened to the president’s America first policy?

 If as I keep hearing, Putin said this, Putin said that and we should look into what he has to say. Well in my mind the United States s not the lead, but a second place nation, we not Russia should be showing the world. No the United States president has a second place attitude and that attitude along with the bulling of the rest of the world in all likelihood will turn the United States into a third rate country!

Steve’s Barking: Every body talks about affordable housing in NYC

Every body talks about affordable housing in NYC but no one goes back to the future in the discussion of affordable. 

 Why in the depression and even later, there was no housing for the poor. Well the government came up with a solution. The solution was let’s build housing for the poor. The housing that they built is called the projects. Do you think that projects could be built today? Well do ya?

 In the mid 1950s there was a middle class movement out of the city’s in New York State so the state legislature passed a bill enabling limited profit housing (rental and co ops). This legislation was called Mitchell Lama. 

 I don’t hear from the mayoral candidates talking about revitalizing these programs. Maybe I’m missing something? 

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 The projects have a stigma to them.

  Some Mitchell Lama housing are called mini projects.

 Some Mitchell Lama housing have turned into max rental, making them not as affordable as yesterday year.

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 Instead of looking at what is wrong with these programs , we should look to them as guidelines.

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 The mayoral candidates don’t look at the some of the problems that may or may not making the housing crisis worse.

(1) Snowbirds

(2) AirBnb

(3) Un affordability to repair existing rent stabilized apartments.

Steve’s Barking; N lower New York State no one wants a casino in their neighborhood

 In Lower New York State no one wants a casino near them, yet everyone wants the revenue and taxes they create!

Steve’s Barking; In praise of the president’s two Steve’s

 The current president of these United States had two operatives named Steve who were head and shoulders above what the Democrats had. These two operatives are named Steve Bannon and Steve Miller. What makes these two’s Steve’s so good is they listen to the people and show them what they want to hear. They also knew the fears and prejudices of the majority of the American people and they exploited them. They did a much better job the those in charge of the Democratic machine.

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I’m not saying I like the president’s two Steve’s, but that doesn’t say I can’t admire the job they did.

Steve’s Barking; Looking up to look down

 Hmmm. When I look 👀 up at the sky I think 🤔 I’m really looking 👀 down. The sky that I see when I look 👀 up is the same sky that Argentinians see but it looks a little different, ya 🤔 think. The fact of the matter when I look 👀 up to the sky I generally only see the sky or if you please the solar system and perhaps the universe If I’m seeing stars ⭐️. If I’m exceedingly lucky I may actually look at it in three Dimension, when in all probability the universe is in a fourth dimension, more then up, down and width .

* ok, I understand this particular blog maybe 🤔 a little hard to understand, as it’s my Curiosity about the sky and the universe ( though they are tge same thing)

Steve’s Barking; Why is the Trump administration helping China 🇨🇳

 The Trump administration has threatened to have military intervention in much of America. Now these countries don’t want the U.S. military in the country. Who are they going to call, no other than China. 🇨🇳 You may say well why would they call on China, well China is not threatening them and they have to protect themselves.

 The U.S. talks about the Chinese threat yet by their foolish actions it is really helping China militarily.

Steve’s Barking; T ain’t worth the paper it’s written on

 I have read the U.S. Constitution and guess what the President of the United States is acting in a way that the Constitution doesn’t say, in fact it says just the opposite. Will the President get away with it? Well if I was a betting man I would  say the odds are 75% he will even if the courts of the United States say no. 

 What’s with trade agreements? The U.S. has trade agreements with most markets in the world, the American illegal Tarrifs aren’t part of them.

 What about Russia and the treaties they signed with the former members of the Soviet Republics, it seems like if Russia doesn’t like something they are doing they just ignore the treaties. Possibly even invade them.

 There are probably hundreds of examples of what countries are doing that they have written documents that say nope that’s not the way it is.

Steve’s Barking; Comparing the present day United States to the late 60s Yankees

 The United States in my lifetime was the envy of all the nations of the world. The New York Yankees in the early part of of my life was the envy of the baseball world. . Until  1965 the Yanks as they are called could be counted to be a contender in the American League every year. The were so good that CBS ( the supper television network ) decided to buy them. The Yanks would have so much money that it would be extremely hard for other teams to compete. But and this is a big but, mismanagement destroyed the Yanks. Now getting back to the United States, the envy of the word by economic standards and by fairness for its citizens, and democracy. This is all changing because of mismanagement of the government. The U.S. by the next few years will be looking up in envy to much of the rest of the world.

Steve’s Barking; Know your enemy Social Security!

 In the not so distant past, there were signs that said know your enemy. Now as I recall they were a warning of the United States about communist countries. Well I being a Social Security recipient have a warning about Social Security to all my fellow recipients of Social Security.

 The Social Security trust fund is running out of money, and because it’s running out of money it has become a pay as you go system. It has never been truly a pay as you go system as payers and there employers put their money in a trust fund that acted like a bank as it lent money out that earned interest. The money that it lent out was to the federal government which borrowed it at lower interest rates then the government would have to pay if it went out and borrowed from the general public.

 Unfortunately there are fewer and fewer workers replenishing the trust. This has led to the understanding that in the judgement of of the trustees of the trust fund that this will lead to in the not so distant future the recipients will only get back 79 cents on the dollar that was promised.

 There are many people who claimed m that they know how fix this problem., including upping the retirement age, have a cut off of income of who is eligible to receive benefits from Social Security, make those who make over a certain amount pay social security tax on that amount.

 There are several groups who mistakenly call Social Security a pyramid scheme. And there are even people who point out ( wrongly) that if you had put this money a money market account you would have a lot more money.

 Now why would I say know your enemy to those who depend on Social Security. Who and what is the enemy?

 If you don’t know your enemy, the question is how are you going to fight for your rightful Social Security.

 The main enemy of Social Security is ignorance. How many people realize that the Social Security trust fund is a bank.

 The enemy of Social Security is trying to equate that Social Security is part of a three legged stool, for having never read the original bill and the right of those governments ( city, state and federal ) not to be part of the system if you gave a adequate pension.

 An enemy of the Social Security system is those who either want to take retirement money and claim to invest it taking a chunk for themselves.

 An enemy the Social Security system is those who hate the government and claim that the government only steals the money from the people and it’s a. Socialist scheme.

 An enemy of Social Security are the clams that it’s a pyramid scheme.

 An enemy of Social Security is the many fixes that are being proposed because with s many ideas none in all probability will pass.

 My personal fix for Social Security is to have no cap on FICA.

 Don’t   increase the amount given out except for COLA for a least two years until the trust fund is secure after the end of the cap.

Steve’s Barking; Canada’s revenge on the United States

 The United States has put a ridiculous tariffs on Canada 🍁, this after the President of the US threatened to annex them.

 Canada being pissed off decided to burn a lot of it’s timber( which it has lots and lots of ) to pollute the air  of it’ neighbor to the south, making the air the citizens of the United States hard to breath.

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I hope no one takes this seriously.😒 

Steve’s Barking; ADP jobs report vs Dept of labor’s job report July 2025

 The Dept of labor claims the U.S. created 73,000 jobs were created in July 2025.

  ADP claims 104,000 jobs were created inn July 2025

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