Steve’s Barking; Taxing so called billion dollar worth, probably a bad idea!

 A lot of the so called intellectuals think why it’s a really good idea to tax the extremely wealthy.

Well this crazy blogger things it’s not such a hot idea. The reason in this crazy bloggers mind is because the wealth of the wealthy is based on stock and the price of stock. We lower middle (class);income people have much of our retirement ( including those who have pensions) income in those stocks that the super wealthy have are tied up in stocks. Well if those who are on top of the pyramid sell some of there stock to pay their wealth tax, I reason that it will hurt the retirement investments that the middle income (class) have.

 It’s quite possible that taxing the extremely wealthy on assets to help the lower and middle income will have the opposite effect.

Steve’s Barking ; Question ….Why do some refugees antagonize there hosts

 Oh the Immigrants to the United States and Europe, for the most part are refugees, either from tyrannical governments or extreme poverty. Now you would think that because of the refugee status these immigrants would be grateful. 

 While a good majority are grateful, and many try to fit into their new countries, there are many who demand change to their host countries such as in Europe and a very small minority of Somalians  in the U.S. who believe in sharia law and that should be the law of their new land. These brings undue attention to their fellow refugees.

 There s a minority of refugees who for what ever reason believe in thuggery and this too brings undue attention to their fellow refugees.

 Question (1) If they want their religious law why did they leave their old country.

                (2) Why are they bringing undue attention to their fellow refugees.

                ( 3) If you believe in thuggery do you understand that the new host country will take it out on your fellow refugees.

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The new refugees are not behaving in some instances not that different then past immigrant refugees in the United States.Some even tried to force their beliefs on the their new country ( such as the United States being a socialist country). Many of these socialist were deported.

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Question ?…..Should these immigrant refugees police themselves?

 

Steve’s Barking; Question… Is history fantasy????🤔

 The question of the day is whether we’re learning history in schools or is the history that we are being taught really fantasy?

 Now why would I write this in my blog?

 I was taught that one of Napoleon‘s generals asked him what would history say about us? Napoleon's answer was the victor writes the history story. Later this  quote was attributed to Hitler, theI read that Winston Churchill was the one who stated that history is written by the victor.

 In my mind who ever said it is irrelevant but that this statement has a lot of truth to it. Even the telling of who stated that history is written by the victor can indicate falsehood.

 It’s been reported by many historians that Columbus tortured the docile natives on Hispaniola, but there are reports that the Caribs, other natives who lived in that area were the one doing the torturing and Columbus’s men help the natives of Hispaniola.

 It was reported that in the journals of Pizarro’s men that natives of the area that was slaves to the Aztecs showed Pizarro and his men the secret to get into the pyramids of the Aztecs. Now there are many historians who deny this report. Perhaps these historians are self serving.

 Getting into a more modern time, the Russians have one version of WWII, the Western allies have an other, and the difference members of the axis have other versions.

 All these versions that aren’t the same can’t be true. Some of them most be fantasy if not all of them, being clouded by tge prejudices of who’s telling the story.

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History was pretty much my favorite and possibly my best subject in school, but delving into it I began to wonder how much is true,

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There are several historians ( I think,) on U Tube that I enjoy and follow. I wonder to myself what they are saying is real and what have they got wrong in there telling.

Steve’s Barking; Prediction the top economic powers at the end of 2026

 Da ta da …..Crazy bloggers prediction for economic power rankings on December 31, 2026

1 The People’s Republic of China 

2 The European Union ( though not a country but an economic force).

3 The United States ( taking a terrible fall and if not careful Canada will over take her. Not because Canada will make great progress it’s just that the one time great and mighty economy of the US might just be in a free fall)

Steve’s Barking; Take your Soclal Security when 62 and retired

 This nut of a blogger is saying that old cotes should take their Social Security as soon as they can.

The first reason is you’re not promised tomorrow.

The second reason is more serious, in 6 years or less the Social Security trust fund is going to run out of money and Social Security is going to become a pay as you go system. That being said a person is going to get less than 80% of what they expect. 

I know that there are over a hundred and one fixes being proposed but the crazy fixes will push out the sane one which is ending the cap. So again this crazy blogger is telling all 62 year old retirees take the money that you may not need now and save and invest, which goes against what a lot of financial advisors are saying.

Steve’s Barking; Jeff Epstein proves even the smarts can be fooled

Most people who focus on Jeffrey Epstein, focus on underage girls, who he presumably procured for some of the Rich powerful. What I focus on is how he made his fortune and all the people who kinda knew that he was a fraud and still helped to make his fortune. He was a college dropout worked for Bear Sterns and it appears that he wasn’t very good at the job that he was fired and yet got a second chance. People gave him money yet it appears that he was a fraud through and through.

 What I seem to get out of the Jeffrey Epstein case is how one can charm his way and do a poor job and still the rich and powerful trust him.

 He appears to be no different than Bernie Madoff and how so many so called smart people trusted them.

 I wonder if Elon Musk is the same as those two?

Steve’s Barking; Trump presidency, or the fight against the elite

 Ah this crazy blogger sees the Trump presidency as a fight against the elite . Now who are the elites. Well you might ask. In my mind and I believe most Thumpers ( made up word) believe it those know it all Ivy Leaguers. ( I’ m one of these) Resent those who they believe look down on them. Believe that they know more than the rest of the country cause they went to these special schools. A lot of them feel that they don’t know what the non elite Is going through. They believe that DEI is an elite thinking and it probably the same with the affordable healthcare act and food stamps is an elitist thing even though almost all the Beneficiaries are anything but elite. 

 A lot of Trumpers in this crazy bloggers mind love the way the president talks in street language humiliating many perceived opponents. Many wish that they could do that themselves and a lot even do.

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 Funny in this bloggers eyes the president perceives that he’s elite boasting of graduating Wharton ( top Ivy League business school) and talking of his humongous IQ.

Steve’s Barking; Is the good American Healthcare system a thing of the past

 Because congress doesn’t want to do its job the American healthcare system will collapse! Just hw many patients will be.able to pay their medical bills. And just think how many doctors, nurses, physical health workers will not be paid? What about those prestigious, hospitals, and doctors who are gonna lose money because their patience will not be able to afford them.

No it’s not just those who can’t afford health insurance that will be effected by not government help, but also those who provide the services to them.

Steve’s Barking Peace prize, What peace pize

 This stupid Blogger (I must be stupid )  cannot for the life of figure how some one expect a peace prize by threatening other countries such as Canada, Greenland ( I want your land the Trump administration has said. Now the same administration has attacked innocent people in boats near Venezuela claiming they are drug smugglers, this being kind of war like.

 Well the Tump administration claims ( maybe rightly so ) that the administration has stop several wars, but even if that is true , threatening other countries and actually attacking ships is war like therefore I all true fullness’s that country leadership should be barred from any peace prize, or even talk of peace prize.

Steve’s Barking; The anti immigration USofA

 The United States that I was taught was a nation of immigrants. That seems to be true but and this is a big but the immigrant wasn’t always welcome.. 

 In the beginning I am told that there was a land mass from Asia to what is now called the Americas and those in that part of Asia immigrated to the Americas.unfortunately many of the immigrants formed tribes and warred and enslaved one another.

 Ah but later on Europeans came to what was later called America. Now one of the places that Europeans settled in was mostly English. Now the mostly English didn’t got a little upset with British rule, so they had a little revolution which the settlers ( the people who came from Europe) which the settlers eventually won.

 Now even before the revolution the land that was eventually called the United States welcomed immigrants, some of which from Europe were only too happy to come to what was eventually called the United States and there were some that were from Africa who didn’t really want to come to this land but were forced to.

 Now it appears to this blogger before the U.S. became a country immigrants were welcome with opened arms. Ah but not to long after the New Nation of the United States was established there was anarchy in France and those in power in the United States wanted to keep their old allies out forming the first wave of anti immigrant sentiment in the United States.

 Now I’ve been told that in the 30s, 1830s that is there was a deep fear of German Catholics, that a whole political party was formed called the no nothing party to keep these persons beholding to the pope in Rome out. Of cause they didn’t succeed.

  Now I’ve also been led to believe there was a great deal of resentment toward Italian immigrants, including the mass lynching of Italians in New Orleans inn1891 ( the biggest case of mass lynching in the United States 

 Oh I can’t forget the great resentment of some blue blooded Americans ( English Decent ) against the Irish immigrants. 

 Oh I’m almost forgetting how a group of so called intellectuals tried to keep Slavic people by claiming that they were intellectually inferior and therefore should not be allowed into the United States.

 And then we had the red scare were anyone suspected of being a communist, socialist or anarchist not born in the U.S. was kicked out to their country of origin.

 Even Jews who were being so persecuted in Germany in the 1930s were kept out of the United Staes by quotas.

—-What this blogger is trying hard to say that even the United States which proudly proclaims is a nation of immigrants, through out its history there has been an anti- immigrant sentiment. One shouldn’t be bewildered by the present anti- immigration reaction now.

Steve’s Barking; Republican members of congress complaining of too much government

 Well complaining of too much government by Republican congressmen. There is too much government interference according to this blogger. Congress which Republicans are the main culprit goes against the natural order of what a government is supposed to do and that is protect the citizens of said nation, state, city and neighborhood. You would think that setting up a reasonable and affordable healthcare system would be part of their job. Oh that right they are part of American welfare system that gets healthcare paid by the taxpayer.

This may blog maybe hard for the reader to understand, so be it.