Remember that old saw- “the reports of my death are greatly exaggerated”? Just like they weren’t true about Mark Twain, they are not true about PPACA (Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare).
Continue reading The reports of my death…
So, last week I was having a discussion with a potential new client. The firm liked our expertise in taxation and finance, as well as management, but…
Continue reading Hire the Engineer- or the Scientist!
I was reading a series of complaints by some pretty small offshoot organizations that are getting their dose of publicity. For one, I heard about it’s parent- NARAL- the National Association for Repeal of the Abortion Laws. The other claims to be a group of unions (Working Families Party) that has electoral power- results for which I can see no evidence. And, in this case, neither seems particularly powerful- unless you count 8 protesters as a major event.
So, yesterday, we discussed the fact that about ½ of all our students in public schools are from below the poverty line. Of course, once you recognize that basic economic fact, it’s not a big leap to comprehend why so many of our students are not meeting the educational standards we expect. After all, we’ve known for a very long time that students below the poverty line have more difficulties learning and are more likely to quit school before they graduate high school- in other words, the perfect prescription to perpetuate the poverty problem.
Continue reading Part-time hell?
