It starts. Today is the beginning of open season. Time to choose our health care plan. Or, if you are like me and entitled to Medicare, today is the day to decide to ADD to the mandated service. Because years ago, the government cut Medicare provisions. Now, we need to choose a drug plan and a Medicare Advantage plan to cover all those things that aren’t covered. Or pay through the nose.
Continue reading Hurry Up. Less than 45 days left
It’s a truism that reforming the corporate tax rates should encourage businesses to invest in ways to improve their bottom line. That normally means finding a way to enhance productivity. But, that also means the lower rates are part of a program to remove special interests.
Continue reading Real Tax Reform- that grows America and it’s businesses!
I’ll bet there isn’t one of you who doesn’t know that I’m a techie. I’ve been devoted to science and technology- and FACTS- since I was a tyke. I knew I’d be a ChemE by the time I was 8 and was just as certain I’d effect major changes to the field of dialysis. I’ve been lucky enough to dabble in water treatment, water reuse, air treatment, microbial conversion of hazardous materials, pharmaceutical development, medical instrumentation, genetic manipulation, food production…. OK. You get the idea.
Continue reading The “R” in R&D is falling short
It’s virtually complete. The change in America that Ronald Reagan wanted. To make American’s totally distrust their government. (Cut the bullshit. You know what he said: “Government is not the solution to our problem. Government is the problem.” Oh, and for all the crap about his capabilities- the deficit doubled under his tenure. As opposed to dropping deficits for the two Democratic Presidents since his tenure.)
Continue reading A Promise Kept- but one that ruined America
We talked about dams, water systems, electricity, and factories. (Check out the previous two posts here– or just search for cyber in the index on the right.)
I am not trying to sound the Doomsday Machine. Our economy is picking up. Corporations are raising their low-end employee’s wages. (Don’t get too excited. They are not doing this for benevolent reasons. They are having a tough time keeping their low-end employees, because jobs are now more available.) But, we still are not coming out with a plethora of new products.
Continue reading R&D cuts mean fewer Start-ups
I grew up in the State of New York. Back then, we had two holidays in February- Lincoln’s Birthday and Washington’s Birthday. Our 16th and 1rst Presidents.
I have railed against lobbyists forever. Even knowing that on at least one occasion, I might have been construed as one. The difference is that no one was paying me to do what I did. (I believed- no, I knew- we needed to have the US Government to pay the costs for dialysis for American citizens.)
Continue reading They’re hiding everywhere!
Who is wise? S/He who learns from everyone.
These words from the Talmud (Gmara) remind us that we are never the smartest person in the room. We always can learn from another. Today, I will share words of wisdom from two great people- Rabbi Avi Weiss and President Abraham Lincoln.
Continue reading Fourscore and Seven Years Ago; Now- Seven Score and a Decade beyond
They knew this was coming! But, the first day it is available to the public, tons of problems present themselves to users. Now, it’s entirely possible that applications will NOT be processed in time. What is going on?
Continue reading It kicked me off- again!
