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WSJ: Taylor Swift says, “suck it up and get to work”.

May 12, 2024 / / 0 Comments

WSJ: Taylor Swift says to suck it up.

WSJ: Taylor Swift says to suck it up.

A clear sign hustle culture is coming back is how quickly America’s office set has glommed onto Swift’s upbeat dance hit, “I Can Do It With A Broken Heart,” released in April as part of her 11th studio album, “The Tortured Poets Department.”

I don’t know or care about Taylor Swift, but if she is telling people to get to work, rather than wallow in sadness, I am all for it.  Her message of resilience is much more appealing than the teachers taking a mental health day because they just can’t.

They can’t even finish the sentence to explain what is so untenable.

April 30, 2024 / / 0 Comments

Politico: Far Right wants more babies.

Real Clear Politics: Have more babies.

Based on recent articles, we are supposed to worry about not having enough babies and people who worry about not having enough babies.

Back in the 1980’s, before we were afraid all the time, I supported several environmental groups.  Sierra Club, World Wildlife Fund and a few others.  Never Greenpeace, they were already crazy.  World population was an issue of interest, so I supported a group called Negative Population Growth.

They were completely reasonable, but in retrospect, I can see how they could go off-the-rails in a catastrophic way.

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NYT: Paul Krugman insults Ohio

March 23, 2024 / / 0 Comments

NYT: What’s the matter with Ohio?

These East coast elitist dickheads can’t be very bright because they keep trying to win us over with these articles about why we are so dim.

If you aren’t familiar with him, Paul Krugman is the George Costanza of Nobel prize winning economists.  Krugman could take the opinion that was the exact opposite of everything he thinks, and he would be more correct and respected.

For many years, Ohio has been thought of as a bellwether state: With rare exceptions, whoever won Ohio in a presidential election won the nation as a whole. But in 2020, Donald Trump won Ohio by about eight points even as Joe Biden led the national popular vote by more than four points and, of course, won the Electoral College vote.

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WSJ: What Friends Can Teach About Money

December 8, 2023 / / 0 Comments

WSJ: What Friends Can Teach About Money

WSJ: What Friends Can Teach About Money

Interesting article about how Gen Z and Millennials learn about managing money.  The author does seem to have missed a few things.

A friend offered to pick up the whole tab on her credit card, “for the points.” At the time, six years ago, “for the points” meant nothing to Saint-Vil, now a 30-year-old planning manager in Brooklyn, so he pressed for more details. They lingered over the dim sum meal as a larger conversation unfolded about annual percentage rates, credit-card debt, payment schedules and more.

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What Annual Salary is Necessary to be Happy?

November 29, 2023 / / 0 Comments

Can money buy happiness

This website posts the results of an interesting poll conducted by Harris of 2000 adults.

It’s interesting that the generations agree on the required annual salary to be happy, with the exception of the Millennials.  Boomers (1946 to 1964) are at or nearing retirement, so may be making that much or stable in retirement.  Gen Z (1996 to 2012) are very early in their careers, so may be in college or unsure about careers.  The survey was only people over 18, so kids in school didn’t count.  Gen Z has an amazingly realistic annual salary requirement for people who may still be on their parent’s health insurance and cell phone plan.

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