Day: March 11, 2020

Trump calls emergency meeting with top US health officials at the White House Wednesday

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

“This morning we were informed that President Trump and Vice President Pence have called our witnesses to an emergency meeting at the White House. We don’t know the details, just that it’s extremely urgent,” Maloney said before opening a hearing on the country’s preparedness and response to the coronavirus outbreak that has swept across the nation.

Speakers include Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, CDC Director Robert Redfield, and Terry Rauch, director of the defense medical research and development program for the National Institute of Health.
— Read on www.cnbc.com/2020/03/11/trump-calls-emergency-meeting-with-top-us-health-officials-at-the-white-house-wednesday.html

Infowars Founder Alex Jones Arrested on DWI Charge in Texas

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

According to a post Tuesday on Infowars, Jones “admitted to drinking a small amount of sake at a Japanese restaurant hours before with his wife” and claimed he was pulled over for driving 45 mph in a 40-mph zone. The Infowars article also claimed Jones was “cleared” of the DWI charge by “blowing less than a 0.08” — the breath-alcohol concentration (BAC) limit at which drivers in Texas may be charged with DWI — a claim the Travis County Sheriff’s Office could not corroborate. According to the Texas Dept. of Transportation, “a person is also intoxicated if impaired due to alcohol or other drugs regardless of BAC.”
— Read on www.msn.com/en-us/movies/news/infowars-founder-alex-jones-arrested-on-dwi-charge-in-texas/ar-BB110tSa

Wanting to Cut Social Security Along With Everything Else is Still Wanting to Cut Social Security

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Perhaps more importantly, there is a point as to whether Social Security would be singled out as a program to be protected, even when other programs are on the table. In this respect, it is important to note that Social Security is not actually part of the official budget. This is because it has a designated tax and revenue stream. It was designed to be separate from the official budget. In this respect, it is worth noting that, under the law, if the designated revenue stream is insufficient to pay full benefits, then they will not be paid.

There is also a powerful moral point here. Workers are effectively paying for their benefits through the Social Security tax. And, as many of us have pointed out, it is a very regressive tax. This tax can be justified in the context of a program with a very progressive payback structure, but no one would every seriously propose financing the general budget with a regressive payroll tax.

In this context, reducing promised benefits can be seen as taking away something for which people have already worked.
— Read on www.counterpunch.org/2020/03/11/wanting-to-cut-social-security-along-with-everything-else-is-still-wanting-to-cut-social-security/

Exactly how I see it!