Walt Handelsman for January 20, 2023

If only we had a system to properly assess and collect taxes.

That’s cruel and unusual punishment. Of course then they could vote themselves a huge raise.

The “good news” is that once you’re in “congress” your salary and perks total more than a quarter million dollars a year and the most you have to do for it is “prostitute” yourself and abandon all your morals – easy peasy…

If you have a soul you can’t work there

The good news is that people understand that individuals cannot borrow more than they (believe) they’ll be able to pay. The other good news is that governments aren’t people… and the constraints are very different. What is the same is that entities who renege on their debt find it hard to borrow in the future. The debt of the USA is much more important to us than the debt of any particular person.

Then you bailout yourself and start anew.

Aren’t these ancient political tropes real knee-slappers?

Turning now to the overpaid sports-billionaire news….

I think Ill take a constitutional.