The afternoon before leaving for Washington I went to my local bank and got a nice handful of cash. I figured we could charge our visit to Monticello, all the hotel costs and our nicer meals but we had tickets Read More …
Category: Issues
Community Issues
A Few Days In Washington Part 1
Unlike St. Louis, it’s possible to get places on public transit in the Washington D.C. area. At the start of each day we added value to our Metro Smart Cards, buying the full day pass. (With 22 years of college Read More …
Down, Up, Down…
Missouri is still trending well below the growth necessary to fund the current budget, but, hey, hang on to any good news you can find!
Reckoning Week
The budget sent them by the Missouri House of Representatives assumes significant income growth. That no longer seems possible. Since the state ought to have a balanced budget, well, expect the Senate to break out the red pens.
WCD Meeting and Legislative Report 4-8-19
Professor Allan MacNeill of Webster University presented the truth about the GDP, the Job Numbers and the U.S. Stock Market. While these statistics are often use by politicians and pundits to exhibit the health of the economy, they don’t really present an accurate picture of the underlying state of our country.
Nearer My God To Thee
March 2019 General Revenue Report Shows Missouri Still Sinking Under The Waves The Missouri Times posted the March 2019 General Revenue Report this afternoon. (Neither the February nor the March reports have been added to the Office of Administration website Read More …