In a break from virus dread, let’s take a look at three recent Missouri stories not getting the attention they deserve… Missouri Census Numbers Point To Greater Republican Dominance Towards the end of March the census folks released their population Read More …
Missouri has so emasculated its staff and structure to help families that they fail in good times. These are not good times.
Well, today even simple transactions like buying a pair of pants have gotten complicated. What used to be local and easy now is obtuse and distant.
Missouri has long lagged most other states in the operation of its benefit programs. As mentioned before, the state has moved from a county office model to Call Centers handling food stamps, Medicaid and most other programs. The Call Centers have been a monumental failure at handling everyday work flow. They now constitute an inescapable calamity struggling families must endure.
After the 1918 flu pandemic it took years for life to return to normal. This go around, plan on a decade of pain.
Working under the impression that Tax Day remained April 15, I spent a bit if time in early March accumulating paperwork and completing the ‘tax planner’ supplied by our CPA. Cursed with a good bit of obsessiveness, I even went Read More …