Surprise, Surprise, Surprise as Gomer Pyle used to say…just days after the belated issuance of the January 2018 Monthly Management Report from the Missouri Department of Social Services the February report got spit-out about when it should have appeared. (Of Read More …
Category: Economic Fairness
Must Work For Food
The badge said “Trainee,” explaining tentative pokes at the touchscreen and the eagerness to give me change for a $20 instead of my $5. (Don’t worry: I pointed out the error.) Friday’s Kansas City Star editorial notes that “The GOP Read More …
Crumbs From The Rich Man’s Table
Back in the 1980’s I worked for a major St. Louis County non-profit. Federal government cuts leaned-down grants, so, the executive director told us that no one would get a raise in the coming year. Instead, she gave each of Read More …
Untouched By Human Hands
I emptied the pockets of my main winter coat, preparing it for the cleaners. In it I found a forgotten Gift Card for a popular bread company. Not knowing how much remained on the $25 card, I pulled up the Read More …
Up $1.37 Per Day…2018 Federal Poverty Guidelines Issued
Wow, they raised the poverty line for a family of four by $1.37 a day! Yes, the official federal poverty level guidelines for a family of four increased from $24,600 in 2017 to $25,100 in 2018, a whopping 2% jump! Read More …
Reasonable Governing
Starting this February, Manchester, Missouri will charge residents for trash pick-up. The Mayor, Board of Alderman, and City staff worked diligently on the City’s 2018 budget to make it balance. The City for the last 20+ years has not raised Read More …