After a harsh winter death visited our home. Oh, we know this happens and we accept that they can’t be avoided. Still, there’s confusion and all sorts of details to work out. Fortunately, help can be bought. A few days Read More …
Category: Economic Fairness
It’s Not About Work
As Republicans in Jefferson City and Washington push hard for strict work requirements for adults on SNAP (aka food stamps), remember “work” remains just a buzz word. The true goal: punish the poor. Never forget that many of those you Read More …
April Revenue Numbers Rain Bad News For Missouri Budget
Well, in Missouri predicting state revenue requires luck, dice and Ouija boards. The main sources of revenue – individual income tax and sales tax – jump about due to circumstances the state can’t control nor accurately predict. That reality hit Read More …
Getting By In Missouri
The other week, coming home from Jefferson City, I stopped to buy a copy of my favorite newspaper – the Unterrified Democrat. As I got out of my car a gentleman rolled by me, popped the convenience store door open Read More …
Missouri February Benefits Report Released
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 …
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 …