Demographics 15: “The Unexpected Future”
The “experts” who predict the future were wrong again: We are entering an unanticipated reality—an era of slow population growth and, increasingly, demographic decline that will shape our future in…
Part 9 – Population Demographics: “Pilot shortage prompts proposals to raise retirement age, lower training hours. : NPR”
So to address the shortage, some in the industry and in Congress are calling for some big changes. Among them are raising the mandatory pilot retirement age from 65 to…
Why politicians think everything can be solved with a government program
I started my career with a B.S. in computer science and worked for software (mostly) companies during most of my career. When you work in the industry, everything in the…
Interesting: Tax Burden by State
Comprehensive table examines taxes, by state, taking into account property, income, sales and other taxes. Source: Tax Burden by State All tax estimates have underlying assumptions. The tax burden for…
Part 1 – Population Demographics: The decline in the U.S. workforce
We have very low unemployment and there is a shortage of workers. Typically, this is blamed on Covid-19 and/or pandemic policies. Both had an impact on employment but there is…
Junk Science, they had no control group: “Masked, Vaccinated Students Didn’t Catch Covid in Classrooms”
Vaccinated and masked college students had virtually no chance of catching Covid-19 in the classroom last fall, according to a sweeping study of 33,000 Boston University students that bolsters standard…
Zoning changes: Goal is to make U.S. cities similar to old European cities
At the core of this housing supply action plan is a federal push to budge local zoning codes that restrict or forbid apartments across vast swaths of the country. Strict…
Follow up: Monkeypox projection made May 24, 2022
May 24, 2022: Forecast for monkeypox case growth to 300 million by end of June 2022 and everyone on the planet in July of 2022. June 28, 2022: Monkeypox case…
“Advocates” whine about not getting more “free” handouts from the government
Advocates expressed anger and disappointment on Friday in response to news that the Biden administration is leaning toward forgiving $10,000 in student loans per borrower. Source: Biden leans toward $10,000…
Global elite intend to measure your individual carbon footprint
The global elite jet set, currently at Davos, Switzerland via private jet (an estimated 1,500 private jet flights), plan to solve climate change by controlling your life. Many of the…