Bernie Sanders on Economics

The six largest banks now have assets equivalent to 61 percent of our gross domestic product, over $9.8 trillion. They underwrite more than half the mortgages in the country and issue more than two-thirds of all credit cards.
To Counter Rise of Oligarchy, Sanders Pitches Progressive Economic Vision
In a speech on the Senate floor on Tuesday morning, Sen.

Income Distribution

For the life of me I can not understand why people keep supporting politicians who have been bought and paid for by the likes of the Koch brothers and the oil and gas industry.
“$100 from 2 million people … a total of $200 million … is 20 percent of what the Koch brothers themselves are prepared to spend. … Maybe the game is over. Maybe they have bought the United States government. Maybe there is no turning back. Maybe we’ve gone over the edge. I don’t know. I surely hope not.

Trans Pacific Partnership

Global deals like the Trans Pacific Partnership will boost the profits of Wall Street and big corporations, and make the richest 1 percent even richer.
But they’ll bust the rest of America
How Trade Deals Boost the Top 1% and Bust the Rest
Suppose that by enacting a particular law we’d increase the U.S.Gross Domestic Product. But almost all that growth would go to the richest 1 percent. The rest of us could buy some products cheaper than before.

Progress and an Explanation

If you went to PerryFamilyRoots.com and ended up here it’s because that site is being redirected until I can get everything back up and working there.  Everything here is working (I think) but not everything has been added yet.  I should be able to spend some time on it now that the crises we’ve been struggling with has ended.Let me know if you need any help.

A Year??

WOW!  So it has been a year!   It has been a loongg hectic year and still not really finished with it and running smoothly yet, but I WILL get back to working on the websites shortly. 

Dreams 2

I remember my father used to sleep a lot when he was my age … when I was growing up my father always seemed to me to be the age I am now.

Dreams

In dreams, at least in mine, almost anything is possible.  Fear, urgency, exhaustion, hunger, eating, running, driving, walking, on and on.