Biden border policy

Obama's immigration policy earned him the reputation of deporter in chief as he deported over 3 million migrants. When Biden took office he was critical of Obama's policy saying, Joe Biden called it a “big mistake” to have deported hundreds of thousands of people without criminal records. Biden next ended the remain in Mexico policy and restarted the catch and release program. Biden then stopped all construction on the border wall even the parts that were already paid. Biden accelerated the policy of moving migrants inland. During the debates Biden told immigrants to come. During a 2019 Democratic presidential primary debate, President Biden said that the United States is a country that tells people struggling under oppression or poor conditions, "You should come," as he argued for a more open asylum policy.  This week Biden admitted there is a problem at the border because congress will not enact a immigration policy. CNN says, Don’t try to make sense of Biden’s border policy

Documents

The recent discovery of classified documents in Biden's office at the University of Penn have reopened interest in Trump's storing of classified documents at his home in Florida. The brou ha ha over the Trump situation came to a sudden end when experts said Trump as president could declassify any document. This resulted in another controversy between some who said the president did not have total authority to declassify but there were so many experts saying he could that the whole thing ended. In this regard the situation with Biden is different since he was not president at the time these documents were moved.

More equity

Through the history of Western civilization Jews have been discriminated against and sometimes it was because they were too successful. Case in point, in the last century leading universities limited the number of Jewish students. The same thing is happening to Asian American students today. It was wrong then and it is wrong now. This has now spread into high schools. In one Fairfax County, Virginia high school national merit winners were kept secret for equity purposes. The principal said it was a clerical over sight but recently two more high schools have admitted withholding merit awards. It is not likely that three separate schools had clerical errors but the investigation continues. Equity means equal results and having some students excel in academics means unequal results. This hearkens back to the idea that everyone gets a trophy and everyone moves up to the next grade and not keeping score.

Avenatti

The phrase Trump derangement syndrome is tossed around but sometimes it is a fact as was the case of Michael Avenatti. He was the attorney for Stormy Daniels, the woman who claimed she had an affair with former President Trump. This was all that was needed for the anti Trump press to jump in feet first. Avenatti was featured 254 times in one year on major networks. Here are a few examples. Historian Jon Meacham called Avenatti the savior of the republic. The View's Joy Behar said he was saving the country. MSNBC's Stephanie Ruhle said she offered an apology to Avenatti for doubting his ability to combat Trump. Bill Maher said he was Trump's worst nightmare and that he, Avenatti was a folk hero to anti Trumpers. Nicolle Wallace said Avenatti hit a lot of the right notes. Brian Stelter said Avenatti was a serious contender for the presidency. Navarro, you're like the Holy Spirit to me. Turns out the guy was a fraud who could easily manipulate the press because they were ripe for the pickin.

Africa

This is special thank you to Africa for provided the us with the cobalt needed for our modern economy. Special thanks to the children who mine the cobalt. We will repay you when the windmills are past their useful life and the left overs will be sent to Africa for burial, maybe in the same holes by the same children who mined the material to start with. In addition agricultural experts here want to thank you for allowing us to genetically modifying your favorite vegetable cassava and observe any effects it may have over the next few generations. The same thing goes for the mosquitoes which our scientist have modified to cure malaria and once again we will monitor your children to see if there any dangerous side effects.

Social security

One of the reasons that social security is running out of money is that the benefits are adjusted according to inflation. During the late 70's and early 80's inflation reached 14% and this put a strain on the budget. This past year the average benefit increased by $140 per month and this will cause the fund to run out before the estimate 2034. People my age will collect far more than was paid in but that is not the case for recent retirees. SS retirement benefits are very progressive, that is, lower income people get a higher percentage benefit. For example if your life time income averaged $60,000 per year your monthly benefit would be $1,500 and if your average lifetime earnings were $30,000 your benefit would be $1,000.

Women

When I went to college in the 1950's only 5% of high school students went on to college and only about one in five of those were female. The women who wanted to make a career chose teaching or nursing and almost no women majored in science and engineering. There was a derogatory joke that women went to college to get an MRS. Today there are more women in medical school, law school and graduate school than men. You've come a long way baby. While most men my age didn't give much thought to the plight of women our ideas quickly changed when we had daughters and especially when they got to college age. The list of the most important events of the last century are always led by the depression and WW 2 but the coming out of the women should be right up there at the top. They are often mentioned for their contributions during the war where they built the munitions that won the war but their overall benefit to society was the most important change of the century. Those changes have continued and expanded into the 21st century.