The minimum wage discussion may be easier to understand for anyone who has done piece work, or worked on commission. As a kid, I did the first, picking cherries in the sumer and apples in the fall on… (View Post)

Well, Trump appears to be half way back to his long-time position on abortion. Excluding politicians, the most important pro-abortion advocates back then were two magazines, Ms. and Playboy. The seco… (View Post)

SSI2 - I left Washington state in 1961, and didn't come back for many years, so I missed the Rod Chandler/Patty Murray campaign. (I like "King of the Road" more than the other song. And pre… (View Post)

More for BenPointer: "Due to its structure, the EITC is effective at targeting assistance to low-income families in the bottom two quintiles—0–40% of households. By contrast, only 30% of minimum… (View Post)

Most of the United States was bought, not conquered: For example, the Louisiana purchase, much of the southwest after the Mexican-American War*, Florida, the Gadsden purchase, and Alaska. (If you wan… (View Post)