On presidents and deficits, since you were discussing it, earlier: Article 1 of the US Constitution puts the House of Representatives in charge of taxation. So, by constitutional design, presidents a… (View Post)

One reason I have opposed all-mail elections is that ballots need not be secret. It's been a while since I regularly searched for stories of vote fraud -- but when I did, I found that it usually was … (View Post)

On the US Civil War, two thoughts: First, the US Army at the beginning of the war had about 16,000 soldiers -- half of them on duty keeping the peace (mostly) with the Indian tribes. Second, the Unio… (View Post)

FPT: There is no American health system. There are many, many health systems in the US, including one that has some similarities to your NHS: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Health_Service As do… (View Post)

On working conditions for men and women: Years ago, I read about a problem a chip maker (Intel?) had. Their technicians were mostly women and the facility used "clean rooms", which meant ha… (View Post)