Hi, I just wanted you to know that I'm reading the full Mueller report and will have the key points presented to you within a few weeks

(Part 3 of 4) What is climate change's effects. Has our technology out paced our wisdom?

 

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An aside on inflation. what is inflation and how it effects your life.

Can you find a new article saying that your elected officials decided to end the wage recovery from the great recession in 2018?  Then send me the article at

We are going to talk about how the utility taxes, with a larger discussion on deceptive taxation  

 

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We will be discussing the public works maintenance services in general. You have likely heard of these as your utilities: water, wastewater, drainage, garbage and power.  But to make it a public works department, my city adds the transportation department to it. 

 

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This is an introduction to our second brief. This brief will be covering local government through a review of my local city of Renton Washington. Although the services provided by your local government could very, the basics will all be the same. 

 

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Have you heard about the swamp in DC, well this is the swamp 

 

Federal Tax receipt completed: $92 out of $100 

$22 Social security  

$28 HHS (Medicare and Medicaid)

$22.80 Defense (Military, Foreign Relations, Homeland Security) 

$12.60 Services (USDA, Transportation, Education, Justice, Labor)

$1.10 Science grants and parks 

$6.60 annual interested payments on our debt 

$8.00 the swamp  

 

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What is left? Debt, or more specifically just the annual interest payment on our debt 

 

Federal Tax receipt completed: $92 out of $100 

$22 Social security  

$28 HHS (Medicare and Medicaid)

$22.80 Defense (Military, Foreign Relations, Homeland Security) 

$12.60 Services (USDA, Transportation, Education, Justice, Labor)

$1.10 Science grants and parks 

$6.60 annual interested payments on our debt 

 

 

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Our natural treasures are not easily quantifiable. But we can quantify what we spend on the national park system.  

 

Federal Tax receipt completed: $85.4 out of $100 

$22 Social security  

$28 HHS (Medicare and Medicaid)

$22.80 Defense (Military, Foreign Relations, Homeland Security) 

$12.60 Services (USDA, Transportation, Education, Justice, Labor)

$0.60 Science grants from dept. of energy

$0.50 the Department of the Interior  

 

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Lets contrast the Department of Justice with the Department of Labor to show a effective service vs an ineffective service 

 

Federal Tax receipt completed: $85.4 out of $100 

$22 Social security  

$28 HHS (Medicare and Medicaid)

$22.80 Defense (Military, Foreign Relations, Homeland Security) 

 Services: $12.60

$4.00 USDA

$2.50 Transportation

$2.60 Education

$1.00 Justice 

$2.50 labor 

 

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