Mar 25, 2025 | Alan's Letter
Guest blog: Larry Ottinger Large monied interests are corrupting and destroying our democracy as extreme wealth literally skyrockets. Elon Musk gave $288 million to elect Donald Trump last year, including an illegal vote buying scam in Pennsylvania. And Musk groups...
Feb 25, 2025 | Alan's Letter
In case you haven’t noticed…elections have consequences. The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities provides important information about the federal budget and, given the decimation of government we are reading about every day, it is worth noting some topline figures...
Jan 28, 2025 | Alan's Letter
It is amazing that the stage for the inauguration didn’t collapse under the weight of the money hoarded by those on that stage. Trump hopes to appoint 13 billionaires to various positions in his cabinet and government, whose total net assets are approximately $420...
Dec 31, 2024 | Alan's Letter
A few weeks ago, I was having breakfast with my son and my nine-year-old grandson, Simon. Simon would pause from eating to work on a math problem with his dad, multiplying 2 three-digit numbers. Watching this prompted me to ask Simon about jellybeans, true story....
Nov 26, 2024 | Alan's Letter
What do you plan to talk about at the dinner table this Thanksgiving? The Dodgers…or excessive wealth disorder (EWD)?! This year’s World Series was quite a show, but discussing it could be quite divisive, whereas EWD–that a few people hoarding excessive amounts...
Oct 30, 2024 | Alan's Letter
One unintended consequence of this election is that we are by now overfamiliar with and becoming desensitized to things such as plutocracy, autocracy and even fascism. Autocracy, just a hop, skip and a jump away from plutocracy, is globally on the rise, as the New...
