TheWiseOldFart

  Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart In 2008, thanks to George W. Bush’s failed economic policy which allowed the super-rich to increase their personal wealth while ignoring the waning lifestyle of the majority, I was laid off from my last job in the private sector. It became immediately clear that I was the first because I was the oldest employee in that branch. At the time I was working for the largest electrical supply company in America. In 2009 I was hired to be a part of the 2010 Decennial Census. During that year I learned that “ageism” is a huge problem in our nation. After working in the field conducting projects critical to achieving the goal of an accurate and complete count of the number of people living in Northern Nevada, I was asked to work in the regional office in South Reno in the fall of 2009. Eventually, the number of individuals working in the office exceeded 100. Ages ranged from 18 to 80. Each person was hired for their position based on a single qualification: their te

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart   Reagan, Geoge H.W. Bush, George W. Bush, and Donald Trump all implemented the most failed economic policy in history. “Trickle Down Economics,” the policy which Reagan called “Supply Side Economics,” was created by your failed 40 th president, claiming that if the rich have more money, they will create good paying jobs for the American people. This was the biggest pile of bullshit in American history. The super-rich simply placed their additional profits in offshore accounts, or in the purchase of additional mansions or islands.    When Reagan left office in 1989, his failures left our nation in debt for more than a trillion dollars. Two Bush’s and a Trump continued this failed policy, and nearly placed our country in another Great Depression.    In 1993 Democrat Bill Clinton bailed out Reagan and George H.W. Bush. When he left office in 2001, the national debt had been erased, and our national treasury experienced a surp lus.    In 2009, Barack Obama saved