Tag: Income inequality

RUST BELT COLLAPSE: Ohio’s Runaway Children

Originally posted on BoomerMindset.com

Well, it’s been awhile, hasn’t it? Let’s get right to it.

As an Ohioan, I can safely say that human trafficking is a real and persistent issue. I assert my claim with this phrasing because within the past few months, I went into Casey’s (a gas station found across the Midwest and Rust Belt) to use the bathroom. Near the urinals, on the inside of the open stall door, I saw a sticker with big letters:

“NEED RESCUED?”

Under that, a phone number to call if you needed help. Underneath the hotline number, the the dangers and reality of sex trafficking were detailed. The startling truth is, across Ohio, in 2023 alone:

  • A man convicted in a child sex trafficking operation was sentenced to 40 years in prison…
  • Another man was also sentenced to 40 years in prison for trafficking a juvenile…
  • In Cincinnati, a man was arrested and federally charged with exploiting teen girls and sex trafficking…
  • A man in Cleveland was sentenced to 3 years in prison for engaging in the kidnapping of a human trafficking victim…

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Is Income Inequality Fair?

Guest Post by Walter E. Williams

Is Income Inequality Fair?

Some Americans have much higher income and wealth than others. Former President Barack Obama explained, “I do think at a certain point you’ve made enough money.” An adviser to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez who has a Twitter account called “Every Billionaire Is A Policy Failure” tweeted, “My goal for this year is to get a moderator to ask ‘Is it morally appropriate for anyone to be a billionaire?'” Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Elizabeth Warren, in calling for a wealth tax, complained, “The rich and powerful are taking so much for themselves and leaving so little for everyone else.”

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Income Inequality

Guest Post by Scott Adams

Back in 2014 B.T. (Before Trump), the headlines were all about income inequality. I don’t recall hearing much of anything about immigration in the news. Then candidate Trump – the Master Persuader – told us that immigration was a big problem. Almost instantly the media started treating it like the biggest issue in the world. The public followed. And when Trump won, do you know how the experts who had been wrong about 100% of everything for a year explained it? They said President Trump won because he picked policies that people liked.

Well, not exactly.

What happened is that candidate Trump persuaded us that immigration was a big problem. And in so doing, he pushed the issue of income inequality off the page. Do you remember the last time you saw CNN obsessing about income inequality? I thought it was the public’s biggest issue two years ago. Did it just sort of stop being one?

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IT’S GOOD TO BE RICH

After reviewing the following charts I’ve concluded it is better to be rich than poor. There is no question the gap between the richest and poorest is widening. The facts show the rich getting richer, the poor staying poor, and the middle class becoming poorer. You’ll be happy to know pleasure aircraft was the fastest-growing category of all consumer spending in 2013. I guess those food stamp users are living it up. 

The facts don’t lie. The lies happen when you ask people why.

Why is this happening?