Angry Biden and the State of the Union

Well, I wonder if you watched US President Joe Biden stumble through that excruciating State of the Union speech? I suppose the wonder is that he managed the 60 minutes without falling over or pooping his pants but even so, that’s still a pretty low bar of expectation! The Democrats must know that time is really up for Joe, but it seems to me that they are hell-bent (literally) on keeping him on to face Trump. It seems surreal but much of politics is and

 
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The moral bankruptcy of Budget Day!

So today is the UK Budget, that annual act of political pageantry when the Chancellor of the Exchequer stands up and tries to bribe you with your own money! And some people are foolish enough to go with it and cheer for the scraps thrown their way. Let’s be clear from the get-go, Governments do not have any money of their own, they simple misappropriate our money in the form of taxes and then use the proceeds to try and manipulate our votes!

 
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