Climate Change, Politics

The Warming World

The cats love to watch the hypocrisy of governments, all claiming they will take action to prevent a rise in global temperature, but none willing to actually take the necessary actions.

Of course, there are always a few individuals willing to go off the grid, go solar, ride bicycles, never travel to foreign lands, but there are not enough of them to make the slightest difference to rising temperatures.

Politics

Money, Money, Money

The U.S. has pressured other countries to provide financial information in an attempt to reduce money laundering and tax evasion. But the U.S. won’t provide similar information to other countries.

Here are some articles about tax havens and transfer pricing.

Loophole USA: the vortex-shaped hole in global financial transparency

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/interactive/2021/booming-us-tax-haven-industry/

https://www.forbes.com/sites/insider/2021/10/12/the-pandora-papers-shed-new-light-on-the-us-as-a-tax-haven/?sh=1fe712c91f59

Click to access UnitedStates.pdf

Capitalism, Politics

We Want Jobs

People want jobs rather than handouts. People have their pride. The problem is that machines are slowly but relentlessly getting better at many of the tasks that make up jobs. And neither of the two big American political parties seems to know what to do.