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A Positive Step From the Trump Administration

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Scientific American Research scientists are upset because the Trump Administration wants to impose some accountability into the federal research grant system after millions died and the world economy lost trillions because of Dr. Fauci's Wuhan China lab created COVID and released it and after Dr. Fauci tortured thousands of beagles (that lab was closed last year) Dr. Fauci's beagle experiments. Note the closed shades. To quote a WCW report: The lab pumped pneumonia-causing bacteria into over 2,000 beagles' lungs, inducted septic shock and bled them out.  Was Dr. Fauci accountable? Yes, to another scientist.  In my opinion, an ordinary politician would be far more likely to shout STOP! at this type of Josef Mengele-type barbarous, cruel behavior done with our tax dollars  than the "go along to get along" world of science.  Consider: we haven't been able to get a National Disaster Review Board because the National Weather Service used to claim its lame Servic...

Why Are Universities Non-Profit for Tax Purposes?

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Sports Illustrated  Each school will receive $135 million as a result of the "capital deal" in addition to the $80 to $100 million each school receives year from TV rights.  Exactly why should these universities be non-profit? This "capital deal" -- selling assets that were originally paid for by taxpayers -- is as money grubbing a deal as any private sector company would make. Football is hardly a key academic activity. Universities also have endowments, sometimes worth billions, that also receive preferential tax treatment.  Before anyone says, "universities are engaged in public service," so was my company WeatherData, Inc. (we directly saved hundreds of lives) but the government wouldn't let us be non-profit.  Below are comments regarding last week's 60 Minutes'  weekly "Trump is evil" report that he allegedly shut down breast cancer research. This "overselling" over university research potential is, unfortunately, qui...

And, This Would Be Bad Because....?

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Daily Mail Gasp!! Getting to keep our own money.  FYI: America existed from 1776 to 1913 without any  income tax. 

Yes, It Is!

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The cartoon below helps explain how all of this works .