President Minouche Shafik is absolutely correct.

Anti-Semitic speech is not free speech, it is hate speech. There was an American valedictorian that wanted to erase Israel from the map. She stated same in her online account in social media.

Anti-Semitism is Anti-American.

People with influence such as a valedictorian and a professor that has values of anti-Semitism are subversive and do not believe in democracy. There is no room for hate within people of influence. Absolutely not!

April 17, 2024
By Gabriella Borter

A U.S. congressional committee on Wednesday (click here) accused Columbia University's president of failing to protect Jewish students on campus, echoing accusations leveled against three other elite university leaders at a hearing last year that sent shockwaves through higher education.

Columbia President Minouche Shafik responded to the accusations by some members of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Education and the Workforce by strongly denouncing antisemitic behavior by students and professors at the New York City-based Ivy League university, and by pledging there would be consequences.

Shafik said the university was facing a "moral crisis" with antisemitism on campus, and it had taken strong actions against suspected perpetrators. It had suspended students who participated in unauthorized protests, for example, and terminated a professor who supported the deadly Oct. 7 attack on Israel by Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, she said.

"Trying to reconcile the free speech rights of those who want to protest and the rights of Jewish students to be in an environment free of discrimination and harassment has been the central challenge on our campus and numerous others across the country," Shafik told the committee....

There is some criticism…

…that the case in New York regarding Trump’s Hush Money is not the most appropriate to start with. That is nonsense for several reasons. First, there aren’t politics that are suppose to rule any court, so there is no best trial to start with, there is just starting and the New York court was ready to begin.

Secondly, this is hush money to oppress harsh opinions about his adultery with a Playboy model and exotic dancer. This is about his election in 2016 against Hillary Clinton. If these facts were known would he have been elected at all? 

The hush money case exposes his willingness to discard USA law to benefit himself. It is a highly important case and is very appropriate one to begin the trials. The other cases exist after the fact he was elected.

Dismiss the U.S. House Impeachment

Senator Schumer simply needs to dismiss the impeachment of Secretary Mayorkas. There is no legitimate basis for it. It is the Trump wing GOP use of the USA Constitution for the purpose of politics. The USA Constitution is not a political tool which is also the Robert’s Court needs to learn!

President Biden has important work that needs to be conducted. The Trump extremist GOP is not governing. The Congress must act for the country’s national defense and securing our allies as well. There is the ongoing genocide in Ukraine that cannot be tolerated. There is far too many national security issues and this impeachment is a waste of time.

It is also an unpaid advertisement for a former President with a criminal history and 2 impeachments besides. Trump’s impeachment was due to his direct assault on the USA national security and he upheld Putin’s genocide in Ukraine.

The U.S. House Representatives that brought this impeachment are extremists and should be recalled by their electorates.

Senator Kennedy can be added to the list of Congresspersons that should be recalled by their electorate. Israel and Ukraine needs the support of the USA Congress and Senator Kennedy is not practicing governance so much as politics. How stupid is this?

Just as a reality check, the Congress has not passed border law that applies to the circumstances that exists in 2024. In that is to realize these proceedings for impeachment of Secretary Mayorkas are all lies. By not acting to pass effective law it compromises the national security of the USA of which creates an egregious situation for the Secretary. The measures at his disposal are insufficient. It is not his fault there aren’t enough border patrol and funding. When Congress does not do their jobs the country suffers. The Republican House and Senate have refused to bring effective law and instead decided to roll out an impeachment in the practice of their politics. 

Inflation

This advice will be laughable to many Americans, but, there is a method to balance the current inflation. 

Banks don’t offer much in the way of interest to any savings. There is an option to beat inflation. The current inflation rate is about 3.6 percent. The current interest rate on US Treasury Bonds are higher than inflation.

I think for Americans where such investments into USA Treasury Bonds being impossible a “buying club” or “cooperative” may be a potential with proper legal advice.

Tax Reform

President Biden and a strong Democratic federal legislature can lead to a fair tax code without corruption. It is an interest proposal so far that is on the table and addresses the deficit.

Many economists, including Larry Summers supports many aspects of the proposed tax reform. Some actually applaud the current proposals. Larry Summers has one objection and I agree with him to some extent and that is in regard to increased stock values, but, unrealized income.

If I may?

There is a measure in the proposals that want to tax increased values of stock holdings. That is not income, but, further investment. If an investor allows increased value to stand without taking profit that is further investment. I think it is folly to bring such a proposal to law. 

Increased values of stock holdings is an asset and not an income. When stocks are sold for profit it then becomes income and should be exposed to taxes. 

As an added value asset a lot of options exist within the investment network and through banking including loans, both business and personal. Those loans or other use of these value added assets create tax deductions in the way of interest and fees. Those are legitimate uses of the tax code and should not change. 

The value added assets must be viewed, no matter what form they exist; including home ownership; as assets and not income. Value added assets are fluid and can lose value in the future. While a loss in value will be a deduction and not income it is a concern for corruption. 

If such value added stock tax were to become law it would open up the tax code to manipulation. There is nothing preventing an investor to throw money at stocks losing value while other stocks increase in value. This would put a huge hole in the tax code where manipulation would result in larger national deficit. Such a dynamic would affect the USA code on Moodys and the like. I think a great deal of caution to such concepts has to be viewed as excessive overreach in law.

The new tax code should have a reasonably predictable income for the country year after year. Those types of tax incomes to the USA treasury will stabilize the reliability of the USA, hence translating that stability to allied as well.

I think the Democrats are the absolute best party to pass this new tax code into law. They will listen to the people and provide stability to the USA treasury. The tax code will finally be fair while eliminating current corruption such as offshoring. The Democrats must pledge to bring about a fair tax code while eliminating corruption and regulations that do not service the country well.