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Wake up America!! The government has often forewarned us of the impending danger. Our plans for peaceful, worry- free retirement in its present form are coming to an END! It is a fact that the number of recipients of the Social Security and Medicare benefits are growing faster than the growth of the workforce that…

In the years since the election of President Biden you may have noticed that not only have trips to the grocery store and the gas station grown outrageously more expensive, but the size of grocery staples…just like the size of fast food and restaurant portions…have gotten noticeably smaller. In the 1980’s, the nations’ news outlets…

If you are 50 years old or older here in the US then you probably received education about ‘civics’ in your classes in various years, from elementary through high school. These classes taught you how our government governs. The classes stressed citizenship and the duty of every qualified individual to engage and participate in every…

President Theodore Roosevelt originated a foreign policy idea that he characterized as to “speak softly and carry a big stick.” In other words: Presidential rhetoric in the foreign policy realm was to be clear and concise and never vitriolic. But along with the controlled messages, Presidential policy towards aggressive nations carried with it the implied…

For those of us here at I Vote My Vote, the function of our Congress, both the House of Representatives and the Senate, is an issue of the greatest importance. It is for this reason that a reading of the February 21 online article in Roll Call entitled “One plan to modernize Congress? A coworking…

In an ironic turn of events, several European governments are warning of the danger of terrorism arising as a result of refugees from the Middle East stemming from the war in Gaza.1 Terror plots have recently been thwarted in several European countries including Germany, Italy and Sweden. The warnings are ironic because frequently over the…

Saturday, March 23rd, President Biden signed into law the latest 1.2 trillion dollar, ‘Continuing Resolution’ (CR). This makes the 6th CR the Congress has already passed in fiscal year 2024 and continues the futility of efforts by the Congress to pass a sound budget that reins in unrestrained spending by its members in the Senate…

A few days ago, Mr. Rahul Gandhi, Indian National Congress Party candidate for Prime Minister, visited Assam and while there, offered a biscuit (‘cookie’, in US English) to a supporter’s dog. The dog refused the cookie, so Gandhi offered it to the man and he took it. The man then gave it to his dog…

From its inception, the US Senate in the Congress was to be the more deliberative body.1 Created in 1787 at the Constitutional Convention, the Senate was crafted to “…give advice and consent to presidents on nominations and treaties, to serve as a court of impeachment, and to have an equal say with the House of…