by Philip Farruggio | Dec 18, 2020 | Blog
Bleak was something he could easily relate to, especially now. He didn’t know which bothered him more, the bitter Detroit December cold, or his jobless situation. When he was going strong, along with the economy, being a massage therapist was great. He made...
by Philip Farruggio | Dec 10, 2020 | Blog
Please remember that in 1961 when JFK took office the top bracket for federal income tax was at 90%. Now, we all should know that no one in that top bracket actually paid at 90%. That is what a slew of deductions and bright accountants were for. When Reagan took...
by Philip Farruggio | Dec 6, 2020 | Blog
Spanning some 60 years of employment, this writer has some conclusions. Of course, these are from my own personal experiences. Yet, having spoken with a myriad of working stiffs over the years, perhaps this analysis is valid. During those 60 years of work, I think...
by Philip Farruggio | Nov 30, 2020 | Blog
Ok, you all should know about blood transfusions. Watch any of the hospital shows on the boob tube and see how, in dire emergencies, they rush to do blood transfusions. Well, guess what? The depression level financial crisis for us working stiffs is here. Now, many of...
by Philip Farruggio | Nov 27, 2020 | Blog
Go get Rick Perlstein’s great book Reaganland: America’s Right Turn, 1976-1980 and see how we got here from ‘There’, the turn to the right wing in the dawning of Reagan’s presidency. Even the slogan that Trump ‘borrowed’ from...
by Philip Farruggio | Nov 23, 2020 | Blog
We were all taught in grade school of the story of the ‘Trojan Horse’. In its war with Troy the Greeks built a gift of a giant horse. They informed the Trojans that, after 10 years of war, they had had enough. Once inside of Troy, the Greek horse, filled...
