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Book of the Day, April 29th – Non-Fiction, Rated 5 Stars Temporarily discounted to $2.99 on Kindle! Get your copy below: forums.onlinebookclub.org/shelves/book.p… The Yellow Pinto by B. WalterWill Follow the author: @BWalterWill

@TwBookClub @BWalterWill Cont'd... The author uses his personal struggles within this narrative to highlight the lives of addicts and how it impacts those around them. The multiple themes and blending of memoir and fiction make "The Yellow Pinto" by Walter Will more appealing.

@TwBookClub @BWalterWill This book starts with an episode of Tula's violence and talks about how the protagonist and his friends thought driving while drunk was normal. Cont'd...

The US federal government spends over $6 trillion (6,000 billions) per year. If big government and taxation worked the way statists think it does, we'd already be living in a utopia. Taxation and big government spending benefit the rich and powerful, and always have ever since the very first king issued the very first tax.

@EckhartAurelius "Taxation and big government spending benefit the rich and powerful,..." I agree.

@EckhartAurelius 2) Rapid urbanization has taken property rates way higher at a faster rate. 3) The old-school doctors were far far efficient. Now the slightest of ailments calls for a battery of tests and god forbid if one lands in the hospital.

1. Thank to the internet, education is free, which wasn’t the case in 1970. 2. Homelessness in the USA has been mostly trending downward since it started being tracked in 2006. 3. For apples to apples care, healthcare is cheaper. It only costs more if you want to make use of the cutting edge treatments and technology that have been developed in the past 50 years. 1970-level care and technology is cheaper today even in health care than it was in 1970. So it’s only more expensive in the sense that plane rides today are more expensive than horseback rides were 100 years ago. The buying power today is far more, but there’s just more available to buy so people spend even more than they use to previously

Even on microwaves the average American has way more buying power today than they had in 1970. And in raw the dollars, the average American makes more in three weeks now than they did in a full year in 1970.

@EckhartAurelius In India, the scenario is different.1) Information is free (to those who have access to internet). However, employers require degrees, which demands formal education and the costs are going up roughly by 10-12%. I finished my education almost free- not the case for my kids.

@TwBookClub @mfrenchauthor @TerraNova_Books Cont'd ... It is heartwarming to know that Emily's primary desire is that her daughter, Violet, trusts her. I'd love to read this book.

Book of the Day, April 28th – Other Fiction, Rated 5 Stars Temporarily discounted to $2.99 on Kindle! Get your copy below: forums.onlinebookclub.org/shelves/book.p… The Good Mother Test by Michael R. French Follow the author: @mfrenchauthor Published by @TerraNova_Books

@TwBookClub @mfrenchauthor @TerraNova_Books "The Good Mother Test" by Michael R. French brings forth a touchy subject for mothers. Parenting is a huge responsibility, and the vast majority work it through trial and error, with all the "good intentions" always pouring in. Cont'd ...

Book of the Day, April 27th – Historical Fantasy Fiction Available for only $2.99 on Amazon Kindle! Get your copy now at: onlinebookclub.org/shelves/book.p… “The Honorable Knight” by Patrick John Donahoe Author: @patrickdonahoe1 Publisher: @millcreekpub_us

@TwBookClub @patrickdonahoe1 @millcreekpub_us Cont'd... Moreover, there is a mission and a parallel love quadrangle, adding another element of interest. The initial pages transport readers right amidst a faceoff with the Al-Qaeda men. Congrats on BOTD!

@TwBookClub @patrickdonahoe1 @millcreekpub_us "The Honorable Knight"by Patrick John Donahoe has a unique timeline. The fantasy element here makes the otherwise common premise interesting. Cont'd...

Every adult human stands in front of a massive woodchipper. You can either jump into the woodchipper or not. The woodchipper has a design flaw: if more than 50% jump in, it will break and everyone survives. If less than 50% do it, those people will die. What do you do?

@EckhartAurelius Lacks logic unless it is mass action..

Every adult legally capable of consent has to take a private vote by pressing a red or blue button. Everyone who presses red survives no matter what. If anyone presses blue, all blue-pressers die, unless more than 50% press blue, in which case nobody dies. Which do you press?

@EckhartAurelius Blue-choosing hope that nobody dies over guaranteed self-preservation

The best way to significantly raise wages is to drastically cut or, better yet, eliminate taxes on labor. That isn’t in some an indirect argumentative hope of it indirectly wages. It will instantly and directly increase even the lowest paid American workers’ wages by at least 15%, within a second of being implemented. Many struggling workers would see their income from labor instantly doubled, when you count all the hidden payroll taxes and state taxes. And note I am not saying eliminate all income taxes, just those on labor, which disproportionately affect the working poor, since the ultra-rich make money in stocks, dividends, and capital gains, not W2 wages or income subject to self-employment tax (the highest tax rate of all shoved onto struggling small business owners). And before anyone asks “how will we pay for roads?!”, keep in mind we already pay way more than enough in local property taxes and sales taxes and non-labor income taxes to more than pay for roads, schools, fire departments, and all the other important local services. We can easily eliminate labor taxes and reduce all other taxes while still easily funding the few necessary services government actually provides, beneath all the purposely overpriced pork and corporate welfare