Tag: pension

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD IN NAPERVILLE SUN WITH COLOR PICTURE: Customers at Naperville restaurant say their group was asked to move because another customer ‘doesn’t want black people sitting near him’ – SUZANNE BAKER (DIERSEN: Of course, Trump-haters want everyone to assume that this “regular customer” is a Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owner, German American, draft avoider, and his ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-naperville-buffalo-wild-wings-st-1103-20191102-3cl76kisdjcbvi3cotqgqahfj4-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: He said the host explained that one of the restaurant’s regular customers seated nearby “doesn’t want black people sitting near him.”)
— Donald Trump Jr. has a few grievances to air in upcoming book – JENNIFER JACOBS
https://www.chicagotribune.com/sns-tns-bc-trumpjr-book-20191103-story.html
— Dear millennials, now is the time to invest in your unexpected future – JERRY DAVICH (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who saved far less for their retirement than I did, I was able to do save more for my retirement because I avoided the draft, the federal government grossly overpaid me, I had good health, I paid less federal income tax by itemizing, my wife had a good job, we gave up trying to have children, we did not adopt, we did not become foster parents, I did not give lots of money to churches like they did, etc.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/post-tribune/opinion/ct-ptb-davich-saving-for-retirement-while-young-st-1030-20191029-ljhsqft2drg2veqxg2zxbmmpmy-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: One hundred dollars a month. This was how much money my financial adviser told me to save, back when I was in my 20s and 30s. “Damn it, Jerry, if you do this you’ll have a retirement nest egg waiting for you 30 years from now,” George Wilson told me sternly. He was one of my father’s poker buddies who once sold me a life insurance policy. He was intimidating and outspoken. He also was 100% right. Wilson tried slipping me a proverbial ace in the hole for my losing hand of cards in life. I was too stupid and shortsighted to accept it. After a few years of scraping together $100 each month to pay into this seemingly mythical retirement fund, I stopped contributing. I eventually cashed it in to pay off some credit card bills, telling myself that I couldn’t afford it any longer. It was the cheapest rationalization I could afford back then. At that point in my life, I was earning a meager income in a family food business, I had two young children, and I was already thinking of cashing in my marriage. Putting away $100 a month, every month for 30-plus years, seemed impossible. My wiser self in the future has never forgiven my stupid self from the past. In my younger days, I likely spent $100 a month on “must have” purchases – my Coca-Cola addiction, drive-through junk food, weekend entertainment in Chicago, a massive collection of music cassettes and CDs, you name it. These unnecessary expenditures, in hindsight, have only compounded my anger toward myself. I try to keep this in mind when I now hear about millennials who believe retirement savings is a myth or a rumor they’ve been told by gray-haired geezers like me. What do we know, right? In my 20s, I thought the same thing about “old man Wilson,” who was only in his 40s at the time. He seemed to be in his 70s or 80s. (He’s still around. Please don’t tell him.) Youth has a way of distorting our perception of life. We had more answers than questions. We had more time than money. We had more reasons to not think about getting older, getting unhealthy, or getting prepared for retirement. It all seemed so… impossible, or at least improbable. As if it would never happen.)

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Chicago teachers can save 244 unused sick days, retire early under new contract The tentative agreement raises the cap on accrued sick days from 40 to 244; some longtime teachers could use those days to retire a year early and still collect their full pension. – Matthew Hendrickson (DIERSEN: Almost all of my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government took many more sick days than I did. Starting in 1966, when I was 18 years old, they made it very clear that they did NOT want me to take any sick days. They hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I should NOT get that benefit for many reasons including I avoided the draft, had good health, was non-poor, had more education, professional certifications and/or licenses than they did, was Republican, was conservative, was Protestant (baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran), was 100% German American, my wife had a good job, we gave up trying to have children, we did not adopt, we did not become foster parents, and/or my ancestors have been in America since 1844. Nevertheless, they are furious that my Civil Service Retirement System pension is higher because of my many used sick days.) 
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2019/11/1/20944495/chicago-teachers-union-public-school-strike-contract-sick-days-pension-retirement

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Trump, graduated tax could drive high turnout in 2020 – DEREK BEIGH (DIERSEN: Democrats shout at everyone that to punish Trump, they should vote for Democrats.) 
https://www.pantagraph.com/news/national/govt-and-politics/experts-trump-graduated-tax-could-drive-high-turnout-in/article_801a048f-d492-565c-a71e-b7c8e36fe2af.html

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— Pressure on property taxes mounts for towns across Illinois amid pension burden – BGA
https://www.pjstar.com/news/20191102/pressure-on-property-taxes-mounts-for-towns-across-illinois-amid-pension-burden

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— N.Y. Justice Dem: White Male Terrorism Is ‘Biggest Issue’ in US House candidate Jamaal Bowman adds ‘99.9%’ of immigrants ‘come here looking for asylum’ – Collin Anderson
https://freebeacon.com/issues/n-y-justice-dem-white-male-terrorism-is-biggest-issue-in-us/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Will Mitt Romney be the man to knock out Donald Trump? – Taylor Lewis
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/11/will_mitt_romney_be_the_man_to_knock_out_donald_trump.html
— Decoding Trump Derangement Syndrome – Rajan Laad
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/11/decoding_trump_derangement_syndrome.html
— Envy is a symptom of Trump Derangement Syndrome – Peter Skurkiss
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/11/envy_is_a_symptom_of_trump_derangement_syndrome.html

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Dennis Prager: America “Least Racist Multicultural, Multiethnic Country In The History Of The World” – Ian Schwartz (DIERSEN: From what I see, under the Democrats who run Illinois, ever-increasingly, Illinois is more and more and more anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.) 
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2019/11/03/dennis_prager_america_least_racist_multicultural_multiethnic_country_in_the_history_of_the_world.html

CNBC
— Both Facebook and Twitter are getting it wrong when it comes to political ads – Lauren Feiner
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/11/03/facebook-and-twitter-get-it-wrong-when-it-comes-to-political-ads.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— How Trump Reshaped the Presidency in Over 11,000 Tweets – MICHAEL D. SHEAR, MAGGIE HABERMAN, NICHOLAS CONFESSORE, KAREN YOURISH, LARRY BUCHANAN and KEITH COLLINS – Jim Tankersley (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, to get votes from the following, Democrats promise to give them “free stuff:” anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/11/02/us/politics/trump-twitter-presidency.html
— FRONT PAGE: Trillion-Dollar Pledges Cement Democrats’ Bet on Taxing Rich – Jim Tankersley
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/02/business/elizabeth-warren-health-care-plan.html

COLUMBIAN
— Take responsibility for ads – Editorial (DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents demand that I “take responsibility” for everything in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. According to my critics/opponents, everything on the internet is false except for what they post or bless.)
https://www.columbian.com/news/2019/nov/03/other-papers-say-take-responsibility-for-ads/

DAILY BEAST
— Trump Aides Considered Asking Twitter for 15-Minute Delay on His Tweets: NYT – Anna Kaplan
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-aides-considered-asking-twitter-for-15-minute-delay-on-his-account-nyt

AXIOS
— Trump’s approval rating among Republicans has never dipped below 79%
https://www.axios.com/trumps-approval-rating-republicans-partisan-a57662f1-b81d-493e-be90-48a3eeced360.html
— Tweet by tweet: Trump praises Trump 2,026 times
https://www.axios.com/trump-tweets-new-york-times-analysis-fc884b99-cb69-4b96-af16-b67b6a421457.html

GUARDIAN
— How key Republicans inside Facebook are shifting its politics to the right Company has been accused of pro-Republican bias, in both policy and personnel, amid fears it could be broken up if a Democrat wins in 2020 – David Smith
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/nov/03/facebook-politics-republicans-right