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Pay it Forward College/Training Fund Idea Government or Nonprofit

Here's an idea to provide college or other training funding. I'll say college education, but this could mean learning any trade as well. I think this should be a government program because as a government program we, as the government, get the most out of it. But maybe it's okay as a nonprofit too because people who invest in the non-profit can deduct the money from their taxes. Here's the education program: Give people $60k for education. We provide the funding to the people getting educated now and they pay it back through a 4% income tax for the next 30 years. If this is a non-profit, then this would be a volunteer tax to pay it forward. Right now, a college educated person makes more than 50% more than a person with a high school diploma. In terms of tax revenue, we (the people that make up this government) will make a lot more money from a college educated person.  That's a very good investment for us as the tax collectors and for those who pay the extr...

People's Party, Put the People back in Power.

It's gotten out of control over the past 50 years, probably longer. Corporations have become more powerful than people. That just seems crazy that corporations are taking over since corporations are just people. That's it. No business or government makes a decision, it's like your desk making a decision. All businesses, governments, religious organizations, are just people. We are the people. We are the businesses. We are the government. We, the people. The government IS the people. You are the government. That's the way it works. You are also a part of the business you work for. You are also part of your family, religious group, etc. IT'S YOU! ME, US! So it's time people take back the government from the non-human entities called corporations run by immoral people making decisions that are not in the best interest of us or even themselves. I don't understand how a president of a large company can make decisions that destroy our environment, des...

For the Price of a Few Military Vehicles We Could All Have Solar Energy on Our Houses

The U.S. Military has a budget of $700 billion per year, so if the entire military budget went towards solar power, it would take 3 years to get all houses on solar. If we assume the price drops to 10,000 for each house, then the cost is 1.2 trillion, or 2 years of the military budget. Let's amortize the buying of solar power over 10 years and let's assume that the home owner pays $1500 towards the conversion (about what a typical household might pay in electricity for one year. So the price tag for the solar energy system, if paid out of the governments pocket, would be $8500 each or 1.1 trillion or $107 Billion per year for 10 years. Or 14% of the U.S. Military Budget in a giving year. This is about what is paid in a year to the top 5 Prime Contractors, Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Raytheon, Northrup Grumman, and General Dynamics ($97 billion in 2016). Another comparison is the F-35 Fighter Jet. Every, single, household in America could have ...

New Album on the Way "Music in the Mist"

Coming Soon! 15 new songs for 2018 with a big combination of acoustic and electric guitars. And of course, Eddie Farr on vocals. Making new songs is the best part of music, except for maybe playing them and performing them. All is good. Stay tuned for updates as the album takes form. The image used on the front cover is from a camping trip to Bigelow Mountain in Maine, part of the Appalachian Trail. Unbelievably beautiful.