Daily Archives: October 18, 2014

Lawn Signs for Enhanced Bottle Bill 2

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Click on the image below to find out where you can get lawn signs in support of Question 2. For the Worcester area the location is Broad Meadow Brook Conservation Center & Wildlife Sanctuary, 414 Massasoit Road, 
Worcester, MA 01604, Tues-Sat 9 am-4 pm; 
Closed Sun & Mon, (508) 753-6087

Bottle Deposits information



Many people who drive by my house throw bottles from their car windows. The ones with deposits on them get picked up by people who can get a little money from the deposits. The ones without deposits get left in my yard.





    




Former Massachusetts Chief Park Ranger Curt Rudge explains why it’s so important to vote Yes on Question 2 on Nov. 4 to stop bottle litter in Massachusetts and expand the Bottle Bill. Big beverage companies are spending over $5 million to say things are fine the way they are–but Ranger Curt has seen bottles without a deposit on them from sports drinks, iced tea, and water are piling up as litter in our beautiful state. He’s seen the damage this litter does to our parks. That’s why we need to vote Yes on Question 2 on November 4.




    

    
                                    

                                
                                                            
                                                                    

                                        
    

              

          
Opportunities exist to close gap between rich and poor, Yellen says
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The Boston Globe has the article Opportunities exist to close gap between rich and poor, Yellen says


And one more thing: Do what the rich do, and pass on the wealth.


Yellen said an inheritance is routine for the wealthiest families, but increasing the practice among those in lower echelons of the income scale would provide support to future generations with the potential to shrink the wealth divide.


Does she think that poorer people have some “wealth” that they are not passing on? Maybe they are spending all their wealth eating cake rather than passing it on.


Home equity represents a large share of the wealth for many middle- and lower-income families.


With home prices dropping in the financial crisis, many people are under water in their mortgages. There is no wealth to pass on, only debt.  What are we supposed to say to the people who have already lost their homes to foreclosure?


With the current crop of college students taking on mortgage sized debt to finance their education, there will be even less chance of them  having any wealth to pass on to their children.


Republicans are talking about cutting Social Security. That should also lessen the wealth that is not being passed on. Problem solved.


I had such high hopes for Janet Yellen. I had no idea that she was at a Marie-Antoinette level of out of touch with reality.