Mom Gave Me a "ROUND TUIT" gift - with the slogan: "Someday I'm going to get around to it... Oh! Today's the Day!

LINK: Click Here to see all my "ROUND TUIT" gifts at the gift shop...

The gift my mom gave me looked like a clay ornament that could be used on a bolo necktie... You slide the strings through the hole in the round clay object... Actually what it was is a holder for a short marijuana cigarette... A roach clip...

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years ago I wrote... 2022... And the bill failed to pass...

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The New 15% Corporate Minimum Tax Will Pay for the Student Loan Forgiveness Program. It's Like Robin Hood... Take From the Rich and Give to the Poor. MY Taxes Didn't Increase... So I'm Not Paying a Penny for this New Program. 

$238 Billion Dollars will now be Spent by Students at Businesses... Increasing Profits... and Increasing Taxes Paid on those Profits... This is a Classic Example of BUBBLE UP! Economics... EVERYBODY WINS!

Way to Go Joe! Embroidered Hat

for sale on Zazzle Gregvan

In Reality, Who Pays for the Student Loan Forgiveness Program? NOT YOU and NOT ME. There is No New Increase in YOUR Taxes... So YOU Do Not Pay for this New Expense... SOMEONE Pays and That's the Billionaires...

and Tax Cheats Will Be Paying for the Student Loan Forgiveness Program. THEIR Taxes Will be Going UP This Year. NOT MINE! The IRS is Hiring! and They Will Be COLLECTING MORE Just When Money Will Be Needed to Pay for The New Expense... 

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My Student Loans Were Totally Worth It! Graduating Doubled my Rate of Pay! After Graduating with a BSCS (Computer Science), I got a Job that Paid twice as much as I Had ever been Paid Before... and Put my Student Loan on Auto Pay... It was Gone in 5 Years... HOWEVER... I went to Humboldt State University where the Tuition is LOW... What if You went to School in a State that was NOT CALIFORNIA? Then You would have a Massive Student Loan Debt... What if You Didn't Graduate in a PRACTICAL MAJOR? and Ended up Making Tacos at Taco Bell again... There are Many Majors that are Totally Useless... At HSU if You Studied Nursing or Computers You did Great! but those "whooptie-doo" Majors left Students with a Huge Pile of Debt and NO SELLABLE SKILLS!

and "SG" on FaceBorg Asked: Why should I be responsible for your student loan debt? 

and I Responded: You are not Responsible under the Biden Plan... All of this is paid for by Taxing the Super Rich. There is no Increase to Your Taxes... There is a 15% Tax on Billionaires... and The IRS WILL be Auditing Tax Cheats... That's where the Money Comes from...

Fact check: If you don't make $400,000, you are not paying more taxes for anyone's student loans.

Not one dime.

Impossible Ribbons in Black and White with Eyes

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Great Books! Read 'em before the Fascist GOP Bans 'em.

The Monkeywrench Gang by Edward Abbey,

1984 by George Orwell,

The Search for the Manchurian Candidate by John Marks,

The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test by Tom Wolfe,

The Whole Earth Catalog by Stewart Brand,

One Flew Over The Coo Coo's Nest by Ken Kesey,

My Problem Child by Dr Albert Hofmann,

Remember, Be Here Now by Ram Dass,

The Psychedelic Experience by Dr Timothy Leary and Dr Richard Alpert,

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenence by Robert Pirsig,

America's Bogus Wars by Gregory Vanderlaan,

Island by Aldous Huxley,

Foundation by Isaac Asimov,

Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert Heinlein,

You are not the Target by Laura Huxley,

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley,

The Time Machine by HG Wells,

Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne,

Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carrol,

Thru the Looking Glass by Lewis Carrol,

The Wizard of OZ by Frank Baum,

Tom Sawyer - Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain,

The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allen Poe (and Everything

else he wrote),

The Call of Cthulu by HP Lovecraft,

The Teachings of don Juan by Carlos Castaneda,

The Four Agreements by don Miguel Ruiz,

The Art of the Failed Deal by don Trump,

Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds

by Charles Mackay,

The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle,

2001 by Arthur C. Clarke,

Dune by Frank Herbert,

The Black Cloud by Fred Hoyle,

The Lord of the Rings by J R R Tolkien,

The Hobbit by J R R Tolkien,

#France1789 by Gregory Vanderlaan,

Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card,

The Bible by Various Authors (Matthew, Mark, Luke, John,

Ezekiel, Enoch, Peter, Paul and Mary),

Still Here by Ram Dass,

The Caves of Steel by Isaac Asimov,

I, Robot by Isaac Asimov,

Doors of Perception by Aldous Huxley,

Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda,

Alcoholics Anonymous by Bill W.

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Nurses are Valuable. Trump's action to make it difficult for nursing students to get student loans is insane. A nurse gave him the covid-19 vaccine... And then he recommended that all his followers get the covid-19 vaccine as well... & ME TOO! Thank you nurses!

 

Here's a nurse giving me a covid-19 vaccine.
Thank You! On that day she vaccinated about 30 employees at the place I live... All of the caregivers at ur old folks home were vaccinated... And any Resident who was interested got vaccinated as well... And then a month later I got covid-19 with NO SYMPTOMS... Excellent work!

Here are some links in case you want to tell your representatives in Congress what you think about this...

https://www.house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative

https://www.senate.gov/senators/senators-contact.htm

Nursing no longer considered a professional degree by Trump administration

Change means student loans are limited for nurses, physical therapists, physician assistants... 
https://www.wpr.org/news/nursing-not-considered-professional-degree-trump-administration

and then I read this on social media... 

A SLAP IN THE FACE...
The main reason nurses are furious about the Department of Education removing nursing from the professional occupation list is that it feels like yet another insult after years of giving everything we have.
We’ve spent years in demanding programs—intense courses, clinical hours, exams, and boards that most people outside healthcare don’t even know exist. Nurses handle medications, IVs, urgent decisions, emergencies, and real human lives, all while managing overwhelming workloads, staffing shortages, and emotional strain few ever witness.
We work “12-hour” shifts that become 14, skip meals, miss holidays, and carry the weight of trauma and loss, then go home and pretend life is normal.
So when the term “professional” is removed, it hits hard because nurses have fought for recognition, respect, and credibility in a system that depends on them. We advocate tirelessly for our patients and for ourselves.
This isn’t about a single word.
It’s about what that word represents.
If the people who keep the healthcare system running aren’t considered professionals, what does that say about this country’s priorities?
Nurses aren’t upset without reason—they’re exhausted from being treated like they don’t matter. And eventually, that exhaustion will push many of us away.