On the Recent Increase in Federal Revenue

According to the Congressional Budget Office, federal revenue 

increased last fiscal year. While this is certainly good news, 

the deficit was at that time $1.8 trillion. The Democrats call

this a critical lack of revenue, stating that corporations, wealthy

people, really everyone and anyone who has money aren't 

paying enough in taxes --- they aren't paying their "fair share",

don't you know. But despite the towering deficit, federal revenue

increased by $479 billion year over year for an 11% rise.

$343 billion of that increase came from individual-income taxes

and payroll taxes. Corporate tax collections went up by 

$109 billion. As U.S. GDP growth for the 2024 FY grew 

approximately 2.5%, revenue growth has surpassed economic 

growth. But Congressional Democrats want to take even more 

from these sources because they allegedly don't pay their 

"fair share". Yet when they do get their way on tax increases

these clueless greedheads spend the money faster than they 

can receive it.

No, Democrats, the problem is not too little revenue; the problem

is too little spending restraint, and that's on you.

MEM 

Battling Back Against Wokeness

The good feelings we conservatives have enjoyed in the latter half

of 2024 are continuing without stopping or slowing into 2025.

More and more organizations, including but not at all limited to

businesses, state and local governments, schools (including univer-

sities), entertainment, and more are refusing to be bound and gagged

by woke rules --- wokeness is political correctness on steroids ---

i.e. bowing down before pronoun regulations, forced acceptance of 

the wild beyond belief i.e. admission of boys in girls' locker rooms 

and rest rooms because the former "identifies" as girls, self-censor-

ship to avoid trouble with the law or opprobrium from and castigation

by certain circles (this last one is something hampering sand-up 

comedians and comedy screenwriters) and like totalitarianisms.

Toward the end of the old year the University of Michigan, hardly a 

conservative haven, ended their required diversity statements rule.

The school is ceasing to mandate the statements in hiring decisions

in hiring decisions. Furthermore, the University has dismissed a DEI 

(Diversity, Equity and Inclusion) administrator accused of making 

anti-semitic statements. Gee, isn't it odd that DEI types favor and in 

fact demand inclusiveness for so many groups of people but bar 

certain other groups because of their own bigotry and hatred for 

them. 

Anyway, the University of Michigan is to be commended and 

encouraged for taking these two steps, which hopefully will be

the beginning of a journey back from extremism and unequal 

treatment of whichever groups of people for unjust reasons.

Let us take a moment to applaud this university for its brave

stance. 

MEM

Happy New Year All!

The Peasant gives his warmest New Year greetings to you all,

my dear and wonderful readers! I'll be back with you after 

New Year's Day!

Holiday Cheer to You!

MEM

Christmas Greetings and Well Wishes!

To my fantastic readers, your jolly Peasant wishes you all 

a most beautiful and truly Merry Christmas! May you all 

be able to gather with all your family members and friends,

have grand Christmas dinners, and enjoy other Christmastime

events and activities together! 

God rest us and let's be merry, and let nothing dismay us!

We'll get together again on or about New Year's Day!

You all are my Christmas present! your support for this blog

makes me so very extra merry!

MEM

Necessary Things to Tend to

Aw, heck! Your duty-burdened Peasant can't be with you 

this week. But do not fret, I shall return very soon and with

renewed vigor! Thank you all for your indulgence and your

understanding. You're the very best readers a blogger can

ever have!

Your faithful Peasant needs to deal with some medical details

and will therefore have some medical appointments to tend

to, and will also have some personal administrative dealings

to take care of as the year winds down and Christmas draws

near. But please don't let your hearts be troubled, for I shall

be back just before Christmas, and will then take the week 

between Christmas and New Year's Day to be with family

and friends, returning right after the latter!

All of you, my loyal and fantastic readers, are my grand 

Christmas present every year, a gift which keeps on giving

and which keeps me going! 

MEM       

A Final Word re: The 2024 Election

 

WE'RE FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

  MEM

Thanks at Thanksgiving

Friends, we Americans have lots to be thankful for, especially

at Thanksgiving this year. Of  course, many of us have the

personal things we are thankful for: good health, good friends,

loving families (pets and all), comfortable homes, creature 

comforts, plenty of food, nice clothes, and many more such

things which we have but which so many of us take for granted.

Happily, many of the many who make up this great country 

of ours have not taken their freedom and their rights for granted

on Election Day earlier this month.  

The biggest benefit that we, as citizens of these United States

cherish and enjoy is indeed our freedom and the many ways in

which it manifests in our daily lives. We have the freedom to 

speak our minds, be it by talking, writing, publishing a blog

like this one which you are reading at this moment. We have 

the freedom to live how we want and do as we like, provided 

that we do not infringe upon the rights of others to do the same.

We have the freedom to defend ourselves, our families, our homes,

our businesses, and all our property from those with criminal 

intent. We have the freedom to raise our children as we see fit,

instilling in them our values and our faith, be it religious or secular.

We have the freedom to choose what kind of education we want

to give to them as well. 

And we can choose our representatives in government; local,

state, and federal. We can do so by voting in regularly held 

elections, and we have the right to cast our votes in the privacy

of the voting booth, and do not have to tell anyone how we 

voted -- especially some prying government official trying

to unduly influence the outcome of an election and to set up

a government not of the people, by the people, and for the 

people but of, by, and for an unwanted elite. We chose a 

government which best matches our desires for the kind 

of governance we want, replacing a government which 

governed against said desires, thereby breaking our trust

and confidence in it. 

Not every country in our world is this fortunate. We have so

many blessings by being citizens of our great and exceptional 

country we cannot possibly count them all. Let us keep this 

truth in mind as we enjoy our Thanksgiving dinners, our 

football games on TV, and the company of our families and 

friends on this and every Thanksgiving Day. God bless you, 

my wonderful and loyal readers! God bless us all!

MEM