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Part II: Humor is healing. That is why I am taking the time to give my advice to a few high-profile Americans, including our commander in chief— the President of the United States of America. Before I do, I would like to disclose some things about myself. My great-grandfather immigrated from Scotland sometime in the mid-to-late 1800s. My DNA is in the database. I have worked or had odd jobs since I was 10 years old. I’ve worked and driven through almost all the lower 48 states over the past 40 years. I may have stupid comments left in high...
Part I Back in January of 1981, when the world population was around 3.5 billion, we inaugurated Ronald Reagan as our president. Corporate taxes were around 70 percent, and President Reagan thought it was a good idea to cut those taxes in half. Business in the 80s was good, until the North American Trade Agreement (NAFTA) came around in the 90s. When Reagan took office, the U.S. had only three billionaires, and not a single one was Oprah, Mark Cuban or Donald Trump (but they all thank Reagan.) What Reaganomics started was the creation of 1.25...