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Paul F. deLespinasse



May 27, 2025
Extending 2017 Tax Cuts Will Increase National Debt
The tax cuts enacted during the first Trump administration were scheduled to sunset at the end of 2025, returning us to the higher pre-2017 tax levels .Donald Trump now wants Congress to renew these tax cuts.


May 14, 2025
Selling Wireless Spectrum a Bad Idea
Congress may be about to sell large amounts of electromagnetic spectrum - through which cellphone, radio, and TV signals are transmitted - to private corporations. This could bring in tens of billions of dollars, but selling spectrum is a terrible idea.


May 5, 2025
Trump's Vendetta Against Wind Power May Boost Solar
Ironically, Donald Trump's attacks on wind turbines could hasten the day when we stop burning coal, oil, and gas.


Apr 22, 2025
Politics Rarely Escapes Unbound Bait and Switch
Donald Trump promised immediate benefits, much of it on "day one" , cheaper eggs, lower inflation, peace in Ukraine. The war rages on. Egg prices have increased. Inflation, fueled by tariffs, is on the way up. But stocks, including Americans' 401(k) retirement accounts, are way down.


Apr 11, 2025
Could China, US Solve One Another's Housing Conundrums?
The U.S. currently faces a housing shortage, which is aggravating efforts to reduce high living costs and rampant homelessness. At the same time, China is trying to cope with exactly the opposite situation: a 20% vacancy rate in its housing.


Apr 4, 2025
Acquiring Canada Could Empower Democrats, Send GOP Packing
Consider the political situation in the U.S. if Canada became part of the United States. It would make it much less likely that we would ever elect another Republican president. It would be a cold day before Republicans again controlled the House.


Mar 26, 2025
Would an Estate Tax-Based Social Dividend Bring Affluence?
Imagine that all of this money could be captured through an estate tax and the proceeds disbursed equally to every man,  woman, and child living in the U.S. It would come to an average of  nearly $13,000 for every U.S. resident every year!


Mar 12, 2025
Should Power Grid Go Global?
There have been three principal obstacles to converting entirely to solar energy: technical,  economic, and political. The technical and economic obstacles have now been overcome.  The political obstacles remain, and they are formidable.

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