24 weeks gestation pictures

Here's the story.

My Facebook news feed fed me another story about ground up babies, saying that babies born at 24 weeks gestation look like this:

So how dare anyone deny THAT is human life and grind that precious living baby into dog food?

Well, it's not a picture of a baby 'just born' at 24 weeks gestation. I'm not sure of the original source or who might have hijacked the family album. It might be a premature birth baby 4 months or more after birth. Or, even longer. Again, only Mom and Dad really know and someone else hijacked their love and privacy.

So what does it look like with a live birth at 24 weeks gestation? Something more like this picture from the public domain:

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Stormy Daniels

Nope

I got nothing

Bad joke

I sent my manuscript to the publisher.

They sent it back and said I should write dialogue.

Tax cuts

Let's say I get a tax cut this year. Next year, I won't notice the difference.

Don't you know why? Sure you do!

My 'income' or take home pay will be normal to me.

The only benefit from tax cuts are short term.

Let's say I get a tax cut this year of $1,200. I'll spend it on paying bills and servicing debt. It's 23 dollars a week. The average household that’s carrying credit card debt has a balance of $15,654. That tax cut, if applied to credit card debt of $15,654 at 21% interest, would never pay off the balance. Even at 18% simple annual interest, it never pays off. Even at 12% interest, the debt never pays off.

Throwing our money away with tax cuts in 2017

Hang with me as I run this idea down.

The average price for a new car made in the US is just under $24,000.

Last year, the US consumer bought 7,105,162 new cars.

Some math follows:

$24,000 times 7,105,162 equal $168 billion dollars.

The tax cuts from the Republican Party will add $1.5 trillion dollars to the national debt.

My conclusion:

If, for the next 9 years, the federal government would buy the entire annual production run off every car made in America and dumped the cars into the ocean instead of cutting corporate taxes; the middle class would be better off.

At least those making cars, car parts, and selling hot lunches to factory workers.

And, CEO's would still get to drive the Mercedes or BMW of their choice.

Do you have a better understanding of the waste?

For further consideration:

Can a retired widow benefit from an income tax cut?

How many cars are really 100% made in America, with all American parts, American steel, and America rubber ...?

How many new cars are bought or sold in the USA each year?