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During the depression of the 1930’s, President Roosevelt established the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) to help young men survive the economic troubles. The program was set up for unemployed, unmarried men ages 18-25 but was later expanded to ages 17-28. The young men would do manual labor in rural areas around the country. They would…
mark.young@manateeherald.com Every generation tends to write off the newest generation as substandard to their own. Boomers certainly took up that stance when it came to us Gen Xers and labeled us the “Me Generation,” simply because we rebelled against the typical patriarchal traditions. Essentially, that was just a bunch of Boomer dads who were constantly…
Over the past decade, the United States has experienced taxpayers fleeing from high-tax blue states to taxpayer-friendly red states. California is one example of a state that attempts to “soak the rich” in order to fund costly government programs. Roughly 100,000 California taxpayers with income over $1 million collectively pay 40% of California’s personal income…
mark.young@manateeherald.com I know the Manatee Herald will take some heat for allowing a Diversity, Equity and Inclusive writer like myself staying on board. But I am a proud Conservative, white, heterosexual older man and I give full credit to the Manatee Herald for being bold enough to keep someone like myself around. I’m white and…
mark.young@manateeherald.com Can someone please find me a reasonable liberal? I just have not been able to do it despite having – more than I care to admit – democratic friends. These are intelligent people but finding a shred of common sense within them is like finding a pot of gold at the end of a…
mark.young@manateeherald.com There are times when I’m pretty sure that Facebook retaliates against me. Not by restricting my account because even their army of 41,000 fact checkers can never dispute the facts I present in my postings. That, by the way, is proof that every unqualified person out there who lacks intelligence and common sense can…
mark.young@manateeherald.com Every generation seems to argue that “their music” is the best, but sorry to tell you that the music of the 60s-80s is the best of all time and there will likely never be anything like it again. It was a time when music fueled – whether good or bad – cultural revolutions, called…
More minority millionaires are created by the deaths of neighborhood criminals in big cities. If you live in a big city and you have a child, a spouse or a parent who is a criminal, you have a fighting chance to have your local government give you millions of dollars. It is a simple strategy….
mark.young@manateeherald.com Ever wondered what happened to serial killers? We really haven’t seen a national media frenzy relating to a serial killer since Ted Bundy. Estimates today say the number of serial killers operating in the U.S. have gone from several hundred in the 1970s and 80s to a few dozen today. But we don’t hear…
