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I have regretted some of my votes, because it's impossible to know everything we need to know. But being an adult, I didn't stick to my choice and ignore reality.


My new answering machine has been messing up since near the beginning. When someone calls, they often get a single ring then cut off instead of being able to leave a msg. Most calls are spam, so not a problem, but my friends have a hard time getting thru. It used to be that when you bought something from a company like ATT, you could be pretty much assured it would work well for a long time, and then you would buy another one from the same company because you trusted them.


Most nursing homes had fewer nurses and caretaking staff than they had reported to the government, according to new federal data, bolstering the long-held suspicions of many families that staffing levels were often inadequate.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/most-nursing-homes-are-not-adequately-staffed-new-federal-data-says?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=pbsofficial&utm_campaign=newshour&linkId=100000003005358


Survival of the richest: The wealthy are plotting to leave us behind
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/07/11/survival-of-the-richest-the-wealthy-are-plotting-to-leave-us-behind.html?__source=sharebar|facebook&par=sharebar


Six months after the Tax Cut and Jobs Act became law, there's still little evidence that the average job holder is feeling the benefit.
Worker pay in the second quarter dropped nearly one percent below its first-quarter level, according to the PayScale Index, one measure of worker pay. When accounting for inflation, the drop is even steeper. Year-over-year, rising prices have eaten up still-modest pay gains for many workers, with the result that real wages fell 1.4 percent from the prior year, according to PayScale. The drop was broad, with 80 percent of industries and two-thirds of metro areas affe
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/worker-wages-drop-while-companies-spend-billions-to-boost-stocks/?ftag=CNM-00-10aab7e&linkId=54155762


Vintage photos taken by the EPA reveal what America looked like before pollution was regulated
https://www.businessinsider.com/photos-america-before-epa-documerica-2017-10