Just One Of Many Reasons … | Filosofa’s Word

As someone who relies heavily on both Social Security and Medicare for my very survival, naturally I am concerned about the future of those two programs when I hear Republicans refer to them as “robbing from the rich to give to the lazy” and threatening to cut or privatize the programs.  So, I was very interested to read noted economist Paul Krugman’s OpEd in the New York Times a few days ago, and I think he makes some points we should all be aware of.  Even the younger crowd should take note, for they, too, will be old someday!


SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE ARE ON THE BALLOT

By Paul Krugman

14 March 2024

A few days ago, the Biden administration released its budget proposal for the 2025 fiscal year (which begins in October). Given that Republicans control the House, this budget isn’t going to happen, so it serves mainly as a statement of principles and intent.

But that doesn’t make the budget irrelevant. It clearly signaled Democrats’ vision for the future — in particular, their belief that we can preserve the solvency of Social Security and Medicare by raising taxes on high incomes rather than by cutting benefits. And it draws a stark contrast with the vision of Donald Trump, who appeared to say during an interview with CNBC that he would seek to cut those programs…

Source: Just One Of Many Reasons … | Filosofa’s Word

♫ San Francisco ♫ (Be Sure To Wear Flowers In Your Hair) | Filosofa’s Word

This song was written by John Phillips of The Mamas & the Papas, and sung by Scott McKenzie.  Released in 1967, it became one of the best-selling singles of the 1960s.  McKenzie’s version of the song has been called “the unofficial anthem of the counterculture movement of the 1960s, including the Hippie, Anti-Vietnam War and Flower power movements.”

John Phillips played guitar on this track and produced it with Lou Adler. The session musicians who played on it were top notch: Joe Osborn on bass, Hal Blaine on drums and Larry Knechtel on keyboards. They were some of the first-call Los Angeles musicians who played on many of Phil Spector’s productions.

Scott McKenzie wore flowers in his hair when he recorded this song. McKenzie was in a group called The Journeymen with John Phillips. His only other hit was the follow up to this Like An Old Time Movie, and by the end of the ’60s he’d gone to live in the desert. In the late ’80s he co-wrote the Beach Boys single Kokomo.

The song became one of the best-selling singles of the 1960s in the world, reaching the fourth position on the US charts and the number one spot on the UK charts. In Ireland, the song was number one for one week, in New Zealand the song spent five weeks at number one, and in Germany it was six weeks at number one.

San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)
Scott McKenzie

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पन्ने बचपन के / Pages of Childhood – Kaushal Kishore

 

संजो कर रखा है अपनी जिंदगी की किताब को, 

जिसके कुछ पन्ने मुझे फड़फड़ाते हुए गले लगाते हैं,

और एक चिर-परिचित उल्लास के साथ वे बार बार 

उसमें कैद मेरे बचपन की यादों में वापस ले जाते हैं…

📖📖📖📖📖📖

In the tome of life, I’ve preserved each page,

Yet some flutter back, like birds in a cage…

They hug me tight, with their familiar glee,

Guiding me back to my childhood spree…

*

–Kaushal Kishore 

Source: पन्ने बचपन के / Pages of Childhood – Kaushal Kishore

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