I am mad as hell-this country ought to be exposed for the way

[TheBlackAdder]

6. That's just horrible.

I share your disdain for the way the wealthy abuse their station, contrary to Reagan's favorite literary work, and the one he and other Republicans always get wrong... "The Model of Christian Charity." A sermon by John Winthrop when the Puritans sailed for the New World in 1630. Hell, even Adam Smith, the Father of Capitalism who wrote of the "Invisible Hand," wrote in the same book that there should be a graduated tax structure where the wealthy pay considerable more than the poor. It's funny how the Republicans only cherry pick the invisible hand part.

This country is built on perversions of Christianity, cited by people who are the antithesis of Christians.

The wealthy see themselves as deserving of their station, and others either lazy, not deserving, or their time has not come to be selected. The religious ones see their fortunes as a form of divine providence. These folks view their wealth on being chosen, and there must be something wrong with those who are not graced by God. They do not seek to "better the poors" because they and God chose their lot. I could go into so much more, but I won't. I share your anger and, for what it is worth, I am sorry that you and your friends are suffering such.

My sisters have thyroid issues. Stay away from anything with bromine variants in it (which are cancer inducers) and lean towards iodine (which is a cancer fighter). Years ago, breads and other foods used to have iodine in them, they've switched to bromine. The EU bans brominated vegetable oil for such reasons.