BG, I didn’t stick around to take the heat for a reason, because I do not believe in political discussions. This was a prediction thread and I was correct, I think I was one of the earliest. This does not mean this was my first choice, it was akin to gambling. Here’s another prediction, Bama wint the college football championship. I’m not a fan, but I’m not emotional as an Aztec and my team wont make the playoffs, probably ever, due to it’s non power five conference membership.

I’m a student of demographics and I know more than half of those reading this will need to google “power five conference” and wont be able to decipher the acronym “SEC” or know what the “East Coast Bias” means to college sports. That doesn’t mean anyone is better than anyone else, just that I know the audience.

Politics is religion, debate is useless and for as long as I’ve been a part of this online community I have chosen to fade away during elections on purpose.

I am but an observer, but I find bias distorts perception. Here’s my latest prediction and the one thing I am most worried about and that is the California tax on tobacco. Dumbest thing ever, we should repeal all taxes, subsidize tobacco and allow it indoors and in all public places and offices.
we should come within inches of mandating it.

This might sound crazy but all these nanny state laws are going to drive up costs for social security, medicare and other retirement expenses that workers subsidize. There’s no argument that they work, but the costs of people living longer are going to be our greatest challenges in the future. I shouldn’t say this as a man in striking distance of his 50th birthday but the system benefits from shorter lifespans. Youth is finite, the amount of years the young are a drain on the economy is fairly constant. Death keeps moving further out to the point that working life is nearing parity with retirement life. That is going to be a problem. Mark my words, you know I’ll bump and quote this prediction in 20 years.