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AOC AND DEBT: DEFICTS BOTH WAYS

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BY DAN VALENTI

PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY

(FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, THE WEEKEND EDITION AUG. 28-30, 2026) — THE PLANET just read a poll by an organization that favors the DSA approach to politics. The data assembled more preachments to the choir than reliable numbers. The survey predicted that Alex Ocasio-Cortez would be the Democrat presidential candidate in 2028.

Republicans can only hope.

In the words of one writer, AOC stands “as the poster child for economic illiteracy of Gen Z and millennial socialists.” Well said of this lightweight who called her live-in boyfriend of 10 years her “spouse.” The lad came to his senses, though. The blissful young couple broke up earlier this month.

You know what they say. “All is fair in … ”

AOC pulls down $173K in Congress, yet she’s been a deadbeat on her student loans. If you recall, she’s the one who nagged and shrilled a clueless Joe Biden to wave his autopen and grant an instant $50,000 in loan relief to a gaggle of young moochers, the ones who love to borrow money but do not think about paying it back. Socialists never do. They called it loan “forgiveness.”

You know what THE PLANET knows but what these Peter Pans don’t: Loans are never “forgiven.” Debt gets transferred to those who actually believe in pay-back responsibility. Their names? Mary Jane and Joe Kapanski.

AOC wants Medicaid for everyone. Apparently, it doesn’t bother her that almost 2/3 of those able-bodied souls on such take do not work. Of course, as we saw in or previous column, “work” is something that so many of AOC’s ilk have come to detest. They avoid it like the Bubonic Plague.

———- ooo ———-

We present two numbers.

349,403,222.

40,000,000,000,000.

The first is the population of the United States on Aug. 27, 2026. The second is the size of the U.S. debt. Do the math, and it turns out that each man, woman, and child in America “owes” $117,000. THE PLANET paid our share last night.

Both numbers are alarming, but we’ll offer a few comments on the debt.

Debt means borrowing assets you don’t have with the promise of future payback. For the right to use the money now, your future payback will be with interest to the lender. Fine as it goes, but when the country owes such an incomprehensible amount, it creates enormous problems.

For ordinary people, it drives up the costs of borrowing by putting pressure on available capital. For the government, this size debt makes it more difficult to operate, since so much money goes to debt service.

In our view, the most dangerous aspect of the debt can be found in the nation’s (i.e., the politicians’) attitude. It used to be that the U.S. borrowed to finance war and/or to deal with emergencies. No so now. Today, America sees debt as “structural,” that is, built into the country’s economic assumptions.

That’s the reason it doesn’t matter which party is in control.

Democrat or Republican, debt wise we are fried.

Have a great weekend, everybody.

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“We all want to get old, but few want to be old” — Sir Donald Turpentine, Knight of the Bath.

OPEN THE WINDOW, AUNT MILLIE.”

LOVE TO ALL

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Jonathan A. Melle
Jonathan A. Melle
14 days ago

The best way to deal with debt is to NOT have debt in the first place. If one has debt, then pay it off as soon as possible.

Debt is a product like everything else that a consumer pays for. When one has debt, then one has negative income. Cash flow and negative income are polar opposites.

Money impacts people’s moods. It is stressful to have little to no money. It is comforting to have money. But at the end, nobody can take it with them.

Over $40 trillion in the national debt are a lot of photons on a computer screen, but it is no match for Earl, the 2-Pete’s, and Kufflink’s cooked books.

Meanwhile
Meanwhile
14 days ago

You are worried about AOC?

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Bitchfield Mullah
Bitchfield Mullah
Reply to  Meanwhile
13 days ago

Not one word when Biden and crime family were stealing big bucks across the globe while in office to pad the pockets. Also Biden’s didn’t use their own money to make any of their money like Trump use’s his own money to do so.

Meanwhile
Meanwhile
Reply to  Bitchfield Mullah
13 days ago

Why do you guys always divert to someone else while not denying trump is ripping you off? Kinda like you are OK with it but let’s talk about something else.

Markus Aurelius
Markus Aurelius
Reply to  Meanwhile
12 days ago

Because you dumocRATS ignore facts, history, or past events, unless it suits your communist ideology.

Remember, “Joe is sharp as a tack,” “J6 was an insurrection,” and the best when Autopen (Hussein’s 3rd term) caused hyperinflation and blamed it on the “Putin price hike.”

Also, I thought “Presidents don’t control the price of oil.”

I hope that answered your question.

Meanwhile
Meanwhile
Reply to  Markus Aurelius
12 days ago

trump and family own hundreds of millions of dollars in oil and natural gas stocks. Why do you think he hates electric vehicles and windmills and solar energy?

He does not deny owning the stock or that he is fighting tooth and nail to prevent any green energy products to come on the market in Ontario, I mean America.

Meanwhile
Meanwhile
Reply to  Markus Aurelius
11 days ago

“Dumocrats” seems kinda fourth grade Markus. It is kind of a tell when the maga folk use words like that. Gives off an immaturity vibe. I am picturing a little boy on the playground pouting at the kid who took the swing from him.

Mad Trapper
Mad Trapper
Reply to  Meanwhile
10 days ago

democRATS

Meanwhile
Meanwhile
Reply to  Mad Trapper
9 days ago

Maddy, I think you will be staying in for recess tomorrow while you think about your rude behavior.

Vendetta Vale
Vendetta Vale
14 days ago

Dan, I have to admit, there is something spectacular about opening a column by calling someone “economically illiterate” and then spending the rest of it wrestling with numbers like they owe you money.
You tell readers that “almost 2/3” of able-bodied Medicaid recipients don’t work.
Small problem.
The actual statistic is almost the exact opposite: roughly two-thirds of adult Medicaid recipients WORK.
That’s not rounding, Dan. That’s turning the fraction upside down and hoping Mary Jane and Joe Kapanski don’t notice.
Then we arrive at the national debt.
You give us:
$40,000,000,000,000 ÷ 349,403,222 = $117,000.
Except it doesn’t.
Using your own numbers, it comes out to about $114,480 per person.
Now, I completely agree that $40 trillion in national debt is obscene. Democrats have spent. Republicans have spent. Everybody in Washington apparently discovered the national credit card and decided the minimum payment was somebody else’s problem.
In fact, Dan eventually admits exactly that:
“Democrat or Republican, debt wise we are fried.”
Well, THERE IT IS.
We finally agree!
So why did we need the opening sermon about AOC, her boyfriend, her salary, millennials, Gen Z, socialists, Medicaid recipients, student borrowers, Peter Pan and the Bubonic Plague to get there?
The national debt didn’t reach $40 trillion because Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez had student loans.
And while we’re discussing fiscal responsibility, perhaps we could demand it from ALL of Washington instead of pretending the Treasury only starts printing money when Democrats enter the room.
Republicans love spending too.
They just prefer different shopping aisles.
There is a legitimate conversation to be had about $40 trillion in debt, interest payments, entitlement sustainability, taxation and a federal government that has normalized spending money it doesn’t have.
That’s an important conversation.
But if we’re going to lecture an entire generation about “economic illiteracy,” perhaps we should first master the advanced financial concept known as…
division.

Meanwhile
Meanwhile
Reply to  danvalenti
13 days ago

What AOC is NOT doing is stealing hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars right in front of their eyes. The trump family is making AL Capone and his cronies look like choir boys. They have shattered all norms of human decency. They have no rules or respect for others and I truly believe they would cook and eat their grandchild’s baby rabbit for Easter dinner right in front of them. They are heartless, soulless and incredibly stupid people if indeed they are in fact people. The word cyborg keeps coming to my mind.

Thank you so much ahead of time for not giving this comment any thumbs down

Bitchfield Mullah
Bitchfield Mullah
Reply to  Meanwhile
13 days ago

Thumbs up are earned not just given. Now if we could get back to that in our education system children might still have a chance.

Meanwhile
Meanwhile
Reply to  Bitchfield Mullah
9 days ago

I actually feel like I earn the thumbs down. I’m in second place to John but it means I am doing my job.

Mad Trapper
Mad Trapper
Reply to  Meanwhile
10 days ago

The TDS is strong in this one! ^^^^^^

Meanwhile
Meanwhile
Reply to  Meanwhile
9 days ago

EXCuse Me? I want to see seven apologies by tomorrow morning.

Mad Trapper
Mad Trapper
Reply to  Meanwhile
9 days ago

Go crawl up Maura Healey’s dress Leftist.

Tom Betit
Tom Betit
Reply to  Vendetta Vale
13 days ago

Vermonica

The 1/3 of employed, but in need of Medicare , is the result of intentionally deflated wages, by using illegal immigrant labor.

Which America can thank the Bush junta.

The immigrants also , are given h subsidized housing, Medicare and Snap benefits.

It’s Demonrats vote buying at taxpayers expense.

Case in point, Bitchy Neal’s and bobs, just bought Roofers 249 voting block for 5.8 million, to save 200 retirees benefits.
Which is 1500 extended families and friends votes.

Roofers have been replaced by , illegal aliens , who aren’t unionized, and work for peanuts.

Seeing the pattern Yet?

8/28/26@2pm

NotADemocRat
NotADemocRat
14 days ago

Need the CCC camps to make a comeback.

Meanwhile
Meanwhile
Reply to  NotADemocRat
13 days ago

Does anybody know if Kerwood will be at the museum tomorrow I want to talk to him about running for mayor against mayor beer belly. Kerwood is a straight shooter who gets things done.

Thank you for your attention this matter.

S Buffy Oon
S Buffy Oon
Reply to  Meanwhile
13 days ago

If you are serious then you are Shirley Knuts.

ShirleyKnutz
ShirleyKnutz
Reply to  S Buffy Oon
9 days ago

Wait a second is Meanwhile a cousin of mine?

Leaping Lanny Poffo
Leaping Lanny Poffo
13 days ago

“Ballad of Candidate AOC, Queen of the Unpaid Tabs”
The Candidate With Cash (But Not for Loans)Candidate AOC, with her Congress‑sized pay,
Made $173K every bright day.
But her student loans? She refused to engage —
She’d sooner wrestle a skunk in a cage. She’d shout to the crowds with theatrical flair:“Debt is oppressive! I simply don’t care!”
Her loan bills piled high like a bureaucrat’s throne,
Yet she treated each one like a prank call on her phone. She begged Old Joe Bumble, the clueless old gent,
To wave his autopen with dramatic intent.
“Erase fifty grand!” she cried with delight,
“Let the moochers rejoice! Let the lenders take fright!”But the folks who pay taxes — the Kapanski pair —
Mary Jane and Joe — hardworking, aware —
Saw their wallets grow thin as the debts floated by,
Landing square on their backs with a bureaucratic sigh.
AOC then proclaimed with a confident grin:
“Medicaid for all! Let the era begin!”
She ignored the statistics (a troublesome chore):
Two‑thirds of the able‑bodied simply… don’t work anymore.“Work is outdated!” she’d proudly declare,
“Like fax machines, pagers, or brushing one’s hair!”
Her supporters cheered loud, though none had a job —
They preferred to relax, snack, and quietly sob.
Her deficit plan? She had none at all.
She’d shrug at the numbers and go to the mall.
“Math is oppressive!” she’d shout with a grin,
“Let the deficit grow — it’s a victimless sin!”Her staffers would panic, economists faint,
But AOC marched on with theatrical complaint.
She’d dodge every question with whimsical flair,
Then blame the reporters for “hostile despair.”
Election Day came with a thunderous roar,
But AOC’s poll numbers fell through the floor.
Her debts still unpaid, her plans still askew,
Her promises flimsy as glue.She packed up her slogans, her napkin‑made charts,
Her autopen dreams and her theatrical arts.
And the Kapanskis whispered, with tired dismay:“Somebody’s gotta pay — and it’s always us, eh?”

Jon Melle
Jon Melle
Reply to  danvalenti
13 days ago

Who won’t release his tax returns to the publi

Who declared 6 business bankruptcies?

Who added trillions of dollars to the national debt?

Who (other than Bill Clinton) is a convicted felon?

Who has made billions of dollars in the Oval Office?

Who paid women NDA’s to keep silent about his sexual affairs with them?

Who is Natalie Harp and what is going on?

Who is the Orange man in the Epstein Files?

It is NOT AOC!

Chy Sawxx
Chy Sawxx
Reply to  Jon Melle
13 days ago

Who will expire soon because of obeisance.

Chy Sawxx
Chy Sawxx
Reply to  Jon Melle
13 days ago

Yeah he is a royal piece of Shiite.

Meanwhile
Meanwhile
Reply to  Chy Sawxx
12 days ago

You can say shit on here. trump is a piece of human shit..try it you may like it. Cathartic is what it is.

ShirleyKnutz
ShirleyKnutz
Reply to  Meanwhile
8 days ago

I thought Chy Sawxx was calling him a Shiite as they tend to be deviants

Chy Sawxx
Chy Sawxx
Reply to  Jon Melle
13 days ago

Does your relative beer belly realize he’s destroying the ancient Bitchfield residents. G e pensions from the sixties are shit.

Meanwhile
Meanwhile
Reply to  Jon Melle
13 days ago

Excellent commentary this time John

Meanwhile
Meanwhile
Reply to  Jon Melle
12 days ago

John would you ever consider running against mayor beer belly? I would vote for you. If you put together a solid team of the water wiz Kerwood and Krol they could help you beat beer belly and the rest of the slobs.

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Jonathan A. Melle
Jonathan A. Melle
Reply to  Meanwhile
12 days ago

August 29, 2026

I reside in Amherst, New Hampshire since early-Spring 2004 through present day late-August 2026; over 22 years now.

I am honored that you or others think of me to serve in elected office in Pittsfield. I love my native hometown of Pittsfield, Massachusetts, too.

But I respectfully decline to run for Mayor of Pittsfield. Peter Marchetti (Mayor Beer Belly/Lumpy) is my relative as we share the same great-grandparents who emigrated from Italy to the U.S.A. well over one century ago (the early-1900’s).

I honor Peter Marchetti as a member of my family on my maternal side of my family. As for Peter Marchetti the politician, I strongly dislike his politics in Pittsfield.

He seems to favor Money and Power instead of serving the people who live and pay taxes in Pittsfield. His settlement with millionaire LUCIFORO upset me on many levels. The Pittsfield bank’s settlement with Victoria May was upsetting to me as well.

I root for Pittsfield, but I think the city government is highly questionable due to the political insiders who disregard the financial and quality of life realities of the people and taxpayers.

The Boston-based state government is wrong to under-fund state aid funding to local government. Massachusetts ranks 39th out of the 50 states for local aid funding.

People should be able to have and keep a roof over their heads. The state and local government’s career politicians should NOT tax people out of their biggest investment: their HOMES.

I know a lot about the people and government in Pittsfield. I know some of them are NO GOOD, especially my Enemy #1 whose derogatory name is similar to Lucifer.

I wish I could try to save Pittsfield, but I also know that wishful thinking lead down….”The road to Hell is paved with good intentions”.

I am thankful for the good people who live(d) in Pittsfield and the beautiful Berkshires who have helped me in my life. I am honored by your kind words, too.

Jon Melle

Meanwhile
Meanwhile
Reply to  Jonathan A. Melle
12 days ago

John, that was the wannabee Meanwhile, not the authentic one

ShirleyKnutz
ShirleyKnutz
Reply to  Jon Melle
9 days ago

Who is a blubbering Democrat cut and paste unemployed out of stater

Bitchfield Mullah
Bitchfield Mullah
13 days ago

Thanks to unfunded mandates, like SS. SSI, Medicare and Medicaid,etc.., our actual national debt is much more than 40 Trillion. Let that sink in.Stop paying any other type of welfare benefits to any able bodied persons.The fraud is massive and unchecked.Just about every single able bodied parolee, hustler, junkie and vagrant they encounter is collecting one or more benefits.Not counting the illegals and other immigrants who steal billions.
Let’s not forget $7 trillion added during Biden’s term with the Inflation Reduction Act.

Pekka Dillo
Pekka Dillo
Reply to  Bitchfield Mullah
13 days ago

Unfunded? Where is the money deducted from my paycheck each week go?

Mad Trapper
Mad Trapper
Reply to  Pekka Dillo
10 days ago

Criminal Aliens

Ron Kitterman
Ron Kitterman
13 days ago

 It use be a redistribution of wealth, now its more like a redistribution of power. The Current Interest Rates For new loans borrowed for the 2026–2027 school year (from July 1, 2026, to June 30, 2027), the fixed rates are: Undergraduate loans: 6.52% Graduate unsubsidized loans: 8.07%Graduate and Parent PLUS loans: 9.07%    Government gets the interest if you pay or stiff them like AOC


Meanwhile
Meanwhile
Reply to  Ron Kitterman
13 days ago

How do you feel about multi millionares who get tax breaks they neither need or deserve?

88 Corporations, $105 Billion in Profits, Zero Federal Income TaxAt least 88 of the largest corporations in America paid no federal corporate income taxes in their most recent fiscal year despite enjoying substantial pretax profits in the U.S. While the biggest U.S. corporations have avoided taxes in this way for decades, it appears that corporate tax avoidance has increased in the most recent year. This is at least in part due to two separate packages of corporate tax cuts pushed through by the Trump administration: last year’s “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” and the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA).
These tax-avoiding corporations represent a variety of industries and together enjoyed more than $105 billion in U.S. pretax income in 2025. The statutory federal income tax rate for corporate profits is 21 percent, which means these 88 corporations would have paid a collective total of $22.1 billion for the year had they paid that rate on their 2025 income. Instead, they received $4.7 billion in tax rebates. This means the total federal corporate income tax breaks enjoyed by these companies comes to $26.7 billion when measured against the 21 percent statutory rate. Measured against the 35 percent corporate income tax rate that was in effect before the two corporate tax cuts pushed through by Republicans and President Trump since 2017, these companies collectively cut their income taxes by $41 billion in 2025 alone.
These findings are based on ITEP’s analysis of the annual financial reports filed by the nation’s largest publicly traded U.S.-based corporations in their most recent fiscal year. All data presented here come directly from the income tax notes of these reports.
This is far from a comprehensive list of the new tax law’s large corporate beneficiaries: many companies with fiscal years that don’t align with the calendar year have not yet filed such reports for 2025, making it impossible to know the extent of their tax breaks. Some companies with substantial tax savings are excluded from this list because they are not part of the S&P 500 or Fortune 500. Large privately-held corporations are not required to disclose income tax expense and are excluded as well. This report also excludes some corporations that reported zero federal income tax on large profits in 2025 because they relied overwhelmingly on net operating losses from prior years to zero out their 2025 income tax.
Which Companies Paid Zero Federal Income Tax in 2025?The companies avoiding all federal income tax in 2025 represent a broad cross-section of the U.S. economy, from manufacturing to services.

  • The automaker Tesla reported zero federal income tax paid on almost $5.7 billion of U.S. income in 2025.
  • Southwest Airlines avoided all federal income tax on $561 million of income last year; its competitor United Airlines achieved the same zero-tax result on almost $4.3 billion of U.S. income.
  • The entertainment company Live Nation Entertainment paid zero federal income tax on $98 million of U.S. income.
  • Yum! Brands, the parent company of the fast-food chains KFC, Taco Bell, and Pizza Hut, paid no federal income tax on over $1 billion of U.S. pretax profits last year.
  • Three tech companies that specialize in digital payments—PayPal, Toast, and Block—collectively paid zero federal income tax on $3.2 billion of U.S. income.

Lettit Goah
Lettit Goah
Reply to  danvalenti
12 days ago

You should focus on your Supreme Leader as he is the leader now. And as far as I can see he’s created a shit-storm. What a piece of garbage he is.

ShirleyKnutz
ShirleyKnutz
Reply to  Meanwhile
9 days ago

Tell your Democrat “leaders” to get rid of all loop holes and make every citizen and business pay Gov Browns 10% flat tax…everyone pay their fair share….there is something to be said about how many jobs those companies created and how many employees they pay who then pay taxes

Meanwhile
Meanwhile
Reply to  Ron Kitterman
13 days ago

These companies paid ZERO taxes in 2025..check their earnings

Table with 3 columns and 89 rows.
CompanyUS IncomeState HQAll 88$105.24 billion
3M$1.84 billionMNAdaptHealth$66 millionPAAmeren$1.60 billionMOAmerican Electric Power$3.67 billionOHAntero Resources$848 millionCOAPA$1.25 billionTXArcBest$81 millionARARKO$19 millionVAASGN$146 millionVAAtmos Energy$1.46 billionTXAutodesk$674 millionCABelden$82 millionMOBiogen$1.17 billionMABlock$1.52 billionCABrighthouse Financial$475 millionNCBrightView Holdings$76 millionPABrink’s$62 millionVACheniere Energy$6.97 billionTXCitigroup$4.45 billionNYCoinbase Global$1.62 billionDECostar Group$127 millionVACVR Energy$19 millionTXCVS Health$6.57 billionRIDatadog$90 millionNYDominion Energy$3.49 billionVADropbox$339 millionCADTE Energy$1.54 billionMIDuke Energy$5.54 billionNCEdison International$6.22 billionCAEQT$2.67 billionPAESAB$35 millionMDEtsy$173 millionNYGoDaddy$981 millionAZGraphic Packaging$492 millionGAHalliburton$773 millionTXHasbro$364 millionRIHillenbrand$24 millionINHoneywell International$845 millionNCHP$98 millionCAHuntington Ingalls Industries$777 millionVAIllumina$318 millionCAJefferies Financial$597 millionNYKaiser Aluminum$136 millionTNKBR$242 millionTXKohl’s$294 millionWIL3Harris Technologies$1.65 billionFLLiberty Energy$201 millionCOLiberty Media$288 millionCOLive Nation Entertainment$98 millionCAMastec$450 millionFLMasterBrand$33 millionOHMosaic$142 millionFLNiSource$1.15 billionINNRG Energy$1.03 billionTXPalantir Technologies$1.58 billionCOParsons$372 millionVAPaypal Holdings$1.43 billionCAPennyMac Financial Services$554 millionCAPetco Health and Wellness$15 millionCAPG&E Corp.$2.46 billionCAPitney Bowes$151 millionCTRoku$72 millionCASAIC$375 millionVAScotts Miracle-Gro$249 millionOHSeaboard$57 millionKSSealed Air$147 millionNCSempra Energy$853 millionCASolventum$555 millionMNSouthwest Airlines$561 millionTXSouthwest Gas Holdings$334 millionNVTelephone & Data Systems$58 millionILTeradata$40 millionCATesla$5.68 billionTXTextron$885 millionRIToast$316 millionMAUGI$549 millionPAUnited Airlines Holdings$4.29 billionILUpbound Group$153 millionTXV2X$84 millionVAVenture Global$3.32 billionVAVistance Networks$21 millionSCVistra Corp$1.15 billionTXWalt Disney$8.30 billionCAWEC Energy Group$1.67 billionWIWinnebago Industries$22 millionMNWynn Resorts$293 millionNVXcel Energy$1.75 billionMNYum Brands$1.03 billionKY
Source: Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, April 2026Created with Datawrapper

Lettit Goah
Lettit Goah
Reply to  Meanwhile
12 days ago

We need to FEED are wealthiest! The poor need to get a job. God Bless our Supreme Commander.

Lettit Goah
Lettit Goah
Reply to  Meanwhile
12 days ago

Our President is doing great. Just ask his billionaire friends and Nettyyahoo.

Lettit Goah
Lettit Goah
Reply to  Lettit Goah
12 days ago

Dan heard from a high source ppd is not liked by its residents and they also have weird sounding dispatchers.

Joetaxpayer
Joetaxpayer
Reply to  Lettit Goah
12 days ago

Please, add intelligent conversation. We are ready have enough simpletons.

Sumthin Will
Sumthin Will
Reply to  Joetaxpayer
12 days ago

We are ready have simpletons? Not as dumb as your president. Have another.

Joetaxpayer
Joetaxpayer
Reply to  Sumthin Will
11 days ago

He’s your President too my Moonbat friend. Nothing like bumbling Biden though.

Last edited 11 days ago by Joetaxpayer
Tom Betit
Tom Betit
Reply to  Joetaxpayer
9 days ago

Joe
Sock puppets and Bots
Won’t be providing intelligent dialogue.

I skip Jm and mean , as it verbal diarrhea…

A response, gives them oxygen….

Tom

Meanwhile
Meanwhile
Reply to  Lettit Goah
12 days ago

Would you like to try living in Pittsfield without them for a month or two?

Tojo Frydaze
Tojo Frydaze
Reply to  Meanwhile
11 days ago

Same peeps day in day out. E z job.

Shakin muh noggin here
Shakin muh noggin here
Reply to  Tojo Frydaze
11 days ago

Just now heard police call from Bradford st. some mom wanted assistance from police getting her child ready for school. Not making this up. If the police are actually having to respond to calls like that I can see why the dept is having trouble getting and keeping their people.

I might question if this individual should have kids at all and is she going to call every day the kid acts up?

Merry & Bright
Merry & Bright
Reply to  Shakin muh noggin here
10 days ago

Heard the same call, Unbelievable. A few years ago I had a Pittsfield Police Officer tell me he was called to a home. A mother and daughter arguing about who should dry the dishes. Officer gave them each a towel and stood while they dried the dishes. He since has retired, and I don’t blame him.

I have written about this before, here is another occurance in the parking lot of the Boy’s Club on Melville Street. Going to exercise at the Y, parked my car, person passed out in the bushes, beer cans and needles around him and feces on the side walk. Walking down Melville there was a woman passed out in the doorway of the vacant trophy shop. This is 8:30a.m..There was a couple of police officers at the Y serving a warrant. They told me the department does early morning wakeups of folks sleeping in doorways, these folks must have been missed. Do the merchants of North Street deserve this? This same day there was a travelling hockey team going to the Boy’s Club. Is this how the Mayor and City Council want to welcome out of town folks? This parking lot is CITY PROPERTY, CLEAN IT UP.

Also, on North Street there is a very handicapped woman in wheel chair basically living in front of St. Joe’s rectory. She hangs her laundry in the tree, changes her clothes while cars are waiting for the light. There is garbage thrown all over the sidewalk. Where are Pittsfield Social Service agencies? This is not a life for a handicapped person or any person. We certainly have enough taxpayer funded agencies in Pittsfield and on North Street. Do something!

Tom Betit
Tom Betit
Reply to  Merry & Bright
9 days ago

PPD
Likes to harass daughters and sons of narcissistic sociopath mothers…

Wasn’t a month ago, some dips€£t , whined about her 19 year old drinking at local bar….

Seeing the pattern yet?

Next PPD will be instrumental in strangling children, and building a “ postpartum psychosis” now that murder just before birth is acceptable.
Hitler in a skirt Moron Healey, next step is passing a law, that moms can murder children, if they don’t feel well….

My Mom suffered depression, bipolar and loss of her oldest son to Cancer, she never recovered, from losing Bobby or contemplated suicide or murder. She was also a maternity nurse.

She figured-
Better bringing people into the world, than caring for them while leaving, Dad owned nursing homes….

That Lyndsay Clancy jury is deadlocked, shows how insane, feminists have become.

Let’s have a survey – as Dan , is giving subject, a good leaving alone

If father premeditatedly strangled this 3 beautiful children, then jumped out of 12’ high window, would he survive prison, long enough to stand trial?

Be any question of guilt?

My answers
Only in PC

No.

Next question

How long before Silver lake becomes a million gallon reservoir for closed loop cooling for a data center?

Why isn’t government, actively in negotiations?

Anyone really think, I’m only one , who saw the opportunity?

Did Missy Mazzeo, save the most advantageous lots , for data center?

Kinda explains why, DCF used a drunk child trafficker, to compromise Mazzeo….

More on that soon…

9/1/26@1:40pm

Tom

Free Bird
Free Bird
Reply to  Tom Betit
9 days ago

Is it my imagination or are narcissistic sociopathic mothers more common now than in the past?

Field of bitching
Field of bitching
Reply to  Shakin muh noggin here
10 days ago

I’m calling the police next time my kid won’t put pee toters to the road.

Kyler Bhutte
Kyler Bhutte
Reply to  Field of bitching
9 days ago

Hey Lumpy. Your batting below the Mendoza Line. Go Away.

Kyler Bhutte
Kyler Bhutte
Reply to  Field of bitching
9 days ago

Lumpy is concerned about poor people at the dei hearing. lLanny?…..

ShirleyKnutz
ShirleyKnutz
Reply to  Meanwhile
9 days ago

I would say been doing it for years

ShirleyKnutz
ShirleyKnutz
9 days ago

Would love to hear how the Democrats would plan to cut the deficit while giving away a bunch of freebies to the people who can but don’t work? Have they noticed all their policies have increased the cost to all us workers? The list goes on of all the freebies the Democrats have put in place that have raised the cost to us workers like section 8 vouchers, WIC, SNAP, EBT, Free phones, Free bus rides, free housing, free food, free childcare, and the list goes on. How will they get rid of the debt? Especially when to get elected they will have to pass out more freebies. Please can some one tell me who actually took Economics and Accounting? Isn’t there a saying “There is no such thing as a free lunch”? Everything has a cost it seems Democrats just can’t see it