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by Powers Investments Management, LLC January 30, 2023
FINANCIAL LITERACY

IN SOME U.S. CITIES, A CHILD HAS BETTER ODDS OF GOING TO PRISON OR BEING MURDERED THAN CLIMBING TO THE MIDDLE CLASS!

About 70% of U.S. Congress People are millionaires.  Most members of Congress, in my opinion, deliver little value to society, but they get wealthy and enamored with power.  They care about one thing -getting reelected, which requires money.  The Teachers’ Unions donate millions of dollars to Democrat politicians.  The unions demand zero support for charter schools.   That is the nasty reality of America’s education system. 

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by Powers Investments Management, LLC January 16, 2023
FINANCIAL LITERACY , INVESTMENTS

PART 7B: SUBSTANTIVE WRITING: WHAT HABITS DO CRITICAL THINKERS USE WHEN READING AND WRITING? – CRITICAL THINKING SERIES

So much of our so-called writing today is limited to 280 characters or less.  Writing is difficult and requires a great deal of practice.  Most of us have learned to write through trial and error.  Rarely does anyone take a writing course.  Hopefully, the following will provide you with several fresh ideas to enhance your writing skills.

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by Powers Investments Management, LLC January 17, 2022
FINANCIAL LITERACY , MENTORS

I WAS TEN YEARS OLD WHEN DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. WAS ASSASSINATED

And when this happens, and when we allow freedom ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children, Black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual: Free at ...

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by Powers Investments Management, LLC November 3, 2021
MENTORS

“WHAT WE BECOME DEPENDS ON WHAT OUR FATHERS TEACH US AT ODD MOMENTS, WHEN THEY AREN’T TRYING TO TEACH US”

Fatherlessness has reached crisis proportions in the last few decades. Starting in the 1960s, feminism encouraged sexual liberation and discouraged the "oppressive" patriarchy of a two-parent family structure. Fatherlessness exploded and – half a century later – shows no signs of slowing down. The statistics are grim: 63% of child suicides, 85% of all children with behavioral disorders and 71% of all high school dropouts come from fatherless homes. Fatherless ...

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by Powers Investments Management, LLC October 5, 2021
MENTORS

GREAT TEACHERS OPEN DOORS TO POSSIBILITIES! 

Our black teachers excelled at many things, but one trait stands out: They cared about our future!  Mrs. Lucy Robinson was one of my hero teachers, who demonstrated she cared.  She not only taught us, but she also pushed up to be better students and people.  To be respectful to adults.  Reach for our dreams and, most importantly, BELIEVE IN SELF! My Mom was also a teacher.  She taught me and is one of the five ...

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by Powers Investments Management, LLC June 8, 2020
FINANCIAL LITERACY , INVESTMENTS

MISSING IN ACTION BLACK FATHERS AND RACIAL INEQUALITIES

This has been a tough week.  Peaceful protestors; Criminals looting and damaging businesses and properties; Two Police officers killed, and hundreds wounded; Social media overflowing with words, pictures, slogans.  So far, the only solution I have heard widely articulated is defund the Police. IF BLACK LIVES MATTER, DEFUNDING THE POLICE IS THE WORSE IDEA I HAVE HEARD THIS WEEK Chicago demonstrates the results when you inadequately fund the Police.  Chicago’s ratio of Police ...

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