Daily Street Sheet

By Jeffery McNeil Economics is the study of choices and the consequences of the choices one makes.  As I look back on why I became poor, I can say with great candor that I made some pretty poor decisions. I didn't save or plan for the future. Every dollar that I came across I made it a ritual to spend it at the bar. I can take the easy road and make excuses for my shortcomings however I have taken responsibility for the part I played in my failures. To say that I have failed because I am black or that my parents were poor might gain me some pity and sympathy. However this would be dishonest to those who read my articles. Opportunities were presented to me but I squandered them. As I reflect other kids came from hardships far worse than the ones I faced, applied themselves, got educated and today are making good salaries  far above the minimum wage. Although I wasn't a great student in school, I have always been a student of human nature and have always managed to

By Jeffery McNeil Vendor They say a Conservative is actually a liberal thats been mugged while they Conservatives are liberals thatbeen screwed. While I never considered myself a Conservative but a libertarian because I argue for freedom then having someone lord over top of me telling me how tolive my life. Sometimes I'm befuddled by the angry responses I occur when I tell fringes of the Democratic Party.you don't control me !!! Its been a fascination to the point of obsession why African-Americans support liberal positions when many minorities are further to the right on many issues than than Trump supporters. According to a Pew research poll 40% of African Americans oppose marriage equality , 52% believe abortion is morally wrong and many believe in a tighter border security on illegal immigration, along with stronger law enforcement in regards to crime. Truth is many Africans are Conservative but don't know it. T here is a conservative vein that runs deeply