Okay, so that’s not the most elegant headline, but I think we all know who we’re talking about. And the man just can’t seem to keep his mouth shut, can he? 4 different trials, multiple gag orders, and the man keeps on going. But…really? $5,000 gag order to someone whose net worth is in the multiple millions?

A lot of folks now are rightly irritated at the fact that the rich in this country seem to just keep getting richer, and the rest of us…barely getting by. But they earned that money, right? Sure, pal. While driving on our roads, and polluting our air, and destroying our climate. And what do they pay for that? If their money is tied up in investments, not a red cent. Investments are only taxed when money goes in or comes out. The vast majority of billionaire wealth is tied up in investments, and very little of it is actually taxable.

May 4th, 1976 — Under the cover of night, a rogue power company in Texas decided that enough was enough. They wanted better than a power grid that was poorly regulated and they wanted better. On this night, they successfully proved that they could connect to the wider gride across the United States by sending people from Vernon, Texas to Altus, Oklahoma. So yes, Texas could send power and be combined into the federal power grid. So what happened?