Bill Shaw

Nov 14, 2024 | yourvalley.net | Bill Shaw |Sun City

Posted Thursday, November 14, 2024 8:00 am After reading the 11/13/24 op-ed by Tom Patterson on the looming insolvency of Social Security, I was surprised at what was missing. Mr. Patterson dismissed raising the 2025 $176,100 cap on income subject to SS taxes — perhaps a donut-hole approach — 0% from $176,100 to $400,000 (tied to the current index guiding the lower band) and unlimited (like Medicare) thereafter. Instead, he drifts to raising the retirement age as the default option, and...

Oct 31, 2024 | yourvalley.net | Bill Shaw |Sun City

I feel compelled to provide a respectful counterpoint to Brian Reilly’s letter in the 10/31 Daily Independent. Projection is a tactic that DJT has deployed forever. As to the  fascism label — VP Harris was just repeating Gen. Kelly’s comments in his NYT op-ed. Gen. Kelly was his longest serving chief of staff.

Oct 24, 2024 | yourvalley.net | Bill Shaw |Sun City

Posted Thursday, October 24, 2024 8:40 am The writer incorrectly confuses readers by implying that the initiative calls for ranked-choice voting. It does not. What it does is open up our primaries to the large segment of Arizona voters who do not affiliate with the two major parties. Given our legislative make-up, it will advance only the top two vote getters to the general election. I had signed the petition but had some misgivings in voting yes because it did not mandate RCV, which I would...

Sep 18, 2024 | yourvalley.net | Bill Shaw |Sun City

Posted Wednesday, September 18, 2024 1:00 pm In the aftermath of the 2020 election, a small group of Republicans in Maricopa County and elsewhere stopped Trump from becoming a dictator — they might not be able to do it again. We must reject Debbie Lesko in November.

Sep 17, 2024 | yourvalley.net | Bill Shaw |Sun City

Posted Tuesday, September 17, 2024 8:17 am Trump’s proposal to eliminate taxes on Social Security benefits would deny the government of $1.6 trillion over a decade.