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Buzz: Household debt to Feds $815,788; Trump-Levin share well-done steaks

Former President Donald Trump has been widely mocked for eating steak well done and with ketchup. But he has an ally in radio talk show biggie Mark Levin.

“We like our steaks well done,” Levin told Trump on his show this week.

Trump laughed his food critics off. “We eat food that some people say is not the healthiest for us, but we’re still kicking, and a lot of people aren’t,” he said as Levin laughed.

“Hey Mark, who knows what’s good? Maybe the stuff that’s bad is really the stuff that’s good, right?” Trump said.

Our friend

Clyde Wayne Crews,

the regulations expert at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, has done the math of what households “owe” in government costs, and it’s not pretty. He figures the national debt puts an $800,000 per household weight on. Regulations add another $15,788. Since most of us pay taxes through paycheck withholding, we don’t really see the costs of government. So Crews has a way to wake everyone up: eliminate withholding and force people to write a check to the U.S. Treasury every year to cover their “costs.” That, he said, would make “the size and scope of government unmistakably clear.”

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There were about 600,000 of them, but don’t be surprised that few have ever heard that a black army of “Rosie the Riveters” worked alongside the better-known white “Rosies.” The

Library of Congress

calls them the “invisible warriors” and plans to unveil a documentary of them to honor the 80th anniversary of D-Day.

FILE - In this Sept. 22, 2016 file photo, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump talks with customers during a visit to Geno's Steaks in Philadelphia. Trump once claimed to be publicity shy, no joke. It’s right there in The New York Times of Nov. 1, 1976. In the same article, the 30-year-old real estate developer talks up his millions, showcases his penthouse apartment and Cadillac, and allows a reporter to tag along as he visits job sites and lunches at the “21” club before hopping an evening flight to California for more deal-making. So much for that shy-guy claim. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci, File) (Evan Vucci)
FILE – In this Sept. 22, 2016 file photo, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump talks with customers during a visit to Geno’s Steaks in Philadelphia. Trump once claimed to be publicity shy, no joke. It’s right there in The New York Times of Nov. 1, 1976. In the same article, the 30-year-old real estate developer talks up his millions, showcases his penthouse apartment and Cadillac, and allows a reporter to tag along as he visits job sites and lunches at the “21” club before hopping an evening flight to California for more deal-making. So much for that shy-guy claim. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci, File) (Evan Vucci)
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